Hi, I'm new to this list....researching my 2xgrandmother, Martha Ann CASTEEL-DeWITT-BEECHLEY. The earliest document/record I have of her is in the 1861 marriage records of Allegany Co., MD, when she married Peter BEECHLEY. Martha Ann had a brother named Bernard, and a sister named Margaret. Oral family history says that their birth surname was CASTEEL and that when their parents died they were raised in the DeWITT household. Martha Ann used DeWITT as maiden name on the marriage records. I have documents of her later life, but would much appreciate if anyone has info on this family during their early years. thanks for any response, Janice