Has anyone come across these surnames in your research: Castles, Cassels and/or Cassells? I also have Harper, Caulfield, Caufield, Cosby, Bear, Watson, Fullerton, Ellis, Dunn, Johnston, and Beggs. This is what I know... There were five brothers and sisters - Mary, James, John, Thomas and Lorenzo Castles. Mary was b. 1770, married Henry Caulfield, and d. 1840 in Boligee, AL. CHildren: John, Thomas, Sarah, Henry, Letitia, Isabella, Elizabeth, Mary, Susan and William. James was b. ca. 1775, died on a French ship in 1798, had a daughter, Alice who married James Moreland. Alice moved to Newark, NJ John b. ca. 1778, nothing more is known about him Thomas b. ca. 1782, died ca. 1835 in Choctaw Bluff, AL. Married Mary Greenlee of Ireland. Children: Sarah, Mary, Eliza and Letitia. Lorenzo, b. ca. 1784, died ca. 1868 in Belfast, Ireland. Married Nancy Cosby. Children: Letitia, John, Lorenzo, Mary, William M., Eliza, Ann Jane, Isabella and Thomas. I believe their parents were John and Letitia because of the naming patterns in their children. Thomas, son of Lorenzo and Nancy, was my ggg grandfather. He and his wife Eliza Harper settled in Newark, NJ. Eliza was a daughter of William and Jane Harper. I believe she had a sister, Agnes, who married Alexander Arbuthnot. This family first lived in Drumbeg then lived in Belfast. Does anyone have access to the Drumbeg graveyard records? There was also a Thomas Castles b. 1849 who lived in Newark (not my Thomas, entirely different one). This Thomas had a cousin named Lorenzo who was b. 1870. Lorenzo came to America in 1909. According to the ship records, he left behind a sister "McDengan" at 17 Jocelyn St., Belfast and was born in Drumbeg. I am not certain how this family fits in but there is no doubt that they were somehow related, possibly descendants of Lorenzo, father of my Thomas. Thanks for any help! Regards, Jason Gervase Rochester NY