Anthony Cian Carroll (abt. 1612 - abt. 1652)

Born about 1612 in Ballymoony, near Litterluna, Ballybritt, King's county, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Brabazon) Carroll — married 1631 in Ireland

Descendants

Died about 1652 at about age 40 in Spain

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Anthony was a Roman Catholic

Biography

Anthony Carroll was born in Ireland.

Anthony Cian Carroll was the third son of Daniel Tiege Carroll, (known as Daniel Carroll of Ballymooney) and Sarah O'Brien. He was probably born about 1612 at Ballymooney Castle, near Litterluna in the Barony of Ballybritt, Kings County (now County Offaly), Ireland.

Anthony married Catherine of Brabazon and they had a son, Daniel born circa 1632. Catherine died that same year, aged 20 and it is assumed she died in childbirth. There are family records suggesting 2 other children fathered by Anthony, being Roger and William Carroll. It is unknown whether these are correctly attributed, or who their mother was.

Anthony's father had surrendered his property, Ballymacadam Castle to the English, and anglicized his name from O'Carroll to Carroll as one of the conditions for a re-grant of land. He received land about 10 miles away near Sierkieran and built Ballymooney Castle there. By the start of the Confederate wars, the land had increased from around 685 acres to over 1700 acres. Due to his eventual participation in the confederate wars, all of this property was confiscated, most of it under Cromwell, and Anthony's father was exiled to Spain after his surrender, where he joined the Spanish army. He never returned to Ireland and died in Europe before 1661.

Anthony also fought for Spain, under the command of his cousin Colonel Richard Grace, an Irish Royalist who had a large bounty placed on his head by the Cromwellian parliament and was exiled from Ireland. They served in the army of the exiled Charles II, fighting for his ally, Philip IV of Spain.

Anthony was killed in battle in Europe in 1652, although the battle in which he fell is unknown. Anthony's son Daniel was between 19 - 20 old at the time and a minor under English and Irish law. Anthony was attainted for treason while he was in exile and his property was confiscated, leaving his children impoverished. His family lost their status as part of the Irish gentry and his son Daniel survived by herding calves for a landowner.

Through the military support of Irish soldiers, Richard Grace, who eventually switched sides from Spain to France, rose to a position of prominence with the exiled royals. Grace received privileges when the crown was restored to James II in 1660, in the form of an appointment as Governor of Athlone, a generous pension, restoration of property, a number of special business grants, and the right to purchase property that had been confiscated from other Jacobites.

Richard Grace became the guardian of Anthony's son Daniel and he appealed to James II to restore the family properties to Daniel. The confiscated properties of Anthony Carroll and his father Daniel Carroll of Ballymooney were not however restored to the Carroll family, but much of the land taken from Anthony's father Daniel Carroll of Ballymooney was subsequently granted or sold to Richard Grace.

Among these properties was the 136-acre townland of Aghahurty near Kinnity in Offaly, where Grace made Anthony's son Daniel Carroll, the head tenant. This allowed the family a good living again, albeit not comparable with their previous situation of more than 1700 acres. Daniel Carroll, added the name "of Aghahurty" to his name. It was posthumously also added to Anthony's name and Teige Carroll and Keane Carroll also became known as 'of Aghagurty'. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland A Carroll Saga, 1500 - 1782, Ronald Hoffman in collaboration with Sally D Mason, UNC Press, 2000, pages 32 - 35

• Early Colonial Settlers of Maryland and Virginia, http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/descend.php?personID=I019888&tree=Tree1
• Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland, A Carroll Saga, 1500 - 11768, Ronald Hoffman, 2000.
• https://www.geni.com/people/Daniel-Tiege-Carroll-of-Ballymooney/6000000008031750736?through=6000000007279419189
• https://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-Carroll/6000000008031926287?through=6000000008031750736
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grace
• Illustrations, Historical and Genealogical of King James's Irish Army List, By John D'Alton