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THE  CASTOR  FAMILY 

OF  PENNSYLVANIA 

COMPILED   BY 

GEORGE    CASTOR    MARTIN 

ASSISTED  BY 

HOWARD  PAUL  CASTOR  ELLEN  G.  CASTOR 

CHARLES  WILKINSON  CASTOR     LINFORD  CASTOR 
WILLIAM  HALL  WAXLER  RICHARD  ALLEN  MARTIN 

NELLIE  GARSED  NEUKOM  EMILY  CASTOR 

FRANK  G.  CASTOR  HOWARD  CASTOR,  SR. 

HANNAH  JACKSON 


THE  CASTOR  FAMILY 

OF  NEW  YORK 


COMPILED    BY 

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MARTIN    &    ALLARDYCE 

FRANKFORD,    PHILADELPHIA,    PENNSYLVANIA 


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No  greater  calamity  can  happen  to  a  people  than  to  break  utterly  with  its 
past.— GLADSTONE. 

A  people  who  forget  what  has  been  done  by  those  who  went  before  them,  are 
not  likely  to  do  anything  which  will  be  remembered  by  those  who  come  after 
them.— MACAULAY. 


PREFACE. 

This  book  is  a  true  record  of  the  birth,  marriage,  death  dates, 
lives  and  relationships  of  all  of  the  descendants  of  John  George 
Castor,  an  emigrant  to  Pennsylvania  in  1736,  as  far  as  could  be 
learned  from  church  registers,  Bible  records,  wills,  deeds,  head- 
stones, etc.,  together  with  the  information  contained  in  the  works 
listed  below. 

"Rupp's  List,"  "Pennsylvania  Archives,"  "Burrage  Geneal- 
ogy," "One  Hundred  Years  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Frank- 
ford,"  Scharfif  and  Wescott's  "History  of  Philadelphia,"  "Lafay- 
ette's Visit  to  the  United  States"  and  Rietstap's  ^* Armorial 
General." 

The  Bible  records  are  those  contained  in  the  Bibles  of  George 
Mathias  Castor,  of  Holmesburg,  now  the  property  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  William  H.  Allardyce;  of  Charles  Wilkinson  Castor,  of 
Frankford;  of  Howard  Paul  Castor,  of  Camden;  and  the  Dyre 
Family  Bible,  property  of  Mrs.  Harriet  Lewis,  of  Frankford. 

A  letter  from  Charles  Deal,  local  historian,  to  William  Hall 
Waxier,  of  Frankford,  gave  much  authentic  information  concern- 
ing the  early  generations  of  the  family  in  America;  and  a  letter 
from  Dr.  John  Gerster,  of  Basel,  Switzerland,  to  Richard  Allen 
Martin,  together  with  the  information    contained    in    Rietstap's 


^'Armorial  General"  gave  that  which  is  written  concerning 
Castor  arms. 

A  genealogy  without  errors  has  never  yet  been  written.  B 
less  there  are  some  in  this  work,  and  its  readers  can  do  no  gr 
kindness  than  to  notify  the  compiler  of  all  corrections  and  add'' 
which  it  is  within  their  power  to  make. 

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GERSTER  OR  CASTOR  HERALDRY. 

The  arms  of  the  Gerster  family  of  Basel,  Switzerland,  as  described  in  a 
letter  to  Richard  Allen  Martin  from  Dr.  John  Gerster,  of  Basel,  written  in 
September,  1908. 

Arms. — Gules  a  saltire  or,  in  chief  an  estoile  of  the  last. 
Crest. — A  man's  bust  and  head  clothed  gules  in  a  pointed  cap  or,  face  and 
hair  proper. 

In  Rietstap's  "Armorial  General"  the  arms  are  described  as  follows: 

Arms. — De  gu  a  deux  batons  potences  passes  en  saut  la  potence  en  haut  ace. 
en  chef  d'tin  etoile  entre  les  batons  le  tout  d'or. 

Crest. — Un  buste  d'homme  liab.  de  gu:  coiffe  d'un  bonnet  point  du  me-mc 
d'or. 


THE  NAME  OF  CASTOR. 
Castor,  as  used  by  the  Pennsylvania  family  of  that  name,  is  a 
purely  American  surname.     It  was  originally  Gerster,  pronounced 
Gaster  or  Garster,  and  was  corrupted  into  Carster,    Caster    and 
Castor. 

As  used  by  the  family  which  settled  in  New  York  State,  it  is 
also  purely  American.  In  this  case  the  name  was  originally  De 
Castorer  and  the  De  and  final  er  were  dropped  to  form  the  present 
name. 

There  are  records  of  only  two  of  the  name  Castor  who  came 
to  America  from  Europe  using  the  name  in  its  present  form.  One 
of  these  was  a  German,  William  Castor,  from  Oberwesel,  A.  R., 
Germany,  who  lived  on  Spring  Street,  Syracuse,  New  York.  The 
other  was  a  George  Castor,  also  a  German,  who  was  in  business 
on  Sixth  Avenue,  New  York  City.  There  is  a  Nan  A.  De  Caster 
now  living  in  Melrose,  Middlesex  County,  Massachusetts. 

There  were  nine  immigrants  to  Pennsylvania  who  bore  the 
name  of  Gerster,  and,  though  it  is  with  the  first  of  these  and  his 
descendants  with  which  this  work  deals,  a  list  of  them  is  not  out  of 
place  here  as  in  almost  every  instance  where  their  issue  exists  to- 
day, the  name  is  spelled  Caster  or  Castor. 

GERSTER  IMMIGRANTS  TO  PENNSYLVANIA,  1736-1805. 

Hans  Georg  Gerster 1736        Casper  Gerster 1748 

Johan  Adam  Gerster 1748        Henrich  Gerster 1749 

John  Gerster 1768        Samuel  Gerster  and  wife.  .1803 

Johannes  Gerster 1803        Johannes  Gerster  1804 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gerster,  of  Gelterkinden 1805 

Of  all  these  immigrants  and  their  descendants  whose  names  are 
recorded  as  having  served  in  the  Continental  Army  in  the  Revo- 
lution, only  one  retained  the  name  of  Gerster.  This  was  Henrich 
Gerster,  who,  as  will  be  seen  by  consulting  the  above  list,  emigrated 


in  1749.    See  State  Archives. 

In  the  will  of  Henry  Rorer,  executed  February  13,  1769,  and 
recorded  November  16,  1854,  he  left  property  to  "Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Frederick  Gerstor,"  and  also  to  "Sepah  (Sophia),  wife  of  Jacob 
Garstor." 

In  a  deed  poll  (December  23,  1811) — "Elizabeth,  late  wife  of 
Frederick  Coster,"  and  "Jacob  Coster,  for  his  late  wife,  Sophia." 

In  1762,  George  Castor,  the  founder  of  the  Holmesburg, 
Frankford  and  Wissinoming  Castor  families,  who  had  given  his 
name  as  "Hans  Georg  Gerster"  in  taking  passage  for  America,  had 
his  name  written  "George  Castor"  on  the  deed  for  property  which 
he  purchased  in  Oxford  Township. 

In  the  registers  of  the  German  Reformed  and  Moravian 
Churches  are  the  birth  records  and  some  of  the  marriage  records 
of  the  children  of  George  Castor.  In  every  case  where  the  name 
appears  on  either  record  it  is  spelled  in  the  old  form.  This  is  so 
even  in  the  records  of  Mathias  Castor,  the  grandson  of  George 
Castor  by  his  eldest  son,  George.  The  same  names  are  all  to  be 
found  in  the  records  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Frankford  and 
in  every  case  the  name  is  Castor  or  Caster. 

The  following  records  from  the  German  Reformed  Church 
register  show  the  second  marriage  of  George  Castor,  the  marriage 
of  his  grandson,  George  Castor,  son  of  his  son  Frederick,  and  the 
marriage  of  his  granddaughter,  Margaret  Castor,  daughter  of 
Frederick.  All  were  living  near  Frankford  at  these  dates  and  were 
known  by  the  name  of  Castor. 

John  George  Gerster  married  December  2,  1782,  Anna  Maria 
Burghart. 

George  Gerster  married  March  22,  1787,  Margaret  Jung. 

Margaret  Gerster  married  March  27,  1787,  Jacob  Myer. 


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JOHN  GEORGE  CASTOR  (Hans  Georg  Gerster) 

OF  BASEL,  SWITZERLAND 

WHO  IMMIGRATED  TO  AMERICA  AND  SETTLED  IN  PENNSYLVANIA 

IN    1736 

HIS  FATHER  AND  HIS  CHILDREN 


1.  Hans  Gerster  was  born  in  Basel,  or  Basle,  Switzerland,  in 
the  latter  part  of  the  17th  Century.  He  left  issue,  with  other 
children. 

2.  Hans  Georg  Gerster  (John  George  Castor),  who  was  born 

in  Basel*,  March  5,  1710.     In  the  year  1735,  he  married  Eve , 

who  emigrated  with  him  to  Pennsylvania,  where  she  died  July, 
1777.  "Hans  Georg  Gerster,"  as  his  name  appears  on  the  ship's 
list  (see  Pennsylvania  Archives),  sailed  on  the  ship  "Princess 
Agusta,  Samuel  Merchant,  Master,  of  Rotterdam,  last  from 
Cowes,"  in  1736.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  in  Philadelphia, 
vSeptember  16th  of  the  same  year,  which  was  only  a  short  time  af- 
ter he  landed.  In  the  record  of  his  oath  of  allegiance  his  name  is 
written  "Hance  George  Gerster." 

John  George  Castor  remained  in  Philadelphia  a  few  years  and 
his  two  eldest  sons  were  born  in  that  city.  He  removed  to  German- 
town,  where,  in  January,  1746,  he  (Hans  Gerster)  was  one  of  the 
petitioners  to  the  Moravian  Brethren  in  Bethlehem  asking  them  to 
establish  a  school  for  girls  in  Germantown.  He  was  for  a  time  con- 
nected with  the  Moravian  Church  in  which  faith  four  of  his  chil- 
dren, Veronica,  Abraham,  Hannah  and  Sarah  were  baptised.    See 

*  The  Rev.  William  R.  Scott  writes  that  he  traces  the  family  back  to  Berne 
and  not  to  Basel.  There  exists  several  reasons  for  making  the  statement  that 
George  Castor  was  from  Basel.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Murphy  made  considerable 
research  in  the  matter  and  had  the  advantage  of  knowing  many  of  the  early 
Castors,  hi  his  history  of  the  Frankford  Church  he  states  that  the  founders  were 
from  "Basle."  Later  ho  visited  Switzerland  and  made  research  there.  He  found 
that  George  Castor,  the  emigrant,  was  from  Basel  and  that  his  branch  of  the 
family  was  a  large  one  and  was  spread  well  over  Basel  and  Canton  Glarus  adjoin- 
ing. Another  strong  reason  for  belief  in  the  Basel  origin  of  George  is  the  letter 
written  to  William  Hall  Waxier  by  Charles  Deal,  hi  this  letter,  which  we  reprint 
in  this  work,  he  states  that  George  and  his  (Charles  Deal's)  grandfather  came 
from  the  same  place  in   Switzerland,  namely  "Balle." 

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Moravian  Church  register. 

On  March  10,  1762,  he  purcliased  of  Joseph  Hart,  a  planta- 
tion of  202  acres,  in  Oxford  Township,  Philadelphia  County.  In 
the  deed  he  is  styled  "of  Germantown,"  and  the  name  is  "George 
Castor."  At  the  time  of  this  purchase  he  removed  to  the  planta- 
tion then  acquired  and  continued  to  reside  there  until  his  death, 
December  29,  1797,  aged  87  years,  9  months,  3  weeks  and  3  days. 

John  George  Castor  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Frankford,  and  one  of  its  largest  contributors, 
as  well  as  one  of  its  officers.  In  the  history  of  this  church,  written 
by  the  Rev.  Thomas  Murphy,  he  is  spoken  of  as  a  man  of  iron  will. 
See  quotations  from  this  history  which  are  reprinted  in  the  back 
of  this  work. 

In  1769,  as  is  shown  in  the  third  series  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Archives,  "George  Castor,  Sr.,"  was  taxed  on  200  acres,  4  horses 
and  6  cattle;  and  his  payment  was  22  pounds,  1  shilling  and  4 
pence.  In  1774  he  was  taxed  on  the  same  acreage,  the  same  num- 
ber of  horses  and  one  more  cow.  For  this  year  he  paid  the  sum  of 
22  pounds,  2  shillings  and  1  penny.  In  1781  his  property  was 
valued  at  1,373  pounds  and  his  tax  bill  called  for  payment  of  19 
pounds,  4  shillings  and  5  pence.  This  valuation,  which  in  present- 
day  money  would  be  equal  to  about  $6,725,  in  the  hands  of  one  man 
in  those  days,  was  considered  a  fairly  large  fortune,  and,  according 
to  the  tax  records  of  1781,  George  Castor  was  numbered  among 
the  wealthiest  in  Oxford  Township.  A  saw-mill  was  located  on 
George's  property,  which  was  run  by  the  water  power  of  Tacony 
Creek. 

His  children  were  eight  in  number  and  were  all  by  his  first 
wife.  His  second  wife,  Anna  Maria  Burghart,  whom  he  married 
in  the  German  Reformed  Church,  Philadelphia,  December  2,  1782, 
and  called  Mary  in  his  will,  survived  him. 

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Issue: — 

3.  George  b.  Dec.  14,  1736.     Of  whom  presently. 

4.  Frederick  b.  Apr.  27,  1739.     Of  whom  presently. 

5.  Mary  Elizabeth  m.  Philip  Cresman. 

6.  Jacob  b.  1742.     Of  whom  presently. 

7.  Veronica  bap.  Dec.  14,  1745.  d.  unmarried,  Aug.  7,  1806. 

8.  Abraham  bap.  July  4,  1747.  m.  May  15,  1776,  Elizabeth 
Hendricks.  He  was  taxed  in  the  year  1779  as  a  resident  of  Lowfer 
Dublin  Township,  Philadelphia  County,  and  his  payment  was  5 
shillings.  In  1782  his  property  was  valued  at  50  shillings  and  he 
paid  to  the  State  7  shillings  and  8  pence.  In  1783  he  was  taxed  on 
125  acres,  2  horses,  2  cattle  and  2  sheep,  all  in  Abington  Township. 
He  left  twin  daughters,  b.  Feb.  18,  1782.  One  of  these  was  Han- 
nah, who  m.  Thomas  Funston.  Thomas  was  b.  Feb.  19,  1788,  and 
d.  June  20,  1829.  Hannah  d.  June  25,  1883.  Her  twin  survived 
her.  This  is  a  most  unusual  occurence.  Hannah  lived  to  be  over 
101  years  of  age  (the  record  is  on  her  headstone  in  Cedar  Hill 
Cemetery)  and  her  twin  lived  after  her  death.  Mr.  Charles  Deal 
is  the  authority  for  the  fact  that  Hannah's  twin  survived  her.  I 
have  been  unable  to  secure  any  record  of  her  death.  Abraham 
had  other  issue,  but  it  is  believed  that  none  of  them  reached  ma- 
turity. Three  daughters  and  a  son  are  mentioned  in  the  Presby- 
terian Church  records  as  being  interred  in  the  yard  of  that  Church. 

9.  Hannah  bap.  Palm  Sunday,  1749.    m.  Jacob  Snyder. 

10.  Sarah  b.  June  8,  1751.  bap.  Aug.  11,  1751.  m.  Thomas 
Evanger,  Sr.,  who  d.  Dec.  8,  1813,  age  61  years,  10  months,  and  21 
days.     Sarah  d.  Nov.  8,  1800. 


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3.  George  Castor  was  born  December  14,  1736,  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania.  On  July  9,  1765  (see  register  of  the  German 
Reformed  Church,  Philadelphia),  he  married  Margaretha  (in  later 
records  written  Margaret)  Shuterle,  who  died  August  16,  1811, 
in  her  67th  year.  Mr.  Castor  was  a  farmer  and  resided  in  Oxford 
Township.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Frankford,  and  when  he  died,  May  25,  1811,  he  was  interred  in  the 
yard  of  that  church.  His  wife,  who  died  less  than  three  months 
later,  was  buried  beside  him.  George  undoubtedly  served  in  either 
the  Revolutionary  Army  or  Militia,  but  proof  of  this  is  lacking  to 
the  present  time,  owing  to  the  imperfect  records  of  the  State.  The 
State  Archives,  which  show  that  his  younger  brothers,  Frederick 
and  Jacob,  held  commissions  in  the  Militia,  do  not  mention  either 
George  or  his  eldest  son,  Mathias,  although,  in  the  "Siege  of  York- 
town,"  the  latter's  name  is  mentioned.  In  the  Archives,  in  the 
volumes  pertaining  to  the  Militia  and  "Minute  Men,"  it  will  be 
noticed  that,  in  the  majority  of  instances,  only  the  officers  of  the 
regiments  and  companies  are  given.  The  names  of  the  non-com- 
missioned officers  and  privates  are  lacking. 

George  was  a  patriot.  This  is  well  proven  by  the  following 
story  which  was  told  by  Mathias  to  his  children  and  has  been 
handed  down  to  the  present  generation.  The  story  is  here  written 
by  Howard  Paul  Castor  and  is  exactly  as  it  was  told  him  by  his 
grandfather,  George  Johnson  Castor,  son  of  Mathias: 

"During  the  Fall  and  Winter  of  1777  and  1778,  when  the  Brit- 
ish occupied  Philadelphia,  they  made  frequent  raids  into  the  sur- 
rounding country,  and  on  such  occasions  it  was  the  'rebel'  farmer 
who  suffered." 

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"During  the  Spring  of  1778,  when  the  British  were  preparing 
to  evacuate  Philadelphia,  they  made  a  raid  through  the  section 
surrounding  the  Bristol  Pike  in  search  of  horses  to  pull  their  can- 
non. George's  team  was  in  the  field,  on  his  Salter  Lane  farm, 
ploughing,  when  the  British  approached.  Knowing  him  to  be  a 
'rebel'  they  removed  his  horses  from  the  plough  and  made  ofif  with 
them  and  the  other  stock,  leaving  only  an  old  mare  and  a  colt." 

In  1769,  George  was  taxed  on  two  horses  and  three  cattle. 
His  bill  called  for  a  payment  of  two  pounds,  ten  shillings  and  eight 
pence.  In  1774,  on  the  same  items,  he  paid  a  State  tax  of  ten  shil- 
lings. His  name  is  written  in  the  tax  records  as  ''George  Castor, 
Jr,"  his  father's  as  "George  Castor,  Sr." 
Issue: — 

11.  Mathias  b.  Oct.  14,  1766.     Of  whom  presently. 

12.  Margaret  b.  Apr.  15,  1769,  m.  Jan.  25,  1791,  in  the  old 
Swedes'  Church,  Philadelphia,  James  Johnson,  whose  sis- 
ter married  Margaret's  brother,  Mathias.  James  d.  July 
5,  1837,  in  his  65th  year.     Margaret  d.  Jan.  3,  1845. 

13.  George   d.  1810. 

14.  Susanna  b.  Oct.  16,  1779,  bap.  Jan.  9,  1780,  m.  

Gentry. 

15.  William    b.  Oct.  15,  1782,  bap.  Dec.  15,  1782. 

The  godparents  of  the  last  two  were  Valentine  Hoffman  and 
his  wife,  Catrina. 

11.  Mathias  Castor,  eldest  son  of  George  Castor,  No.  3,  was 
born  October  14,  1766,*  in  Oxford  Township,  Philadelphia  County. 
On  April  8,  1792,  in  the  Old  Swedes'  Church,  he  married  Rebecca 

"•In  a  manuscript  copy  of  the  records  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Frank- 
ford,  to  be  seen  in  the  Hbrary  of  the  Pennsylvania  Historical  Society,  the 
record  copied  from  Mathias'  headstone  is  as  follows : — Matthias  Castor,  born 
November  19,  17G3.     Died  December  2,  1835,  aged  T2  years,  13  days.     The 

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1821,  whose  brother  married  Mathias'  sister,  Margaret,  and  whose 
father  owned  the  "Old  Johnson  Homestead,"  which  Hes  on  the 
Delaware  between  the  ''Castor  Mansion"  and  the  Frankford  Ar- 
senal. The  Johnson  farm  was  a  large  one  and  extended  from  the 
Delaware  to  Ditman  Street,  and  from  the  farm  of  "Cork  Leg" 
George  Castor  to  the  Frankford  Arsenal.  The  house  is  still  stand- 
ing, but  is  in  a  semi-ruined  condition  and  is  inhabited  by  very  poor 
people.  The  old  Dutch  oven  in  which  Rebecca  doubtless  cooked 
many  a  meal  is  still  to  be  seen  in  the  rear  of  the  house. 

As  has  before  been  stated,  Mathias'  name  does  not  appear  in 
the  list  of  the  Revolutionary  soldiers  in  the  State  Archives.  His 
name  is  recorded,  however,  in  a  list  of  the  soldiers  who  took  part 
in  the  "Siege  of  Yorktown."  ^ 

On  April  2,  1801,  he  purchased  for  $13,500.00,  from  Jno. 
Holmes,  Jr.,  a  farm  of  79  acres  on  the  Delaware,  known  as  the 
"Pennypack  Farm,"  on  which  property  the  House  of  Correction 
now  stands.  The  old  homestead  was  torn  down  to  make  way  for 
the  present  structure.  Mathias  also  owned  the  farm  on  Salter 
Lane,  known  as  the  "Tennant  Farm."  He  was  the  head  of  the 
Castor  family.  Mathias  died  December  2,  1835,  and  was  interred, 
with  his  wife,  in  the  Presbyterian  churchyard,  Frankford. 

Issue : — 

16.  Margaret     m.  Josiah  Jackson.     Of  whom  presently. 

17.  Samuel.     Of  whom  presently. 

18.  William      b.  May  26,  1797.     Of  whom  presently. 

19.  Phebe.     m    Henry  Hartley.     Of  whom  presently. 

20.  George  Johnson      b.  Mar.  18,  1802.     Of  whom  presently. 

record  on  the  stone  itself,  as  it  stands  to-day,  is  so  badly  worn  as  to  be  unde- 
cipherable and  when  the  copy  was  made  for  the  Historical  Society  could  not 
have  been  in  much  better  condition.  The  birth  date  is  not  correct  as  com- 
pared with  other  evidence ;  and  the  age  evidently  a  matter  of  deduction. 

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21.  Rebecca     b.  Nov.  13,  1805.     Of  whom  presently. 

16.  Margaret  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Mathias  Castor,  No. 
11,  married  Josiah  Jackson. 

Issue: — 

22.  Hannah  Jackson.     Living  1910. 
22a.  George  Jackson. 

23.  Phebe  Jackson. 

24.  Margaret  Jackson. 

25.  William  Jackson.     Of  whom  presently. 

26.  Joel  Carr  Jackson. 

27.  Josiah  Jackson. 

28.  Samuel  Jackson,     d.  in  Philadelphia.     No  issue. 

29.  Charles  Jackson,     d.  in  Delaware. 

17.  Samuel  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Mathias  Castor,  No.  11, 
moved  south  of  Philadelphia,  where  it  is  believed  he  died  without 
issue. 

18.  William  Castor,  second  son  of  Mathias  Castor,  No.  11, 
was  born  May  26,  1797.  He  married  May  29,  1821,  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  of  Frankford,  Elizabeth  Northrop,  a  descendant 
of  Joseph  Northrop,  who  settled  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  1637. 
See  Northrop-Northrup  Genealogy.  Elizabeth  was  born  May  29, 
1798,  and  died  April  22,  1861.  William  died  March  16,  1839.  The 
early  part  of  his  life  was  spent  on  his  father's  farm  ("Pennypack 
Farm")  and  his  children  were  all  born  there.  In  1835,  when  the 
old  homestead  was  sold,  he  moved  to  a  house  on  what  is  now  called 
Frankford  avenue,  a  short  distance  from  Holmesburg.  William 
succeeded  his  father  as  head  of  the  Castor  family.  This  title  de- 
scended from  him  to  his  eldest  son,  John,  and  from  him  it  has  de- 
scended to  his  son,  William,  of  Holmesburg,  the  present  head  of 
the  family.     William  (No.  18)  and  his  wife  are  both  interred  in 

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Issue : — 

30.  Mary  b.  June.  7,  1823.     m.  George  Mulerdore,  of  Brides- 
burg,     d.  July  7,  1881. 

31.  John  Northrop  b.  Jan.  26,  1826.     Of  whom  presently. 

32.  Rebecca  b.  May  7,  1829.     m.  Thomas  Webster,    d.  June 
22,  1853. 

33.  George  Mathias  b.  Dec.  25,  1830.     Of  whom  presently. 

19.  Phebe  Castor,  second  daughter  of  Mathias  Castor,  No. 
11,  married  Henry  Hartley.  _ 
Issue: — 

34.  Josephine  Hartley,    m.  Rev.  Samuel  Powers. 

35.  Calvin  S.  Hartley.     Now  living  in  Chicago. 
Also  two  children  who  died  while  young. 

20.  George  Johnson  Castor,  third  son  of  Mathias  Castor,  No. 
11,  was  born  March  18,  1802,  on  the  "Pennypack  Farm"  on  the 
Delaware.  He  married,  in  the  old  Abington  Presbyterian  Church, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Anna  Eliza  Bender.  Elizabeth 
was  born  August  13,  1809,  and  died  May  27,  1900.  The  Bender 
farm,  the  girlhood  home  of  Elizabeth,  was  located  on  both  sides 
of  Bristol  Pike,  between  what  is  now  Longshore  and  Unruh 
Streets,  Philadelphia.  The  home  was  on  the  northwest  and  the 
barn  on  the  southeast  side  of  the  pike. 

George  J.,  when  he  married,  left  his  boyhood  home  on  the 
Pennypack  and  with  his  wife  settled  in  Wissinoming.  All  of  his 
children  were  raised  in  the  home  he  built  at  that  time.  The  old 
home  still  remains  on  the  corner  of  what  is  now  Tulip  and  Howell 
Streets.     See  illustration. 

The  farm  was  noted  for  its  unusual  attractiveness  and  beauty 
and  for  its  variety  of  fruits  and  abundance  of  beautiful  flowers. 

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It  was  an  ideal  home,  a  home  that  he  loved,  a  home  of  hospitality 
where  many  brilliant  social  entertainments  took  place  and  where 
the  prominent  old-time  families  congregated  in  friendship.  As 
George  was  fond  of  hunting  big  game,  many  a  feast  of  bear  and 
venison  took  place  in  the  old  home,  for,  in  his  day,  bear,  deer,  and 
even  an  occasional  catamount,  were  to  be  found  within  a  few  hours' 
drive  of  Wissinoming. 

George  was  a  man  temperate  in  all  things.  He  was  tall,  large- 
boned  and  over  six  feet  two  inches  in  height.  There  were  three 
George  Castors  in  his  time  and,  in  speaking  of  him,  he  was  styled 
"Long  George"  or  "Tall  George." 

During  his  last  years  he  was  invalided  by  rheumatism  and  it 
was  during  this  time  that  the  portrait  of  him  shown  here  was  taken. 
The  picture  does  not  do  justice  to  the  healthy  man  of  former  years. 

He  raised  a  family  of  five  sons  and  four  daughters,  none  of 
whom  drank  or  used  tobacco  in  any  form,  and  all  of  whom,  at 
some  time  during  their  lives,  were  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  of  Frankford,  in  which  church  their  ancestors  had  wor- 
shiped since  it  was  founded  in  1770. 

He  was  a  school  director  from  1850  to  1862,  and  a  Trustee  of 
the  Frankford  Church  about  the  same  years.  He  was  a  man  of 
dominant  will,  his  judgment  and  advice  was  sought  by  many,  he 
bore  the  reputation  of  being  a  very  just  man,  his  word  was  as  good 
as  his  bond,  and  when  he  passed  away.  May  5,  1870,  he  left  a  name 
honored,  respected  and  untarnished.  He  is  interred  in  Cedar  Hill 
Cemetery. 
Issue: — 

36.  Emily  b.  April  27,  1829.     Single. 

37.  Eliza  Ann  b.  July  16,  1830.    d.  unmarried,  April,  1904. 

38.  Henry  B.  b.  Dec.  13,  1832.     Of  whom  presently. 

39.  Howard  b.  Jan.  2,  1835.     Of  whom  presently. 

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40.  Linford  b.  Dec.  27,  1837.     Of  whom  presently. 

41.  Barton  Jenks  b.  Nov.  14,  1839.     Of  whom  presently. 

42.  Rebecca  b.  July,  1841.    d.  March  30,  1847. 

43.  Theodore  b.  Mar.,  1845.    d.  Aug.  29,  1867. 

44.  Josephine  Hartley  b.  Feb.  7,  1853. 

45.  Menvilla  Neice  b.  Jan.  6,  1854.  d.  unmarried  Dec.  8,  1903. 

21.     Rebecca  Castor,  third  daughter  of  Mathias  Castor,  No. 
11,  was  born  November  13,  1805.     She  married  Joseph  Biles,  who 
was  born  April  21,  1804,  and  died  May  30,  1885.     Rebecca  died 
June  30,  1891,  and  was  buried  in  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery. 
Issue: — 

46.  Martha  Biles.     Did  not  marry. 

47.  Helen  Biles.     Did  not  marry. 

48.  George  Castor  Biles.     Was  in  Confederate  Army  and 
was  killed  in  Memphis,  Tenn. 

49.  Charles  Biles  m.  Alice  Walton. 

50.  Linford  Biles. 

51.  Edwin   R.   Biles.     Was  a  General  in  the  Union  Army, 
m.  Miss  Black. 

52.  Margaret  Biles  m.  Robert  Keys. 

53.  Sarah  Francis  Biles  m.  Robert  Hinckley. 

25.  William  Jackson,  second  son  of  Margaret  Castor,  No. 
16,  and  Josiah  Jackson,  her  husband,  had  issue,  two  daughters  and 
one  son. 

Issue: — 

54.  Helen  Jackson. 

55.  Mathilda  Jackson. 

56.  William  Jackson. 

31.  John  Northrop  Castor,  eldest  son  of  William  Castor,  No. 
18,  was  born  on  the  "Pennypack  Farm"  on  the  Delaware,  near 
Holmesburg,  January  26,  1826. 

