I have started writing genealogical sketches, and then will write AI-assisted biographies, of my more distant ancestors by ancestral couple, not by individual ancestor.
Here is the genealogical sketch for my 4th great-grandparents Martin Carringer and Maria Magdalena "Molly" (Houx Carringer who married in 1785 in Maryland, based on my genealogical research.
1) Martin Carringer's Early Life
Martin Carringer was born in 1758, probably in Pennsylvania near Lancaster. His parents were probably Johann Heinrich “Henry” Geringer (1732-1792) and Rosina Maria --?-- (1738-1788), of German heritage. There appear to be no church records, town records, or other records which record his birth or baptism.
There were a number of persons with the surname Carringer, Garringer, Kerringer, Gehringer, Gerringer, Geringer, Gering, or other variants living in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the period 1750-1780. Martin Carringer used the Geringer spelling in the Bible records for his family, and the government records consistently use Carringer (or Caringer).
His probable father, Henry Geringer (1732-1792), enlisted in 1757 at Fort Augusta as part of the Pennsylvania Battalion during the French and Indian War, and left the service in 1760, with the last record being at Fort Bedford, and there is a record of him in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1765, and a record of him in 1774 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He reportedly died in 1792 in Frederick County, Maryland, so his family may have resided there after the Revolutionary War.
It is likely that Johann Heinrich "Henry" Geringer (or Carringer) was the father of Martin Carringer. He was in the approximate place at the approximate time of the first record of Martin Carringer. The other known children of Henry and Rosina (--?--) Geringer are: Adam Geringer (1756-1796), Anna Maria Geringer (1760-1831), Johsn Henry Geringer (1761-????),. Mary Gertrude Geringer (1763-????), and Ann Margaret Geringer (1769-1820).
Martin
Carringer gave his age as 75 in the 12 April 1824 Revolutionary War
Pension File declaration, which puts his birth year as 1758 or 1759.
The
book The Car(r)ender, Car(r)inder, Carnder, Corinder, Car(r)inger,
Car(r)ander, Car(r)endar, Cor(r)inder, Ker(r)ender and Allied Lines,
1740-1990, Volume I, by Minnie Carender provides a family history of
the surnames mentioned[1].
The family of Martin Carringer is described, but no clue is
given as to his ancestry.
A
2001 typescript by M.A. Carringer, edited by Christine Carringer,
titled The Carringer Family provided very useful information about
Martin Carringer and his family.[4]
Martin
Carringer's Revolutionary War service record includes:[4-6]
He enlisted from Westmoreland County on 4 September 1776, in what was first known as "the Battalion commanded by Col. Eneas Mackey." After 5 December 1776, the regiment was known as "The Eighth Battalion of Penna. Troops in the Continental Service." It was organized at what is now Kittanning. On 23 November 1776, "Congress directed the Board of War to order the regiment to march, with all possible expedition, by the nearest route, to Brunswick, New Jersey, or to join Gen. Washington wherever he may be." The regiment marched from Kittanning on 6 January 1777, and, after a difficult winter's journey across the mountains, was reported in the camps in New Jersey on 1 March 1777.The Pennsylvania Archives show the following[6]:
On 11 September 1777, the regiment took part in the Battle of Brandywine and on 3 October 1777 in the battle of Germantown, in this instance in the division of Anthony Wayne. On 11 December 1777, it went into winter quarters at Valley Forge. On 5 March 1778, the regiment was ordered to Pittsburgh where they arrived after making an Indian campaign up the west branch of the Susquehanna. For the remainder of the war, the Eighth was engaged in Indian campaigns and building forts on the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers.
* Martin Carringer was on the Muster Roll of June, July and August of 1778 of Colonel Carnahan's Company of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment of Foot, commanded by Colonel Daniel Brodhead.
* He was on the Pay Roll at the rate of 6 2/3 dollars per month. In June 1778, he received pay of 2 pounds, 5 shillings, 10 pence.
* He received four bounty land certificates on 21 December 1784 (Certificates number 48076 A755 (80 dollars), 77949 G755 ($113 and 30/90 dollars), 78171 L755 (40 and 60/90 dollars), and 78294 C755 (80 dollars).
