James Carrell Sr. (abt. 1666 - 1720)

Born about 1666 in Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

Husband of Sarah (Dungan) Carrell — married [date unknown] in Bucks Co., PA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 10 Feb 1720 at about age 54 in Warminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania

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Biography

James Carrell Sr. was a an early settler in Pennsylvania.

Marriage

ABT 1697 Probably Bucks Co., PA ^[1]

Death

10 FEB 1720 Bucks Co., PA ^[2]

Resource, "The Descendants of James Carrell and Sarah Dungan, 1690- 1928, by Ezra Patterson Carrell. From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~amorrow/fg04/fg04_466.html Added by goldenarch1 on 25 Jul 2007

Profile of his descendent Ezra Patterson Carrell relates the following:

James CARRELL, the pioneer ancestor of the family, settled in Bucks county about 1700 and possibly came from Rhode Island in 1683 with Rev. Thomas DUNGAN, whose daughter Sarah he married. Tradition, however, relates that he was a weaver, and had a mill or loom, in Philadelphia, where he wove linen and linsey-woolsey; some products of his loom remaining in the family until recently. He purchased one hundred acres of land in Southampton in 1704 and lived thereon until his death about 1730. In 1711 he purchased of his brothers-in-law, Thomas and Clement DUNGAN, a tract of land in Warminster which is still the property of his descendants, descending from father to son down to the present owner, Isaac CARRELL. The children of Thomas and Sarah (DUNGAN) CARRELL were six in number; James, the eldest son; Benjamin, who died in 1733; Elizabeth, who married Samuel GILBERT, of Warminster; Sarah, who married Silas McCARTY; and Lydia, who married Robert TOMPKINS, of Warminster, later of Warrington, Bucks county; and another daughter of whom we have no record. In 1732 the other heirs of James CARRELL conveyed the homestead in Southampton to the eldest son James and in 1734 he also purchased the Northampton homestead on which he settled and lived until his death in 1750, conveying the Southampton homestead on his purchase of the Northampton farm. The family were of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock, and are supposed to have emigrated from Scotland or Ireland in the seventeenth century. Tradition relates that James CARRELL, Sr., was imprisoned in Londonderry during that memorable siege of one hundred and five days, and soon after came to America. The family is probably of the branch of the house of CARROLL who were rulers in the northern counties of Ireland, which Dr. William CARRELL in his history of the family traces back to the beginning of the third century. 168 web sites http://members.aol.com/DrpFamTree/carrell-dungan.html 168.Davis, William W.H., A Genealogical and Personal History of Bucks Co, PA, Baltimore: Gen Publishing, 1975.

10 Feb 1720 Will proved

187. Justice, Alfred Rudulph, Ancestry of Jeremy Clark of RI and Dungan Genealogy, Franklin Printing: Philadelphia, 1922.

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From http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mabry&id=I1061 Added by goldenarch1 on 25 Jul 2007 James CARRELL, Sr. (16xx - 1720) was one of thousands of Presbyterians in the north of Ireland who took part in the religious wars of the period. He was one of those imprisoned within the walls of Londonderry during the famed siege of 105 days. Family tradition tells us that James CARRELL was a linen weaver and came to America sometime between 1690-95. Soon after his arrival he married Sarah DUNGAN, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Thomas DUNGAN, the first Baptist preacher in Pennsylvania, and his wife, and Elizabeth WEAVER. No record of this marriage has been found and the date is not known but is believed to have been about 1697. The first public record of James CARRELL is a deed dated 16 November 1707 when he purchased 100 acres in Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The property was located on the Bristol Road about halfway between the villages of Ivyland and Richboro. The next record of James CARRELL is a curious entry in the minutes of the Court of general Quarter Sessions held, June 13, 1710, at Bristol. James Karrell was held in 20 pds. bond on the condition, "that he should appear September 13, next ensuing to answer such matters and things as shall be then and there objected against him on the queen's Majesties behalfe." Clement DUNGAN and Jeremiah DUNGAN each contributed to the bond in the amount of 10 pounds each. We can only guess what "matters and things" were "objected against him". In 1711 James CARRELL bought an additional 100 acres of and from his brother-in-law, Clement and Thomas DUNGAN. This land was located across the road from the property he bought 4 years earlier. The death of James CARRELL, Sr. probably happened early in January in 1720. His wife, Sarah DUNGAN Carrell was granted letters of administration on 16 Jan 1720, with bond by her brother Clement DUNGAN and Bartholomew LONGSTRETCH. The inventory of the estate was filed on 17 December 1720 by John Hart and Cephas Child, showing an estate of 224 pounds, 17 shillings: Wearing apparel 5 pounds, 10 shillings Riding Horse, saddle and bridle 10 pounds Debts 6 pounds 4 sh. & 6 d. 200 acres of land and improvements 145 pounds 4 horses, 1 mare and 2 colts 26 pounds Cattle 28 pounds

Sources

1. ↑ "Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers", written by Olga Jones (Wear)Edwards and Ina Wear Roberts. (2nd edition) page 270
2. ↑ "Descendants of East Tennessee Pioneers", written by Olga Jones (Wear)Edwards and Ina Wear Roberts. (2nd edition) page 270

• James Carrell on Ancestry.com

• WFT Vol. 111 Tree # 2658 dtd 25 Jul 2002.

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