• Andrew Carlisle and his wife, Eleanor, emigrated to America in 1789, settling in Pennsylvania, and afterwards passed down through the Cumberland Valley into the Shenandoah, settling for a time in Virginia. They soon decided to cast their lot with the pioneers who were pressing forward to the frontier of the Northwest Territory, settling permanently at Chillicothe, Ohio in 1792. There, in Ohio’s first capital, in the beautiful Scioto Valley, they lived out their lives of purity, doing good unto mankind, participating in the advancement of civic and state, honored and respected, and perpetuating their own lives in their good deeds. In 1821 both husband and wife died and were buried in the Presbyterian graveyard on Main street, at Chillicothe, being laid away in their last resting place by the loving hands of their honored son, John Carlisle, Esq.
Andrew Carlisle, Senior, was Past Grand Master of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Super-Excellent Masons, of Lodge No. 679, of Bally Gawley, registry of Ireland. He was of excellent standing, as is evidenced by testimonials and certificates of membership, given under seal by the High Priest and other officers of said lodge, under date of May, 1779. These old Masonic papers and others of high regard testifying to the sterling qualities of Andrew Carlisle, from James Kerr, dissenting minister, of whose parish at Termont McGurk, County Tyrone, North of Ireland, Mr. Carlisle and his wife Eleanor were members, and from Andrew Cochran, curate and one of His Majesty’s justices, are now in the possession of Colonel Charles Arthur Carlisle, of South Bend, Ind.
“Copy.”
PARISH OF TERMONT MCGURK
(County Tyrone) NORTH OF IRELAND
I do hereby certify that the bearer, Andrew Carlisle, and Eleanor Carlisle, his wife, were born of reputable Protestant dissenting parents, lived in the bounds of this parish from their infancy, always supported a good moral character from scandal or ground of church censure, were regularly married according to the rules of our church; and therefore justly entitled to church privileges in any Christian society whatsoever.
Given with consent of the session of Termont Meeting House, May 10, 1789.
(signed) JAMES KERR
Dissenting Minister

Another certificate of the same date, spelling the name “Carlile” instead of “Carlisle” as in the previous certificate, both originals, reads as follows, and was evidently written by the curate:
This is to certify that the bearer, Andrew Carlile, and Eleanor Carlile, his wife, were born of honest dissenting Protestant parents of the Parish of Termont McGurk, County of Tyrone, and North of Ireland; always maintaining a regular, good, moral, unblemished character, agreeable to their profession, and may be received into communion with any Christian society is attested by us, the undernamed, at Termont Meeting House, May 10th, 1789.
(signed) JAMES KERR
Dissenting Minister
I know Mr. J. Kerr and am sure that he has certified to the truth.
(signed) ANDREW COCHRAN,
Curator and one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace1206, pp 5-6