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Issue : — 

57.  Georgiana  b.  1850. 

58.  William  b.  December  9,  1850.     Of  whom  presently. 

59.  Elizabeth  b.  January,  1853.     Single. 

60.  Mary  Emma  b.  1855.    d.  1861,  age  6  years. 

61.  Charles  M.  b.  1858.     Of  whom  presently. 

62.  Alfred  b.  1860.     No  issue. 

63.  Emily  D.  b.  1862. 

64.  Frank  G.  b.  1865.     Of  whom  presently. 

33.  George  Mathias  Castor,  second  son  of  William  Castor, 
No.  18,  was  born  on  the  'Tennypack  Farm,"  December  30,  1830. 
On  July  13,  1854,  he  married  Mary  Elizabeth  Mills,  who  was  at 
that  time  in  her  seventeenth  year.  Mary  was  the  daughter  of 
Joseph  Mills,  son  of  George  Mills,  son  of  Adam  Mills.  Her  mother 
was  Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Burrage,  or  Burridge,  and  his 
wife,  Mary  Howell.  Thomas'  father  was  Sergeant  John  Burrage, 
of  the  Fourth  Foot  Company  of  Militia,  which  fought  at  the  Battle 
of  Lexington,  April  17,  1775,  and  at  the  Battle  of  Concord.  Ser- 
geant John's  father  was  William,  son  of  John,  son  of  William,  son 
of  John,  who  was  born  at  Norton  Subcourse,  England,  April  10, 
1616,  and  settled  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in  1632.  John 
was  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  Richard,  son  of  Robert,  who  was  born 
1490,  and  died  in  Seething,  Norfolk,  England,  in  1559,  Joseph 
Mills  married  Hannah  Burrage  in  1837.     See  Burrage  Genealogy. 

Mary  was  also  descended  from  Major  Humphrey  Atherton, 
of  Walton,  Lancashire,  England,  where  he  commanded  the  Suf- 
folk Regiment  with  the  rank  of  Major.  He  married,  at  the  age  of 
fifteen,  Mary  Wales,  who  was  at  that  time  thirteen  years  of  age. 
Major  Atherton  came  to  America  and,  in  the  year  1648,  was  Lieu- 
tenant of  the  "Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of 
Boston." 


George  Mathias  Castor 

of  Holinesbiirg 

1830-1880 


Mary  Elizabeth  MillsCastor 

Wife  of  George  Mathias  Castor 

1838-1891 


Major  Atherton  was  killed  while  reviewing  his  troops  on  Bos- 
ton Common,  by  being  thrown  from  his  horse. 

Mary  was  born  February  19,  1838,  and  died  March  17,  1891. 

George  died  May  16,  1880.     They  are  both  interred  in  Cedar  Hill 
Cemetery. 

George  Mathias  Castor  was  loved  by  every  one  who  knew 
him.  He  had  many  friends  and  from  what  is  said  by  them  of  him 
to-day,  surely  none  could  have  lived  a  better,  more  honorable,  or 
more  wholesome  life  than  he.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  religious 
belief,  but  was  neither  narrow  nor  bigoted.  He  gave  regularly  ten 
per  cent,  of  his  income  to  the  church.  He  attended  the  Holmes- 
burg  Presbyterian  Church,  which  is  an  offshoot  of  that  church 
founded  by  his  ancestors  in  Frankford  many  years  before,  and 
occasionally  attended  the  parent  church  in  Frankford.  His  home, 
which  was  on  the  Main  Street  of  Holmesburg,  opposite  to  the  Bap- 
tist Church,  ran  through  from  Main  Street  to  the  street  in  the 
rear.  This  was  torn  down  by  George  A.  Castor,  his  son,  and  new 
houses  built  in  its  place. 
Issue: — 

65.  George  A.  b.  Aug.  6,  1856.     Of  whom  presently. 

66.  Mary  b.  May  3,  1858.     Of  whom  presently. 

67.  Nellie  Mills  b.  April  3,  1864.     Of  whom  presently. 

68.  Morton  b.  August  3,  1866.    d.  Aug.  3,  1869. 

38.  Henry  Bender  Castor,  eldest  son  of  George  Johnson  Cas- 
tor, No.  20,  was  born  in  Wissinoming,  December  13,  1832.  He 
married,  January  20,  1858,  Julia  E.  Baker,  who  was  born  May  3, 
1838,  and  died  February  19,  1899.  Her  father  and  mother,  George 
and  Susan  Baker,  owned  the  farm  which  extended  from  what  is 
now  Bridge  Street  to  Vankirk  Street  and  from  Ditman  Street  to 
Cottage  Street,  between  Frankford  and  Wissinoming.  Henry  was 
the  last  of  the  Castors  to  farm  the  Wissinoming  homestead  farm. 

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After  his  father's  death,  in  1870,  he  built  a  house  on  what  is  now 
Vankirk  and  Hegerman  Streets,  then  a  part  of  the  farm.  He  and 
his  family  lived  in  this  house  and  farmed  the  property  until  it  was 
laid  out  in  building  lots.  He  was  named  for  his  grandfather, 
Henry  Bender.  About  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  joined  the  Bap- 
tist Church  on  Paul  Street,  Frankford,  and  later  became  one  of 
the  organizers  and  officers  of  the  Whitehall  Baptist  Church  in 
Philadelphia.  His  wife  was  a  Baptist.  At  the  time  of  his  wife's 
death  he  broke  up  his  home  and  went  to  live  with  his  son,  Calvin, 
who  is  a  farmer  and  lives  near  Clementon,  New  Jersey. 
Issue : — 

69.  George  Johnson  b.  July  14,  1859.     Of  whom  presently. 

70.  Susan  B.  b.  Dec.  23,  1861.    d.  April  10,  1882. 

71.  Calvin  Hartley,  b.  Aug.  7,  1864.     Of  whom  presently. 

72.  Frank  H.  b.  July  19,  1866.     Of  whom  presently. 

73.  Sadie  E.  b.  Nov.  28,  1870.    d.  June  30,  1880. 

39.  Howard  Castor,  second  son  of  George  Johnson  Castor, 
No.  20,  was  born  in  Wissinoming,  January  2,  1835.  He  died 
March  19,  1909.  His  wife,  whom  he  married  August  28,  1858,  was 
Eliza  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Andrews  and  Margaret  Stewart 
Paul,  was  born  June  6,  1838.  The  Pauls  were  an  old  Huguenot 
family,  which  settled  in  Pennsylvania  in  early  Colonial  days.  Their 
home  was  situated  close  to  the  old  "Chew  Mansion"  in  German- 
town  (famous  in  Revolutionary  history)  and  the  two  families  were 
close  friends.  The  home,  which  stood  in  the  midst  of  the  Battle 
of  Germantown,  is  still  standing  and  the  family  still  occupy  it. 
The  Pauls  were  well  represented  in  the  Revolutionary  Army.  Some 
of  the  family  were  with  "Mad  Anthony"  Wayne  at  the  Battles  of 
Brandywine,  Germantown,  Paoli,  Stony  Point,  Monmouth  and 
others. 

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burg  Church  was  being  organized  (it  was  a  branch  of  the  Frank- 
ford  Church)  it  was  Howard's  custom  to  drive  in  his  father's 
buggy  to  Frankford  and  take  the  Rev.  Thomas  Murphy  down  to 
Holmesburg  to  the  business  meetings.  Dr.  Murphy  was  pastor 
of  the  Frankford  Church  for  47  years. 

Howard  was  named  for  the  Rev.  Dr.  Howard,  who  was  pas- 
tor of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Frankford  preceding  Dr.  Mur- 
phy. He  remained  in  the  old  Wissinoming  home  and  managed 
the  farm  for  his  father  until  he  was  married.  He  and  his  wife 
settled  on  Castor  Road,  above  Oxford  Pike,  where  he  farmed.  He 
moved  later  (1874)  to  a  farm  near  Rockland,  New  Castle  County, 
Delaware,  where  he  also  farmed  and  where  two  of  his  children 
were  born  (William  B.  and  Norman  S.).  On  January  1,  1876,  he 
returned  to  Philadelphia  and  became  a  contractor  and  builder. 
The  first  houses  built  on  the  old  homestead  grounds  in  Wissin- 
oming were  planned  and  built  by  him.  He  and  his  son,  Howard 
P.,  were  for  a  while  associated  in  business. 

Howard,  like  his  father,  was  a  tall,  well-built  man,  over  six 
feet  in  height.  He  raised  a  large  family  and  he  and  his  wife  lived 
to  celebrate  their  golden  wedding  together.  Howard  was  a  lover 
of  his  home  and  family  and  his  last  years  were  lived  in  retirement. 
When  he  died  he  left  a  heritage  of  pleasant  memories  and  a  life 
record  which,  for  honesty  and  goodness,  is  surpassed  by  none. 
Issue: — 

74.  Howard  Paul  b.  June  2,  1859.     Of  whom  presently. 

75.  Linford  C.  b.  May,  1861.    d.  1861. 

76.  Margaret  Stewart  b.  Aug.  28,  1862.    Of  whom  presently. 

77.  Elizabeth  b.  Aug.  2,  1864.    d.  1865. 

78.  Mifflin  N.  b.  May  13,  1866.     d.  Oct.  10,  1883. 

79.  Robert  B.  Keys  b.  Aug.  29,  1868.     Of  whom  presently. 

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80.  John  P.  b.  Feb.  21,  1870.    Of  whom  presently. 

81.  WilHam  B.  b.  Feb.  25,  1874.     Of  whom  presently. 

82.  Norman  S.  b.  October  19,  1875.     Of  whom  presently. 

40.  Linford  Castor,  third  son  of  George  Johnson  Castor,  No. 
20,  was  born  in  Wissinoming,  December  27,  1837.  He  married,  May 
10,  1866,  Mary  B.  Brooks,  who  was  born  April  7,  1839.  Mary  was 
the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Brooks,  of  Frankford, 
and  granddaughter  of  Peter  Slaughter,  who  was  one  of  the  trus- 
tees of  the  Frankford  Presbyterian  Church  in  its  early  days.  In 
"One  Hundred  Years  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Frankford," 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Murphy  says  of  him: — "Peter  Slaughter,  a  man 
affectionately  remembered  for  his  purity  of  character,  his  Chris- 
tian activity,  and  long  continued  usefulness  in  the  Church."  Her 
father  was  at  one  time  a  large  manufacturer  of  shoes  in  Frankford 
and  afterward  became  superintendent  of  the  Frankford  Gas  Works, 
in  which  position  he  continued  for  thirty  years.  Mary  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Frankford  Church,  took  an  active  interest  in  the  Sunday 
School  and,  as  a  girl,  sang  in  the  choir. 

Linford  remained  on  the  homestead  farm  until  he  married, 
when  he  became  associated  with  his  father-in-law  in  the  shoe  busi- 
ness in  Frankford,  He  later  became  connected  with  the  Philadel- 
phia Water  Works,  where  he  remained  until  he  retired  from  active 
business. 

His  home  is  in  Wissinoming  and  located  on  a  portion  of  the 
old  farm  on  which  he  was  born.  When  a  young  man  he  was  li- 
brarian of  the  Frankford  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  also 
treasurer  of  the  committee  that  arranged  the  Centennial  Anniver- 
sary Celebration  of  the  church,  May  4,  1870,  an  occasion  well  re- 
membered by  all  who  attended. 
Issue: — 

83.  Jonathan  Brooks  b.  Dec.  16,  1867.     d.  July  14,  1886. 

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84.  Elizabeth  Brooks  b.  Dec.  31,  1876.  m.  Dec.  18,  1892, 
Arthur  Whitaker. 

41.  Barton  Jenks  Castor,  fourth  son  of  George  Johnson  Cas- 
tor, No.  20,  was  born  in  Wissinoming,  in  the  old  homestead  on 
Tulip  Street,  November  14,  1839.  He  married,  June  16,  1865, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Jessie  and  Elizabeth  (nee  Lehman)  Mancill, 
of  Norristown,  Pennsylvania.  Jesse  was  a  well  known  and  suc- 
cessful manufacturer,  operating  the  largest  and  best  known  flour 
mill  of  its  day.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Lord  Mansell,  whose  fam- 
ily name  has  been  variously  spelled  Mansel,  Monsel,  Maunsell, 
Munsell,  Mansell  and  Mancill.  Elizabeth  was  of  German  ances- 
try, descended  from  the  Lehman  and  Favenger  families  of  Trappe, 
Montgomery  County,  Pennsylvania.  These  families  attended  the 
old  Augustus  Lutheran  Church,  built  in  1743,  and  in  the  church 
register  are  the  records  of  many  members  of  the  two  families.  Many 
of  both  families  are  buried  in  the  churchyard.  The  old  Trappe 
Church  was  in  continuous  service  for  over  a  century  when  the  con- 
gregation erected  a  larger  edifice.  Since  the  new  church  was 
built  services  have  been  held  in  the  old  one  only  on  the  first  Sun- 
day in  August  each  year.  The  following  description  of  the  church 
is  written  by  Mary  Mancill  Castor: 

"  'The  Old  Trappe  Church,'  as  it  is  called,  is  visited  every  year 
by  a  large  number  of  tourists.  An  interesting  chapter  in  its  his- 
tory is  that  it  was  used  as  a  hospital  by  Washington's  Army  on 
the  retreat  after  the  Battle  of  Germantown.  The  church  is  in  a 
remarkable  state  of  preservation.  The  old-fashioned,  straight- 
jacket  pews  of  two  centuries  ago  are  still  as  strong  and  serviceable 
as  ever  and  the  massive  stone  walls  show  no  signs  of  the  wear  of 
over  a  century  and  a  half  of  exposure  to  the  elements.  Indeed,  the 
only  repairs  done  to  the  old  building  in  all  these  years  consist  of  a 
new  shingle  roof  and  a  new  coat  of  plaster  on  the  walls." 

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"The  burying  yard,  immediately  back  of  the  church,  is  also 
interesting.  Many  of  the  inscriptions  are  in  German  and  date 
back  before  the  Revolution.  Rev.  General  Peter  Muhlenberg,  the 
'Fighting  Parson'  of  the  American  Revolution,  is  buried  in  the 
graveyard." 

Barton  was  named  for  Barton  Jenks,  a  Bridesburg  manufac- 
turer and  particular  friend  of  George  Johnson  Castor,  his  father. 
He  was  educated  at  Port  Royal  Academy.  He  remained  on  the 
farm  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  entered  the 
Government  service,  and  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  manufacture 
of  ammunition  in  the  Frankford  Arsenal.  In  1865  he  volunteered 
to  take  a  trainload  of  ammunition  through  the  South  to  St.  Louis. 
This  he  safely  accomplished. 

After  the  war  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  conveyancing 
business,  and  later  became  associated  with  Walter  W.  Hood,  and 
under  the  name  of  Castor  and  Hood,  he  and  his  partner  became 
the  leading  conveyancers  of  Philadelphia.  Barton  was  an  active 
church  worker  and  was  trustee  of  the  old  Frankford  Presbyterian 
Church.  It  was  while  serving  in  this  capacity  that  he,  with  the 
devoted  assistance  of  his  wife  and  others,  organized  the  Disston 
Memorial  Presbyterian  Church  of  Tacony.  When  this  church  was 
fully  organized  and  safely  housed  in  its  present  handsome  struc- 
ture, he  took  up  the  laborious  task  of  organizing  another  church 
in  Wissinoming. 

As  Wissinoming  was  rapidly  becoming  a  town  and  needed  a 
place  of  worship,  the  Frankford  Presbyterian  Church,  under  the 
pastorate  of  the  Reverend  Thomas  Murphy,  lent  its  assistance  and 
the  Wissinoming  Church  became  an  accomplished  fact.  The 
writer  is  qualified  to  attest  that  it  was  due  to  Barton  Castor  and 
his  devoted  wife,  their  labors  and  Christian  liberalities,  that  these 
two  churches  are  in  existence  to-day. 

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Barton  was  School  Director  of  the  35th  section  for  many  years 
and  was  chairman  of  the  committee  which  built  the  Lawton  School 
in  Wissinoming.  He  now  lives  in  the  old  homestead,  where  he  was 
born,  with  his  wife  and  his  two  unmarried  sisters,  Emily  and  Jos- 
ephine.    He  has  no  issue. 

58.  William  Castor,  eldest  son  of  John  Northrop  Castor,  No. 
31,  was  born  in  Holmesburg,  December  9,  1850.  He  married,  No- 
vember 26, 1874,  Annie  Kreis.  He  has  been  Postmaster  of  Holmes- 
burg for  many  years  and  is  the  present  head  of  the  Castor  Family. 
Issue: — 

85.  Ida  Dorentha,  b.  Oct.  6,  1876,  d.  July  11,  1908. 

86.  William  Mayberry  b.  Aug.  26, 1878.    Of  whom  presently. 

87.  John  Northrop  b.  Jan.  6,  1882.    Of  whom  presently. 

88.  Louisa  Kreis  b.  Feb.  10,  1887. 

61.  Charles  M.  Castor,  second  son  of  John  Northrop  Castor, 
No.  31,  was  born  in  Holmesburg  in  1858.  In  1877  he  married 
Sophia  Kline. 

Issue: — 

89.  Charles  L.  b.  1879. 

90.  Mary  A.  b.  1881. 

91.  Emma  E.  b.  1885. 

92.  Wilmer  C.  b.  1888. 

62.  Alfred  B.  Castor,  third  son  of  John  Northrop  Castor,  No. 
31,  was  born  in  Holmesburg  in  1860.  In  1885  he  married  Mary  J. 
Louden.     They  have  no  issue. 

64.     Frank  G.  Castor,  fourth  son  of  John  Northrop  Castor, 
No.  31,  was  born  in  Holmesburg  in  1865.    He  married,  January  1, 
1899,  Agnes  F.  Chambley. 
Issue: — 

93.  Frank  D.  b.  1891. 

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94.  L.  Northrop  b.  1895. 

95.  Myra  b.  1899. 

96.  Evelyn  A.  b.  1903. 

65.  George  A.  Castor,  eldest  son  of  George  Mathias  Castor, 
No.  33,  was  born  on  Main  Street,  Holmesburg,  August  6,  1856. 
Almost  without  exception  success  followed  every  undertaking  of 
this  George.  When  only  a  young  man  he  amassed  a  considerable 
fortune  and  built  a  handsome  residence  for  himself  in  Holmesburg, 
which  is  still  one  of  the  show  places  in  that  section.  On  February 
19,  1904,  he  was  elected  to  fill  a  death  vacancy  in  the  58th  Congress, 
with  a  plurality  of  24,347  votes,  and  was  re-elected  the  following 
election  with  39,992  votes,  against  his  opponent's  28,083.  He  was 
known  as  the  "Leap  Year  Congressman,"  being  sworn  in  on  Febru- 
ary 29th.  He  was  taken  sick  at  his  Summer  home,  "Camp  Kilkare," 
Lake  Placid,  and  was  removed  to  "Stonyhurst,"  his  Holmesburg 
residence,  where  he  died  3  P.  M.  February  19,  1906.  His  funeral 
was  a  very  large  one  and  was  attended  by  four  Senators,  twelve 
Congressmen  and  hundreds  of  friends  and  relatives.  His  body  was 
interred  in  the  Episcopal  Churchyard  in  Holmesburg.  He  married 
Katharine  Duffy.  Mr.  Castor  was  a  man  of  large  heart  and  had  a 
friend  in  every  one  who  knew  him.  A  good  account  of  him  and  his 
home  is  to  be  found  in  a  most  interesting  work  entitled  "The 
Bristol  Pike." 
Issue: — 

97.  Morton  b.  April  30,  1876. 

98.  Katharine  b.  Feb.  8, 1878,  m.  Oct.  27, 1909,  William  Harry 
Hedges. 

99.  George  Mathias  b.  1879,  d.  June  9, 1894.    Int.  North  Cedar 
Plill. 

100.  Estelle  b.  Nov.,  1889,  m.  George  W.  Rommel,  son  of 

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66.  Mary  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  George  Mathias  Castor, 
No.  33,  was  born  in  Holmesburg  May  3,  1858.  She  married.  May  3, 
1878,  Lemuel  Ball,  and  died  November  16,  1902.  Interred  in 
North  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery. 

Issue: — 

101.  Nellie  Castor  Ball  b.  May  16,  1879,  in  Tacony,  Pa.,  m. 
Samuel  Oldham,  of  Frankford.  They  now  live  with 
Lemuel  Ball  in  his  home  in  Wissinoming.     No  issue. 

67.  Nellie  Mills  Castor,  second  daughter  of  George  Mathias 
Castor,  No.  33,  was  born  in  Holmesburg  April  3,  1864.  She  mar- 
ried, first,  December  6,  1883,  Dr.  Richard  Allen  Martin,  a  de- 
scendant of  the  Martins  of  Ballynahinch,  County  Down,  Ireland. 
Both  Richard's  grandfather  and  father,  Samuel  and  Thomas  Mar- 
tin, came  to  America  from  Bolton-le-moors,  Lancashire,  England. 
See  Martin  Genealogy.  Richard  died  March  17,  1890,  and  is  now 
interred  in  family  vault  in  North  Cedar  Hill  Cemetery. 

She  married,  second,  June  23,  1894,  William  H.  Allardyce,  of 
Galveston,  Texas,  and  New  York  City.  William's  ancestors  came 
from  Bernie,  near  Aberdeen,  Scotland  (see  Allardyce  Genealogy) 
and  settled  in  Pictou,  Nova  Scotia. 

By  her  first  husband,  Nellie  had  issue,  two  sons. 
Issue: — 

102.  George  Castor  Martin  b.  March  30,  1885.  Of  whom 
presently. 

103.  Richard  Allen  Martin  b.  Oct.  14,  1886.  Of  whom  pres- 
ently. 

69.  George  J.  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Henry  B.  Castor,  No.  38, 
was  born  at  Edge  Hill,  Montgomery  County,  Pennsylvania,  July 

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14,  1859.  He  married  June  19,  1884,  Annie,  daughter  of  Frank 
Kelley,  of  Holmesburg.  Annie  died  February  6,  1886.  He  mar- 
ried, second.  May  18,  1893,  Florence  C.  Fife.  George  J.  was  named 
for  his  grandfather,  George  Johnson  Castor.  The  early  part  of  his 
life  was  spent  on  the  farm  at  Wissinoming,  which  he  helped  his 
father  farm.  He  was  at  one  time  a  contractor,  but  now  owns  a  farm 
near  Prospectville,  Montgomery  County,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
resides. 
Issue,  by  his  first  wife:- — 

104.  Mary  M.  b.  May  6,  1885. 

71.  Calvin  Hartley  Castor,  second  son  of  Henry  B.  Castor, 
No.  38,  was  born  August  7,  1864,  in  Frankford,  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  married  Sadie  Marvine,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
M.  Lesher,  of  Frankford.  Calvin  learned  the  trade  of  carpentry 
and  later  became  connected  with  the  Department  of  Public  Safety. 
He  is  now  a  farmer  and  lives  near  Clementon,  New  Jersey. 

Issue: — 

105.  Joseph  Henry  b.  June  30,  1889. 

106.  Annie  Bromily  b.  Aug.  16,  1891. 

107.  Linford  b.  Feb.  19,  1895. 

108.  George  Johnson  b.  Dec.  3,  1896,  d.  Jan.  9,  1897. 

109.  Elsie  May  b.  Sept.  9,  1901. 

110.  Bertha  Dorothy  b.  June  13,  1906. 
Ill  Calvin  Hartley  b.  April  14,  1908. 

72.  Frank  H.  Castor,  third  son  of  Henry  B.  Castor,  No.  38, 
was  born  July  19,  1866,  in  Frankford.  He  married  Margaret  T. 
Brandscett,  of  Philadelphia.  Frank  died  September  12,  1906,  and 
his  wife  June  13,  1905. 

Issue: — 

112.  Julia  E.  b.  March  31,  1889. 

113.  Louise  b.  Aug.  5,  1890. 

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114.  Nealie  b.  Aug.  16,  1891,  d.  May  1,  1902. 

115.  Harry  b.  June  3,  1893. 

116.  Ethel  b.  Feb.  3,  1895. 

117.  Sadie  Lesher  b.  Oct.  8,  1898. 

118.  James  B.  b.  June  13,  1901.    Deceased. 

119.  Florence  T.  b.  June,  1905.    Died  in  infancy. 

74.  Howard  Paul  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Howard  Castor,  No. 
39,  and  eldest  grandson  of  George  Johnson  Castor,  No.  20,  was 
born  on  Castor  Road  above  Oxford  Pike,  Philadelphia,  June  2, 1859. 
On  October  23,  1882,  he  married  Letitia  Stackhouse,  daughter  of 
William  F.  and  Mary  (nee  Street)  Bailey,  of  Bristol,  Bucks  County, 
Pennsylvania.  The  Baileys  are  of  Quaker  ancestry.  Alary  was  de- 
scended from  General  Green,  the  famous  Revolutionary  com- 
mander, and  also  was  niece  of  Colonel  John  Gosling,  who  was  killed 
in  the  Civil  War. 

Howard  Paul  Castor  was  a  builder  in  early  life,  and  when 
Wissinoming  was  laid  out  in  building  lots,  he  and  his  father  became 
the  pioneer  builders.  Most  of  the  houses  in  the  town  were  built  by 
them,  as  were  many  on  the  adjoining  lands.  In  the  early  days  of 
Wissinoming,  as  a  town,  it  was  much  hampered  by  not  having  an 
outlet  north  of  the  railroad  to  Tacony  on  one  side  and  to  Brides- 
burg  and  Frankford  on  the  other.  Howard  P.  started  a  movement 
to  have  a  road  opened  from  Tacony  to  Frankford.  There  was  much 
opposition  by  those  interested  in  the  way  and  the  great  cost  in 
damages  and  grading  made  it  a  hard  proposition.  It  was  only 
after  a  long  and  tedious  fight,  with  many  reverses  and  many  ob- 
stacles conquered,  that  the  bill  was  put  through.  It  was  due 
largely  to  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Castor  that  this  useful  highway  (Tor- 
resdale  Avenue)  is  in  use  to-day. 

After  the  course  of  the  road  was  laid  out,  Howard  P.  Castor, 
in  a  two-wheeled  gig,  on  Tuesday,  July  3,  1894,  was  the  first  one 

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who  ever  drove  over  Torresdale  Avenue  from  Wissinoming  to 
Tacony.  It  was  a  difficult  drive.  Two  creeks  had  to  be  forded  and 
a  deep,  heavily-wooded  ravine  crossed. 

Howard  P.  Castor,  his  father,  and  Barton  Castor,  at  their  own 
expense,  had  the  brush  and  timber  cleared  away,  the  g^round  leveled 
and  temporary  foot  bridges  built  over  the  creeks  which  crossed  it 
at  that  time.  This  was  the  beginning  of  a  most  important  thor- 
oughfare, where  to-day  a  double  trolley  track  runs  over  a  finely- 
paved  broad  avenue — "The  dreams  of  H.  P.  C.  realized." 

Howard  was  the  first  librarian  of  the  Tacony  (Disston)  Pres- 
byterian Church,  then  a  very  young  man,  and  was  also  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  said  church  in  1883.  At  one  time  he  and  his  wife 
v/ere  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Frankford,  where  five 
generations  of  his  ancestors  had  worshiped.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  was  director  of  the  Wissinomnig  Building  and  Loan  Association 
and  also  director  of  the  Provident.  Through  his  efforts,  Howell, 
Keystone  and  Comly  Streets  were  graded  and  macadamized,  as 
also  were  many  other  improvements  brought  to  pass.  At  a  leaders' 
meeting  of  the  (then)  Thirty-fifth  Ward  he  was  offered  the  nomina- 
tion for  Council  of  Philadelphia,  which  nomination  in  those  days 
was  equivalent  to  an  election.  Howard  refused  this  offer.  The 
first  telephone  in  Wissinoming  was  introduced  by  him  and  the 
first  election  returns  bulletined  in  the  town  were  shown  from  his 
office.  These  were  the  returns  of  McKinley's  first  election.  He 
laid  the  first  water  pipes  in  Wissinoming  at  his  own  expense  and  by 
special  arrangement  with  the  City.  He  served  as  City  Real  Estate 
Expert  at  various  times.  He  built  the  Wissinoming  Coal  Yard, 
and  with  his  brother-in-law,  W.  Frank  Bailey,  operated  it  as  the 
Wissinoming  Coal  and  Wood  Company.  Later  he  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Camden,  New  Jersey,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
lumber  business. 

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Issue: — 

120.  William  Barton  b.  Sept.  4,  1883,  d.  Apr.  2,  1887. 

121.  Helen  P.  b.  Nov.  26,  1884,  m.  Dec.  29,  1909,  George  W. 
Long. 

122.  Margaret  S.  b.  Dec.  4,  1886,  m.  June  1,  1909,  John  R. 
Keenan.     Issue: — John  Paul  Keenan,  b.  April  11,  1910. 

123.  Mary  Elizabeth  b.  Aug.  28, 1888,  m.  Sept.  23, 1908,  Clar- 
ence J.  Miller.  Issue: — Harry  Castor  Miller  b.  June  21, 
1909.     Mary  d.  June  22,  1909. 

124.  Eliza  Jane  b.  Dec.  20,  1890,  m.  June  30,  1908,  William 
Edward  Stanwood,  Jr. 

125.  Walter  Shallcross  b.  Jan.  15,  1892,  d.  Apr.  14,  1893. 

126.  Thomas  E.  Raymond  b.  Oct.  21,  1893. 

127.  Emily  L.  b.  Sept.  7,  1895. 

128.  Mary  T.  b.  Nov.  6,  1897. 

129.  George  F.  b.  Nov.  13, 1899. 

76.     Margaret  Stewart  Castor,  eldest  daughter    of    Howard 
Castor,  No.  39,  was  born  August  28,  1862.     She  married  John 
Sparks,  who  was  born  November  1,  1850,  and  had  issue,  five  chil- 
dren. 
Issue: — 

130.  Howard  Castor  Sparks  b.  May  24,  1889. 

131.  Sarah  Sparks  b.  Aug.  29,  1891. 

132.  Helen  Sparks  b.  June  12,  1894. 

133.  John  Sparks  b.  Sept.  10,  1897,  d.  Aug.  29,  1898. 

134.  Hary  Sparks  b.  Mar.  28.  1901. 

79.  Robert  B.  Keys  Castor,  fourth  son  of  Howard  Castor, 
No.  39,  was  born  August  29,  1868,  in  Frankford.  He  married,  De- 
cember 9,  1888,  Frances  Amanda,  daughter  of  William  and  grand- 
daughter of  Jacob  Funk,  Sr.,  a  prominent  brick  manufacturer, 
whose  brick  yard  lay  near  Bridge  Street,  between  what  is  now  Tor- 

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resdale  Avenue  and  Ditman  Street. 

