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Subject: GERLACH Immigrants to America, early 1700s
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Surnames: CARELOCK, CARLOCK, CARLOUGH, CARLOW, CEARLOCK, CURLOCK, GARLICK, GARLOCK,
GERLACH, KARLOCK
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This is in reply to Joyce's (BasketLady420(a)aol.com) Apr. 11, 2006, posting to the
RootsWeb GERLACH Message Board titled "Johann Christopher Gerlach in N.Y.,
1710." The Johann Christopher GERLACH mentioned in the previous posting was one of
three GERLACH brothers to migrate to America in the early 1700s. See the following report
which appears on my home page for further information about this family:
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/i/l/Susan-E-Tilleman/GENE18-...
The following appears on pages 30 - 32 of the book "History of the Carlock
Family," by Marion Pomeroy CARLOCK, 1929:
"The first shipment of Palatines to America was in 1708 on the sailing ship
'Lyon.' There were fifty-two who accompanied Lord Lovelace, Colonial Governor of
New York. In the fall of 1709, three thousand more Palatines were assembled by Rev.
Kockerthal at St. Catherine's, London, where they lived in a great tent camp under the
supervision of the Board of Trade. Their names, occupation and religion were carefully
recorded. In this group were Conrad Gerlach (Carlock), his wife, two sons and two
daughters. (Later in New Jersey, we find three sons: Peter, George and Nickolas).
Johann Christian Gerlach (Garlock-Carlock) in some manner reached America at about the
same time. Tradition says that, being anxious to go with this great shipment of exiles,
he secreted himself in a hogshead aboard ship until the ship made sea and that he came
over with French Huguenots, landing at Ft. Lee, New Jersey. Both Conrad and Johann first
settled at Li!
vingston Manor on the Hudson in New York. We know that Conrad Carlock was born in 1669
because he gave his age in 1709 at forty-nine years. The birth year of Johann Christian
Carlock (New York) was 1669 because in the records of St. Catherines in 1709 he gave his
age as forty years. Conrad finally drifted down the Hudson to Fort Lee, now Bergen
County, New Jersey, where he raised his family and Johann went to the Schoharie-Mohawk
Valley, New York, where he was the leader and one of twenty-seven head men to get an
Indian title to 12,700 acres of land known as the 'Stone Arabia' patent. Johann
also raised a family among them being Judge Elias Carlock and Theobald (also known as
Theodore) Carlock. While it is true that many of these Palatines became dissatisfied with
conditions in New York, it is known that Conrad after reaching New Jersey resided there
the remainder of his natural life. Many of the New York, New Jersey and Ohio Carlocks are
descended fro!
m Conrad Carlock.
Johann Christian Carlock (Garlock), the supposed brother of Conrad, never left the
Mohawk Valley. His son Theobald with others builded canoes and paddled their way down the
Susquehanna river into Pennsylvania and we find him finally in the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia in 1737. Johann Christian Garlock is the progenitor of most of the Carlocks and
Garlocks of New York.
It is known from both history and tradition that because of the alleged ill treatment
of the Palatines in New York, word was sent back to England and Holland that New York had
treated them badly and for their relatives and friends not to come there but to seek
passage on ships bound for Philadelphia. It is thought that David Carlock (the progenitor
of the publisher's branch of the family), father of Hanchrist, Frederick, Catherine
(Whitman), Conrad of Virginia and Caroline (Starnes), took this advice and came in via
Philadelphia. The port records began in 1727 and he must have come in before this date as
no record has been found in searching diligently through thirty thousand names of
emigrants and hundreds of shipping records.
David Carlock, supposed brother of Johann Christian of New York and Conrad of New
Jersey, emigrated with others across southern Pennsylvania into western Virginia. How
long he remained in Pennsylvania is unknown but the writer believes between ten and twenty
years. German, French, Dutch and Swiss refugees took up lands in Pennsylvania and
Virginia and held back the redmen. The Governors of these states encouraged this to
protect their people to the east. After a time---because of their thrift---their neighbors
became jealous of them and made conditions so unpleasant for those who lived in
Pennsylvania that they decided to answer the appeal of the Governor of Virginia for
settlers in the Shenandoah Valley. It was the opportunity they had longed for and they
took it. .
The official records and history of the Virginia Carlocks show that Theobald Carlock,
son of the New York 'Johann Christian' had a son John, born in 1737 in the
Shenandoah Valley. In 1749 Theobald is found with his uncle David Carlock in Augusta
County. From the fact that nothing more is heard of him or his descendants, it is
believed that either they were killed by Indians or the name ran out. David Carlock of
Augusta County, Virginia, is the progenitor of practically all Carlocks in America, Canada
and Mexico with the exception of those in New Jersey, New York, Indiana and a few in
Ohio."
See the following site for additional information about the above-mentioned book:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.car...
The surname GERLACH has been Anglicized and evolved over the years to include the
spellings CARELOCK, CARLOCK, CARLOUGH, CEARLOCK, CURLOCK, GARLICK, GARLOCK, probably
CARLOW, and possibly KARLOCK. I would be very much interested to know if there are any
individuals with the surnames GERLACH or KARLOCK who can trace their ancestry back to
these three GERLACH brothers who migrated to America in the early 1700s.
Susan Cearlock Tilleman (STilleman(a)satx.rr.com)
Descendant of David GERLACH/CARLOCK of Augusta Co., VA
List Administrator of the RootsWeb CARELOCK, CARLOCK, CARLOUGH, CEARLOCK, and GARLOCK
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