• WILL
In the name of God Amen, I, Andrew Carlisle Senr. of Ross County, State of Ohio, considering the uncertainty of life, do make, publish and declare this my last will & testament as follows to wit. And first and principally I recommend my soul into the hands of Him who give it and my body to the earth to be burried in a decent and Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors herein after named, and as to my worldly Estate after all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid give and dispose of the same as follows –
Item 1st – I give and bequeath unto my son John Carlisle the use or proceeds of my Farm unto his son William Mann Carlisle comes to the age of twenty one.
Item 2nd – I do give and bequeath unto my grand sons Andrew and William Mann Carlisle, sons of John Carlisle, my Farm in Union Township with all the appurtenances thereto belonging, by Andrew Carlisle paying unto his Brother John Carlisle one hundred and fifty Dollars and William Mann Carlisle paying his Brother Henry Nelson Carlisle one hundred & fifty Dollars – the money to be paid to John & Henry Nelson Carlisle when W. M. Carlisle comes to the age of twenty one.
Item 3rd – I give and bequeath unto my Grand son Andrew, son of John Carlisle, my Desk, Book Case, and Large Gin C__?__.
Item 4th – I do also give and bequeath unto my Grand son William Mann Carlisle my young horse now on the Farm. Saddle, Bridle & all my Gears.
Item 5th – I do give and bequeath unto my Grandchildren Eleanor, Andrew, William Henry, and John Carlisle children of my Son William Carlisle eighty Dollars to be equally divided between them out of the first money received for the Rent of my house and lot in Chillicothe.
Item 6th – I do give and bequeath unto my Grandson Andrew Picken, son of my daughter Nancy Picken, twenty dollars to be paid from the Rent of my house and lot in Chillicothe.
Item 7th – I do give and bequeath unto my Granddaughter Eleanor Ann Carlisle my Bed & Bedding.
Item 8th – I do give and bequeath to my Daughter Isabella Daily all my house and cupboard furniture also Twenty Dollars in money to be made from the Rent of my house and lot in Chillicothe.
Item 9th – I do also give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughters Eleanor Ann, Elizabeth, and Lucy Mary Carlisle, Daughters of my son John Carlisle, my house and lot in Chillicothe after the bequest before mentioned is paid and then to be left at the discretion of my Executors to dispose off. And I do hearby nominate constitute and appoint my son John Carlisle – my friend William H. Douglas and my grand son Andrew Carlisle Executors to this my last will & Testament hearby revoking and annulling all former wills by me made.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this tenth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said Andrew Carlisle to be his last will & testament in the presents of us who in the presents of each other and the testator Signed as subscribing witnesses thereto.
Alexander Potts Andrew Carlisle (seal)
John Douglas
James Douglas1209

• Andrew Carlisle does not refer to his wife in his will, who has therefore died before 10 Aug 1821, and probably earlier in 1821, based on the death date given in the Eckart genealogy.

• Death Date, 15 Sep 1823
List of bodies removed from the old Presbyterian Grave Yard in Chillicothe 1878 by HNC & MWC. The remains were each boxed separately & buried in Cemetery. Andrew Carlisle Senr. Died Septr 15, 1823, aged 87 years.
Note that this death date is after completion of probate. The actual death date was probably September 15, 1822, and that the tombstone may have been wrong or difficult to read some 50 years later.1281, p 1

• 1790 Census: Hopewell, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. 2 males >16; 2 males <16; 4 females.1285

• In the case of the Carlisle family you identify their residence as Newry which Parish is situated partly in Co Down and partly in Co Armagh. The Church registers only begin in 1784 (Church of Ireland) and thus would not include the period of 1600-1736 in which you are specifically interested. The earliest extant register for Termonmaguirk is 1834 and also is too late to be of use in this case. In this case research would have to be based on records of secondary importance such as Registry of Deeds, Wills, Estate Records rather than Church Registers. A search of the Grantor's Index to the Registry of Deeds, 1785-1795, is our best hope of success.1302
• REPORT
We regret to report that no significant progress has been made in this case and we have failed to find any trace of the Carlisle family in Termonmaguirk in the 18th century or earlier.1303, p 2

• The Register from which the preceding Baptisms are taken, commences in 1698,—but it unfortunately ends in 1737, and from that period until the year 1777 no book of Registry can be found. It must also be remarked, that on first settlement of the Family in Ireland, and for a long time afterwards, that Country was in a very disturbed state, and Records were not easily preserved, or perhaps carefully made, so that many circumstances of early date are entirely lost.1304, p 222

• Termonmaguirk, also known as Tarmon-Mcguirk, is a parish situated partly in the barony of Strabane, but chiefly in that of Omagh, County Tyrone, some 9 miles South-East from Omagh town. In 1841 it contained a population of 10,307 inhabitants. According to the Ordnance survey, the Parish comprises 4,675 1/2 acres. The townland of Carrickmore comprises 915-0-5 acres and is entirely situated within this parish.1303, p 2