Colleen, you still have NOT explained how you have proven your line!
Where did you get the birth years for these:
Edmond Du Castell b. 1635,
he was father to
Edmond Du Castell b.1660,
father to Edmond Casteel 1684
(I read he changed his name to Casteel. (it might be because his father was pirate hired
by Queen Ann)
father to Edmond Casteel b.1713,
What documents do you have showing these dates and spellings?
The Plantation is now in Andrews Air Force Base.
Marge
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colleen Lopez" <colleenlopez(a)yahoo.com>
To: <casteel(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:56 PM
Subject: [CASTEEL] More Casteel information! More names
Some of this is kind of confusing as I have some different
documention on Edmond Du Castell-> to Edmonds son and grandson-- through my line....
there are three Edmonds prior to my grandfater Meshach Casteel.... Does anyone have any
pictures of the plantation in Maryland or the house in PA? Its interesting to note our
Edmond Du Castell was sworn into citizenship by William Penn of PA Sept. 10, 1683
I would love to learn more. If anyone wants anymore info. please contact me as I have
been able to prove our Casteel connection.
my line Du Castell->Casteel->Castile
Bon Chance to all!!! (Good luck)
Colleen daughter of a Castile mother!
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Original full name---CAPTAIN EDMOND du CHASTEL de BLANGERVAL of Flanders, France
Thomas C. CASTEEL [Parents] was born 1753 in Prince Georges Cty., MD. He died before 1830
in Friendsville, Preston Cty., MD. Thomas married Sarah Ann (CASTEEL).
THE CASTEEL FAMILY....
By CHARLES E. HOYE
ThOMAS CASTEEL OF THE BLOOMlNG ROSE
One of the pioneer settlers of what is now Garrett County, Maryland, was Thomas
Casteel, son of Shadrack and Laurena. He was born in Prince George's County,
Maryland, and settled first in Valley Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where he and
his brother, Archibald, served in Captain Evan Cessna's company of Bedford militia
during the Revolutionary War.
In the census of 1790, Thomas Casteel is listed as head of a family of five in
Bedford County.
Prior to 1798, Thomas Casteel migrated to Maryland. He is said to
have resided for a time on part of the "Blooming Rose" tract near the Friend
settlement, now the Thomas Fike farm, but in 1814 Nathaniel Wallace, for
$100, deeded him 73 1/2 acres of "Black Oak Ridge" and 39 3/4 acres of
"Narrow Escape," which became the Casteel home near the James McMullen
settlement, about two miles southwest of Friendsville, Maryland. On the
assessment roll of 1798, Thomas Casteel was assessed with two horses, nine
cattle, etc., valued at =A354:15s~but no land. In the cansus of 1800 he was
listed in the same neighborhood, in Sandy Creek Hundred, as head of a family
of ten. The pioneer Thomas Casteel and his wife are probably buried in the old Hall
graveyard on Blooming Rose,
Among their children were:
(a) Thomas, who appears to have served in a Pennsylvania artillery
cornpany in 1813;
(b) Jeremiah, who in 1812 bought at tax sale 273 acres of "The
Granary," near the Maryland-Virginia line, and in 1820 was listed as head of
a family of nineteen in Preston County, Virginia (now West Virginia).
(c) Shadrach, born in Bedford County about 1780.
(d) Nathaniel, died April 2, 1866.
SHADRACK CASTEEL
Son of Thomas, settled at the Metheny Mill on Muddy Creek.
The census of 1810 for Monongalia (now Preston) County, Virginin, lists him
as head of a family of eight.
His children were-
(a)Archibald, who m. Susan, dau. of Peter DeWitt.
(b)Elizabeth, m. Joseph DeWitt, son of Peter.
(c)Meshack.
(d)John.
(e)Jeremiah.
(f)Rebecca.
(g)Thomas.
(h)Nathaniel.
NATHANIEL CASTEEL-
Son of Thomas, the pioneer, bought Military Lots 4106 and 4108,
called 'Limestone," now the Rhodeheaver farm at Sang Sun, Md. He and his
wife, Jane McMullen, are buried there in the farm graveyard.
Their children were:
(1) Thomas, b. December 15, 1808; d. June 19, 1892.
(2) Martha E. N., b. May 10, 1811; m. Henry Fredlock.
(3) Louisa, m. Edward Taggart.
(4) Jane, m. Benjamin Jenkins.
(5) James, moyed to Illinois.
(6) Nathaniel, m. Ellen Conrad.
(7) Nelson, m. Amanda--------------
(8) Meshach, b. 1816; d. 1904; m. Catherine Kitzmiller.