Martin Carringer was a private in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment in 1781 and again in 1783. From 4 May to 31 May 1781, he was serving in a detachment of four men under under Sgt. Robert Porter transporting provisions for troops down the river to Pittsburgh. He received pay for 61 days at one shilling per day. His name appears as "Martin Cariger, Priv." on the receipt. From 1 June to 31 July 1781, he was serving in the same detachment boating forage and provisions on the Monongahela River to Pittsburgh. The receipt for this period shows payment for 61 days at one shilling per day, and his name is spelled "Martin Callinger." For the month of October, 1781, he served in the same detachment, and was paid one shilling per day. The receipt is signed "Martin Carringer, Priv. 8th Penna Rgt." He was on the roll of Capt. John Clark's company in February, March and April of 1783, in a detachment from the PA line commanded by Lt. Col. Stephen Bayard.Martin Carringer's name appears in the list of soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line who are entitled to receive donation lands. The record indicates[6]:
"Martin Carringer, Priv. 200 acres, War Office."After the Revolutionary War, he was a resident of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In 1787, Martin Carringer was on the Rostraver township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania tax list[10]. The entry includes information in these columns:
- Names: Carringer Martin
- Land held by: Location: 150 [acres]
- Horned Cattle: 1
- Value (£ - s - d): 39 [pounds]
2) Maria Magdalena “Molly” Houx Early Life
Maria Magdalena Houx (or Hoax) was born in about 1768 in Maryland, and was probably the daughter of Theodorus Friederich and Anna Maria (Federhoof) Houx of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland. Other known children of the Theodorus Houx family include: Margaretha Elisabetha Houx (1754-1818), Daniel Houx (1757-1832), George Jacob Houx (1758-1832), Matthias Houx (1759-1831), Anna Margaretha Houx (1761-1836), Johannes Houx (1763-????), Joseph Houx (1767-1774), Johann Friederich Houx (1769-????), William Friederich Houx (1770-1787), Michael Houx (1772-1843), Johannes Houx (1774-1775), Heinrich Houx (1776-????), Johann Frederick Houx (1776-1795), and Peter Houx (1778-1778).
The only clues available for the name, birth date and birthplace of Maria Magdalena (Molly) Houx (or Hoax) are the Revolutionary War Pension file declaration in February 1839[22] which states that she was Mary "Molly" Hoax. She was age 71, the 1850 U.S. census record[23] which shows a Mary Caringer, aged 82 born in Maryland, living in the house of Henry Caringer. In February 1851, the declaration by her son, George Carringer[7] provided her maiden surname as "Hoax" and her death date. These records define Mary's birth year as 1767 or early 1768. The only birthplace found in a record is Maryland from the 1850 U.S. Census record.
There are many families with surnames like Hack, Houks, Hokes, Houx, Houcks, Hauck, Hough, Hout, Hoat, Hoax etc. in Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 1760-1790 time frame, and it may be impossible to prove Mary's ancestry without definitive land or probate records. Theodorus Houx did not leave a probate record in Frederick County, Maryland. At the time of her marriage in 1785, she was probably a resident of Frederick county, Maryland.
3) Marriage and Family Life
Martin Carringer married Maria Magdalena "Molly" Houx (or Hoax) in May 1785 according to the Family Bible included in the Revolutionary War Pension File summary for Martin Carringer[7-8]. They were probably married in Frederick County, Maryland where Martin's father lived at the time.
After their marriage, they moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where Martin owned land by 1787.
Martin Carringer and Maria Magdalena Houx had the following children:
Johann Jacob Carringer, born 1 October 1785, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth --?-- , about 1808, probably Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, seven children; died 3 September 1865, Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania.
Maria Elisabetha "Lizbet" Carringer, born 6 September 1789, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; married John McCartney, 1815, Mercer, Pennsylvania, six children; died 20 November 1850, Perry Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania.
Catherine Carringer, born 18 January 1792, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; married Abraham Kazebee, 5 April 1822, Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, six children; died 9 March 1866, Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania.
George Carringer, born 5 February 1795, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; married Isabella Montgomery, 25 June 1821, Mercer, Pennsylvania, ten children; died 30 January 1870, Perry Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania.
Calli Carringer was born on 9 March 1797 in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania. She died before 1810 at the age of 13 in Mercer, Pennsylvania.
