John Casswell (abt. 1762 - 1824)

Born about 1762 in Quadring, Lincolnshire, England

Husband of Ann Lumby — married 17 Nov 1783 in Stamford Baron St Martin, Northamptonshire, England

Died 10 Apr 1824 at about age 62 in Quadring, Lincolnshire, England

Biography

John Casswell was born in Lincolnshire, England.

John Casswell was born about 1762 at Quadring, Lincolnshire, England

John, son of Richard & Susanna, was baptised on 6 April 1764 in Quadring, Lincolnshire, England.^[1]

John (age 62) died in 1824 and was buried on 16 April 1824 in Quadring, Lincolnshire, England.^[2]

His will was dated 10 April 1824, at Boston, Lincolnshire.

Probate on his will was granted on 2 June 1824 at Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

Will

Last Will and Testament of John Casswell, Boston, Lincolnshire - 10 April 1824

This is the Last Will and Testament of me

John Casswell of Boston in the County Lincoln, Gentleman, made and published this tenth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty four. First I will and direct that all my just Debts, Funeral Expenses and the charges of the probate of this my will shall be fully paid and satisfied by my Executors and Trustees hereinafter named. And I give and bequeath unto my Dear Wife Ann Casswell All and singular my household Furniture, Plate, Linen, China And all other Cuticles under the denomination of household Furniture to and for her sole and absolute uses and benefit. Also I give and bequeath unto my said Dear Wife Ann Casswell the sum of Fifty Pounds of lawfull British money to be paid to her by my Executors and Trustees hereinafter named by and out of my personal estate within one month after my Decease. Also I give, devise and bequeath unto my much esteemed Friends, Moses Lumby of Saint Martin Stamford Baron in the County of Northamptonshire, Butcher, and James Gould of Billingborough in the said County of Lincoln, Farmer, the Elder, my Executors and Trustees hereinafter named and appointed. All and every my Messuages or Tenements, Barns, Stables, Lands, Hereditaments and real Estate, situate, lying and being in Qaudring in the said County of Lincoln or elsewhere with their and every of their Appurtenances. Also the rest and residue of my personal Estate and Effects, Monies, Debts and Securities for Money, To hold the same and every part thereof with the the Appurtenances unto the said Moses Lumby and James Gould their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, To the uses and uphold the Trusts hereinafter particularly mentioned and declared, that is to say upon this Trust and confidence that they my said Trustees or the Survivoour of them or the heirs Executors or Administrators or such Survivor do and shall immediately after my decease sell and dispose of all and singular my said real Estate and personal Effects whatsoever and wheresoever (except my household furniture herinafter given and bequeathed to my said wife Ann Casswell) to the best Purchaser or Purchasers for the best price and prices that can or may be gotten for the same. And I do hereby will and direct that the Receiptor Receipts of this the said Moses Lumby and James Gould or the Survivour of them, or the Heirs, Executors or Administrators of such Survivour hall be agood and sufficient discharge or discharges to the Purchase or Purchasers thereof respectively for their respective purchase money or for so much thereof as is such Receipt or (Receipts)

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Receipts shall be expressed to be received. And that such Purchaseror Purchasers shall not afterwards be obliged to see to the applicaton or be answerable for the loss, misapplication or non application thereof or of any part thereof. And upon further trust and confidence lend and place out the sum of One thousand and Two hundred pounds, part of the said Trust Monies, upon some good sufficient real Security at Five pounds per centum per Annum Intrest. And shall and do pay and apply the said Interest of the said Sum of One thousand and Two hundred Pounds to my said Dear Wife Ann Casswell for and during theTerm of her natural Life, to be paid to her by two equal half yearly payments. And from and immediately after the decease of my said Wife. Then upon furtherTrust that they my said Trustees or the Survivour of them or the Heirs, Executors or Administrators of such Survivour shall and do pay and apply the Interest of the Five hundred Pounds, part of the said Sum of One thousand and two hundred Pounds to my dear Daughter, Susanna the wife of Samuel Bradbury for her sole and separate use benefit Exclusively of the present or any future husband who shall not inter meddle therewith nor shall the same or any part of thereof be subject to the roll, debts or Engagements of any such husband but the receipts of my said Daughter Susanna Bradbury shall not withstanding be present or any future Coverture be good and effective discharge forthe same or so much thereof as is in such Receipts shall be acknowledged to have been receive. And from and immediately after the Decease of my said Daugher Susanna Bradbury, then I will and direct that the same Principal Sum of Five Hundred Pounds be paid unto and amongst the children of the said Susanna Bradbury equally, share and share alike, when and asthey shall severally and respectively attain the Age of Twenty One years with Interest in the mean time. And also upon this further Trust to pay to my grandsons John.............and Edward Crow Casswell ^ the sum of Two hundred Pounds each when and as soon as they shall attain the Age of Twenty one years together with all such Interest as shall have been made upon the Said Sums of Two hundred Pounds each until they shall have attained their said Ages of Twenty one years to whom I...... And also upon Trust to pay my son Richard Casswell the sum of Two Hundred pounds to whom I do hereby give, bequeath the same accordingly.....do hereby give and bequeath the same absolutely. And as to theSum of *Two*'One' HundredPounds - the residue of the sum of One s and and two Hundred PoundsI do hereby devise my said Trustees and the Survivour of them and the Heirs,Executors and Administrators of Such Survivours to pay the same to my Son John Casswell to and for his own sole and absolute use and benefit to whom I do hereby give and bequeath the same accordingly. And upon further Trust that they my (said)

