Hi there!
Great to see the Carstarphen's ( and Corstorphine's ) have a
home page.
My name is James Corstorphine. I live in Leven, Fife, Scotland
with my wife Elizabeth ant two children Jennifer and David.
I was born and brought up in Cellardyke, Fife, Scotland, where
I can trace the Corstorphine name back to about the mid 1700's.
If any Carstarphens or Corstorphines think they may be related,
or if they would like to know more about the Corstorphine's
of Cellardyke, please feel free to E
Mail me.
The Corstorphine's who lived in Cellardyke were almost all sailors
and fishermen until my father's generation. I am the 4th Great
Grand Nephew of a sailor named Thomas Watson. The following
tale about Thomas Watson and his family ( Thomas's Neice married
David Corstorphine in 1833) might be of interest:
Thomas Watson served aboard HMS Ardent during the early 1800's.
In those days, sailors wives were allowed to go to sea with
their husbands and Thomas's wife, Mary Buick, gave birth to
Mary Watson at sea during the Battle of Copenhagen.
All three ( Thomas, Mary and Mary junior) then served aboard
HMS Victory, where Mary Buick laid out the body of Admiral Horatio
Nelson. The following is an extract from the book "Kilrenny
and Cellardyke" by Harry Watson:
"And so it came about that Thomas and Mary Watson were
serving aboard HMS Ardent in the spring of 1801 when she was
ordered to join in the historic attack on Copenhagen under Admiral
Sir Hyde Parker and his second in command, Vice Admiral Lord
Nelson.
On April 2nd, at about half past ten in the morning, there began
what Nelson himself, dodging flying splinters on the quarter
deck of the Elephant, summed up as the most terrific of all
the 103 engagements he had been in. On being told of Parker's
signal to cease action and withdraw,
Nelson jokingly put his telescope to his blind eye, and entered
the realm of popular mythology.
When the smoke of battle cleared, about 3 o'clock that afternoon,
the Ardent's losses totalled 31 men killed and 68 wounded. Incredibly,
as the shore batteries in Kattegat pounded the old warship's
wooden sides, Mary Watson went into labour and gave birth to
a baby daughter, Mary Watson Junior.
Fifty years later during the 1851 census of Kilrenny, little
Mary Watson - now Mrs John Campbell of John Street, Cellardyke
- would give her place of birth as "Aboard HMS Ardent,
64 gun ship, at sea".
Later, the little family were transferred to Nelson's new flagship,
the Victory, just in time to take part in the Battle of Trafalgar.
While Thomas Watson took charge of a gun crew, and his wife
tended to the wounded and dying, little Mary Watson was sent
below in the care of another Cellardyke man, Malcolm McRuvie;
and when Nelson succumbed to his fatal wound it was Thomas Watson's
wife Mary Buick who was called on to help prepare the corpse
for the embalmers".
Descendants
of James King Carstarphen
Generation No. 1
1.
JAMES KING3 CARSTARPHEN (WILLIAM HENRY2,
JAMES HENRY1) was born April 17, 1862 in
WILLIAMSTON, NC. He married FANNIE MARTIN in WILLIAMSTON, N.C..
Children
of JAMES CARSTARPHEN and FANNIE MARTIN are:
2. i. JOSEPH
MARTIN4 CARSTARPHEN, b. December 18, 1884, WILLIAMSTON,
N.C.; d. August 30, 1951, TARBORO, N.C..
3. ii. FRANK CARSTARPHEN.
iii. MARY LOUISE CARSTARPHEN.
Generation
No. 2
2.
JOSEPH MARTIN4 CARSTARPHEN (JAMES KING3,
WILLIAM HENRY2, JAMES HENRY1)
was born December 18, 1884 in WILLIAMSTON, N.C., and died August
30, 1951 in TARBORO, N.C.. He married SUSIE GRAY BAKER April 30,
daughter of FRANK BAKER and TEMPE LITTLE. She was born January
11, 1885 in TARBORO, N.C., and died March 17, 1951 in TARBORO,
N.C..
Notes
for JOSEPH MARTIN CARSTARPHEN:
AUG.
