The Carrington Family of Cumberland and Charlotte Counties
The Carrington family established itself first along Willis Creek in what became Cumberland County and later formed an influential branch in Charlotte County. Through marriages with the Mayo, Read, Cabell, Venable, Bernard, Sims, and Watkins families, its descendants became prominent in Virginia’s legal, political, military, and educational life. The following account brings together the Carrington family references scattered throughout William Henry Foote’s Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Second Series, arranging them by generation and family relationship. Paul Carrington and the Barbados Family Foote begins the family line with Paul Carrington and his wife, whom he describes as belonging to … Read more