Maude Castner's father Edward Potter Castner was born at Milo,
Yates County, New York, as were most of his brothers
and sisters. Edward's parents were both born in New Jersey, and
his mother's parents were also born in New Jersey. However, his
father's parents were born in New York.
A "John P. Casner" purchased land on Bath Road at Milo
during the early part of the first decade of the l9th century.
John was born in New York in 1775. One of his sons was John P.
Casner, born in 1802 in New Jersey, who married Hiley Hedges.
Hiley was born in New York in 1807, and died in 1851. And her
parents were Isaac Hedges, b. 1794 at Madison, New Jersey, and
Elizabeth (Sayre). John P. and Hiley Casner lived at Milo where
they had children.
Edward P. Castner's father William spelled his last name C–a–s–s–n–e r, then C–a–s–n–e–r during his years at Morris County, New Jersey and Milo, Yates County, New York. William was born on March 29, 1806, and was probably a brother of John P. Casner, Jr.
Edward Castner's mother was the former Sarah Welter. The following are known children of Sarah’s grandfather Henry
Welter, b: 1735 in Germany, d: 5-25-1835 in Drakestown,
Morris Co., NJ. Additional information about the Welter and Schenkel families can be found at Karen Walizer's THE WELTER FAMILY OF NEW JERSEY website.
1. William
F. "Herman" Welter, b: 1810 in NJ, d: 1892 in Ovid,
2. Henry
Welter, b: 1811 in NJ, d:
3. Sarah
Welter, b:
4. Mary
Welter, b:
5. Sophia
Welter, b:
1. Coonrad T. Welter, b:
4. Henry Welter m. Margaret Bird.
William Castner was married to Sarah Welter on February
7, 1833, at Schooley's Mountain, Morris County, New Jersey, by Holloway Whitfield Hunt, Minister of the Gospel. The family settled at Milo, Yates County, New York in 1835.
Their children were:
Sophia Welter married Edward Coke Potter December 29, 1838. The Potters settled in Starkey for well over a decade, where Edward was a carpenter.
Their children were:
Edward C. Potter was a great–grandson of Judge William Potter
of Rhode Island. Edward C.'s father, William Potter, had
married the widow of his uncle Simeon—a son of Judge Potter and
brother of William's father Edward. So Catherine Klise was both
Edward C.'s mother and great–aunt. Also, her children by Simeon
were Edward C.'s half–sisters and second cousins. They were: Lucinda,
Penelope, Mary and Sarah Ann. Catherine's children by William
were: Edward C., Benjamin F., Evan M., and John A.
Edward's half-sister Lucinda Potter married Peter M. Fulkerson of Starkey and they
emigrated to Ovid, Michigan, where she died in 1869 leaving six
children. Edward and Sophia Potter emigrated to Shepardsville,
Michigan—a village in the township of Ovid—in 1855. Edward's brother Evan M. married Phebe
A., daughter of Daniel Husted of Starkey, and they, also, emigrated
to Ovid. Once there, Evan was a merchant and partner of his nephew
Henry A. Potter. Edward's brother John A. married Mary J. Brown of Ovid, MI, where
he also was a merchant.
Many other families began leaving Milo, Starkey, and the surrounding
area by the mid-1850s. Among them was the family of William and Sarah
Casner, who arrived in Ovid, Clinton County, Michigan in
1854. They would ultimately spell their last name C–a–s–t–n–e–r.
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