Diana & all,
The next few days will be extremely busy for me as we are in the process of helping my son
get his
first house ready to move into on Saturday and also have everything in his apartment which
needs to
be packed before Saturday.
As you know, I descend from Alexander Carrico & Mary Sedgwick. This has been a most
difficult line
to research because of the numerous errors many persist in perpetuating. Maud Carrico
Russell on her
1932 wall chart had three (3) different Alexander Carrico's confused as the same man.
Homer Edwin
Carrico, while writing his article on "The Carrico Family" for the Filson Club
Quarterly must've
realized the confusion between the three Alexander Carrico's, decided to place the
Alexander Carrico
who married Mary Sedgwick as son of Peter Carrico who settled in Preston Co., WV b/f
1800. Probably
his reasoning was that Peter resided in Montgomery Co., MD in 1790 & Alexander married
there in
1800. Yet, there has been nothing else found to connect the 2 men. I'm sure there are
many secondary
sources out there which persist in listing these error's.
It's not just Alexander Carrico's ancestry which is frought with error's.
There are many more as
well as many who were also overlooked or disregarded entirely by both Maud & Homer and
as such by
many current day researchers. Your Charles Carrico is one not mentioned by Maud &
Homer.
I question the connection of Charles Carrico to Basil Carrico as I have yet to find
anything to
actually connect them. At this point, the only thng in common which I have found is that
Charles
named a son Basil. This, in itself, is not enough to state that Charles was Basil's
son. What is
known about Charles' wife's family?
Another researcher sent me copies of correspondence from the 1950's-1970's, mostly
from or to a Mr.
Robert L. Eddy and other researchers he was corresponding with. In one letter (1974) he
states "We
beleive that Charles and Josiah are probably sons of Basil Carrico Sr. who was son of
Peter of the
1765 Charles Co., will. We know from court records that Charles and Josiah were brothers,
Charles
was born in Maryland about 1770, and Josiah we think was several years younger." The
same letter
also mentions that there are 2 Basil Carrico's listed in the 1790 census for
Washington Co., MD, but
also states that "neither Basil is shown as having a Free White Male under 16."
In reality, neither
Basil is shown as having any other males besides themself.
I have been gathering information from the early Washington & Nelson Co., KY tax
lists. I have the
first 2 films for each county on loan at my local FHL. I have the earliest records for
each county
online & will get the rest online when I've more time.
1795 & 1796, Charles is the only Carrico listed in Washington Co., KY. In 1797 Thomas
(is this the
same Thomas who settled in Gallatin Co.???), James T., & Joseph are listed and
possibly Dennis,
1798 is nonexistant, 1799 has Joseph, Charles, Walter & James T. The 1800 list has
James T., Joseph,
Levin & Wilfred, while Charles was listed, his name is crossed out.
In 1800 Basil is still residing in Washington Co., Maryland. He's listed as over 45
and only 1 other
male with him who is under 10. In June1803 Basil posted in "The Maryland Herald and
Elizabeth-Town
Weekly Advertiser" about a runaway negro woman named Suck. He was then of
Williamsport, Washington
Co., MD. In Sept. 1804, Basil's brother Thomas Ign. posted an advertisment selling
assorted
furniture and farm animals, probably preparing for the move to KY. Thomas Ign. first
appears on the
Nelson Co., tax list in 1806. I didn't find Basil listed in the Nelson Co., tax lists
at all, at
some point will order the Shelby Co. lists to see what they have.
I think it's important to also look at the early Nelson Co., tax records. In 1795
& 1796 the only
Carrico I found listed is a John Carrico. In 1795 he not only had a male above 21
(himself) but also
one between 16 and 21. In 1797 he again has 2 males, one over 21 & 1 over 16, and
there is also a
John Jr. listed as well as "Neely" (Cornelius Carrico). One of these 2 John
Carrico's is likely the
John Carrico who married James of Peter's daughter Debby Carrico in 1802 Washington
Co., KY. One of
these 2 John Carrico's was dead by Nov 1805 when his personal estate was being sold at
the house of
Wilford Carrico in Nelson Co. This deceased John "may be" the "Jean
Baptiste" whose burial in the
Catholic cemetery in Florissant, MO in March 1805 was witnessed by Vincent Carrico. The
record, in
French, if I have translated correctly seems to state that this John was aged about 30,
had only
been in St. Louis for 10 days coming from "Cintoque" (Kentucky).
