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From: "Selena Gillian" <>
Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] CASTLES, CASSELS, CASSELLS of Drumbeg
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:13:47 +1000
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Hi Jason,
Yes I have a CASTLE/CASSELL . I have Samuel RUDDELL married to Sarah CASTLE.
Their son David RUDDELL was born about 1831 in ? Lurgan Co Armagh. Sorry,
thats all I have at this stage.

David RUDDELL marrid Ellenor GILLAN and they came to Australia on a ship
called the BAYSWATER in 1864, and settled in Queensland. They were friends
of the GILLESPIE family who came on the same ship and settled in the
Rockhampton area of Queensland.

Best wishes
Selena


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Subject: [NIR-DOWN] CASTLES, CASSELS, CASSELLS of Drumbeg


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