Your Michael Carrington, sword bearer to Richard the Lionhearted is also
mentioned in some other resources I have access too- however they do not go
onto describing the Carringtons who went to America but continue the English
line- to which I am connected. I have 5 more generation back from Michael to
Hamo de Carynton whom came to England attending his Uncle Hamo de Massey at
the Battle of Hastings.
RESIDENCE: "Old Cheshire Families and Their Seats" by Lionel M
Angus-Butterworth. First published by Sherrat and Hughes, Manchester 1932.
Reprinted by EJ Morten pulblisher, Didsbury, Manchester 1970; Page 25
Carrington of Carrington
The ancient Norman house of Carrington of Carrington is one of the very few
in the country that can show proof of descent in the direct male line back
to the Conquest. The pedigree registered at the College of Arms confirms the
unbroken descent over this period of more than 800 years.
The founder of the house was Hamo de Carenton, a scion of the noble family
of de Carenton in Normandy, who took their title from the place of that
name. Sir Bernard Burke says that "The family of Carrington derives its name
from the Castle, town and port of Carenton in Normandy. The Chateau de
Carenton was always a portion of ducal domains, and of much importance in
the history of Normandy". Carenton was known to the Romans and "Carentonum
Unellorum", denoting possession of the place by the tribe of Unelli. In
modern times the spelling of the name has become Carentan..
Official documents of the town of Caretan date back only to the Revolution,
the early ones having been destroyed at this time.
Hamo was the younger son of the Marquis de Carenton, Lord Carenton of
Normandy.
Page 26-7
There is good reason to believed that Hamo de Carenton attended his uncle
Sir Hamo de Massey at the Battle of Hastings, being at that time about 18
years of age. His kinsman, who became first Baron of Dunham Massey was
rewarded for his services by grants of land in Dunham, Ashley, Bowdon, Hale,
Baguley, and Ollerton, all in the county of Chester. At a later date he gave
to his nephew and namesake, Hamo, a manor in the parish Bowdon. Here was
built the first hall of Carrington, and the dwellings of Hamo's followers
round about it gradually brought the village into existence. As the place
thus took its name from Hamo de Carenton, some time after the Conquest, it
is not mentioned in the Domesday Survey.
In a fifteenth century map of Cheshire the village is still shown with the
spelling "Carenton". In Saxton's map of 1577 the spelling had become
"Carinton", and in both Speed's map of 1610 and Baen's of 1648 it
appears a
"Carrynton".
This is the same sources' information on your Michael
"Old Cheshire Families and Their Seats" by Lionel M Angus-Butterworth. First
published by Sherrat and Hughes, Manchester 1932. Reprinted by EJ Morten
pulblisher, Didsbury, Manchester 1970;
Page 28
The Abbot of Cockersand recommended Mychael to the notice of Richard Coeur
de Lion, thus leading to his appointment as the royal Standard Bearer.
Sir Mychael de Carington, died in the Holy Land in 1192, during the lifetime
of his father. In the church of St John the Baptist at Chester is a
mutilated effigy of a knight in chain mail and a surcoate. It is known as
"The Carrington Crusader" and the style of armour is peculiar to the period
1190-92. It may be recalled that when Chester was still part of the ancient
Mercian diocese of Lichfield the church of St John was for a time the
Cathedral, and thus Sir Mychael's effigy was placed in the most honourable
position available in the county."
Regards
Gwen Waters
Mt Gambier
South Australia
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I am not related to this family, but have a book which I can use to maybe
answer some questions on the Carrington family.
THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS CARRINGTON
THE CARRINGTON FAMILY CAN BE TRACED FROM ONE MICHAEL CARRINGTON WHO WAS
SWORD BEARER TO RICHARD THE LIONHEARTED IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY. HE DIED
IN BATTLE BUT LEFT A SON WHO BECAME THE ANCESTOR OF HUNDREDS OF CARRINGTONS
IN ENGLAND AND IN IRELAND. DURING THE 4 CENTURIES FROM THE SWORD BEARER TO
THE CARRINGTON IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN THE 1600'S, MANY
CARRINGTONS WENT TO ENGLAND FROM IRELAND.
