Endnotes 1. Robert W Barnes, "Charles County Depositions: From Charles County Land Records," Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin Vol. 3334 (19921993): Vol 33 fall 1992 #4 p. 699. Carricoe, James age 70, 28 Sep 1763, stated his father was Peter Carricoe, Charles County Land Records p#3, 59:614.. Hereinafter cited as "MD Charles Co Depositions". 2. Mrs Russell (Carrico) Kaiser Sr., "The Carrico Family," Florissant Valley Historical Society Quarterly Vol. 14 April 1972 #1: These traditions have been handed down through the family "The first record found in Maryland shows transportation of one Peter Currico to Maryland 1657. This Peter, possibly the father of the others, may have obtained a land grant in Charles Co., Maryland and then returned to France for his family. The second trip was made in their own ship called "La Voyage". It was manned by a group of brothers, among them were a pair of twins Peter & Paul, believed to have been the oldest and a sister Jane. They began a settlement in Charles Co. at Bryantown, Maryland. Then they decided to return to France to sell all property there, purchase stock and seeds and equipment and furnishings, also to bring members of the family who had remained at home in France. Peter had married and begun a family, so he was left behind to take care ofthe new settlement. Possibly some of the other brothes left wifes and family in charge of Peter. The ship was loaded and they set sail again from a port in France (it is claimed that they lived in France near the Spanish border, maybe port of Bordeau, on the North or Marsailles on the South). They did not make it to Maryland. Were shipwrecked and lost at sea in a storm, or were captured and killed by pirates. Only Peter and his family & possibly a wife & family of one or so of the brothers remained form whom the Carrico family descends in the United States. Peter had two sons Peter and Abel, from whom we can tract most of the Carricos, but a few who we can not connect, leading to the beliefe that another brother may have left a wife & children. In France the name may have been Carriceau, or if they lived near Spain, Basques accounting for the Spanish spelling Carrico. Tradition also says that a serious rift between the brothers Peter & Abel due to religion. They were originally a Catholic family and Peter & most of his descendents at least for the first few generations remaind Catholic. Abel married Elizabeth Sims, a Huguenot, and moved with them to Fairfax Co., Virginia, where his family was raised Protestantca. Hereinafter cited as "Carrico Family". 3. unknown compiler, compiler, "Research Notes"; Charles County Maryland Court Records 17741778 An Every NameName Indexget microfilms from MD State Arcives #CR 34,669 for X No 3 p. 1101 & film #CR 34,670 for rest of X No 3 Carricoe Barto., 648 ; Baston, 639; Jamees, 648; James of James 642; James of Jas, 188; James of John 639; James of Peter 639; James of Thomas 642; James s/o James 142; James Sr. 639, 641; Joseph 639, 649; Peter 631, 646; William 639. John CAEH m. to Chloe Callicoe Feb 8, 1782, by Rev John Bolton, Catholic Charles Co., MD [Marriages of Charles County Maryland: MD & DE Genealogist] William Carrico m. Mary Hardesty dau of James Madison & Mary El;izabeth BICKETT HARDESTY from St. Mary's Chronicle Vol. 10 #8, Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address. 4. Carol Ruth Gehrs, Charles County Maryland Administrartion Accounts 17081738 (No place: no publisher, no date), p. 28/ 351. 352. Patrick Carrick deceased acct of Patrick "Carrick admr 17 May 1729. James Carrick deceased account of Mary Currick admx 17 May 1729.. 5. unknown author, Calendar of maryland State papers No 1 The Black Books (No place: Maryland Hall of Records Commission, no date), p. 5. 1706/7; 50, III, 234 & 51 III, 235: Mary Anderson, Prince George's Co. Dep. relating to Elizabeth Wallis. One Tue morning Elizabeth Wallis was taken with fits which caused her to bite her tongue, Thursday noon, Sarah Joslin and the deponent found a child in her bed, black and purtified; Mrs [Ann] Burnham came and saw it. Elizabeth contnued ill till fthe following Tue she was bloated in her face and seollen in her hands and letgs, she had taken some sort of drink before from Peter CALICO. D. See 36, 49, 51. Ann Burnham Prince Georges Coi. ..... she had taken several decoctions of herbs from Peter CALICO.. 