I10025: Jeraleen ALVIS

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He married (1st) 10 May 1687 Thomazin Waterland, only child of William and Margaret (Hodgkinson) Waterland of St. Philip's Parish, in St. Michael's Parish. She was baptized 3 May 1673 in St. Philip's Parish. This marriage was later annulled and much confusion continues to exist concerning the parentage and legitimate children. There is strong evidence that adultery by both parties was the reason for the annulment.

Records indicate Thomazin had five illegitimate children by Richard Perryman, a married planter, of Christ Church Parish: John and William (both baptized the sons of Dr. Paul and Thomazin Carrington 14 March 1696/97 in St. Philip's Parish), Mary, Rachel, and Francis. That these were Perryman's children suggested by a deed 30 September 1704 in which he sold her 4 acres in Christ Church Parish "in consideration of the great love & affection which I bear unto Thomazina Carrington."
Mentioned in the deed as heirs to the property were her two sons, John and William, and her two daughters, Mary and Rachel. (RB3/27/67) Francis, the fifth child by this relationship, was baptized the son of Richard Perryman a year later. The will of Richard Perryman provided supporting evidence. It names "my much esteemed friend Thomazin Waterland alias Carrington" an her five children, John, William, Mary, Rachel, and Francis, as his heirs. These children did not reside with Dr. Paul Carrington after the annulment and are not mentioned in his will. In addition , these same children are later referred to in various records as "Perryman,"

"Perryman alias Carrington" or "Perryman alias Carrington alias Waterland"----it then being common to denote illegitimacy with "alias." But these are not the only children whose parentage has been questioned. Recently, an emininent Barbados historian posited the thesis
that Dr. Paul Carrington had three daughters---Elizabeth Carrington, Ann (Carrington) Mayo and Mary (Carrington) Milward--by an unidentified women. His argument that the children could of have been Thomazin's because of their ages, is based upon the collation of approximate birth dates from baptismal registers and census returns. However, Barbados
records for this period are incomplete and birth dates frequently differ from census returns by as much as two years. Due consideration must be given to Thomazina naming two of her children by different fathers, Mary, but it does not seam reasonable to conclude that Thomazina was both deceptive and promiscuous. Therefore, until further evidence becomes
available, one must assume the children in question were the issue of Dr. Paul and Thomazina, and because of the former's wealth and the latter's continuing relationship with a married man, the three girls were raised by Dr. Paul after the annulment. Certainly they were not the children of his second wife, Heningham Codrington, since they are referred to as "daughter-in-laws" [step-daughters] in her will. In 1701 a petition of Dr. Paul Carrington was presented to the Barbados house of Assembly, but held over for consideration until the next session. This Petition is no longer available, but since his first Child, Nathaniel, by Heningham
(Codrington) Carrington was born in 1702, it is probable that petition referred to his marital problems. Four years later, in a unique event for the times, the marriage of Paul Carrington, Chirurgeon, and Thomazin his Wife, August 13, 1706."

According to the Barbados Census of 1715, Thomazin Carrington was 40 years old and lived in Christ Church Parish with the following children:
John Perryman, age 20; Rachel Perryman, age 16: and Francis Perryman, age 10."

My Southern Family

Jeraleen ALVIS

Ann BALLENTINE

ABT 1780 - ____

ID Number: I1780

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Mahala BELL

ABT 1830 - ____

ID Number: I88516

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John M. CONERLY

7 Dec 1831 - 29 Oct 1923

ID Number: I35170

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Dr. James J. COSBY

1793 - 1822

ID Number: I79233

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Nancy GIST

24 Sep 1818 - 29 Jul 1879

ID Number: I21678

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Abner HERNDON

ABT 1790 - ____

ID Number: I60374

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Peggy PEARSON

BET 1768 AND 0000 - AFT 1800

ID Number: I27933

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Elizabeth "Betsy" PENDLETON

ABT 1770 - BEF 1829

ID Number: I12395

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Thomazin WATERLAND

ABT 1665 - ____

ID Number: I75912

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