Mary CASWELLl bapt 1792 in Bishops Cannings, married Henry Priday at
Brinkworth. PRIDAY came from Hereford.
Do you have a gedcom of the descendants of this PRIDAY?
Elizabeth Caswell of Leominster could well be something to do with the
CASWELL family of Taunton Ma USA.
Have you looked at my CASWELL webpage?
www.moonrakers.com/caswell
There are some databases on there of the USA line - try master.zip
I also have a Thomas, son of Robert, with no further information on him. As
the family was quite well to do back then (Robert being Surveyor General to
the King), he could well have travelled up that way. Have you checked early
wills for CASWELLS in Hereford?
I'm inclined to think that we may have a connection.
It has been almost impossible to connect the USA line with the UK, so this
could be something very interesting.
Please join our CASWELL listserver.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Hayward <rhjhayward(a)mcmail.com>
To: reds(a)redsuspenders.com <reds(a)redsuspenders.com>; Michael Sykes
<famsyk(a)globalnet.co.uk>; mike(a)moonrakers.com <mike(a)moonrakers.com>
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 6:44 AM
Subject: CASWELL
Good morning,
I notice that you have Mary CASWELL b1792 Bishops Canning,WIL married to
Henry PRIDAY b1793 in your tree.
I have both PRIDAY (PREEDY PREADY PREDDETH PRIDY PREDDY and other
variations) in my tree, together with 2 generations of CASWELL.
And there I am stuck. Mine are -
Thomas CASWELL b1625c = Elizabeth --- b1633c married 1645c
Their daughter -
Elizabeth CASWELL bap 27 Mar 1655 Leominster,HEF married
Johannes PREDDITH b1652c DROITWICH,WOR at Orcop,HEF on 27 OCT 1679.
What is significant -
Henry PRIDY bap 28 Jul 1793 Much Birch,HEF (Hereford RO MX190)=
Mary CASWELL at Brinkworth,WIL
His Brother -
Richard PREDY bap 25 Jun 1797 Little Birch,HEF (IGI)
Their parents -
Hugh PREEDY + Mary HARBETT 9 Jan 1788 Little Dewchurch,HEF
(Hereford RO MX132)
I can find no other connection to this family, but have lots of PR*s in
the same vicinity in HEF and several Hugh entries.
The signifigance is that Johannes and the above family are from the same
area of HEF and I wonder what the connection with WIL might be and
whether that is where my Thomas came from?
I cannot at this stage fit Hugh into my tree, but my cousin and I are in
contact with a PR* that can fit the PR*s in this area in her tree, going
on to Bath,SOM
Have you anything that would help us to get further back on the CASWELL
line?
Should we eventually link in Hugh's line and also our tree to your
CASWELL tree, we would be very happy to swap GEDCOMs.
Please make a copy of your reply to Michael Sykes, my cousin, on
famsyk(a)globalnet.co.uk
Here's hoping. We have been searching to no avail for years and you
seem to be the best bet so far.
Bob Hayward,
Hereford