Mary Anscell

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1570, Barford, Bedfordshire, England

Family/Spouse: William John Carter, Jr. of Oakes Farm. William (son of William Carter and Eilzabeth Catherine Cranfield) was born on 10 Jul 1549 in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England; died on 1 Sep 1605 in Oakes Farm, Kempston, Bedfordshire, England; was buried in Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1596, London, London, England

Notes:

John Carter's Will. The blanks were the hard to read areas; words at the edge of the page also difficult to read. Since he states that his estate won't be divided until the children reach 21, it seems that the children could not have been born before 1609, if that makes sense... Johannis Carter In The Name of God Amen the three & thirtieth dai of Aprill Anno Domini one thousand Six hundred & Thirtie And in the Sixt yeare of the Reigne of our Sovereign Lord Charles by the grace of god Kinge of England Scotland Ffrannce and Ireland defender of the faith: I John Carter cittizen and Vintner of London beinge at this present sicke and weake in bodie but of good sound and perfect minde and memorie praise bee given to God for the same knowinge the certaintie of death and the __certaintie of the tyme and houre thereof Doe therefore make a ordaine and declare this my last will and testament in manner and forme followinge, that is to saie, first and principle I committ and command my soule into the hands of Allmightie God my creator and master of his sonne Jesus Christ my onely Saviour and redeemer and of the holy ghost my Sanctifier, and comfortor, three distinct persons but one true, and everlastinge God assuredly trustinge and free of the beleeving that I shall be saved and have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my Sinnes by and through the onely merritts death and passion of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and by none other meanes whatsoever My bodie I committ to the earth from where not it came to bee decently buried in Christchurch London as niere to my late wife as maie bee And my will and minde is that all such debts and somes of money as I shall truly ____ indebted or give to any person or persons at the tyme of my decease shal be paid by my Executor hereunder named And after my debts and funerall expenses shall be paid and discharged I give and bequeath to the poore of the parish of Christchurch aforesaid fortie shillings to bee distributed and given amongst them accordinge to the discretion of the churchwardens and overseers of the said parish for the tyme being.
Item I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Cooper and Elizabeth Foster my servants twentie shillings apiece
Item I give and bequeath to my Executor hereunder named twentie shillings
Item I give and bequeath to my overseers hereunder named twentie shillings apiece. Item I will that my whole estate shalbe devided into three equall partes accordinge to the customs of the Cittee of London
One equall third part whereof I give and bequeath to Bridgett my lovinge wife to her own proper use and _____ for ever
One other equall third yte whereof I give and bequeath to my Children viz George William John Thomas Robert Anne Elizabeth Mary Silvester and Isabell Carter to bee devided parte and parte ___ , amongst them and to bee paid by my Executor when and at such tyme and tymes as they shall severallie? and respectively attaine the age of one and twentie yeares And if it Shall happen any of my said Children to die before they shall attaine theire said age of one & twentie yeares as aforesaid Then I will and my meaninge is that the partes and persons of my estate of him her or them soe dyinge shall remayne and come unto the Survivors or Survivor of my said Children and to bee paid by my Executor at theire age of one and twentie yeares as aforesaid
Item I give and bequeath out of the remainder of my estate unto my foresaid sonne George twentie pounds and the remainder therof to him, and the other of my said Children equallie, to bee paid as aforesaid, and with the ___ ____ or ______ as is above expressed And I will that the benefitt and profitt which shall arise or maie bee made of my said Children porcons shalbe expended by my Executor for their education and proferment? And if any ____ shalbe that the same shalbe equalllie devided to and amongst them as abovesaid
And of this my last will and testament I doe make my loveinge brother in lawe Gabriell Benion Cittizen & Tallowchandler of London full and sole Executor And overseer thereof I doe ordaine and appoint my very lovinge friend William fforte Cittizen and Vintner of London & Robert Daivy? Cittizen and Ironmonger of London whom I doe desire to bee, aydinge and assistinge to my said executor in the executinge thereof for the good of my said wife and children.
In witness whereof to this my last will and Testament of the said John Carter have sett my hand and seale the dait and yeares abovewritten John Carter
Signed Sealed pronounced declared by the within named John Carter the testator for his last will and testament the three and twentieth daie of Aprill one thousand six hundred and thirty in the presence of Robert Jasfro? the marke of Margarett Thomas and John Sharpe J_ [Jr?] Md that the is so ords (one of sonne George twentie pounds and the remainder thereof to him and the other of my said) betweene the one and twentieth and twentieth lines within written were interlyned before their sealinge hereof and afterwards read in ____ [front] of the witnesses above named /.

