Hi Diana, MY earlier for sure Castle is my great-great-great grandfather, Otho Castle (178? - 1822), born probably in Middletown Valley, Frederick County MD. Sources such as TJC Williams' History of Frederick County MD, list Otho's birth as 1792, but I have several independent sources of indrect evidence that indicate he was born earlier, perhaps 1782, and no later than 1787. Otho married Elizabeth Baker in 1807. Joseph Castle has been noted a a "progenitor" of the Castle family, but sources hint that he might have arrived in the USA with other family members (brothers). Sources include Zion Lutheran Church Middletown MD church records Otho's father has been noted as Joseph Castle (1763 - 1835), shoemaker, immigrant Otho's contemporarary, Thomas Castle, (1783-1845) also of Mddletown Valley MD might have been Otho's brother (or cousin) Kenderson Castle (1848- 1929) son of John and Malinda C Smith Castle, and married to Elizabeth Ann Young (1849/51 - 1915) is also a possible realtive of Otho. Elizabeth Ann Young could have been the daughter of Henry and Mary Martin Young. My Castle research focus is to determine any documented connections, or non-connections, for the above folks. Diana, thank you for you interest in helping out with the Castle clans. My ancestors are strictly German region, and are not connected to any English lines as far as I know. Listed spelling variants include Castle, Kassel, Cassell, Kassell, Kissell, Cassel, Casle, Kasser, and Caslett Charles A Mayer 113 Ocean Grove Dr Ormond by the Sea FL 32176 Narwhal671@att.net Sent: 14 June, 2010 10:50 To: <CASTLE@rootsweb.com> Subject: [CASTLE] New admin person > Hi list, I am your new admin person my name is Diane. I live in the UK > but don't have any of the CASTLE surnames on my database but I noticed > that this list needed an admin so I decided to see if I could adopt it. > > Could we please have a roll call of all the names that you are researching > please so that I can get this list up and running again do you think? > > That is all for now. > > Diane > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CASTLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Have you tried researching on any of the German lists I wonder, or any of the other surname lists that you mentioned? Diane --- On Tue, 15/6/10, Charles A Mayer <NARWHAL671@att.net> wrote: > From: Charles A Mayer <NARWHAL671@att.net> > Subject: Re: [CASTLE] New admin person > To: castle@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, 15 June, 2010, 19:18 > Hi Diana, > > MY earlier for sure Castle is my great-great-great > grandfather, Otho Castle > (178? - 1822), born probably in Middletown Valley, > Frederick County MD. > Sources such as  TJC Williams' History of Frederick > County MD, list Otho's > birth as 1792, but I have several independent sources of > indrect evidence > that indicate he was born earlier, perhaps 1782, and no > later than 1787. > Otho married Elizabeth Baker in 1807.  Joseph Castle > has been noted a a > "progenitor" of the Castle family, but sources hint that he > might have > arrived in the USA with other family members > (brothers).  Sources include > Zion Lutheran Church Middletown MD church records > > Otho's father has been noted as Joseph Castle  (1763 - > 1835),  shoemaker, > immigrant > > Otho's contemporarary, Thomas Castle, (1783-1845) also of > Mddletown Valley > MD might have been Otho's brother (or cousin) > > Kenderson Castle (1848- 1929) son of John and Malinda C > Smith Castle, and > married to Elizabeth Ann Young  (1849/51 - 1915) is > also a possible realtive > of Otho.  Elizabeth Ann Young could have been the > daughter of Henry and Mary > Martin Young. > > My Castle research focus is  to determine any > documented connections, or > non-connections, for the above folks. > > Diana, thank you for you interest in helping out with the > Castle clans. > > My ancestors are strictly German region, and are not > connected to any > English lines as far as I know.  Listed spelling > variants include Castle, > Kassel, Cassell, Kassell, Kissell, Cassel, Casle, Kasser, > and Caslett > > Charles A Mayer > 113 Ocean Grove Dr > Ormond by the Sea  FL 32176 > > Narwhal671@att.net > > > > > Sent: 14 June, 2010 10:50 > To: <CASTLE@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CASTLE] New admin person > > > Hi list,  I am your new admin person my name is > Diane.  I live in the UK > > but don't have any of the CASTLE surnames on my > database but I noticed > > that this list needed an admin so I decided to see if > I could adopt it. > > > > Could we please have a roll call of all the names that > you are researching > > please so that I can get this list up and running > again do you think? > > > > That is all for now. > > > > Diane > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > CASTLE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASTLE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >