after further studying Sanborns works i find
rather intersting that a number of the
children of Seth Caswell and his wife Isabel
Cohoon - had moved to Shutesbury,Mass.(Hampden Co.)
more specifically Mercy who was resident there in 1770 - she m. Isaac
Sampson.
another researcher had noted they had an ancestor named Johnathan
Caswell Slack -
oddly enough Mercy had a brother named Johnathan b. 3 Sep 1741. The
eldest brother
was Joshua b. 1730 - unfortunately Sanborn
didnt continue the lineage of three brothers
Joshua,David,Johnathan,George and Jedediah
so we could determine what the connection
is between Middleboro and Hampden Co.
I am still trying to make the connection for my Elijah Caswell who.
volunteers for Rev War
at Northampton in 1775 and gets married 6 months later at Middleboro -
to a gal in Raynham. Seths children offer an interesting
picture of a Middleboro family moved to Hampden Co.
john scott-ferree