Hi,
My grandfather was Arthur Benjamin Hassell, born January 13, 1982 in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI, and died in Dallas, Texas on January 17, 1986, Both of his parents traced back to Saba.
His father Henry Hassell died at sea in 1892, 3 months after he was born. He had a brother, Richard Hassell, of whom I know nothing, possibly died young. I don't know Henry Hassell's parents.
His mother Ann Eliza Johnson Hassell, was born on Saba, died September 2, 1937, in Charlotte amalie and buried in the old graveyard by the beach. Her sisters were Mary Eleanor (died 1932 in Charlotte Amalie), Zeporah (died 1933 in Charlotte Amalie) and Ann Rebecca (possibly all three were spinsters). Her parents were ? Johnson and Judith Eleanor ?.
I'd love to learn more about both my Hassell and the Johnson ancestors. If you have any information, please write me at
dwinn@cailaw.org. Thanks!
David Winn