Cawood/Caywood

Caywood is the longest line in my genealogy, reaching back 800 years and encompassing more than 2,700 descendants.  Our first known Cawood is Johannes de Cawood, who held by grand sergeantie one plough land in Cawood, Yorkshire, and was custodian of the king's forests between the Rivers Ouse and Derwent in the year 1201 A.D.  The earliest known Cawoods were the Keepers of the Forest for the king.  Their office was an honorable and lucrative one, for "as forests are of great antiquity, so the care and charge of them was in England always committed to great and honourable personages...  The law of the forest is, that, if the warden of the forest dye, and his heir bring not in the rolls, his heir shall answer for the same."  In other words, the office was hereditary, and because of this, we know the family existed long before that time, perhaps back through the reign of William the Conqueror, or earlier.  The manor house/castle at Cawood was the home of the Archbishop of York for some centuries, as well as an occasional Cawood.

The first immigrant to the New World was Stephen Cawood (b. ca. 1630, d. 1676), who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1666.  The year 1665 saw the Great Plague, which began in London and spread over practically all of England, followed by the Great Fire of London, after which it was said that there were more people dead than remained alive.  Well, I'd leave town, too.

Below is my complete Cawood/Caywood line.  To follow the lineage to me, follow the "*":

(NOTE:  I believe that John, son of Johannes, is actually the father of David, mainly because of the long timespan between 1201 when Johannes was granted land, and David's birth in 1265.) 

Family of *Johannes de Cawood:
1.  *David de Cawood (b. ca. 1265)
2.  John de Cawood

Family of David de Cawood (above):
1.  *John de Cawood (b. 13 Jan 1294)
2.  Thomas de Cawood
3.  William de Cawood

Family of John de Cawood (above) and Alice _____:
1.  *John de Cawood (d. 1390, bur. Cawood Church, Cawood, Yorkshire, England) m. Margaret _____.
2.  William de Cawood
3.  Adam de Cawood
4.  Alice de Cawood
5.  Isabel de Cawood m. Robert Aunger

Family of John de Cawood (above) and Margaret _____:
1.  *John de Cawood m. Isabella _____.  (John was Lord of the Manor of Cawood in 1403.)
2.  Alice de Cawood m. Thomas Aunger.
3.  Agnes de Cawood m. William Rovyll.

Family of John de Cawood (above) and Isabella:
1.  *Peter de Cawood 
2.  Margaret de Cawood

Family of Peter de Cawood (above):
1.  *John Cawood m. Agnes Fairfax, daug. of Sir Richard Fairfax of Walton.

Family of John Cawood (above) and Agnes Fairfax:
1.  *John Cawood m. Elizabeth Folkingham.
2.  Margaret de Cawood m. 1424 Richard de Acclom, son of Rauff Acclom.

Family of John Cawood (above) and Elizabeth Folkingham:
1.  *John Cawood (b. 1514, d. 1 Apr 1572, bur. St. Faith's, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England) m.  Joane _____, m. _____, m. _____.  (John was the Royal Printer for Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth I.)

Family of John Cawood (above) and Joane _____:
1.  *John Cawood (d. 1570).
2.  Mary Cawood m. George Bischoppe.
3.  Gabrael Cawood
4.  Susanna Cawood m. Robert Bullok.
5.  Barbara Cawood m. Mark Norton.
6.  Edmund Cawood (d. 1570).
7.  [daughter]

Family of John Cawood (above):
1.  *Thomas Cawood (b. ca. 1550) m. Mary Jean Willy.

Family of Thomas Cawood (above) and Mary Jean Willy:
1.  *Robert Cawood m. Jun 1601, Isabel Jackson.

Family of Robert Cawood (above) and Isabel Jackson:
1.  Simon Cawood
2.  *Stephen Cawood (d. 19 Feb 1653).
3.  Anne Cawood

Family of Stephen Cawood (above):
1.  Robert Cawood 
2.  *Stephen Cawood (bapt. 14 May 1630, Pontefract, ENG, d. 1676, MD) m. Ann Terrett.
3.  Thomas Cawood 
4.  Mary  Cawood

Family of Stephen Cawood (above) and Ann Terrett:
1.  *Stephen Cawood (b. 1670, d. Oct 1735) m. 1692, Mary Cox (d. 1748).

