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- Records indicate his name as "James," - Sr. and then James Jr. However the story related about the coat said his name was William. Could he have been William James or James Williams? However, the story does not seem to have credibility when comparing various facts. (See notes for James Jr.)
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(from John Reedy)
residence: 16 Nov 1707 100 Acres, Bucks County, PA
The colonial home built here by James Carrell Sr. is on the Bristol Road about midway between the villages of Ivyland and Richboro and is part of an elevated plateau of land which extends from the Schuylkill River to the Delaware.
Residence 1709 Southampton Township, Bucks County, PA
Residence 1722 Northampton Township, Bucks County, PA
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Tradition seems to indcate that the Carrell family has traced their roots back to Biblical times.
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James Carrell, Sr. (16xx - 1720) was one of thousands of Presbyterians in the north of Ireland who took part in the religious wars of the period. He was one of those imprisoned within the walls of Londonderry during the famed siege of 105 days. Family tradition tells us that James Carrell was a linen weaver and came to America sometime between 1690-95. Soon after his arrival he married Sarah Dungan, the youngest daughter of the Rev. Thomas Dungan, the first Baptist preacher in Pennsylvania, and his wife, and Elizabeth Weaver. No record of this marriage has been found and the date is not known but is believed to have been about 1697.
The first public record of James Carrell is a deed dated 16 November 1707 when he purchased 100 acres in Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The property was located on the Bristol Road about halfway between the villages of Ivyland and Richboro.
The next record of James Carrell is a curious entry in the minutes of the Court of general Quarter Sessions held, June 13, 1710, at Bristol. James Karrell was held in 20 pds. bond on the condition, "that he should appear September 13, next ensuing to answer such matters and things as shall be then and there objected against him on the queen's Majesties behalfe." Clement Dungan and Jeremiah Dungan each contributed to the bond in the amount of 10 pounds each. We can only guess what "matters and things" were "objected against him".
In 1711 James Carrell bought an additional 100 acres of land from his brother-in-law, Clement and Thomas Dungan. This land was located across the road from the property he bought four years earlier.
The death of James Carrell, Sr. probably happened early in January in 1720. His wife, Sarah Dungan Carrell was granted letters of administration on 16 Jan 1720, with bond by her brother Clement Dungan and Bartholomew Longstreth. The inventory of the estate was filed on 17 December 1720 by John Hart and Cephas Child, showing an estate of 224 pounds, 17 shillings:
Wearing apparel 5 pounds, 10 shillings
Riding Horse, saddle and bridle 10 pounds
Debts 6 pounds 4 sh. & 6 d.
200 acres of land and improvements 145 pounds
4 horses, 1 mare and 2 colts 26 pounds
Cattle 28 pounds
(http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mabry&id=I1061)
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Abt 1666 - Bef 1720 (~ 54 years)