John married Elizabeth Bridget Benion on 25 Apr 1609 in London, London, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Benion and Isabel Higginson) was born in Oct 1583 in All Halls Lombart Sreet, London, London, England; died in 1630 in London Christ Church Greyfriars Newgate, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Myles. Jane was born on 14 Sep 1598 in Rampton, Bedfordshire, England; died on 18 Nov 1633 in London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne Emery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1624, , , Virginia, USA

Notes:

On May 20, 1636, he patented 700 acres in James City (see later Surry),
50 acres being due for personal adventure of his first wife. Avis
Turtley; 50 for his second wife, Anne Mathis; and 50 for his third wife, Alice Croxon. This and later patents totaled 1000 acres.

VA Land Patent Book 1, part 1, page 359, dated May 20, 1636; William Carter, 100 acs James Citty Co., Being a neck of land neare onto the head of Lower Chippokes Cr., E. upon same, S. upon land of Robert Sheppard, & N. towards James Riv. Trans. of 2 servts: Michaell Siler, Rich. Crich.

VA Land Paatent Book , part 2, dated May 21, 1638, page 572; William
Carter, 1000 acs. James Citty Co, About 3 miles from James River,
beginning at a Reedy Sw., W. into the woods, N. into the bay tree neck.
Trans. of 20 persons; Avis Turtley, Ann Mathis, Alice Croxon, Wm.
Atherson (or Acherson), Andrew Robinson, Richard Cooke, Fr. Bick, Rickard
Bick, Alice Watkins, Alice Johnsons, Eliz. Johnson, Henry Snow, Nich.
arnett, Edward Bland, Math Briste, John Bell, Hercules Messenger, Tho.
Streete, Wm. Higgenson, Rose Hill.

William Carter's third wife, Alice Croxon, married (2) Capt. Giles Parke.

William was born in England 1600.    Immigrated to America on ship "George" 1921" (Age 21)...

  Per (Source:  Paul Carter's book entitled "New Origins").

William patented more than two thousand acres in the county of James City between 1635 and 1640 and was the ancestor of the Carter families found in James City and Surry and adjacent Southside counties in the next century. 

Various authors indicate there is not as much recorded on William as some of his famous Virginia relatives because the loss of the James City Records precludes the writing of a history of his family.

About William Carter, Sr.

March 1622/23 William Carter first appears in the records of James City County. He with some other young men were brought to account for killing and eating a calf (Journal of the Council and Gen. Ct of VA, pp3-4).

In 1624 he was single and living on James City Island. ca 1625/29 he married possibly two of his three wives. Either #1 Avis Turtley or #2 Ann Mathis was the one whom the court
reprimanded in 1629 for calling "Cozen Gray's wife" a whoore" (Journals, pp 197-98).

By 20 May 1636 he was married in Surry Co VA to his third wife Alice Croxon of London. He had died by 1655.
http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MapleLawn/carterwm.htm
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clucas&id=I11542 William Carter , Sr. 1 Sex: M Birth: 1600 in London, England

Death: BEF AUG 1655 in Surry County, Virginia Note:

From Boddie, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Page 305.
"William Carter of London, born 1600, married Alice Croxon of London. William died in Surry in 1654."

From Boddie, Virginia Historical Genealogies Page 295
William Carter grandfather of Elizabeth Carter the wife of Robert Crafford appeared before the Council and General Court on March 01, 1622/23 and several times thereafter. On May 20, 1636 he patented 700 acres in James City, 50 acres being due for his personal adventure of his first wife, Avis Turtley, 50 for his second wife Anne Mathis, and 50 for his third wife Alice Croxton. This and later patents totaled 1000 acres.

