Deborah (Carroll) English (abt. 1757)

Born about 1757 in Creenagh, Magheramesk, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of William English — married 17 Oct 1770 in Ballinderry, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland

Died [date unknown] in Inisloughin, Magheramesk, County Antrim, Ireland

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Deborah (Carroll) English was born in Ireland.

Deborah was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Deborah Carroll was born before 1766, at the Carroll homestead in the townland of Creenagh in the Magheramesk civil parish, County Antrim, not far from Moira. She was the daughter of Edward Carroll and Sarah Bell. Her mother was from a well known Quaker family in Trummery and her father was the grandson of Colonel Thomas Carroll, a staunch Catholic who was killed at the Battle of the Boyne. His son Thomas, who was Edward's father, was sent north to be raised by a Presbyterian family. Edward was Presbyterian, but became a Quaker in midlife.

The Carroll house named Hollymount, was on the old turnpike road between Lisburn and Moira. Deborah's father had 120 acres of leasehold land, and was a farmer and linen draper.

Deborah married William English, a malt dealer from a nearby property whose family had lived there for generations. They had 4 children

1. Thomas
2. John
3. Isaac
4. William

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Sources

• Letter written by Deborah's grand nephew, Robert W Carroll in Cincinnati, Ohio, and held in the O'Carroll family collection.
• Map hand drawn by Robert W Carroll, pinpointing the Carroll homestead and the English family property.
• “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F14138G : accessed 18 December 2022), marriage of William English and Deborah Carroll of Magharemisk in Ballinderry on 17d 10mo (Oct) 1770; citing Register of marriages, LISBURN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.