:-) Oh, yes!! There seems to be at least three of them in the tri-boarder area, about the right time frame. Unfortunately, other than a Maryland Equity Court Case, I haven't found any other clues as to who he is. I will say most of my research has been on the Kemps, and I have done almost none on the Casteel. I believe Mary Kemp was born ca. 1814, Addison, but it could be a few years earlier. I've been juggling the last few children of her parents family, and I don't have enough information to definitively pin down the years of birth. A number of the children from this family moved west, and that maybe what happened here. Opps, thanks, yes it must be a few years earlier. Glen ---------------------- 12/29/2006, [email protected] writes: Oh, No! Another Thomas CASTEEL! Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: 29, 2006 Subject: [MDGARRET] Casteel - Kemp > Does anyone recognize a Thomas Casteel, m. bef. 1826 to Mary Kemp, d/o > John > T. Kemp and Massy Kemp (maiden name) > > The marriage is based on an equity court case for her grandfather than > names > Mary, d/o Massy, m. to Thomas Casteel, and living outside the state of > MD. > > Sincerely, Glen Swartz