Person:Paul Carrington (7)

On 7 Feb 1705, Paul Carrington was one of 22 gentlemen residingin england who have Estates in Barbados, whose petition waspresented to the Council of Trade and Plantations defending theactions of Govenor Bevil Granville against the complaints of avery few unquited spirits that have but small estates. He married 1st 10 May 1687 Thomazin Waterland, only child ofWilliam and Margaret (Hodgkinson) Waterland of St. Phillip'sParish, in St. Michael's Parish. She was baptized 3 May 1673 inSt. Phillip's Parish. This marriage was later annulled andmuch confusion continues to exist concerning the parentage andlegitimacy of his children. There is strong evidence thatadultery by both parties was the reason for the annulment.Records indicate Thomazin had five illegitimate by RichardPerryman, a married planter, of Christ Church Parish: John andWilliam (who were both baptized as John and ThomazinCarrington's as well as Mary, Rachel and Francis). That thesewere Perryman's is suggested by a deed 30 Sep 1704 in which hesold her 4 acres in Christ's Church Parish "in consideration ofthe great love and affection which I bear unto ThomazinCarrington." Mentioned in the deed as heirs to the propertywere her two sons John and William and her 2 daughters Mary andRachel. Francis her 5th child by this relationship, wasbaptized as the son of John Perryman a year later. The will ofJohn Perryman provides supporting evidence. The above are not the only choldren whos parentage has beenquestioned. An eminent Barbados historian posted the thesisthat Dr. Paul Carrington had 3 daughters, Elizabeth Carrington,Ann (Carrington) Mayo, and Mary (Carrington) Milward--- by anunidentified woman. His argument is the children could not havebeen Thomazin's because of the ages in the baptismal registersand censuses. These 3 girls were raised by Dr. Paul after theannullment. Certainly they were not the children of his 2ndwife, Henningham codrington, since they are refered to as"daughters-in-law" (step-daughters) in her will. In 1701 a petition of Dr. Paul Carrington was presented to theBarbados House of Assembly, but held over for considerationuntil the next session. This petition is no longer available,but since his first child, Nathaniel, by his 2nd wife was bornin 1702, it is probable that petition refered to his maritalproblems. 4 years later, in a uniqueevent for the times, themarriage was dissolved by the Assembly: An Act to make null andvoid the marriage of Paul Carrington, Chirurgeon and Thomazinhis Wife, August 13, 1706. He married Heningham Codrington. No record of this marriage hasbeen found. The first 3 children by this relationship, bornprior to the annullment, were illigitimate but never consideredas such. She is referred to as hes wife on 23 Nov 1708, so theyprobably married by this date. The will of Paul Carrington, of St. Phillip's Parish as dated 21Feb 1714 and probated 7 Oct 1724. The testator left Barbadoseight years before and was not heard from since; therefore bycommon opinion, he perished at sea. Mentioned were is wife,Heningham, his daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary, andHannah and his sons, Nathaniel, Paul, Codrington (twin),John(twin), Robert, George, Joseph and Edward. Ann Carrington married 24 Sep 1716 in St. Phillip's Parish,Barbados, Joseph Mayo, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Hooper Mayo,and grandson of William and Jane Mayo of Poulshot, Wiltshire. In 1707 his older, brother, William Mayo, the famous surveyorand cartographer, sailed to Barbados where cousins, the Hoopersand settled. Joseph Mayo joined his brother there where he wasemployed bu a Bridgtown merchant. Both Mayo brothers and theirfamilies, Joseph Hooper, and George Carrington emigrated toVirginia in 1723. His residence, Powhatan, at the falls ofJames River, was one of the seats of the great Indian Chief.