Major
John
Carlyle
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Carlile
and Rachel (Murray) Carlisle
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Fairfax) Carlyle
— married
1747 in Fairfax County, Virginia
Husband of
Sybil (West) Carlyle
— married
after 22 Jan 1761 in Fairfax County, Virginia
Descendants 
Died
at age 60
in Carlyle House, Alexandria, Virginia
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Biography
John Carlyle (1720-1780) was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, the second surviving son of William Carlyle, an apothecary-surgeon, of a landed Scottish family from Dumfrieshire descended from the Lords Carlyle of Torthorwald and Rachel Murray of Murraythwaite, Dumfriesshire.
He m. (1) in 1747, Sarah Fairfax (d. 22 January 1761), cousin of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron and (2) aft 1761 Sybil West, daughter of prominent Alexandrian Hugh West.
His son George William Carlyle (1766-8 Sep 1781) d. at the Battle of Eutaw Springs. His grandson John Carlyle Herbert by his da. Sarah Carlyle Herbert was his heir.
Sources
- https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A019228
- The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Jan., 1910), pp. 209-212
- The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Apr., 1910), p278
- Wikipedia Article
- Carlyle House
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