Henry Carringer, born 6 June 1800, Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania; married Sarah Feather, before 1825, Mercer, Pennsylvania, 10 children; died 20 April 1879, Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa.
Soloman Carringer was born on 24 August 1802 in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania. He died after 1820 at the age of 18, probably in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Carringer, born 22 October 1805, Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania; married Anna Maria Spangler, about 1835, Mercer, Pennsylvania, eight children; died 8 June 1869, Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa.
The
first four children were baptized in the Lutheran Church in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania[8].
Church records show the birth and baptismal records as:
- Joh. Jacob, born 1 October 1785, baptized 16 October 1785, parents Marthinius Geringer and Maria Magthalena, sponsors Nicolaus and Barbara Hack,
- Maria Elisabetha, born 6 September 1789, baptized 25 December 1789, parents Martin Gehring and Magdalena, sponsors Thomas Weickert and Maria Elisabetha,
- Catherina, born 17 July 1792, baptized 26 May 1793, parents Martin Gehringer and Maria, sponsor Maria Catherine Weis
- Georg, born 5 February 1795, baptized 9 June 1795, parents Martin Geringer and Magthalena, sponsors Johannes Grub and Sussana.
Martin Carringer went to his land in the wilderness of Mercer County, Pennsylvania and built a cabin in 1795 or early 1796. The land remained in his family to the third generation.
A book (A History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Penn. : L. H. Everts & Co., 1877) provides some insight into Martin Carringer's settlement and character[3]:
"It is claimed by some that Martin Carringer settled in what is now Perry Township in 1795. Alexander McCracken and Hugh Minnis, who settled in Sandy Creek in April 1796, found Carringer already located upon their arrival, so that he must have come very early in 1796 at all events.Martin Carringer also receives prominent mention in the History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, Brown, Runk & Co in 1888)[2]:
"At the time of McCracken and Minnis' arrival in 1796, Martin Carringer, a revolutionary soldier, had settled on a donation tract some three miles south of the Vacancy, within the present limits of Perry Township. By some it is claimed that this man had built a cabin, and begun a clearing in 1795, but Mr. James McCracken now living on part of the old homestead, and who came to the township in 1798, with his parents, states that Carringer had been but two years in the county. The tract which he cleared is now owned by his heirs and James Kelso, and is donation lot 941. He was a German by birth, and eccentric in various respects, and many curious anecdotes are related illustrative both of his benevolence and his fiery temper. A more generous man never lived, and his terrible vituperations, upon the slightest annoyance, was excused by the pioneers, among whom his kind disposition had made him a general favorite. He was in the habit of contributing largely to every object which he believed would promote the good of the new county, and has left a reputation for honesty and integrity that will live forever in the memory of his posterity. One year, after he had been a resident of Mercer County for some time, he raised an unusually good crop of corn, and after harvest a man called upon him and asked if he had corn for sale. 'Are you in need of corn?' said Carringer. The man replied that he was as he was buying grain to sell. 'Then you can't have mine' he replied, 'I raise my corn to give away, and if you are poor and unable to buy you should have a part of it for nothing, but, as you have money, I shall give it to the destitute settlers as they have need of it.' Carringer stated that upon his first arrival at his land he travelled north as far as Conneaut marsh without meeting a single settler" (p. 66).]
"About the year 1816, the people resolved to build a new house of worship, and two years later one was erected on the spot where the graveyard now lies. This building was of hewed logs, had a floor and glass windows, and the highest subscription paid toward it was ten dollars by Martin Carringer." (p. 69).
"Mention will be made of one early pioneer, whose life was a succession of eccentric thoughts and equally as eccentric actions. Reference is made to Martin Carringer. He was an old Revolutionary War veteran, whose entrance into (Perry) township dates back, according to the best authenticated accounts, to the year 1796. Some assert that Carringer arrived as early as 1795, and built a cabin. If this could be verified it would unquestionably establish him as the earliest settler in the county. But however the mere date may be, he is fairly entitled to rank among the very earliest pioneers. He settled on donation lot No. 941, which had been granted to him from the commonwealth on account of his services in the Revolution. He was a German, as the name indicates, and was known, in later years, after settlements had been made about him, for his wonderful kindness. He was extremely generous, but his generosity was only extended to the poor and helpless. All worthy public enterprises received his hearty support, and all unworthy ones were as readily met with his vehement opposition. It is seldom in the history of any community that a character is found which deserves higher encomiums than those which even his neighbors and associates bestowed on Martin Carringer" (p. 568).Martin Carringer was the largest subscriber to the Upper Sandy Creek Presbyterian Church in Georgetown in 1799, with a mark of $10. In 1818, Martin Carringer, John Sheakley and Samuel Cochran withdrew from the Georgetown Presbyterian Church and joined the Mineral Ridge Associate Reformed (Covenanter) Church.