6. T.L.C. Genealogy, St. Mary's County, Maryland Administrative Accounts 16741720 (P.O.Box 403369, Miami Beach, FL 331401369: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1994), none. Hereinafter cited as MD St. Mary's Adm 167420. 7. unknown author, Charles County Maryland Wills Administration Accounts Inventories and Orphan Court Proceedings 17771780 (P.O.Box 403369, Miami Beach, FL 331401369: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1995), p. 108/246. William Poston's final acct. 3 Nov 1778. exex Priscilla Poston. Debts. ... tobacco rec of Ignatius Cahoe. 8. unknown author, Abstracts of Land Records Anne Arundel County, Maryland 16991709 (PO Box 221 Pasadana MD 21122: The Anne Arundel Genealogical Society, no date), Quick Claim. p. 52. Edward Dorsey states that Capt Cornelius Howard late of AA Co dec'd. purchased a tract from William Parrott in Talbot Co. 1/2 belonging to Edward Dorsey sold to John Edmondson of Talbot Co.17 Dec 1701. Wit. David Cakaw, John Twell, Mary Dorsey. 9. Peter Wilson Coldham, Settlers of Maryland 16791700 (No place: no publisher, no date), None under C or K. 10. Peter Wilson Coldham, Settlers of Maryland 17311750 (1001 N Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996), none under C or K. 11. Peter Wilson Coldham, Settlers of Maryland 17011730 (1001 N Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996), none under c or k. 12. Peter Wilson Coldham, Settlers of Maryland 17511765 (1001 N Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996), none under c or K. 13. T.L.C. Genealogy, St. Mary's County Marland Rent Rolls 16391771 (P O Box 403369. Miami Beach, FL 331401369: T.L.C. Genealogy, 1993), none. Hereinafter cited as MD St Mary's Co Rent 16931771. 14. Harry Wright Newman, Charles County Gentry (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1971), Dent Family: p. 98/99. Levi Dent (18 1842) son of John Brewer and Priscilla Dent b. Trinity Parish Chrles Co., MD. married Pamelia ?. Children: 1: anna E Dent married ____ Carrico; 2: Robert M Dent; 3. Verlinda Dent married ____ Hatton; 4. Frederick L Dent married Lydia DENT. 5. Walter B. Dent. 1850 census widow Pamela Dent dau Anne E age 15: Will Pamelia A Dent Apr 18 1872 proved Charles Co. MD 19 May 1874 by Thomas Carico, Francis L Higdon & Joseph R Harrison. She devised her daughter Anna E Carico the farm lying in Gilbert Swamp then occupied by the testatrix's son Robert M Dent 200a.... She mentioned grand son George T Carico. exer. Dr. Thomas H. Carico.. 15. Tim Carrico Weaver, "Carrico Family," email message from Wtcweaver@aol.com to Carol R Mitchell, 1998, CARRICO GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION FROM MY VISIT TO PORTUGAL MARCH 17, 1997MARCH 26, 1997 W. Timothy Carrico Weaver April 3, 1997. With the wonderful help of Celia Silva Brito, a student at the University of Coimbra, I was able to research four sources of genealogical data while in Portugal: The Inquisition records of the Torre do Tombo (National Archive) in Lisbon; the Book of Council Meetings, lists of hunting privileges, 1443, of MontemoroNovo at the Municipal Library of MontemoroNovo; Baptismal, marriage and death records, 15331698, of MontemoroNovo located at the Municipal Archive of Evora; the Tax lists of MontemoroNovo, 16991700, located at the Municipal Library of MontemoroNovo. The director of the Municipal Library of MontemoroNovo, Dr Jorge Fonseca, a very delightful man, was most helpful in locating the records mentioned. I have discovered that Pero (Peter) Dias Carrico of MontemoroNovo was condemned a Jew by the Inquisition. He was charged with the crime of "Judaismo" (Judaism) and sent to prison for four years in 1629. In 1633 he confessed his crime and was set free ("auto de fe"). His grandfather was also named Pero Dias Carrico. In the same town, MontemoroNovo (new), the ancient council meeting records of 1443 list a Lourenco Anes Carrico and Martin Lourenco Carrico. The Carrico family originally comes from the area of MontemoroVelho (old) in the Beira Litoral (Central Coast) which is about 180 miles north of Lisbon and about 20 miles from Coimbra. The family has its own coat of arms consisting of three marsh plants, or carricos, on a silver crest. The coat of arms and its privileges were traditionally awarded by the Portuguese kings for service in defeating the Moors. It is well known