Like we both said, stories about Thomas are mere speculation. I do wish I
knew his background, and even if your Carrier is related. All the Carriers in the
UK are bound to be related, owing to the small number of them.
Give his hyphenated name, it is my own personal hypothesis that Morgan was an
adopted name, or he would have kept it in the US. (Of course this may not be
altogether true - it is just my theory) And obviously the name Carrier had to
come from somewhere. Mother may have been Morgan, Father may have been
Carrier (or vice versa) giving rise to the hyphenated name. I am assuming that
somehow, Thomas is related to the English Carriers. How, I don't know. Just my
speculations.
I would be interested to know what the ancestry of Elizabeth Carrier is.
Interestingly enough, one of my forebearers has the middle name of Alden. :-)
Nicole