Well not sure that he was storing pirate booty, but more that he was giving
refuge to friends of family or such.
Anyway, even if he was storing pirate booty (the family wealth had to come
from *somewhere* lol), his wife had been killed over being different, so he
had to lug corn just to take away the suspicion. Ha!!
On Jan 17, 2008 3:11 PM, Neal Carrier <nfcarrier(a)gmail.com> wrote:
ahhoy matie,
so if Thomas was storing pirate booty in his cellar why was he lugging a
sack of corn around the day before he died???
but then I do bear a faint resemblance to Johnny Depp, so there might be
something to your theory.
On 1/17/08, Nicole Price <nicole.price(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK - a further hypothesis.
>
> Captain Henry Morgan, the privateer - I've always thought, and discussed
> with Neal, that our Thomas was somehow linked to him. Henry Morgan has
an
> uncle who is named Thomas Morgan, who fought for the royalist cause in
> England. AND OH MY GOD>>> THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE!!!!!
>
> My grandfather Carrier grew up in the house in Connecticut - the one
that
> was built by Thomas himself. The house has passed to my uncle Paul, who
I
> believe is still alive. It is said that the house, while being on the
> National Historic Registry, has a rather large sub basement. I have, for
> as
> long as I have lived, heard stories about how the hidden sub basement
> housed
> pirates/buccaneers/privateers/whatever you want to call them in its
early
> days because it was right on the CT river, and then later in the 1800's
> the
> sub basement was a stop on the underground railroad. Wouldn't this make
> sense to hide privateers in your basement if your own family was a
> privateer?
>
> Avast me hearties, this makes sense to me. And the dates fit in just
> perfectly to me when you consider that Hery Morgan was born in 1635, and
> had
> an uncle Thomas, and uncle Edward.
>
> ALSO, there is rumor that there is "Indian Blood" on that side of the
> family, and I have done enough genealogy to know there is no NATIVE
> american
> blood in the family... but what if they really meant West Indian blood??
> Just a shot in the dark.
>
> On Jan 17, 2008 12:50 PM, Neal Carrier <nfcarrier(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok, I'll post my theory after reading the responses so far.
> >
> > SUPPOSITIONS:
> >
> > 1. I would suspect that Thomas ap Morgans 1600 birthdate would fit
with
> > Thomas's 1626 birth.
> >
> > 2. Due to the constant warfare between the Puritan & Pilgrim settlers
> and
> > the indians to the north of the Mass. Bay colony I really doubt the
> theory
> > of coming from Canada to the colonies. Also most of the immigrants to
> > Canada
> > in that time came from France. Just look at the tough time our army
had
> > crossing Maine to invade Canada during the Revolution.
> >
> > 3. I've recently re-read the first part of "Albions Seed" which
> examines
> > the pathways of the migrations of the English to various parts of
> America.
> > I
> > was looking to see where my other various ancestors lived in England
and
> > where they ended up over here. This book states that most of the
> Puritans
> > were concentrated in the eastern portion of England and they tended to
> > migrate to the Boston/Salem area. Others who were from the western
part
> of
> > England tended to go to Conn. and western Mass.
> > The origins of some of my ancestors seem to bear this out.
> >
> > Ingalls/Skirbeck, Johnson/Canterbury, Lovejoy/London,
> > and many others ended up in the Salem area.
> >
> > Ball/WIltshire, Burt/Devonshire, were from western England and ended
> > up in the Conn.
> > & Springfield Mass. area in the 1630s.
> >
> > 4. Albions Seed also says that many of the original settlers from the
> > great
> > migration returned to England to fight in the civil war or to tend to
> old
> > business on the old sod.
> >
> > 5. The lady who wrote the post is mostly involved with Welsh ancestors
> and
> > I
> > would doubt that not too many outside of the Carrier clan would make
> > the Morgan/Carrier connection.
> >
> > 6. Carrier in old and somewhat current Enlish is a term used to define
> > what we would call teamsters/truckers.
> >
> >
> > SO, my theory, (drum roll please Bob)
> >
> > Thomas ap Morgan may be the father of our Thomas (born in Wales)
> > and the family migrated to some unknown colony (Not the Mass Bay one)
> > between 1626 and 1635 when Richard Morgan was
> > born. This would coincide with the great migration. Either all of the
> > family
> > or just our Thomas returned to the England to get away from the
indians
> or
> > to fight in the civil
> > war. As our Thomas was suppose to be tall/big? would make him fit our
> > image of a current teamster. Maybe he was know as Thomas Morgan
"the"
> > carrier.
> >
> > I looked thru James Savages dictionary and didn't fine any mention of
a
> > Thomas or Richard Morgan while our Thomas and RIchard are included,
> which
> > would lead me to believe that the Morgans went elsewhere.
> >
> > the end!
> >
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