Sarah was born into a prosperous Quaker family in Cork, Ireland on 21st September 1779 . She was the daughter of John Barcroft Haughton of Cleve Hill who was an iron merchant, importing metal and hardware. Her mother was Sarah Cambridge.
On 6 June 1805, Sarah married Joshua Carroll, also from a prominent Quaker family in Cork, and they had 9 children. Joshua was the elder son of John Carroll, a successful timber merchant in Cork and he joined his father in business. His younger brother Thomas later joined them and the brothers became leading merchants in Cork city where Carroll Quay was named after them. Carroll's Bridge had earlier been named for their father John Carroll.
Sarah's father went bankrupt in the recession following the Napoleonic wars, despite her husband and brother in law, Henry Olliffe JP, husband of her sister Elizabeth, trying to help him.
Her husband Joshua and his brother Thomas Carroll expanded the family business from timber to a range of imports and exports. They continued to focus on timber but expanded to the importation of barrels, saltpetre, cotton wool and numerous other products. They also extended into a ship building enterprise and became ship owners. It has been said by Richard S. Harris, Cork Quaker historian, that Sarah is likely to have brought a substantial dowry to her marriage which would have boosted Joshua's business ventures. However, Joshua's father was a prosperous and successful businessman and both Joshua and his brother Thomas who didn't marry for many more years, had established themselves in business early in their lives.
The Carroll family had interests in a large property Hyde Park on Middle Glanmire Rd, Montenotte which was leased by Joshua's father John Carroll in about 1809. Joshua and his brother Thomas were listed as landlords of the Hyde Park property after their parents died and they inherited the lease. They sublet the property for a time to James Morrogh. Today Hyde Park House and the gatehouse remain standing and are occupied. The house has been owned by the Carey family since 1930. Most of the original 6 - 7 acres of the property has been sold off and developed.
Joshua's brother Thomas Corfield Carroll built a house Carrollina on a 13 acre property at Gardiner's Hill, Montenotte. Joshua's cousin Joseph Hatton Carroll lived here after his father's death in 1832 and in 1848 he advertised the property for sale after changing the name to 'Carolina', thereby disassociating it from the Carroll family name. The house was sold and the name changed to Ardnalee but it fell into disrepair and was eventually demolished. An upmarket housing estate, Ardnalee now occupies most of the original Carrollina estate in Montenotte, Cork. Part of the original garden wall has been retained within the estate.
There are 2 terrace houses named 'Carolina Terraces' which remain today on Middle Glanmire Rd. It is unclear whether they were built on a portion of the original Carrollina estate or on an adjoining property. Sarah appears to have lived at 'Carolina terraces' after her husband passed away. The titles to the terrace houses passed to her sons Barcroft Carroll and John Carroll. One was occupied by a tenant, William Chalmers. The other remained unoccupied after Sarah's death, at least into the 1850's.
Sarah passed away on 29th February 1844 [1]at Patrick Place in Cork city and was buried on 5th March. Her will was dated 30th August 1842 and proved in Dublin on 26th March 1844.
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