William Allen Carrington
Birth: 3 Mar 1796
Halifax County, Virginia, USA
Death: 24 Apr 1829 (aged 33)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Paul Jr. and Mildred Coles Carrington named their third son after Mildred's uncle, Col. William Allen of "Claremont Manor", Surry, VA. William Allen Carrington was born in Halifax County and therefore it is presumed at the ancestral home of his grandparents, Walter & Mildred Lightfoot Coles. The date of the demise of the original home, "Mildendo" #1, is unknown; but William Allen inherited the property from his uncle, Isaac "H" Coles, in 1814 & in Isaac's will the property is described as both "The home place" and "Mildendo". Included in the gift along with slaves, animals and tools are the household furnishings. William Allen decided to rebuild what became one of the most uniquely designed domiciles in Virginia. The new "Mildendo" was probably designed after a 'cottage' that was seen by William on his European tour in 1817/18. As described by the Kells who lived there after the Carringtons, the front hall ran east to west for 56', was 10' wide and 10' high. Behind this hall ran a center section of 80' which included several large common rooms with 14' ceilings and behind those was attached another 80' section of five rooms presumed to have been bed rooms. Besides the unique architecture, the home had magnificent gardens which covered 10 acres. William was educated at Hampden-Sydney College but apparently took little interest in political positions once he was settled with his wife and children of whom there were 6. From the time of his marriage 1/8/1819 until his death in 1829 he increased the plantation acreage to approx. 1,700 acres, a beautiful home well furnished, numerous out buildings, 62 slaves, 20 horses & other farm animals. Hampden-Sydney College elected him as a Trustee in 1820, a position he held until his death. He left his estate to his wife to manage as her own unless she should remarry: She never did.
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