William Carter had land that was next to that of Major Robert Sheppard.

Virginia Land Patent Book Book 1, part 1, page 359 Dated 20 May 1636
William Carter 700 acres James City County about 3 miles from the James River beginning at a reedy swamp, butting Easterly upon the same, Southerly into the main woods, and Westerly upon the Rich Neck and Sunken Marsh and Northerly upon the James River. 50 acres for the personal adventure of his first wife Avis Turtley, 50 acres for the personal adventure of his second wife Ann Mathis, and 50 acres for the personal adventure of his now wife Alice Croxon and 550 acres for the transportation of 11 servants: William Anderson, Andrew Robinson, Richard Cooke, Frank Bick, Richard Bick, Alice Watkins, Alice Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Henry Snow, Nicholas Burnett, Edward Bland.
Note: Surrendered and renewed by Sir John Harvey

In a deposition made in Surry County, Virginia 02 May 1654, William Carter stated he was 54 years of age and that his wife Alice Croxon was aged 55.

From the Carters of Virginia by Noel Currer-Briggs, 1979, Phillimore Publishing Company, page 12-13.
WILLIAM CARTER was granted two tracts, both dated 20 May 1636 in Surry County. The first was for 700 acres three miles south of the James River between the head of Lower Chippokes Creek and the Sunken Marsh, now known as College Run. The second grant, of 100 acres, adjoined the first and the land of Robert Sheppard. The probable location of this land was to the west of Bacons Castle and the ruins of Lawnes Creek (or Southwark) Church, to the south of the modern Route 10 in the neighbourhood of California Cross roads. It was bounded in the east by the head waters of Lower Chippokes Creek. On thee west of this tract his neighbour was Stephen Webb, who in the 23 years between 1635 and 1658 amassed a tract of 3,500 acres. As "Stephen Webb of James City in Virginia, planter aged 39" he appeared as a witness in June 1638 along with John Carter of Corotoman in the case of the Elizabeth, about which more will be said below. He lost three servants in the incident and sustained damage of L450. He was a man of a substance and paid for his own passage to the Colony some time before June 1635, the year of his first grant.

William Carter was probably born in 1600; thus he was of approximately the same age as his neighbour Stephen Webb; he died during the summer of 1655. He had three wives - Avis Turtley, Ann Mathis, and Alice Croxon who survived him. He is recorded as a servant living in Jamestown Island in the 1624/5 Muster, but does not appear in the one of 1623/4 or in Sir Francis Wyatt's return of landowners in 1625. He had at least two children, William Jr., the exact date of whose death is unknown but it was between August and November 1655; and George, who was probably born early in 1639 and who died in 1671. William Jr., was born about 1634 or 1635 and was the son of one of the first two wives. After his death, his estate was split up, part of it being granted to Samuel Huby and John Carter of Corotoman jointly. The precise identity of William has not yet been established, but the Virginia evidence strongly suggests kinship with John Carter of Corotoman and Thomas Carter of Isle of Wight County.

The above evidence clearly shows that William Carter was related to John Carter of Carotoman who was the father of Robert 'King' Carter.

Marriage 1 Avis Turtley b: in London, England
Married: ABT 1624
Children
Has No Children William Carter , Jr. b: ABT 1624 in Surry County, Virginia
Marriage 2 Anne Mathis b: in London, England
Married: 1626
Marriage 3 Alice Croxon b: 1599 in London, England
Married: BEF 1634 in Surry County, Virginia
Children
Has Children *George Carter b: 1638 in Surry County, Virginia


William Carter, Sr.'s Timeline

1600
Birth of William
London, England
1628
Age 28
Birth of William Carter, Jr.
Virginia, USA
1630
Age 30
Birth of Mary Alice Honeycutt
Surrey County, VA
1635
Age 35
Birth of Capt. Thomas Carter
London, England
1638
Age 38
Birth of George Carter
Surry, Virginia, USA
Marriage of William to Alice Carter
Surry, Virginia, USA
1655
Age 55
Death of William
Surry County, Colony of Virginia, (present USA)

My Descent Line from the Hertfordshire Carters which I share part of with President Carter.

