Henry Cartmill (son of COLONIAL Cartmill)28, 29 was born 1716 in PA or ENG/IRE, and died 04 Sep 1786 in (Botetourt) VA. He married Mary Anderson on 04 Dec 1745 in PA.
Notes for Henry Cartmill: In his paper, "Cartmill-Cartmell in Virginia", Titus R. Pottinger writes of Henry: Born about 1716. Died 1786 in Botetourt County, VA. Wife’s name was Mary per his 1786 will (Mary may have been a second or third wife). Henry Cartmill was in Chester County, PA (Newlin Township) for the 1750-1753 tax list. Moved from Chester County, PA to Augusta County, VA about 1755-1756 per Henry’s son Lt. Henry Cartmill in his 1832 Am Rev pension application. Lived near John Cartmill (probably a brother) on the Cowpasture River for about ten years (1755-1765). Moved to the James River Forks Area of Botetourt County about 1766 and settled on Purgatory Creek. The area in Botetourt in which Henry settled was near today’s town of Buchanan, about 20-30 miles due south of the area on the Cowpasture River where he had previously lived. Henry died in Botetourt County in 1786 and left a will. In his will Henry named his wife Mary, sons James, John and Henry, Jr. the youngest. Four sons-in-law were named but the daughters' names were not given in the will. There was probably an unnamed fifth son, Thomas, who died around 1783, before Henry wrote his will. Further, Pottinger notes that "There were three Cartmill/Cartmell families that settled in Virginia in the mid 1700s: Nathaniel Cartmell, John Cartmill and Henry Cartmill. Prior to the arrival of these three families there are no records of any Cartmill or Cartmell family living in Virginia. The first family in Virginia was the “Nathaniel Cartmell” family. This family arrived in America around 1685 and settled in the area around Cecil County, MD and New Castle County, DE. They sold their property in Cecil County, MD in November 1738 and moved with friends and church members to Frederick County, Virginia about 1740. "The second family to move into Virginia was the “John Cartmill” family. John’s origins are unknown but he was granted land and settled on the Cowpasture River in Augusta County, Virginia between 1745 and 1747. "The third fmily to move into Virginia was the “Henry Cartmill” family. Henry moved from Chester County, PA to Augusta County, Virginia about 1755-1756. Henry lived near John Cartmill on the Cowpasture River when he first arrived in Augusta County and is probably John’s brother. About 1765 Henry and all members of his family moved about 30 miles south of the Cowpasture River into Botetourt County, VA. "Thus we have the three original Cartmill/Cartmell families of Virginia: Nathaniel Cartmell of Frederick County, John Cartmill of the Cowpasture River and Henry Cartmill of Botetourt County. A brief sketch of each family is included at the end of this paper. The vast majority of Cartmill/Cartmell families in America today come from one of these three families." Of the family names, he says: "Both families used an early naming convention where fathers, sons and brothers all used the same given names for their children. This led to many people with the same first name, from different generations (father/son, uncle/nephew) as well as within a generation (cousins). While this can sometimes make it hard to tell one person from another, it also has a positive side. The two families used some uniquely different names, enabling one to identify the probable family affiliation for some people. "The CARTMELL family names of Frederick County, Virginia. ...Common names among the Cartmells were Nathaniel, Nathan, Martin, Edward, John and Thomas. There were few, if any, named James and Henry. "The CARTMILL family names of Augusta County, Virginia. ...Common names among the Cartmills were Henry, James, George and the ever-popular John and Thomas. There were no Nathaniels, Nathans, Martins or Edwards." He cites T. K. Cartmell's big book, and another by Lloyd Poland, who follows the John Cartmill family, which Pottinger claims must have been the brother of Henry--and I concur. "The second book, John Cartmill & Stephen Hubbard by Lloyd O. Poland, Ph.D., really takes a microscope to the John Cartmill family of Botetourt County, VA. Dr. Poland apparently read through every conceivable record for the counties involved looking for references to the John Cartmill family. The book is filled with photocopies of original documents, transcripts of documents and abstracts of a multitude of source materials. "Dr. Poland’s book completely ignores the Cartmell families of Frederick County. Other Cartmill family members in Augusta and Botetourt are also ignored for the most part. The author states within the book that the book is about John Cartmill and his descendants only. However, there is still much information to be gleaned from this book concerning other Cartmill families outside John’s immediate family. Many records uncovered by Dr. Poland contain more Cartmill names than just John Cartmill. "T.K. Cartmell’s book leaves the impression that all Cartmill/Cartmell families in early Virginia must come from the Nathaniel Cartmell families of Frederick County, Virginia. This is not true. There were two distinct large families there. "Lloyd O. Poland’s book shows there was a large group of Cartmill families living to the south of Frederick County, at about the same time the Cartmells were in Frederick County. As pointed out earlier, Dr. Poland’s book is narrowly focused on John Cartmill and his book only hints at the extent of other family members in Augusta. Dr. Poland’s book also suffers a similar omission as T.K. Cartmell’s book. Dr. Poland fails to point out the presence of the Cartmell families in Frederick County, Virginia even though he surely knew they were there. "When the information from the two books is combined then it becomes clear there were two families in Virginia, not one. "Also contributing to the confusion is the fact that members of both families migrated into roughly the same areas at about the same time. Members from both families moved into Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana as the new territories were opened for settlement. These parallel migrations reinforce the idea that all these families must be related in some manner. You can't read too much into this though. This was the same migration path for most of the families of the time period. As each new area was opened for settlement, people from everywhere moved into the new area. The migration path for these two families is the same as the path followed by many others. "While some members from both families ended up in the same states at about the same time, it appears none ever ended up in the same towns. On very rare occasions, and in the later years, some members can be found in the same county, but never in the same neighborhood." Writing of the family origins, he echoes my family's tradition: "Lloyd O. Poland speculated that the Cartmill families of Augusta County, Virginia probably came from Ireland, with no explanation offered. The Cartmills migrated to Augusta County with the Scotch-Irish influx from Pennsylvania, also indicating Ireland. In addition, at least one family member recalls the family’s origins as Ireland. The Reverend Carl Clifford Caverlee of Huntington, WV, a descendant of the original Henry Cartmill of Botetourt County, claimed at one time to have family information passed down to him showing the family came from Kings County, Ireland. The Reverend Caverlee was born in Cabell County, WV in 1910 and lived out his life there, dying there sometime after 1970. I’m not sure how he is related to the Cartmills. His mother, Margaret L. ? born about 1885 in WV, may have been a Cartmill. Or, his grandmother, Sarah E. ? born about 1848 in Ohio, may have been a Cartmill."
Death date needs researched; probably probate, but haven't seen his will.
More About Henry Cartmill and Mary Anderson: Marriage: 04 Dec 1745, PA.
Marriage Notes for Henry Cartmill and Mary Anderson: Marriage date and place are from OWT; Mary's surname, which I had assumed was Looney (his next wife) is also speculative.
Children of Henry Cartmill and Mary Anderson are:
+James Cartmill, b. Bet. 1743 - 1745, (Botetourt?) VA, d. Aft. 1815, (Tazewell) VA.
Henry Cartmill (b. 1716, d. 04 Sep 1786)
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