Henry (1) Carsley

1600 - Bef 1635  (< 35 years)

• Name	Henry (1) Carsley
  Birth	1600	Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	1623	Virginia   [3]
  	Henry Carsley came to Virginia in 1623 in the Providence and at the age of 23 years when the muster was taken in Feb 1624/5, was living at Newport News, VA, as one of Daniel Gookin's men. Henry was a headright named in Daniel Gookin's patent for 2500 acres in Upper Norfolk Co, 29 Dec 1637, pursuant to order of court, 25 Feb 1634/5. The shipping and cattle breeding enterprise projected by Gookin did not prosper and Henry Carsley migrated to the Eastern Shore where many settlers began to take up land after the 1622/23 massacre. On 19 Feb 1633/4 Carsley petitioned the court held at "Accawmack" for a lease of 50 acres upon Old Plantation Creek (in present day Northampton Co) on the south side of Fishing Creek.
  Muster	7 Feb 1624/25	Wariscoyack, Virginia   [1]
  	He was shown as Henrie Carsley, age 23 in Mr. Danniell Gookines' muster, who came in the Providence in 1623.
  Reference Identifer	Muster
  Record ID	12015
  Death	Bef 26 Nov 1635	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  	It was on this date that the death of Henry Caursley was referred to by his widow Elizabeth Caursley in her deed of gift to her children Agnis and Francis with Elizabeth's father-in-law (step-father) Henry Wilson to oversee.
  Person ID	I12015	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2022

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Berryman,   b. 1607, Yorkshire, England d. Bef 7 Sep 1640, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 33 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1625  [5]
  Children	1. Agnes 'Ann' (2) Carsley,   b. Abt 1626, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 29 Jun 1646 (Age < 20 years) + 2. Frances (3) Carsley,   b. Abt 1633, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Aft 21 Sep 1679, Somerset Co, Maryland (Age > 46 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F3591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 50 (Muster of Wariscoyack), 887. [S3181] Rob Hall (C.R.V. Hall) [email protected], Ancestors of Nicholas P. Cudnik, (Email to M.K. Miles, 8 Feb 2022), 3181. [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 486 (Carsley Family), 887. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 2 (death of Henry Caursley referred to), 497. [S624] Virginia M. Meyer & John Frederick Dorman, Meyer & Dorman, Adventurers of Purse & Person, 3rd, (Richmond, VA: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624|5, 1987), 624.