"Martin Carringer was a native of Westmoreland County, Penn. and came to this county in 1796; was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He settled in Perry Township, and died in 1838. He was the father of Jacob, George, Henry and Joseph, all dead. Jacob was in the War of 1812. George was born in Westmoreland County, and married Isabella Montgomery. He was an early member of the militia. He died in 1876, aged 81 years and was the father of the following children: John, George, Emily, Maude (deceased), Milton, Isabella, married Humphrey Orr, James, deceased, was in the war, Harvey and Jane, wife of Stephen Feather; Isabella Montgomery, wife of George Carringer, died September 24, 1888, aged 85 years, making a residence on the farm they first settled on 67 years." (p. 1119-1120)
In the 1800 United States Census, the Martin Carringer household was in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The household included[11]:
- two males under age 10
- two males aged 10 to 16
- one male aged 16 to 26
- one male over age 45 (certainly Martin Carringer)
- two females under age 10
- one female aged 10 to 16
- one female over age 45 (certainly Molly Carringer)
- three males under age 10
- one male aged 10 to 16
- one male aged 16 to 26
- one male over age 45 (certainly Martin Carringer)
- one female aged 10 to 16
- one female aged 16 to 26
- one female aged 26 to 45 (certainly Molly Carringer)
- one male age 10-16,
- one male age 16 to 18,
- three males age 16-26,
- one male age over 45 (probably Martin Carringer)
- two females age 16 to 26,
- one female age over 45 (probably Molly Carringer)
"CARRINGER, Martin, Molly, W6905 BLW 1259-100, PA line, soldier enlisted in Westmoreland Cty PA, soldier applied 12 Apr 1824 Mercer Cty PA aged 65, soldier married Mary "Molly" Hoax in May 1785 and soldier died 25 Jan 1835 in Mercer Cty PA and widow applied there 8 Feb 1839 a resident of Sandy Creek Twnshp PA aged 71 and widow died there 31 Aug 1850. Children were Jacob, born 1 Oct 1785, Lizbet born 6 Sept 1789, Katharine born 18 Jan 1792, George born 5 Sept 1795, Calli born 9 Mar 1797, Henrick born 6 June 1800, Soloman born 24 Aug 1802, Joseph born 22 Oct 1805. Also shown was a grandchild Tastet born 13 May 1811 and died 27 Aug 1820; soldier's son George signs affidavit 28 Aug 1851 Mercer Cty PA, surviving children at widow's death were Jacob Carrigan, Elizabeth McCartney deceased in 1851, Catherine Cazbe, George, Henry and Joseph Carrigan. Soldier's daughter Elizabeth McCartney died 14 Nov 1850."U.S. Senator William Marks represented Martin Carringer when he applied for a Bounty Land Warrant in 1827. The transcribed information for the Martin Carringer record is[15]:
- When presented at the Treasury: April 17 [1827]
- By whom presented: Wm. Marks /Senate/
- Number: 1259
- Name of soldier Martin Carringer:
- Grade: Pr[ivate]
- Name of patentee: Martin Carringer
- Acres: 100
- Location - Lot: 3
- Location - Section: 3
- Location - Township: 8
- Location - Range: 6
- Remarks: 17 April 1827, sent to Wm. Marks Senate same day
“No. 1259 3. 3. 8. 6.This land was located in Township 8, Range 6 in the U.S. Military District of Ohio, and was located in the southern part of Holmes County, Ohio.
Pursuant to an Act of Congress, authorizing the Secretary of War to issue Land Warrants, and for other purposes, passed the 15th day of April, 1806, Martin Carringer who was a private in the Pennsylvania Line is entitled to one hundred acres of land, to be located, agreeable to said act, on any unlocated parts of the fifty quarter townships, and the fractional quarter townships, reserved by law for original holders of military warrants.
