Sarah Carlyle Herbert

Sarah (“Sally”) Carlyle was the eldest daughter of the Scottish merchant John Carlyle Person John Carlyle b. 1720 · d. 1780 Scottish-descent merchant born in Carlisle, England, in 1720; one of the eleven founding trustees of Alexandria in 1749, and builder of the stone Carlyle House at the head of what … and his first wife Sarah Fairfax Carlyle Person Sarah Fairfax Carlyle b. 1728 · d. 1761 Second daughter of of Belvoir; in 1748 married , anchoring the Carlyles into the Fairfax network. Her sister Anne Fairfax was the wife of Lawrence Washington of Mount Vernon … , and is documented in the Carlyle House records as having “practiced the spinet” at Mount Vernon under the Washingtons’ patronage as a young woman ^[1] Source 1 Wikipedia, Carlyle House Website .

Her marriage to William Herbert (Sr.) Person William Herbert (Sr.) Anglo-Irish merchant of Alexandria; husband of and father of the children who carried and the Carlyle name into the Herbert, Norris, Fairfax-of-Ashgrove, and … produced the line that inherited 121 North Fairfax Street Place 121 North Fairfax Street Stone Georgian mansion built in 1753 by Scottish merchant John Carlyle; headquarters in April 1755 for General Edward Braddock's Congress of five royal governors planning the … after John Carlyle’s death in 1780; her son John Carlyle Herbert Person John Carlyle Herbert b. 1777 · d. 1846 Eldest grandson of via his mother and his father ; held from 1781 to 1827, the longest single ownership in the house's history. Member of Congress from Maryland 1816-1820. held the property until 1827. Spencer (1910) records seven children for the marriage ^[2] Source 2 R. H. Spencer, "The Carlyle Family" (W&M Quarterly, January 1910) Book :

1. John Carlyle Herbert Person John Carlyle Herbert b. 1777 · d. 1846 Eldest grandson of via his mother and his father ; held from 1781 to 1827, the longest single ownership in the house's history. Member of Congress from Maryland 1816-1820. (1777-1846), Member of Congress from Maryland 1816-1820.
2. William Herbert (Jr.), m. Henrietta Maria Dulany — their son Arthur Herbert Person Arthur Herbert b. 1829 · d. 1919 Co-founder of Burke & Herbert Bank (1852), Confederate officer in the 17th Virginia Infantry, and longtime master of "Muckross" on Seminary Hill. Born at Carlyle House; died on the … (1829-1919) co-founded Burke & Herbert Bank Business Burke & Herbert Bank founded 1852 Alexandria-based bank founded in 1852 by John Burke and Arthur Herbert as a stock-and-real-estate commission firm. The oldest continuously operating bank in Virginia and one of the … in 1852.
3. Margaret Herbert Fairfax Person Margaret Herbert Fairfax d. 1858 Eldest daughter of and who in January 1800 married ; the surviving British Lords Fairfax of Cameron line descends from her in the maternal line. (d. 1858), m. January 1800 Thomas 9th Lord Fairfax of Cameron.
4. Sarah Herbert, m. Rev. Oliver Norris.
5. Anne Herbert (died unmarried).
6. Eliza Herbert (died unmarried, 1865).
7. Lucinda Herbert (died unmarried).

Through points 1-3 the Carlyle line on the female side reaches into Maryland politics, the Alexandria banking establishment, and the British baronage of Cameron — the surviving Lords Fairfax of Cameron (10th, 11th, 12th) all descend from Sarah and William through their daughter Margaret.

Documentary detail about Sarah’s own dates and life beyond the spinet anecdote is sparse in readily available sources; this entity remains a research scaffold for the Carlyle House and Herbert family archives.