altered into complete obscurity. Over the years Caswell has been spelled Carswell, Cresswell, Carsewell, Cressville, Carswele, Kersewell, Cressewell, Chriswell and many more. First found in Renfrewshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Carswell in the parish of Neilston in that shire, and later branched to