GIVEN at the War Office, this eighth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven
Registered, James Barbour Secretary of War
Robert Taylor Clerk”
In the 1830 United States Census, the Martin Carringer household resided in Sandy Creek, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The household included[17]:
- one male age 20-30,
- one male age 70-80 (certainly Martin Carringer)
- one female age 60-70 (certainly Molly Carringer)
Martin Carringer died on 25 January 1835 in Sandy Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, according to his Revolutionary War Pension file and several other documents[14,21].
The remains of Martin Carringer rest in a large and flat pasture on the land he settled in 1796. His tombstone reads "Martin Carringer departed this life January 25, 1835 in the 80th year of his age."[18] Kelso Cemetery is on private land south of Wolf Road and about 0.2 miles east of Fredonia Road in Perry township.
The inscription on Martin Carringer's modern gravestone in Kelso Cemetery is:
Martin Carringer wrote his will on 3 March 1830, and it was proved on 4 February 1835 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. The will reads[19]:
"In the name of God, amen. I Martin Carringer of Sandy Lake township Mercer County and State of Pennsylvania being old and infirm in body though sound in mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament. And first I commit soul to God who gave it and my body to be buried in a decent and becoming manner. Next, it is my will that my funeral expenses and lawful debts be paid first out of my worldly substance. Next I give and bequeath to my son Henry one hundred and fifty acres of land laid off the east end of the plantation whereon I now live including my improvements except the back room where I now live which I reserve for the use of my beloved wife Mary as long as she shall live. Also he is to provide all necessaries of life for her and keep her decently as long as she lives and to her in a horse and saddle and two cows for her use and privilege to take what fruit she pleases for her own use. The horse and cows to be Henry's at her death. Also I give her all her household furniture, beds and clothes to be at her disposal, also he is to keep four sheep for her use as long as she lives. Next I give to my son George the residue of the aforesaid plantation also a lot in the town of Greenville, the choice to be decided by putting the numbers four which I own into a hat -- and he to draw the first ticket and the no. he draws to be his lot. Next I give to my son Joseph two hundred acres of land lot No 965 in the fifth district donation land in said county.
“Next I give to my son Jacob one hundred acres of land on which he now lives. Next I give my three daughters Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary each a lot in the town of Greenville, the choice to be decided as above directed. Next I direct my son Joseph to sell a lot of land which I own in the state of Ohio and keep the proceeds provided he loses the land above named and if he holds the land the money to be equally divided among my three daughters above named. Next I constitute and appoint my son Joseph and Francis Beaty to be executors of this my last will and testament.
“In testimony hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third day of March eighteen hundred and thirty."
“Martin Carringer (seal)
Signed and sealed in presence of
Henry Williamson, David Beaty
Mercer County.
"This fourth day of Feby 1835 personally appeared before me, Samuel Holstein registrar for the probate of wills in and for said county, Henry Williamson and David Beaty the subscribing witnesses to the annexed will who after being duly sworn according to law did depose and say that they were present and saw the testator Martin Carringer sign the annexed will and heard him acknowledge the same to be his last will and testament and that at the time of his so doing the said Martin Carringer was of sound mind, memory and understanding to the best of their knowledge and belief. Registered Feb 14th 1835. Saml Holstein register letters testamentary issued so dis. to above executor."
4) Molly Carringer’s Widowhood
Molly Carringer declared that she was a widow of Martin Carringer and requested a Revolutionary War pension in a declaration dated 6 February 1839[22]. The declaration says:
“State of Pennsylvania
Mercer County Ss
On the Sixth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally came before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County being a Court of Record of Pennsylvania, Molly Carringer a resident of Sandy creek Township Mercer County and State aforesaid, age Seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pensions of the Act of Congress passed July Seventh One thousand eight hundred and thirty Eight entitled “An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain Widows.
“That she is the widow of Martin Carringer who was a private in the regular Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War that for some time before and up to his death he was on the pension roll of the United States drawing a Pension of Ninety Six Dollars per Annum. She further declares that she was Married to the said Martin Carringer in the Month of May One thousand Seven hundred and eighty five, that her husband the said Martin Carringer died on the twenty fifth day of January One thousand Eight hundred and thirty five, that she was not married to him prior to his having the service but that their Marriage took place prior to the first day of January 1794 and at the time above stated and that she shall remain his widow.