Family of Stephen Cawood (above) and Mary Cox:
1.  John Cawood (b. ca. 1693, d. 1769/70) m. 1711 Elizabeth Smallwood (b. ca. 1695).
2.  William Cawood (b. ca. 1695) m. Sarah _____.
3.  *Thomas Cawood (b. ca. 1697, Charles Co., MD, d. 26 May 1766, Montgomery/Charles Co., MD) m. MD, Ann Frishwater.
4.  Stephen Cawood m. Eleanor _____.
5.  Ann Cawood (b. ca. 1702) m. (1) <9 Sep 1735 William Atchison (b. 1680-5, Prince George's Co., MD, d. 1733-4, Charles Co., MD), (2) John  Thomas.
6.  Mary Cawood m. ca. 1720, Charles Willett.
7.  Hester Cawood m. <9 Sep 1735, John Robinson.
8.  Penelope Cawood m. <9 Sep 1735, Ralph Roby.

Family of Thomas Cawood (above) and Ann Frishwater:
1.  Mary Cawood (b. 1738, Charles Co., MD, d. 2 Mar 1790, Charles Co., MD) m. 26 May 1757, Benjamin Davis.
2.  *Stephen Caywood (b. ca. 1740, Charles Co., MD, d. 23 Feb 1802, Charles Co., MD), m. 1764, Charles Co., MD, Priscilla  McDaniel (sister to Amelia Mildred McDaniel and Mary Ann McDaniel, below) (b. 1746, Charles Co., MD, d. 17 May 1824, Charles Co., MD), daug. of Thomas McDaniel, Sr. and Rebecca Stewart.
3.  Benjamin Frishwater Cawood (b. ca. 1742, Montgomery Co., MD, d. ca. 1787) m. Susanna _____.
4.  Thomas Cawood (b. ca. 1744, Prince George's Co., MD).
5.  Susana Cawood (b. ca. 1746) m. (1) _____ Frishwater, (2) _____ Carter.
6.  Anna Cawood (b. ca. 1748) m. _____ Frishwater.
7.  Elizabeth Cawood (b. ca. 1750) m. George Warren.

Family of Stephen Caywood (above) and Priscilla McDaniel:
1.  Aquilla Caywood (b. 1765, Charles Co., MD) m. Montgomery Co., MD, Catherine Hoggins.
2.  Rebecca Caywood (b. ca. 1722, Montgomery Co., MD, d. 1849, Danville, IN) m. (1) 23 Dec 1790, Frederick Co., MD, Josias Heighton/Hyten (b. ca. 1770 Montgomery Co., MD), son of Josiah Heighton and Priscilla Cawood, (2) 13 May 1816, Bath Co., MD, James Gorrel (b. Ireland).
3.  Permelia Caywood (b. ca. 1773, Montgomery Co., MD, d. 25 Jan 1835, Washington Co., MD) m. 1797, Washington Co., MD, Johannes Marsteller (brother to Sarah, below) (b. 16 Feb 1773, Washington Co., MD, d. 15 July 1843, Washington Co., MD).
4.  Mary Caywood (b. ca. 1775, Montgomery Co., MD, d. ca. 1835, Washington Co., MD) m. ca. 1800 John Mosteller (b. 16 Feb 1773, PA, d. ca. 1843, Washington Co., MD).
5.  *Thomas Austin Caywood (b. 5 Jan 1775, d. 27 May 1850) m. Sarah Marsteller/Mostaller (sister to Johannes Marsteller, above) (b. 22 May 1778, d. 1857), daug. of Johann George Mostaller and Elizabeth Kuster.
6.  Isaac Caywood (b. 1778, Montgomery Co., MD, d. 4 Mar 1822, Fleming Co., KY) m. 12 Jul 1797, Frederick Co., MD, Nancy Ann Talbott.
7.  Erasmus Caywood (b. 17 Feb 1780, Montgomery Co., MD, d. 8 May 1851, Putnam Co., IN) m. (1) 23 Dec 1799 Washington Co., MD, Mary Williams (b. ca. 1774, d. 12 Jul 1833), (2) Rachel Grimes (d. >1864).
8.  Sarah Caywood (b. ca. 1782, Montgomery Co., MD, d. 26 Dec 1799, Montgomery Co., MD).
9.  Stephen Caywood (b. ca. 1784, Montgomery Co., MD, d. ca. 1853) m. 15 Apr 1804 or 12 Nov 1803, Montgomery Co., MD, Elizabeth Carrington (sister to Thomas Carrington, below) (b. ca. 1787, Montgomery Co., MD), daug. of Samuel Carrington and Amelia Mildred McDaniel (sister to Priscilla McDaniel, above, and Mary Ann McDaniel, below). 
10.  Elizabeth Caywood (b. 27 Feb 1786, Montgomery Co., MD, d. ca. 1847) m. 5 Aug 1804 Thomas Carrington (brother to Elizabeth Carrington, above) (b. 20 Nov 1782, Charles Co., MD, d. 28 Nov 1874, Putnam Co., IN).
11.  Verlinda Virginia Caywood (b. ca. 1788, Montgomery Co., MD, d. 6 Sep 1805, Fleming Co., KY) m. 30 Jan 1805, Montgomery Co., MD, Benjamin Umstadt, son of John Umstadt and Susannah _____.
12.  Asa Caywood (b. 11 Aug 1790, Montgomery Co., MD, d. 3 Nov 1884, Hendricks Co., IN) m. 1809 Montgomery Co., KY, Margaret Foster (b. 29 Jan 1792, Bourbon Co., KY, d. 11 Aug 1860), daug. of Henry Foster and Rebecca Darnall.
13.  Drusilla Caywood (b. ca. 1798, Montgomery Co., MD) m. John Darnall (b. 10 Jan 1781, MD, d. Madison Co., IA), son of John Darnall and Mary Ann McDaniel (sister to Amelia McDaniel and Priscilla McDaniel, above).
14.  Ann Caywood (b. Montgomery Co., MD, d. >1832, KY) m. 16 Feb 1811, Montgomery Co., MD, Allen Darnell (b. 1783, PA, d. 22 Jan 1812, MI).

