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Descendants of John Casse

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN¹ CASSE was born Bet. 1615 - 1620 in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England, and died April 07, 1675 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He married MARTHA PHILBRICK April 07, 1657 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, daughter of THOMAS PHILBRICK and ANNE KNAPP.

Notes for JOHN CASSE:

In the Name of God Amen. The last will and Testament of John Cass of Hampton in the Conty of Norfolk in New England being sick & weak of body * * * Imp:
I give and Bequeath unto Martha Cass my Beloved Wife all my whole stock of Cattle Both of one kind and other and all my other moveables both within dores and without to hir heires and Assignes for Ever. Also I Give unto Martha Cass my wife all my houseing and Lands in Hampton Both Upland and medows Dureing the time of hir widdowhood And at her Deceas or Day of marriage.

itt I Give and Bequeath unto my two sons Joseph and Samuell all my upland Belonging to the farme with all my Housses orchard and the Lot which my House standeth upon and the comonage belonging to my part of the farme as also all my medow and marsh of the uper Devision downe to the Great Crick Below the Dame (my meaning is that Part of the Crick Below the Dam wher the water Ebbeth Northerly shall be their easterly bonds so far as that Part of the Crick Runs in my marsh and said Houses, Barne, Lands, medows to be equally devided Between them my intent is that Samuel shall devide the Land and medows and Joseph shall Chuse with part he will have and likewise that Samuell shall ?? the price of houseing and Barne and if Joseph shall have his Choyce to take the houses and Barn and to pay unto samuell one halfe of the price to set upon them and if Joseph shall Refuse the Houses and Barne Samuell shall have them Paying unto Joseph one halfe of the price so set by samuell and which Land and medows & Houses thay shall Enter upon and injoy mediately after my wifes Deceas or at the Day of her Marriage alwaies provided that they shall have no power to make sale of any of their Land till they shall arive to the age of twenty and eight yeares if they should enter upon it before

itt I Give unto my Daughter Abigall the sum of twenty pounds to be paid to hir by my Wife

itt I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth twenty pounds to be paid by my two sons Joseph and Samuell in Corne & neat Cattle ten pounds to be paid within one yeare after they enter upon their Lands and the other ten pounds the Next year after to be payd in the same specie

itt I give unto my Daughter Mercy twenty pounds to be paid to her by Joseph and Samuell in Corne and neat Cattle ten pounds to be paid within three yeares after they enter upon their Lands and the other ten pounds within one yeare after my intent is that Joseph and Samuell shall pay equll shares of the forty pounds to Elizabeth and Mercy

itt I Give unto my two sons Jonathan And Ebenezer all the Rest of my marsh from the abovesd Great Crick to the Maine River by sandy point all my land at the New plantation and my out Land of the North Devision and one share of the Cow Comon all to be equally devided: between them according to the Goodnes or Worth of itt and they shall enter upon the said Lands and marshes imediately after my wifes Deceas or at the day of her Mariage but my intent and meaning is that if any of my Children be under age when their inheritance is due to them by this my will and it shalbe improved by my executors for their Benifitt till they are of age neither shall my two yongest sons Jonathan and Ebenezer have power to make sale of any Land given them by this my will till they shall arive at the age of twenty eight years of they shall enter upon it before: and I do apoint my beloved Wife martha Cass and my Loveing Brothers Philip Lews and Thomas Philbrick executrix & executors to this my will and testiment which I doe confirme by seting to my hand and seale

itt I ad before signeing and sealeing that My Daughter Martha hath alReady had thirty pounds and My Daughter Mary Hath had Cows & other things which my intent is shall be their Portions. In Confirmation of all the Abovesd premisses I have set my hadn and seale this fourth of the third month on the yeare of our Lord 1674. mark Read Signed & sealed in the John X Cass pressents of (Seal) Thomas Philbrick Joseph Dow Samuel Philbrick

(Proved April 13, 1675)

Notes for MARTHA PHILBRICK:
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Nine (9) children were born to this family.
This John Cass may have been an ancestor of the Lewis Cass who became
governor of the Michigan Territory after the War of 1812.
The following except from the Michigan History Magazine for January/February 991, page 13 in an article titled "Lewis Cass", by Willard Carl Klunder tates as follows:
"The constitutional Union to which Lewis Cass devoted his life did not
exist when he was born at Exter, New Hampshire, on 9 October 1782, the first
of six children to Jonathan and Mary Gilman Cass. Both of the proud
parents traced their New England ancestry back more than a century. John
Cass arrived in America around 1640 and eventually made his way to
Rockingham County, New Hampshire. He married Martha Philbricke.
Together they raised nine children on a two hundred-acre farm that formerly belonged to the Reverend John Wheelwright. John Cass served frequently as a selectman, initiating the family tradition of political service. Succeeding generations of Cass men continued to father large families, while
establishing themselves on small farms in the souytheast corner of New
Hampshire and neighboring Essex County, Massachusetts."
While this statement does not confirm the connection, there is a strong
indication that the John Cass in the article meets many of the conditions to
show this connection. The time frame is the same as well as Martha Philbrick
(Philbricke) having been born in 1633 would have been of an age to have been
available for marriage about 1650.

Children of JOHN CASSE and MARTHA PHILBRICK are:

2.	i.	MARTHA² CASE, b. October 04, 1649, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; d. Aft. August 1694.
3.	ii.	JOHN CASE, b. September 21, 1650, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; d. 1706.
4.	iii.	MARY CASE, b. Abt. 1652, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; d. July 23, 1692, Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
5.	iv.	JOSEPH CASE, b. October 05, 1656, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; d. July 06, 1739, Kensington, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
6.	v.	MARY CASS, b. October 05, 1656, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
7.	vi.	SAMUEL CASE, b. July 13, 1659, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; d. Bef. 1736.
8.	vii.	JONATHAN CASE, b. September 13, 1663, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; d. Abt. 1693, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
9.	viii.	ELIZABETH CASE, b. Abt. June 04, 1666, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
	ix.	MERCY CASE, b. August 01, 1668, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; d. Bef. August 04, 1694.
10.	x.	EBENEZER CASE, b. July 17, 1671, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; d. Bef. December 16, 1763, Norwich, New London, Connecticut.
	xi.	ABIGAIL CASE, b. January 11, 1673/74; d. December 15, 1705; m. JOHN TURBET, November 17, 1698, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

More About ABIGAIL CASE:
Cause of Death: Died while a captive of Indians, abducted August 10, 1703.

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