31, 1951- FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LOCAL HISTORY THE FLAG ATOP THE
POST FLEW AT HALF MAST IN HONOR OF A LOCAL CITIZEN.
HE
WON THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1915. HE WAS A LEFT HANDED GOLFER.
HIS FATHER HAD A DOG NAMED BUZZ. HE AND BUZZ WOULD FOLLOW HIS
FATHER EVERYWHERE THEY WENT. WHEN BUZZ DIED HE INHERITED THE DOGS
NAME.
More
About JOSEPH MARTIN CARSTARPHEN:
Fact
1: August 31, 1951, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LOCAL HISTORY THE FLAG
ATOP THE POST OFFICE FLEW AT 1/2 MA
Notes
for SUSIE GRAY BAKER:
ATTENDED
ST. MARY'S COLLEGE (1903) RALEIGH, N.C.
More
About SUSIE GRAY BAKER:
Fact
1: 1903, ATTENDED ST. MARY'S COLLEGE, RALEIGH, N.C.
Children
of JOSEPH CARSTARPHEN and SUSIE BAKER are:
4. i. JOSEPH
MARTIN5 CARSTARPHEN, JR., b. April 28, 1908, TARBORO,
N.C.; d. December 24, 1977, TARBORO, N.C..
5. ii. MANLEY MEREDITH CARSTARPHEN, b. May 10, 1910, TARBORO,
N.C..
3.
FRANK4 CARSTARPHEN (JAMES KING3,
WILLIAM HENRY2, JAMES HENRY1)
He married VELMA.
Children
of FRANK CARSTARPHEN and VELMA are:
i. BETTY
FAGAN5 CARSTARPHEN.
ii. FRANKIE CARSTARPHEN.
iii. FRANK CARSTARPHEN.
Generation
No. 3
4.
JOSEPH MARTIN5 CARSTARPHEN, JR. (JOSEPH MARTIN4,
JAMES KING3, WILLIAM HENRY2,
JAMES HENRY1) was born April 28, 1908 in
TARBORO, N.C., and died December 24, 1977 in TARBORO, N.C.. He
married MARIAN GREY JENKINS November 26, 1930 in ROCKY MOUNT,
N.C., daughter of CHARLES JENKINS and MARY THIGPEN. She was born
January 9, 1909 in TARBORO, N.C., and died October 9, 1995 in
TARBORO, N.C..
Notes
for JOSEPH MARTIN CARSTARPHEN, JR.:
STAYED
AT THE JOHN MARSHALL HOTEL IN RICHMOND, VA. ON HONEYMOON BECAUSE
OF BAD WEATHER. THEY WERE WED AT THE HOME OF MR. & MRS. PERCY
L. THIGPEN (BROTHER OF MARY LOUISE THIGPEN JENKINS) IN EDGEMONT
IN ROCKY MOUNT, N.C.. THE REVEREND CHESTER ALEXANDER OF TARBORO,
N.C.
BORN
AT 8:55 A.M. IN AN UPSTAIRS ROOM OF HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S HOME.
WEIGHED BETWEEN 8 & 9 POUNDS. AT 2 1/2 MONTHS 15 LBS., AT
3 MONTHS 17 LBS., AT 4 MONTHS 18 LBS., AT 6 MONTHS 21LBS.
BAPTIZED
AT CALVARY CHURCH SEPT. 10, 1908 BY REV. F. HARRIMAN HARDING.
Notes
for MARIAN GREY JENKINS:
CONFIRMED
AT CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH BY BISHOP PENICK ON NOVEMBER 11, 1934.
Children
of JOSEPH CARSTARPHEN and MARIAN JENKINS are:
6. i. JOSEPH
MARTIN6 CARSTARPHEN III, b. December 21, 1932, TARBORO,
N.C..
7. ii. WILLIAM BAKER CARSTARPHEN, b. November 8, 1945, TARBORO,
N.C..
5.
MANLEY MEREDITH5 CARSTARPHEN (JOSEPH MARTIN4,
JAMES KING3, WILLIAM HENRY2,
JAMES HENRY1) was born May 10, 1910 in TARBORO,
N.C.. He married ELIZABETH BYNUM MORISETTE. She was born November
10, 1924.
