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o o o \ o o •■-•) :ig § CD ct (D MO' 5 ® o* iccGS refereince only - ^ X ' w ^ CO o ■R » ' 1 :i w "AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OP THE CARTNELL PIONEERS" By William P« Cartmel C. C. C. FAMILY QUARTERLY P. O. BOX 101 PORT TOWNSEND,WA 983«8UJ.A. First Printing, Summer 1977 Second Printing (Revised), STunmer 1978 a Reprinting anjr portion of this hook without the bitten permission of the author is expressly forbidden. The reader of this hook will notice that through- out the text, whenever refer to the / mell" spelling* However, i in those cases, my inten- ^H||^^B|p^|g|||M tion is to encompass all ■ especially individual "Cartmel" spellings, and ^k "Cartmill." was to avoid The having purpose to '■ ■ various spel- -j lings when speaking of the " ^■ ■'' '-^01 stirname only in passing or "'■ in reference to a matter ■■ of more importance. This hook is the culmination of seven years of research on the Cartmell family. However, I make no pretense that my own research is completed. I will always he interested in discovering other branches of the family and hope to learn more from the readers of this work. If the input is great enough, another volume will he forthcoming. Prior to this hook, the largest printed history of the Cartmell family was a nine-page sketch of the Vir ginia clan, included in the hook, "Shenandoah Val ley Pioneers and Their Descendants," by Thomas Kemp Cartmell. Doing research on this family has heen a most enjoyable experience, as any genealogist will tell you. Occasionally in this hook I will refer to the difficulty and ensuing confusion involved in trac ing the family history. However, in one way it was more successful than attempts made by researchers tracing another surname. That is, the name itself is quite uncommon compared to others. Today, there are only 3^5 Cartmel, Cartmell and Cartmill famil ies listed in the telephone hooks of the major cities of the United States. This, in itself, helps to eliminate the problem of encountering m- merous individuals having the same name, hut with no connection to the family in vihich you are in terested. As I prepare this introduction,- I remain hopeful that the genealogical information provided in this hook will be of interest and assistance tc these researching the Cartmell surname as well as to those who merely desire to know a little more about their roots* The primary objective of this book is to encour age others to discover their own ancestors and ex perience the rewards which come with the search* As you will see, the descendants of the Cartmell family have an interesting cast of ancestors to contend with* William Patrick Cartmel Summer, 1977 CONTENTS 1 History of the sorname 3 2 Cartmely England 8 3 The Virginia Gartmells 10 4 The Ohio Gartmells 21 5 The Illinois Gartmells 26 6 The Kentucky Gartmells 29 7 The Gartmel family 32 8 The Gartmill family 47 HISTORY OF THE SURNAME The Gartmell surname is not one without inter est—in facrt, it has a certain amount of intrigue to offer the researcher tracing its history. The name itself is a combination of two separate word forms, kartr, from Norwegian dialect meaning "rough stony ground," and melr, which refers to a sand bank. The translation of the cabined forms is "sandbank by stony (or rocky) ground." For those who are dissatisfied with the transla tion, early British records offer a different one, claiming that its origin is found in the British words Kert,^ a camp^ and mell,'^ a small mountain. Hence, tho translation, "fortress on a hill" which is an apparent reference to the Cartmel Priory Chiirch of Lancashire County, England. (A history of the Cartmel Church is presented in the following chapter.) An Irish Surname dictionary lists the name as Cartmill, but indicates its origin to be from the English township. This same source documented^JohiT' ■*-Sertmel, : who was a Drogheda juror in 1306, and still others (named deKertmel) who were involved in the rescue of a nnirderer. The events are rather sketchy, but they are important in that they offer examples of the earliest recorded spellings of the name itself. Another source presented various spellings of the surname, including Cartmell,«Gartmel, Cartmail, Cartmale and Carpmile. A footnote includes the following information: Robert Gartmell, of Claughton, 1578t Lancashire Wills at Richmond (1457- 1680), p.58. Elizabeth Cartmail, of Claughton, 1716: ibid. (1681-1748), p.53. Ann Gartmell, of Pullgarth, in Gart mell Pell, 1701> ibid. Thomas Cartmell, of Chester, l64'8s Wills At Chester (I62I-50), p,44, John Cartmell, of Simondston, l673i ibid. (1660-80), p.51. London, 2,1,0,0,2,0; MDH;(co. Staf ford), 0,0,1,1,,0,1; Philadelphia (Cart mell), 1* Marriage records found in the Cartmel Church in England first record