Robert  was  an  active,  industrious,  enterprising  man.     When 

he  w^as  eighteen  years  of  age  he  had  estabHshed  a  paying  express 
business  between  Philadelphia,  Bridesburg  and  Wissinoming, 
which  he  disposed  of  at  a  profit.  He  then  entered  the  plumbing 
and  roofing  business  and  later  became  connected  with  the  Depart- 
ment of  Public  Safety.  He  filled  his  position  in  this  department 
with  credit  to  himself  and  only  left  it  in  order  to  accept  a  position 
of  trust  with  the  firm  of  Henry  Disston  and  Sons,  Tacony,  where 
he  is  now  engaged.  Robert  lives  in  Wissinoming,  where  he  has  a 
host  of  friends.  He  is  interested  in  politics  and  has  much  influence 
in  his  home  town,  which  he  uses  for  the  best  interest  of  his  com- 
munity. 
Issue: — 

135.  Norman  Stephen  Castor  b.  Oct.  15,  1889,  m.  Oct.  15, 
1909,  Martha  D.  Parke. 

136.  William  Henry  b.  Apr.  29,  1891. 

137.  Robert  Bertram  b.  Feb.  28,  1893. 

138.  Anna  Eliza  b.  Oct.  31,  1894. 

139.  Edward  Jones  b.  May  23,  1902.     Deceased. 

80.  John  P.  Castor,  fifth  son  of  Howard  Castor,  No.  39,  was 
born  in  Frankford,  Philadelphia,  February  27,  1871.  He  married 
Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Timothy  S.  and  Sarah  A.  Carr.  Mary  was 
born  November  16,  1873. 

John  v/as  a  true  representative  of  the  old  pioneer  stock.  He 
loved  the  woods  and  the  wilds  and  when  a  boy  spent  much  of  his 
time  wandering  through  the  large  woods  which  at  that  time  ex- 
tended from  the  Delaware  River  to  a  spot  far  beyond  the  Bristol 
Pike.  A  creek  ran  through  these  woods  and  John  would  catch  a 
mess  of  fish  or  frogs  and  build  a  fire,  on  which  he  would  cook 
them,  and  feast  in  true  woodsman  style.     When  he  was  eighteen 

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he  longed  for  the  West,  of  which  he  had  heard  much,  and  the  free 
and  adventurous  Hfe  that  was  Hved  there.  He  went  to  Nebraska, 
where  his  cousin,  Frank  Heston,  owned  a  large  ranch.  While  on 
the  ranch  he  became  expert  in  the  use  of  the  lasso  and  the  rifle. 
When  he  returned  home  he  was  attired  in  the  full  kit  of  a  western 
cowboy;  leather  chaparajos,  sombrero,  cartridge  belt,  revolver, 
lasso  and  knife,  and  his  heavy  western  saddle. 

He  also  brought  his  horse,  on  which  he  had  ridden  across  the 
State  of  Nebraska,  and  a  carload  of  wild  western  bronchos.  His 
own  pony  was  so  well  trained  that  he  could  herd  cattle  or  horses 
without  a  rider  to  direct  him.  When  the  horses  were  sold  they 
afl:'orded  amusement  for  the  entire  neighborhood,  as  their  owner 
had  to  lasso  and  break  in  each  one  as  it  was  purchased.  1889  was 
the  year  in  which  he  crossed  the  State. 

John  learned  the  carpentry  trade  with  his  brother,  Howard 
Paul  Castor.  He  became  interested  in  the  building  of  the  Panama 
Canal  by  the  United  States  Government,  and  on  February  13,  1905, 
he  sailed  from  a  snow  and  ice  covered  New  York  to  land  a  short 
time  later  in  a  land  of  fruits  and  flowers,  and  hotter  weather  than 
he  had  ever  known  before.  His  position  in  the  Government  em- 
ploy was  the  command  of  over  one  hundred  native  laborers.  The 
unsanitary  conditions  of  the  big  ditch  soon  affected  him,  and, 
though  many  inducements  were  held  out  to  him  to  have  him  re- 
main, he  sailed  for  home,  taking  with  him  a  collection  of  natural 
history  specimens  of  that  country.  Among  those  he  brought  to 
his  home  were  a  monkey  and  an  alligator.  After  regaining  his 
health  he  entered  the  coft'ee-roasting  business  in  connection  with 
his  brother's  extensive  coffee  and  tea  business  in  Philadelphia,  John 
operating  in  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  where  he  and  his  family  reside. 
He  is  a  very  large  man,  standing  six  feet  two  inches  and  weighing 
228  pounds.     He  has  never  used  tobacco  or  liquor  in  any  form. 

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He  and  his  family  are  all  members  of    the    Fifth    Presbyterian 
Church  of  Trenton,  where  his  wife  takes  an  active  interest  in  the 
Home  Department  of  the  Sunday  School. 
Issue: — 

140.  John  Heston  b.  May  1,  1892. 

141.  Elmer  H.  b.  July  1,  1893,  d.  Oct.  18,  1895. 

142.  Horace  b.  July  2,  1894,  d.  June  22,  1905. 

143.  Ida  Leona  b.  Jan.  19,  1901. 

81.  William  B.  Castor,  sixth  son  of  Howard  Castor,  No.  39, 
was  born  near  Rockland,  New  Castle  County,  Delaware,  February 
25,  1874.  He  married,  June  18, 1900,  Emily  B.,  daughter  of  Samuel 
M.  and  Alma  Carrilla  Broadbent,  of  Philadelphia,  who  was  born 
September  3,  1880.  When  William  was  eighteen  years  of  age  he 
was  elected  President  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  of  Wissinoming 
and  Secretary  of  the  Northeast  branch  of  the  same  Society.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-one  he  was  elected  Trustee  of  the  Wissinoming 
Presbyterian  Church,  under  the  pastorate  of  the  Reverend  David 
Scott  Clark,  and  served  in  that  capacity  for  eleven  years.  He  re- 
signed from  this  position  of  trust  when  he  removed  to  Camden, 
New  Jersey,  to  take  charge  of  that  branch  of  Castor  Brothers'  rap- 
idly-growing coffee  and  tea  business.  He  learned  the  hot-air  and 
steam-heating  business  and  served  as  manager  for  a  Philadelphia 
establishment  until  he  was  twenty-four  years  of  age,  when  he 
became  associated  with  his  brother,  Norman,  in  the  tea  and  coffee 
business  in  Wissinoming,  and  now  in  Frankford,  Camden,  Trenton, 
Philadelphia  and  Bethlehem.  Success  was  with  him  from  the  start 
in  this  business.  From  a  small  beginning,  their  business  has  grown 
with  rapid  strides  and  in  its  eleven  years  of  growth  it  has  become 
the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  State. 

In  the  year  1906  he  became  a  resident  of  Camden,  New  Jersey, 
and  now  has  a  Summer  residence  at  Pitman,  New  Jersey.    He  and 

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his  wife  are  members  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Cam- 
den and  take  an  active  part  in  all  church  work.     He  is  considered 
one  of  the  representative  business  men  of  Camden. 
Issue: — 

144.  William  Stanley  b.  March  14,  1901. 

145.  Edwin  Bruce  b.  Nov.  5,  1903,  d.  Jan.  25,  1904. 

146.  Ruth  Emily  b.  Feb.  27,  1905,  d.  Mar.  20, 1905. 

147.  Clifford  b.  July  13,  1906,  d.  Dec.  21,  1906. 

148.  Margaret  Buckley  b.  Feb.  19,  1908. 

82.  Norman  S.  Castor,  seventh  son  of  Howard  Castor,  No.  39, 
was  born  near  Rockland,  New  Castle  County,  Delaware,  October 
19,  1875.  On  October  24,  1899,  he  married  Jeanette,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Mary  Eraser,  of  Wissinoming,  who  was  born  Febru- 
ary 25,  1882.  Norman  was  a  born  business  man  and  commenced 
his  career  when  about  nine  years  old.  At  this  time  he  purchased 
candy  by  the  pound  and  sold  it  by  the  stick  in  a  play  house  in  his 
father's  yard.  He  saved  the  profits  thus  acquired  and  a  few  years 
later  made  a  practice  of  advancing  money  to  certain  city  employes 
stationed  in  the  neighborhood.  These  loans  were  for  short  periods 
and  were  repaid  on  "pay  day"  with  good  interest.  When  he  was 
seventeen  years  of  age  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  brother,  How- 
ard Paul  Castor,  and  during  the  next  three  years  remained  in  his 
brother's  charge.  Here,  too.  he  saved  his  money,  and  when  an  ex- 
hausted and  badly-run  coffee  and  tea  route  was  offered  for  sale  he 
purchased  it.  In  his  hands  the  business  grew  rapidly  and  two  years 
later  his  brother,  William  B.  Castor,  joined  him  in  partnership  and 
organized  the  firm  of  Castor  Brothers,  wholesale  and  retail  coffee 
and  tea  dealers  of  Frankford.  The  firm  began  with  a  small  packing 
house  and  two  wagons.  To-day,  eleven  years  later,  they  have 
many  branches,  and  over  two-score  wagons  are  required  to  run  the 
business,  wdiich  is  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  Pennsylvania. 

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Norman  is  a  resident  of  Frankford,  where  he  and  his  wife  are 
active  members  of  the  old  Presbyterian  Church  in  which  six  con- 
secutive generations  of  his  ancestors  have  worshiped  and  of  which 
his  ancestor,  John  George  Castor,  was  one  of  the  four  founders, 
May  4,  1770. 
Issue: — 

149.  Mary  Caldwell  b.  July  30,  1901. 

150.  Bernice  L.  b.  Aug.  28,  1902,  d.  Mar.  11,  1903. 

151.  Norman  Richard  b.  April  9,  1905. 

152.  Jeanette  Fraser  b.  June  11,  1908. 

86.  William  Mayberry  Castor,  eldest  son  of  William  Castor, 
No.  58,  was  born  August  26,  1878.  He  married,  January  1,  1902, 
Martha  J.  Stackhouse,  and  had — 

Issue: — 

153.  Delia  Louisa  b.  June  8,  1904. 

154.  William  b.  Mar.  11,  1909. 

87.  John  Northrop  Castor,  second  son  of  William  Castor, 
No.  58,  was  born  in  Holmesburg,  January  6,  1882.  He  married, 
September  8,  1909,  Caroline  Hobson. 

102.  George  Castor  Martin,  eldest  son  of  Nellie  Mills  Castor, 
No.  67,  and  her  first  husband,  Richard  Allen  Martin,  was  born  in 
New  York  City,  March  30, 1885.  On  September  22, 1906,  in  Asbury 
Park,  New  Jersey,  he  married  Mildred,  daughter  of  Henry  W. 
Comegys,  of  the  Kent  County,  Maryland,  family  of  that  name. 
Both  George  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Sons  and  Daughters 
of  the  Revolution,  respectively.  George  holds  the  rank  of  Vice- 
Commodore  in  the  U.  S.  V.  L.  S.  C. 
Issue: — 

156.     Richard  Allen  Allardyce  Martin  b.  July  15,  1907,  in  As- 
bury Park,  N.  J. 

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103.  Richard  Allen  Martin,  second  son  of  Nellie  Mills  Castor, 
No.  67,  and  her  first  husband,  Richard  Allen  Martin,  was  born  in 
New  York  City,  October  14, 1886.  He  died  in  Jacksonville,  Florida, 
December  20,  1908,  and  was  interred  in  the  family  vault  in  North 
Cedar  Hill  Cemetery.  Richard  did  not  marry.  Among-  the  many 
Societies  and  Clubs  of  which  he  was  a  member  were  the  Sons  of 
the  Revolution,  Monmouth  County  Historical  Society,  Ex  Libris 
Society  of  London,  Belmar  Yacht  Club,  Frankford  Historical  So- 
ciety, and  the  American  Philatelic  Society.  It  is  due  to  the  exten- 
sive research  made  by  him  in  the  genealogical  field  that  the  com- 
pilation of  this  work  was  possible. 


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FREDERICK  CASTOR 

SECOND  SON  OF  JOHN  GEORGE  CASTOR,  NO.  2 
AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS 


4.  Frederick  Castor,  second  son  of  John  George  Castor,  No. 
2,  was  born  in  Philadelphia  April  27,  1739,  as  is  shown  by  the  rec- 
ords of  the  German  Reformed  Church  in  that  city.  He  moved  to 
Germantown  and  later  to.  Frankford  with  his  father  and  was  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  that  town.  He 
was  commissioned  Lieutenant  of  the  First  Company,  Second  Bat- 
talion of  Pennsylvania  Militia,  and  was  wounded  at  the  Battle  of 
the  Brandywine.  He  was  taken  from  the  field  to  the  "Washington 
House"  at  Chester,  then  a  hospital.  He  was  with  his  Company  at 
the  Battle  of  Germantown  and  a  few  days  later  rode  over  to  Frank- 
ford  to  visit  his  wife.  On  his  arrival  home  he  found  that  his  wife 
had  gone  to  the  mill  at  Byberry  (built  by  Benjamin  Gilbert  in  1759) 
a  few  days  earlier  and  had  not  returned.  Frederick  followed  her  t(,^ 
Byberry,  to  find  that  on  the  day  of  the  Battle  of  Germantown, 
about  the  time  of  her  arrival  at  the  mill,  she  had  been  taken  sick 
and  on  being  carried  to  the  miller's  home,  had  given  birth  to  twins. 
Frederick  had  entered  the  house  and  was  standing  by  his  wife's 
bedside  when  the  nurse  observed  two  British  soldiers  approaching. 
Without  turning  she  gave  timely  warning  and  Frederick  was  able 
to  slip  down  the  stairs,  out  of  the  back  door  and  into  a  heap  of 
brush  which  was  lying  where  some  trees  had  been  felled.  The  Brit- 
ish soldiers  searched  the  house  thoroughly  and  even  went  so  far  as 
to  feel  the  bed  on  which  Frederick's  wife  and  the  twins  were  lying. 
On  seeing  the  twins,  it  is  said,  they  cried,  "God  bless  their  souls." 
After  dark  the  soldiers,  giving  up  hope  of  Frederick  returning,  took 
his  horse  and  went  on  their  way,  leaving  Frederick  to  walk  back 
to  the  army  on  the  same  night.  One  of  the  twins,  Samuel,  grew  up 
to  become  commander  of  the  Pennsylvania  Militia.    This  story  was 

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imparted  by  Ellen  Castor  Garsed,  daughter  of  Colonel  Hiram  Cas- 
tor, son  of  General  Samuel  Castor,  to  whom  it  was  related  by  Mar- 
garet Myers  Castor,  daughter  of  General  Samuel.  A  slightly  varied 
version  of  this  story  is  told  by  George  L.  Myers.  He  claims  that 
Frederick  hid  in  a  tree  and  that  his  mother,  Hannah  Myers,  had 
the  tree  cut  up  and  made  into  a  "grandfather's  clock,"  which  is  now- 
in  his  possession. 

Frederick  married,  April  10,  1764,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Henry  Rorer.  He  died  in  Oxford  Township,  August  27, 1800.  The 
bulk  of  his  father's  estate  was  left  to  Frederick,  although  he  was 
the  second  son.  The  old  homestead  on  Castor  Road  was  part  of  his 
share.  Frederick's  Revolutionary  record  is  to  be  found  in  the  Penn- 
sylvania Archives.  In  1769  Frederick  was  taxed  on  2  horses  and  2 
cattle  and  he  paid  2  pounds  5  shillings.  In  1779  he  paid  a  State  tax 
of  15  shillings.  In  1781  he  paid  tax  on  a  valuation  of  60  pounds,  the 
sum  of  17  shillings,  and  in  1782,  on  a  valuation  of  34  pounds,  he 
paid  an  effective  supply  tax  of  4  shillings  8  pence.  The  dates  of  his 
children  are  supplied  by  the  Reverend  William  R.  Scott,  whose 
grandmother  was  Margaret  Elizabeth  Yost,  daughter  of  Mary  Cas- 
tor Yost,  daughter  of  Frederick.  Margaret  Elizabeth  Yost  married 
William  R.  Scott,  grandfather  of  the  present  Reverend  William  R. 
Scott.  Mr.  Scott  has  no  record  of  Daniel  nor  has  he  ever  heard  of 
him.  His  record  of  the  birth  of  Samuel  and  David  do  not  agree 
with  that  in  the  Dyre  Bible  nor  with  the  tradition  previously  print- 
ed. The  date  in  the  Bible  and  the  date  supplied  by  Samuel's  grand- 
son, Charles  Wilkinson  Castor,  both  bear  out  the  truth  of  the  story. 

Issue: — 

157.  George  b.  Feb.  25,  1765.    Of  whom  presently. 

158.  Margaret  b.    Feb.   24,  1767,  m.   in  German   Reformed 
Church,  Mar.  27,  1787,  Jacob  Myers,  d.  Feb.  7,  1840. 

159.  Elizabeth  b.  Feb.  1,  1769,  m.  Caleb  Erie  (Mr.  Scott  says 
Abraham  Erie),  d.  July  9,  1841. 

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23,  1817. 

162.  Frederick  b.  Sept.  20, 1775,  d.  Jan.  19,  1792. 

163.  Daniel  b.  1776.  Date  supphed  by  Charles  W.  Castor 
from  the  Dyre  Bible.     Of  whom  presently. 

164-165.  David  and  Samuel,  twins,  b.  Oct.  4,  1777.  Mr.  Scott 
says  Apr.  22,  1778.  David  d.  June  29,  1882;  Samuel  d. 
June  14,  1855. 

166.     Benjamin  b.  Jan.  29, 1782,  d.  Apr.  10,  1814. 

157.  George  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Frederick  Castor,  No.  4, 
was  born  in  Oxford  Township,  February  25,  1765.  He  married, 
March  22,  1787,  in  the  German  Reformed  Church,  Margaret  Jung, 
who  was  born  May  8,  1765,  and  died  January  19,  1855.  This 
George  was  known  as  ''Cork-Leg  George."  He  owned  the  old 
house  on  the  Delaware  near  Wissinoming,  known  as  the  Castor 
Mansion,  about  which  an  article,  from  which  the  following  has 
been  selected,  appeared  in  The  Frankford  Dispatch: — 

"For  nearly  two  centuries  this  has  been  one  of  the  show 
places  among  the  numerous  beautiful  river  mansions  overlooking 
the  Delaware  in  this  section.  Not  only  for  the  quaint  architecture 
of  the  fine  old  homestead,  but  for  the  beauty  of  its  approach,  both 
by  land  and  water,  has  the  historic  Castor  Mansion  been  famous 
for  many  generations.  It  stands  closer  to  the  river  than  the  ma- 
jority of  the  famous  old  mansions  that  once  lined  the  water-front, 
avenue,  with  clumps  of  hardy  shrubbery  and  broad  sweeps  of  vel- 
tions  of  the  estate,  as  it  leads  through  a  long,  shady,  tree-bordered 
with  a  velvety  lawn  and  beautiful  old  trees  reaching  down  to  the 
water.  But  the  entrance  from  the  land  is  one  of  the  special  attrac- 
vety  lawns  reaching  far  away  on  either  side  of  the  driveway." 

"The  early  Swedes  were  the  first  to  own  this  property,  and  it 

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was  a  famous  g;,athering  place  for  the  Swedish  settlers  who  had 
crossed  the  river  to  make  their  settlement  on  the  wide-reaching 
Pennsylvania  farm  lands,  extending  in  splendid  fertility  down  to 
the  water-front  without  the  usual  intervening  marsh  lands.  Here 
on  the  slope  of  Tacony  Farm,  the  vSwedes  built  the  little  low  part 
of  the  present  mansion.  Built  it  for  special  safety,  after  the  quaint 
architecture  of  the  day,  with  the  first  floor  largely  underground, 
and  the  windows  level  with  the  soil.  This  rambling  two-story 
structure,  substantially  built  of  stone  and  plaster,  was  considered  a 
very  pretentious  dwelling  when  erected,  over  two  centuries  ago,  and 
it  was  the  special  pride  of  the  early  Swedish  settlers." 

"But  even  previous  to  the  two  centuries  or  more  that  the  prop- 
erty has  been  a  famous  homestead,  history  was  being  made  for  the 
ancient  farm  near  Wissinoming  Creek,  with  its  Indian  name,  for, 
judging  from  the  indications  of  more  recent  years,  this  farm  doubt- 
less contained  the  home  of  an  Indian  chieftain  and  his  tribe,  or  at 
least  it  must  have  been  an  Indian  camping  ground  or  village,  for 
Indian  relics  have  been  unearthed  in  every  portion  of  the  farm. 
For  more  than  a  century  and  a  quarter  the  Castor  family  have 
owned  the  estate,  and  through  five  generations  of  the  Castors  the 
place  has  been  socially  prominent." 

"As  it  stands  to-day  the  house  is  interesting,  not  only  on  ac- 
count of  its  age  and  historic  traditions,  but  also  as  a  striking  speci- 
men of  the  old  French  architecture.  When  the  house  was  purchased 
by  the  original  George  Castor  (not  the  original  George,  but  his 
grandson,  son  of  Frederick)  the  additions  he  made  were  modeled 
after  the  French  country  houses  of  the  Eighteenth  Century.  The 
ceilings  were  high  and  the  rooms  spacious  and  imposing,  while  a 
veranda  overlooked  the  river.  It  is  also  recorded  that  he  laid  out 
a  handsome  garden,  which  for  its  day  was  considered  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  specimens  of  landscape  gardening  in  all  this  section 

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or  within  the  suburbs  of  the  Quaker  City." 

The  Philadelphia  Leather  Company,  whose  vice-president  and 
manager  is  Nial  C.  Brodhead,  a  descendant  of  the  famous  old  Dutch 
family  of  that  name  and  a  descendant  of  Charles,  brother  of  Gen- 
eral Daniel  Brodhead,  of  the  Revolutionary  Army,  purchased  the 
property  with  the  intention  of  razing  it  and  erecting  a  factory  on 
its  site.  Mrs.  Brodhead's  love  for  the  beauty  and  antiquity  of  the 
place  saved  it  from  this  fate,  and  it  has  been  restored  by  her  to  its 
former  grandeur  and  beauty.  Mr.  Brodhead  and  his  family  now 
reside  in  the  old  home. 

Dr.  William  B.  Dixon,  in  his  ''Frankford  and  the  Main  Street 
Sixty-five  Years  Ago,"  printed  in  the  report  of  the  Frankford 
Historical  Society,  1907,  says: — "In  September,  1844,  the  largest 
funeral  that  was  ever  seen  in  Frankford  took  place  when  the  re- 
mains of  George  Castor,  long  a  member  and  trustee  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  were  buried.  There  were  104  Castors  present 
and  it  was  a  notable  event.  George  Castor  was  the  son  of  Frederick 
Castor,  son  of  George  Castor,  Sr.  George,  Sr.,  and  Frederick  were 
among  the  founders  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  George,  Jr.  (Mis- 
take. George,  Jr.,  was  of  Holmesburg.)  and  his  son,  Jesse  Y.,  lived 
on  Tacony  Road  above  the  arsenal,  on  the  bank  of  the  Delaware." 

The  above,  although  in  quotation  marks,  is  not  exactly  as  Dr. 
Dixon  wrote  it,  as  there  was  a  slight  mistake  in  the  relationships. 
The  following  is  copied  verbatim : — 

"The  Castor  graves  in  the  old  burying  ground  prove  the  family 
to  have  been  a  large  one  and  their  lives  showed  them  to  have  been 
an  influential  family,  and  no  higher  encomium  could  be  paid  them 
than  the  unusually  large  attendance  at  the  funeral  of  George 
Castor." 

On  January  15,  1807,  George  Castor  presented  a  petition  to  the 
Orphans'  Court  of  Philadelphia  setting  forth  that  his  father  died 

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intestate,  leaving  a  widow  and  nine  children.  The  paper  gives  the 
names  of  Frederick's  children,  but  does  not  mention  Daniel,  of 
whom  presently.  See  docket  22,  page  160,  Orphans'  Court  of  Phil- 
adelphia.   No.  304,  January  16, 1907,  City  Hall. 

George  died  September  3,  1844.     He  left  issue,  one  son  and 
two  daughters. 
Issue: — 

167.  Jesse  Yonker  b.  Oct.  14,  1794.    Of  whom  presently. 

168.  Sarah  b.  1796,  d.  1861. 

169.  Eliza  b.  1798,  d.  1869. 

163.  Daniel  Castor,  third  son  of  Frederick  Castor,  No.  4, 
moved  to  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  where  he  accumulated  a  large 
fortune.  He  died  of  yellow  fever  in  that  city,  and  his  wife  dying  at 
the  same  time,  his  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  Maria,  were  left 
without  protection.  Their  relatives  were  unable  to  enter  the  city 
for  some  time,  owing  to  the  epidemic,  and  their  slaves, being  without 
a  master,  took  the  opportunity  to  run  away,  taking  every  movable 
article  of  value  with  them.  One  of  the  Castor  family  succeeded  in 
reaching  the  two  girls,  and,  saving  enough  out  of  the  estate  for 
them  to  live  on  in  comfort,  he  brought  them  north,  where  they  were 
raised  by  their  mother's  mother,  who  was  a  resident  of  German- 
town.  They  both  remained  single,  and  when  they  died  were  buried 
in  the  same  grave  in  the  Lutheran  Churchyard  in  Germantown. 
The  grave  is  marked  with  one  name  only.  Daniel  witnessed  a 
will,  signed  in  Germantown,  February  7,  1816.  He  left  no  male 
issue. 

Issue: — 

170.  Elizabeth. 

171.  Maria. 

164.  David  Castor,  fourth  son  of  Frederick  Castor,  No.  4,  was 
born,  as  has  already  been  stated,  on  the  day  of  the  Battle  of  Ger- 

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The  upper  silhouettes  are  of  General  Samuel  Castor  (  1777"  1855)  and  his  wife 
Hannah  Dyer  Castor  (1787- 1842).  The  lower  two  are  Margaret  Meyers 
Castor  (1815-1888),  daughter  of  Samuel  Castor,  and  Ellen  Castor  Garsed, 
daughter  of  Hiram  Castor  and  grandaughter  of  Samuel. 


mantown.     He  died  unmarried,  June  29,  1822.     His  brother  and 
twin — 

165.  General  Samuel  Castor  purchased  his  brothers'  shares  in 
the  old  homestead  on  Castor  Road  and  lived  there  the  greater  part 
of  his  life.  He  rose  to  the  rank  of  General  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Militia,  and  on  the  occasion  of  Lafayette's  visit  to  America  he  met 
that  General  at  Trenton  on  July  29,  1825,  and  escorted  him,  by 
way  of  Bristol  Pike,  through  Frankford  to  Philadelphia.  Samuel's 
name  is  on  the  list  of  those  invited  to  attend  the  reception  tendered 
Lafayette  and  his  name  is  recorded  as  being  present.  On  page  60S, 
vol.  1  of  Scharff  and  Westcott's  "History  of  Philadelphia"  it  is  sta\ 
ed  that  a  General  Thomas  Castor  attended  the  reception.  This  is 
doubtless  an  error,  as  in  no  other  work  is  there  a  record  which  sub- 
stantiates this  statement;  and  to  the  present  time  the  compiler  has 
found  no  record  of  another  General  of  the  name  of  Castor. 

An  item  of  interest  which  deserves  mention  here  has  been  com- 
municated b^^  Mrs.  Nellie  Garsed  Neukom.  It  is  given  here  just  as 
she  wTote  it: — 

"My  grandmother,  Eveline  Wilkinson  Castor,  once  told  me 
the  story  of  how  she  saw  Lafayette.  Her  father  took  the  family  to 
town  in  the  market  wagon  and  they  stood  in  the  wagon  to  see  the 
parade  pass.    Eveline  was  then  about  fifteen." 

"Have  you  ever  heard  cream-colored  horses  called  Lafayette 
horses?  There  were  eight  cream-colored  horses  harnessed  to  the 
carriage  in  which  Lafayette  rode  in  the  parade.  The  committee 
hunted  the  countryside  to  obtain  horses  of  that  color  to  make  up 
the  last  pair,  and  finally  located  what  they  wanted  in  the  possession 
•  of  an  old  Quaker  gentleman.  When  asked  for  the  privilege  of  using 
them  he  replied,  'Thee  knows  I  do  not  believe  in  parades,  but  if. 
thee  goes  to  my  barn  to-night  thee  will  find  the  door  unlocked.'  In 
this  manner  they  obtained  the  last  pair." 

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Samuel  died  June  11,  1855.  He  married,  first,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Dyre,  on  March  29,  1806.    Hannah  was  born  May  24, 

1785,  and  died  August  27, 1842.  He  married,  secondly, Cook, 

by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  His  second  wife  survived  him  and  se- 
cured the  entire  estate,  which  was  a  very  large  one,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  his  desk,  which  was  left  to  his  son,  Hiram,  and  a  box  of 
books,  which  went  to  his  daughter,  Margaret.  It  is  believed  that 
the  brother  of  his  second  wife,  who  was  a  lawyer,  drew  up  the  will 
while  Samuel  was  sick  and  helpless.  While  he  was  sick  his  daugh- 
ter, Margaret,  was  in  his  room  when  he  raised  himself  and  pointed 
to  the  desk,  saying,  "Margaret,  papers,  desk."  He  did  this  several 
times,  and  his  wife  gave  him  the  newspaper,  saying,  "He  wants  the 
newspaper."  Considering  this,  it  appears  that  his  wishes  were  not 
those  stated  in  his  will. 

The  desk,  which  became  the  property  of  his  son,  Hiram,  is 
now  in  the  possession  of  Mrs.  Neukom,  his  direct  descendant.  This 
desk  was  the  property  of  John  George  Castor,  the  emigrant,  and 
came  to  America  with  him  in  1736.  Mrs.  Neukom  also  owns  the 
silhouettes  of  Samuel,  his  wife,  daughter  and  granddaughter, 
which  she  has  kindly  loaned  to  illustrate  this  work. 

