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- William Carson's 1849 letter: "His[Simon's] father's name Robert, his mothers maiden name Watt. They had several children, perhaps six or eight. My father stated that his grandpa often spoke of being in Derry when besieged by the Catholic when of the 10,000 besieged, but little over 1,000 remained owing to starvation, killed and some by eating too much when getting a full supply on their releasement, their want so extreme that horses' intestines were sold by the yard, that he watched many a day to shoot a rat he saw enter a hole in the wall. The king granted freehold to the survivors on part of which my father was raised."
"About 1688 the Carson family participated in the famous siege of Londonderry, Ireland, when the Protestant inhabitants were confined by the Catholic Irish power and subjected to a siege that lasted until the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. Most of the people died from hunger and privations, yet the survivors refused to surrender. The father of Robert Carson, and grandfather of Simon, Sr., was one of the defenders. He watched a rat hole for half a day that he might shoot its occupant for food; and the entrails of horses were sold by the yard to satisfy the cravings of hunger.
"According to the records of the Campbell family, so great was the stress of the siege that only about 100 survived out of a population of 10,000. The besiegers had stretched a chain across the river to cut off supplies, but a vessel loaded with provisions broke it after the third attempt, and the siege was raised. King James and William III were the contending monarchs. King William granted a freehold to each of the survivors.
"Robert Carson, father of Simon Carson, Sr., was born in Ireland between 1660 and 1680. He married a Miss Watt and they had eight children. Several of his nephews came to America and served in the continental Army during the Revolution. -- Bond, Marian Saunders. Some Ancestors, pp. 17-18.
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Taylor Family Genealogy
Abt 1670 - 1735 (~ 65 years)