Child
of MANLEY CARSTARPHEN and ELIZABETH MORISETTE is:
8. i. MANLY
MEREDITH6 CARSTARPHEN, JR., b. July 8, 1943, TARBORO,
N.C..
Generation
No. 4
6.
JOSEPH MARTIN6 CARSTARPHEN III (JOSEPH MARTIN5,
JOSEPH MARTIN4, JAMES KING3,
WILLIAM HENRY2, JAMES HENRY1)
was born December 21, 1932 in TARBORO, N.C.. He married CATHERINE
STOWE PHARR January 8, 1955 in BELMONT, N.C.. She was born August
16, 1933 in McADENVILLE, N.C..
Children
of JOSEPH CARSTARPHEN and CATHERINE PHARR are:
9. i. JOSEPH
MARTIN7 CARSTARPHEN IV, b. July 6, 1956, CHARLOTTE,
N.C..
10. ii. CATHERINE STOWE PHARR CARSTARPHEN, b. June 3, 1961,
CHARLOTTE, N.C..
11. iii. WILLIAM JAMES PHARR CARSTARPHEN, b. May 9, 1964,
CHARLOTTE, N.C..
7.
WILLIAM BAKER6 CARSTARPHEN (JOSEPH MARTIN5,
JOSEPH MARTIN4, JAMES KING3,
WILLIAM HENRY2, JAMES HENRY1)
was born November 8, 1945 in TARBORO, N.C.. He married (1) MYRTLE
WARD HAVENS July 25, 1970 in TARBORO, N.C.. She was born October
31, 1949 in TARBORO, N.C.. He married (2) SHIELDS DAUGHTRIDGE
HARRIS March 21, 1991 in ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., daughter of CHARLES
HARRIS and SHIELDS JONES. She was born September 8, 1949 in ROCKY
MOUNT, N.C..
Children
of WILLIAM CARSTARPHEN and MYRTLE HAVENS are:
12. i. SUSAN
GREY7 CARSTARPHEN, b. June 3, 1972, Tarboro, N.C..
ii. ANNA FULLER CARSTARPHEN, b. October 23, 1975.
iii. FRANCES BAKER CARSTARPHEN, b. March 26, 1977.
Child
of WILLIAM CARSTARPHEN and SHIELDS HARRIS is:
iv. SHIELDS
HARRIS7 CARSTARPHEN, b. March 23, 1978.
Notes for SHIELDS HARRIS CARSTARPHEN:
SHIELDS TOOK THE CARSTARPHEN NAME JULY 15, 1994.
8.
MANLY MEREDITH6 CARSTARPHEN, JR. (MANLEY MEREDITH5,
JOSEPH MARTIN4, JAMES KING3,
WILLIAM HENRY2, JAMES HENRY1)
was born July 8, 1943 in TARBORO, N.C.. He married ANNA ADLER
1962.
Child
of MANLY CARSTARPHEN and ANNA ADLER is:
i. ELIZABETH
GRAY7 CARSTARPHEN.
Generation
No. 5
9.
JOSEPH MARTIN7 CARSTARPHEN IV (JOSEPH MARTIN6,
JOSEPH MARTIN5, JOSEPH MARTIN4,
JAMES KING3, WILLIAM HENRY2,
JAMES HENRY1) was born July 6, 1956 in CHARLOTTE,
N.C.. He married LISA ROYSTER in TAMPA, FLA..
Children
of JOSEPH CARSTARPHEN and LISA ROYSTER are:
i. ALEXANDRA
PHARR8 CARSTARPHEN, b. July 3, 1990.
ii. ISABELLE CARSTARPHEN.
10.
CATHERINE STOWE PHARR7 CARSTARPHEN (JOSEPH MARTIN6,
JOSEPH MARTIN5, JOSEPH MARTIN4,
JAMES KING3, WILLIAM HENRY2,
JAMES HENRY1) was born June 3, 1961 in CHARLOTTE,
N.C.. She married JIM HENDERSON in BELMONT, N.C..
Child
of CATHERINE CARSTARPHEN and JIM HENDERSON is:
i. CATHERINE
STOWE PHARR8 HENDERSON, b. June 7, 1992.