the event of this surname in 1571 upon the marriage of a William Cartmell and his wife. The ceremony was performed on the l8th of January. Later occurrences of the surname are spelled-" Cartmel - and are found in the years I669, 1696 and 1702. Although the major portion of the descendants presently living in England spell their name as Cartmell, the township and church are spelled Cart mel, with hut a single "1." Canon T.C. Ledgard of the church explains: "In days gone by it varied (the spelling) and there was no hard and fast rule." And that simple explanation seems to be quite applicable when discussing the variations in spelling which occurred once members of the family were spread out into the American States. Shire records found in Westmoreland County, Eng land include mention of Nathaniel Cartmell who re portedly sold his belongings and took sail with his family and certain others of the Sect of Friends to seek homes in the North American Colonies. Direct descendants of Nathaniel Cartmell, who were first found in New Jersey in 1724 and later in Frederick County, Virginia in 1735> were freely adopting a number of modified versions of the original spel ling. Birth, marriage, death and probate records of different members of the family were signed and recorded as Cartmel, Cartmelle, Cartmil and Cart- mill. Later attempts to trace family lines have been confused by a separate family of Cartmills which was descended from a Nathaniel Cartmill and his wife Dorothy. This family reportedly came from Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1685. It has been difficult to separate the two famil- ies since members of "both families have been found living in the same regions of the ooiintry and have adopted similar first names amongst the two, nota bly Nathaniely Martin and Thomas. Compounding the situation is evidence that Nathaniel Gartmell's wife may also have been named Dorothy—presenting an unusual set of oiroumstanoes which may oause some to believe that the two were actually one and bhe same person. As for a personal account^ I do laiow that my own great-great-great grandfather, John, spelled his last name both as Gartmel and Gartmell and that it was not until his son, Russel Thornton Gartmel, that my branch of the family finally settled on the single **1** spelling. It seems that while most of the Gartmelle of Virginia who remained there throu^out: the 1800*e commonly spelled their name Gartmell or Gartmill, those who moved into the neighboring states of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio generally settled on either Gartmel or Gartmell. It would be inaoeurate to say that all American Gartmell families are descended from the Virginia clan, althou^ one must assume that all or most share English Ancestry. Extensive research indi cates that a large percentage of Gartmells living today have both England and Virginia runhing through their veins. It was 134 years after Nathaniel and family ar rived that another Gartmell family crossed the At lantic. The "Illinois Historical and Bond County Historical" states that in 1858, Isaac Gartmell and his family left Manchester, England and settled in New York. Since the first printing of mar book, we have learned that others made the same journey inbetween those years. We have a limited nomber of personal fsunily records to doctiment that informa tion. Hbwever, finding the same information in a genealogical manuscript will be certain to keep someone busy. Nevertheless, we have been able to aoourately trace several hundred Gartmels and Gartmells (and even some Gartmills) to the original Virginia fam ily. Undoubtedly, many others will be able to do the same with thei.v own families. CARTMEL, ENGLAND Centered in Lancashire County,. England in the region ^^3— ^ known as the Lake District, ' I "" i lies the old and peaceful township of Cartmel# Here I il each year during the spring and late summer weekends, the normal population is many times increased "by the influx of visitors to the nearby steeplechase races* The site of Cartmel was given to St. Cuthbert in 677, by Egfrid, King of Northum- berland, with all the Britons inhabiting it. In II88, Wil- liam Mareschall, Earl of Pem- fe) broke, founded a priory for |W||| regular canons of the order of St. Augustine, dedicated | to the Blessed Virgin, and ^nnTA/iri PPIADY endowed it with all his lands rKlUKI at "Kertmell." The church, which still attracts visitors today, is notable for its stained glass windovjs, carved misericords on the choir stalls and many mediaevel manuscripts and documents. Other sites within the scenic Lake District which would be of special interest to Cartmells, include Cartmel Wharf, Cartmel Sands and Cartmel Pell. Brochures on the Cartmel Priory Chiirch can be purchased for a small fee by writing to Canon T.C.