In  a  will  dated  July  31, 1818,  Joseph  Browne,  of  Frankford,  left 
all  of  his  property,  with  the  exception  of  a  small  legacy,  to  "Colonel 
Samuel  Castor." 
Issue : — 

172.  Eliza  b.  Dec.  1,  1806,  d.  Aug.  11,  1807. 

173.  Hiram  b.  Nov.  12, 1809.    Of  whom  presently. 

174.  Dyre  b.  May  28,  1813.    Of  whom  presently. 

175.  Margaret  Myers  b.  1815,  d.  unmarried.  Mar.  11, 1888. 

167.     Jesse  Yonker  Castor,  only  son  of  George  Castor,  No.  157, 

was  born  October  4,  1794.     He  married  Harriett ,  who  was 

born  May  14,  1795,  and  died  August  21,  1835.    Jesse  lived  in  the 

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^.ic  ) 

The  old  inlaid  desk  which  was  brought  to  America  by  George  Castor  and 
descended  through  Frederick,  his  son,  to  General  Samuel  Castor.  It  is  now 
the  property  of  Mrs.  Nellie  G.  Neukom,  of  Dayton,  Ohio.  The  drawer  pull 
in  the  upper  illustration  is  one  of  the  set  used  on  it  while  it  was  the  property  of 
General  Samuel  Castor. 


old  house  purchased  by  his  father  and  described  in  his  record.  He 
was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Frankford 
and  was  City  SoHcitor  in  1825  and  1828.  On  March  4,  1840,  he  re- 
ceived the  sum  of  $15.00  from  the  city  as  salary.  He  died  April  5, 
1846,  and  was  buried  in  the  yard  of  the  above  church. 
Issue : — 

George  Frederick  b.  Nov.  8,  1820,  d.  Apr.  26,  1823. 

Thomas  F.  b.  May  14,  1822.    Of  whom  presently. 

Margaret  b.  Dec.  2.  1823,  d.  July  18,  1844. 

Josephine. 

Harriet  F.  b.  April  16,  1827,  d.  Aug.  1,  1827. 

Joel  Poinsett  b.  1831.    Of  whom  presently. 

Harriet  b.  June  22,  1835,  d.  Dec.  30, 1835. 


176. 
177. 

178. 
179. 
180. 
181. 
182. 


COLONEL  HIRAM   CASTOR 
(About  the  age  of  ten) 


173.     Colonel  Hiram   Castor,  eldest  son  of  General   Samuel 
Castor,  No.  165,  was  born  November  12,  1809.     He  married,  on 


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October  24,  1833,  Eveline  Wilkinson,  who  was  born  May  2,  1810, 
and  died  March  10,  1885.  Hiram  was  commissioned  by  Governor 
George  Wolf,  of  Pennsylvania,  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Third 
Regiment  of  Militia  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  Second 
Brigade,  First  Division,  August  3,  1835.  He  died  February  9, 1886. 
Issue: — 

183.  Charles  b.  Nov.  25,  1834,  d.  June  22,  1835. 

184.  Edwin  A.  b.  May  22,  1836.     Of  whom  presently. 

185.  Ellen  b.  July  14,  1838.    Of  whom  presently. 

186.  Charles  Wilkinson  b.  Sept.  8,  1840.    Of  whom  presently. 
187-188.     Hiram  and  Eveline,  twins,  b.  July  30,  1846.    Hiram 

d.  Aug.  6,  1846,  Eveline  d.  Aug.  8,  1846. 
189.     Lewis  D.  b.  Oct.  24,  1849,  d.  January  31,  1854. 

174.  Dyre  Castor,  second  son  of  General  Samuel  Castor,  No. 
165,  was  born  May  28, 1813.  He  was  an  exceptionally  brilliant  and 
able  man,  a  graduate  of  both  Yale  and  Pennsylvania  Universities. 
About  the  year  1840  he  practiced  law  in  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
shortly  after  became  private  secretary  of  Henry  Clay.  He  was  elect- 
ed Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Washington  Monument  Commit- 
tee and  Henry  Clay  and  he  canvased  the  States  of  Kentucky  and 
Tennessee,  Clay  speaking  and  Dyre  Castor  attending  to  the  collec- 
tion of  the  money.  In  this  manner  was  the  erection  of  the  Washing- 
ton Monument  made  possible  when  it  otherwise  would  have  been  a 
failure.  Later,  Henry  Clay  presented  Dyre  v/ith  a  handsome  watch 
in  memory  of  the  trip.  This  memento  is  now  the  cherished  pos- 
session of  Mary  Coats  Castor  Albertson,  the  daughter  of  his 
nephew,  Charles  Wilkinson  Castor.  Dyre  died  November  6,  1845. 
He  never  married.  In  the  appendix  will  be  found  copies  of  several 
of  the  letters  carried  by  Dyre  on  his  trip  through  Kentucky  and 
Tennessee  and  a  letter  from  General  Samuel  Castor  to  him. 

177.     Lieutenant  Thomas  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Jesse  Y.  Castor, 

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Lieut.  Thomas  F.  Castor 
of  VVissinoming 
1822-1855 


Joel  Poinsett  Castor 
of  VVissinoming 


No.  167,  was  born  May  14, 1822.  He  was  a  graduate  of  West  Point, 
having  received  his  appointment  to  that  academy  through  Joel 
Poinsett,  a  friend  of  his  father,  for  whom  Thomas'  brother  was 
named,  and  was  commissioned  Lieutenant  in  the  First  Regiment, 
United  States  Dragoons,  in  which  organization  he  served  through- 
out the  Mexican  War.  He  died  in  the  service  at  Fort  Tejon,  CaH- 
fornia,  September  8,  1855.  His  body  was  brought  to  Frankford 
and  placed  in  the  yard  of  the  Old  Presbyterian  Church.  A  pillar 
marks  his  grave  and  his  service  in  the  Army  is  set  forth  on  it.  He 
married  twice,  but  left  no  issue. 

181.  Joel  Poinsett  Castor,  second  son  of  Jesse  Y.  Castor,  No. 

167,  was  born  in  1831  and  died  Aug.  18,  1899.    He  married 

Webster,  and  had  seven  sons  and  three  daughters. 
Issue: — 

190.  Jesse  Y. 

191.  Frank  Green. 

192.  Gertrude. 

193.  Thomas  F. 

194.  Charles  Webster. 

195.  Lucy  May. 

196.  Alfred  F. 

197.  Vincent  Pratt. 

198.  Josephine  F. 

199.  Joel  Poinsett,  Jr. 

184.     Edwin  Augustus  Castor,  second  son  of  Colonel  Hiram 
Castor,  No.  173,  was  born  May  22,  1836,  and  died  November  18, 
1894.     He  married,  first,  October  14,  1858,  Augusta  Buckius,  who 
was  born  June  11,  1837,  and  died  December  15,  1900. 
Issue: — 

200.  William  Wadsworth  b.  Aug.  14,  1859.     Of  whom  pres- 
ently. 

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201.  Eveline  Wilkinson  b.  Jan.  15,  1862,  d.  June  25,  1863. 
He  married,  second,  April  24,  1865,  Samantha  W.  Graham, 

who  was  born  October  24,  1843,  and  died  November  18,  1894. 
Issue: — 

202.  Hiram  Charles  b.  April  11,  1866.  Of  whom  presently. 

203.  Harry  Garsed  b.  Mar.  5,  1868.     Of  whom  presently. 

204.  Frank  Graham  b.  Jan.  17,  1870.     Of  who  mpresently. 

205.  Edna  b.  Dec.  13,  1871,  m.  Dr.  Paul  Robinson.    Now  liv- 
ing in  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

206.  John  Wilkinson  b.  Jan.  22,  1874.    Of  whom  presently. 

207.  Jesse  Webster  b.  Sept.  20,  1876.    Single. 

208.  Walter  Dyre  b.  Oct.  3,  1883.    Of  whom  presently. 

185.  Ellen  Castor,  elder  daughter  of  Colonel  Hiram  Castor, 
No.  173,  was  born  in  Frankford,  July  14,  1838.  She  married,  De- 
cember 10,  1863,  Harry  Turner  Garsed,  who  was  born  July  7, 
1839,  and  died  April  22,  1888. 

Issue: — 

209.  Nellie  Garsed  b.  April  16,  1866.     Of  whom  presently. 

210.  Eveline  Garsed  b.  Nov.  25,  1868.    Of  whom  presently. 

211.  Tacy    Bertha    Garsed    m.  Aug.    28,    1901,    Philip    D. 
Parsons. 

212.  Mabel  Garsed  b.  Mar.  20,  1874,  d.  1875. 

186.  Charles  Wilkinson  Castor,  third  son  of  Colonel  Hiram 
Castor,  No.  173,  was  born  September  8,  1840.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1865,  Susan  Yerkes  Coats,  who  was  born  June  4,  1844. 
Both  are  now  living  in  Frankford  and  are  about  as  fine  an  old 
couple  as  is  to  be  found  anywhere.  Mr.  Castor  is  an  ardent  col- 
lector of  postage  stamps  and  has  a  really  fine  collection.  He  is 
also  historian  of  his  line  and  has  the  records  of  many  of  his  ances- 
tors on  the  "distaff  side."  He  served  in  the  Fortieth  Pennsylvania 
Rep^iment  in  the  Civil  War.     His  name  is  to  be  found  on  the  list 

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of  managers  of  the  ball  given  by  the  Union  League  Campaign 
Club  in  honor  of  the  re-election  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  January  9, 
1865. 
Issue: — 

213.  Levi  Coats  b.  July  5,  1866,  d.  Jan.  2,  1879. 

214.  Lewis  David  b.  June  19,  1868.    Of  whom  presently. 

215.  Mary  Coats  b.  Mar.  6,  1870.    Of  whom  presently. 

200.     William  Wadsworth  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Edwin  Au- 
gustus Castor,  No.  184,  by  his  first  wife,  was  born  August  14,  1859. 
He  married,  March  26,  1887,  Anna  McCormick,  who  was  born 
September  23,  1866,  and  died  November  23,  1903. 
Issue: — 

216.  Eveline  Wilkinson  b.  June  16,  1888,  d.  July  16,  1888. 

217.  Augusta  Jeannette  b.  May  25,  1889. 

218.  Maria  Margaret  b.  May  26,  1890. 

219.  William  Wilkinson  b.  Nov.  7,  1891. 

220.  Lulu  Anna  b.  Nov.  3,  1894. 

221.  Charles  Fitzgerald  b.  June  11,  1897. 

202.  Hiram  Charles  Castor,  second  son  of  Edwin  A.  Castor, 
No.  184,  the  first  child  of  his  second  wife,  was  born  April  11,  1866. 
He  married,  first,  November  25,  1888,  Gertrude   L.   Isaacs,  who 
was  born  in  1868  and  died  in  1902,  from  whorri  he  was  divorced. 
Issue: —  ""  '       ^  " 

222.  Byron  Elder  b.  Octo.  20,  1889. 

He  married,  second,  Daisy  Frances  H!ole.,  who  was  born  March 

5,1876.  ;/;''         ^    .  V'^ 

Issue: — -  '  .^    .       -     . 

223.  Mildred  Matilda  b.  Sept.^  20,  1909.  " 

203.  Harry  Garsed  Castor,  third  son  of  Edwin  A.  Castor,  No. 
184,  and  second  son  by  his  second  wife,  was  born  March  5,  1868. 

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He  married,  August  6,  1896,  Savannah  Lukin,  by  whom  he  had  one 

daughter. 

Issue: — 

224.  Helen  EHzabeth  b.  May  25,  1902. 

204.  Frank  Graham  Castor,  fourth  son  of  Edwin  A.  Castor, 
No.  184,  and  third  son  by  his  second  wife,  was  born  June  17,  1870. 
He  married,  July  3,  1898,  Mayme  Arnold. 

206.     John  Wilkinson  Castor,  fifth  son  of  Edwin  A.  Castoi:^ 
No.  184,  and  fourth  son  by  his  second  wife,  was  born  January  22, 
1874.    He  married,  June  20,  1900,  Louise  Pauline  Bonzheim. 
Issue: — 

225.  Elba  Vincent  b.  May  3,  1901. 

208.  Walter  Dyre  Castor,  seventh  son  of  Edwin  A.  Castor, 
No.  184,  and  sixth  son  by  his  second  wife,  was  born  October  3, 
1833.     He  married,  November  17,  1903,  Edna  Redenbough. 

209.  Nellie  Garsed,  eldest  daughter  of  Ellen  Castor,  No.  185, 
and  Harry  Turner  Garsed,  her  husband,  was  born  April  16,  1866. 
She  married,  November  24,  1887,  Edward  Neukom,  who  was  born 
December  24,  1858. 

Issue: — 

226.  Lisetta  Neukom  b.  Aug.  25,  1888. 

227.  Everett  Edward  Neukom  b.  Aug.  14,  1892. 

210.  Eveline  Garsed,  second  daughter  of  Ellen  Castor,  No.- 
185,  and  her  husband,  Harry  Turner  Garsed,  was  born  November 
25,  1868.  She  married,  Feliruary  25,  1892,  Thomas  Franklin  Mil- 
ler, who  was  born  July  20,  1863. 

Issue: — 

228.  Ellen  Julia  Miller  b.  Jan.  4,  1893. 

229.  Evelyn  Lewis  Miller  b.  Dec.  3,  1894. 

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214.  Lewis    David   Castor,  only   son  of  Charles  Wilkinson 
Castor,  No.  186,  who  left  issue,  was  born  June  19,  1868.     He  mar- 
ried,  May  6,   1896,   Rebecca   Yerkes   Kenderdine,  who  was  born 
October  28,  1875.    They  now  reside  in  Rochester,  New  York. 
Issue: — 

230.  William  Kenderdine  b.  May  7,  1897. 

231.  Lewis  David  b.  June  30,  1899. 

232.  Edward  Yerkes  b.  Dec.  11,  1909. 

215.  Mary  Coats  Castor,  only  daug-hter  of  Charles  Wilkinson 
Castor,  No.  186,  was  born  March  6,  1870.  On  August  16,  1893, 
she  married  William  Y.  Albertson,  who  was  born  October  16,  1869. 
Issue : — 

233.  Charles  Castor  Albertson  b.  July  5,  1894. 

234.  Edith  Marion  Albertson  b.  July  23,  1896. 

235.  Mary  Coats  Albertson  b.  June  18,  1898. 

236.  Fred  Yerkes  Albertson  b.  Nov.  3,  1900. 
.237.  Margaret  Deacon  Albertson  b.  July  1, 1902. 


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JACOB  CASTOR,  No.  6 
THIRD     SON     OF    JOHN     GEORGE     CASTOR,    NO.    2,    AND     HIS 

DESCENDANTS. 


6.  Jacob  Castor,  third  son  of  John  Geor^^e  Castor,  No.  2,  was 
born  in  the  year  1742  in  Germantown.  He  married,  first,  in  the 
"Old  Swedes'  Church,"  January  10,  1760,  Sophia  Rorer  (recorded 
in  the  church  registry  as  "Sophy  Bore"),  of  Milestown,  Bristol 
Township,  Philadelphia  County,  and  second,  Catharine  Fox,  of 
Holmesburg,  Lower  Dublin  Township,  Philadelphia  County.  He 
purchased  a  farm  on  Oxford  Road  near  Second  Street  Turnpike, 
extending  from  the  Buzby  tract  on  the  South  to  the  Holt  tract  on 
the  North.  On  May  6,  1777,  he  was  commissioned  Second  Lieu- 
tenant of  the  Seventh  Company,  Second  Battalion  of  Bucks  County 
Militia,  in  which  Company  he  served  throughout  the  Revolution. 
The  name  is  spelled  Caster  on  the  roll  of  the  Company.  See  Penn- 
sylvania Archives.  In  1774  he  was  taxed  on  two  horses  and  two 
cattle  and  paid  on  this  the  sum  of  two  pounds,  five  shillings.  In 
1781,  on  an  assessment  of  eighty-five  pounds  he  paid  a  tax  of  one 
pound,  four  shillings  and  one  penny. 

Issue  (by  this  first  wife) : — 

238.  Jacob.     Of  whom  presently. 

239.  Henry.     Of  whom  presently. 

240.  John.    Of  whom  presently. 

241.  Christina,  called  Teany.     Of  whom  presently. 

242.  Sarah.     Of  whom  presently. 

243.  Hannah.     Of  whom  presently. 

244.  Elizabeth,  twin  of  Hannah,  b.  1790.   Of  whom  presently. 

245.  Mary,  m.  Jacob  Lutze. 
Issue  (by  second  wife) : — 

246.  Isaac*.     Did  not  marry. 

*  Isaac  Castor,  in  the  late  thirties,  was  proprietor  of  the  historic  "Jolly 

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247.  George  Fox.    Of  whom  presently. 

248.  Catharine**.     Of  whom  presently. 

238.  Jacob  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6,  married, 
December  23,  1790,  in  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Philadelphia,  Han- 
nah Mowers  (recorded  as  Mowry).  Jacob  was  one  of  the  co-execu- 
tors under  his  father's  will. 

Issue*: — 

249.  Jacob. 

250.  Rudolph. 

251.  John. 

252.  Henry. 

253.  Ann,  b.  1805,  m.  David  Allen,  d.  Au.s^.  21,  1869. 

*Information  concernin^^  these  children  was  kindly  furnished 
by  Mr.  Charles  E.  Deal. 

239.  Henry  Castor,  second  son  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6,  mar- 
ried, f^rst,  November  27,  1792,  in  the  "Old  Swedes'  Church,"  Anna 
Godschall.  He  married,  second,  Sarah  Magare^al,  widow,  and 
third,  Mary  Knorr,  elder  sister  of  his  brother,  John  Castor's  wife. 
Mary  left  no  issue  and  survived  Henry. 

Henry  was  owner  of  several  parcels  of  real  estate  in  Frank- 
'ford,  one  of  them  being  a  stone  dwelling  and  large  lot  of  ground 
having  a  frontage  of  thirty-three  feet  on  the  main  street,  now  Nos. 

Post"  Hotel,  in  Frankford,  located  on  Frankford  avenue  near  Orthodox  street. 
Being  a  single  man,  his  sister  Catharine  (Mrs.  Joshua  Marple)  made  her 
home  with  him  and  presided  over  and  conducted  the  household  affairs  of  the 
hotel  for  him.    Note  by  William  Hall  Waxier. 

**  In  the  will  of  Jacob  Castor  the  tender  love  and  affection  for  his 
youngest  daughter,  Catharine,  named  for  her  mother,  is  pathetically  men- 
tioned by  her  aged  father,  and  a  special  bequest  given  to  her. 

(Note  from  will  of  Jacob  Castor.) 

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4619  and  4621  Frankford  Avenue,  and  extending  through  to  and 
fronting  on  Paul  Street.  This  property,  which  he  disposed  of  1)e- 
fore  his  decease,  was  subsequently  owned  and  occupied  by  William 
W.  Axe  as  his  home  and  printing  office,  and  on  this  property  the 
Frankford  Herald  was  published  for  many  3^ears.  Henry  was  a 
successful  farmer  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  lessee  of  the 
famous  Wain  farm  on  the  southeast  side  of  Tacony  Street  below 
Church  Street,  Frankford.  He  died  in  October,  1814. 
Issue  (by  second  wife) : — 

254.  Elizabeth,  known  as  Betsy.    Of  whom  presently. 

255.  Catharine.     Of  whom  presently. 

256.  Anna,  m.  Peter  Boyer. 

257.  Sarah.     Of  whom  presenth^ 

240.  John  Castor,  third  son  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6,  was  born 
December  28,  1773.  He  married  Catharine,  youngest  daughter  of 
Bernard  and  Hannah  Knorr,  old  residents  of  Oxford  Township, 
Philadelphia  Co.,  Pa.  Catharine  was  born  April  14,  1779,  and 
died  in  September,  1824,  aged  40  years  and  5  months.  John  pur- 
chased the  old  homestead  and  a  small  tract  of  land  in  the  year  1803. 
The  homestead  was  situated  at  the  southeasterly  corner  of  Middle 
or  Oxford  Road  and  Dark  Run  Lane  or  River  Road.  This  purchase 
v/as  made  one  hundred  and  seven  years  ago  and  the  property  has 
remained  in  the  tenure  of  some  member  of  the  Castor  family  con- 
tinuously since  its  purchase. 
Issue: — 

258.  Maria,  b.  Oct.  1,  1799.    Of  whom  presently. 

259.  Hannah  D.,  b.  June  18,  1801.     Of  whom  presently. 

260.  Sophia,  b.  Aug.  17,  1803.     Of  whom  presently. 

261.  Peter,  b.  Apr.  23,  1805.    Of  whom  presently. 

262.  Michael,  b.  Aug.  2, 1808,  d.  1823,  in  his  15th  year. 

263.  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  14,  1810.    Of  whom  presently. 

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264.  Catharine,  b.  Oct.  5,  1813,  d.  Dec,  1824,  age  11  years. 

241.  Christina  Castor,  called  Teany,  eldest  daug-hter  of 
Jacob  Castor,  No.  6,  married  William  Gray,  a  member  of  an  influ- 
ential and  distinguished  family  of  Delaware  County. 

Issue: — 

265.  John  Jacob  Gray.    Of  whom  presently. 

266.  Susan  Gray.    Of  whom  presently. 

267.  Sarah  Gray.     Of  whom  presently. 

268.  Castor  W.  Gray.    Of  whom  presently. 

269.  Samuel  C.  Gray.    Of  whom  presently. 

270.  Elizabeth  Gray.    Of  whom  presently. 

271.  Maria  Gray,  twin  of  Elizabeth.    Of  whom  presently. 

272.  George  Gray,  d.  in  youth. 

273.  Benjamin  Gray,  d.  in  3^outh. 

274.  Elmira  Gray.    Of  whom  presently. 

275.  Rebecca  Gray.     Of  whom  presently. 

Information  concerning  Christina  Castor  and  her  husband 
William  Gray,  and  their  descendants  largely  from  records  kindly 
furnished  by  Mrs.  Christina  Young. 

242.  Sarah  Castor,  second  daughter  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6, 
married  Henry  Shoch. 

Issue: — 

276.  Rebecca  Shoch,  b.  Dec.  31,  1789,  d.  age  78. 

277.  Jacob  Shoch,  b.  Apr.  14,  1791,  d.  age  76. 

278.  Henry  Shoch,  b.  Oct.  20,  1792,  d.  age  75. 

279.  Hannah  Shoch,  b.  Nov.  20,  1794,  d.  age  73. 

280.  Elizabeth  Shoch,  b.  Dec.  24,  1795,  d.  age  72. 

281.  Isaac  Shoch,  b.  Dec.  25,  1797,  d.  age  70. 

282.  Maria  Shoch,  b.  Oct.  8, 1800,  d.  age  67. 

283.  Jonathan  Shoch,  b.  Dec.  17,  1802,  d.  age  65. 


284.  William  G.  Shoch,  b.  Nov.  11,  1804,  d.  ag-e  63. 

285.  Nicholas  Shoch,  b.  Feb.  23,  1807,  d.  a^e  61. 

286.  David  Shoch,  b.  Oct.  24,  1808,  d.  a^e  59. 

287.  Edward  Shoch,  b.  June  1,  1811,  d.  age  56. 

288.  Sarah  Shoch,  twin  of  Edward. 

Transcript  from  Bible  records  furnished  by  Louisa  Sayre 
(Mrs.  Thomas)  and  Mrs.  Annie  Dempsey. 

243.  Hannah  Castor,  third  daughter  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6, 
married  John  Deckard,  of  Cheltenham,  Montgomery  County, 
Pennsylvania. 

Issue: — 

289.  Eliza  Deckard,  b.  Feb.  4,  1807,  m.  Andrew  Trexler. 

290.  Sarah  Deckard,  b.  Oct.  9,  1808,  m.  Amasa  Hellerman. 

291.  Jonathan  Deckard,  b.  Nov.  24,  1810,  m.  Caroline  Dobell. 

292.  Susanna  Deckard,  b.  Nov.  10,  1812,  d.  unmarried. 

293.  Michael  Deckard,  b.  May  13,  1814,  d.  unmarried. 

294.  John  Deckard,  b.  Sept.  15,  1816,  d.  unmarried. 

From  transcript  of  family  record  kindly  furnished  by  Mr.  Jo- 
siah  Hellerman,  a  great-grandson  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6. 

244.  Elizabeth  Castor,  twin  of  Hannah  and  daughter  of  Ja- 
cob Castor,  No.  6,  married  Jonathan  Magargal.  "It  was  related  of 
Mr.  Jonathan  Magargal  that  he  was  a  very  superior  horseman  and 
owned  a  fine  stock  of  horses.  When  out  on  horseback  it  was  his 
custom  on  returning  home  not  to  stop  and  open  the  gate,  but  to  put 
spurs  to  his  horse  and  jump  over  it."  From  Hannah  Waxler's 
recollections  of  her  uncle,  Jonathan  Magargal. 

Issue: — 

295.  Jacob  Magargal,  father  of  Mrs.  David  Williams,  who 
gave  the  information  concerning  the  Magargal  family. 

296.  Samuel  Magargal. 

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297.  David  Magargal. 

298.  Sarah  Magargal,  m. McVaugh. 

299.  Hannah  Magargal,  m. Thomas. 

From  written  information  kindly  sent  by  Mrs.  David  Wil- 
liams, great-granddaughter  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6. 

247.  George  Fox  Castor,  fifth  son  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6, 
and  second  son  by  his  second  wife,  Catharine  Fox,  married  Eliza 
Young. 

Issue: — 

300.  Isaac. 

301.  John  Young. 

248.  Catharine  Castor,  sixth  daughter  of  Jacob  Castor,  No.  6, 
and  only  daughter  by  his  second  wife,  married  Joshua  Marple. 
Issue: — 

302.     Marple,  who  married  George  M.  Hoffman. 

From  information  kindly  furnished  by  Charles  E.  Deal. 

254.     Elizabeth  Castor,  known  as  Betsy,  eldest  daughter  of 
Henry  Castor,  No.  239,  married  Thomas  Rorer. 
Issue: — 

303.  Hiram  Rorer.     Killed  in  the  Rebellion. 

304.  Edmund  W.  Rorer,  m.  Emily  Goodwin. 

305.  Lewis  W.,  m.  Mary  Ann  Struble. 

306.  Charles  L.  Rorer. 

307.  Thomas  R.  Rorer,  m.  Miss  McClain,  a  lineal  descendant 
of  the  same  family  of  Washington  the  first  Presi  dent 
descended  from. 

308.  David  Simmons  Rorer*,  m.  Mary  Ann  Woodington. 

*Mr.  David  Simmons  Rorer  is  now  in  his  87th  year  and  re- 
sides at  4410  Paul  Street,  Frankford.  The  information  here  given 
is  recorded  through  his  kindness. 


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310.  Louisa  Rorer,  d.  in  youth. 

255.  Catharine  Castor,   second  daughter  of  Henry  Castor, 
No.  239,  married  Peter  Fesmire. 
Issue: — 

311.  Jane  Fesmire,  m.  Jeremiah  Thatcher. 

312.  Henry  Fesmire. 

313.  Peter  Fesmire,  m.  Martha  Louisa  Sprowles. 

314.  Ann,  m. Magaro^al. 

315.  Joseph  Fesmire. 

316.  John  Fesmire. 

317.  Ellen  Fesmire,  d.  in  youth. 

257.  Sarah  Castor,  fourth  daughter  of  Henry  Castor,  No.  239, 
married  Thomas  Rowland  and  died  shortly  after  the  birth  of  her 
son. 

Issue: — 

318.  Albert  G.  Rowland,  who  formed  a  partnership  with 
Thomas  F.  Overington,  only  son  of  the  late  William  Overington, 
under  the  firm  name  of  A.  G.  Rowland  and  Co.,  and  carried  on  an 
extensive  coal  business  at  the  southern  end  of  Frankford.  Later, 
the  same  firm  changed  the  business,  building  a  very  large  flour  mill 
in  the  locality  of  the  former  coal  wharf,  and  carried  on  that  busi- 
ness for  several  years.    Mr.  Rowland  died  in  middle  life. 

258.  Maria  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Castor,  No.  240, 
was  born  October  1,  1799,  and  died  July  16,  1878.  She  married, 
first,  George  Unruh,  and  on  his  decease,  Richard  Williams. 

Issue  (by  first  husband) : — 

319.  Hannah  C.  Unruh,  m.  Harvey  Hellerman. 

320.  Lewis  Unruh,  m.  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Foulkrod,  Esq., 

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County  Surveyor  for  Philadelphia  County  and  repre- 
sentative at  different  times  in  both  branches  of  the  State 
Legislature. 

321.  Eli  Unruh,  m.  Sarah  Stewart. 

322.  John  Unruh,  d.  in  youth.* 
Issue  (by  second  husband)  : — 

323.  Mary  Jane  Williams,  m.  Christian  B.  Duffield. 

324.  Sarah  Catherine  Williams,  deceased. 

325.  Martha  Williams,  m.  Edwin  M.  Duffield. 

326.  John  G.  Williams,  m.  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Smith. 

326a.  Annie  M.  Williams. 

259.  Hannah  D.  Castor,  second  daughter  of  John  Castor,  No. 
240,  was  born  June  18,  1801,  and  died  April  3,  1889.  She  married 
John  W^axler. 

Obituary  in  Public  Ledger,  Saturday,  April  6, 1889. 
"Mrs.  Hannah  D.  Waxier." 

"Mrs.  Hannah  D.  Waxier,  whose  decease  occurred  on  the 
third  instant,  at  her  homestead  above  Frankford,  Philadelphia,  in 
the  88th  year  of  her  age,  was  the  daughter  of  John  and  Catharine 
Castor,  old  and  greatly  respected  residents  of  that  vicinity.  She 
was  the  only  surviving  member  of  a  family  of  seven  children.  Her 
health  in  early  womanhood  was  quite  delicate,  but  in  after  years, 
by  care  and  watchful  attention,  she  almost  regained  her  health.  In 
the  year  1827  she  married  Mr.  John  Waxier,  whom  she  has  sur- 
vived several  years.     She  was  the  mother   of   four   children,    two 

*  John  and  Lewis  Unruh,  while  bathing  in  General  Castor's  mill  pond, 
went  beyond  their  depth.  Colonel  Hiram  Castor,  at  great  personal  risk, 
brought  both  ashore,  but  John  was  too  far  gone  to  be  resuscitated.  Note  by 
William  Hall  Waxier. 

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daughters  and  two  sons.  Her  daughter  Mary  died  in  1875.  The 
other  daughter,  Anna  M.,  who  has  been  an  invahd  for  many  years, 
seems  to  have  been  almost  miraculously  spared,  and  during  her 
mother's  declining  years  ministered  faithfully  to  her  every  want. 
One  of  her  sons,  John  L.  Waxier,  is  a  manufacturer  and  the  other, 
William  Hall  Waxier,  is  a  Philadelphia  lawyer." 

