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Surnames: CARRIER BOLLES ROOT
Classification: Query
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I have a study paper compiled by Helynn Carrier of California. It is over 300 pages so
perhaps I can furnish you with some additional informaion. You are probably aware that
Martha was convicted and hung at Salem, MA during the witch trials. Did you know that her
husband, Thomas was connected with the beheading of Charles I in England? Willis Carrier,
the inventer of the present day air conditioning system descended from Martha and Thomas.
It was through a Newsweek article on Willis that I first found out about Martha's
death. I had heard through family tradition that Willis was a relative of mine. After
Martha died, Thomas and their sons Andrew and Richard moved to Colchester, CT where there
are many Carriers buried. My Carrier branch was through the son, Richard and his second
wife, Thankful Brown. Our Carrier's migrated to Cayuga County, New York and then to
Calhoun County, Michigan where my great-grandmother, Ella May Carrier, daughter of Edwin
Burt Carrier and!
Cornelia Root married Myron Bolles. The Carriers and Bolles were Michigan Pioneers.