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Our lineage from Carrington/Thorpe.

The following lineage starts with PAUL CARRINGTON and works it's way down to me, JOSEPH EDWARD NELSON. In some cases little is known of our ancestory. In other cases, we have to take a best guess until more definite information is found.

PAUL CARRINGTON was born in England about 1620. He married Sarah Haughton and migrated to Barbados in 1650. He became a sugar planter. He and his wife produced 4 children. They were: Ann, Alice, Nathaniel, and Paul. Paul became a doctor and started a strong lineage of his own. For our lineage we follow Nathaniel. PAUL died in 1666.

NATHANIEL CARRINGTON was born about 1640. He became a mason and a planter. He married but his wife is unknown. His brother Paul became a doctor and fathered many children. NATHANIEL had only one child, WILLIAM. NATHANIEL died 1694.

WILLIAM CARRINGTON was born about 1690 in Barbados and became a planter. He married Elizabeth Lane in 1710 They produced ?? children. Elizabeth died in 1730 and WILLIAM married ANN TREASURE(widow of William Watkins). Ann Treasure died in 1765. WILLIAM died IN 1770.Between the 2 wives William produced 13 children.Among them was William.

WILLIAM CARRINGTON born about 1726 in Barbados and married Elizabeth Williams in 1746. Elizabeth was born in 1714 and died in 1793. They had 8 children. Among them was Thomas. William, Nathaniel and Richard.WILLIAM died in 1797.

THOMAS CARRINGTON was born in 1760. He married Sarah Smith Benjamin (born 31 March 1754) at St. Joseph Parish 16 Feb 1780. They produced 4 children; Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, John, Thomas Treasure. THOMAS date of death unknown.

THOMAS TREASURE CARRINGTON was born 13 January 1793. He married Mary Ann Roberts 13 oct 1817 at St. Michaels parish. They produced 7 children. Thomas Henry Royal, Charles William, Sarah Frances, George James, Catherine Anne Davis, Eleanor Frances, Samuel James. THOMAS TREASURE died 2 Sept 1845.

SARAH FRANCES CARRINGTON was born 18 June 1826. She married William Henry Thorpe on 27 July 1843. They had one child born in Barbados, Edwin Smith Thorpe. SARAH FRANCES date of death unknown.

EDWIN SMITH THORPE was born 8 Jan 1846 in Barbados. He migrsted to New Jersey in the USA about 1865, He became a US citizen on Oct 6, 1876. In this same year he married Mary Paul in Gloucester, New Jersey. They produced 7 children. These were: Blanche, Arche, Edwin, Florence, William, Eva May(Evelyn), Lily May(May)

EVA MAY THORPE was born in Cinnaminson, NJ on 3 Dec 1892. She died in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1964. In 1911 she married Christopher Frederick Karcher. The had 3 children, Christopher, Marie, and John. Christopher senior died in the flu epidemic of 1919. In 1920 Eva May married Stanley J. Nelson. In 1921 Joseph Edward Nelson was born.

JOSEPH EDWARD NELSON was born in Philadelphia, Pa. on September 14, 1921. He currently lives in Oregon.

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