Hello.
Thanks for the suggestion of a roll call (on the McCARTY list). (I'm
cc'ing the CARTY list, and a couple of Maryland-area lists as well).
My earliest known McCARTY was James McCARTY (b. ca. 1770), who seems to
have come from Dorchester Co, MD, and settled in Caroline Co, MD. (Both on
Maryland's Eastern Shore, near Delaware).
He later identified himself as James CARTY instead of James McCARTY. All
of his known children and grandchildren took the CARTY name for a
generation or two, and then it changed to CARTER.
James appears to have married Barsheba DEAN in 1792 (and later possibly
Sarah WALKER in 1814). James had the following children:
1. William CARTY, (ca. 1792 - )
2. James CARTY, Jr, (ca. 1799 - )
3 - 9. and probably seven others
William CARTY (b. ca. 1792 in MD) was my ancestor and was either married
to or was the common-law husband of Elizabeth WYATT, born ca. 1789 in MD.
They lived in Caroline County, MD.
Their children were:
1. Rebecca CARTY, (12 Jan 1813 - ? )
2. James CARTY, (25 Oct 1815 - ? )
3. William Washington CARTY, (15 Apr 1818 - 03 Aug 1880)
4. Elizabeth A. CARTY, (20 Apr 1821 - 26 Mar 1906)
5. John A. CARTY, (25 Dec 1823 - ? )
6. Henrietta CARTY, (25 May 1826 - ? )
7. George Thomas CARTY, (08 Mar 1827 - ? )
Several (perhaps ALL) of these children changed their name to CARTER,
around the same time that most of them moved to Kent County, DE (mid-late
1800's).
#4, Elizabeth A. CARTY, was one of the ones who became CARTER and moved to
DE, and she had a child out-of-wedlock, Hopewell Umphrey CARTER, who was my
great-grandfather.
If any of these names are familiar to anyone, I would love to hear from
you.
Also, if you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks!
John
John C. Carter
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Paternal surnames: Bailey, Carney, Carter/Carty/McCarty, Coker, Colston,
Concealer/Counceller/Councilor/etc, Cott, Dean, Downes, Durham, Handsor,
Hardcastle, Hewes, Jackson, Joy, Morgan, Morris, Munce/Muncey/Muntz, Orem,
Ridgeway, Wyatt
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