Family of Thomas Austin Caywood (above) and Sarah Marstellar:
1.  Rhuhana Caywood (b. >1800, Washington Co., MD, d. >1847, Fleming Co., KY) m. 24 Sep 1817, Montgomery Co., KY, Ezekiel Mason Darnall (b. ca. 1800, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co, KY, d. >1841, Fleming Co, KY), son of Henry Darnall and Sarah Turpin.
2.  Benjamin Mostaller Caywood (b. 28 Apr 1801, Washington Co., MD, d. 12 May 1884, Fleming Co., KY, bur. Poplar Run Cem., Fleming Co., KY) m. 20 Sep 1830, Mason Co., KY, Eliza Craig (b. 9 Feb 1809, NJ, d. 17 May 1900, bur. Poplar Run Cem., Fleming Co., KY).
3.  Susan Caywood (b. 1804, Washington Co., MD, d. 22 May 1851, Fleming Co., KY) m. 29 Sep 1831, Fleming Co., KY, David McCarty (b. 1803, KY, d. 27 Feb 1867, Fleming Co., KY).
4.  *James Lindsay Caywood (b. 6 Jun 1806, d. 26 Aug 1879, bur. Poplar Run Cem., Fleming Co., KY) m. 3 Dec 1831, Fleming Co., KY, Margaret Mildred (Peggy) Courtney (b. 24 Dec 1811, d. 27 Dec 1902, bur. Poplar Run Cem., Fleming Co., KY), daug. of Elzay Courtney and Sarah Ann Haley.
5.  Elizabeth Rebecca Caywood (b. 31 Jan 1809, Washington Co., MD, d. 5 Apr 1850, Fleming Co., KY) m. 23 Dec 1830, Fleming Co., KY, Ezekiel Runyon (b. 20 Apr 1807, Fleming Co., KY, d. 27 Apr 1859, Fleming Co., KY), son of David Lenox Runyon and Mary Rose.
6.  Mason Caywood (b. 20 Aug 1815, Montgomery Co., KY, d. 25 Dec 1887, Vining, KS) m. 15 Aug 1839, Mason Co., KY, Mary Ross (b. 1820, KY).
7.  Alexander Caywood (b. 12 Apr 1817, Montgomery Co., KY, d. 10 Jan 1847, Fleming Co., KY, bur. Poplar Run Cem., Fleming Co., KY) m. 14 Jan 1845, Mason Co., KY, Sarah Weaver (b. 2 Jan 1827, d. 1887).