"Mrs.  Waxler's  long  and  busy  life  was  well  spent  in  doing 
good  and  in  trying  to  make  others  comfortable  and  happy.  She 
was  especially  valuable  in  the  sick  room;  her  good  judgment  and 
untiring  efforts  to  relieve  the  sick  made  her  a  most  desirable  friend 
and  neighbor,  and  caused  her  to  be  very  frequently  sought  after." 

*'As  a  good  wife  and  kind  mother,  she  had  no  superior." 
Issue: — 

327.  Anna  M.  Waxier,  deceased. 

328.  John  L.  Waxier,  m.  Sarah  W.,  eldest  daughter  of  Ezra 
B.  Shallcross,  a  prominent  and  highly  respected  citizen 
of  Frankford. 

329.  Mary  Waxier,  d.  1875. 

330.  William  Hall  Waxier,  m.  Fannie  E.,  eldest  daughter  of 
Colonel  James  A.  Galligher,  who  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, recruited  and  commanded  the  13th  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Cavalry,  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion. 

260.  Sophia  Castor,  third  daughter  of  John  Castor,  No.  240, 
was  born  August  11,  1803,  and  died  in  1833.  She  married  William 
Hill. 

Issue: — 

331.  Mary  Jane  Hill,  m.  William  Wartman. 

332.     ,  a  daughter  who  d.  in  infancy. 

261.  Peter  Castor,  eldest  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  240,  was 
born  April  23,  1805.    He  and  his  brother  Thomas  owned  the  black- 

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smith  and  wheelwright  shop  next  door  to  the  "Jolly  Post."  The 
shop  remained  on  this  site  until  1860,  when  they  were  moved  a 
block  farther  Northeast.  Peter  Castor  lived  on  Main  Street  (now 
Frankford  Avenue)  opposite  the  shop  and  next  door  to  the  present 
Dispatch  Office. 

Quoting  from  Dr.  William  B.  Dixon's  "Frankford  and  the 
Main  Street"  :— 

"An  incident  is  related  of  a  hotel  kept  by  a  Mr.  Paul.  One  of 
the  town  characters  went  to  Peter  Castor's  blacksmith  shop,  where 
he  stole  a  horseshoe,  afterward  selling  it  to  the  unsuspecting  Peter 
for  three  cents.  Afterward,  going  to  the  hotel  and  purchasing  'a 
three-cent  nip,'  said  he  had  robbed  Peter  to  pay  Paul,  and  related 
the  process  with  great  gusto." 

Peter's  name  is  on  a  list  of  the  managers  of  a  ball  given  by 
the  Union  League  Campaign  Club  on  January  9,  1865,  in  honor  of 
the  re-election  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 

Peter  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Swope,  a  resident 
and  prominent  citizen  of  Frankford.    He  died  March  30,  1883. 
Issue: — 

333.  Catharine  Castor,  m.  Henry  Foster.   Of  whom  presently. 

334.  Emma  Castor,  m.  Frank  Fougerey. 

335.  Thomas  S.,  deceased. 

336.  Mary  Jane  Castor,  m.  Charles  A.  Keyworth,  a  merchant 
and  prominent  citizen  of  York,  Pa. 

337.  Sarah  Louisa,  m.  William  P.  Galligher,  a  brother  of  the 
wife  of  William  Hall  Waxier. 

338.  Annie  Castor,  deceased. 

339.  Theodore  F.  Castor,  m.  Mary  Garlick.    No  issue. 

263.  Thomas  Castor,  third  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  240,  was 
born  October  14,  1810.  Next  but  one  to  the  shop  of  Thomas  and 
Peter  stood  and  is  still  standing    the    old    stone    house    built    by 

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stone  from  which  it  was  built  was  quarried  from  its  cellar. 

"When  it  was  built,"  says  Dr.  Dixon,  "it  was  considered  the 
finest  house  in  Frankford."  He  also  says  in  the  same  article: 
"Thomas  Castor  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  Borough  and  no  one 
left  a  better  record  for  honest  and  straightforward  fair  dealing  and 
upright  moral  life." 

He  attended  the  Baptist  Church.     He  died  on  August  4,  1884, 
and  was  buried  August  9  of  that  year,  age  74.     Thomas  married 
Sarah  W.  Kester,  who  w^as  born  1807  and  died  November  8,  1879. 
Issue: — 

340.  John  W.  Castor,  b.  1835,  d.  Dec.  18,  1860. 

341.  Charles  M.  Castor,  b.  April  6, 1837.    Of  whom  presently. 

342.  Thomas  Elwood  Castor,  b.  June  14,  1840.     Of  whom 
presently. 

343.  Franklin  M.  Castor,  b.  Aug.,  1843,  d.  Oct.  7,  1843. 

344.  Lewis  Franklin  Castor,  m.  Annie  Eliza  Rimer,  sister  of 
of  the  wife  of  Thomas  Elwood  Castor. 

345.  William  O.  Castor,  m. Hobson  and  second,  Flor- 
ence Walton. 

346.  Adopted.    Mary  Ellen  Castor,  b.  1847,  d.  Jan.  3,  1869. 

265.     John  Jacob  Gray,  eldest  son  of  Christina  Castor,  No.  241, 
and  William  Gray,  her  husband,  married  twice.     His  second  wife 
was  Susan  Cobran. 
Issue  (by  first  wife): — 

347.  Margaret  Gray. 

348.  Amelia  Gray. 

349.  Mary  Gray. 
Issue  (by  second  wife) : — 

350.  Martha  Gray. 

351.  Wesley  Gray. 

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352.  Ruth  Gray. 

353.  Phineas  Gray. 

266.  Susan  M.  Gray,  eldest  daughter  of  Christina  Castor,  No. 
241,  and  WilHam  Gray,  her  husband,  married  Andrew  Hunter. 

Issue: — 

354.  Sydney  Hunter. 

355.  Sarah  Hunter. 

267.  Sarah  Gray,  second  daughter  of  Christina  Gray,  No.  241, 
and  her  husband,  WilHam  Gray,  married,  first,  Benjamin  Noblet 
and  second,  Randall  Mellon. 

Issue  (by  first  husband): — 

356.  Ann  Noblet. 

357.  William  Noblet. 

Issue  (by  second  husband) : — 

358.  Castor  Mellon. 

359.  Benjamin  Mellon. 

360.  Thomas  Mellon. 

361.  Abner  Mellon. 

268.  Castor  W.  Gray,  second  son  of  Christina  Castor,  No. 
241,  and  William  Gray,  her  husband,  married  Hannah  Pitt. 

Issue: — 

362.  Sarah  Gray. 

363.  Mary  Gray. 

364.  Washington  Gray. 

365.  Emma  Gray. 

366.  Joseph  Gray. 

269.  Samuel  C.  Gray,  third  son  of  Christina  Gray,  No.  241, 
and  her  husband,  William  Gray,  married  Sarah  Wolstencroft. 

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Issue  :t^ 

367. 

Christina  Gray. 

368. 

Mary  Gray. 

369. 

Wliliam  Gray. 

370. 

John  Gray. 

371. 

Margaret  Gray. 

372. 

Caleb  Gray. 

373. 

Samuel  Gray. 

374. 

Sarah  Gray. 

375. 

George  Gray. 

270.  Elizabeth  Gray,  third  daughter  of  Christina  Castor,  No. 
241,  and  William  Gray,  her  husband,  married  Enoch  Coles. 
Issue: 

376.  Enoch  Coles. 

377.  Theodore  Coles. 

271.  Maria  Gray,  twin  of  Elizabeth  No.  270,  married  Charles 
Johnson. 

Issue: — 

378.  Robert  Johnson. 

379.  Christina  Johnson. 

274.  Elmira  Gray,  fifth  daughter  of    Christina    Castor,    No. 
241,  and  William  Gray,  her  husband,  married  Nathan  Larkin. 
Issue: — 

380.  Wilmer  Larkin. 

381.  John  Larkin. 

382.  Rebecca  Larkin. 

383.  Elizabeth  Larkin. 

384.  Hester  Larkin. 

275.  Rebecca  Gray,  sixth  daughter  of  Christina  Castor,  No. 

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241,  and  her  husband,  William  Gray,  married  George  Graul. 

Issue: — 

385.  George  Graul. 

386.  Anna  Graul. 

387.  Hannah  Graul. 

388.  Daniel  Graul. 

389.  James  Graul. 

390.  Sarah  Graul. 

391.  Caroline  Graul. 

392.  Alberta  Graul. 

333.  Catharine  Castor,  eldest  daughter  o'f  Peter  Castor,  No. 
261,  married  Henry  Foster. 

Issue: — 

393.  Mary  Foster. 

394.  Peter  Castor  Foster. 

341.  Charles  M.  Castor,  second  son  of  Thomas  Castor,  No. 
263,  married  Wilhelmina,  daughter  of  William  and  Angelica  Buck- 
ius,  widely  known  and  highly  respected  residents  of  Aramingo, 
which  is  now  a  portion  of  the  Twenty-fifth  ward,  Philadelphia. 
Charles  was  born  April  6,  1837,  and  died  March  30,  1888,  being 
interred  on  April  3. 

Issue: — 

395.  George  Castor,  b.  Jan.  20,  1859,  m.  Sprotts,  and 

had  issue  a    daughter,    who    m.  Pollitt. 

George  d.  Jan.  20,  1891. 

342.  Thomas  Elwood  Castor,  third  son  of  Thomas  Castor, 
No.  263,  was  born  in  June,  1840.  He  married  Mary  Jane  Rimer. 
His  name  is  on  the  list  of  managers  of  the  ball  mentioned  in  the  sec- 
tion devoted  to  Peter  Castor. 

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Issue: — 

396.  Allen  Castor. 

397.  Horace  W.  Castor. 

345.     William  O.  Castor,  fourth  son  of  Thomas  Castor,  No. 
263,  married  Elizabeth  Boone,  v/ho  was  born  1850-1851  and  died 
January  30,  1879. 
Issue : — 

398.  Dr.  Thomas  Castor. 

399.  Josephine  Hobson  Castor,  b.  Feb.  17,  1878,  d.  Mar.  29, 
1878. 


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DESCENDANTS  OF  JACOB  CASTOR,  NO.  6. 

UNCLASSIFIED  RECORDS  FROM  HEADSTONES  IN 

CEDAR  HILL  CEMETERY. 

Mary  Helena,  infant  daughter  of  L.  Frank  and  Annie  E.  Cas- 
tor. 

Anne  E.  Castor,  d.  April  2,  1904. 

Lot  of  John  Castor. 

Henry,  son  of  John  and  Margaret,  D.  Company,  71st  Penn. 
Vols.,  d.  Oct.  25,  1862,  age  29  years,  7  days,  in  the  service  of  his 
country.  (Name  also  on  Soldiers'  Monument,  same  cemetery). 

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Died  for  their  country  (on  monument). 
John  Castor,  d.  Balls  Bluff. 
Henry  Castor. 

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Another  lot  contains: 
Henry  E.,  b.  June  16, 1884,  d.  July  2,  1900. 
Jane  E.,  b.  May  5,  1847,  d.  July  26,  1852. 
Henry  B.,  b.  July  26, 1852. 

Sarah  Ann,  dau.  of  Edmund  S.  and  Caroline  Castor,  d.  Aug. 
25,  1889,  age  76  years. 

Edmund  S.  Castor,  b.  Apr.  21, 1822,  d.  July  4,  1894. 

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PORTIONS     OF     "ONE       HUNDRED   YEARS   OF   THE   PRESBY- 
TERIAN  CHURCH   OF  FRANKFORD,"  COMPILED  BY  THE 

REV.  THOMAS  MURPHY. 


CHURCH  RECORDS. 

"Its  founders  were,  most  of  them,  Swiss,  from  the  city  of  Basle. 
"A  few  of  them  were  of  the  original  German  settlers  of   German 
"town  and  all  this  region.     They,  therefore  commenced  it  as  a  Gei 
"man  Calvinist,  or  German  Reformed  Church,  with  all  its  services 
"and  all  its  records  in  the  German  language. 

"The  only  important  document  we  have  remaining  to  us  of  the 
"first  period — the  period  of  thirty-two  years — the  period  during 
"which  the  Church  continued  German  Reformed — is  a  sort  of  ded- 
"icatory  record.  .  In  order  that  its  very  spirit  may  remain,  I  Vv'ill 
"give  it  as  it  was  translated  by  a  German — in  the  exact  idiom  of  the 
"original.  'In  the  name  of  the  Holy  Trinity.  Amen.'  Whereas  it  has 
"pleased  the  Almighty  and  All-wise  God  through  His  providence 
"and  His  Holy  Ghost,  to  inspire  the  follovv^ing  persons,  viz. :  George 
"Castor,  Sr.  (No.  2),  Henry  Rorer,  Sr.,  Rudolph  Neff  and  Sirach 
"Schudy  to  build  a  house  for  the  glory  of  His  holy  Name:  There- 
"fore,  these  above-named  persons,  with  their  friends,  have  con- 
"sulted  together  about  the  undertaking  of  this  great  work,  and  the 
"following  persons,  viz.:  Frederick  Castor  (No.  4),  Rudolph  Maw- 
"rer,  Jacob  Zebly,  Jacob  Myer,  have  joined  them  to  help  with  heart 
"and  hand  and  deed  to  carry  out  the  above  m.easure.  The  begin- 
"ning  of  this  was  undertaken  by  the  above-named  persons,  in  the 
"year  of  our  Lord  1769,  in  the  month  of  Januarv,  in  the  purchase  of 
"a  lot  for  a  burial  ground.  But  after  this,  through  the  help  of  God, 
"and  the  many  friends  and  patrons,  whose  names  will  be  found  in 
"the  minute  books,  and  to  whom  we  and  all  our  successors  will  owe 
"the  most  sincere  thanks,  it  was  resolved  that  a  church  should  be 
"built  on  the  said  burial  ground,  and  the  work   thereof  was   com- 

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"menced  in  April,  1770. 

''  'We  can  well  affirm  that  the  progress  of  this  building  was  con- 
"ducted  in  a  desirable  manner,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  in  great  har- 
"mony,  in  a  peaceful  and  untiring  effort.  On  the  fourth  of  May,  in 
"the  same  year,  the  corner-stone  vv^as  laid  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Foehring. 
"Since  the  church  is  not  entirely  out  of  debt,  as  you  will  see  in  the 
"minutes  and  records,  as  well  as  from  the  receipts  of  Rudolph  Nefif 
"and  Frederick  Castor  (No.  4),  we,  therefore,  feel  constrained  to 
"present  a  correct  account  and  full  statement  of  all,  that  our 
"descendants  and  all  who  shall  be  interested  might  have  a  record 
"which  they  could  examine  in  the  future.  Wherefore,  we  say  to 
"those  who  will  follow  us,  be  careful  and  wise;  be  on  your  guard — 
"so  that  you  may  increase  as  well  as  enlarge  your  numbers;  and 
"may  never  get  tired  of  keeping  this  building  in  good  repair.  We 
"v/ish  you,  therefore,  good  success.  'O  Jerusalem,  lift  up  your  heads, 
"O  ye  gates,  and  be  ye  lifted  up,  ye  everlasting  doors,  and  the  King 
"of  Glory  shall  come  in.'  Now,  God  Almighty,  Creator  of  the  uni- 
"verse,  we  commend  to  thee  this  house  which  we  have  built  in  Thy 
"holy  name  and  for  the  glory  of  God.  Keep  in  Thy  hands  and  pro- 
"tection  those  who  shall  meet  in  it.  Destroy  all  false  doctrines  and 
"all  that  is  intended  to  destroy  Thy  word.  Give  now  and  forever 
"Thy  grace,  peace  and  unity,  and  Thine  shall  be  the  praise  and 
"thanks,  honor  and  glory,  now  and  forever.    Amen.' 

"This  devout  and  important  document  is  written  in  a  beautiful 
"hand  at  the  beginning  of  what  was  intended  for  a  Book  of  Rec- 
"ords,  but,  alas,  excepting  some  accounts,  it  is  the  last  record  made 
"for  thirty-two  years,  whilst  the  Church  was  German  Reformed. 
"We  must  pause  to  look  at  the  honored  names  with  which  this 
"Church  originated:  George  Castor  (No.  2),  Rudolph  Neff,  Henry 
"Rorer,  Sirach  Schudy.  Excepting  the  last,  their  descendants  are 
"still  with  us.  The  first  is  the  grandfather  of  another  George  Castor 

86 


"(No.  157),  to  whom  the  Church  is  more  indebted  than  to  any  other 
"man.  And  with  them  were  other  names  not  to  be  for,^otten,  some 
"of  whose  descendants  are  still  prominent  in  the  Church.  Jacob 
"Myer  (now  Myers),  Rudolph  Mowrer,  Jacob  Zebly,  and  Freder- 
"ick  Carster  (now  Castor)  (No.  41),  son  of  Geor^^e  (No.  2).  Their 
"names  must  never  be  forgotten  while  the  Church  stands.  It  is 
"believed  that  all  of  these  had  either  come  from  Switzerland  or 
"were  of  Swiss  descent." 

George  Castor  (No.  157)  was  elected  elder  in  1801,  and  held 
that  office  until  he  died  in  1844. 

About  1830  or  1840  Henry  Castor  was  one  of  the  Deacons. 

Samuel  Castor  was,  about  1830,  one  of  the  trustees. 

"In  1818  Jesse  Y.  Castor  established  what  was  called  the  Har- 
"monic  Society — a  sort  of  singing  school — whose  first  meetings 
"were  held  around  the  stove  of  the  Church,  but  which  continued  in 
"existence  for  many  years.  He  was  the  leader  of  the  music  for 
"three  years,  though  he  had  before  been  associated  in  that  office 
"with  Mr.  Teese." 

Jesse  Y.  Castor  was  a  trustee  after  1834. 

George  Johnson  Castor  was  a  trustee  as  was  Barton  Castor. 


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FROM  THE   RECORDS   OF  THE   GERMAN   REFORMED 
CHURCH  OF  PHILADELPHIA. 

BORN. 

George,  son  of  George  and  Eve  Gerster,  December  14,  1736. 
Frederich,  son  of  George  and  Eva  Gerster,  April  27,  1739. 

BAPTIZED. 

Susanna,  daughter  of  George  Gerster  and  his  wife,  Margare- 
tha,  January  9,  1780. 

Wilhehii,  son  of  George  Gerster  and  Margaret  his  v^ife, 
December  15,  1782.  Born  October  15,  1782. 

The  God  parents  of  both  were  Valentine  Hoffman  and  Catrina 
his  wife. 

MARRIED. 

John  George  Gerster  and  Anna  Maria  Burghart,  December  2, 
:I782. 

George  Gerster  and  Margaret  Jung,  March  22,  1787. 

Margaret  Gerster  and  Jacob  Myer,  March  27,  1787. 

Ann  Castor  and  William  Jung,  January  9, 1823. 

Susanna  Castor  and  Samuel  S.  Vanharlingen,  June  24,  1825. 

COMMUNICANTS  CONFIRMED    ON    EASTER    SUNDAY, 

1783. 
George   Gerster,   Elizabeth  Gerster,   Mathias   Gerster,  Jacob 
Gerster,  Margr.  Gerster  and  Henrich  Gerster. 

CONFIRMED  1789. 
Sara  Gerster. 

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FROM  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  FIRST  MORAVIAN 
CHURCH  OF  PHILADELPHIA. 

BAPTIZED. 

Veronica  Gerster,  December  26,  1745.  Baptized  by  M.  Rights. 
Abraham  Gerster,  July  4,  1747.     Baptized  by  A.  Reincke. 
Johanna  Gerster,  Palm  Sunday,  1749. 
Sarah  Gerster,  August  11,  1751.     Born  June  8,  1751. 

FROM  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  OLD  SWEDES  CHURCH 

OF  PHILADELPHIA. 

MARRIED. 
Jacob  Caster  and  Sophy  Bore  (Rorer),  January  10,  1760. 
Margaret  Castor  and  James  Johnson,  January  25,  1791. 
Mathias  Castor  and  Rebecca  Johnson,  April  8, 1792. 
Henry  Castor  and  Anna  Godschall,  November  27,  1792. 

FROM  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  OF  PHILADELPPIIA. 

MARRIED. 
Hannah  Castor  and  Jacob  Myers,  October  19,  1790. 
Jacob  Castor  and  Hannah  Mowry,  December  23, 1790. 

FROM  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  OF  FRANKFORD. 

Born,  Baptized,  Married,  Died,  Etc. 
Susan  M.  Castor,  d.  November  26,  1854,  in  the  88th  year  of  her 
age. 

Ann,  v^ife  of  David  Allen,  d.  August  21,  1869,  in  her  64th  year. 
George  Frederick  Castor,  bap.  October  13,  1820,  d.  April  26, 

89 


1823.     Son  of  Jesse  Y.  and  Harriot  Castor. 

William  Castor  married  Elizabeth  Northrop,  March  29,  1821. 

Harriet,  wife  of  Jesse  Y.  Castor,    b.  May  14,  1795,  d.  Au2:ust 
21,  1835. 

Harriet  F.  Castor,  b.  April  16, 1827,  d.  Auj^-ust  1, 1827. 

Jesse  Y.  Castor,  b.  October  4,  1794,  d.  April  5,  1846. 

Margaret  Castor,  d.  March  11,  1888,  age  77  years. 

PARTIAL  LIST  OF  THE  CASTORS  BURIED  IN  THE  YARD 

OF  THE  CHURCH. 


Samuel  Castor's  child. 
Jacob  Castor's  child. 
Henry  Castor's  wife.  (1). 
Henry  Castor's  wife  (2). 
Wife  of  Jacob  Castor,  Sr. 
Joseph  Caster. 
Frederick  Caster. 
Frederick  Caster,  Jr. 
Jacob  Caster's  child. 
George  Caster. 
John  Caster. 
George  Caster. 
Jacob  Castor's  child. 
Samuel  Castor's  child. 
Mathias  Castor. 
David  Castor. 
Margaret  Matilda  Castor. 
Josephine  Castor. 
Dyer  Castor. 


Eve  Castor. 

Hannah  Ann  Castor. 

Abraham  Castor's  daughter. 

Another. 

His  son. 

Abraham  Castor. 

Elizabeth  Castor. 

George  Castor. 

His  child. 

Abraham's  daughter. 

Henry  Castor. 

Jacob  Castor. 

John  Castor. 

Henrv  Castor's  last  wife. 

William  Castor. 

Lieut.  Thomas  F.  Castor. 

Sarah  Castor. 

Lewis  David  Castor. 

Veronica  Castor. 


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FROM  THE  RECORDS  OF  THE  BAPTIST  CHURCH  OF 

FRANKFORD. 

Copied  from  the  record  kept  by  Mr.  Coulston  by  his  sistei^, 
Miss  Mary  E.  Coulston.  The  copy,  in  Miss  Coulston's  hand,  has 
been  deposited  in  the  Library  of  the  Pennsylvania  Historical  So- 
ciety. 

BAPTIZED. 

Miss  Ellen  Castor,  May  15,  1862.  Mrs.  Willie  Castor,  Febru- 
ary 9,  1890. 

BURIED. 

Mary  Ellen  Castor,  January  7,  1869,  ag-e  73.  Sadie  E.  Cas- 
tor, July  4,  1880,  age  10.  Mrs.  S.  Castor,  November  13,  1869,  age 
20.  Thomas  Castor,  August  9,  1881,  age  74.  Charles  M.  Castor, 
April  3,  1888,  age  57. 


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TOMBSTONE  AND  CHURCH  RECORDS  OF  THE 

PENNSYLVANIA  CASTORS 

THE  CASTOR  GRAVES  IN  THE  OLD  PRESBYTERIAN 

CHURCHYARD 


The  most  notable  of  the  Castor  graves  in  the  old  Presbyterian 
Churchyard  are  those  of  George  Castor,  the  immigrant;  his  eldest 
son,  George  Castor,  of  Holmesburg;  his  eldest  son,  Mathias  Castor, 
of  Holmesburg,  and  his  eldest  son,  who  left  issue,  William  Castor, 
of  Holmesburg.  The  first  three  are  buried  in  one  lot,  each  with  his 
wife  beside  him.  William  and  his  wife  lie  together  almost  back 
of  the  former  lot. 

In 

Memory  of 

George  Castor 

who  departed  this  life  the 

24th  of  December 

1797 

Aged  87  Years,  9  Months 

3  Weeks  and  3  Days : 

Remember  man  as  you  pass  by 
As  you  are  now  so  once  was  I 
As  I  am  now  so  you  must  be 
Prepare  for  death  and  follow  me. 


Here  lies  the  body  of 

Eve  Caster 

Who  departed  this  life 

July  29,  1777 

Aged  67  Years,  4  Months 

and  3  Days 

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Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

Georg-e   Castor 

who  was  born  December  lith 

1736. 

Died  May  25th,  1811 

Aged  74  Years,  5  Months 

and  11  Days. 

Why  should  we  mourn  departing  friends, 

Or  shake  at  death's  alarms; 
'Tis  but  the  voice  that  Jesus  sends 

To  call  them  to  His  arms. 
You  arrive  three  score  and  ten. 

Before  we  are  called  away. 
How  frail  a  thing  is  mortal  man; 

When  called  he  must  obey! 

May  he  rest  in  peace.     Amen. 

Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

Margaret  Castor 

wife  of 

George  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

August  16th,  1811 

in  the  67th  Year  of  her  age. 

O,  reader,  stand  and  cast  an  eye 

Upon  this  grave  wherein  I  lie, 

For  cruel  death  has  challenged  me 

And  in  short  time  will  call  on  thee. 

Repent  in  time;  make  no  delay, 

For  Christ  will  call  us  all  away. 

My  time  was  wasted  like  dew  in  the  sun; 

Beyond  all  cares  my  glass  is  run. 

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to  the  Memory  of 

Matthias  Castor 

born  November  19th,  1763 

and  departed  this  Hfe 

December  2nd,  1835 

A^ed  72  Years  and 

13  Days 

Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

Rebecca  Castor 

born  December  20th,  1774 

and  departed  this  Hfe 

October  27th,  1821 

Aged  46  Years,  10  Months 

and  7  Days. 

Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

William  Castor 

born 

May  26,  1797 

died 

March  16,  1839. 

Save  me,  O  God,  by  Thy  name, 
And  judge  me  by  Thy  strength. 
Hear  my  prayer,  O  God;  give 
Ear  to  the  w^ords  from  my  mouth. 

Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

Elizabeth  S. 

ReHct  of 

William  Castor 

born 

May  29,  1798 


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died 
April  22,  1861. 

Lord  receive  my  partin^^  breath. 
How  gently  I  am  sinking  now 
Into  thine  arms,  O  death. 

In  Memory  of 

Hannah  Ann  Castor 

daughter  of 

William  and  Hannah  Castor 

was  born  November  14th 

1807 

and  departed  this  life 

April  6th,  1810 

Aged  2  Years,  5  Months 

and  8  Days. 

Happy  soul,  thy  days  are  ended; 

All  mourning  days  below. 
Go  by  angel  guards  attended — 

To  the  sight  of  Jesus  go. 

In  Memory  of 

Samuel,  son  of 

George  and  Ann  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

May  10th,  1832 

aged  2  Years. 

In 

Memory  of 

Elizabeth 

daughter  of 

George  and  Ann  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

April  17th,  1832 

aged  8  Months. 


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Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

George  Castor,  Jr. 

who  departed  this  Hfe 

February  the  2nd,  1810 

aged  36  Years,  7  Months 

and  22  Days. 

My  God,  my  God,  my  Hght,  my  love, 

Mine  only,  only  friend, 
I  seek,  I  lono-,  I  look  for  Thee. 

Why  wilt  thou  not  attend? 

In  Memory  of 
Elizabeth  Castor 

daughter  of 

George  and  Mary 

Castor 

was  born  December  13th,  1796 

died  February  9th,  1804,  aged 

8  Years,  1  Month,  27  Days. 

Weep  not  for  me,  my  parents  dear, 

Tho'  I  am  from  you  tain. 
For  here  I'll  safe  and  soundly  sleep 

Till  we  unite  again. 

In   Memory  of 
General  Samuel  Castor 
•    died  June  14th,  1855 
in  the  77th  Year  of  his  age. 

Asleep  in  Jesus. 
Gone,  but  not  forgotten. 

In  Memory  of 

Dyer  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

November  6th,  1845 

aged  32  Years. 


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In  Memory  of 

Hannah 

wife  of  Samuel  Castor 

who  departed  this  Hfe 

Au.^ust  2Tth,  1842 

in  the  55th  Year  of  her  a^e. 

Jesse  Y.  Castor 

born 

October  4th,  1794 

died  April  5th,  1840. 

In  Memory  of 

Margaret  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

March  11th,  1888 

aged  77  Years. 

In  Memory  of 

George  Frederick 

son  of  Jesse  Y.  and  Harriet  Castor 

born  8th  November,  1820 

died  26th  April,  1823. 

Harriet 

wife  of 

Jesse  Y.  Castor 

born  May  14th,  1795 

died  August  21st,  1835. 

Harriet  F. 
born  April  16th,  1827 
died  August  1st,  1827. 

Harriet 

born  June  22nd,  1835. 

died  December  30th,  1835. 

Infant  children  of 
Jesse  Y.  and  Harriet  Castor. 

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Eliza  Castor 

Sarah  Castor 

In  Memory  of 

Susan  M.  Castor 

died  November  26th,  1854 

in  the  88th  Year  of  her  a^e. 

There  is  a  calm  for  those  who  weep, 
A  rest  for  weary  pilgrims  found; 

They  softly  lie  and  sweetly  sleep 
Low  in  the  ground. 

Ann 

wife  of  David  Allen 

died  August  21st,  1869 

in  her  64th  Year. 

M.  M.  C. 

Castor 

George  Castor 

born  February  25th,  1765 

died  September  3rd,  1844. 

Margaret 

wife  of 

George  Castor 

born  May  8th,  1765 

died  January  19th,  1855. 

Margaret  Matilda 

Eldest  daughter  of 

Jesse  Y.  and  Harriet  Castor 

born  December  2nd,  1823 

died  July  18th,  1844. 

Sarah  Castor 
born  1796,  died  1861. 


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Eliza  Castor 

born  1798,  died  1869. 

Dauo^hters  of 

George  and  Margaret  Castor. 

1st  Lieut. 

Thomas  F.  Castor 

1st  Regiment,  U.  S.  Dragoons 

son  of 

Jesse  Y.  and  Harriet  Castor 

born  May  14th,  1822 

died  at  Fort  Tejon,  CaHfornia 

September  8th,  1835. 

