1 Noah CASTOR b: 1764 or 1758 in Brocks
Gap, Harrison Co., VA d: July 1829 in Green Twp., Ashland Co.,
OH Burial: Perrysville, Ashland County, Ohio
.. +Rebecca MATHENY b: February 12, 1767
m: Abt. 1785 in Monongalia Co. WV d: August 22, 1848 in Wayne Twp., Hamilton
Co., IN Burial: Prarie Baptist C, Hamilton Co., Indiana
..... 2 Nathan CASTOR b: 1786
d: Bef. 1850 in Hamilton Co., Indiana
......... +Freelove CASTOR b: Abt. 1790 m:
Abt. 1810
..... 2 Conrad CASTOR b: December 09, 1789
in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania d: May 19, 1871 in Green Township,
Ashland Co., Ohio Burial: Old Perrysville, Ashland Co., Ohio
......... +Anna McDANIEL b: October 09, 1790 in
Beaver Co., PA m: 1814 in Beaver Co., PA d: August 18, 1869 in Green
Twp., Ashland Co., Ohio Burial: Old Perrysville Cemetry, Ashland Co., OH
..... 2 Susan CASTOR b: August 16, 1792 in
Beaver Co., Pennsylvania d: August 08, 1866 in Hamilton Co.,
Indiana Burial: Prarie Baptist C, Hamilton Co., Indiana
......... +John MCDOLE b: Abt. 1790 m: 1810
in Pennsylvania d: November 12, 1845 in Hamilton Co., IN Burial: Hidden
Cemetery, Lapel, Madison County, Indiana
..... 2 Uriah CASTOR b: Abt. 1795 in Beaver
Co., Pennsylvania d: December 10, 1876 in Sherwood, Branch
Co., MI
......... +Elizabeth HUNTER b: Abt. 1800 in Ireland
m: February 27, 1824 in Richland Co., OH d: Bef. 1830 in Ohio
..... 2 Rachel CASTOR b: Abt. 1801 in Beaver
Co., Pennsylvania d: Aft. 1870 in Branch County, Michigan
......... +Joseph GWINN b: Abt. 1787 in New Jersey
m: Abt. 1834
..... 2 Samson CASTOR b: Abt. 1804 in Beaver
Co., Pennsylvania d: Bef. 1880 in St. Louis, Missouri
..... 2 Ruth CASTOR
b: November 30, 1806 in Beaver Co., PA d: May 15, 1872 in Lapel,
Madison Co., IN Burial: Woodward Gwinn, Madison Co., Indiana
......... +Datus Ensign STUDLEY
b: July 16, 1808 in NY m: 1830 in Green Twp., Ashland Co., OH d:
June 16, 1874 in Lapel, Madison Co., IN Burial: Woodward Gwinn, Madison
Co., Indiana
..... 2 Nancy CASTOR b: December 24, 1807
in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania d: February 20, 1869 in Wayne Township,
Hamilton Co., Indiana Burial: Old Perrysville, Hamilton Co., Indiana
......... +Frederick HARGER b: February 06, 1804
in Pennsylvania m: November 18, 1825 in Ohio d: August 24, 1876 in
Wayne Twp., Hamilton Co.,. IN Burial: Prairie Baptist, Wayne Twp., Hamilton
Co., IN
..... 2 Benjamin CASTOR b: September 15,
1809 in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania d: December 14, 1881 in Green
Township, Ashland Co., Ohio Burial: Old Perrysville, Ashland Co., Ohio
......... +Elizabeth VAN b: Abt. 1810 m:
Abt. 1829 d: Bef. 1869
Notes on Noah Castor:
My research of the Studley family led me to Ruth Castor and through her I found her father Noah Castor and his will probated in 1830. Although I traced Noah back into Pennsylvania, I hit a brick wall there. I joined the Castor Association of America and bought the book The Descendants of Paulus and Gertrude Kusters, which gave me the ancestors but presented a problem. There is no proof of his parentage. He was born in Brocks Gap, Harrison County, Virginia the son of either Conrad Custer or Conrad's son Arnold. He was born in either 1764 or 1758. From his age on his gravestone, which is no longer available, he would have been born in 1764. That makes him a bit young to have fought in the American Revolutionary War of 1775, although by the end of the war he would have been old enough. If he had been a son of Arnold Custer he was born about 1758, since Arnold was killed by Indians in 1759. Conrad raised him, and that is why he was reputed to be one of the 30 children of Conrad Custer.
