"March 21th 1661 Cornelius Micormack aged twenty yeares or thereabouts sworne & Examined Sayth That aboute a yeare before his Master Greenhill dyed upon discourse between the said Greenhill & Wm Thompson he this depon' heard his M' Greenhill say that if he could but once see Mr Piles payd Soe that he might cleare that plantacon for his Child he did not care whether he lived or dyed or words to that Effect and further sayth not Jurat coram me L Barbier Cornelius Micormack his + marke" (1)
"This proceeding is relative to a land dispute in St Mary's County Maryland between John Pile and John Greenwell. Apparently Pile sold land to Greenwell (his names is spelled Greenwell and Greenhill throughout this document) and claims that Greenwell did not pay for the land before Greenwell died. Thus he reclaimed the land. It looks like Cornelius was an indentured servant to Greenwell due to the language (e.g. Master Greenhill)... My interest is trying to link the Cornelius to another Cornelius Carmack who first shows up in Cecil County Maryland around 1800. People have search for 20+ years and cannot connect him outside the US. I found this record back in 2004 which seems indicates a possible linkage and if so it would indicate a much earlier arrival." (Quoting Dale Carmack.)
(1) Archives of Maryland 1658-1662, Vol. 41, Chapter Provincial Court of Maryland Proceedings, p. 563.
(2) Lois Green Carr, “Dr. Lois Green Carr's Biographical Files of 17th and 18th Century Marylanders.â€Â
(3) "Carmack DNA Project," Carmack Connections, accessed 26 March 2007.