11.
WILLIAM JAMES PHARR7 CARSTARPHEN (JOSEPH MARTIN6,
JOSEPH MARTIN5, JOSEPH MARTIN4,
JAMES KING3, WILLIAM HENRY2,
JAMES HENRY1) was born May 9, 1964 in CHARLOTTE,
N.C.. He married CAROL LOVELACE in BELMONT, N.C..
Children
of WILLIAM CARSTARPHEN and CAROL LOVELACE are:
i. WILLIAM
JAMES PHARR8 CARSTARPHEN, JR., b. November 17, 1991.
ii. BENJAMIN CARSTARPHEN, b. November 17, 1993.
iii. JONATHAN CARSTARPHEN, b. January 3, 1997.
12.
SUSAN GREY7 CARSTARPHEN (WILLIAM BAKER6,
JOSEPH MARTIN5, JOSEPH MARTIN4,
JAMES KING3, WILLIAM HENRY2,
JAMES HENRY1) was born June 3, 1972 in Tarboro,
N.C.. She married MARCUS NEWBERRY SEATE April 1995 in Tarboro,
N.C.. He was born October 11, 1967 in WILSON, N.C..
Child
of SUSAN CARSTARPHEN and MARCUS SEATE is:
i. PEYTON
NEWBERRY8 SEATE, b. May 2, 1999, Raleigh, NC.
above information
from WCarstarph@aol.com
Rose,
I wonderfully came across the Carstarphen home page doing some
research on my family. I am the Southern California regional commissioner
for Clan Forrester. Of course, the Carstarphen family are a "sept"
of Clan Forrester and centuries ago there was intermarriage between
our families as everyhone started from the small village of Corstorphine.
First
of all, your site looks GREAT!!! Nicely done. Part of my duties
are to host a clan table at various Scottish events and games
in my area. I have taken the liberty of downloading and printing
a few of your pages so that if anyone with your family name(s)
stops by my booth I will have information to give them that is
specific to the Corstorphine family. I will also send them to
your site for more info and a connection.
Also,
I'd like to mention that I have a picture of the village church
from Corstorphine. It's the Old Parrish and dates back about 600
years. If you think you could use this recent picture (for web
site and such) I'd be happy to send it to you as a JPEG or PICT
- whatever. My son, Andrew, and I visited the church for Sunday
service this past January 2, 2000. This was the first Sunday of
the Millennium and to sit and have service in the family church,
well, it was special. This is also the church that would be of
very special importance to Carstarphen's too. Our ancestors would
have worshipped in this same parish together.
All
that to say, Rose, let me know, and feel free to "connect." Again,
your page looks good. if you know of any Carstarphen's or Corstorphine's
in either California or Arizona, send them our way. We'd love
to invite them to a local festival or games and have them visit
our clan tent. My personal web site listed below in the info.
Yours
aye,
Craig Forrest
Southern Cal Regional Commissioner Clan Forrester
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My
name is Barbara Manroe. My mother is Margaret Penn Manroe. Her
father was Rhesa Lee Penn, Sr.; he was born on July 27, 1894 in
Taylor, TX and he died in Tample, TX on December 15, 1960.
His 1st brother Robert Read Penn was born on July 23, 1890 in
Taylor, Tx and died December 19, 1931 in Hunt, TX.
His 2nd brother Donald Mitchell Penn, Sr. was born August 16,
1892 in Taylor, Tx and died March 7, 1973 in Midland TX. The 4th
brother Eugene Doak (not B) was born January 29, 1896 and died
May 20, 1918 in Italy in WWI. Your list is missing Albert William
Penn born Sept. 28, 1897 in Taylor, TX and died November 9, 1985
in Austin, TX.
The 1st sister Elizabeth (Sister) Penn was born May 17, 1900 in
Taylor, TX and died July 17, 1978 in Austin, TX.
The 2nd sister Marion (Mame) Fowler was born September 4, 1904
in Austin, Tx and died in Austin April 4, 1989.
The 3rd sister, still alive, is Sarah (Sada) Penn born Oct. 26,
1906.
The last brother William Y Penn was bron September 28, 1908 in
Austin, Tx and died July 26, 1996.
