Joshua Carroll (1823 - 1885)

Born 22 May 1823 in County Cork, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 24 Feb 1885 at age 61 in The Manor House, Hartford, Huntingdonshire, England

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Joshua Carroll was born in Ireland.

Biography

Joshua was a Friend (Quaker)

Joshua Carroll was born in County Cork, Ireland on 22nd May 1823 and baptised in Cork. He was the 3rd son of Thomas Corfield Carroll and Mary Hatton. The family moved to Leitrim St, Cork at the time of his birth.

Joshua's father Thomas Carroll was in partnership with his uncle Joshua Carroll and his grandfather John Carroll, and were import/export merchants and involved in ship building and ship brokerage.

Joshua's uncle Joshua Carroll died in 1831 and Joshua's father died just months later in 1832. Joshua's cousin John was an adult by then and his cousin Barcroft was 19. They formed a partnership and continued the shipping yard. Joshua was only 9 years old when his father died, and his brothers were also both minors.

His father's estate Carrollina on Gardiner's Hill, Montenotte was most likely held in trust for some years. Joshua's eldest brother John married their cousin Ann Hatton and died aged 27, without producing children. His brother Joseph Hatton Carroll became a land agent and managed the family properties in Cork. Joseph advertised Carollina in 1848 after changing the name to Carolina. It was sold and the name changed again to Ardnalee, but the house subsequently fell into ruin and was demolished. The land was later sold and developed into a housing estate named Ard na Laoi. Part of the original garden wall remains, encircling the estate. Adjoining land with 2 terrace houses on it must have been part of his uncle's estate, as it passed to Joshua's cousins John and Barcroft Haughton Carroll. His aunt, Sarah Carroll née Haughton lived there until her death in 1844. In 1852 his cousins were still the landlords of the terrace houses and they had let one of them.

Joshua was iving at 4 Clarence Tce, Cork when he moved to England at some point. he lived firstly at Brighton and at the end of his life was living at The Manor House, Hatford in County Huntingdon. In the census of 1881 in England, Joshua was at the home of a couple name Campiaro in Huntingdon. His occupation was recorded as stock holder. ^[1]

Joshua passed away on 24th February 1885 at the Manor House, Hartford, Huntingdon in England, aged 61. Joshua was buried on 27th February 1885 at the Huntingdon cemetery in England but remained on the meeting books of the Religious Society of Friends all his life. He was unmarried.

His brother Joseph Hatton Carroll and his nephew Theodore Frederick Carroll were the executors of his estate which was proven in Dublin, Ireland in March 1885 ^[2] and also the beneficiaries of his will. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Joshua Carroll in the 1881 England Census View1881 England Census View blank form Add or update information Report a problem Name: Joshua Carroll Age: 56 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825 Relationship to Head: Visitor Gender: Male Where born: Cork, Ireland Civil Parish: Hartford County/Island: Huntingdonshire Country: England Street Address: Hartford Education: Employment status: View image Occupation: Stock Holder (No Occ) Registration District: Huntingdon ED, institution, or vessel: 6 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 1603 Folio: 100 Page Number: 14 Household Members: Name Age George F. Campiaro 52 Mary A. Campiaro 40 Joshua Carroll 56 Ann Prior 24 Elizabeth Millard 20 Robert Northcott 21
2. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 NameJoshua Carroll Death Date 24 Feb 1885 Death PlaceSussex, England Probate Date 8 Apr 1885
3. ↑ Web: Ireland, Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920 Name Joshua Carroll Death Date24 Feb 1885 Death Place Huntingdon Primary Beneficiar yJoseph Hatton Carroll Secondary BeneficiaryTheodore Frederick Carroll

• Family Tree and notes authored by Colin R O'Carroll, Johannesburg, 1997
• Visitations of Ireland Vol I, Arthur Crisp, 1898
• The Carroll Family: A Cork Quaker Business Dynasty by Richard S. Harrison