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said Trustees or the Survivor of them or their Heirs, Executors, Administrators of such Survivor, shall and do, by and out of the residue of the said Trust monies or money by such Sale or Sales aforesaid pay to Ann Crow the widow of John Crow deceased the sum of Eight Hundred pounds within Twelve Calendar Months next after my decease to whom I do hereby give and bequeath the same accordingly 'and to pay to my Son Richard Casswell the sum of ---------- Pounds for------------- to whom I do hereby give and bequeath the same accordingly.' And as to the rest and residue of the said Trust Money, Estate and Effects I do hereby give and bequeath the same to my said Son John Casswell, to and for his own sole and absolute use and benefit. And my mind and will further is and I do hereby expressly declare that my said Trustees and Executors nor either of them shall be answerable or accountable for the Acts, Deeds, Receipts, Disbursements of the other of them but each of them shall be answerable only for his own Acts, Deeds, Receipts and Disbursements. And I do hereby direct that my said Trustees and Execuytors shall and may bear pay and reimburse themselves and himself out of the aforesaid Monies and Premises, all resonable and necessary Cost, Charges, Damages and Expenses whatsoever which they or either of them shall or may bear pay expenses or put unto in or about the Execution of this my will. And lastly I do hereby revoke all former Wills by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my last will and Testament. And I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said Moses Lumby and James Gould joint Executors in Trust for the purposes aforesaid of this My Will. In witness whereof I the saod John Casswell, the Testator, have to this My last Will and Testament contained in three sheets of Paper to the first two sheets thereof set my hand and to this third and last Sheet thereof my hand and Seal the Day and Tear first above written.

John Casswell

Signed sealed, punblished and declared by the said John Casswell the Testator and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who at his request in his presence and the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses to the one execution thereof of the words "Edward Crow" and "Also upon "Trust to pay my Son Richard Casswell the sum of"Two Hundred Pounds to whom I do hereby give and "bequeath the same accordingly" being first interlined and the word "Five" being first scored through and the word "One" being first wrote in front of Hundred --being--part--

in the presence of Peter Tuxford
Wm Brown
W Brown

On the 2nd day of June 1824 the Executors in this named were severally sworn.

Probate: 2 June 1824

Note: The Testator names the following individuals

• Bradley, Susannah - daughter and wife of Samuel Bradley
• Casswell, Ann - wife
• Casswell, John - son
• Casswell, John - grandson
• Casswell, Richard - son
• Crow, Ann - daughter and widow of John Crow
• Crow, Edward - grandson
• Gould, James the elder - farmer of Billingborough, Lincs - Friend,Executor and Trustee
• Lumby, Moses - butcher of St Martin Stamford Baron, Nthants - Friend,Executor and Trustee

The Will was probably drawn up by Peter Tuxford and witnessed by WmBrown and W Brown

The Probate entry on the will states that John Casswell died '10thday of April 1824'

Lincolnshire Archives

Research Notes

Edited from Gedcom import:

Email from David Meridith to Nancy Dzierzawski

Caroline Elizabeth Casswell's father, Henry Casswell, a native of Gosberton, LIN, was the son of John Casswell and Ann Lumby.... from here on in things get a touch complicated.

John C was born at Quadring, LIN, the son of John Casswell and Ann Lumby - yep, you read correctly...it unfolds like this.....

Henry's mother Ann Jnr (b. Donington, LIN), was the daughter of Isaac Lumby (b.1760 at Stamford Baron, NTH) the son of John and Ann(Herring)... Now ,Henry's grandmother, Ann Lumby Snr (b. 1763 at Stamford Baron, NTH) .... was as you will have guessed was also the daughter of John and Ann (Herring) which makes Henry's parents first cousins.

Just to round things off, Isaac had Ann Jnr by his second wife, a certain Sarah Bowles... his first wife was none other than a Mary Casswell, who just happens to have been a first cousin of Henry's grandfather, John Casswell Snr....

Oh yes, nearly forgot... Henry's aunt, Alice Lumby (b. Donington) daughter of Isaac etc, married an Isaac Lumby from Holborn, London - though no doubt he was an escapee from Stamford.... just for good measure the witnesses were Casswells......

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Lincolnshire Baptisms"
   Reference: Quadring Parish Registers
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 15 August 2024)
   John Casswell baptism on 6 Apr 1764, son of Richard & Susanna, in Quadring, Lincolnshire, England.
2. ↑ Burial: "National Burial Index For England & Wales"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 15 August 2024)
   John Casswell burial (died in 1824 at age 62) on 16 Apr 1824 in Quadring, Lincolnshire, England.