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Author: carson189
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I can trace my line back to Balleymena 1789 William Carson Married Agnes ?? Emigrated to
Canada ontario July 1834. I have recently found info on the web that indicates the Carsons
were lowland scot's and came to Ireland at the time of Oliver Cromwells Plantations.
Attached is some info which I pulled off the internet:
(CARSON
Origins in Ulster: Plantation
The name was originally spelt Ap'Corsan and this family were very prominent in
Kilcudbrightshire and Dumfriesshire where Cosans were provosts for several generations.
The Carsons arrived in Ulster circa 1625 during the Plantation and can be found in numbers
in the 1660's Hearth Money Rolls. Especially common in Fermanagh)
I would appreciate any info you have on the Carson line as I can't seem to get out of
Northern Ireland. However if you check the census in Scotland in the4 mid 1800's a
num,ber of Carsons show up and have their place of birth as Ireland. So it would appear
that some of them came to north america and some went back to Scotland. Terry C.
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