The photos below are some that I took in Normandy at Carteret 20 years ago.
Walt and I had driven up there with our dog Collette to spend a few days along the Normandy coast.
Walt and I had driven up there with our dog Collette to spend a few days along the Normandy coast.
The Englishmen who controlled the Carolina territory in the 17th and 18th centuries were appointed by the king of England and known as the lord's proprietors. During part of that time, the area that is now Carteret County N.C. was owned by John Carteret. His family came from the island of Jersey. The Carteret family also owned territory in New Jersey, where there is a town named Carteret. Remember, the first English colony in North America was located on Roanoke Island (probably...), a hundred miles up the coast from Carteret County. It was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1585. When Raleigh went back to England to get supplies, it took him a few years to get back. By then his colony had disappeared. Nobody really knows what happened to the English settlers who lived there for those few years.On the left is a photo of the cathedral in Coutances. It survived World War II despite heavy bombing that destroyed most of the town. Below is a church of a different style. It's in the town of Port-Bail, just five miles south of Carteret.
I'm enjoying this history lesson. Maybe we'll discover something about Roanoke one day. Maybe there were suvivors.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people left from North Carolina to move to Kentucky at some point. Maybe the descendants of some of Sir Walter's colonists ended up in Louisville.
DeleteCROATOAN...if I remember correctly. They never knew what happened.
ReplyDeleteI think there have been studies done to see if people in Oklahoma have family names that might have been those of the Lost Colonists, but I don't know if those studies have found anything of interest. Some say that the Lost Colony might have been on Cedar Island in Carteret Co. N.C. and not on Roanoke Island at all.
DeleteWow,what a place that Port Bail church is!
ReplyDeletePort-Bail has a beautiful beach, even if it is often cold and windy.
DeleteHave you tried to do any geneology research on your family, Ken? I recall you said there might be a family connection to John Carteret? Might be interesting to find out...!
ReplyDeleteMy dearly departed mother did a lot of genealogy research on her side of the family, and one of my cousins on my father's side has done a lot on his. But I'm not sure how far back there are reliable records or memories.
DeleteStunning cathedral!
ReplyDeleteBettyAnn