Generation 1
WILLIAM CARTER died before 30 August 1521 buried in Watford Churchyard married ALICE (8)
WILLIAM CARTER and ALICE son (8)
RICHARD CARTER born circa 1500 (8) died 1558 (9) (9a)
Generation 2
RICHARD CARTER born circa 1500 died 1558 of Watford (9)(9c),manor of Garston (10) & King’s Langley (9) ???, Hertfordshire,England married JOAN?(9a) He
was buried in Watford Church.(9a)(9b) In 1546 he was granted a coat of arms see (11) for description.
RICHARD CARTER and JOAN son (9)(9a)
THOMAS CARTER born circa 1528 (9)(9a)
Generation 3
THOMAS CARTER Born circa 1528 of Watford and Aldenham ,Hertfordshire, England married (9) in 1568 second wife JONE HYLL who died 1570/1 (9)
THOMAS CARTER and JONE HYLL son; (9)
JOHN CARTER born circa 1574 died 1630 of Christchurch Newgate St. London England. (12)(13)
Generation 4
JOHN CARTER born circa 1574 died 1630 of Christchurch Newgate St. London England married second wife BRIDGET BENION (13) daughter of THOMAS BENION and ISABEL HIGGINSON of Berkswell Warwickshire, England. (12)(13)
JOHN CARTER and BRIDGET BENION sons are;
WILLIAM CARTER b 1600 in London died 1655 in Surry Virginia (12 ) (13) (14)
THOMAS CARTER b. 1610 in London emigrated to Virginia in 1635 died 1658/59 (13)(15) in Lancaster Co. Virginia.
JOHN CARTER b. 1613 in London died 1669 (13)(16)
A footnote on the three Carter brothers who came to America: (1) My ancestor William Carter. Born 1600 in London died 1655 Surry VA married before 1638 in Surry VA Alice Croxon born about 1599 in London died about 1670 in Surry Co. VA, whose line goes directly down to President Jimmy Carter 39th president of the USA..

(2)Thomas Carter of Nansemond and Lancaster (1610-1658/59)
(3)Col.John Carter of Corotoman (1613-1669), by his fifth wife Elizabeth Sherley who he married 1668 was the father of the famous Robert "King" Carter who was a very wealthy and direct forefather of three signers of the Declaration of Independence, three Governors, William Henry Harrison 9th and Benjamin Harrison 23rd presidents of the USA and Robert E. Lee etc.
Generation 5
WILLIAM CARTER Born 1600 in London died 1655 Surry VA married before 1638 in Surry VA ALICE CROXON born about 1599 in London died about 1670 Surry Co. VA
WILLIAM CARTER and ALICE CROXON son; GEORGE CARTER born 1636/1639 in Surry Co. Va died 1664/1665 in Surry Co. VA
Generation 6
GEORGE CARTER born 1636/1638 in Surry Co. Va died 1664/1665 in Surry Co. VA, married about 1662 in Surry Co. MARY born 1638
GEORGE CARTER and MARY daughter ELIZABETH CARTER born ca 1662/63 in Surry Co. VA died about 1755 in Southampton Co. VA
Generation 7
ELIZABETH CARTER born before 1679 in Surry Co. VA died 1755 in Southampton Co. VA, married 1681/1682 ROBERT CRAWFORD born 1660 died 1714/1715 Surry Co.
ELIZABETH CARTER and ROBERT CRAWFORD daughter; SARAH PATIENCE CRAWFORD born 1687 in Surry County, Virginia
Generation 8
John Newsom was born Abt. 1674 in Surry County, Virginia, and died July 15, 1724 in Southwark, Surry County, Virginia. He married SARAH PATIENCE CRAWFORD born 1706 in Surry County, Virginia, daughter of ROBERT CRAWFORD and ELIZABETH CARTER. She was born 1687 in Surry County, Virginia.
JOHN NEWSOM and SARAH CRAWFORD parents of son: JOEL NEWSOM, born Abt. 1709 in Surry County, Virginia; died May 10, 1752  in Northampton County, North Carolina.
Generation 9
JOEL NEWSOM was born Abt. 1709 in Surry County, Virginia, and died May 10, 1752 in Northampton County, North Carolina. He married REBECCA DICKINSON, daughter of JOHN DICKINSON and REBECKAH. She was born 1714 in Northampton, North Carolina, and died 1750 in Northampton County, North Carolina.
JOEL NEWSOM and REBECCA DICKINSON son: JOHN DUKE NEWSOM, born Abt. 1738 in Northampton County, North Carolina; died 1790 in Johnston County, North Carolina.

