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    1. Re: [CARROLL] Carroll and Chew
    2. V. A. Austin
    3. Didn't the son die, without issue, while on a sea journey? va Sunkist wrote: > Hello Traci, > > There is a very extensive listings of Charles Carroll the Settler, (married 1st > Martha ____ Ridgely Underwood and 2nd Mary Darnall) With Mary Darnall, their children > were Charles Carroll of Annapolis, Charles (died), Charles (died), Henry, Eleanor > (died), Bridget, Anthony, Daniel Carroll of Duddington, Mary & Eleanor. > > Charles Carroll of Annapolis married Elizabeth Brooke, and their only child was > Charles Carroll of Carrollton. > > Charles Carroll of Carrollton married Mary Darnall (niece to the first Mary Darnall?) > and their children were Elizabeth, Mary, Louisa Rachel, Charles Carroll of Homewood, > Ann Brooke, Catharine & Eliza. > > This list does not address Charles Carroll of Belle Vue. > > The book Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland - A Carroll Saga, 1500 - 1782 by > Ronald Hoffman in collaboration with Sally D. Mason is an excellent source of > information. It discusses at length CC the Settler's will, who handled it and what > was done and why. It also lists why some lists are not complete and why, then goes > on to tell the rest of the story. > > I bought my copy at Powells Books, the worlds largest reseller of books in the > world. Located in Portland OR, they have an extensive collection and most likely can > get you a copy. They had mine on the shelf. Fascinating book and extremely > informative on the Charles Carroll's. > > Good Luck! > > Traci Wilson-Kleekamp wrote: > >> Hello >> >> I am new to the list... seeking information on the slaves in the CARROLL >> family that connect to the CHEWS. Harriet Chew who married Charles >> Carrol Jr., and Anna Maria Chew who married Lord William Johnston in >> Maryland. >> >> Charles Carroll of Carrollton's son Charles married Harriet Chew -- a >> listing of his estate can be found here... but it is not complete. I >> believe Harriet is the daughter of Benjamin Chew. >> http://www.gunstonhall.org/probate/wdmdelsl.htm >> >> I am also interested to know if Harriet or how Harriet may be related to >> Anna "Nan" Maria Chew who married Lord William Johnstone. Anna Chew is >> the daughter of Larkin Chew..and I wonder how Larkin and Benjamin Chew >> are related. >> >> For those of you who are interested there is a new book on the market >> called: Princes of Ireland, A Carroll Saga, 1500-1782; Here's a review >> of the book by the William and Mary Quarterly. >> reviewed at http://www.wm.edu/oieahc/WMQ/Jan01/Hoffman&Mason.pdf >> >> Additionally, you might be even more interested in the forthcoming >> 3-volume set it references: Dear Papa, Dear Charley: The Peregrinations >> of a Revolutionary Aristocrat as Told by Charles Carroll of Carrollton >> and His Father, Charles Carroll of Annapolis, with Sundry Observations >> on Bastardy, Child-Rearing, Romance, Matrimony, Commerce, Tobacco, >> Slavery and the Politics of Revolutionary America. It's not out yet, >> but you can pre-order it via University of S.C. at Chapel Hill and >> Amazon Books etc. >> >> There is also an older book printed in about 1942 by Ellen Hart Smith >> called Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Haven't been able to find a copy >> locally. >> >> I have followed the Anna Maria Chew and William Johnston relationship >> all the way to Bunceton, MO where my ancestors were slaves on a place >> called Ravenswood. My ancestors were owned by William H. Johnston m. >> Margaret Hutchinson. Margaret's parents were William Hutchinson and >> Margaret Hickman Hutchinson.. and all their children were born in Paris, >> KY and numerous members of the family moved to Pittsburg, PA. [When >> William died, she received interest in his slaves via revisionary >> interest and her brother James purchased the slaves and sold to her new >> husband Nathaniel Leonard.. who is the founder of the Ravenswood >> Plantation.] William H. Johnston's father was Capt. William H. Johnston >> who married Rachel Spears. [Her parents were Elizabeth Ewalt and Jacob >> Spears]; the Capt.'s father was Robert Johnstone who married Margaret >> "Peggay" McClanahan...but it looks like her also married Ann Cook and an >> "Overton." Peggay's sister Clara married David Hickman -- Margaret >> Hickman Hutchinson's father. [See how the ties stay close]. Robert >> Johnstone's father is Lord William Johnston who married Anna Maria Chew. >> It appears from some web research that Lord William was also married 2 >> or three times. >> >> I have will and probate records on young William H. Johnston who married >> Margaret Hutchinson.. they came to Boone Co., MO -- and there are also >> records for William's siblings and his mother Elizabeth. I believe Jacob >> Spears may have records in KY. >> >> As far as the Carrolls are concerned, I got pissed off at my councilman >> who campaigned on his "famous ancestors" who signed the Declaration of >> Independence [Charles Carroll] and Daniel Carroll. As I did a little >> research I discovered that they were not only the richest family of >> their time, but owned the most slaves; and the marriage of Charles >> Carroll son to Harriet Chew... caught my eye... knowing that I had a >> CHEW in my research. I'm also reading the new book by David McCullough >> called "John Adams" and both Benjamin Chew and Charles Carroll of >> Carrollton get mentioned. There's another interesting book out called >> Founding Brothers which also adds some perspective to the dealing of >> America's founding politicians. >> >> See online. >> >> Traci Wilson-Kleekamp >> african americans in missouri >> http://www.missouri-slave-data.org >> >> P.S. I also have Chilton, Tutt and Chism ties - that I believe pick up >> through some of these early Colonial families. > > > -- > Please visit me at: http://members.home.net/sunkist/ > > > >

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