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Author: Diana_Gale_Matthiesen
Surnames: Carrico
Classification: queries
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The American CARRICOs have spread from Maryland westward and southward. I've
extracted many early census records for CARRICO:
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/Census/Carrico/CarricoCensusHub.shtml
The CARRICOs have no DNA match with anyone, not even remotely, except with each other:
http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/DNA/Carrico/CarricoDNA.shtml#J-2a4b
I have never heard of a CARRICO changing their name to CRAIG or CRAGO, and the lack of a
DNA match, at least so far, supports that there's been no such change. Names usually
retain the same number of pronounced syllables, even if the spelling changes to a phonetic
equivalent, and CARRICO has three syllables. I can think of no other name that sounds
like CARRICO, so the spelling variations are few and limited (e.g., CARICO, CARACO,
CARRIÇOE, etc.).
I have not searched European records for CARRICO, though I know other researchers have.
Tim Weaver's work on Portuguese CARRICO stands out in my mind.
The orthography of the name suggests it's Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, possibly
French. It's decidedly not an English surname, so the UK would not be high on my list
of places to search, except for ship manifests. We know Peter arrived in the New World on
an English ship. Until a DNA match pins down our geographic origin, I'm inclined not
to spend time searching foreign records without being certain I'm searching in the
right place. The only paper record that would do us any good is the 1674 emigration
record of Peter, explicity stating he was headed for the New World, along with giving his
origin. We don't know when Peter was born, so even if we find, for example, a
European baptismal record for a Peter CARRICO, we've no way to be certain it's
his.
Diana
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