I am looking for any connection between the Trelease surname and Charles Carroll, the signer of the declaration of independence. I am researching my husband's family tree, and have been told by an aunt that as a child she had seen the family bible and the name Charles Carroll was listed as an ancestor, and henceforth there has been a tradition of naming every other first-born son of a Charles, Charles Carroll.
If anyone has any info regarding this connection, I would greatly appreciate it. So far I have only gotten back to Charles Trelease & Minerva Parker Crawford. Charles Carroll was born in the mid-1700s. I have not discovered any connection so far. The Carrolls resided in Maryland and the Treleases resided in NJ.