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Mary Castle (Shane)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
Death: circa 1850 (98-107)
Copper Creek, Russell, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Copper Creek, Russell, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Dennis Shane and Catherine Shane
Wife of Jacob Castle
Mother of Henry Castle; Joseph William Castle; Lydia Margaret Stapleton; Zedekiah Alan Castle, Sr.; Valentine Castle and 12 others

Managed by: Samantha Marie Barber
Last Updated:

About Mary Castle

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Shane-131

Mary Shane was christened on October 25, 1746, at the Christ Church and Saint Peters, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Dennis and Catherine Shane. [1]

On January 1, 1759, in Pennsylvania, Mary A. Shane married Jacob Castle, Jr. Jacob was also known by the names "White Tassel Hunter" and "The Long Hunter." [2]

Researcher's Notes

According to Shawnee Heritage II, by Don Greene, Benjamin's mother Mary Shane was also known as Mary Chesne and she was 1/2 Pekowi-Wyandot-Metis Indian, born about 1754 in Ohio, and died before 1840, in Russell County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Isadore Chesne and Sarah Opessa. [3]


Mary Shane was most likely of Native American Indian heritage


Mary Elizabeth Sowege w2as a Shawnee Indian and went by Gliding Swan.


Sowege, which means Gliding Swan.

Also known as Mary Elizabeth.

Sowege was a Native American Shawnee Indian.

Jacob married Sowege following traditional Indian Law.

Sowege was most likely born in Pennsylvania.

Sowege was Jacob's first wife.

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Mary Castle's Timeline

1747
October 25, 1747
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
October 25, 1747
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
1775
1775
s, Russell, Virginia, USA, Castlewood, Russell County, VA, United States
1775
Castlewoods, Russell, Virginia, USA
1776
1776
Castlewoods, Russell, Virginia, USA
1778
May 15, 1778
Castlewood, Russell County, Virginia, United States
1786
1786
Castlewoods, Russell, Virginia, USA
1788
June 6, 1788
Russell County, Virginia, United States