Here's my Castle ancestry. Looking for other descendants of these ancestors to help me verify that I'm in the right ballpark, especially for the earlier English roots: 1. John Castle and wife Elizabeth, parents of ... 2. John Castle, bp 17 Mar 1728 St Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England; m. Elizabeth Jordan 17 Jan 1744 in St Peter's, Sandwich, Kent, England. Parents of .... 3. William Castle, bp. 22 Feb 1746 St Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England; m. Elizabeth Tadd 18 Oct 1772 in St. Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England. Parents of ..... 4. William Castle, bp. 2 Jan 1774 in St. Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England; m. Elizabeth Holmes 17 Sep 1793 in St. Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England. Parents of Mary Ann Castle (bp. 13 Nov 1799 St Clement's Sandwich), John Castle (b. 5 Apr 1801 St Clement's Sandwich), Elizabeth Castle (b. 10 Jul 1803 St Clement's Sandwich), Thomas Castle (mine), William Castle (b. 2 Nov 1807 St Clement's Sandwich) 5. Thomas Castle, b. 15 Oct 1805 St Clement's Sandwich, Kent, England; m. Mary Johnson 3 Sep 1832 in East Farleigh, Kent, England; bur. 1 Apr 1861 Snodland, Kent; occ: publican (pub owner - Queens Head Inn, Snodland). Two children - Thomas Castle (bp 25 Dec 1833 in Halling, Kent, m. Frances Ellen Brice 8 Jun 1853 Wouldham, Kent; d. Jan 1895 Cuxton, Kent; occ: engineer; manager of cement works(his daughter Isabella married owner Thomas Weekes)).... and .... 6. John Edward Castle, bp 8 Sep 1839 Halling, Kent; m. Sarah Ann Francis 28 Sep 1874 Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa; d. 3 Jun 1899 Olympia, Thurston, Washington; occ: river barge operator; railroad mechanic; engineer; emigrated to U.S. probably between 1860 and 1873. 6 children - George Thomas Castle (b. 24 Jul 1875 Waterloo, Blackhawk, IA; m. Norma Eleonara Harmer 2 Jul 1898 Rainier, Thurston, Washington; d. 31 Jul 1942), Charles John Castle (b. 26 Dec 1876 Waterloo, Blackhawk, IA; d. 1 May 1899 Olympia, Thurston, Washington), Herbert Lewis Castle (b. 9 Oct 1878 Waterloo, Blackhawk, IA; m. 4 wives; d. 22 Jun 1950 Olympia, Thurston, Washington), Frances Generia Castle (b. 14 Jul 1883 Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; m. Lewis S. Barnard abt 1905; d. 13 May 1963), Roy Earl Castle (b. 27 Jun 1889 Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; m. Lillian Lucille (Saeger) Fouts 25 Apr 1914 Shelton, Mason, Washington; d. 9 Mar 1964 Shelton, Mason, Washington),..... and ..... 7. Lewis Edward Castle, b. 16 Mar 1881, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; m. Minnie Estelle Klumb 29 Jul 1915 Chehalis, Lewis, Washington; d. 22 Mar 1969 Olympia, Thurston, Washington; occ: owned/operated dry cleaning business. Wayne Olsen