Linda:
I hardly know where to start. When word of French ancestry comes to my attention, my heart
beats faster and I feel a lift. Growing up I was steeped in the theory that the Carrico
clan is French. That myth died hard in my heart and many times I have offered rewards to
anyone who can prove that Peter I was French and of French ancestry. I had to prove to
myself once and for all that the name is French in origin by going to Portugal on a lead.
I had learned that someone by that name had immigrated to Gloucester, MA in modern time. I
even interviewed the son of that person and yes he verified that his family had came from
Portugal. Knowing that French knights managed to get their hands on some consider real
estate in Portugal during the conquest from the Moors, I hypothesized that name had
traveled to Portugal. Unfortunately, my hunch proved wrong. It turns out the name has been
imbedded in Portuguese life since at least the 10th century when people were referred to
by the regio!
n they come from--Peter of Carrico. The name, as I have written before, is derived from
Latin and in Vulgar Latin (common) the name is pronounced today as it may have been in the
original Latin (or so I assume by way of Latin pronunciation today). Carrico is derived
from a botanic name, carex, and describes a tall cane-like plant found in the lowland
marshes of coastal Portugal with a plume similar to our large New England marsh grass. The
area around the village of Carrico includes several smaller settlements also named
Carrico, all in marshland. The name has been spelled this way for over a thousand years. I
cannot find the spelling of the word in any other Romance language. In Spanish, the word
is spelled with two Ss rather than a C with cedilla. In Italian there is a word with one R
but the meaning is different. In French, there is not a word even remotely similar. The
word itself is not popularly used in Portugal today and many people do not know its
meaning, but other!
s do, especially around the wine country of Carrico. The word is used
to refer to a small bird as well as the cane. Both are essential to wine growers--the bird
to eat an insect that feeds on grape leaves and the cane to tie up plants.
If the word were French, surely I (an amateur) and other eager genealogists would be able
to uncover one single lead. To date, nothing. Now, your man Jean Baptiste
"Carinko." I find the discovery interesting but I am not sure what it means. Was
the gentleman French but born in America? American with French ancestry? A Frenchman with
a Portuguese name--not uncommon. A well-known Portuguese name is actually French:
Bettencourt. Not French at all but buried in Catholic Cemetery in a town in Missouri with
a French name (such towns not being uncommon in Missouri)? Many of the early Carricos were
Catholic as I found in my research in Southern Maryland and some branches remain so today.
The dates on the death records seem not to match--one in November and the other in March,
1805. How can we be sure John Carrico is Jean B. Carinko given this disparity?
In any event, we are on track with DNA to settle the question. So far, none of the
American Carricos tested seems to be of French descent. The most likely origin is Portugal
with some tracing to Italy, I believe. Hope I'm right about this or Diana will have my
head!
Best,
Tim Carrico Weaver
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-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Boorom <lboorom(a)fuse.net>
To: carrico(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 4:26 pm
Subject: [CARRICO] Jean Baptiste CARRICO
I've been trying to catch up on a few things, esp. e-mail. Came across a message
to Dan Devaney
regarding the "Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection),
1695-1954" now online
at
ancestry.com.
The following is one message I sent regarding the death of Jean Baptiste CARRICO
in 1805 Florissant
(St. Louis Co.) MO (with a few typo's fixed!!). I welcome & certainly hope for
discussion :-)
Food for thought:
In the Fischer Database is the following entry:
Jean Baptiste CARRICO was born in 1775 in , , , KY. He died on 2 Mar 1805. He
was buried in St
Ferdinand deF, Florissant
In the death records at ancestry I found a typed copy of this death record (thus
not the orig.) & he
is listed as Jean baptiste Carinko, not Carrico, but interesting that Vincent
Carrico must've
witnessed or assisted in the burial. So, it's quite possible this is a Carrico.
(I've since found
the handwritten copy in French, will forward to anyone interested)
I attempted to do a translation using an online dictionary. I'm guessing that
Cintoque in Kentucky?
Age about 30. the word Decede translates to 10 days and habitation means house
or residence. Am
wondering if this means he was only in St. Louis 10 days coming from KY?
It occurs to me that perhaps this is the John Carrico mentioned in the Nelson
Co., KY records as
follows:
Abstracts of Wills 1785-1820 Nelson County, Kentucky
Compiled by Nelson County Historical Society
pg 33
Pg. 892 Appraisal of the personal estate of John Carricoe, dec. at the house of
Wilford Carrico.
wearing apparel, bible, note on John Lee to deliver salt to Mann's Lick, by John
Ricks, Nicholas
Miles, and David Wells
9 Nov 1805.
pg 34
Pg. 922 Memorandum of property of John Carrico, dec., sold by Wilford Carrico.
Reported 12 May 1806
***
Nelson County Kentucky Records Volume I
Bettie Cummings Cook C. G.
pg 70
p. 892 Inventory and appraisal of the personal estate of JOHN CARRICO, de'c, by
JOHN RICKS, NICHOLAS
MILES and DAVID WELLS, November 9, 1805. No total shown. Signed also by WILFORD
CARRICO as
administrator. Recorded December 10, 1805.
pg 71
p. 922, List of the estate of JOHN CARRICO, dec'd, sold at publick sale, total
of $16.37 3/4. Signed
by WILFORD CALLICO, Administrator. Recorded May 12, 1806.
Now, we know this is NOT Vincent Carrico's brother John Martin Carrico.
(Actually, I think now John
Martin was a 1/2 brother & that James (of Peter) 2nd wife Marianna was his
mother). BUT, this could
be the John Carrico who married Vincents sister Debby Jan. 25, 1802 in
Washington Co., KY & is
listed in the Nelson Co., KY tax records up through 1804 or even 1805. confusing
since there were 2
John's in Nelson Co.
Again, just Food for Thought & welcome comments/discussion.
Linda Booroom
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