CASWELL - Person Sheet
CASWELL - Person Sheet
NameJohn Casswell 
Birth1707, Bishops Cannings
Death4 Jan 1788, Cherhill
FatherRichard Casswell (1684-1730)
MotherHester Pope (1684-~1741)
Spouses
Notes for John Casswell
This John is the Grandson of John 1st mentioned in his Will.
Entry in B C register
# 185 John s of Will & Sarah Caswell yeoman bapt 28 July1707
The will of John Caswell
In the name of God Amen, I John Caswell of the Parish of Cherhill in the County of Wilts Yeoman being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, through the mercy of God. Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First and principally I resign my soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator and my Boddy I commit to the Earth . And as for such temporal Estate as the Lord has interested me with I give, devise and Dispose therof in the following manner.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son William Caswell the sum of One Shilling to be paid by my Executors herinafter named.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann, the wife of Richard Alderman the sum of One Shilling, to be paid by my Executors herin afternamed.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son John Caswell the sum of one shilling to be paid by my executors herinafter named.
Item. All my stock both Live and Dead, Money, Household furniture, Husbandry Utensils and all goods and Chattels of all kinds whatsoever I give Devise and bequeath to and amongst my Wife and three youngest Children. that is to say my wife Elizabeth Caswell and my daughter Hester Caswell, and my daughter Mary Caswell, and my Son Richard Caswell, to be equally divided amongst them.
And I do nominate and appoint my Wife Elizabeth Caswell,and my Daughter Hester Caswell, and my daughter Mary Caswell and my Son Richard Caswell Jointly and Equaly - Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. And lastly I do Revoke,
Disannul and make Void all other wills, Bequests and legacies by me at any time heretofore made bequeathed or given and do make and declare this only to by my Last Will and testament. In Witness Whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal this the tenth day of December in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and Eighty One.
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Testator John Caswell as and
for his last Will and testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our
names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testator.
Witness
William Spackman
William Flower
John Spackman
John Caswell was mentioned in a list of 'commoners' of Cherhill in 1751. ref
WRO 212B 1656
Entry in B C register
# 185 John s of Will & Sarah Caswell yeoman bapt 28 July1707
The will of John Caswell
In the name of God Amen, I John Caswell of the Parish of Cherhill in the County of Wilts Yeoman being of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding, through the mercy of God. Do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First and principally I resign my soul into the hands of Almighty God my creator and my Boddy I commit to the Earth . And as for such temporal Estate as the Lord has interested me with I give, devise and Dispose therof in the following manner.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son William Caswell the sum of One Shilling to be paid by my Executors herinafter named.
Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Ann, the wife of Richard Alderman the sum of One Shilling, to be paid by my Executors herin afternamed.
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my son John Caswell the sum of one shilling to be paid by my executors herinafter named.
Item. All my stock both Live and Dead, Money, Household furniture, Husbandry Utensils and all goods and Chattels of all kinds whatsoever I give Devise and bequeath to and amongst my Wife and three youngest Children. that is to say my wife Elizabeth Caswell and my daughter Hester Caswell, and my daughter Mary Caswell, and my Son Richard Caswell, to be equally divided amongst them.
And I do nominate and appoint my Wife Elizabeth Caswell,and my Daughter Hester Caswell, and my daughter Mary Caswell and my Son Richard Caswell Jointly and Equaly - Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. And lastly I do Revoke,
Disannul and make Void all other wills, Bequests and legacies by me at any time heretofore made bequeathed or given and do make and declare this only to by my Last Will and testament. In Witness Whereof I have herunto set my hand and seal this the tenth day of December in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and Eighty One.
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Testator John Caswell as and
for his last Will and testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our
names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the said testator.
Witness
William Spackman
William Flower
John Spackman
John Caswell was mentioned in a list of 'commoners' of Cherhill in 1751. ref
WRO 212B 1656