Generation 10
JOHN DUKE NEWSOM was born Abt. 1738 in Northampton County, North Carolina, and d. 1790 in Johnston County NC Will; proved June court 1790. He married before 1767 PATIENCE HINNANT NEWSOM AYCOCK (b.abt. 1740-1745 probably Bertie County, NC; d. 1828 will probated Feb. term 1828 Wayne Co NC) daughter of JOHN HINNANT

Children of JOHN NEWSOM and PATIENCE HINNANT
daughter: BETHANA NEWSOM, born Abt. 1786 in Johnston County, North Carolina; died Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Harnett County, North Carolina.
Generation 11
BETHANA NEWSOM, born Abt. 1786 in Johnston County, North Carolina; died bet. 1860 - 1870 in Harnett County, North Carolina. She married DAVID BARNES Bef. 1819. Daughter of BETHANA and DAVID BARNES; ANGELINA BARNES born 5 Feb. 1819 Wayne County North Carolina died after 2 Nov. 1893 Grove Township Harnett County NC.
Generation 12
HUGH A. JOHNSON was born April 30, 1816 in Cumberland County, NC, and
died Before August 08, 1872 in Grove Twp, Harnett County, NC. He married ANGELINA BARNES September 09, 1842 in Cumberland County, NC, daughter of DAVID BARNES and BETHANIA NEWSOM.
HUGH JOHNSON and ANGELINA BARNES daughter: HUANNIE JOHNSON, b. March 04, 1862, Harnett County, NC; d. July 26, 1915, Greenville, Pitt County, NC.

Sources:
1: Noel Currer-Briggs "The Carter of Virginia ,their English
Ancestry" 1979 published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.
2:Dr. B. Barry Hayes
3:B. C. Holtzclaw, Ph.D, University of Richmond, VA.
4;James Mark Valsame
5;Vikki Highfield
6;John Robert Size, email address;john-robert-size@seeds-by-size.co.uk
7:Timothy Karl Size
8; Will reference 2AR180 APPENDEX II no. 6 Noel Currer-Briggs "The Carter of Virginia ,their English Ancestry" 1979 published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.
9; Page 102 ibid. 9a; Will reference 6AR148 APPENDEX II no. 19
9b: I.P.M. C142/116/86
10;Page 4 & 5 ibid.
11; Page 5 ibid ,Richard Carters Coat of arms are: ‘Argent,a chevron sable between two roundels in chief and in base a Catherine-wheel vert’;the Crest: ‘On a mound vert a greyhound sejant argent, sustaining with the dexter paw a shield of the last charged with a Catherine-wheel of the first’.
12; Page 103 ibid.
13; Will reference PCC.42 Scroope APPENDEX II no. 52 ibid.
14; Page 104 ibid.
15; Page 20 "The

Descendants of John Carter (CA 1574-1630) Vintner of London", In
Southside Virginia,North Carolina,and Georgia,The First Seven Generations Of The Surry and Isle Of Wight Lines" unpublished by Dr. B. Barry Hayes. 16; Page 32-33 Noel Currer-Briggs "The Carter of Virginia ,their English Ancestry" 1979 published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd.

Gray Land was a company owned by William Carter.

Source states William operated a ferry between Carter's Wharf (now Scotland) and Jamestown Island.

(67 I-4 Nov 1684 SY D&WBk 3p) shows land patents held by Thomas Gray with notation (part of a patent of William Carter 18 May 1638).

Note: Thomas Gray came to James City in 1608 and was a cousin of William Carter. No record but appears that the Gray Land Company was named for Thomas Gray and operated by William Carter - possibly a joint venture.

