Re: CARSON from County Atrim??
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CARSON from County Atrim??
2/03/99
MY CARSON FAMILY IS FROM COUNTY ANTRIM THEY ARE NOW IN BALLYMENA - THEY WERE LIVING JUST OUT OF BALLYMENA - A PLACE CALLED CARSONTOWN - MY FAMILY IS ROBERT DUFFIN CARSON MARRIED A MISS MURRAY HIS CHILDREN ARE 1/ NAME UNKNOW, NO 2/ JOHN?, 3/ MAY CAME TO NEW ZEALAND, 4/ SARAH MARRIED A MR BLAIR, 5/ LIZZIE BORN 19.3.1887 6/ ANNIE BORN 1/5/1881 AND MARRIED A MR MAGILL 10 CHILDREN, 7/ ROBERT CAME TO NEW ZEALAND MY GREAT GRANDFATHER - I HAVE MET A SAM CARSON WHO LIVES AT CARSON TOWN HE CAME OVER TO NZ ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO - HIS ADDRESS IS CARSONTOWN, LISNEVENAGH ROAD, BALLEE, BALLYMENA CO ANTRIM PH 0126641324 - HE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP - ALSO I HAVE A LETTER FROM ANOTHER SAM CARSON WHO IS A HISTORIAN ON THE CARSONS FROM AROUND HERE HIS NAME IS SAM CARSON, CARSONTOWN, BALLEE, BALLMENA - THEY COULD ALSO HELP YOU.THE 2ND SAM HAS WRITTEN ME A BRIEF HISTORY OF THEM THE CARSON HAVE LIVED IN BALLEE FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS IT IS THOUGHT THE 1ST FAMILY CAME FROM SCTOLAND ABOUT 1610, POWAKE CARSON IS SAID TO HAVE RESIDED IN BALLEE AND DEFENDED HIMSELF WITH A STONE AXE, THE NEXT RECORD OF THE CARSONS WAS WILLIAM CARSONE WHO LIED IN BALLEE AND PAID HIS HEARTH TAX IN THE YEAR OF 1669 THIS WAS A FORM OF INCOME TAX, THE FIRST DUFFIN CARSON APPEARS IN THE EARLY 1800'S HE MARRIED JANE ANDREWS WE THINK HIS SON AND GRANDSON WERE BOTH CALLED DUFFIN,MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER HAD A FARM OF 22 ACRES AT CARSONTOWN AND ALSO WORKED AS A WEAVER SOME TIME AROUND 1980 THEY LEFT CARSON TOWN AND MOVED TO QUEEN STREET BALLYMENA - LET ME KNOW IF ANY INFO MATCHES - WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO CAN HELP
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