In  Memory  of 

Frederick  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

January  19th,  1792 

was  born  September  20th,  1775 

aged  16  Years,  5  Months, 

3  Weeks  and  6  Days. 

Remember  man  as  you  pass  by, 
As  you  are  now  so  once  was  I, 
As  I  am  now  so  you  must  be ; 
Prepare  for  death  and  follow  me. 

In  Memory  of 

Frederick  Castor 

who  departed  this  life  the 

27th  August,  1806 

aged  6  Years,  4  Months  and 

6  Days. 

My  day  well  spent,  I  rest  content; 

My  cares  and  sufferings  o'er. 
The  morning  come  I'll  burst  the  tomb 

And  rise  to  fight  no  more. 


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Sacred 

to 

the  Memory  of 

Elizabeth  Earl 

who  departed  this  life 

July  9,  1841 

in  the  73rd  Year  of  her  age. 

Weep  not  for  me,  my  children  dear; 

To  grieve  it  is  in  vain. 
Christ  is  our  hope,  we  need  not  fear, 

But  we  shall  meet  again. 

Sacred 

to  the  Memory  of 

David  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

June  3rd,  1822 

aged  45  Years. 

His  best  eulogy  is  the 

acknowledgment  of  his 

many  virtues. 

And  his  best  epitaph 

his  pure  and  unblemished 

character. 

In 

Memory  of 

Lewis  David  Castor 

son  of 

Hiram  and  Eveline  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

January  31st,  1854 

aged  4  Years,  3  Months 

and  7  Days 


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In 

Memory  of 

Eliza,  daug-hter  of 

Samuel  and  Hannah  Castor 

who  died  September  11th,  1807 

aged  8  Months  and  11  Days. 

In  Memory  of  Charles  Castor 

son  of  Hiram  and  Eveline  Castor 

who  departed  this  life 

July  22nd,  1835 

aged  6 'Months  and  27  Days. 


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A  BRANCH  OF  THE  CASTOR  FAMILY,  CONNECTION  UNKNOWN, 

WHICH  LEFl^PENNSYLVANIA  AND  SETTLED  IN 

THE  WESTERN  RESERVE  OF  OHIO 

ABOUT   1818. 

1.  Noah  Castor. 

Issue: — 

2.  Noah. 

3.  Conrad. 

4.  Benjamin. 

2.  Noah  Castor,  son  of  Noah  Castor,  No.  1,  had — 

Issue : — 

5.  George  Freeman,  b.  May  24,  1851,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

6.  Frank. 

5.     George  Freeman  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Noah  Castor,  No. 
2,  and  born  as  above  stated,  had — 
Issue: — 

7.  Noah  F.,  b.  Sept.  13,  1875,  d.  infancy. 

6.     George  Dewitt,  b.  Nov.  7,  1876,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
9.     William  Perry,  b.  Aug.  29,  1879,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
10.     Jean  Roy,  b.  Sept.  25,  1881,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


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CASTOR  MILITARY  SERVICE. 

THE  CASTOR  FAMILY  IN   THE   REVOLUTION. 

Frederick  Castor,  eldest  son  of  John  Georo-e  Castor,  was  Lieu- 
tenant of  the  First  Company,  Second  BattaHon,  Philadelphia 
County  Militia,  in  1780.  He  was  at  the  Battles  of  Brandywine 
and  Germantown. 

Jacob  Castor,  third  son  of  John  Georg-e  Castor,  was  commis- 
sioned Second  Lieutenant  of  the  Seventh  Company,  Second  Bat- 
talion, Bucks  County  Militia,  May  6,  1777. 

Mathias  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Georo^e  Castor,  eldest  son  of 
John  George  Castor,  saw  service  at  the  Siege  of  Yorktown. 

OTHER    CASTORS    IN    THE    REVOLUTION,    NOT    DE- 
SCENDED FROM  JOHN  GEORGE  CASTOR. 

Philip  Castor  served  in  the  First  Pennsylvania  Line  from  Jan- 
uary 1,  1777,  to  January,  1781. 

Charles  Castor  is  listed  in  a  report  to  Colonel  Bartholomew 
by  Lieutenant  Davis  Kerlins  as  having  enlisted  in  the  last  five 
days'  mustering  in  1781. 

Philip  and  Jacob  Caster,  in  the  year  1781,  were  in  the  Third 
Company,  Fifth  Battalion,  Northampton  County  Militia. 

Paul  Caster  was  a  member  of  Isaac  Thomas'  Company  of 
Foot  Militia,  First  Battalion  of  Chester  County. 

Samuel  Caster  served  in  the  same  company. 

Felty  Castor  served  in  the  Bedford  County  Militia.     Luther 

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R.  Kelker,  Custodian  of  Public  Records,  Harrisburg-,  writes  that 
this  Felty  "was  one  Valentine  Caster." 

Henry  Gerster  served  in  the  Northampton  Continental  Line. 
This  man,  whose  descendants  spell  their  names  Caster  and  Castor, 
emisrrated  to  Pennsylvania  in  1749. 

THE  CASTOR   FAMILY   IN   THE  MEXICAN  WAR. 

Lieutenant  Thomas  F.  Castor,  a  g'raduate  of  West  Point,  was 
Commissioned  Lieutenant  in  the  First  United  States  Drag'oons,  in 
which  organization  he  served  throughout  the  Mexican  War,  He 
died  in  the  service  at  Fort  Tejon,  California,  September  8,  1855. 

THE    CASTOR    FAMILY    IN    THE    CIVIL    WAR. 

Lewis  Castor,  Twent3^-eighth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 
Frank  Castor,  Twenty-eighth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 
Henry  Castor,  Seventy-first  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 
John  Castor,  Seventy-first  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 
William  Castor,  Ninty-fifth  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 
Edwin  A.  Castor,  First  Sergeant,  Ninth  Pennsylvania  Militia. 
Charles  W.  Castor,  Fortieth  Pennsylvania  Militia. 
Henry  died  in  the  service.     William  was  killed  at  Spotsyl- 
vania.    John  was  killed  at  Ball's  Blufif. 


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CHARLES    DEAL'S    LETTER    TO    WILLIAM    HALL 

WAXLER. 

November  27,  1897. 
William  Hall  Waxier,  Esq. 

Sir: — 

George  Castor,  No.  1,  emigrated  from  near  Balle,  Switz- 
erland, to  this  country  some  time  between  1750  and  1760.  My 
great  great-grandfather,  Gardner,  came  from  the  same  neighbor- 
hood some  years  before.  I  never  knew  where  he,  George  Castor, 
first  settled.  He  had  several  sons  and  daughters,  the  most  nota- 
ble of  which  was  Frederick.  He  was  the  father  of  cork-leg  or 
George,  No.  3,  and  I  believe,  John,  your  grandfather,  David,  who 
did  not  marry,  and  Samuel,  that  I  remember.  He  had  three  daugh- 
ters, Hannah  and  Margaret,  the  wives  of  John  and  Jacob  Myers, 
and  Lizzie,  the  widow  of  Caleb  Earle  for  many  years. 

Samuel  had  three  children,  Dyre,  who  died  young,  and  Hiram, 
the  father  of  Charles  Castor,  now  living,  and  Margaret,  who  died 
a  few  years  ago.  The  descendants  of  Hannah  Myers  are  Elijah, 
the  architect,  and  George  Myers,  who  lived  in  Philadelphia  a  few 
years  ago,  and  their  children,  Jacob  and  Margaret  Myers,  had 
two  sons,  Jacob,  the  eldest,  who  married  Anette  Rowland  and 
farmed  his  father's  upper  farm  for  a  number  of  years  and  after- 
ward started  the  rake  making,  etc.,  which  his  sons  and  son-in-law 
now  carry  on,  on  one  of  the  branches  of  Frankford  Creek,  near 
Shoemakertown,  and  Reuben,  who  got  the  homstead  at  Milltown. 
He  married  Margaret  Nice  and  left  three  sons,  Albert,  who  kept 
the  store  at  Milltown,  which  is  since  down.     Another  son  farmed 

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the  place  for  years,  is  now  in  the  wheelwright  business  and  car- 
riage making  business  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Second  Street 
and  Mill  Road.  Sarah,  the  only  daughter,  lives  in  some  part  of 
the  homestead  proper. 

There  were  three  daughters,  Mary,  the  oldest,  who  was  the 
wife  of  William  Wilstack,  who  kept  a  stove  store  and  other  iron- 
ware at  the  west  corner  of  Second  and  Vine  for  years.  He  had 
two  sons,  Charles,  the  oldest,  who  did  not  live  to  be  old.  He  left 
a  daughter,  but  I  do  not  know  what  became  of  her.  William  got 
in  the  mercantile  line  and  got  to  be  very  rich.  He  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Harris,  the  Baptist  minister  of  Pennepack  Church 
for  years.  He  gave  up  his  business  and  travelled  in  Europe  for  sev- 
eral years  and  made  collections  of  paintings,  etc.,  and  on  his  road 
home  went  to  Saratoga  and  died  suddenly.  He  left  his  property 
conditionally  to  the  Apprentices'  Library,  i.  e.,  if  the  daughter  did 
not  live  to  come  of  age,  and  the  daughter  died  before  she  came  of 
age  and  the  estate  went  for  the  purpose  it  was  willed. 

Margaret  was  married  to  Daniel  Brauticum,  a  merchant  of 
Northumberland,  and  in  a  few  3^ears  he  died  and  left  her  with  four 
sons,  none  of  which  are  now  living. 

Eliza,  the  other  daughter,  was  married  to  Robert  Buckman, 
who  taught  school  at  Milltown  for  years.  They  had  two  daugh- 
ters, one  the  wife  or  widow  of  Charles  Murphy;  the  other,  the 
widow  of  George  Leman  (Lehman),  the  organ  builder.  John  and 
Hannah  Myers  had  two  sons.  The  oldest,  John,  farmed  the  place 
and  married  Elizabeth  Thomas.  The  other  children  are  Elijah,  the 
architect,  and  George,  who  was  conductor  on  the  Fifth  and  Sixth 
Street  T.  R.  R.  for  a  time  and  believe  he  is  now  living  in  West  Phila- 
delphia. Elijah,  the  other  son,  was  an  apothecary  and  he  mar- 
ried and  carried  on  the  business  in  Philadelphia  for  a  few  years 
and  died.     He  left  one  daughter. 


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The  daughters  were,  the  oldest,  Hannah,  vv^ho  married 

Megargee,  and  the  father  hought  a  farm  in  Bucks  Co.,  and  they 
hved  on  it  until  the  estate  was  settled,  after  which  they  moved  to 
Frankford.  One  of  their  sons  did  well.  David,  another,  did  not 
do  so  well. 

The  other  daughter,  Elizabeth,  was  the  wife  of  Thomas  Eck- 
ley,  who  kept  the  hotel  at  the  corner  of  Second  Street  Pike  and 
Milltown  Road,  or  Martin's  Mill  Road.  They  had  two  sons  who 
were  in  the  spice  business  in  Philadelphia  some  years  ago. 

George  Castor,  or  cork-leg  George,  had  one  son,  Jesse  Y.,  who 
was  a  lawyer.  He  had  one  son,  Thomas,  who  was  an  officer  in  the 
United  States  Army,  who  died  young,  and  Poinsett,  now  living  on 
a  lot  on  the  old  farm,  and  one  daughter,  Josephine  Foster,  whose 
children  live  in  cottages  on  the  old  homestead  farm.  Jesse  did  not 
live  to  be  old;  he  died  about  sixty  years.  There  were  tv/o  daugh- 
ters of  George,  No.  3,  Sarah  and  Eliza. 

I  remember  a  Jacob  Castor,  a  grandson  of  George,  No.  1,  who 
lived  in  a  one-and-a-half-story  house  on  the  west  side  of  Adams 
street,  a  short  distance  north  of  Frankford  Avenue.  He  had  four 
sons — Jacob,  Rudolph,  John  and  Henry — and  one  daughter,  Ann, 
the  wife  of  David  Allen.  There  was  a  Henrv  Castor,  a  brother  of 
Jacob,  one  of  whose  daughters  was  Betsy,  the  wife  of  Thomas 
Rorer.    The  other  Vv^as  the  first  wife  of  Thomas  Rowland. 

The  farm  between  the  Bushby  and  Holt  tract  and  the  Oxford 
Road  and  Second  Street  was  what  is  now  called  the  Vankirk  farm. 
It  was  owned  by  Catharine  Castor.  I  believe  she  inherited  it.  She 
was  a  Castor  (Fox)  by  birth.  She  and  her  two  sons,  Isaac  and 
George  (a  good,  easy-going  man),  and  her  daughter,  Catharine, 
the  grass  widow  of  Josiah  Marple,  lived  there,  and  after  the  mother 
died,  the  place  was  sold  and  the  sons  moved  away  from  this  part 
of  the  country.     Catharine  Marple  had  one  daughter,  who  after- 

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ward  was  the  wife  of  George  N.  Hoffman. 

I  have  good  reason  to  believe  that  all  the  Castors  in  the  23rd 
and  35th  Wards  sprung  from  George,  No.  1.  Matthias  Castor,  a 
cousin  of  George,  No.  3,  owned  the  farm  the  House  of  Correction 
is  on  and  the  farm  on  Salter  Lane,  owned  since  by  one  of  the  Laf- 
erty's,  sixty  years  ago.  He  was  the  father  of  Long  George,  the 
father  of  Howard,  etc.,  and  owned  the  farm  on  Dark  Run  Lane. 
There  were  other  Castors,  but  I  cannot  trace  them  back.  It  is  not 
so  easy  tracing  these  things  back  as  when  Peter  and  Thomas  were 
living. 

Yours  truly, 

CHARLES  E.  DEAL. 

The  Rorers,  Castors  and  Myers  were  all  very  much  mixed  by 
inter-marriage.     They  were  all  uncles,  aunts  and  cousins. 


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COPIES  OF  A  FEW  OF  THE  HUNDRED  ODD  LETTERS  CARRIED 

BY  DYRE  CASTOR  ON  HIS  TRIP  THROUGH  KENTUCKY. 

THE  ORIGINAL  COPIES  ARE  IN  TPIE  POSSESSION 

OF  ELLEN  CASTOR  GARSED. 

Washington  City,  12  May,  1836. 
To  the  Citizens  of  my  Congressional  District. 

Permit  me  to  introduce  to  your  acquaintance  and  commend  to 
your  favorable  consideration  D.  Castor,  Esq.,  who  has  been  regu- 
larly appointed  Collector  for  the  State  of  Kentucky  of  voluntary 
subscriptions  or  contributions  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  in  this 
City  a  National  Monument  to  the  memory  of  Washington. 

That  every  Citizen  of  the  Nation  might  have  the  pleasure  of 
becoming  a  contributor  to  the  erection  of  this  patriotic  undertaking 
you  will  perceive  that  no  one  is  allowed  to  contribute  an  amount 
exceeding  one  Dollar  for  himself.  I  should  be  grateful  to  see  the 
District  which  I  have  the  honor  to  represent  sustain  its  uniform 
character  for  patriotic  liberality  upon  this  most  interesting  occa- 
sion. 

Most  affectionately  your 
o'b't  Servt. 

RH.  M.  JOHNSON 
(Vice  Pres.,  etc.,  of  the  U.  S.) 

Washington,  May  16,  1836. 

The  Society  formed  in  this  City  for  the  erection  of  a  monu- 
ment to  the  memory  of  George  Washington  has  appointed  the 
bearer,  Mr.  Dyer  Castor,  to  receive  contributions  for  that  purpose 
from  Citizens  of  the  State  of  Kentucky. 

Mr.  Castor  will  explain  the  object  of  the  association  of  which 

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he  is  the  agent  and  he  has  our  hearty  wishes  for  success.  We  take 
the  Hberty,  therefore,  of  introducing  Mr.  C.  to  our  fellow  Citizens 
of  Kentucky  as  a  gentleman  entitled  to  their  civilities  and  atten- 
tions. 

(Signed) 

H.  Clay,  J.  R.  Underwood,  John  Calhoun,  John  Chambers,  John 
White,  Richard  French,  J.  J.  Crittenden,  John  Boyd,  Rh.  M.  John- 
son, J.  Harlan,  Wm.  J.  Graves. 

Washington  City,  May  30,  1836. 
Dear  John: — 

The  bearer,  Mr.  Castor,  of  this  City,  a  friend  of  Dr.  Blake^ 
leaves  here  in  a  day  or  two  for  your  place.  He  has  been  appointed 
Collector  for  the  Washington  Monument  about  to  be  erected  in 
this  place.  I  take  pleasure  in  introducing  him  to  you  as  a  highly 
respectable  gentleman  and  I  beg  that  you  will  do  whatever  you  can 
to  further  his  views.  He  will  travel  through  the  State  and  your 
advice  as  to  route,  etc.,  m^ay  be  of  service  to  him,  and  will  doubtless 
be  acceptable.  Any  attention  shown  him  will  be  appreciated  by 
your  brother, 

W.  A  GORDON. 
Mr.  John  G.  Gordon,  Louisville. 

Washington  City,  May  22,  1836. 
Dear  Sir: — 

Permit  me  to  introduce  to  your  acquaintance  and  hospitality 
my  friend.  Dyer  Castor,  Esqre.  The  business  of  his  mission  he 
will  explain  to  you  and  it  is  believed  will  be  encouraged  by  every 
true-hearted  Kentuckian.  Apart  from  the  object  Mr.  C.  has  in 
visiting  your  State,  he  is  worthy  of  your  friendly  attentions  and 
kind  civilities.  Whatever  you  may  do  to  prosper  his  undertaking 
or  make  his  stay  agreeable  in  Kentucky  will  be  gratefully  remem- 
bered by  him  and  cheerfully  reciorocated  by  me  whenever  an  op- 
portunity favorable  is  presented. 

Most  Respectfully  I  have  the  honor  to  be  Your  friend  and 
most  obt.  St. 

BENJ.  F.  CURREY. 
James  Donaldson,  Esqre.,  Bowling  Green,  Ky. 

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By  the  same,  letters  of  introduction  and  recommendation  wc-e 
addressed  to: — Hon.  Joel  Yancey,  Glas^s:ow — Hon.  Thomas  P. 
Moore,  Harrodsburg — Joseph  Ficklin,  Esq.,  Postmaster,  Lexin.o;-- 
ton — Major  Henry,  Bowlin,^:  Green — Wilkins  Tannehill,  Esq., 
Louisville — Shadrick  Penn,  Jr.,  Esq.,  Editor  Public  Advertiser, 
Louisville — Charlton   Hunt,   Esq.,   Lexington. 

Washington  City,  May  30,  1836. 
Dear  Brother: — 

My  friend,  Mr.  Castor,  is  about  to  visit  Kentucky,  and  may 
extend  his  journey  as  far  as  your  town.  Should  he  do  so,  I  hope 
you  will  endeavour  to  make  the  period  of  his  sojourn  with  you  pass 
agreeably. 

Your  affectionate  brother, 

JOHN  G.  BLAKE. 
Colonel  Thos.  H.  Blake,  Terre  Haute,  Indiana. 

Washington  City,  25  May,  1836. 
My  dear  Sir: — 

This  letter  will  be  handed  to  you  by  Mr.  Dyer  Castor,  a  young 
gentleman  who  goes  to  Kentucky  in  the  capacit^^  <^f  agen'  -^or  the 
Washington  Monument  Association,  to  wdiom  allow  me  to  intro- 
duce vou. 

Mr.  Dyer  is  a  gentleman  of  good  moral  character  and  held  in 
high  esteem  by  his  acquaintances  here,  to  him  therefore  I  pray  you 
to  extend  your  polite  attention.  Please  say  to  my  dear  sister  that 
I  shall  soon  be  at  your  house  and  that  I  shall  hope  to  have  the 
pleasure  of  finding  you,  herself  and  children  in  the  enjoyment  of 
good  health  and  happiness. 

With  great  esteem  I  am  your  most  obt.  Servt., 

J.  TURNER. 
Asa  Payne,  Esq.,  Near  Lexington,  Ky. 

Washington,  29  May,  1836. 
Dear  Lloyd: — 

I  beg  leave  to  introduce  to  your  acquaintance  Mr.  Castor,  of 
Pennsylvania,  a  gentleman  of  high  respectability  and  standing  in 

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Society,  who  will  present  you  this  letter. 

He  has  for  a  year  or  two  resided  in  this  City  where  his  amiable 
disposition  and  moral  worth  have  made  his  numerous  friends. 

He  is  about  visiting  Kentucky  on  the  same  business  that  John 
Addison  was  engaged  in  during  the  past  winter,  where,  in  all  prob- 
ability, he  will  become  a  permanent  settler.  I  feel  assured  that  at 
my  request  you  will  take  pleasure  in  showing  that  attention  to 
Mr.  Castor,  so  grateful  to  a  traveller  in  a  strange  country. 

Your  affectionate  father, 

W.  D.  ADDISON. 
Lloyd  D.  Addison.     (From  Rev.  Wm.  D.  Addison.) 

Washington  City,  25  May,  1836. 
My  dear  Brother: — 

Allow  me  to  introduce  to  your  acquaintance  Mr.  Dyer  Castor. 
Mr.  Castor  goes  to  Kentucky  in  capacity  of  agent  to  the  Washing- 
ton Monument  Association.  I  have  lived  with  him  near  one  month 
in  this  place  at  the  same  house  and  found  him  to  be  a  gentleman  of 
agreeable  manners,  of  good  moral  character  and  esteemed  by  all 
his  acquaintances — in  favor  of  such  an  one  I  need  not  add,  that  I 
request  your  polite  attention. 

I  am,  my  dear  brother,  most  sincerely  yours, 

IN.  TURNER  (Judge  Turner,  of  Louisiana.) 
Honble.  Fielding  L.  Turner,  Lexington  (Ky.). 

Washington,  May  2nd,  183G. 
Dear  Sir: — 

Allow  me  to  make  you  acquainted  with  my  particular  friend, 
Mr.  Dyer  Castor,  of  Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  young  gentleman  of 
the  very  first  respectability  and  character  and  on  whose  acquaint- 
ance I  am  confident  you  will  be  much  pleased.  He  visits  Kentucky 
as  collector  of  contributions  for  that  noble  monument,  the  Wash- 
ington Monument  Society.  It  is  needless  for  me  to  say  in  what 
high  esteem  he  is  held  here,  as  his  credentials  and  testimonials  be 
an  ample  testimony  of  that  fact.  I  can  rest  assured,  from  the  en- 
thusiastic part  which  you  have  already  taken  and  your  desire  to 

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promote  the  object,  will  ensure  your  aid  in  furthering  the  views  of 
Mr.  Castor. 

Having  been  for  some  time  a  resident  in  Kentucky,  I  trust  it 
will  be  in  your  power  to  facilitate  the  object,  by  making  him  ac- 
quainted with  some  of  your  friends  in  different  parts  of  the  State. 
Any  assistance  which  it  may  be  in  your  power  to  render,  I  shall 
esteem  as  a  great  favor  and  will  be  ever  grateful  to  you  for  the  kind- 
ness. 

With  much  regard 
I  remain  yr.  friend  and  obt.  St. 

JNO.   ADDISON. 
(To)  J.  Rice,  Esqre.,  Louisville. 

The  same  leter  was  also  addressed  to: — 
General  James  Taylor  (Newport). 

His  Excellency,  J.  T.  Moorehead,  Governor  of  Kentucky. 
Rev.  Robert  Ash,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Charles  L.  Rowand,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Stephen  Haskell,  Lloyd  D.  Addison,  Walker  Holloway, 
Louisville,  and  Messrs.  Anderson  and  Stephenson, 
Frankfort. 


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THE   OLD    SWORD 
ON   EXHIBITION   IN   THE   NATIONAL  MUSEUM, 

INDEPENDENCE   HALL. 

In  the  National  Museum,  Independence  Hall,  Philadelphia,  is 
an  old  sword  presented  to  the  museum  June  22,  1875,  by  Mr.  Jos- 
eph Rorer,  of  Philadelphia, 

The  inscription  reads: — "Sword  captured  from  an  English 
vessel  during"  the  Revolution,  by  Lieutenant  Castor." 

Frederick  and  Jacob  were  both  Lieutenants  in  the  Revolution- 
ary Army  and,  as  far  as  the  records  we  have  been  able  to  secure  go, 
neither  were  in  any  way  connected  with'  the  Navy.  It  is  possible 
that  Abraham  or  his  brother,  George,  may  have  been  the  Lieuten- 
ant mentioned.  In  this  supposition  Abraham  should  be  given  the 
preference,  as  his  family  was  more  closely  connected  with  that  of 
the  donor  than  was  that  of  George  Castor. 

CASTOR  TAXABLES. 

CASTOR  TAXABLES  IN   NORTHAMPTON  COUNTY  IN 
1780  AND   1786,   NOT   DESCENDED   FROM  JOHN 

GEORGE  CASTOR. 

MOUNT  BETHEL  TOWNSPHP. 

1780. 
Leonard  Caster,  taylor,  £82. 
Michael  Caster,  farmer,  £585. 

1786. 
Leonard  Castor,  80  acres,  1  horse  and  1  cow.     Six  Shillings, 
Michael  Caster,  100  acres,  2  horses  and  3  cows.     Fifteen  Shillings, 
five  pence. 

ALLEN   TOWNSHIP. 
Henry  Gester,  weaver,  £25. 

CHESTER   COUNTY   RATES,   1780. 
Samuel  Castor. 

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A  FEW  FACTS  CONCERNING  THE  GERMAN  CASTOR 

FAMILY.* 

From  a  Letter  by  Jacob  B.  Castor,  of  Scranton,  Pa. 

The  first  Castor  mentioned  in  German  history  was  the  son  of 
a  cloth  weaver.  He  Hved  in  the  fourth  century,  was  a  monk,  and 
Hved  in  a  cave  near  Cardena,  on  the  Moselle.  Castor  was  also  a 
cloth  v/eaver  and,  after  a  trip  to  Rome,  preached  Christianity  to 
the  people.  After  his  death  he  was  canonized  and  there  is  still  a 
church  of  St.  Castor,  which  is  situated  near  the  cave,  which  is  still 
in  existence.  There  is  also  a  church  of  St.  Castor  at  Coblentz. 
The  forefathers  of  this  St.  Castor  came  originally  from  Spain, 
where  they  were  also  weavers.  Branches  of  the  family  are  now  to 
be  found  in  Belgium,  Holland,  Switzerland  and  the  United  States. 
The  old  homestead  in  Ober-Wese  on  the  Rhine,  between  Coblentz 
and  Bingen,  has  not  changed  hands  for  1300  years.  The  family  is 
called  Castor  of  the  Berg.  Jacob  B.  Castor's  father  was  John  Bap- 
tist Castor,  and  his  grandfather,  Balthasar  Castor,  born  1799. 
There  is  a  Castor  Township,  Mo. 

*It  is  extremely  doubtful  if  the  Castor  famil}^  of  Pennsylvania 
has  anything  whatsoever  to  do  with  this  family.  Note  the  original 
spelling  of  the  name  in  section  devoted  to  that  subject. — G.  C.  M. 


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THE  CASTORS  OF  CASTORLAND 


THE  DESCENDANTS  OF 
JOHN   DE  CASTORER,    AN  ENSIGN   IN  THE  REVOLU- 
TIONARY ARMY,  WHO  SETTLED  IN  REDFIELD, 
NEW  YORK,  AFTER  THE  WAR 


COMPILED  BY 

HENRY  A.    JEAN  CASTOR 


MARTIN    &    ALLARDYCE 

FRANKFORD,    PHILADELPHIA,    PENNSYLVANIA 
I9IO 

1/ 


CASTORLAND,  THE  HOME  OF  THE  CASTORS  OF 

NEW  YORK  STATE. 

"On  the  12th  of  April,  1793,  Constable  conveyed  210,000  acres, 
"by  deed,  for  £25,000,  to  (Peter)  Chassanis,  of  Paris,  since  known 
"as  the  Chassanis  Tract,  Castorland,  or  the  French  Company's 
"Land,  bounded  North  by  No.  IV.  of  McComb's  Purchase,  South 
"and  West  by  the  Black  River,  and  East  by  a  line  running  North, 
"nine  miles  from  a  point  near  High  Falls,  and  hence  North  Easter- 
"ly  on  such  a  course  as  might  include  210,000  acres." 

The  above  was  communicated  by  the  New  York  State  Histor- 
ian. The  following  is  copied  from  Dr.  Franklin  B.  Hough's  "His- 
tory of  Oswego  County": 

"In  1792  several  New  York  men  bought  2,000,000  acres  in  the 
"above  mentioned  region  and  at  once  sailed  for  Paris,  France, 
"where  they  formed  the  'Castorland  Company'  to  dispose  of  the 
"same." 

"The  same  year  or  the  next  several  agents  of  the  Company 
"(Frenchmen)  came  in  to  look  at  the  land.  They  wrote  a  journal, 
"called  the  'Castorland  Journal.'  " 

This  Journal  has  been  translated  by  Mr.  Hough. 

Castorland  comprised  what  is  now  the  Northern  part  of  Os- 
wego County,  Lewis  County,  and  the  Southern  half  of  Jefferson 
County.  There  is  now  a  village  in  Lewis  County  called  Castor- 
land. 

The  seal  of  the  Castorland  Company  was  oval  in  form.  In 
the  center  was  a  tree  and  at  the  tree's  base  a  beaver  knawing  the 
trunk.     In  a  semi-circle,  over  and  around  the  tree,  was  the  legend, 

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"Compagnie  de  New  York,"  and  below  the  tree,  in  two  lines,  was 
the  word  "Castorland." 

As  to  the  origin  of  the  name,  the  State  Historian  believes  that 
it  originated  from  the  quantity  of  beaver  (castor  canadensis)  which 
inhabited  the  land.  Therefore,  Beaverland  or  Castorland.  It  is 
possible,  however,  that  the  Company,  finding  John  Castor  living  on 
the  property  when  they  purchased  it,  named  it  for  him. 

