William Tyson Casselberry

ID: I116 Name: William CASSELBERRY Given Name: William Surname: Casselberry Sex: M _UID: 4F64E14AB064F549982F13514E22345554F6 Change Date: 13 OCT 2009 Note:

   In the 1798 Window Pane tax list for Montgomery County, forwarded by Barbara Wentz, shows William owning a two story stone house 30x18, 6 windows with 12 panes, a stone kitchen 25x14, a store room of logs 18x18, and a log barn 30x20 on 55 acres.

   Norristown Newspaper Notices of Interest show William on the school board in Worcester, along with Baltzer Heebner, Henry Frick, Geo. Schults, and Jesse Weber advertising for a school mistress who understands plain sewing, reading and writing, in May of 1827. Same source, November 19, 1828, William Casselberry, Richard Jacobs, Samuel Shupe, Wm.Fronefield, and Daniel Morgan, Trustees of the Evansburg School, want a teacher who can teach the different branches of the English language.

   In August of 1845, William is on the Committee of Arrangement along with Edward Coulston, Henry Loucks, Jesse Johnson, Joshua Spare, Daniel Morgan, Theo. Morgan, Mathias Yost, J. W. Everhart, Uriah Shade, and Wm. G. Shupe of a lare celebration of the Montgomery County Temperance Harvest-Home held at the grove belonging to Daniel Morgan, near Evansburg.

   From Norristown Newspaper Notices of Interest by Meier.

   He served as administrator for the estate of his brother Richard. John, his son, eventually bought the tanyard property.

   William lived in the ancestral home known as Maple Farm in Evansburg. As his descendants after him, he farmed, and was a Republican and Episcopalian. (Richard and Olive Weber had a cherry slant front desk that came from him, that was passed on to cousin Lee Weber Krause.) He was seven when Gen. Washington stayed in their home. He and Catherine had 6 children, Richard, John, Joseph, Charlotte, Barbara Ann, and Rebecca. Their family information is contained in copies of Bible pages said to be from their bible. The 1810 census for Lower Providence shows William with :

   Males 3 0 0 1 0, Females 0 2 0 1 0

   In the 1850 Census, William and Catherine are listed without any children at home, next door is Isaiah, his nephew, son of Benjamin. William lists $6000 real estate.

   Jan. 22, 1852, D. Morgan Casselberry reports that GF Casselberry's stone house burnt. It was a trying month, 4 days later his son Richard drowned by falling in a well per the diary.

Birth: 14 SEP 1770 in Evansburg, Montgomery Co., PA Death: 5 JUN 1857 in Evansburg, Montgomery Co., PA Note:

He and his wife are buried at St. James Episcopal Churchyard, Perkiomen, Sect. 1, A16, in Evansburg. His death mentioned in the D. Morgan Casselberry diaries.

In Memory of William Casselberry Born September 14 A.D. 1770 and departed this life June 5th A.D. 1857 aged 86 years, 8 months and 21 days

Farewell much loved departed one, Go take they mansion near the throne And we will wait the favoured hour When next we meet to part no more.

Father: Jacob CASSELBERRY b: 11 OCT 1744 in Pennsylvania Mother: Anna TYSON b: 4 DEC 1748 in Montgomery Co., PA

Marriage 1 Catharine WENTZ b: 17 OCT 1776 in Worcester, Montgomery Co., PA

   Married: 28 AUG 1794 in Evansburg, Montgomery Co., PA

   Note: They were married at St. James, Perkiomen, as were three brothers and one sister.

Children

   Has Children Charlotte CASSELBERRY b: 9 MAY 1795 in Lower Providence, Montgomery Co., PA

   Has Children Barbara Ann CASSELBERRY b: 18 DEC 1796 in Lower Providence, Montgomery Co., PA

   Has Children Richard CASSELBERRY b: 6 NOV 1799 in Evansburg, Montgomery Co., PA

   Has Children John CASSELBERRY b: 29 NOV 1801 in Evansburg, Montgomery Co., PA

   Has Children Joseph Wentz CASSELBERRY b: 23 FEB 1807 in Lower Providence, Montgomery Co., PA

   Has Children Rebecca Matilda CASSELBERRY b: 9 JAN 1811 in Lower Providence, Montgomery Co., PA

==CASSELBERRY HISTORIC HOUSE== Jacob Casselberry died in 1795. In his will dated 9/22/1795, Jacob directed his wife Ann to sell the farm to their son William, keep £300 for herself, and distribute the remainder to their other children. Ann Casselberry did not carry out the sale of the farm to William Casselberry until 6/2/1803, when William paid £1,500 for the land. Ann must have been living in the house because the deed states, “the tenants in possession have agreed to sell the same.”

FROM: http://www.lowerprovidencehs.org/casselberryhouse.htm