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Author: Diana_Gale_Matthiesen
Surnames: Carrico, Kendall, Shacklett, Richardson, Burtle
Classification: queries
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Thank you for the birth records of the post-1880 children. I didn't have those.
I'm of the belief that "Benjamin J. CARRICO" is actually Benedict Joseph
CARRICO because he started out with that name. In the 1850 census with his parents, he is
"Benedict," and in his marriage record, he is "Benedich." Yes,
he's "Benj." in 1870 census and "Benjamin" in the 1900 census, but
I'm inclined to think those are enumerator errors. The enumerator was told
"Ben," then assumed it was Benjamin and wrote that down. He did go mostly by
"Ben." Also, his grandfather was Benedict, so it makes more sense he was
Benedict, not Benjamin.
http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Car/CarricoBenedictJoseph-MaryAnnKendall.html
Valentine Thomas KENDALL & Margaret SHACKLETT are the parents of Ben's wife, Mary
Ann KENDALL:
http://dgmweb.net/FGS/K/KendallValentineThompson-MargaretShacklett.html
Alfred CARRICO was almost certainly a slave owned by Benedict's father, James Hiram
CARRICO
http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Car/CarricoJamesHiram-HelenBurtle.html
as a slave of that age and gender appears in the 1850 and 1860 censuses in his household.
James and Benedict were the only CARRICO households in the county through that period, and
Benedict's only slave in 1860 was an 8-year-old girl.
Three of the four children in household with Alfred & Amanda in the 1880 census were
born before they married:
http://dgmweb.net/FGS/Car/CarricoAlfred-AmandaRichardson.html
so, even though they are enumerated as "son" and "daughter," I
don't know if we can be certain the three are the biological children of both of
them.
If Alfred has any living male patrilineal descendants, it would certainly be possible to
determine whether or not he was a biological CARRICO by Y-DNA testing. The CARRICO
haplotype is highly distinctive.
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