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England. With this petition, Richard posted a bond of one hundred pounds, which was considerable money at that time.
According to this perspective, Richard was the son of Henry who was the father of Richard.
William Cantril arrived in the Americas in 1608. If this genealogical opinion (Richard, grandson of William), is true, he must have either returned to Derbyshire at some point, or, he might have sired his son Henry, who then remained in England. Regardless as to whether Richard Cantril was the grandson of William Cantril, there must have been some close familiar connection, given the common last name and fact that both derived from Derbyshire, and the proximity in time.
William Cantrell of Derbyshire, England was the first Cantrell known to come to America. He
accompanied the John Smith party which arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, on April 20, 1608. William was
one of the fourteen men in Captain John Smith’s company that discovered Chesapeake Bay on June 2,
1608. The area between the Potomac and the Rappahannock Rivers was called Cantrells Point. William
had a son, Henry, a grandson, Richard, a great-grandson Joseph, and a great-great-grandson, John
(1724-1803). John Cantrell’s son, Thomas (1761-1830) married Elizabeth Norris (1765) in 1780.
Thomas Cantrell fought in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania. He was a member of
Lieutenant Lyle’s Command, Caswell County, North Carolina. Once married, Thomas and Elizabeth moved
to the Greenvile District of South Carolina, then later to Tennessee. He is thought to be the first Cantrell
in Tennessee and he settled on Sink Creek in DeKalb County where he operated an iron forge. Thomas was
deacon of the Baptist Church and is buried in the old cemetery at Grady, Tennessee, formerly called
Cantrell’s Cross Road.
(B: mid-1600’s)