Philip and Mary CARREL arrived in Jefferson County, Ohio from western
Pennsylvania sometime between 1806 and 1812. By 1813 they had nine children
who were John (born 1798), Mary (1801), Margaret (1802), Joseph (1804),
Anthony Wayne (1806), Catherine (1807), Henry (1809), Jane (1811) and Philip
Jr. (1813). Philip Carrel was killed on December 10, 1813 while in the
Service of the United States (War of 1812). He died intestate and left no
Will, and in 1814 his widow Mary relinquished her right to be Administrator
of his Estate, whereupon the Court of Common Pleas appointed Ephraim Cellars
as Administrator and John Wolf and several others as Appraisers.
When Philip died in 1813 one of his sons, Anthony Wayne Carrel, who was
7-years old, was "bound out" to a tradesman and taken out of Jefferson
county, probably to Licking County, Ohio where he was raised and later
married Miss Balinda Root in 1826. The other eight children apparently
remained with their mother until her death in 1818, and the court appointed
James Terrence as guardian for five Carrel children in 1818 and 1819. The
five were John, Mary, Margaret, Joseph and Catherine. Whatever happened to
the three youngest children who were Henry, Jane and Philip Jr. is not
known.
Anthony Wayne Carrel and Balinda Root raised eight children of their own in
Licking County, Ohio and they are my ancestors. After the 7-year old
Anthony was separated from his brothers and sisters in 1813 and taken to
another part of the state, there was apparently never any further contact
between them, as Anthony never spoke of his brothers and sisters, nor even
apparently knew their names. He apparently did remember his parent's names
since he named his first son Philip and his first daughter Mary, and he
remembered his birth date. His eight brothers and sisters may not have later
remembered Anthony's name, but only that they may have had a brother once
but he disappeared as a child a long ago. The separation was complete.
The above information concerning Anthony's parents and siblings was
unearthed recently in documents found at the Courthouse in Steubenville. I
am seeking any information about the children of Philip and Mary Carrel of
Jefferson County, Ohio and their descendants. They are the "lost" family of
my ggg grandfather Anthony Wayne Carrel (later spelled Carroll).
Thank you!
Eric Olson
ericbear(a)flash.net