Dr. Peter Carrington - Irish Descent

This Blog has been very beneficial to me. It has caused me to go over notes long ago forgotten. At the time of this writing I have 28 loose-leaf notebooks. These include families of my father, Dale Hostvet; mother, Helen Daugherty Hostvet; and my husband, Joe Paulson (McKenzie family).

I came across an E-Mail from a Jan (no last name mentioned), dated March 15, 2005. It says, "Regarding Dr. Peter Carrington, he was living in New Haven, CT in 1692, successfully practicing his profession. He was of Irish descent, but we have no record to connect him with other Carringtons in America." Jan is referring to the three branches of Carringtons that came to America at about the same time. One lived in New Haven (Peter...my 7th ggrandfather), one settled in Maryland and the other in Virginia.

I also have a copy of The Carringtons in General, from Professor William T. Carrington's manuscript. "If one could have known all the thousands of descendents of the four or five Carrington immigrants to this country from Ireland in the seventeenth century, he could, like Balzac, present every type of individual who has contributed pioneer development of our American civilization during these three centuries."

William goes on to say ..."Peter Carrington, the Connecticut scholarly minded...at least fifteen of Dr. Peter's descendents have become doctors..are numerous from New England to the Pacific coast, mainly along the northern
tier of states."

Peter married Ann, daughter of William and Sarah Wilmot. Ann was the widow of Benjamin Lines. Peter died in 1727 and Ann died after 1727. They had 11 children, of which son Daniel, the second Daniel (the first died when he was less than a year old), continues the branch that our family, members of the Lucius Carrington family, are descended. Daniel's brother, Elias, had a son Dr. Elias Carrington who was one of the founders of the New Haven Medical Society in 1784. There is a great story concerning Dr. Elias, that I'll write about another time.

There also is the interesting story of John and Joan Carrington that were tried for witchcraft, in the New Haven area, and are said to have been hanged. There is no validation that these two are related to us, only conjecture. I'll be mentioning them some day.

Ann Wilmot's family is another source of historical interest. Ann is my 7th greatgrandmother.

This whole line includes the Wilmot, Gilbert, Hall, Tuttle, and Bartholomew lineage...all rich in stories and heritage.