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Author: belva
Surnames: Carrick, Shrieves, Clarke, Johnston, Jones, Duval
Classification: queries
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Which Henry do I descend from? I have my Carrick ancestry fairly well put together until
I get back to the two original Henry Carricks. My lineage goes Catherine Carrick b.ca
1807 (probably Ohio), m. John Veysey, daughter of Henry Carrick m. Eleanor Shrieves, s.
of either John Francis Jr. or Mareen Carrick, sons of John Francis Sr. & Ann Duval
Carrick. As far as I can find John Francis Carrick Sr. and Ann Duvall Carrick had 3
children named in their will John Francis, Mareen & Elizabeth. In other information I
have found that John Francis Jr. was married to Mary Johnston (I have no documentation)
and brother Mareen was married 1st to Sarah Clark and 2nd to Mary Elizabeth Jones (1 Oct
1782). Here is the dilemma: In St. Barnabas Church, Prince Geo., MD, records there are
as follows - Elizabeth daughter of John Carrick Jun'r and Mary his wife born October
16th 1764; Henry son of the said John and Mary Carrick born December 19th 1765; (no name)
son of the said John and !
Mary Carrick born December 23rd 1768; William son of the said John and Mary Carrick born
May 19th 1771. In the Wills recorded in Prince George Co. is the following information:
from Mareen Carrick's Will (no Will found for John Francis Jr.) Henry Carrick, son
named executor of the Will. This will lists 5 children with Obed. and Daniel listed as
children of his last wife.
What I glean from this information. The Henry and Mary listed in the church records is
obviously John Francis Jr. and Mary Johnston Carrick as they specifically state a wife
named Mary and it was too early to be Mareen's 2nd wife Mary. This proves to me that
Henry the son of John Francis & Mary Johnston Carrick is the one with the birth date
of 19 Dec 1765. The 2nd Henry that is identified in Mareen's Will is NOT the Henry
with the birth date of 19 Dec 1765. I have seen both John Francis Jr. & Mareen's
sons with the same birth date. The big question for me is: Who's son is the Henry
that married Darky (Dorcus) Clark 25 Nov 1789, Anne Arundel Co. (County Records), and
who's son is the Henry that married Eleanor Shrieve, 23 Feb 1791 (County Records)? I
am hoping someone out there has some documentation or other information that can clear up
this question. I will be glad to forward to any interested parties the documentation I
have.
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