that families from the Beira Litoral resettled the Alentejo after the defeat of the Moors. They migrated with the armies of the Christian Knight Geraldo Sempavor who captured Evora in 1165 in the name of the Portuguese king Henriques. Families from the vineyards of the Beira Litoral established the Alentejo as a major area of wine production. The resettlement also assured the monarch a population that would fight any reinvasion of the Moors for protection of their land. Incidentally, in the records we researched, the name Pero was rare in the 16th and 17th centuries. We found no references to the name other than that of the two Pero Carricos. We did not find tax records of any Carrico in the 169899 tax list of the same town, perhaps suggesting that the family may have fled following the trials of Pero Dias. 1. CARRICO: THE WORD, THE FAMILY NAME AND THE TOWN Carrico, The Word. The translations below are a combination of my struggles with Portuguese and Celia's excellent translations. We did not have time to translate everything before I left, so I plowed ahead. Blame me for any mistakes, not Celia. The word carrico is written in Portuguese with a cedillo under the second "c;" thus, it is pronounced carreeso with the emphasis on the second syllable (the unaccented "I" is pronounced as a long "e" in Portuguese.) I did find one place named Carrico without the cedilla but did not have time to explore it. The word carrico, and its feminine version carrica, are found in several dictionaries. These sources are detailed below. From the Lello Universal Dicionary Enciclopedico LusoBrasileiro em 2 Volumes, Organizado e Publicado Pela Livraria Lello & Irmao, sob a Direccao d Jose Lello e Edgar Lello, Volume Primeiro, 196 Porto Lello & Irmao Editores Rue Das Carmelitas, 144. Carrico, s.m. (lat.* cariciu. Planta da familia das ciperaceas. O mesmo que carrica. T. da Madeira. O mesmo que carrapico. T. de Viana. Especie de canabrava ou junco. Bras. Especie d canudo d taquara. ENCICL. Os carricos sao ervas de folhas serrihadas, que crescem ordinariamente nos lugares humidos. Conhecemse quinhentas especie distribuidas por todo o globo. O carrico das areias (Carex arenaria), tem rizomas rastejantes muito desenvolvidos. mpregase, por isso, para fixar as dunas. As folhas constituem a crina vegetal.. (A kind of leafy grass of bamboo or cane.) Carrica, s.f. Genero de passaros ntirrostros (Troglodytes europeus), de cor castanhoescura, que vivem nas sebes e moitas das regioes temparadas Bras. O mesmo que cambaxirra. ENCICL. As carricas sao lindas avezinhas, vivas e ageis, de bico curto e um pouco curvo asas mais compridas do que a cauda. Sao uteis auxilares da agricultura, por destrufrem larvas em grande quantidade. (Small bird of chestnut brown coloring with a long tail that eats large quantities of larva.) From the Dicionario da Lingua Portuguesa, oordenacao de Jose Pedro Machado, Volume II, 1960. Carrico, s. m. Planta ciperacea // Especie de junco ou canabrava. // Individuo de cabelo encrespado. // O m. q. carrapico // O m. q. carrica, Especie de canudo de taquara // O m. q. cambaxirra // Sobreiro pequeno que nasce deixa da cora das avores adultas. // Designacao de uma especie de togo. (Plant of rush or cane; an individual with curly hair; straw of bamboo; little bird.) Carrica, s. f. Avezinha da familia dos dentirrostros, que anda peolos valados e buracos Monte d erva. // Abrigo para o gado, o m. q. carrica Tufo de cabelo // O m.q. cambaxirra. (Person with tight curly hair, as a black person; mountain side of grass; tuft of hair.) >From the Dicionario Portugues Latino Por Francisco Torriuha, the Latin versions of carrico are carex, caricis, carrical and carectum. Latin vulg. (common usage) is car[r]iceu. It seems that the name derives directly from Latin, and the Portuguese constructed their word much as the Romans. From the Dicionario Portugues/Ingles Dicisonarios Academicos, the word carrico is a botanic term referring to the specific cane, carex or car[r]iceu in vulg. Latin. The feminine carrica refers to the sedge wren. Carrical is a plantation. The Spanish word for carrico is carrio. Source. Dicionario De Espanhol Portugues. Julio Marinez Almoyna, p. 134 Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 134 Schnauzer Lane, Beaver Falls, PA 15010 <carolmit@usaor.net> 724-847-4473 [using The Master Genealogist 3.5, WP8, Eudora]