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Benjamin Castle 1746–1779 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1746

Birth Location: Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 5 Aug 1779

Death Location: Montgomery, Virginia, United States

Father: Jacob Cassell

Mother: Sowege (Shawnee)

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Benjamin Castle was born in 1746 in Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States, the child of Jacob Cassell And Sowege Gliding Swan Mary Elizabeth Pekowi Shawnee. Benjamin Castle passed away in 1779 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Castle was born in 1746 in Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States, the child of Jacob Cassell And Sowege Gliding Swan Mary Elizabeth Pekowi Shawnee.
  • Benjamin Castle passed away in 1779 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States.

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Benjamin Castle's Ancestors

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Benjamin Castle
1746–1779
Birth Place: Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States
Parents
Jacob Cassell
1717–1789
Lancaster, Pennsylvania or Palatinate, Germany
Sowege ("Gliding Swan"\ Mary Elizabeth PEKOWI) (Shawnee)
1720–1789
Middleground, Pelissippi River, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Hans (Peter) Cassell
1673–1748
Kriegsheim, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Pfalz, Palatinate, Germany
Catherine (Elizabeth) Hobart
1676–1748
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Chief (Keigh tugh qua Cornstalk Hokolesqua Shawnee Indian Warrior) Clan
1674–1777
Greenbriar, West Virginia, United States
Spheliziknopo ("Bird Moytoy") Ounaconoa
1682–1740
Pennsylvania, United States
Great-Grandparents
Johannes Gerolshein)
1639–1691
Margaretta (GRAFF)
1643–1738
Reverend Hobart
1645–1707
Sarah Aldis
1652–1730
Chief Cornstalk
1628–1695
Pasmere Carpenter
1637–1681
Pasmere Carpenter
1637–1681
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rev. III
1618–1681
Anna Moyer
1620–1681
Isaac Graeff
1615–1678
Greitjen Pieters
1621–1683
Petrus Hubbard
1604–1679
John Aldis
1627–1700
Sarah Elliott
1629–1686

Benjamin Castle's Timeline

2 Records

1746
1746
Birth of Benjamin Castle in Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States
Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States
1779
5 Aug 1779
Age 33
Death of Benjamin Castle in Montgomery, Virginia, United States
Montgomery, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1746
    Event Place: Castles Woods, Russell, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Aug 1779
    Event Place: Montgomery, Virginia, United States

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