John Carter^[1]

1696 - 1743  (46 years)

• Name	John Carter  [2]
  Birth	25 Dec 1696	Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Apr 1743	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I47157	Master
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert "King" Carter,   b. 4 Aug 1663, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA d. 4 Aug 1732, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Judith Armistead,   b. 23 Feb 1665, Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA d. 23 Feb 1699, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1678	Hesse, Mathews, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F9993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Brent
  Marriage	24 Oct 1717	Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F10740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Hill,   b. 23 Apr 1667, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 4 Jan 1761, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1723	Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. John Armistead Carter, Jr,   b. 1715, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA d. 1728, , Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 13 years)   2. Richard Carter,   b. 17 Oct 1718, Saint Paul Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA + 3. Colonel Edward Hill Carter, I,   b. 15 Oct 1726, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 21 Feb 1792, Blenheim Plantation, Albemarle, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)   4. William Champe Carter,   b. 1728, , , Virginia, USA   5. John Carter,   b. 1728, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA d. Dec 1781, Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, USA (Age 53 years)   6. Sarah Carter,   b. 1729, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA d. 1810, , Russell, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)   7. George Carter,   b. 1730, , , Virginia, USA + 8. Elizabeth Hill Carter,   b. 13 Oct 1731, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 25 Jul 1760, Westover Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 28 years) + 9. Charles Hill Carter, Sr, Esq,   b. 10 Oct 1732, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 28 Jun 1806, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)   10. Robert Carter, II,   b. 7 Jun 1734, Rosegill Plantation, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 1798, Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years)   11. Mary Carter,   b. 15 Dec 1735   12. John ll Carter,   b. 1737   13. Jane Carter,   b. 1738, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA   14. Anne Hill Carter,   b. 24 May 1739, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 10 Jul 1829, Ravensworth, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F10725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Dec 1696 - Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA Marriage - 24 Oct 1717 - Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA Marriage - 6 Oct 1723 - Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA Death - 30 Apr 1743 - Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA Burial - - Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Shirley Plantation Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation (1613) and one of the first economic engines of the new world. Only six years after John Smith's settlement at Jamestown, the crown grant carving Shirley Plantation out of the Virginia frontier was established. The chronicle of Shirley Plantation best exemplifies the period in our nation's history between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the movement towards American independence from Great Britain in 1776. During its long history and under the leadership of one family, Shirley Plantation has survived the Indian Uprising, Bacon's Rebellion, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Great Depression. Shirley Plantation is the oldest family-owned business in North America dating back to 1638. Construction of the present mansion began in 1723 when Elizabeth Hill, great-granddaughter of the first Hill, married John Carter, eldest son of Robert "King" Carter. Completed in 1738, the mansion, referred to as the “Great House,” is largely in its original state and is owned, operated, and lived in by direct descendants of Edward Hill. The guided tour of the Great House highlights original family furnishings, portraits, silver, and hand-carved woodwork as well as stories of the Hill-Carter family, eye witnesses to eleven generations of American history. As one architectural historian contends," Shirley Plantation is the most intact 18th century estate in Virginia". Several features such as the "Flying Staircase" and the Queen Anne Forecourt are the only remaining examples in America of this architectural style.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S1162] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).