(9) Nathan, b. June 8, 1821; d. 1892; m. Sarah Brant.
(10) William, b. June 8, 1821; m. Jane Brant.
Nathan and William Casteel, twins, married sisters, daughters of
John Brant, of Oakland, Maryland. General D. T. E. Casteel, U. S. Army,
retired, is a son of William. Meshach Casteel was an early Garrett county
school teacher.
Nathan Casteel was a very industrious man. He rented the Hoye farm at Gap
Run from 1840 to 1849, when be bought it. In 1866 he moved to his farm
on the Oakland-Deer Park road. Truman W. Casteel, during his life-time judge
of the Orphans' Court and a County Commissioner, was a son of Nathan.
CASTEEL ANCESTRY
(The following account of the ancestry of the Casteel family of Maryland and West
Virginia is a condensation of the fenilly history as published in the
Boston Transcript, 1938, written by Attorney W. Blake Metheny, of Preston
County, West Virginia).
CAPTAIN EDMOND du CHASTEL de BLANGERVAL, member of a distinguished Flemish
family, was the immigrant ancestor of the Casteel family in America. He arrived in
Philadelphia and took the oath of allegiance to the
proprietor, William Penn on Septernber 10, 1683. The founder of the du Chastcl, or van
der Casteel family, was Gilles du Chastel, conseiller to Lous, Count of Flandcrs. Gilles
died in 1493 [1403?].
Captain Edmond du Chastel appears to have married Christian Boude or
Boone in 1693. She was the daughter of a Swedish immigrant.
Captain Chastel became a wealthy merchant in Philadelphia. He also
engaged in the lucrative business of privateering and during Queen Anne's War in
1707, and was given command of the sloop "Resolution", under letters of
marque to prey upon French and Spanish commerce. By his will, "proved" at
Philadelphia March 25, 1712-13, Captain du Chastel left all his property to
his widow, Christian. Her will, proved Nevember 25, 1714, devised property
to her sons, Samuel and Edmund Castell, and to ber daughter, Christian, who
married James Allen.
EDMUND CASTEEL, son of the Captain, moved from Philadelphia to Piscataway
Creek in Prince George's County, Maryland. In 1713 he therc surveyed
"Casteel," 300 acres, which he patented Decernber 10, 1715. Two of the
children of Edmund and Johanna Casteel were Edmund 3d and Meshack Casteel.
EDMUND CASTEEL 3d, of Casteel plantation, Piscataway Parish, left a will,
proved March 24, 1772, by which he bequeathed his estate to his widow,
Rebecca Casteel, and to their children, Shadrack, Abednego, Francis, Lucy
(Athey), and Kezia (Mitchell).
SHADRACH CASTEEL moved to Prince George's County prior to 1773 to
Flintstone Creek, in Bedford County, Pennsyivania. He died there and by his
will, proved December 10, l795, left his farm to his son, Archibald. The
will refers to his wife, Laurena Casteel. and to their children, Thomas,
Archibald, Ezedock, Jesse and Elizabeth (Whitecar).
Our Garrett County pioneer, Thomas Casteel, probably moved from Bedford
County to the Blooming Rose neighborhood in what was then Allegany County, Maryland,
about the time of the death of his father in 1795.
ARMS AND CREST
The Flemish form of our modern name Casteel is "van den Casteel", and the
French is "du Chastel" or "du Chatel,", meaning "of the
Castle." The ARMS
of the du Chastel de Blangerval family are: Azure, a chevron between three
crosses croslct fitchy, or. CREST- A castle with three towers, domed and
Avaned; that of the center and higher than the others.
CHARLES E. HOYE.
Glendale, Arizona, January 15, 1940.
-Reprinted from the Oakland (Md.) Republican
Sarah Ann (CASTEEL) was born estimated 1770. She married Thomas C. CASTEEL.
They had the following children:
M i John CASTEEL was born about 1784 in Garrett Cty., MD.
M ii Jesse CASTEEL was born about 1789 and died 1861/1870.
M iii Meshach CASTEEL was born about 1798 in Garrett Cty., MD.
M iv Thomas CASTEEL was born 1799 in Bedford, Bedford Cty. PA.
In His Service and yours with love and prayers, -
Colleen Lopez
M.Min., Servant to the King!
B.K.93a"They who are oppressed and oppress not, who listen to insults
with out retorting, who act lovingly and are happy under trials, of them it is
written in Judges 5:31b "Let them who love Him "G-d" be as the sun when
it shines forth in full strength."
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