Family of James Lindsay Caywood (above) and Margaret Mildred (Peggy) Courtney:
1.  Thomas Austin Caywood (b. 22 Oct 1832, Fleming Co., KY, d. 24 Feb 1912, Fleming Co., KY) m. 29 Dec 1864, Fleming Co., KY, Sarah Hamilton.
2.  Elizabeth Caywood (b. 4 Oct 1834, Fleming Co., KY, d. 22 Mar 1923) m. 1 Feb 1855, Fleming Co., KY, Reuben S. Weaver.
3.  *Mason Caywood (b. 23 Dec 1836, Fleming Co., KY, d. 14 May 1911, Raymond, KS, bur. Hilltop Cem., Raymond, Rice Co., KS) m.  3 Mar 1856, Fleming Co., KY, Elizabeth Ann Moore (b. 4 May 1839, Fleming Co., KY, d. 5 Oct 1889, Raymond, KS, bur. Hilltop Cem., Raymond, Rice Co., KS), daug. of Thomas Thornton Moore and Delilah Stout.
4.  William F. Caywood (b. 4 Feb 1839, KY, d. 8 Sep 1863, Ringold, GA).
5.  Sarah Ann Caywood (b. 19 Nov 1840, Fleming Co., KY, d. 1922) m. (1) 10 Oct 1861, Fleming Co., KY, Henry Williams, (2) 23 Aug 1868, Shipman Craig Stout (b. 15 Nov 1832, d. 9 Dec 1905), son of William Parke Stout and Mary Willoughby.
6.  James Lindsay Caywood, Jr. (b. 15 Jun 1842, KY, d. 7 Aug 1846, Fleming Co., KY, bur. Poplar Run Cem., Fleming Co., KY).
7.  Elzay Caywood (b. 8 Apr 1845, KY, d. 9 Dec 1880, Fleming Co., KY, bur. Poplar Run Cem., Fleming Co., KY) m. 26 Sep 1869, Fleming Co., KY, Nancy Melissa Veatch (b. ca. 1850, d. 1942, KY), daug. of Ai Veatch and Mary Ann Moore.
8.  Alexander Caywood (b. 22 Mar 1847, KY, d. 12 Jan 1926) m. 26 Oct 1882, Fleming Co., KY, Lucy Cochran.
9.  Virginia Caywood (b. 10 Jun 1851, Fleming Co., KY, d. 26 Jul 1916) m. 3 Jul 1890, Fleming Co., KY, William J. West.

Family of Mason Caywood (above) and Elizabeth Ann Moore:
1.  *Thomas Lindsay Caywood (b. 20 May 1859, Ewing, Fleming Co., KY, d. 27 Dec 1925, Sterling, Rice Co., KS) m. 19 Dec 1882, Oakwoods/Flemingsburg, KY, Henrietta Elizabeth Moore (b. 26 Aug 1862, Flemingsburg,
Fleming Co., KY, d. Jan 1941, Sterling, Rice Co., KS, bur. Alden Valley Cem., Alden, Rice Co., KS), daug. of John Monroe Moore and Mary Caroline McCord.
2.  James Walter Caywood (b. 13 Dec 1860, Ewing,
Fleming Co., KY, d. 16 May 1897, Raymond, Rice Co., KS) m. Jessie Steelman Williams (d. Aug 1932, Roscoe, CA).
3.  William Francis Caywood (b. 4 Jan 1865, Fleming Co., KY, d. 11 Jul 1928, Raymond, KS) m. 18 Oct 1888, Raymond, Rice Co., KS, Frances Leah Shepherd (b. 18 Sep 1868, Mason Co., KY, d. 18 Apr 1959, Larned, KS), daug. of Joseph Ball Shepherd and Susan Davis.
4.  John Reuben Caywood (b. 25 May 1867, Ewing,
Fleming Co., KY, d. 26 Nov 1958, Cherokee, OK) m. 10 Apr 1892, Raymond, KS, Emma Daly (b. 20 May 1872, Raymond, Rice Co., KS, d. 21 Dec 1948, Sand Creek, OK), daug. of Henry Harrison Daly and Mary Ann Campbell.
5.  TWIN, female (d. <Mar 1879, Fleming Co., KY).
6.  TWIN, female (d. <Mar 1879, Fleming Co., KY).
7.  Elzay Courtney Caywood (b. 7 Jun 1869/70, Fleming Co., KY, d. 31 Mar 1944, Alden, Rice Co., KS) m. 25 Dec 1895, Lincoln, KS, Flora Dillon (b. 25 Sep 1874, Fleming Co., KY, d. 26 Aug 1968, McPherson, KS), daug. of Matthew Dillon and Mary Jane Evans.
8.  Thornton Bruce Caywood (b. 17 Jul 1871, Fleming Co., KY, d. 4 Sep 1884, Raymond, Rice Co., KS).
9.  Cleon Clifton Caywood (b. 2 May 1873, Fleming Co., KY, d. 7 Jun 1948, Sterling, Rice Co., KS) m. 22 Oct 1896, KS, Olive Ross (b. 27 Sep 1876, Churubusco, IN, d. 10 Apr 1946, Sterling, Rice Co., KS), daug. of John Ross and Ella Fair.
10.  Eugene Alexander Caywood (b. 4 Mar 1876, Fleming Co., KY, d. 3 Apr 1949, Woodward, Woodward Co., OK) m. 18 May 1904, Sterling, KS, Clara Cecilia Lyon (b. 7 Mar 1883, IA, d. 19 Sep 1964, Woodward, Woodward Co., OK).

