Caswell’s in the American Revolution

Abstract’s of Rev. War Pension Files

pp. 575-576

CASWELL, Abraham, S34175, MA Line, appl 7 Apr 1818 Bristol Cty MA a res of Tuanton MA, in 1820 sol was aged 71 with a wife Celia aged 48 & children; Sally aged 9 and Abiather aged 6

*Pine Hill Cemetery, Taunton MA

Barnabas, S18759, MA Line, appl 11 Aug 1832 Windsor Cty VT aged 76, lived at Middleborough MA at enl & was b there 6 Dec 1755 & in 1812 moved to Woodstock VT

Elijah, S34155, Cont & MA Line, appl 13 Apr 1818 Plymouth Cty MA a res of Plymouth MA, in 1820 sol was aged 78 a res of Dartmouth with a wife aged 70, sol was formerly of Middleborough MA *Quaker Cemetery, Rochester, MA

EZRA, S34177, CT Line, appl 27 Apr 1818 Bristol Cty MA a res of Stockbridge MA, in 1820 sol was aged 76 with no family, sol had enl in Goshen CT

JEDEDIAH, Susanna, W23755, MA Line, sol m Susanna Barrows 3 Jun 1783 both were of Middleborough MA, sol appl 1 Aug 1818 Windsor Cty VT a res of Pomfret VT aged 65, enl at Middleborough MA, in 1820 sol had a wife Susanna aged 56 & children; a daughter Lydia aged 24 & an adopted daughter Harriet Lamb aged 10, sol reapplied 4 Aug 1837 Plymouth Cty MA where his children had moved, wid appl 20 Jun 1843 Plymouth Cty MA aged 76 a res of Middleborough MA, sol d 5 Jan 1841

JOB, S34677, BLW #368-100, MA Line, appl 5 Sep 1820 Baltimore MD aged 59, sol had rec’d pension from 24 Jun 1818 through the SC Agency then in summer of 1820 moved to Baltimore MD, sol enl at Hanover in Plymouth Cty MA, in 1820 sol had no family, in 1824 sol stated his father Job Caswell, Sr, also srv in the war from the state of MA or ME & rec’d an invalid pension & had been dead about 15 yrs & he had not seen his father since about 1794, sol mentioned bro Levi Caswell of Leeds in Kennebeck Cty ME, after the war sol was a mariner & in 1818 shipped from Alexandria DC to Charleston SC

JOB, BLW369-100, MA Line, letter of certification dated 5 May 1807 in Plymouth MA only data shown

JOHN, S34162, MA Line, appl 24 Jun 1818, Essex Cty MA a res of Marblehead MA, sol was referred to as John Caswell Jr., in 1820 sol was aged 55 a res of Wendell MA & was a single man

JOHN, Hannah, W25397, MA Line, sol appl 24 Mar 1818 New London Cty CT a res of Norwich Ct, in 1820 sol was aged 54 with a wife Hannah aged 52, wid appl 4 Aug 1838 New London Cty CT aged 69 sol m Hannah Wheat 16 Dec 1793 both were of Norwich CT, sol d 26 Aug 1828, one Nehemiah Waterman the 3rd stated his father Nehemiah Waterman, Jr. (who d. in 1803) m sol & wid (the wid lived in Nehemiah Waterman, Jr’s family but no relationship stated)

JOHN, R1801, MA Line, appl 25 Sep 1837 Grafton Cty NH aged 87 a res of Grafton NH, enl at Taunton MA & was b there 26 Jun 1750 & lived there until Feb 1807 & moved to Grafton NH

JOHN, S3133, NC & VA Line, appl 30 Aug 1832 Overton Cty TN aged 68, sol was b in Gergeland (Goochland?) Cty VA & later moved to Charlotte Cty VA & enl there, sol moved to Sullivan Cty TN a short time after his srv in VA & also enlisted there

JONATHAN, S34157, MA Line, appl 4 May 1818 Plymouth Cty MA, in 1820 sol was aged 66 a res of Middleborough MA with a wife aged 60

