Carry History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

To escape the religious and political discrimination they experienced primarily at the hands of the English, thousands of Irish left their homeland in the 19th century. These migrants typically settled in communities throughout the East Coast of North America, but also joined the wagon trains moving out to the Midwest. Ironically, when the American War of Independence began, many Irish settlers took the side of England, and at the war's conclusion moved north to Canada. These United Empire Loyalists, were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Other Irish immigrants settled in Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, however, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America and Australia. Many of those numbers, however, did not live through the long sea passage. These Irish settlers to North America were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name Carry or a variant listed above, including:

Carry Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Susan Carry, who landed in Virginia in 1665 2
• Thomas, Carry Jr., who arrived in Maryland in 1668 2
• Thomas Carry, who landed in Maryland or Virginia in 1668 2
• Edward Carry, who arrived in Maryland in 1668 2
• John Carry, who landed in Maryland in 1668 2

Carry Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Isaac Carry, who landed in Virginia in 1703 2
• Jarman Carry, who arrived in South Carolina in 1755 2
• John Carry, who settled in Virginia in 1773
• James Carry, who landed in America in 1796 2

Carry Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Dennis Carry, aged 46, who landed in Tennessee in 1812 2
• I Carry, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
• Edward, James, Michael, Timothy, William Carry, who all, who arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1865

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Carry Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

• Mr. Daniel Carry, aged 26 who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Jessie" departing 18th April 1847 from Limerick, Ireland; the ship arrived on 26th June 1847 but he died on board 3

Carry Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

• Ann Carry, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Inconstant" in 1849 4
• Eliza Carry, aged 18, a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1854 aboard the ship "Nugget" 5

Carry Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

• Ellen Carry, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Portland" in 1864

• Carry Goossens (b. 1953), Belgian actor and comedian
• Carry D. McCormick (b. 1902), American Democratic Party politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Summers County; Elected 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954 6