Sworn to and Subscribed her
on the day above written Molly X Carringer
before mark
James R. Wick"
Molly
Carringer deposed on 8 February 1839 that the family Bible pages were
written by Martin Carringer[23].
The record says:
"State of Pennsylvania
Mercer County Ss Eighth Feb'y A D 1839 Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County Molly Carringer the Widow of Martin Carringer late of Sandycreek Township in the County afforesaid Deceased, and sworn as the law directs Deposeth and saith, that the leaves of the Book to which this Deposition is attatched is the family Record of her Husband the late Martin Carringer, and although she cannot read the writeing thereon, she knows it to be her Husbands handwriting and preserved it, Always in her own possession (until attatched to this Deposition) as the date of birth of her Children, And that the last name on the list was not their Child but their Grandchild, and that She had a Certificate of her Marrage but lost it.Her
Sworn to and subscribed Molly X Carringer
before me the above date mark
Adam Thompson J.P.”
Molly
Carringer was granted a pension of $80 per year on 8 July
1839[25]. This
was renewed again in 1843 and 1848.
In
the 1850 U.S. census, Mary
Caringer resided with her son in the Henry
Caringer family in Sandy Creek township, Mercer, Pennsylvania[26].
The family included:
- Henry Caringer, age 56, male, a farmer, $2000 in real property, born PA
- Eliza Caringer, age 23, female, born PA
- Jackson Caringer, age 21, male, a carpenter, born PA
- George Caringer, age 18, male, a farmer, born PA
- Cornelius Caringer, age 17, male, a farmer, born PA
- Mary Caringer, age 14, female, born PA, attended school
- Sarah Caringer, age 13, female, born PA, attended school
- Henry Caringer, age 11, male, born PA, attended school
- Loisa Caringer, age 9, female, born PA, attended school
- Matilda Caringer, age 5, female, born PA, attended school
- Harvey Caringer, age 2, male, born PA
- Mary Caringer, age 82, female, born MD
Maria Magdalena “Molly” (Houx) Carringer died on 31 August 1850 in Sandy Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.[27] There is no known burial location for Maria Magdalena "Molly" (Hoax) Carringer. She is probably buried in Kelson Cemetery near Martin Carringer’s grave, but there is no marker or cemetery record.
The
declaration of George Carringer, son of Martin and Mary (Hoax)
Carringer, dated 28 August 1851, noted the death dates of his parents
and the names of the living children of Martin and Mary
Carringer[27].
It reads:
"State of Pennsylvania }
County of Mercer } SS
“On this 28th day of August 1851 personally appeared before me Thos Robinson a Justice of the Peace in and for said county George Carringer aged 56 years resident of Perry Township in said county who being first duly sworn doth on his Oath make the following declaration under Act of Congress passed first July 1848 & 2d Feb 1848.
“This declarant states that he is the lawful Child of Martin Carringer late of said County who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States under Act of 18 March 1818 at the rate of 96$ per annum and who died in said county on the 25th day of January A D 1834.
“This declarant further states that he is the lawful child of Mary Carringer who was the lawful wife o& widow of the aforesaid Martin Carringer that the maiden name of this declarants Mother was Mary Hoax and that she the said Mary was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 80$ per annum and that the said Mary Carringer died in said county on the thirty first (31) day of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifty leaving Six children only surviving her whose names are Jacob Carringer, Elizabeth McCartney deceased on the 14th day of November in the year 1850, Catherine Cazbe, George Carringer, Henry and Joseph Carringer.Sworn and subscribed to
on the day and year first George Carringer
above written before me
Thomas Robinson J.P.”
5. SOURCES
1. Minnie
Carender, The
Car(r)ender, Car(r)inder, Carnder, Corinder, Car(r)inger,
Car(r)ander, Car(r)endar, Cor(r)inder, Ker(r)ender and Allied Lines,
1740-1990, Volume
I (Richmond, Ind. : Stevenson Printing Co., 1990), Martin Carringer
(born 1758) sketch.
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of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Chicago,
Ill. : Brown, Runk & Co., 1888), pages 568, 1119-1120,
Martin Carringer sketch.