THERE WERE 3 GROUPS OF CARRINGTON IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO AMERICA IN THE 17TH
CENTURY. ONE GROUP SETTLED IN VIRGINIA, ANOTHER IN MARYLAND, AND THE THIRD
IN CONNECTICUT. THE MARYLAND GROUP IS DESCENDED FROM SAMUEL CARRINGTON, A
COMMONER AND INDENTURED SERVANT. THE VIRGINIA CAVALIER COLONEL GEORGE
CARRINGTON, A FRIEND OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, IS THE ANCESTOR OF THE VIRGINIA
CARRINGTONS. THE CONNECTICUT CARRINGTONS ARE DESCENDED FROM DR. PETER
CARRINGTON WHO WAS LIVING IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT IN 1692 AND WAS AN
ARISTOCRAT. THE MARYLAND CARRINGTONS ARE THE ONES FROM WHOM WE IN INDIANA
ARE DESCENDED.
I noticed that Grassy Lick Creek is mentioned in some queries...
CARRINGTONS IN INDIANA CAN EASILY TRACE THEIR GENEALOGY BACK TO SAMUEL
CARRINGTON, A REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER. HE LIVED IN CHARLES COUNTY,
MARYLAND AND LATER SETTLED NEAR GRASSY LICK CREEK IN MONTGOMERY CO.,
KENTUCKY IN 1804. RECORDS SHOW THAT SAMUEL WAS BORN IN 1754 IN CHARLES
COUNTY, MARYLAND AND WAS THE SON OF JOHN AND SUSANNAH (CALLED HANNAH)
CARRINGTON. HIS OLDEST SON, THOMAS, WAS BORN AND MARRIED IN PORT TOBACCO,
MONTGOMERY CO., MARYLAND A TOWN ON THE POTOMAC RIVER. THOMAS CARRINGTON AND
HIS WIFE CAME TO MONTGOMERY CO., KENTUCKY SOON AFTER HIS FATHER, SOME TIME
BETWEEN 1805 AND1808.
These following paragraphs are just items of interest from this book.
IN 1642, THOMAS CARRINGTON TESTIFIED IN SUIT OF JOHN CARRINGTON AGAINST
LAWRENCE STARKEY FOR FREEDOM FROM SERVICE. IN OPEN COURT IN 1642, JOHN
CARRINGTON RECEIVED RELEASE ON OPEN TESTIMONY OF THOMAS CARPENTER REGARDING
STATEMENTS MADE BY LAWRENCE STARKEY ABOUT THE FREEDOM OF JOHN CARRINGTON.
IN 1652 MICHAEL CARRINGTON AND SAMUEL CARRINGTON CAME TO VIRGINIA FROM
IRELAND AS INDENTURED SERVANTS. MICHAEL WAS BOUND TO JAMES FORSTER AND
SAMUEL TO COLONEL GEORGE LUDLOW. THEY SETTLED NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE YORK
RIVER.
THERE WAS TRADITION IN THE KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI CARRINGTON FAMILIES THAT
THEY ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE VIRGINIA CARRINGTON FAMILY. RANDOLPH CARRINGTON,
THE FOUNDER OF THE MISSOURI FAMILY, IT WAS THOUGHT, RECEIVED HIS GIVEN NAME
BECAUSE OF THE RELATION OF THE RANDOLPHS AND CARRINGTONS IN VIRGINIA.
THE FOLLOWING IS PROBABLY A CORRECT LISTING IN ORDER OF THE GENERATIONS OF
CARRINGTONS IN THE FAMILY OF WHICH THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN:
1. SAMUEL CARRINGTON, THE IRISH IMMIGRANT TO AMERICA IN 1652
2. TIMOTHY CARRINGTON, A RESIDENT OF CHARLES CO., MARYLAND IN 1762
3. TIMOTHY OR JOHN CARRINGTON, WHO LIVED AT PORT TOBACCO, CHARLES CO.,
MARYLAND IN 1778
4. SAMUEL CARRINGTON, BORN IN 1754, MARRIED MILDRED MCDONALD ON JA. 8, 1782,
BY AN EPISCOPAL RECTOR OF PORT TOBACCO PARISH LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY CO.,
MARYLAND AND WENT TO MT. STERLING, KENTUCKY IN 1804
5. RANDOLPH CARRINGTON BORN ON OCT. 20, 1784, IN MONTGOMERY CO., MARYLAND;
SPENT HIS YOUNG MANHOOD AT MT. STERLING, KENTUCY; MARRIED CATHERINE MCCARY
IN 1811; AND MOVED TO CALLAWAY CO., MISSOURI IN 1826
THE NAME OF CARRINGTON IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM THE RESIDENCE
OF ITS FIRST BEARERS, IN CARRINGTON, CHESTER CO., ENGLAND. IT IS FOUND IN
ANCIENT ENGLISH AND EARLY AMERICAN RECORDS IN THE VARIANT SPELLINGS OF
CARRYNTON, CARRINTON, CARINTON, CARYNTON, CARINGRON, CARRINGTON, AND OTHERS
OF WHICH THE FORM LAST MENTIONED IS THAT WHICH IS MOST GENERALLY USED IN
AMERICA TODAY.