Robert Lee Penn was a judge and lawyer. He was born to Robert
Rivers Penn (birth August 11, 1832-died December 26, 1882) and
Sarah Elizabeth Allen-they married October 30, 1856 in San Felipe,
TX.
I do have dates and spouses and some children for Nancy Carstarphen
and Col. Rhesa Read and know that his parents were Col Jesse Read
and Susannah/Susan Maclin. Elizabeth (Eliza) Read was married
to Henry Purnell. Eunice was married to Micajah Purnell. Lydia
was married to Joe Simmons and Dr. Martin Read to Eliza Walker.
You may already know this. Let me know at Mpmanroe@aol.com
31.
Martha Agnes Jones b. 28 Nov 1836, m. William Brown.
Children:
i Charlotte Eugenia Brown b. 27 Oct 1869, m. William Robert
Carstarphin, b. 9 Mar 1863.
ii Mary Louise Brown b. 20 Aug 1872.
iii Cynthia Jane Brown b. 20 Aug 1872.
32. Margaret Emily Jones b. 6 Nov 1839, m. Samuel T. Watson.
Children:
i Virginia Watson m. ___ Carstarphin. she grew up in the home
of Henry Clay Jones and his wife and inherited the Jane E Clay
homestead and the Jones farm. She had 1 child.
ii Taylor Jones Watson.
iii Julia Watson.
iv Elizabeth Watson.
v James T. Watson.
vi Olivia Watson m. ___ Waters.
vii William C Watson m. Dollie Bridgewater.
viii Margaret Watson b. 28 May 1883.
Info
from Some
Descendants of John Clay of Virginia
June Shaputis at june@idsely.com
301.
Charlotte Eugenia Brown b. 27 Oct 1869, m. William Robert Carstarphin,
b. 9 Mar 1863.
Children:
i William Eugene Carstarphin b. 7 Jun 1890.
ii James Henry Carstarphin b. 6 Oct 1891.
iii Ezra Thomas Carstarphin b. 1894, md. Mary --- (b. 1898).
302.
Virginia Watson m. --- Carstarphin. she grew up in the home of
Henry Clay Jones and his wife and inherited the Jane E Clay homestead
and the Jones farm. She had 1 child.
Children:
i Lewis H. Carstarphin.
Info
fromCharlemagne
to June Murdock Shaputis
June
Shaputis at june@idsely.com
There are Carstarphen's
from Hinds County, Mississippi:
WILLIAM
D. CARSTARPHEN
1st wife - EVA, died 18 June 1890 of congestion at age 29. Buried
at Bolton
Cemetery (Bolton, MS) funeral at St. Mary's Episcopal Church,
Raymond, MS
Child:
ALBERT MYRICK CARSTARPHEN b. 30 August 1881, Baptized at St. Mary's
Episcopal Church in Raymond, MS Registered for World War I in
Hinds County, MS.
2nd
wife: ELIZABETH WALTON married 26 May 1892 at St. Mary's Church.
There
is also in HInds County and both owned land:
JACK JOEL D.
SSDI
lists for Jackson, MS:
LAURA
- 3/12/1902 - 4/2/1979
WILLIAM - 5/4/1908 - 3/1983
MCrushshon
Corstorphins
in the Victoria phone book but Vancouver lists the following:
Eric Corstorphine, 2683 Masefield, North Vancouver, B. C., Canada
Phone (604) 980-6496.
J. Corstorphine, 3 - 12 West 10th, Vancouver, B. C., Canada Phone
(604) 877-0611.
N. S. Corstorphine, 1618 - 1655 Barclay, Vancouver, B. C., Canada
Phone (604) 684-4746.
James
Carstarphane, Rice B. Pierce was appointed guardian of the orphans
Sarah and William Carstarphane, November 15, 1824. Previous guardian,
Mary Carstarphane gave an account of the orphans Feb. 1822.
Orren
D. Carstarphane, (not an estate) was appointed guardian to his
daughter Sophia Carstarphane, May 21, 1824. He was also guardian
of Joseph J. Carstarphane and James H. Carstarphane and filed
accounts for them Jan. 1817.
