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Johanna Caswell (Biggs)

Also Known As: "Widow Hassell"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Colony, British North America
Death: May 1694 (41)
Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, British North America
Place of Burial: Lower Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Biggs, Sr. and Johannah Biggs
Wife of Edward Hassell and Matthew Caswell
Mother of John Hassell, Sr.; Matthew Caswell, II and Jane Randolph
Sister of Jabez Biggs; Ann Biggs Batchelor; John Biggs, Jr.; Thomas Biggs; Katherine Biggs and 5 others

Managed by: Delbert Ritchhart
Last Updated:

About Johanna Caswell

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Biggs-228

This profile is part of the Biggs Name Study.

Johanna Biggs was born about 1653 in Lower, Norfolk, Colony of Virginia, daughter of John Biggs (>1606–<1694) and Johannah Norsworthy (1622–1694).

Johanna (21) married Edward Hassell (34) (born on November 27, 1640 in Barbados) about 1675. Their son was John Hassell (~1677–>1722).

Johanna (26) married Matthew Caswell (34) (born in 1645 in Lower Norfolk, , Colony of Virginia; son of William Caswell) about 1680. Their children were:

  1. Martha Caswell (~1681– )
  2. Francis Caswell (~1682–~1712)
  3. William Caswell (1684– )
  4. Jabez Caswell (~1686–1718)
  5. Jane Jeane Caswell (~1688–>1750)
  6. Matthew Caswell (1691–~1754)
  7. Constant Caswell (~1695–~1739) [uncertain].
  8. Johanna died in May 1694 in Virginia about 40.

References

  1. WikiTree contributors, "Johanna (Biggs) Caswell (abt.1644-)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Biggs-228 : accessed 07 March 2024). Cites
    1. Pg 28 Information from A Documented History of the Biggs Family compiled by Barbara Ann West (Tsekouras) of Houston, Texas undefined (http://familysearch.org/patron/source/photoId/110196875: 18 July 2020).
    2. Book: The Hassell Family History [no link] BY James Lafayette Hassell, jr. Feb 20, 2002 Author's address 12001 Bexley Ct, Richmond, VA 23233 He has research with court documents, wills, family bibles and talking to people.
    3. Family Data Collection - Marriages
  2. (http://search.ancestry.com/collections/5774/records/216321 : 20 December 2015).
    1. Family Data Collection - Births. http://search.ancestry.com/collections/5769/records/400171.
    2. Ancestry Family Trees. (http://www.ancestry.com : 29 July 2023). NEED SUBSCRIPTION TO ACCESS.
    3. North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790.
  3. https://search.ancestry.com/collections/4197/records/399.
    1. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s.
Place: Virginia; Year: 1653; Page Number: 275. (https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7486/records/4046973: 21 November 2019).
  1. # Emigration: "A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1692, 1718-1759"Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61073 #90 (accessed 29 July 2023)Name: Elizabeth Bigg; Departure Date: 2 Mar 1684; Departure Place: St Giles, Middlesex, England; Destination Place: Jamaica; Arrival Country: USA; Father: John Bigg. (http://www.ancestry.com : 29 July 2023).
    1. FamilySearch Person: M5XG-8WL.
    2. Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Biggs
    3. Source: S12 Title: The Caswell of Virginia Author: Mike Caswell Data: Date: 2 Dec 2001.
    4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163957765/johanna-biggs: accessed 29 July 2023), memorial page for Johanna Norsworthy or Sawyer Biggs (1644–1694), Find a Grave Memorial ID 163957765; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by The Ancestor Hunter (contributor 46853198).
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Johanna Caswell's Timeline

1653
April 1653
Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Colony, British North America
1677
1677
Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, British North America
1691
1691
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
1694
May 1694
Age 41
Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, British North America
1702
1702
Norfolk, VA, United States
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Lower Norfolk, Virginia, United States