William and Thomas both had land grants in James City and possibly close together.

https://www.geni.com/people/Captain-John-Carter-of-Surry/600000000644064789

1 March 1622/23 William Carter first appears in the records of James City County.
He with some other young men were brought to account for killing and
eating a calf. (Journal of the Council and Gen. Ct of VA, pp3-4).
In 1624 he was single and living on James City Island.
ca 1625/29 he married possibly two of his three wives.
Either #1 Avis Turtley or #2 Ann Mathis was the one whom the court
reprimanded in 1629 for calling "Cozen Gray's wife" a whoore" (Journals,
pp 197-98).
By 20 May 1636 he was married in Surry Co VA to his third wife Alice
Croxon of London.
He had died by 1655.
http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MapleLawn/carterwm.htm
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clucas&id=I11542
William Carter , Sr. 1 Sex: M Birth: 1600 in London, England Death: BEF
AUG 1655 in Surry County, Virginia Note:
From Boddie, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Page 305.
"William Carter of London, born 1600, married Alice Croxon of London.
William died in Surry in 1654."
From Boddie, Virginia Historical Genealogies Page 295
William Carter grandfather of Elizabeth Carter the wife of Robert
Crafford appeared before the Council and General Court on March 01,
1622/23 and several times thereafter. On May 20, 1636 he patented 700
acres in James City, 50 acres being due for his personal adventure of his
first wife, Avis Turtley, 50 for his second wife Anne Mathis, and 50 for
his third wife Alice Croxton. This and later patents totaled 1000 acres.
William Carter had land that was next to that of Major Robert Sheppard.
Virginia Land Patent Book Book 1, part 1, page 359 Dated 20 May 1636

William Carter 700 acres James City County about 3 miles from the James
River beginning at a reedy swamp, butting Easterly upon the same,
Southerly into the main woods, and Westerly upon the Rich Neck and Sunken
Marsh and Northerly upon the James River. 50 acres for the personal
adventure of his first wife Avis Turtley, 50 acres for the personal
adventure of his second wife Ann Mathis, and 50 acres for the personal
adventure of his now wife Alice Croxon and 550 acres for the
transportation of 11 servants: William Anderson, Andrew Robinson, Richard
Cooke, Frank Bick, Richard Bick, Alice Watkins, Alice Johnson, Elizabeth
Johnson, Henry Snow, Nicholas Burnett, Edward Bland.

Note: Surrendered and renewed by Sir John Harvey

In a deposition made in Surry County, Virginia 02 May 1654, William

Carter stated he was 54 years of age and that his wife Alice Croxon was

aged 55.

From the Carters of Virginia by Noel Currer-Briggs, 1979, Phillimore

Publishing Company, page 12-13.



William Carter of Surry County



 



WILLIAM CARTER was granted two tracts, both dated 20 May 1636 in Surry

County. The first was for 700 acres three miles south of the James River

between the head of Lower Chippokes Creek and the Sunken Marsh, now known

as College Run. The second grant, of 100 acres, adjoined the first and

the land of Robert Sheppard. The probable location of this land was to

the west of Bacons Castle and the ruins of Lawnes Creek (or Southwark)

Church, to the south of the modern Route 10 in the neighbourhood of

California Cross roads. It was bounded in the east by the head waters of

Lower Chippokes Creek. On thee west of this tract his neighbour was

Stephen Webb, who in the 23 years between 1635 and 1658 amassed a tract

of 3,500 acres. As "Stephen Webb of James City in Virginia, planter aged

39" he appeared as a witness in June 1638 along with John Carter of

Corotoman in the case of the Elizabeth, about which more will be said

below. He lost three servants in the incident and sustained damage of

L450. He was a man of a substance and paid for his own passage to the

Colony some time before June 1635, the year of his first grant.



