Carmack

Cornelius Carmack was born around 1681 somewhere in Ireland. The first record of Cornelius in America is October 2, 1723. According to the testamentary proceeding from the Court in Cecil County, Maryland, he used the name Carmack in October 1723. In November of 1723, he used the name "Maccarmick" and in August of 1725, he used the name McCarmick. He later moved to Fredrick County, Maryland where he died. His will was sworn in 1749 and at that time all of his children are officially mentioned as Carmacks. Regardless of the name that was used in the old Country, it is obvious that Carmack was the name that he decided would be best for his family in America. This decision to adopt this variation of the name by Cornelius, makes the name Carmack unique only to his descendants and it seems to ensure that anyone with this name in America is a direct descendant of him.

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I was in Annapolis, Maryland today, going through old records in an attempt to find this mention of Cornelius in the testamentary records. After about a half hour of going through card catalogs I was able to track it down.



There he is.