Anthony Carlton (abt. 1800 - abt. 1864)

Born about 1800 in Brookfield, Renfrewshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1864 at about age 64 in Ederney, County Fermanagh, Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

Anthony was born about 1800, possibly on a farm near Brookfield, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He married Ann Jane Hamilton, who was born in nearby Paisley. Anthony worked as a farmer.^[1]

Anthony and Ann moved to Fermanagh, Ireland, sometime possibly in the 1820s or '30s, when their son James Carlton (1820-1892) was 'in his youth', according to an obituary of a grandson Augustine Carlton (1861-1951).^[2] Most of Anthony and Anne's children married at St Mary, Ederney, and some grandchildren were baptised there.

According to the Crossin family history of the Carltons, Anthony and Ann had a son and 3 daughters who emigrated to the Colony of New South Wales (James, Bridget, Ellen and one other whose name is not known) and another son who emigrated to the United States (his name is not known).

According to family history recorded about his daughter Bridget Mary (Carlton) McGrath (abt.1823-aft.1877), Ellen and her Irish husband James McGrath returned to Scotland to say goodbye to her Scottish relatives before emigrating from Greenock to New South Wales on the 'Percy' with James Carlton and his Irish wife Ellen Ryan in 1841.

Anthony and Anne were the sponsors at their granddaughter's baptism in Ederney in 1853.^[3]

Research notes

• Anthony Carlton, mason (journeyman), age 64, son of William Carlton (farmer, deceased) and M.S. (White) Carlton (deceased), widower of Elizabeth Howard, died on 23 May 1864 at McDowatt Street, Johnstone, from obstruction of the bowel (bowel cancer).^[4]
• Charles Carlton (abt.1826-bef.1900) could be a son of Anthony and Ann Carlton.
• His sister could be Ellen Carlton, who never married, except that mother's maiden name is Carlton, not White. ^[5]
• One researcher says that convict arrival in Australia on the ship "Isabella" (4) of Anthony Carleton (aka Anthony Roberts) of Westmoreland, born 1797, convicted of horse stealing in 1831 and sentenced to death (computed to transportation).^[6]. However, this seems unlikely if Anthony's children's hometown is Brookfield, Renfrewshire. The convict Anthony Carleton lived in Parramatta in 1837-39 and possibly died in Coober Pedy. Also, Anthony and Anne Carlton witnessed their grandchild's baptism at Ederny in the 1850s.

Sources

1. ↑ The Story of James & Ellen Carlton of "Pine Brush" Dungog & their Descendants by David Crossin, 2006
2. ↑ 1951 'OLD IDENTITY PASSES', Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954), 21 March, p. 3. , viewed 23 Aug 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140850320
3. ↑ Ederney baptism record - 1/2/1853 Ellenam Coyle James or Jacob Elizabetha Antonius et Anna Carlton; Ellenam Coyle filium Jacobi et Elizabetha, Sponsors, Antonius et Anna Carlton
4. ↑ "Statutory Register of Deaths," database, National Records of Scotland, (ScotlandsPeople: accessed 5 February 2024)
5. ↑ "Statutory Register of Deaths," database, National Records of Scotland, (ScotlandsPeople: accessed 5 February 2024), Ellen Carlton death registered 1858 in Abbey Burgh (age 57, mother's maiden name Carlton); citing Ref 559/1/151.
6. ↑ State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; Series Name: Butts of Certificates of Freedom; Series Number: NRS 12210; Archive Roll: 1019