For further information on Noah Castor please refer to the Castor Association of America, holder of the copyrighted research. I have here the two possible scenarios of Noah's ancestral tree in the links below.
Last Will and Testament of Noah Castor:
And now at the said May Term 1830 the following proceedings were had to wit.
This day came Benjamin Caster and presented to the Court a paper purporting
to be the last will and testament of Noah Caster late of our county, deceased,
and also came Jonathan Coulter and Nathan Stearnes, subscribing witnesses
to said paper or last will and were examined in open Court as per their
affidavit on file and subscribed by the said, and it thereupon appearing
to the satisfaction of the Court that said paper is the last will and testament
of said Noah Caster, deceased, and that said will was duly executed by
said testator and said testator was at the time of executing the same of
full age and of sound mind and memory and not under any restraint whatever,
it is thereupon ordered by the Court that the clerk record said will together
with the proof so taken of said witnesses. It is further ordered
that letters testamentary open to Rebecca Caster and Conrad Caster, Executors
named in said last will and testament, to execute said will, which said
affidavit is in the words and figures following, to wit: The Estate of
Noah Caster dec'd.
The last will and testament of Noah Caster being exhibited and Jonathan
Coulter and Nathan Stearnes, two of the subscribing witnesses to said will,
came into open Court and being sworn to answer such questions as should
be put to them touching the execution of the said will do state that the
said Noah Caster at the time of executing said will was of full age and
of sound mind and memory and not under any restraint whatever, that the
will in the presence and by the express direction and request of said testator
and that the said Jonathan Coulter and Nathan Stearnes attested the subscribing
thereof in the presence of said testator and at his request.
Nathan Stearnes
J. Coulter
Sworn to and Subscribed before
me in open Court this 26th day of May 1830.
Ellzey Hedges,
Mas Com which said last will and
Testament is in the words and figures following to wit,
In the name of God, Amen. I Noah Caster of the County of Richland
and the state of Ohio, being weak in body but of sound mind, do make and
ordain this my last will and testament; first I resine my soul to God who
gave it and my body to the dust from whence it came; as to my estate first
I direct that after my funeral expences be paid that my debts that I may
be owing and due may be paid out of my personal effects and the remainder
that may be left together with all my interest in the real estate of the
farm on which I now live I do make and bequeath unto my loving wife Rebecca,
the one third of all both real and personal that may be left after payment
of my debts as aforesaid to be for own use and benefit during her life,
and what may be left at her death, to become the property of my son Benjamin.
Also all the remaining two thirds of my estate real and personal except
as hereafter reserved I do make and bequeath unto my son Benjamin aforesaid,
he paying to each of my other children the sum of one dollar each. Also
I make and bequeath to my daughter Ruth the young colt now on the farm.
Also I make and bequeath to Frederick L Harger, my little grandson, a small
strip of land to be run off the east corner of my tract of land running
fifty perches north and south and forty perches east and west. Also
I do appoint and direct that Rebecca Caster and Conrad Caster by my executors
to settle my estate agreeable to the true intent and meaning of this my
last will and testament. Given under my hand and seal the 23rd day
of June 1829.
Noah Caster (Seal)
Noah Caster name written to the
foregoing will by the express directions of himself, not being able to
write or make his mark -- written by J. Coulter.
Witness present
J. Coulter
Nathan Stearnes
Link to the ancestor tree A of Noah Castor
Link to the ancestor tree B of Noah Castor
Link to the Castor Association of America, CAOA
