My STEPHEN CARROLL came to this country from Ireland sometime between 1733 and 1752 and settled in Orange County, NC. The story has it that he came with two brothers, one of which went to VA and one to Sampson County, NC. I don't have any info on them. STEPHEN'S son, BENJAMIN was born in 1752. Several of BENJAMIN's children migrated to McNairy County, TN about 1830. One of the children, STEPHEN, my gggrandfather, then went on to Southern Indiana with some of his children. I don't have any details concerning the time before the lst STEPHEN came to this country. Faye Carroll Strycker Mishawaka, IN
Faye, I don't remember that when we corresponded a time or two in the past that you knew one of Stephen's brothers settled in Sampson County. Do you have any new information on that, or is that part of the family lore passed down? I have recently learned that a story has been told in my family that my Alexander Carrol/Carrell who married Lucy Ryal/Royal in 1783 in what became Sampson County came into Wilmington, NC from England. (Most likely via England from Ireland) It is possible the story should have been that his father or grandfather took the boat ride instead of him. If any other Sampson County, NC, Carroll families have traditional tales, now would be a great time for you to share them, pretty please. Lura ----- Original Message ----- From: <FayeStry@aol.com> To: <CARROLL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [CARROLL] Carroll roll call > My STEPHEN CARROLL came to this country from Ireland sometime between 1733 > and 1752 and settled in Orange County, NC. The story has it that he came > with two brothers, one of which went to VA and one to Sampson County, NC. I > don't have any info on them. > > STEPHEN'S son, BENJAMIN was born in 1752. Several of BENJAMIN's children > migrated to McNairy County, TN about 1830. One of the children, STEPHEN, my > gggrandfather, then went on to Southern Indiana with some of his children. > > I don't have any details concerning the time before the lst STEPHEN came to > this country. > > Faye Carroll Strycker > Mishawaka, IN >