Abraham Cassell

ID: I0068

Name: Abraham CASSELL , Sr.

Sex: M

Birth: 25 SEP 1756 in Frederick Co., Maryland

Death: 26 MAY 1844 in Nicholasville, Jessamine Co, Kentucky

Fact 1: Soldier in the Revolutionary War.

Fact 2: 1776 Enlisted inArmy Frederick Co. Maryland.

Fact 3: Reenlisted again in 1778.

Fact 4: Sword used by him passed down to his

Fact 5: great grandson in Tennessee.

Note:

Abraham Cassell, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in 1776 & 1778. Revolutionary War Pension App # W2916. His enlistment took place in Frederick County, Maryland. After the Revolutionary War he moved to Kentucky, taking with him a nephew also named Abraham. This Abraham was known as Abraham Jr., he was a son of Jacob Cassell.

The sword used by him in the Rev. War was passed down to a Great Grandson, John L. Cassell of Harrodsburg , Jessamine County, Ky.

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Abraham Cassell, Sr., was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in 1776 & 1778. Revolutionary War Pension App # W2916. His enlistment took place in Frederick County, Maryland. After the Revolutionary War he moved to Kentucky, taking with him a nephew also named Abraham. This Abraham was known as Abraham Jr., he was a son of Jacob Cassell.

The sword used by him in the Rev. War was passed down to a Great Grandson, John L. Cassell of Harrodsburg , Jessamine County, Ky.

Father: John Heinrich (Henry) CASSELL b: ABT. 1708 in Hesse-Cassell, Germany

Mother: Anna Margaret BREMKER b: 2 OCT 1710 in Wachenheim, Pfalz, Bavaria

Marriage 1 Catherine (Caterina) LINGENFELTER b: 29 NOV 1761 in Frederick Co., Maryland

Married: 24 APR 1782 in Frederick Co., Maryland

Children

Mary(Polly) CASSELL b: 17 MAR 1783

Johen (John) CASSELL b: 10 JAN 1785 in Frederick County, Maryland

Elizabeth CASSELL b: 1 JUL 1787

A little one CASSELL b: 14 MAR 1790

Catherine (Caterena) CASSELL b: 21 OCT 1791 in Maryland

Barbarah CASSELL b: 15 AUG 1794

Susannah "Sally" CASSELL b: 22 NOV 1798 in Kentucky

Thomas Jefferson CASSELL b: 30 AUG 1803 in Fayette Co., Ky

Private Abraham Cassell State Militia 1776-1778

Abraham Cassell, son of John Jacob & Margaretta (Burkhart) Cassell, was born 25 September 1756, in Wakefield Valley, Frederick County, Maryland. [2][3][4] On 24 April 1782, he married first, Catherine Lingenfelter in Frederick County, Maryland; [5][6] on 24 December 1801, he married second, Sarah Rice in Kentucky. [7] He died 8 February 1840, in Lexington, Fayette County Kentucky [8] and is buried in Lexington Cemetery. [9][10]

Private Cassell enlisted in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1776, in Captain Abram Huff's Company, Colonel Charls Beatty's Regiment, and served three months. In 1778, he enlisted for three months in Captain Smith's Company, Colonel Wood's Regiment, and after staying in Georgetown a few weeks, guarded British prisoners at Frederick town. [11][12][13][14]

ABRAHAM CASSELL R.W.S. was living in Jessamine County, when he applied for a pension, February 11, 1832. He was 77 years old at the time. He had enlisted into service in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1776. Abraham Cassell died May 26, 1844. His widow, Catharine (Lingenfelter) Cassell, applied for his pension on December 21, 1844. She was 84 years old at this time. She and Abraham were married in Frederick County, April 24, 1782. Mentions: some of their children and gives dates of birth. (Pension No. W. 2916) (http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/jessamine/military/revwar/rwsoldrs...)

Source from Book: 1. “Memorial 54004561, Lexington Cemetery,” database, Find A Grave.com (http://www. findagrave.com/ : accessed 12 January 2012), entry for Abraham Cassell, [b.] 25 September 1756, Wakefield Valley, Frederick County, Maryland.

2. “Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records,” database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry. com/ : accessed 17 January 2012), entry for Abraham Cassell, [b.] 25 September 1756, Wakefield Valley, Frederick County, Maryland.

3. Ibid. “American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)” : 2012.

4. Ibid. “1840 U.S. Census, Jessamine, Kentucky.”

5. Ibid. “Maryland Revolutionary War Records” : 2012.

6. Ibid. “Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850” : 2012. [See documents/notes appendix]

7. Ibid. “Kentucky Pioneer and Court Records.”

8. Ibid. “U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, #27903.”

9. Ibid. “Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots” : 2012.

10. Ibid., Find A Grave.com.

11. Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault, Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky. Also A Roster of the Virginia Navy. Web edition. The Generations Network, Ancestry.com. [search.ncestry.com] : 2012.

12. Utah, Fold3. Digital Collections, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. [www.fold3.com].

13. Ibid., Ancestry.com. “Revolutionary War Pensions of Soldiers Who Settled in Fayette County, Kentucky.” [See documents/notes appendix]

14. Ibid., Fold3.com. Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. #13306480, #13306615, #13306624, #13306605, #13306429 : 2012.

Source: O'Neill, Arthur Vincent, Compiler. With Contributions From: D'Andrea, Jill Marie Abraham; Mason, Kyle Richard; Barb, John MacDonnell, Jr.; Gelesko, Gwen Robb. "They Served." Copyright 2012. Page 2.

• Biography transcribed and posted with the author's permission.

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