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Arthur KEARNEY, Carney
Abt 1710 - 1764 (~ 54 years)-
Name Arthur KEARNEY Suffix Carney Birth Abt 1710 Ireland 
Gender Male FamilySearch ID LCR9-VRC _UID 0D4C8E410AFA48069E83CFDC55636A95FD22 Death 16 Aug 1764 Chowan County, North Carolina Person ID I112681164 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 16 Sep 2024
Father Laurence KEARNEY (CARNEY), b. 1695, Moynalth, Meath, Ireland d. 13 Jan 1763, Moynalth, Meath, Ireland (Age 68 years) Mother Margaret BOYLE, Collins, b. 1700, Ireland d. 1740, Ireland (Age 40 years) Family ID F13952 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sarah Ann ALSTON, b. 11 Sep 1713, Chowan County, North Carolina, British Colonial America d. Aft 1765, Halifax, North Carolina, British Colonial America (Age 52 years) Marriage Abt 1730 Chowan County, North Carolina Children 1. Trader William CARNEY (KEARNEY) d. 2 Jan 1795 2. Mary CARNEY, b. 1730, Orangeburg, South Carolina d. Yes, date unknown3. Captain Arthur CARNEY (KEARNEY), b. Abt 1732, Orangeburg, South Carolina, British Colonial America d. 1783, Georgia (Age ~ 51 years)Family ID F14056 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Nov 2022
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Photos Carney Coat of Arms 
Northern Ireland Flax Flag
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Notes - Arhur Carney Sr. and Arthur Carney Jr. owned land in east Florida/Mississippi near each other at same time his son is recorded, thus the evidence of name.
This Arthur Carney/Kearney, who probably entered the country from Ireland around 1731, arriving in all probability in either eastern Florida (later state of Mississippi), or colonial Georgia. First port of call may have been Savanna, Charleston where it is documented many other Irish-Scots arrived as Soldier Farmers of the French, such as Lachlan McGillivray who joined his clan in the Indian Trade.
Some evidence points to Arthur Carney/Kearney being a Flax Linen Spinner/Trader from Northern Ireland who took up Trading in the new land, and some evidence points to his coming in as an Irish-Scott brigade soldier/farmer given land and passage by the French Military in exchange for service, and may indeed be the same former Flax Spinner. We do not know if this was a trader or soldier for certain.
No firm details are known as to his birth or death dates and are projections only.
In 1717, The Irish (later termed Scotch-Irish in 1970's), begin deserting Ireland in great numbers, following 100 years of leasing land with oppressive rents by absentee Anglo landlords and a crumbling linen trade, famine and droughts. The Presbyterians who predominated the Irish were disadvantaged by the Penal laws of the Church of England, but were just a likely to become Methodists and Baptists upon settlement in America. It is estimated over 200,000 Ulster Irish-Scotts relocated to America, followed by more when the potato famines later occurred. Most of the earlier settlers found their independent and clan ways were unwelcome in Boston, Philadelphia, etc (unlike the potato famine refugees in later years), and found themselves traveling to the backwoods of America and the Appalachian region, settled almost exclusively by these Irish. The typical migration involved small networks of related families/clans that settled together, intermarried and avoided outsiders. After many years of English oppression in Ireland, these Irish were ardent patriots of their new land America.
Additional Sources: Over 500 pages of Notes, Records and Files at the Carney DNA Project Jim Carney www.avocadoridge.com/carney March 2010
- Arhur Carney Sr. and Arthur Carney Jr. owned land in east Florida/Mississippi near each other at same time his son is recorded, thus the evidence of name.