Thank you, Alma.
There certainly are a lot of "gracious Carroll descendants", but
there WERE also a lot of CARROLLs and CARRELLs that came to this
continent many years ago. I wish there were better ship lists or
other records of those who came on small cargo ships into the
rivers and loading docks other than the main ports.
Does anyone know of a good source for these ships. I am
especially interested in the NC and SC area.
Lura
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From: <JohnR25442(a)aol.com>
To: <CARROLL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 11:41 AM
Subject: [CARROLL] Re: CARROLL-D Digest V01 #80
Lura,
I do so wish that I could connect Absolum Carroll with a
family. I
think (don't have my papers handy, so this is from memory, as
flawed as it
may be!) that Absolum and his wife arrived in Baltimore, but as
I said this
is without my papers handy. He was Methodist. I do know that
and that may
well be why he left Ireland. He left Cork for America. I think
(without my
papers, I am not 100% on this) that his son, Absolum fought in
the American
Revolution. If so, his papers would be available and this may
help to connect
to your ancestor.
I only began my Carroll research a few years ago and
have not done a
thorough job, but there are so many gracious Carroll
descendants who share
material that I think you will find your man.
Good luck,
Alma