JOSEPH or Joseph Carswell, Lydia, W22737, NH Line, see Joseph Carswell

JOSHUA, S4228, Cont & MA Line, sol enl at Prospect Hill near Boston MA, appl 22 Apr 1818 Cayuga Cty NY aged 69 years 1 mth a res of Locke, NY, in 1820 sol was still there & had no family

JULIUS, R1802, CT Line, appl 11 Sep 1833 Litchfield Cty CT aged 73, sol stated his father owned 2 good farms at the start of the war & that he (the sol) has 2 bros of which 1 died in srv & the other died of smallpox, sol was b 19 Sep 1759 at New Milford CT & moved to Kent CT & lived there at enl

LEMUEL, Deliverence, W20826, Cont & MA Line, sol was b 22 Sep 1749, sol enl at Rochester in Plymouth Cty MA, sol appl 30 Apr 1818 Tolland Cty CT a res of Tolland CT, sol m Deliverence Chubbuck on 30 NOV 1775 at Wareham MA & sol d 15 nov 1833, wid appl 33 Jul 1836 & she was b 21 May 1755 & she d 10 Jun 1840, children were; Lemuel Jr. b 6 Sep 1776, Hannah b 5 Apr 1779 & she m Luther Eaton, Ebenezer b 20 Oct 1780, Deliverence b 8 Dec 1782, Mary b 6 Jan 1785, Elijah b 28 Jul 1787, John b 17 Nov 1789, Jedidah b 6 Feb 1792, Betsey b in Jul 1794 & Nancy b 21 May 1796, wid’s bro Ebenezer Chubbuck was a witt, sol & wid also had a grandson Philander Caswell mentioned in the file

NATHAN, S15366, NH Line, appl 26 Feb 1833 Orleans Dist VT aged 70 a res of Brompton in Prov of Lower Canada, sol had enl at Stratford NH, sol was b at Norwich CT & at age of 6 moved to Oxford NH & lived there & Littleton NH until age of 14 & moved to Stratford NH, sol also lived at Northumberland

OZIAS, S22158, NH Line, appl 1 Oct 1839 Grafton Cty NH aged 76 a res of Lymon NH, enl at Northumberland NH, on 28 Jun 1843 sol was res of Orleans Cty VT because relatives moved there

RICHARD, S4988, Cont & MA Line, appl 19 Sep 1832 Suffolk Cty MA aged 76 a res of Boston MA, sol lived at Watertown MA when he enl at Cambridge MA, sol was b 5 Dec 1755 at Boston MA * 10 mi W of Kinston, NC

SAMUEL, R1803, CT Line, appl 31 Jan 1833 Cattaraugus Cty NY aged 76 a res of Randolph NY, sol enl at East Haddam CT & also enl at Killingworth Ct, Colchester CT & Chatham CT, sol was b 1757 at Mansfield MA, sol mentioned a son living at Randolph NY *Beverly, MA

SAMUEL, S30918, Navy Srv (MA), vet enl at Boston MA, appl 22 Sep 1832 Rush Cty IN aged 66, in 1840 sol had moved to Harrison Cty KY & stated his wife had d 14 Feb 1839 & he had moved there with his only child Samuel Caswell, Jr., in 1855 sol’s son Samuel, Jr. was living in Cynthiana KY, sol had d 14 May 1853

SIMEON or Simeon Casewell, Rachel, W23782, MA Line, sol was b in Taunton MA & lived there at enl, sol appl 15 Apr 1818 Cumberland Cty MA (ME) a res of Harrison ME, in 1820 sol was aged 57, sol m Rachel Staples in Oct 1785, sol d 21 Oct 1844, wid appl 22 May 1845 Harrison ME aged 78 & was still living there in 1851, it was stated sol & wife had a large family of children; the oldest not named was living in 1845 aged between 58 & 59, in 1820 sol had mentioned children Zebina a son aged 20 & in 1845 a res of Harrison ME, Alanson aged 16, Thomas Jefferson aged 14 & Adassa 12, in 1851 one Hadassah Caswell was a witt for wid, in 1845 an Ebenezer Staples aged 75 lived in Taunton MA but his relationship to wid not stated