Family of Thomas Lindsay Caywood (above) and Henrietta Elizabeth Moore:
1.  Cyrus Elmer Caywood (b. 26 Nov 1883, Raymond, Rice Co., KS, d. 24 Nov 1954, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR, bur. Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR) m. 29 Nov 1904, Alden, Rice Co., KS, Jennie May Whitters (b. 3 Apr 1883, Raymond, KS, d. 1 May 1948, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR, bur. Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., AR), daug. of Ed Whitters and Alma McClure.
2.  Vernon Oren Caywood (b. 16 Mar 1885, Ewing, Fleming Co., KY, d. 21 May 1957, Sterling, Rice Co., KS, bur. Sterling Community Cem., Sterling, Rice Co., KS) m. Feb 1910, Conway, Laclede Co., MO, Lucy Belle Ferrier (b. 17 Jan 1885, Niangua, MO, d. 17 Nov 1968, Sterling, Rice Co., KS, bur. Sterling Community Cem., Sterling, Rice Co., KS).
3.  Florence Mason Caywood (b. 21 Jan 1895, Alden, Rice Co., KS, d. 10 Nov 1988, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, bur. Mt. Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion Co., OR) m. 27 Sep 1916, Nickerson, Reno Co., KS, Charles Wesley Stout (b. 29 Jan 1892, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., MO, d. 16 Jul 1976, Albany, Linn Co., OR, bur. Mt. Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Marion Co., OR), son of John Robertson Stout and Ida Bell Loft.
4.  Bruce Prater Caywood (b. 12 Nov 1896, Alden, Rice Co., KS, d. 14 Jun 1979, Hastings, Adams Co., NE, bur. 16 Jun 1979, Parkview Cem., Hastings, Adams Co., NE ) m. 1 Jun 1922, Protection, Comanche Co., KS, Olive Kate Tubbs (b. 22 Nov 1901, Washington, Daviess Co., IN, d. 19 Sep 2000, Hastings, Adams Co., NE, bur. Parkview Cem., Hastings, Adams Co., NE), daug. of Edwin Henry Halleck Tubbs and Sara Olive Hicks.

Denotes members of the Mosteller/Mostaller family.
Denotes members of the McDaniel family.
Denotes members of the Carrington family.

Caywood Family Photos:

Photos from Cawood, England, taken in 2001:

PLEASE SEE These Additional photos:

Just for fun, here are some recipes from my great grandmother, Henrietta Elizabeth Moore Caywood.  I've never tried them, so I can't vouch for tastiness.  You'll have to look for guinea pigs in your own family.

If you have any questions, comments, or additional information, please do not hesitate to e-mail me at S_cotStout@aol.com (be sure to remove the underscore after the first character before e-mailing).

Updated 18 Apr 2012

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