Captain Robert Durland Caskey  

Birth: 11 NOV 1782 Morris Co., New Jersey

Marriage: 03 MAY 1810 Roxbury Twp, Morris, New Jersey, USA
Note: Performed by Rev. Lemuel Fordham

 

Birth of Son: 11 FEB 1811
Name:
William S. Caskey

Birth of Son: abt 1823
Name:
Robert Caskey

Birth of Dau: bef 1824
Name:
Doratha Caskey

Birth of Son: bef 1824
Name:
Nelson Caskey

Birth of Dau: bef 1824
Name:
Huldah Caskey

1830 Census:  Roxbury Twp, Morris Co, New Jersey

1840 Census:  Roxbury Twp, Morris Co, New Jersey
Note:  1 male aged 15-20, 2 males aged 20-30, 1 male aged 50-60, 1 female aged 20-30, 1 female aged 50-60.

1850 Census: 17 AUG 1850
Place: Roxbury Twp, Morris, New Jersey, USA
Note:  With wife Elizabeth, son Robert, and one unrelated man living in his household.

1860 Census:  Roxbury Twp, Morris Co, New Jersey
Note:  Living with his son, Robert, a widow, Dorothy Barstey, and her three female children.

Note:  Captain Robert Caskey was a prominent man in his day, owning and operating a highly successful farm in the neighborhood of Flanders, Morris county, where he lived and died.

Death: 24 NOV 1868 Morris, New Jersey, USA
Note: Aged 86 years & 13 days - Sent for this death record from New Jersey State Archives - they found no death record for a Robert Caskey, 1866-1871 NJ and no death record for any Caskey, in 1868 NJ

Burial: Mount Olive Baptist Cemetery, Morris, New Jersey, USA
Note: Aged 86 yrs & 13 days, Adjacent stone is wife Betsey.

Click to see parents:  William I. Caskey and Christina Smith

 

 

Elizabeth Salmon  

Birth: 11 JAN 1787 Roxbury Twp, Morris Co., New Jersey

Nickname: Betsey

Death: 28 APR 1855 Roxbury Twp, Morris Co., New Jersey
Note:  Died of Dropsey

Burial: Mount Olive Baptist Cemetery, Morris, New Jersey, USA

Note: The Salmons were originally Scotch and knighted by Sir Robert Bruce in the 14th century; moved across the border, in the Highland wars, to Southold, England. Three families came to America in 1640; one settled in Massachusetts, another in New
Jersey, and the third at Southold, Long Island.

Click to see parents:  William Salmon and Dorothy Stephens

 

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