*Turner, ME

SQUIRE, Deborah Harlow former wid, W7681, BLW #7440-160-55, Cont & MA Line, sol appl 14 Apr 1818 Oxford Cty ME, in 1820 sol was aged 66 a res of Hebron ME with a wife Debby aged 43 & children; Eli 18, Charity 8, Rachel 5, Justus 2 & John aged 1, wid appl 17 Feb 1853 Oxford Cty ME aged 75 a res of Franklin ME, sol & wid m 26 Nov 1807 & sol d 13 Aug 1821 & she m 2nd to Andrew Harlow on 16 Aug 1825 & he d 8 May 1839, both marriages were performed at Minot in Cumberland Cty ME, widow’s maiden name was Deborah Cox, wid appl for BLW 30 MAR 1855 Oxford Cty ME

WILLIAM, BLW #3947-100-22, Feb 1790 to Richard Platt, srv as a Sgt in the MA Line

WILLIAM, Hannah Andrews, W18853, MA Line, sol m Hannah Andrews Vincent 19 Mar 1788 at Marblehead MA, sol appl in Oct 1820 Essex Cty MA aged 57 with a wife aged 43 & a son aged 18, wid stated on 30 Jun 1840 in Essex Cty MA that she was aged 73 & had rec’d pension from 22 May 1839, wid stated her husband’s father William Caswell, Sr. also srv in the Rev War, wid d 4 Jul 1849 leaving 4 children; John aged 62 in 1850, William, Robert R. & Thomas M. Caswell, sol had d 6 May 1825 *Green St Cem, Marblehead, MA

ZEBULON, S29060, Cont & MA Line also Navy Srv, appl 1 Apr 1833 Rutland Cty VT aged 78, sol enl at Taunton in Bristol Cty MA, on 20 Oct 1835, sol had moved to Madison Cty NY & was late of Poultney VT, sol was b 15 Sep 1754 at Middlebury in Plymouth Cty MA & lived there during the 1st of the war & in the latter part of the war moved to Fisherfield VT for 2 yrs then to Williamsburgh in Hampshire Cty MA for 5 yrs then to Clermont in Cheshire Cty NH for 20 yrs then to Hartland in Windsor Cty VT for 8 yrs then to Rutland VT for 11 yrs then to Middlebury VT for 2 yrs then to Poultney VT until 1834 & moved to Madison NY

* From Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Vol 1

Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors in the War of teh Revolution

Vol 3, page 198

CASWELL, ABRAHAM (also given Abram), Taunton (also given Berkley). Private, Capt. James Perry’s co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent’s regt; muster roll dated Aug 12, 1775; enlisted Aug 20 1775; also, company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Nov 21, 1775; also, Capt. Matthew Randall’s co., Col. Thomas Marshal’s regt; pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., dated Camp at Hull, Jun 18, 1776; also same co. and regt; enlisted June 1, 1776; service to Nov 30 1776, 6 mos 2 days, also Capt. Simeon Cobb’s co., 3d regt, Gen. Godfrey’s brigatde enlisted Aug 14, 1779; service, 1 mo. 2 days; company detached for 4 weeks service at Rhode Island under command of Capt. Samuel Fisher; also , pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Taunton for service in the Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; age 32 yrs; stature 5 ft 7 in; complexion, light, occupation, armorer; residence, Taunton; enlistment, 3 years; received at Taunton April 5, 1781, by Sergt. Edward Stebbens to be conducted to Springfield and delivered to Col. Shepard; also, Capt. nathan Goodale’s co., Col. Rufus Putnam’s (5th) regt; muster roll for April, 1781, dated Garrison at West Point enlisted Feb. 27, 1781; enlistment 3 years.

Volume 3 page 202

CASWELL, JOHN, Watertown. List of men mustered in Suffolk Co. by Nathaniel Barber, Muster Master, dated Boston, March 6, 1777; Capt Watson’s co., Col. Greaton’s (2d) regt; enlistment, 3 years; also Private, Capt. Abraham Watson’s co., Col. John Greaton’s regt; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 24, 1777, to Jan 24, 1780; residence, Watertown; credited to Watertown (also given Boston); enlisted Jan 24, 1777; discharged Jan 24 1780.