The Carlsson Family has traced its ancestry back to approximately 1600 BC in Celtic Northwest Spain (present day Galicia) and then to Ireland.  In the late 5th Century A.D., Carlsson ancestor, Fergus Mor Mac, King of Ireland, went to Scotland with his army to assist his maternal grandfather Loarn, King of Dalriada (Scotland), in overcoming his enemies, the Picts. When King Loam died, Fergus Mor Mac was unanimously elected King, and became the first absolute King of all Scotland of the Milesian Race

Between in the 5th and 6th Century A.D., members of the Irish and Scottish Clans married into the  Merovingian and Carolingian Dynasties of the Frankish Empire that includes modern day Germany, Austria, France and the Low Countries.  Eventually the clans married into English dynasties and became Lords, holders of estates and other lesser functionaries and merchants.

By the late 1500's family members served King Henry VIII at Court.  However, under order of Elizabeth I, certain key members spent time in Her Majesty's prison and the Tower of London. Consequently, the family decided it was time for a change and began the immigration to the American Colonies via Holland on the Mayflower.

In the 20th century, the modern family is a blend of Swedish, French, German, Irish, Scottish and English (Welsh) in origin.  Ancestors have included kings, queens, clan chiefs, farmers, government officials, craftsmen, bankers, jewelers, mercants, tailors, landed gentry, noblemen, knights, soldiers, sailors, sheriffs, and religious zealots. 

Names which might be familiar in early Colonial history include: Tiffany, Comstock, Brewster, Oldham and others. 

The older New England family, the Picketts, arrived in the late 1590's and established early settlements in what was to become the Plymouth Colony.  The earliest recorded family birth in the Colony was that of John Pickett in 1605. 

In 1620, the Pilgrim Brewster clan came to Plymouth aboard the Mayflower.  Others followed in 1621 and 1623 on the Fortune, Anne and Little James.  They wrote the Plymouth Compact, founded towns and universities (Yale) and became participants in the evolution of government, war and religious development within the colonies.

By the late 1600's, branches of the Carlsson ancestors were firmly established in Virginia, Kentucky, the Carolinas, Pennsylvania and in trading posts to the West.  Below are a few brief histories of various ancestors.  Some accounts were written by their children or friends.  Yet others were extracted from their journals and the records of local courthouses and churches.