Yellis Cassel (1679 - 1750)

Born 1679 in Kriesheim, Baden, Germany

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1750 at about age 71 in Skippack, Montgomery, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Yelles, also called Julius, came to America with his brother John on October 16th 1727 on the ship Friendship. Yellis was also the brother of Hupert Cassel who had come to America earlier. ^[1][2]

After Yelles' arrival he settled in Skippack (then called Bebberstown), Pennsylvania where he lived with his brother Hupert who divided his farm with him.

He married Anna Moyer or Meyer. He and Anna are the parents of children, including the following:

Mary Cassel, born 1717, married Jacob Landes (1710-1793)

Elizabeth Cassel, born 1719, married Henrich Kolb (1721-1783)

Henry Cassel,

Hupert Cassel,

Joseph Cassel,

Barbara Cassel, married Christian Funk

John Cassel, born 1730, married Catharine Elizabeth Johnson (1740 - 1793)

Catherine Cassel, born 1734, married John Bean (1722-1800)

Isaac Cassel, born August 21, 1746, married Barbara Reiff Detweiler (1747 - 1801)

Yellis died in 1750 and is buried at the Lower Skippack Mennonite Cemetery. ^[3]

There is a photograph of his headstone, which may be seen on his find a grave memorial here:

Cassel Genealogy^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Cassel, Daniel Kolb. A Genealogical History of the Cassel Family in America: being the Descendants of Julius Kassel or Yelles Cassel, of Kriesheim, Baden, Germany. Norristown, Pa.: Morgan R. Wills, 1896. Pages 255-257.
2. ↑ Descendents Of Yelles Julius Cassell
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 April 2020), memorial page for Yelles Kassel (1679–1750), Find A Grave: Memorial #8801928, citing Lower Skippack Mennonite Cemetery, Skippack, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Brad Atherton (contributor 46617333).
4. ↑ Cassel Genealogy

• Cassel, Daniel Kolb. A Genealogical History of the Cassel Family in America: being the Descendants of Julius Kassel or Yelles Cassel, of Kriesheim, Baden, Germany. Norristown, Pa.: Morgan R. Wills, 1896.

• https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61157/46155_b289812-00247/982951?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7449313/person/-1032594367/facts/citation/800080097771/edit/record#?imageId=46155_b289812-00247

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/3374860/person/-1618902138/facts

• https://www.geni.com/people/Yelles-Julius-Cassel/6000000007186835240

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/s/Phillip-D-Cassell-Galion/GENE2-0002.html

• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalhist00cass#page/254/mode/2up

• A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp or Culp family, and its branches in America, with biographical sketches of their descendants from the earliest available records , by Cassel, Daniel Kolb, page 150 under Henrich Kolb husband of his daughter Elizabeth. found on internet archives at https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalhis00cass#page/150/mode/2up

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Cassel-45 created through the import of Tuckmantel Family Tree-1.ged on Aug 31, 2011 by Brian Tuckmantel.