John Caswell [SEP] date of death
John Caswell
John Caswell (sometimes recorded as John Carswell) (1654 or 1655 – 28 April 1712) was an English mathematician who served as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford from 1709 until his death.
Life and career.
John Caswell (sometimes recorded as "Carswell"), was from Crewkerne, Somerset, and he matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford, in March 1671 when he was 16 years old. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1674 and his Master of Arts in
and ten years later he died in 1896. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Ludington beside his first wife.
Biography Death.
His September 17, 1896 obituary reads:
Biography Further family history.
Caswell's daughter Mary, who was born about 1835, married Richard Hatfield at the Caswell farmhouse in 1854. This was the first recorded marriage in Mason County. Mary died in 1882 at the age of 46 (if the birth date is correct). She was the mother of fourteen children, nine of whom