Clement CARRINGTON

1762 - 1847  (85 years)

• Name	Clement CARRINGTON  [1]
  Born	26 Oct 1762	Mulberry Hill, , , VA, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Nov 1847	Edgehill, , Charlotte, VA, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I7198	Boyd
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Judge Paul CARRINGTON,   b. 5 Mar 1733, , Cumberland, VA, USA ,   d. 23 Jan 1818, , Charlotte, VA, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Margaret READ,   b. 12 Oct 1730,   d. 1 May 1766  (Age 35 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1755  [3]
  Family ID	F4170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Watkins POAGE,   b. 1774, , Charlotte, VA, USA ,   d. 19 Nov 1839, Edgehill, , Charlotte, VA, USA  (Age 65 years)
  Married	Nov 1803  [2]
  Children	+ 1. [Anne] Nancy Cabell CARRINGTON,   b. 25 Nov 1811, Mulberry Hill, , , VA, USA ,   d. 29 Nov 1880, Richmond City, VA, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2011
  Family ID	F5165	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Biographical/Historical Information Paul Carrington (5 March 1733-23 June 1818) was born in Cumberland County, Virginia, to George Carrinton (1711-1785) and Anne Mayo Carrington (d. 1785). He moved to that part of Lunenburg County, Virginia, which became Charlotte County, Virginia, and established his plantation Mulberry Hill. He represented Charlotte County in the House of Burgesses from 1765 to 1776, and in the five Virginia Revolutionary Conventions from 1774 to 1776. Carrington then represented Charlotte, Halifax, and Prince Edward Counties in the Virginia Senate from 1776 to 1778. He served as a judge on the General Court and the Supreme Court of Appeals. Carrington and his wife Margaret Read Carrington (1739-1776) had five children, including Clement Carrington (1762-1847). Clement Carrington served in Lee's Legion during the American Revolution and was wounded at the battle of Eutaw Springs. Clement Carrington served as a county judge, a colonel in the Virginia militia, and in the House of Delegates from 1789 to 1790. He and his wife Jane Watkins Poage had four children, including Anne (Nancy) Cabell Carrington (McPhail) (1811-1880). Paul Carrington and his second wife Priscilla Sims (1776-1803) had six children, including Henry Carrington (1793-1867), who served as a colonel in the Virginia militia, Lettice Carrington (Coles) (b. 1798), and Robert Carrington (1802-1845) married Joanna T. Bouldin (1800-1870). [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S812] A Guide to the Carrington Family Papers, 1756-1843. [S813] DAR Genealogical Research System. [S780] Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, (Lewis Historical Publishing Company (New York, 1915)), p 1029-1030.