1.  John  Castorer,  or  de  Castorer,  as  he  sometimes  wrote  it, 
was  born  in  New  London,  Connecticut,  July  16,  1748.  He  enlisted 
as  a  private  for  service  in  the  Revolutionary  War  from  Spencer- 
town,  now  Columbia  County,  New  York,  in  1776,  under  Captain 
Barritt.  He  re-enlisted  in  May,  1778,  as  Orderly  Sergeant,  under 
Captain  Hatch,  Colonel  Alden.  Commissioned  as  Ensign  in  the 
Summer  of  1779,  under  Captain  Hatch,  Colonel  McNistry  and 
Colonel  Hogeboom.  He  married,  in  1770,  Anna  Calkins,  of  Can- 
terbury, England,  and  after  the  Revolution  removed  to  Redfield, 
New  York,  and  later  to  Ellisburg,  in  the  same  State,  where  he  died 
in  1835.  He  was  an  educated  man  and  was  reputed  as  a  poet  and 
musician.  Authority  for  military  record,  U.  S.  Pension  Office. 
Issue: — 

2.  John  b.  October  16,  1771,  d.  February  24,  1865. 

3.  Christopher  b.  January  31,  1774,  d.  September  18,  1840. 

4.  Cynthia  b.  January  21,  1776,  d.  April  27,  1812. 

5.  Ezra  b.  February  26,  1778,  d.  February,  1858. 

6.  Asa  b.  February  39,  1781,  d.  September  14,  1781. 

7.  Rufus  b.  August  20,  1782,  d.  circa,  1862. 

8.  Rodolphus  b.  December  4,  1784,  d.  August  24,  1864. 

9.  Ira  b.  May  22, 1787,  d.  April  2,  1866. 

10.     Harvey  b.  September  7,  1791,  d.  April  25,  1812. 
The    descendants    of    John,    Christopher,    Ezra,    Rufus,    Ro- 
dolphus and  Ira  are  hereafter  treated  in  order  of  seniority.       The 


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children  of  John,  Rodolphus  and  Ira  called  themselves  Castor, 
dropping  the  final  "er"  of  their  father's  name.  Christopher,  Rufus 
and  Ezra  dropped  the  final  "er"  and  their  children  called  themselves 
Caster. 


JOHN   CASTOR,   No.   2,  AND   HIS   DESCENDANTS. 

2.  John  Castor,  eldest  son  of  John  Castorer,  No.  1,  was  born 
October  16,  1771.  He  married  Content,  youngest  daughter  of 
John  Whiting,  of  Liverpool,  England,  and  died  February  24,  1865. 

Issue: — 

11.  Anna  b.  1800. 

12.  Clara  b.  circa,  1803. 

These  girls  married:  one  a  Hoskins,  the  other  a  Hutch- 
inson, and  both  moved  to  Indiana  or  Illinois  circa  1821. 
No  further  knowledge. 

13.  Lovisa  m.  John  Cory,  d.  young  and  childless. 

14.  Henry  b.  1812.     Of  whom  presently. 

15.  John  b.  1814.     Of  whom  presently. 

16.  William  b.  1816.     Of  whom  presently. 

17.  Chauncey  b.  1818.     Of  whom  presently. 

18.  Cynthia  b.  1820.     Of  whom  presently. 

19.  Betsy  b.  1822.     Of  whom  presently. 

20.  Polly  b.  1824.     Of  whom  presently. 

21.  Julia  b.  1826.     Of  whom  presently. 

14.  Henry  Castor,  eldest  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  2,  was  born 
in  1812.  He  married,  first,  Mary  Hart,  and  second,  Cynthia 
Slater. 

Issue  by  his  first  wife: — 

22.  Phila  b.  1836.     Of  whom  presently. 

23.  Julius  b.  1838,  d.  infancy. 

24.  Alonzo  b.  August,  1840.     Of  whom  presently. 


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25.  Orlando  b.  1842.     Of  whom  presently. 

26.  David  b.  1844,  m.  Rhoda  Glover.     Living  in  Bellingham, 
Washington.     No  issue. 

27.  Patience  b.  1846,  d.  1858.     No  issue. 

28.  John  b.  1848.     Of  v^hom  presently. 

Issue  by  his  second  wife: — 

29.  Joseph  b.  1857.     Of  whom  presently. 

30.  Patience  b.  1858. 

31.  Sarah  b.  1861.     Of  whom  presently. 

32.  Mary. 

33.  Bernice. 

34.  Madge. 

35.  Annie  m.  Foster.     Had  issue: ,  a  son,  No. 

101. 

15.  John  Castor,  second  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  2,  was  born 
in  1814.  He  lived  in  Oswego  County,  New  York.  He  married 
Esther  Washburn. 

Issue: — 

36.  Henry  b.  1840.     Of  whom  presently. 

37.  John  b.  1842.     Of  whom  presently. 

38.  William  b.  1844.     Killed  in  the  Civil  War.     No  issue. 

39.  Robert  b.  1846.     No  issue. 

40.  Charles  b.  1847.     Of  whom  presently. 

41.  Huldah  b.  1849.     Of  whom  presently. 

16.  William  Castor,  third  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  2,  was  born 
in  1816  and  died  August  4,  1891.     He  married  Mandy  Clemons. 
Issue: — 

42.  Eliza  b.  1837.     Of  whom  presently. 

43.  Fernando  b.  1840.     Of  whom  presently. 

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44.  Wallace  b.  1844.     Of  whom  presently. 

45.  Alvin  b.  1847.     Of  whom  presently. 

46.  Theodore  b.  1850.     Of  whom  presently. 

47.  Medora  b.  1853.     Of  whom  presently. 

17.  Chauncey  Castor,  fourth  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  2,  was 
born  in  1818.     He  married,  1839,  Martha  Clemons. 

Issue: — 

48.  Ophelia  b.  Apr.  27,  1840.     Of  whom  presently. 

49.  Rosina  b.  Aug.  28,  1842.     Of  whom  presently. 

50.  Emeline  b.  Feb.  17, 1848,  twin  of 

51.  Eveline  b.  Feb,  17,  1848.     Of  whom  presently. 

52.  Albert  b.  June  15,  1845,  m.  Mary  McCoy.     No  issue. 

53.  Leroy  b.  Jan.  22,  1851.     Of  whom  presently. 

54.  Brainard  b.  Aug.  8,  1862,  m.  Ettie  Moyers.     No  issue. 

18.  Cynthia  Castor,  fourth  daughter  of  John  Castor,  No.  2, 
was  born  in  1820  and  died  in  Oswego  County,  New  York,  1902. 
She  married  Abraham  Hendrix. 

Issue: — 

55.  Philandra  Hendrix,  m.  Perry. 

56.  Nelson  Hendrix. 

57.  H.  Riley  Hendrix.     Living  (1910)  in  Williamstown,  N. 
Y.     Gave  much  assistance  in  compiling  this  work. 

19.  Betsy  Castor,  fifth  daughter  of  John  Castor,  No.  2,  was 
born  in  1822.     She  married  John  Elmer. 

Issue: —  ' 

58.  William  Elmer. 

59.  Henrietta  Elmer. 

60.  Helen  Elmer. 

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20.  Polly  Castor,  sixth  daughter  of  John  Castor,  No.  2,  was 
born  in  1824.     She  married Wilcox. 

Issue: — 

61.  Leander  Wilcox.     In  Civil  War. 

62.  Hamilton  Wilcox. 

63.  Oscar  Wilcox,  d.  in  Civil  War. 

64.  Jackson  Wilcox.     In  Civil  War. 

65.  Eli  Wilcox.     In  Civil  War. 

66.  Daniel  Wilcox. 

67.  Jorome  Wilcox. 

68.  Emmeline  Wilcox. 

69.  Sophia  Wilcox. 

70.  Marrietta  Wilcox. 

21.  Julia  Castor,  seventh  daughter  of  John  Castor,  No.  2,  w^as 
born  1826  and  died  1904.     She  married  Samuel  Clemons. 

Issue: — 

71.  Janette  Clemons  b.  1840.     Of  whom  presently. 

72.  Monroe  Clemons  b.  1842. 

73.  Albert  Clemons  b.  1844,  d.  in  Civil  War. 

74.  Nancy  Clemons  b.  1845.     Of  whom  presently. 

75.  Harriet  Clemons  b.  1847. 

22.  Phila  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Henry  Castor,  No.  14, 
was  born  in  1836.     She  married  Charles  V/idrick. 

Issue: — 

76.  Ruby  Widrick  d.  in  her  22nd  year. 

77.  Henry  Widrick  b.  1860,  m.  Ella  McDougall.     Living  in 
Auburn,  N.  Y. 

24.     Alonzo  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Henry  Castor,  No.  14,  who 
left  issue,  was  born  in  August,  1840.     He  enlisted  in  Company  A, 

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146th  N.  Y.  S.  Volunteers,  at  Utica,  New  York,  August  19,  1862, 
and  was  discharged  June  22,  1865.     He  married  Mary  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Luke  Robilliard,  of  St.  Anne  de  Beaupre,  Montreal, 
Canada.     Now  living  in  Jordan,  N.  Y. 
Issue: — 

78.  Elsie  Amelia  b.  Feb.  11,  1871,  Redfield,  N.  Y.     Of  whom 
presently. 

79.  Phila  Irene  b.  Sept.  8,  1873,  Redfield,  N.  Y.     Of  whom 
presently. 

80.  Stephen  Bobilliard  b.  July  17,  1876.     Of  whom  presently. 

81.  Adeline  Eliza  b.  April  27,  1879. 

82.  Henry  A.  Jean  b.  Apr.  16,  1882.     Of  whom  presently. 

83.  Joseph  Gilbert  b.  Nov.  4,  1884.     Of  whom  presently. 

84.  Harry  b.  May  3, 1887,  d.  infancy. 

25.     Orlando  Castor,  third  son  of  Henry  Castor,  No.  14,  was 
born  in  1842  and  died  in  1907.     He  was  a  member  of  the  same  com- 
pany and  regiment  as  his  brother  and  fought  at  Andersonville.   He 
married  Mary  Morrell,  called  Smart. 
Issue: — 

85.  Gaylord  b.  1870,  m.  Lena  Hull.     No  issue. 

86.  Frederick  b.  1872.     Of  whom  presently. 

87.  Lily  b.  1874.     Of  whom  presently. 

88.  Myra  b.  1876. 

89.  Blanche  b.  1877. 

90.  Pearl  b.  1879.     Of  whom  presently. 

91.  Raymond  b.  1888. 

92.  Lura  b.  1890. 

93.  Winnifred  b.  1896. 

28.     John  Castor,  fifth  son  of  Henry  Castor,  No.  14,  was  born 
in  1848.     He  married Coleman  and  now  lives  near  Belling- 


ham,  Washington. 
Issue: — 

94.  Norman.     Lives  near  his  father. 

95.  Edna  m. . 

29.  Joseph  Castor,  sixth  son  of  Henry  Castor,  No.  14,  was 
by  his  father's  second  wife. 

Issue: — 

96.  Mabel. 

97.  Lizzie  or  Lily. 

98.     ,  a  son. 

31.  Sarah  Castor,  fourth  daughter  of  Henry  Castor,  No.  14, 
was  by  her  father's  second  wife.     She  was  born  in  1861.     Married 

McConnell. 

Issue: — 

99.     Elizabeth  McConnell. 
100.     Mary  McConnell  b.  circa  1882,  m.  Frank  Bonner.     Liv- 
ing in  Ellisburg,  Jefferson  County,  New  York. 

36.  Henry  Castor,  eldest  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  15,  married 
Juliette  Taylor  and  lived  in  Redfield,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

102.  Hattie  b.  circa  1775,  m.  Marshall  Yerdon,  No.  150. 

103.  Clara,  m.  Arthur  Yerdon,  No.  171. 

104.  Arthur,  m.  Ethel  Castor,  No.  160. 

105.  Maurice,  m.  Maude  Yerdon,  daughter  of  Lester  Yerdon, 
No.  145. 

37.  John  Castor,  second  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  15,  was  born 
in  1842.  He  served  in  the  American  Navy.  Married  Isabelle  Day 
and  lived  in  Redfield,  New  York. 

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Issue: — 

106.  Leola  b.  between  1875  and  1880,  m.  Clarence  Joselin. 

107.  William. 

108.  Floyd. 

109.  Raymond. 

110.  Charles. 

The  last  four  were  not  married  in  1908. 

40.  Charles  Castor,  fifth  son  of  John  Castor,  No.  15,  was  born 
in  1847.  He  married  Seba  Streeter  and  lived  near  Redfield,  New 
York. 

Issue: — 

111.  Rhoda,  a  son,  now  deceased. 

112.  Letta  b.  circa  1880,  m.  Pearly  Yerdon,  No.  153.     Issue, 
one  child. 

113.  Charles  B.  circa  1895. 

41.  Huldah  Castor,  only  daughter  of  John  Castor,  No.  15, 
was  born  in  1849.     She  married  Everett  Giddings. 

Issue: — 

114.  Ettie  Giddings.     Deceased. 

115.  Elwin  Giddings. 

116.  Edith  Giddings. 
Twins. 

117.  Edwin  Giddings. 

42.  Eliza  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  William  Castor,  No.  16, 
was  born  1837.     She  married  Asariah  Wart. 

Issue: — 

118.  Wella  Wart. 

119.  Gilson  Wart. 

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43.  Fernando  Castor,  eldest  son  of  William  Castor,  No.  16, 
was  born  in  1840.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War  and  married  Rose 
Farley. 

Issue : — 

120.  Frederick  Castor  (adopted). 

44.  Wallace  Castor,  second  son  of  William  Castor,  No.  16, 
was  born  in  1844  and  died  October  17,  1885.  He  married  Lucy 
Joyner. 

Issue: — 

121.  Minnie.     Of  whom  presently. 

122.  Lorenzo  d.  1908. 

123.  Verna  m.  Arthur  Giddings,  a  brother  of  Everett  Gid- 
dings,  who  m.  Huldah  Castor,  No.  41. 

124.  Jennie  m.  Jesse  Yerdon,  No.  155. 

125.  Edwin   m.   Eva,   dau.   of  James   Randall.       Issue,   two 
daughters. 

126.  Mabel  m. Smith,  1907. 

45.  Alvin  Castor,  third  son  of  William  Castor,  No.  16,  was 
born  in  1847.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Abraham  Yerdon. 
Now  living  in  Pulaski,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

127.  Lorena  b.  Jan.  12,  1871.     Of  whom  presently. 

128.  Clara  b.  Jan.  23,  1873. 

129.  Al virus  b.  Oct.  12,  1874,  d.  Aug.  14,  1898. 

130.  Ozias  b.  Dec.  20,  1878. 

131.  Lilla  b.  Nov.  14,  1884. 

132.  Leon  b.  Sept.  17,  1892. 

48.  Theodore  Castor,  fourth  son  of  William  Castor,  No.  16, 
was  born  in  1850.     He  married  Lucy  Booth   and   now   lives   near 

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I^acona,  N.  Y. 
Issue : — 

133.  Orlando  b.  circa  1875. 

134.  Eva  m.  Frank  Bovee. 

135.  Clyde  b.  circa  1886. 
■  136.  Belva. 

137.  Mina. 

138.  Blanch. 

139.  Percy. 

140.  Elda. 

141.  Billyword. 

47.  Medora  Castor,  second  daughter  of  William  Castor,  No. 

16,  was  born  in  1853.     She  married  Frank  Joyner  and  now  lives 
in  Redfield,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

142.  Almyrtie  Joyner  b.  1878. 

143.  Marvin  Joyner. 

144.  Grover  Joyner  b.  1890. 

48.  Ophelia  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Chauncey  Castor,  No. 

17,  was  born  April  27,  1840.     She  married  Abraham  Yerdon. 
Issue: — 

145.  Lester  Yerdon  b.  circa  1865,  m.  Clemons.     His 

daughter,  Maude,  m.  Maurice  Castor,  No.  105. 

146.  Eddie  Yerdon.  ^ 

147.  Ella  Yerdon. 
Twins. 

148.  Minnie  Yerdon  m. Munger.     Issue,  Beulah,  who 

m.  Randall. 

149.  Ernest  Yerdon. 

Abraham  Yerdon  married,  after  the  death  of  his  wife, 

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Ophelia,  and  had  children  as  follows:  William,  Norman, 
Jennie  and  Annie. 

49.  Rosina  Castor,  second  dauj^hter  of  Chauncey  Castor,  No. 
17,  was  born  August  28,  1842.     She  married  Moses  Yerdon. 
Issue: — 

150.  Marshall  Yerdon  b.  circa  1868,  m.  Hattie  Castor,  No. 
102. 

151.  Ellsworth  Yerdon. 

152.  Alberta  Yerdon  m.  William  Taplin. 

153.  Pearly  Yerdon  m.  Letta  Castor,  No.  112. 

50.  Emeline  Castor,  third  daughter  of  Chauncey  Castor,  No. 
17,  was  born  February  17,  1848.     She  married  Sylvester  Yerdon. 
Issue: — 

154.  Alberna  Yerdon  b.  circa  1868,  m.  Minnie  Castor,  No. 
121. 

155.  Jesse  Yerdon  m.  Jennie  Castor,  No.  124. 

156.  Arden  Yerden. 

157.  Nellie  Yerden. 

51.  Eveline  Castor,  fourth  daughter  of  Chauncey  Castor,  No. 
17,  was  twin  with  her  sister,  Emeline.    She  married  William  Ward. 

Issue: — 

158.  Lulu  Ward.     Single  in  1908. 

53.  Leroy  Castor,  second  son  of  Chauncey  Castor,  No.  17, 
was  born  January  22,  1851.  He  married  Hattie  Barber.  Living 
near  Redfield,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

159.  Isora  b.  circa  1785,  m.  Streeter.     Issue,  several 

children. 

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160.  Ethel  m.  Arthur  Castor,  No.  104. 

161.  Ruben. 

162.  Edna. 

71.  Janette  Clemons,  eldest  daughter  of  Julia  Castor,  No.  21, 
was  born  in  1840.  She  married  John  Barber  and  now  lives  in 
Greensboro,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

163.  Mary  Barber. 

164.  Hattie  Barber  m.  Leroy  Castor,  No.  53. 

165.  William. 

166.  Erwin. 

167.  Charles. 

168.  Lorenzo. 

169.  Alonzo. 

170.  Bert. 

74.  Nancy  Clemons,  second  daughter  of  Julia  Castor,  No.  21, 
was  born  1845.  She  married  Ephraim  Yerdon.  Nancy  was  of 
great  assistance  in  preparing  this  work. 

Issue: — 

171.  Arthur  Yerdon  m.  Clara  Castor,  No.  103. 

172.  Clara  Yerdon. 

78.  Elsie  Amelia  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Alonzo  Castor, 
No.  24,  was  born  in  Redfield,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  11, 1871.  Married  Pardon 
M.,  son  of  Marshall  Bemis,  of  Ellisburgh,  N.  Y. 

173.  Barbara  I.  Bemis  b.  Mar.  4,  1896. 

174.  Esther  Bemis  b.  Mar.  27,  1900. 

79.  Phila  Irene  Castor,  second  daughter  of  Alonzo  Castor, 
No.  24,  was  born  September  8,  1873,  in  Redfield,  N.  Y.     Married 

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Elmer  Hewitt  and  lives  in  Weedsport,  N.  Y. 
Issue: — 

175.  Lillian  Irene  Hewitt  b.  vScpt.  14,  1901. 

176.  Olive  Margaret  Hewitt  b.  Dec.  12,  1904. 

177.  Edith  Henrietta  Hewitt  b.  1907. 

80.     Stephen  Robilliarci  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Alonzo  Castor, 
No.  24,  was  born  July  17,  1876.     Married  Caroline,  daughter  of 
Leroy  Crim.     Now  living  104  Whittier  Avenue,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Connected  with  the  Franklin  Auto  Company. 
Issue : — 

178.  Helen  Beatrice  Castor  b.  Jan.  10,  1904. 

82.  Henry  A.  Jean  Castor,  second  son  of  Alonzo  Castor,  No. 
24,  was  born  April  16,  1882,  in  Victor  Township,  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Married  S.  Caroline,  daughter  of  John  Miller,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Now  living  in  Eulton,  N.  Y.  Connected  with  the  State  Engineers' 
Department. 

Issue : — 

179.  John  Gilbert  Baird  Castor  b.  Dec.  16,  1909. 

83.  Joseph  Gilbert  Castor,  third  son  of  Alonzo  Castor,  No. 
24,  was  born  November  4,  1884,  in  Victor  Township,  Cayuga  Co., 
N.  Y.  Married  February  2,  1910,  Jessie  Cox,  of  Jordan,  N.  Y. 
Joseph  lives  in  Jordan,  N.  Y.,  and  is  connected  with  the  Franklin 
Auto  Company  of  Syracuse. 

86.  Frederick  Castor,  second  son  of  Orlando  Castor,  No.  25, 
was  born  in  1872.     Married  Josephine  O'Rielly. 

Issue : — 

180.  Anna  Isabelle  b.  1905. 

87.  Lily  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Orlando  Castor,  No.  25, 

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was  born  1874.  Married  Frank  Chapman  and  lives  in  Auburn,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

181.  Neal  Burdett  Chapman  b.  Nov.  14, 1894. 

182.  Damon  Webster  Chapman  b.  Mar.  4,  1896. 

183.  Howard  Dewitt  Chapman  b.  Sept.  9,  1899. 

90.     Pearl  Castor,  fourth  daughter  of  Orlando  Castor,  No.  25, 
was  born  1879.     She  married Timeison. 

Issue: — 

184.  Nellie  Timeison  b.  May,  1901. 

185.  Paul  Timeison  b.  Oct.  21,  1904. 

121.     Minnie  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Wallace  Castor,  No. 
44,  married  Alberna  Yerdon,  No.  154. 

Issue : — 

186.  Edwin  Yerdon  b.  1892. 

127.     Lorena  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Alvin  Castor,  No.  45, 
was  born  January  12,  1871.     Married  Myron  Clemons. 
Issue: — 

187.  Herman  Clemons  b.  1904. 


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CHRISTOPHER   CASTOR,   No.    3,   AND   HIS 

DESCENDANTS. 

Christopher  Castor,  second  son  of  John  Castorer,  No.  1,  was 
born  January  31,  1774,  and  died  September  18,  1840,  and  was  bur- 
ied in  the  Ford  Cemetery,  Red  Creek,  New  York.  He  married, 
previous  to  1795,  in  Herkimer  County,  New  York,  Eunice  Wilson. 
His  descendants  spell  their  name  with  an  e  instead  of  an  o,  as  has 
already  been  noted. 

Issue : — 

188.  Louisa  b.  July  12,  1796.     Of  whom  presently. 

189.  Ira  b.  Feb.  22,  1798.     Of  whom  presently. 

190.  Belinda  b.  Mar.  27,  1800.     Of  whom  presently. 

191.  Chester.     Record  lost.     Was  a  bachelor. 

192.  Sophia.     No  record.     Of  whom  presently. 

193.  Julia  b.  1808,  d.  Dec.  25,  1860.     Spinster. 

188.  Louisa  Caster,  eldest  daughter  of  Christopher  Castor, 
No.  3,  was  born  July  12,  1796,  and  died  August  23,  1871.  She  mar- 
ried, in  1816,  John  Ford,  who  was  born  January  20,  1792,  and  died 
January  9,  1887. 

Issue : — 

194.  Eunice  Angeline  Ford  b.  March  25,  1817. 

195.  Lucy  Maria  Ford  b.  July  10,  1819,  d.  Aug.  24,  1882. 

196.  Calvin  C.  Ford  b.  Oct.  24,  1823. 

197.  Louisa  Jane  Ford  b.  Mar.  21,  1827. 

198.  Amanzo  Ford  b.  Nov.  17,  1832. 

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189.  Ira  Caster,  eldest  son  of  Christopher  Castor,  No.  3,  was 
born  February  22,  1798.  He  married  Elizabeth  Granger,  who  was 
born  April  11,  1794,  and  died  May  17,  1877. 

Issue: — 

199.  Cynthia  b.  July  19,  1820.     Of  whom  presently. 

200.  Leonard  b.  May  20,  1822.     Of  whom  presently. 

201.  Lovina  b.  Nov.  6,  1823,  d.  Oct.  3,  1842. 

202.  Cuyler  b.  Nov.  27,  1825.     Of  whom  presently. 

203.  Esther  b.  Sept.  25,  1827.     Of  whom  presently. 

204.  Julia  b.  Dec.  9,  1829.     Of  whom  presently. 

205.  Willard  b.  Jan.  29,  1833.     Of  whom  presently. 

190.  Belinda  Caster,  second  daughter  of  Christopher  Castor, 
No.  3,  was  born  March  27,  1800.  She  married  John  Caywood,  who 
was  born  March  25,  1799,  and  died  December,  1878. 

Issue: — 

206.  Louise  Caywood. 

207.  Emeline  Caywood. 

208.  Christopher  Caywood. 

209.  Charles  Caywood. 

210.  Ruth  Caywood. 

211.  Eunice  Caywood. 

212.  Alonzo  Caywood. 

213.  Sarah  Caywood. 

214.  William  Caywood. 

215.  Norman  Caywood. 

216.  Manville  Caywood. 

217.  Agusta  Caywood. 

218.  Ira  Caster  Caywood. 

All  born  between  1822  and  1849  in  Wayne  and  Cayuga 
Counties,  New  York. 


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192.  Sophia   Caster,  third  daughter  of  Christopher  Castor, 
No.  3,  married  Chamberlain  Fuller. 
Issue: — 

219.  Adon  Fuller. 

220.  Belinda  Fuller. 

221.  Sarepta  Fuller. 

222.  John  Fuller. 

199.  Cynthia  Caster,  eldest  daughter  of  Ira  Caster,  No.  189, 
was  born  July  19,  1820.  She  married.  May  8,  1842,  George  W.  D. 
Churchill. 

Issue: — 

223.  Emma  Churchill.     Of  whom  presently. 

200.  Leonard  Caster,  eldest  son  of  Ira  Caster,  No.  189,  was 
born  May  20,  1822.  He  lived  in  Red  Creek,  N.  Y.  Married,  1853, 
Harriett  Quivey. 

Issue: — 

224.  Frank  b.  May  20,  1855,  d.  unmarried. 

225.  Albert  b.  May  26,  1857,  d.  in  infancy. 

226.  Charles  L.  b.  Dec.  17,  1858.     Of  whom  presently. 

227.  Laura  b.  Nov.  12,  1860,  m.  Nov.  15,  1893,  James  Taylor. 
No  issue. 

228.  Rhoda  b.  Feb.  26,  1863.     Of  whom  presently. 

229.  Sarah  b.  Jan.  16,  1866,  m.  Mar.  8,  1893,  Walter  Mack. 
No  issue. 

230.  Frederick  b.  Mar.  15,  1868.     Of  whom  presently. 

231.  Ira  b.  Oct.  14,  1870.     Of  whom  presently. 

232.  Erwin  b.  Aug.  12,  1873.     Of  whom  presently. 

233.  Mate  b.  Nov.  14,  1874.     Of  whom  presently. 

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202.  Cuyler  Caster,  second  son  of  Ira  Caster,  No.  189,  was 
born  November  27,  1825.  He  married,  May  4,  1848,  Ellen  Jane 
Gought. 

Issue: — 

234.  Harriet  Adelia  b.  May  22,  1853.     Of  whom  presently. 

235.  Stephen  b.  Aug.  20,  1855.     Of  whom  presently. 

236.  George  b.  1860.     Of  whom  presently. 

203.  Esther  Caster,  third  daughter  of  Ira  Caster,  No.  189, 
was  born  September  25,  1827.  She  married,  May  1,  1850,  Loron 
Gray. 

Issue: — 

237.  Adelaide  Gray. 

238.  Juliette  Gray. 

239.  Willard  Gray,  Secretary  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  Haverhill,  Mass. 

240.  Clarissa  Gray. 

204.  Julia  Caster,  fourth  daughter  of  Ira  Caster,  No.  189,  was 
born  December  9,  1829.  She  married,  October  24,  1850,  William 
Moffet. 

Issue: — 

241.  Lovina  Moffet  b.  July  15,  1851,  m.  William  McMullen. 
Living  in  Red  Creek,  N.  Y. 

242.  Phoebe  Moffet  b.  Oct.  31,  1856,  d.  Sept.  11,  1865. 

205.  Willard  Caster,  third  son  of  Ira  Caster,  No.  189,  was 
born  January  29, 1833.     He  married  Clara  Bunce. 

Issue: — 

243.  Caroline  b.  1865,  d.  Oct.  17,  1904. 

244.  Arthur  Everett  b.  Sept.  12,  1867,  d.  Feb.  24,  1869. 

245.  Edward  G.  b.  May  2,  1869.     Of  whom  presently. 

246.  Nora  Belle  b.  May  11,  1873. 

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247.  Arthur  Leverne  b.  1878. 

248.  Maude  b.  Jan.  21,  1887. 

223.  Emma  Churchill,  daughter  of  Cynthia  Caster,  No.  199, 
and  George  W.  D.  Churchill,  married,  January  26,  1870,  Alfred  W. 
Hayes.     Mrs.  Hayes  resides  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Issue: — 

249.  Alfred  C.  Hayes  b.  April  24,  1872,  d.  May  10,  1872. 

226.  Charles  L.  Caster,  third  son  of  Leonard  Caster,  No.  200, 
was  born  December  17,  1858.  He  married,  March  11,  1883,  Jennie 
Wells. 

Issue: — 

250.  Flossie  b.  Oct.  30,  1885. 

251.  Nelsen  b.  Jan.  10,  1887. 

252.  Wells  b.  Jan.  7,  1893. 

253.  Bois  b.  Apr.  5,  1897. 

254.  Ruth  b.  Oct.  5,  1902. 

228.  Rhoda  Caster,  second  daughter  of  Leonard  Caster,  No. 
200,  was  born  November  12,  1860.  She  married  first,  1880,  C. 
Quivey,  who  died  1889.  Married  second,  February  26,  1891,  Ells- 
worth Spoor.     No  issue  by  first  husband. 

Issue: — 

255.  Glenn  Spoor. 

256.  Roy  Spoor. 

257.  Esther  Spoor. 

258.  Gladys  Spoor. 

259.  Harriet  Spoor. 

230.  Frederick  Caster,  fourth  son  of  Leonard  Caster,  No. 
200,  was  born  March  15,  1868.     He  married,  October  18,  1899, 

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Mabel  Blain. 

Issue: — 

260.  Jesse  Herbert  b.  June,  1902. 

261.  Frank  Abram  b.  March,  1905. 

231.  Ira  Caster,  fifth  son  of  Leonard  Caster,  No.  200,  was 
born  October  4,  1870.    He  married,  January  19,  1902,  Agnes  Miner. 

Issue : — 

262.  Doris  b.  1903. 

263.  Carl  b.  1905. 

264.  A  son. 

232.  Erwin  Caster,  sixth  son  of  Leonard  Caster,  No.  200,  was 
born  August  12,  1873.  He  married,  October  27,  1897,  Myrtle 
Ridgway. 