I only bring this up to show how many documents were overlooked (or missed) by early
researchers
which bring up questions as to how all of these people fit into the bigger puzzle. Some of
the early
pieces (or families) may have been forced to fit where they don't really fit. Maybe
the pieces need
to be looked at closer?
My personal feeling is that Basil, & his supposed children, need closer scrutiny. Two
examples:
Sr. Theresa Carrico is said to be a daughter of Basil. The 1850 census lists her as age 60
(b. ca
1790), her death record in 1858 gives her age as 77 (b. ca 1781). "The Sisters of
Charity of
Nazareth, Kentucky" By Anna Blanche McGill, Published 1917 states "No one ever
knew Sister Teresa's
exact age, but she was not very young when the community was formed, and she lived in it
many years.
She and Mother Catherine had labored together from the beginning of their order, and
Mother
Catherine's death was her own mortal blow; only a month did she survive her friend and
comrade in
Christ." Other articles mention that she was residing in Washington Co., KY in 1812
when she was the
first to join the order. Another secondary source indicates that she was born in Charles
Co., MD. If
she was born in Charles Co., MD and also residing in Washington Co., KY in 1812, both
details would
rule out Basil Carrico as her father. In 1773 Basil had a stray recorded in Prince Geo.
Co., MD, by
1790 he had moved to Washington Co., MD. He is not listed in the Washington Co., KY tax
records at
all. It would seem she w/b a relative of someone listed in the 1812 Washington Co., tax
list!
I have copies of correspondence that were located in the Archives of the Univ. of Notre
Dame in
Indiana. A couple of the letters are from Homer Edwin Carrico to the Sisters of Charity in
Nazareth
regarding Sr. Theresa. One letter from the Sisters to a Mr. Gore regarding Homer's
letters states
"Sister Mary Joseph thinks that Colonel Carrico is mistaken about the relationship of
his
grandfather to Sister Theresa"
Sister Mary Joseph was born Mary Margaret Ryan, granddaughter of Theresa Carrico &
Lemon Quick,
great-granddaughter of Wilford/Wilfred Carrico & Eleanor Moore. Which brings us to
another child
said to be son of Basil, Wilfred Carrico. Homer's mother was Emma Carrico, also a
granddaughter of
Wilfred Carrico.
Homer states that Wilford used the name of Wilford in Maryland & Nelson Co., KY but
used James in
Hardin Co., KY. Although there were 2 James Carrico's in Hardin Co., neither appear to
be Wilford.
"Wilfred" is listed in the Washington Co., KY tax lists 1800 & 1802 (1801 is
unreadable) and then in
Nelson Co. I've gone through the years after 1810 (not online yet), Wilfred is still
listed in
Nelson Co., KY after 1820, even though we can't find him there on the census. His wife
Eleanor is
listed on the 1830 census for Nelson Co., & I beleive in the late 1820's on the
Nelson Co., tax
list. I have been told that Eleanor first appears on the Hardin Co., tax list in 1836.
Homer
mentions that the will of "James Carrico" was probated in Hardin Co. in 1836,
yet no will seems to
exist in Hardin Co. in this time period. If Wilfred left a will, I beleive it will be
found in
Nelson Co., KY before 1830.
It seems to be Maude Carrico Russell's research which place Wilfred as Basil's
son, yet I've found
nothing to support this "theory" and somehow Wilfred seems to have been related
to the John Carrico
whose effects were sold in Nelson Co. in 1805 at Wilfred's residence.
I've written way to much, and spent more time this morning on this than I intended. I
am, however,
hoping for further discussion on any/all points I attempted to bring forward. I think
it's important
to look closer at some of these details and as always, 2 heads (or more) are better than
1.
Linda Boorom