There is/was another Caswell line in Canada. My great grandmother's
brother, Thomas Caswell, came to Canada from England in 1851 to Ontario
then moved to Alberta. There are no descendents with the Caswell name in
Canada. There are descendents that do not have the Caswell name.
Janet
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On Behalf Of jo mitchell
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 7:11 PM
To: caswell(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CASWELL] Spencer Caswell
--- The Boag Family <cboag(a)sympatico.ca> wrote:
Hi Everyone -
I have just enjoyed reading the latest wave of
Caswell email - It's amazing
there are so many of us with Caswell mysteries - I
have not spent a lot of
time on genealogy lately but I wanted to respond to
Beulah's email because I
have found that there are at least two Caswell
family groups in Canada - One
did come via Ireland (and Shirley Mayse has put a
book together on those
Caswells) and the other (which is my line) came up
through the States - I
can trace back to Robert Caswell born prior to 1719,
died probably after
1800 in either Washington or Oneida Co., NY -
married Hannah ( ) - Dutchess
Co., NY Records (Fishkill Tax Lists 1740/2, Beekman
Tax List 1748, Pawling
Tax Lists 1770/8) - Robert Caswell Sr. named in the
Accounts of Daniel
Merritt of Quaker Hill. (This information was
kindly provided to me by Ray
Johnston, Sarasota, FL) The Caswell relatives I am
related to (that I am
aware of) have all gotten to this point and then we
are lost! Can't seem to
get back another generation - whether it is another
Robert Caswell
(Kerswill?) of Gosport NH? Or a Taunton MA Caswell?
Or Rhode Island? Just
hit a wall here ... My Grandfather, Harvey Caswell
was a proud United Empire
Loyalist - he would remind me he was a 5th
generation UEL but ironically,
his Grandfather, James Caswell is listed on the DAR,
"Patriots Index" and
DAR Papers #50730 - his service listed as Private in
Third Regt., Dutchess
County Militia - Captain Wm. Pearce's Company, Col
John Field's Regt. I
would speculate about his reasons for joining up
(like fear of retribution
if he didn't), and there are records in the "Public
Papers of George
Clinton" referring to James' brothers Reuben and
John being charged with
treasonous activities. So I can only imagine that
my grandfather told me
because his father would tell him and so along back
the line! It's all very
interesting.
If anyone has a clue to offer about this family, I
would be thrilled to hear
from you!
By the way, if any of you get HBO, there is a
wonderful series on right
now - John Adams - which gives such a good sense of
what life was like in
the early days and formation of the United States.
You should tune in if you
can.
Cathy Boag
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