Issue: — 

265.  Alice  b.  1900. 

233.  Mate  Caster,  fourth  daughter  of  Leonard  Caster,  No. 
200,  was  born  November  14,  1874.     She  married,  November  24, 
1901,  William  Devoll,  and  now  lives  in  Wolcott,  New  York, 
Issue: — 

266.  Leonard  Devoll  b.  June,  1903. 

234.  Harriet  Adelia  Caster,  eldest  daughter  of  Cuyler  Cas- 
ter, No.  202,  was  born  May  22,  1853.     She  married,  February  8, 
1872,  M.  H.  Fenn,  and  is  now  living  in  Wolcott,  New  York. 
Issue: — 

267.  Marion  Fenn  b.  Sept.,  1874. 

235.  Stephen  Caster,  eldest  son  of  Cuyler  Caster,  No.  202, 
was  born  August  20,  1855.     He  married,  December  21,  1876,  Ida 

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Wadsworth,  and  is  now  living  in  Wolcott,  New  York. 

Issue: — 

268.  Howard  b.  August  2,  1879. 

269.  Wilber  b.  March  5,  1881. 

270.  Gillett  b.  April  28,  1887. 

236.  George  Caster,  second  son  of  Cuyler  Caster,  No.  202, 
was  born  in  1860.  He  married,  April,  1879,  Edith  Sedore,  and  now 
lives  in  Wolcott,  New  York. 

Issue: — 

271.  Everett  b.  Oct.  31,  1879. 

272.  Lester  b.  Oct.  6,  1883. 

273.  Ellen  b.  Oct.  27, 1884,  d.  Sept.  6,  1885. 

274.  Fannie  b.  August  17,  1887. 

245.  Edward  Caster,  second  son  of  Willard  Caster,  No.  205, 
was  born  May  2,  1869.  He  married,  December  24,  1897,  Edith 
Hersey. 

Issue: — 

275.  Edward  Caster  b.  Sept.  14,  1898. 


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EZRA  CASTOR,  No.  5,  AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

Ezra  Castor,  third  son  of  John  Castorer,  No.  1,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1878.     He  married,  September  28,  1800,  Rhoda,  daughter 
of  John  Whiting.     The  marriage  took  place  in  Oswego  County, 
New  York,  and  shortly  afterward  they  moved  to  Michigan. 
Issue : — 

276.  Christopher  Caster  b.  June  25,  1801.  Of  whom  pres- 
ently. 

277.  Abigail  Caster  b.  Feb.  6,  1803.     Of  whom  presently. 

278.  Horace  Caster  b.  Feb.  13,  1806,  m.  Dec.  6,  1835,  Mar- 
garet Anderson.  No  further  record.  Believed  to  have 
left  a  family  in  Michigan. 

279.  Celinda  Caster  b.  Dec.  8,  1808.     Of  whom  presently. 

280.  Charity  Caster  b.  March  19,  1811.     Of  whom  presently. 

281.  Ezra  Caster  b.  Sept.  20,  1814.     Of  whom  presently. 

282.  George  Caster  b.  Apr.  8,  1816.     Of  whom  presently. 

283.  Harvey  Caster  b.  Sept.  14,  1819.     Of  whom  presently. 

284.  Henry  Caster  b.  Sept.  23,  1823.     Of  whom  presently. 

285.  Lurinda  b.  July  23,  1826,  d.  April  9,  1834. 

276.  Christopher  Caster,  eldest  son  of  Ezra  Caster,  No.  5, 
was  born  June  25,  1801.  He  married,  June  27,  1821,  Mary  Hen- 
dricks. 

Issue: — 

286.  Adeline  b.  1822,  d.  1822. 

287.  Abigail  b.  1824.     Of  whom  presently. 

288.  Wesley  S.  b.  June  29,  1826.     Of  whom  presently. 

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289.  Lovina  I.  b.  July  27,  1828.     Of  whom  presently. 

290.  Rhoda  A.  b.  August  23,  1830.     Of  whom  presently. 

291.  Catherine  C.  b.  Jan.  26,  1833.     Of  whom  presently. 

292.  Elisha  E.  b.  Mar.  19,  1835.     Of  whom  presently. 

293.  Albert  H.  b.  February  24,  1838,  m.  Marrila  Wheeler. 
Veteran  of  Civil  War.     No  known  issue. 

294.  Lawton  C.  b.  Sept.  3,  1840.     Of  whom  presently. 

295.  Marvina  A.  b.  Feb.  1,  1842.     Of  whom  presently. 

277.  Abigail  Caster,  eldest  daughter  of  Ezra  Castor,  No.  5, 
was  born  February  6,  1803.     She  married  Peter  Hendricks. 

Issue: — 

296.  Simon  Hendricks. 

297.  Lucius  Hendricks. 

298.  Willard  Hendricks. 

299.  Rhoda  Hendricks. 

300.  Celinda  Hendricks. 

301.  Amelia  Hendricks. 

302.  Eliza  Hendricks. 

303.  Ophelia  Hendricks. 

279.  Celinda  Caster,  second  daughter  of  Ezra  Castor,  No.  5, 
was  born  December  8,  1808.     She  married  Uriah  Marsh. 

Issue: — 

304.  Rhoda  Marsh,  now  Mrs.  Rhoda  Buck,  Camden,  Michi- 
gan. 

280.  Charity  Castor,  third  daughter  of  Ezra  Castor,  No.  5, 
was  born  March  19,  1811.  She  married  first,  George  Brundson, 
and  second,  Ezra  Barnes.     She  died  June  3,  1884. 

Issue : — 

305.  Alletha  Barnes  b.  1850,  d.  1879. 

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306.  Myron  E.  Barnes  b.  1854,  m.  Clarissa  .     Issue, 

Floyd  A.  and  Adelbert  H.  Barnes,  born  1878  and  1888. 

281.  Ezra  Caster,  third  son  of  Ezra  Castor,  No.  5,  was  born 
September  20,  1814.  He  married,  January  17, 1839,  Eleanor  Hand, 
and  died  December  3, 1847. 

Issue: — 

307.  Charles.     Record  lost. 

308.  Harriet.     Deceased. 

282.  George  Caster,  fourth  son  of  Ezra  Castor,  No.  5,  was 
born  April  18,  1816.  He  married,  April  20,  1839,  Clarissa  Andrus. 
Issue: — 

309.  Amos  B.  b.  1840. 

310.  Elon  A.  b.  1842.     Of  whom  presently. 

311.  G.  Dallas  b.  1848.     Of  whom  presently. 

312.  Emily  P.  b.  1852.     Of  whom  presently. 

313.  Chandler  D.  b.  1854.     Of  whom  presently. 

283.  Harvey  Caster,  fifth  son  of  Ezra  Castor,  No.  5,  was  born 
September  14,  1819.  He  married,  February  24,  1846,  Amanda 
Perham.     They  lived  in  Wolverine,  Mich. 

Issue: — 

314.  Marian  b.  1845. 

315.  Ida  b.  1847. 

316.  Lydia  b.  1849. 

317.  Wellington  b.  1853.     Living  in  Saskatchawan,  Canada. 

318.  Harriet  b.  1856. 

284.  Henry  Horatio  Caster,  sixth  son  of  Ezra  Castor,  No.  5, 
was  born  September  23,  1823.  He  married,  March  27,  1845,  iij 
Galen,  Wayne  County,  New  York,  Clarissa  Hand.  He  died  June 
6,  1899. 

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Issue: — 

319.  Richmond  Ezra  b.  Wayne  County,  N.  Y.,  1851.  Lives 
in  Hackley,  Vilas  Co.,  Wisconsin.     No  issue. 

320.  Byrom  M.  b.  Wayne  County,  N.  Y.,  1861.     Of  whom 
presently. 

287.  Abigail  Caster,  second  daughter  of  Christopher  Caster, 
No.  276,  was  born  in  1824.     She  married  William  Owens. 

Issue : — 

321.  Melissa  Owens. 

322.  Loretta  Owens. 

323.  Albert  Owens. 

324.  Hattie  Owens. 

288.  Wesley  S.  Caster,  eldest  son  of  Christopher  Caster,  No. 
276,  was  born  June  29,  1826.  He  married  first,  Cordelia  Sherman, 
by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  He  married  second,  Adelia  Blowers. 
Wesley  died  April  19,  1883. 

Issue: — 

325.  Dewitt  b.  1859.     Of  whom  presently. 

326.  Emma  b.  1861.     Lives  in  Holly,  Mich. 

327.  Edwin  b.  1863.     Lives  (1910)  in  Virginia, 

328.  Eldora  b.  1865.     Lives  in  Bay  City,  Mich. 

329.  Alice  b.  1867.     Lives  in  Fhnt,  Mich. 

330.  Ira  b.  1869.     Lives  in  Linden,  Mich. 

289.  Lovina  Caster,  third  daughter  of  Christopher  Caster, 
No.  276,  was  born  July  27,  1828.  She  married  Abner  Sanders  and 
died  March,  1901. 

Issue: — 

331.  Jane  Sanders. 

332.  Emma  Sanders. 

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333.  Rhoda  Sanders. 

334.  Hattie  Sanders. 

335.  William  Sanders. 

290.  Rhoda  A.  Caster,  fourth  daughter  of  Christopher  Caster, 
No.  276,  was  born  August  23,  1830.  She  married  David  Foster 
and  died  November  21,  1854. 

Issue : — 

336.  Franklin  Foster. 

337.  Riley  Foster. 

291.  Catherine  C.  Caster,  fifth  daughter  of  Christopher  Cas- 
ter, No.  276,  w^as  born  January  26,  1833.  She  married  Elisha  Mott 
and  now  lives  in  Holly,  Mich. 

Issue: — 

338.  Eugene  Mott. 

339.  Christopher  Mott. 

340.  Rosallie  Mott. 

341.  Minna  Mott. 

342.  Dora  Mott. 

292.  Elisha  E.  Caster,  second  son  of  Christopher  Caster,  No. 
276,  was  born  March  19,  1835.  He  married  first,  Harriet  Whit- 
beck,  by  whom  he  had  no  issue.  He  married  second,  Harriet  Wil- 
bur. They  live  in  Plymouth,  Michigan,  where  he  is  Minister  of 
the  M.  E.  Church. 

Issue: — 

343.  Arthur  b.  1867. 

344.  Ella  b.  1869,  m.  Prof.  S.  Burnham.     Now  living  in  West 
Chester,  Pa. 

345.  Florence  b.  1873. 

346.  Wilbur  b.  1879.     Of  whom  presently. 

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294.  Lawton  C.  Caster,  fourth  son  of  Christopher  Caster,  No. 
276,  was  born  September  3,  1840.  He  married  Lydia  Crosby  and 
now  Hves  in  Eastwood,  Mich. 

Issue: — 

347.  Frederick  b.  1870. 

348.  WilHam  b.  1872. 

349.  Harry  b.  1874. 

350.  Lilly  b.  1877. 

351.  Anna. 

352.  Iva. 

353.  Herbert  b.  1884. 

295.  Marvina  Caster,  fifth  daughter  of  Christopher  Caster, 
No.  276,  was  born  February  1,  1842.  She  married  William  Shook, 
and  died  February  12,  1906. 

Issue: — 

354.  Kittie  Shook. 

310.  Elon  A.  Caster,  second  son  of  George  Caster,  No.  282, 
was  born  in  1842.     Living  in  Dowiagiac,  Mich. 

Issue: — 

355.  Edith  b.  circa  1879. 

311.  G.  Dallas  Caster,  third  son  of  George  Caster,  No.  282, 
was  born  in  1848.     Living  in  Dowiagiac,  Mich. 

Issue: — 

356.  Veva. 

357.  King  b.  circa  1880. 

312.  Emily  P.  Caster,  eldest  daughter  of  George  Caster,  No. 
282,  was  born  in  1852.  She  married Rolf.  Living  in  Dow- 
iagiac, Mich. 

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Issue: — 

358.  Jennie  C.  Rolf. 

313.  Chandler  D.  Caster,  fourth  son  of  George  Castor,  No. 
282,  was  born  in  1854.     He  lives  in  Dowiagiac,  Mich. 

Issue: — 

359.  Hazel  b.  1884. 

320.  Byrom  M.  Caster,  second  son  of  Henry  Horatio  Caster, 
No.  284,  was  born  in  Wayne  County,  N.  Y.,  1861.  He  married 
Diana  I.  Bement  and  now  lives  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

360.  Helen  M.  b.  1890. 

361.  Julian  H.  b.  1892. 

362.  Frederick  B.  b.  1897. 

325.  Dewitt  Caster,  eldest  son  of  Wesley  S.  Caster,  No.  288, 
was  born  in  1859.  He  married  in  1883,  and  now  lives  in  Holly, 
Mich. 

Issue: — 

363.  Ina  b.  1885. 

364.  Clara  b.  1887. 

346.  Wilbur  Caster,  second  son  of  Elisha  E.  Caster,  No.  292, 
was  born  in  1879.  He  is  married  and  is  Pastor  of  a  Church  in  De- 
troit, Mich. 

Issue: — 

365.  Eleanor  Ruth  b.  Detroit,  Mich.,  Nov.  22,  1908. 


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RUFUS  CASTOR,  No.  7,  AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

Rufus  Castor,  fifth  son  of  John  Castorer,  No.  1,  was  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1782.  He  married  Anna  Young  and  died  circa  1862.  His 
children  were  all  born  in  Oneida  and  Oswego  Counties,  New  York. 

Issue: — 

366.  Cornelia  m.  Nelson  Swinney.     Children  all  died  young. 

367.  Maria  m.  MacKumber.     Issue,  four  children,  d. 

Detroit,  Mich.,  1852. 

368.  Surinda  m.  Henry  Maginess,  d.  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y. 

369.  Joseph  d.  age  three  years. 

370.  Emily  m.  first,  James,  and  second,  Asa  Robson.  No 
further  record. 

371.  James.  Said  to  have  died  in  Collinswood,  Canada,  West. 
Left  a  large  family,  but  have  failed  to  locate  them.  James 
w^as  born  about  1818. 

372.  Harvey  b.  circa  1820,  m.  Elmira  Heathe,  of  Rosse,  N.  Y. 
Supposed  to  have  died  in  Missouri,  leaving  a  family. 

373.  Matilda  b.  circa  1823,  m.  Albert  Porter.  Issue,  Albert, 
Frederick  and  Frank  Porter. 

374.  Charity  b.  circa  1825.     Married Mott.     Charity 

Mott  was  living,  in  1909,  at  90  Williams  Avenue,  De- 
troit, Mich.  A  letter  addressed  to  her  in  January,  1910, 
failed  to  find  her.  She  has  a  son  in  Lansing,  Mich.,  one 
in  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  a  daughter  in  Chicago. 


XXXUl 


RODOLPHUS  CASTOR,  No.  8,  AND  HIS  DESCENDANTS. 

Rodolphus  Castor,  sixth  son  of  John  Castorer,  No.  1,  was  born 
December  4, 1784,  and  died  August  24,  1864.     He  married  Amanda 
Wilson.     All  of  his  children  were  born  and  raised  in  the  town  of 
Florence,  Oneida  County,  N.  Y. 
Issue: — 

375.  Nancy  b.  1813,  m.  Ackerman,  d.  Oswego  Co., 

N.  Y.,  1878.     No  issue. 

376.  Alva  H.  b.  1815,  d.  Mannsville,  N.  Y.,  1880.     No  known 
issue. 

377.  Almira  d.  Fowler,  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y. 

378.  Malvina.     Of  whom  presently. 

379.  Henry  James  b.  1823.     Of  whom  presently. 

380.  Achsah.     Of  whom  presently. 

381.  Theodore  Wilson.     Of  whom  presently. 

382.  Cleantha  m. Purdy.     Living  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

378.  Malvina  Castor,  third  daughter  of  Rodolphus  Castor, 

No.  8,  married  Balcom.     She  died  in  Juinetta,  Nebraska, 

1880. 

Issue: — 

383.  James  Balcom.     Living  in  Holbrook,  Neb. 

384.  AlHe.     Living  in  Juinetta,  Neb.,  m. Hogg. 

379.  Henry  James  Castor,  second  son  of  Rodolphus  Castor, 
No.  8,  was  born  in  1823  and  died  in  Pine  River,  Wis.,  1909. 
Issue: — 

385.  Edwin  b.  1850,  d.  Pine  River,  Wis.,  1890. 

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386.  Delora  b.  1851,  d.  1886. 

387.  Herbert  b.  1858.     Is  a  teacher  and  lives  in  Lacresc.ent, 
Minn. 

380.  Achsah   Castor,  third  daughter  of  Rodolphus   Castor, 

No.  8.  married  first,  Davidson;  second,  Montague. 

She  died  in  BerHn,  Wisconsin,  1870. 

Issue: — ■ 

388.  Henry  Davidson.     Living  in  West  Superior,  Wis. 

389.  Achsah  S.     Living  in  Waupaca,  Wisconsin. 

381.  Theodore  Wilson  Castor,  third  son  of  Rodolphus  Cas- 
tor, No.  8,  married  twice,  by  his  first  wife,  Sarah  Hampsen,  whom 
he  married  in  Waupaca,  Wisconsin,  and  who  died  in  1863,  he  had — 

Issue: — 

390.  Winnifred  b.  Mar.  5,  1861.     Of  whom  presently. 

391.  Libbie  Sarah  b.  1863,  d.  1864. 

By  his  second  wife,  Mary  McKittrick,  of  Berlin,  Wiscon- 
sin, whom  he  married  August  19,  1866,  he  had — 
Issue: — 

392.  Hugh  W.  b.  1867,  d.  1879. 

393.  John  H.  b.  1869,  d.  1879. 

394.  Mark  Twain  b.  Oct.  23,  1871.     Of  whom  presently. 

395.  Sarah  Agnes  b.  April  14,  1873. 

396.  Mary  Elizabeth  b.  Nov.  15,  1875. 

397.  Margaret  Anna  b.  Aug.  11,  1878. 

398.  Nellie  Jane  b.  Dec.  28,  1880. 

399.  Charles  Henry  b.  July  18,  1884. 

390.     Winnifred  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Theodore  Wilson 
Castor,  No.  381,  was  born  March  5,  1861.     She  married  John  Owen 

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Johnson  and  now  lives  in  Underwood,  Iowa. 

Issue: — 

400.  John  C.  Johnson  b.  1898. 

401.  Charles  W.  Johnson  b.  1900. 

402.  Ralph  Chester  Johnson  b.  1902. 

403.  Clarence  F.  Johnson  b.  1904. 

394.  Mark  Twain  Castor,  third  son  of  Theodore  Wilson  Cas- 
tor, No.  381,  by  his  second  wife,  was  born  Oct.  23,  1871.  He  mar- 
ried, September  23,  1900,  in  Wahoo,  Nebraska,  Elizabeth  Watson. 
They  reside  in  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Issue: — 

404.  Margaret  Mae  b.  Sept.  10,  1901. 

405.  Delia  Francis  b.  Mar.  1,  1903. 


XXXVl 


IRA   CASTOR,   No.   9,   AND   HIS    DESCENDANTS. 

Ira  Castor,  seventh  son  of  John  Castorer,  No.  1,  was  born  May 

22,  1787.  He  married  Chloe  Loomis,  in  Redfield,  Oswego  County, 
New  York,  January  28,  1812.     He  died  April  2,  1866. 
Issue: — 

406.  WilHam  Hervey  b.  April  22,  1813.     Of  whom  presently. 

407.  Charles  Henry  b.  Feb.  19,  1816,     Of  whom  presently. 

408.  Charles  Angeline  b.  Jan.  24,  1818.     Of  whom  presently. 

409.  George  Sherman  b.  Sept.  6,  1820.     Of  whom  presently. 

410.  Mary  Ann  b.  Aug.  6,  1822.     Of  whom  presently. 

411.  Charlotte  Maria  b.  Aug.  24,  1824.     Of  whom  presently. 

412.  Chester  Loomis  b.  Sept.  18,  1827.     Of  whom  presently. 

413.  Olive  Alvira  b.  May  5,  1830.     Of  whom  presently. 

414.  Sarah  Jane  b.  Nov.  29,  1834.     Of  whom  presently. 

406.  William  Hervey  Castor,  eldest  son  of  Ira  Castor,  No.  9, 
was  born  in  Redfield,  N.  Y.,  April  22,  1813.  He  married  Ellen, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hubbard. 

Issue: — 

415.  Laura  E.  b.  Nov.  15,  1844.     Of  whom  presently. 

416.  Herbert  E.  b.  April  22,  1849.     Of  whom  presently. 

407.  Charles  Henry  Castor,  second  son  of  Ira  Castor,  No.  9, 
was  born  in  Redfield,  February  19,  1816.  He  married  Abbie, 
daughter  of  Timothy  Cornwall. 

Issue: — 

417.  Charles  Henry  b.  1845.     Of  whom  presently. 

418.  Edwin  I.  b.  1847.     Of  whom  presently. 

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408.  Eliza  Angeline  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  Ira  Castor, 
No.  9,  was  born  in  Redfield,  Jan'y  24,  1818.    She  married  Welcome 
Daniel  Marshall,  and  died  in  Springvale,  Wisconsin,  1872. 
Issue: — 

419.  Lucretia  A.  Marshall  b.  June  25,  1839,  in  LaMartine, 
Wis. 

420.  William  George  Marshall  b.  Af ay  25,  1842,  at  Lime,  N.Y. 

421.  Sherman  Q.  Marshall  b.  Sept.  3,  1846,  in  Oakheld,  Wis. 

422.  Leverna  Adella  Marshall  b.  May  4,  1850,  in  LaMartine, 
Wis. 

423.  Chloe  Jane  Marshall  b.  Mar.  7,  1853,  in  LaMartine,  Wis. 

409.  George  Sherman  Castor,  third  son  of  Ira  Castor,  No.  9, 
was  born   September  6,   1820,   in   Redfield.     He  married   Esther, 
daughter  of  Levi  Washburn,  and  died  in  Orwell,  N.  Y.,  1874. 
Issue: — 

424.  George  Levi  b.   May  10,  1850,  in  Adams,  N.  Y.     Of 
whom  presently. 

425.  Levernia  A.  b.  Jan.  16,  1857,  in  Wisconsin.     Of  whom 
presently. 

426.  Henry  Adorna  b.  July  13,  1858,  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.     Of 
whom  presently. 

427.  Martha  Ella  b.  Aug.  10,  1860,  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.     Of 
whom  presently. 

428.  Edgar  Ellsworth  b.  Sept.  6, 1862,  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.     Of 
whom  presently. 

429.  Laura  Amelia  b.  April  28,  1868,  in  Orwell,  N.  Y.     Of 
whom  presently. 

410.  Mary  Ann  Castor,  second  daughter  of  Ira  Castor,  No.  9, 
was  born  August  6, 1822.  She  married  William,  son  of  Ralph  Hafif, 
of  Johnstown,  N.  Y. 


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Issue: — 

430.  George  E.  Haff  b.  1847,  Cape  Vincent,  N.  Y.     Living  in 
Red  Granite,  Wis. 

431.  Ella  Haff  b.  1851  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.,  d.  1877,  Brandon, 
Wis. 

432.  Minnie  Haff  b.  1859  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y. 

411.  Charlotte  Maria  Castor,  third  daughter  of  Ira  Castor, 
No.  9,  was  born  Aug.  24,  1824.  She  married  Henry  A.,  son  of  Al- 
vah  Parker. 

Issue: — 

433.  Evelyn  L.  Parker  b.  1849,  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.,  d.  1881, 
Pierpont  Manor,  N.  Y. 

434.  Charles  H.  Parker  b.  1862,  Rome,  N.  Y.,  d.  1894,  Rome, 

N.  Y. 

412.  Chester  Loomis  Castor,  fourth  son  of  Ira  Castor,  No.  9. 
w^as  born  September  18,  1827. 

Issue: — 

435.  Adelbert.     Has  a  family  and  resides  in  lov^a. 

413.  Olive  Alvira  Castor,  fourth  daughter  of  Ira  Castor,  No. 
9,  v^as  born  May  5,  1830.  She  married  Jerome  R.,  son  of  Joseph 
Allen. 

Issue: — 

436.  Adelaide  E.  Allen  b.  1857,  Cape  Vincent,  N.  Y. 

437.  Herbert  H.  Allen  b.  1859,  Pierpont  Manor,  N.  Y.,  d.  in 
infancy. 

414.  Sarah  Jane  Castor,  fifth  daughter  of  Ira  Castor,  No.  9, 
was  born  November  29, 1834.  She  married  John  G.,  son  of  Antony 
Tripp. 

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Issue: — 

438.  Mary  Francis  Tripp  b.  1864,  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.,  d.  1885, 
Grange  Co.,  Ohio. 

439.  Claude  Eugene  Tripp  b.  1866,  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.,  d. 
1900,  Cherokee  Co.,  Iowa. 

415.  Laura  E.  Castor,  only  daughter  of  William  Hervey  Cas- 
tor, No.  406,  was  born  November  15,  1844,  on  the  Northern  Penin- 
sula of  Michigan.  She  married  Edgar  H.,  son  of  H.  D.  Gallup. 
They  live  in  Niles,  Michigan. 

Issue: — 

440.  Arthur  H.  Gallup  b.  Oct.  11,  1885,  in  Niles,  Mich. 

416.  Herbert  E.  Castor,  only  son  of  William  Hervey  Castor, 
No.  406,  was  born  in  Green  Bay,  Wisconsin,  April  22,  1849.  He 
married  Nellie,  daughter  of  James  Stuart,  of  Chicago. 

Issue: — 

441.  H.  Earle  b.  Mar.  13,  1886,  Chicago,  111. 

442.  Cherry  F.  b.  Mar.  4,  1892,  Chicago,  111. 

443.  Hazel  E.  b.  Mar.  20,  1895,  Chicago,  111. 

417.  Charles  Henry  Castor,  elder  son  of  Charles  Henry  Cas- 
tor, No.  407,  was  born  in  1845.  He  married  first,  Emmeline  A. 
Buell,  in  1867,  who  died  in  1881.  Married  second,  Marion  Ackley, 
in  1882.  Living  in  the  Wardell  Settlement,  Jefferson  County,  N.Y. 
Issue: — 

444.  Minnie  b.  1875,  m.  Bert  Wiswell. 

418.  Edwin  I.  Castor,  second  son  of  Charles  Henry  Castor, 
No.  407,  was  born  in  1847. 

Issue: — 

445.  Letta  b.  circa  1875,  m.  Charles  Cooper.     Living  in  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.     Has  two  sons. 

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424.  George  Levi  Castor,  eldest  son  of  George  Sherman  Cas- 
tor, No.  409,  was  born  in  Adams,  N.  Y.,  May  10,  1850.  He  married 
Lizzie  J.  Salisbury,  of  Orwell,  N.  Y. 

Lssue: — 

446.  Maude  E.  b.  1875,  in  Pulaski,  N.  Y.,  d.  1895. 

447.  Jay  S.  b.  1878,  in  Pulaski,  N.  Y.     Of  whom  presently. 

448.  Lois  E.  b.  1893,  in  Pulaski,  N.  Y. 

425.  Levernia  A.  Castor,  eldest  daughter  of  George  Sherman 
Castor,  No.  409,  was  born  in  Wisconsin,  January  16,  1857.  She 
married  Munroe  Bemis,  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.  After  the  death  of  her 
husband,  Levernia  married  Henry  Barott. 

Issue: — 

449.  Herbert  Barott. 

450.  Elmer  Barott. 

426.  Henry  Adorna  Castor,  second  son  of  George  Sherman 
Castor,  No.  409,  was  born  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.,  July  13,  1858.  He 
married  Ellen  Snow  and  now  lives  in  Bonapart,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

451.  Burley  Castor  b.  1880. 

452.  Sherman. 

453.  Andrews. 

454.  Alice  m.  Nathan  Fowles. 

455.  Mabel. 

456.  Edith. 

427.  Martha  Ella  Castor,  second  daughter  of  George  Sher- 
man Castor,  No.  409,  was  born  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.,  August  10, 1860. 
She  married  Floyd  Mattieson  and  they  lived  in  Ellisburg  until  1908. 
Issue: — 

457.  Lynn  L.  Mattieson  b.  1882. 

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458.  Emma  Mattieson  b.  1886. 

428.  Edgar  Ellsworth  Castor,  third  son  of  George  Sherman 
Castor,  No.  409,  was  born  in  Ellisburg,  N.  Y.,  September  6,  1862. 
He  married  Jennie  Smith  and  is  now  a  druggist  and  lives  in  Man- 
chester, N.  H. 

Issue: — 

459.  Amasa  b.  1898. 

429.  Laura  Amelia  Castor,  third  daughter  of  George  Sher- 
man Castor,  No.  409,  was  born  in  Orwell,  N.  Y.,  April  28,  1868. 
She  married  George  Nye  Atwood  and  now  lives  in  Fernwood,  N.  Y. 

Issue: — 

460.  Olive  Adelaide  Atwood  b.  1886,  m. Mainwaring. 

461.  Esther  Viola  Atwood  b.  1908. 

447.  Jay  S.  Castor,  elder  son  of  George  Levi  Castor,  No.  424, 
was  born  in  Pulaski,  N.  Y.,  1878.  He  married  Janette  Andrews  in 
1899. 

Issue: — 

462.  Liela  b.  Nov.  5,  1906,  Fulton,  N.  Y. 


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CONTENTS. 

PAGE. 
5 — Preface. 

7 — Gerster  or  Castor  Heraldry. 
9 — The  Name  of  Castor, 
lo — John  George  Castor,  the  Immigrant. 

17 — George  Castor  and  the  Holmesburg  and  Wissinoming  Castors. 
47 — Frederick  Castor  and  his  descendants  in  Frankford  and  Wissinoming. 
65 — Jacob  Castor  and  his  descendants. 
83 — Castor  church  records. 

93 — More  church  records  and  inscriptions  on  stones  in  Presbyterian  churchyard 
105 — An  Ohio  Castor  Family. 
106 — Castor  Military  Service. 
109 — Charles  Deal's  Letter. 
113 — Dyre  Castor's  Letters. 
1 18 — The  Old  Sword  and  Castor  Taxables. 
119 — The  German  Castors, 
i — The  Castors  of  Castorland. 
vi — John  Castor  and  his  descendants, 
xix — Christopher  Castor  and  his  descendants, 
xxvi — Ezra  Castor  and  his  descendants, 
xxxiii — Rufus  Castor  and  his  descendants, 
xxxiv — Rodolphus  Castor  and  his  descendants. 
xxxvii — Ira  Castor  and  his  descendants. 


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