Thomas McCarroll, Sr. and Eleanor Rusk

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Husband Thomas McCarroll, Sr. ¹

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            AKA: Thomas McCarrell 2 3
           Born: 1741 or 1745 - Ireland 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1835 - Washington Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - "The Tent" cemetery, Brooke Co, WV

       Marriage: 

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Wife Eleanor Rusk ²

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           Born: Abt 1755
     Christened: 
           Died: 1845 2
         Buried:  - "The Tent" cemetery, Brooke Co, WV

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Children

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1 F Mary McCarroll ²

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            AKA: Mary McCarrell 4
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert Creswell (1780-      ) 4
           Marr: Abt 1808

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2 F Jane McCarroll ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Moore (      -      ) 2

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3 M Samuel McCarroll ¹

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            AKA: Samuel McCarrell 3
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1881 - Hanover Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth McConnell (      -      ) 2

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4 F Margaret McCarroll ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Thomas Rusk McCarrell ^{2 5}

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           Born: 3 Aug 1795 - Jefferson Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ruhamah Kincaid (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: Elizabeth McComb (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas McCarroll, Sr.

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A native of County Down, Ireland, he emigrated to York County, Pennsylvania. About 1790 he came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and children, and settled on a tract of land adjoining Abraham Barber, of whom he purchased, and where he lived till his death.

He was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and when seventeen years of age came to America, and to Pennsylvania, making his first settlement near Philadelphia. Afterward he moved to York County, same state, and while there participated in the war of the Revolution, and married. In 1793 they came to Washington County, making their final home near Eldersville. [CBRWC, 364]

He was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and in 1758 emigrated to America. He listened to the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, and served throughout the Revolutionary war, witnessing the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. In 1793 he migrated to Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he died at the advanced age of ninety-five. He was an elder of the Seceder (Tent) Church, now Cross Creek U. P. Church, and was a courageous, consistent Christian His descendants were numerous and of excellent standing in western Pennsylvania. At least five of his great-grandsons are on the ministerial roll of the Presbyterian Church, viz.: The three McCarrells of Pennsylvania, Dr. J. R. Miller, of Philadelphia, and Rev. R. J. Creswell, of North Dakota, and one great-great-grandson, Rev. R. J. Creswell, of Shiloh Church, Minneapolis, Minn.; Rev. Dr. R. J. Miller, of the U. P. Church, Pittsburgh, and Rev. Dr. Alexander D. McCarrell, of the same church, are also great-grandsons of the old soldier of '76. [BACC 1905, 711]

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General Notes: Wife - Eleanor Rusk

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from York Co, PA

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 838.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 364.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 711.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 857.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 839.