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Chapter 20
THE CASTLE FAMILLY
THE SETTLERS OF THE BEEKMAN PATENT
This family was in the Pawling area of Beekman very
early. SAMUEL CASTLE was running a mill on the road to
New Fairfield by 1745 but died in 1761. We are not
positive of his ancestry but a member of the Castle
family of Woodbury, CT came to the Amenia area and there
may be a connection that we have not found. There are
no land records in Beekman or Pawling for the Castle
family. [Primary source is History of Ancient Woodbury,
Ct., 528]. A brief sketch of the Castle family of Amenia
follows.
DANIEL3 CASTLE, (Isaac2, Henry1) was born 8 Oct. 1717
at Woodbury, CT and died 7 June 1777 in Amenia. He was
bd. in the Burial Ground at Steel Works, on the road
between S. Amenia and Wassaic. [NEBG 126]. He m.
Elizabeth _____ who died in Amenia 28 April 1804 in her
84th year and was bd. in the same place.
In Jan. 1761 Daniel Castle was on a 108 acre farm in
lots 47 & 48 in the Oblong, (Nine Partners). He was
taxed in Crum Elbow as "Castle Esq." from June 1759
through Feb. 1762 and then in Amenia to 1773 when the
listing became Daniel, which in turn became "estate" in
1778.
He was a witness on a deed of 25 March 1760 between
Joseph Clapp of the Oblong and Daniel Reed of Norwalk.
[D 3:351]. On 13 Jan. 1773 Robert G. Livingston of NYC
sold 979 acres of lot 30 in Amenia to Daniel Castle
Esq., Gideon Castle, James Reed, Extra Reed and Gershom
Reed, all of Amenia. The consideration was £725. Two of
these Reeds were sons-in-law to Daniel Castle. [D
6:395]. Daniel and Samuel Castle were witnesses together
on 5 June 1759 for a deed involving lots in the Oblong.
[D 4:54].
His will was made 14 May 1777 and proved 3 Oct. 1788.
[DCW A:104, AA:70]. Daniel Castle was from Roxbury, per
Amenia Ch. record.
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Settlers of the Beekman Patent
Dutchess County, New York
Volume I
Historical Records
Settlers of the Beekman Patent
Dutchess County, New York
An Historical and Genealogical Study
of all the
18th Century Settlers in the Patent
by
Frank J. Doherty
Pleasant Valley, New York 12569
1990
Copyright © 1990 by Frank J. Doherty
Pleasant Valley, New York. All Rights Reserved.
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 90-082282
International Standard Book Number, Volume I: 0-9626443-1-5
Set Number: 0-9626443-0-7
Made in the United States of America
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