FAMILIES OF THIS NAME WERE RESIDENTS AT EARLY DATES IN THE ENGLISH COUNTIES
OF CHESTER, LINCOLN, YORK, HERFORD, ESSEX, BUCKINGHAM, LEICESTER, WAWICK,
AND LONDON. THE WERE, FOR THE MOST PART, OF THE LANDED GENTRY AND NOBILITY
OF THE BRITISH ISLES.
ACCORDING TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS, THE FAMILY TRACES ITS DESCENT FROM SIR
MICHAEL DE CARRINGTON, WHO WAS STANDARD BEARER TO KING RICHARD I OF ENGLAND
ABOUT THE YEAR 1189 A.D. SIR MICHAEL CARRINGTON I WAS THE GRANDFATHER OF SIR
WILIAM CARRINGTON I, WHO MARRIED ANNE, DAUGHER OF SIR EDWARD FAREWELL, AND
WAS THE FATHER BY HER OF SIR WILLIAM II AND EDMUND CARRINGTON I. OF THESE
THE YOUNGER SON (SOMETIMES CALLED "SIR EDWARD) MADE HIS HOME IN
STERLINGSHIRE, SCOTLAND, AND WAS FATHER BY HIS WIFE CATHARINE HERRIETT
CARRINGTON OF:
1. WILLIAM CARRINGTON III
2. MICHAEL CARRINGTON II
3. HUGH CARRINGTON
CATHARINE HERRIETT CARRINGTON WAS THE DAUGHER OF SIR THOMAS HERRIETT.
SIR WILLIAM CARRINGTON II, MARRIED KATHARINE MONTACHUTE OR MONTAGUE, DAUGHER
OF WILLIAM MONTACHUTE OR MONTAGUE, EARL OF SALISBURY AND WAS FATHER BY HER
OF:
1. SIR THOMAS CARRINGTON
2. MICHAEL CARRINGTON III
SIR THOMAS CARRINGTON MARRIED MARGERY ROOS OR ROSSE AND WAS FATHER OF HER
OF:
1. JOHN CARRINGTON
2. EDMUND CARRINGTON II
MARGERY ROOS OR ROSSE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF SIR ROBERT ROOS OR ROSSE.
JOHN CARRINGTON I MADE HIS HOME IN ESSEX COUNTY AND CALLED HIMSELF "SMITH".
HE MARRIED ROBERT LAYNHAM'S DAUGHER, MILLICENT LAYNHAM. JOHN CARRINGTON I
DIED 1446 AND WAS THE ANCESTOR OF THE CARRINGTONS-SMITH FAMILY.
JOHN CARRINGTON IV MARRIED ELIZABETH SYMPSON, DAUGHTER OF HENRY SYMPSON, IN
THE EARLY SEVENTEEN CENTURY AND HAD ISSUE OF HER OF:
1. JAMES CARRINGTON
2. RALPH CARRINGTON
3. FRANCES CARRINGTON
4. ELIZABETH CARRINGTON II
JAMES CARRINGTON MARRIED JUDITY GARFORTH, DAUGHTER OF JOHN GARFORTH. JAMES
AND JUDITY GARFORTH CARRINGTON HAD ISSUE OF:
1. SAMUEL CARRINGTON
2. HENRY CARRINGTON
(AND PROB OTHERS)
THE AUTHOR CONTINUES TRACING CARRINGTONS TO CONNECTICUT, VIRGINIA, AND NORTH
CAROLINA.
THIS BOOK HAS PICTURES OF CARRINGTONS, A GENEALOGY CHART, STORIES, AND MUCH
MORE. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO CHECK THIS BOOK 'S INFORMATION FOR ANYONE.
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