Person:Nathaniel Cartmill (1)

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NATHANIEL CARTMELL I (1660-1730) Nathaniel Cartmell I Born about 1660, probably in England. Died about 1730 in Delaware. Nathaniel married Dorothy Poole about 1684 and immigrated to the American Colonies around 1685 with other members of his Church (Quakers). Dorothy was born about 1667, also probably in England, and died 1750 in Frederick County, VA. They settled in an area near Wilmington, Delaware. In that area Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania come together at a point. Records for the Nathaniel Cartmell family can be found in Chester County, Pennsylvania, New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland and the state of New Jersey.

Nathaniel died sometime before 1735, perhaps as early as 1720, leaving no will. The widow Dorothy and son Martin sold their property in Cecil County, Maryland in November 1738 and bought property in Frederick County, Virginia about 1740. Other members of their church group had previously migrated to this area of northern Virginia a few years earlier. The son Thomas chose to stay in Maryland rather than move to Virginia with the rest of the family. Dorothy died in Frederick County, VA in 1750 and left a will naming three children and sevent'ndchildren.

Nathaniel Cartmell and Dorothy Poole had either three or four children (per Dorothy's will) as follows:

1. Martin Cartmell - born 1685 in Chester County, PA or at sea on the way to the Colonies. Died 1749 in Frederick County, VA. He married Esther about 1710, probably in Delaware or Maryland. Sold his property in Cecil County, Maryland in 1738 and moved with his mother to Frederick County, VA about 1740. Martin left a will when he died in 1749. Many of today's Ca'families with origins in VA descend from this family. In the late 1700s and early 1800s many of Martin's descendants moved westward from VA into KY, TN, OH and IN. A large group moved to the area just west of Columbus, OH area around 1812. Others moved to the Louisville, KY area (Bullitt & Nelson Counties), the Nashville, TN area (Wilson & Davidson Counties) and western Tennessee (Madison County) in the early 1800s.

2. Thomas Cartmell - born 1688. Died 6 March 1759 in New Castle County, DE. Thomas left a will when he died. He married Dinah Taylor 1715 in PA. Thomas elected to stay in the New Jersey/Maryland area when his widowed mother and older brother Martin moved to Frederick County, VA. When Dorothy Cartmell died in 1750 she left money to her son Thomas and grand'n William Cartmell, Thomas Cartmell, Joseph Cartmell, Sarah Cartmell and Hannah Cartmell. Thomas's descendants can be found in the New Jersey/Delaware area records.

3. Sarah Cartmell - born about 1700. Died after 1750 as she is named in her mother's 1750 will. She married Thomas Chester. Little is known of Sarah Cartmell. Sarah and her husband moved to Frederick County, VA with her mother and brother Martin. Thomas Chester can be found as sheriff of Frederick County, VA in 1745/46. Thomas Chester died and left a will. Children of Thomas Chester and Sarah Cartmell per Dorothy Cartmell's will: Mary Chester, Susannah Chester, Thomas Chester, David Chester and Elizabeth Smith (daughter Elizabeth Chester had married Benjamin Smith).

4. U'Female? - The existence of this daughter is unproven. In Dorothy's will Dorothy named four “Smith” grandchildren in addition to granddaughter Elizabeth Smith (Elizabeth Chester married to Benja'th). No mention of their mother or father. The grandchildren's names'160;Thomas Smith, Lydia Smith, Mary Smith and Sarah Smith. Dorothy's will is worded ambiguously and the relationship of these "Smith" grandchildren can be interpreted two ways.

a. There was a deceased daughter that had married an unknown Smith. The name of this daughter and her husband are unknown. If this daughter existed, she was deceased by 1750 when Dorothy Cartmell wrote her will.

b. There was no second daughter. The four “Smith” grandchildren named by Dorothy were actually the children of granddaughter Elizabeth Chester who was married to Benjamin Smith.