3. A
History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadeklphia,
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69, Martin Carringer sketch.
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Carringer and Christine Carringer (editor), The
Carringer Family, unpublished
typescript, provided via email by Christine Carringer to Randall J.
Seaver in 2001, Martin Carringer's Revolutionary War service
summary.
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Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During
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Carringer service rolls, 1777-1783; citing citing Record Group
93, National Archives Microfilm Publication M881, Roll
0826.
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Lynch Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Archives, 5th Series (Harrisburg,
Penn. : Harrisburg Pub. Co., 1906), Volume 3, Martin Carringer
information on pages 352, 356, 358, 362, 632.
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War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Appkication Files," online
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and Molly Carringer, applied 12 Apr 1824.
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online database and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com),
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Miller Ruff, The
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unnumbered page (image 151 of 213), Martin Carringer entry; citing
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United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Mercer County,
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39.
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United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Mercer County,
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household; digital image, Ancestry.com
(https://www.ancestry.com);
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52.
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United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Mercer County,
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Page 199, citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M33, Roll
107.
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Molly Carringer.
15. "U.S.
War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858," digital
image, Ancestry.com
(https://www.ancestry.com
: accessed 30 April 2015), Indexes and Registers to Revolutionary War
Land Warrants, 1788-1848, Martin Carringer, presented 17 April 1827
by William Marks, image 636 of 680; citing citing U.S. Revolutionary
War Bounty Land Warrants Used in the U.S. Military District of Ohio
and Relating Papers (Acts of 1788, 1803, and 1806), 1788-1806;
Microfilm Publication M829, 16 rolls; ARC ID: 635444. Records of the
Bureau of Land Management, Record Group 49; National Archives at
Washington, D.C..
16. "U.S.
War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858," digital
image, Ancestry.com, 1806
Warrants: 1100-2119; 1835, 1842, and 1848 Warrants: 1299-2479
(Partial Collection), No. 1259, Martin Carringer, awarded 8 December
1827, image 369 of 1069.
17. 1830
United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Mercer County,
Pennsylvania, Sandy Creek township; page 237 (penned); digital
image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com);
citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M19, Roll
149.
18. Loretta
Barker DeSantis, Sally Glaser Dufford, Mercer
County, Pennsylvania, Cemetery Inscriptions, 16
Volumes (n. p. : Mercer County [Pa.] Genealogy Society, n.d.),
Volume 8. page 47, Martin Carringer (1758-1835) entry.
19. Mercer
County, Pennsylvania,
Will Book, Volume
2, Pages 33-34, Martin Carringer entry; FHL microfilm US/CAN
0,878,967.
20. M.A.
Carringer and Christine Carringer (editor), The
Carringer Family, unpublished
typescript, provided via email by Christine Carringer to Randall J.
Seaver in 2001, Martin Carringer donation land summary.
21. "Index
to Selected Final Pension Payment Vouchers, 1818-1864," online
database and digital images, Fold3.com (https://www.fold3.com
: 2010), Martin Carringer index card.
22. "Revolutionary
War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application
Files," Fold3.com, Pension
application W 6905 and BLW 1259-100, Pennsylvania Line, Martin and
Molly Carringer, Declaration of widow, 6 February 1839 (image 10 of
45).
23. "Revolutionary
War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files,"
Fold3.com, Pension
application W 6905 and BLW 1259-100, Pennsylvania Line, Martin and
Molly Carringer, Deposition of widow, 8 February 1839 (image 16 of
45).
24. "Revolutionary
War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files,"
Fold3.com, Pension
application W 6905 and BLW 1259-100, Pennsylvania Line, Martin and
Molly Carringer, Pension granted to Molly Carringer, 8 July 1839
(image 23 of 45).
25. U.S.
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970,
online database and images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com),
National Number 45353, Pennsylvania State Number 2082, Marion Aubrey
Carringer application, dated 16 May 1927.
26. 1850 United States Federal Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, population schedule; Sandy Creek township, Page 312, dwelling #853, family #900, Henry Carringer household, online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 796.
27. "Revolutionary
War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files,"
Fold3.com, Pension
application W 6905 and BLW 1259-100, Pennsylvania Line, Martin and
Molly Carringer, Declaration of son George Carringer, 28 February
1851 (image 17 of 45).
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