 



William Carter was probably born in 1600; thus he was of approximately

the same age as his neighbour Stephen Webb; he died during the summer of

1655. He had three wives - Avis Turtley, Ann Mathis, and Alice Croxon who

survived him. He is recorded as a servant living in Jamestown Island in

the 1624/5 Muster, but does not appear in the one of 1623/4 or in Sir

Francis Wyatt's return of landowners in 1625. He had at least two

children, William Jr., the exact date of whose death is unknown but it

was between August and November 1655; and George, who was probably born

early in 1639 and who died in 1671. William Jr., was born about 1634 or

1635 and was the son of one of the first two wives. After his death, his

estate was split up, part of it being granted to Samuel Huby and John

Carter of Corotoman jointly.



The precise identity of William has not yet been established, but the

Virginia evidence strongly suggests kinship with John Carter of Corotoman

and Thomas Carter of Isle of Wight County.



 



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The above evidence clearly shows that William Carter was related to John

Carter of Carotoman who was the father of Robert 'King' Carter.



Marriage 1 Avis Turtley b: in London, England



 



Married: ABT 1624



Children



 



Has No Children William Carter , Jr. b: ABT 1624 in Surry County, Virginia



Marriage 2 Anne Mathis b: in London, England



 



Married: 1626



Marriage 3 Alice Croxon b: 1599 in London, England



 



Married: BEF 1634 in Surry County, Virginia



Children



 



Has Children *George Carter b: 1638 in Surry County, Virginia



1 March 1622/23 William Carter first appears in the records of James City

County.



 



He with some other young men were brought to account for killing and

eating a calf (Journal of the Council and Gen. Ct of VA, pp3-4). In 1624

he was single and living on James City Island.



 



ca 1625/29 he married possibly two of his three wives. Either #1 Avis

Turtley or #2 Ann Mathis was the one whom the court reprimanded in 1629

for calling "Cozen Gray's wife" a whoore" (Journals, pp 197-98).



 



By 20 May 1636 he was married in Surry Co VA to his third wife Alice

Croxon of London. He had died by 1655.

http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MapleLawn/carterwm.htm



 



http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clucas&id

=I11542 William Carter , Sr. 1 Sex: M Birth: 1600 in London, England

Death: BEF AUG 1655 in Surry County, Virginia Note:



 



From Boddie, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Page 305. "William Carter of

London, born 1600, married Alice Croxon of London. William died in Surry

in 1654." /////////////////////// From Boddie, Virginia Historical

Genealogies Page 295 William Carter grandfather of Elizabeth Carter the

wife of Robert Crafford appeared before the Council and General Court on

March 01, 1622/23 and several times thereafter. On May 20, 1636 he

patented 700 acres in James City, 50 acres being due for his personal

adventure of his first wife, Avis Turtley, 50 for his second wife Anne

Mathis, and 50 for his third wife Alice Croxton. This and later patents

totaled 1000 acres. William Carter had land that was next to that of

Major Robert Sheppard.

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///////// Virginia Land Patent Book Book 1, part 1, page 359 Dated 20 May

1636 William Carter 700 acres James City County about 3 miles from the

James River beginning at a reedy swamp, butting Easterly upon the same,

Southerly into the main woods, and Westerly upon the Rich Neck and Sunken

Marsh and Northerly upon the James River. 50 acres for the personal

adventure of his first wife Avis Turtley, 50 acres for the personal

adventure of his second wife Ann Mathis, and 50 acres for the personal

adventure of his now wife Alice Croxon and 550 acres for the

transportation of 11 servants: William Anderson, Andrew Robinson, Richard

Cooke, Frank Bick, Richard Bick, Alice Watkins, Alice Johnson, Elizabeth

Johnson, Henry Snow, Nicholas Burnett, Edward Bland. Note: Surrendered

and renewed by Sir John Harvey

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////// In a deposition made in Surry County, Virginia 02 May 1654,

William Carter stated he was 54 years of age and that his wife Alice

Croxon was aged 55.

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//// From the Carters of Virginia by Noel Currer-Briggs, 1979, Phillimore

Publishing Company, page 12-13. William Carter of Surry County WILLIAM

CARTER was granted two tracts, both dated 20 May 1636 in Surry County.

The first was for 700 acres three miles south of the James River between

the head of Lower Chippokes Creek and the Sunken Marsh, now known as

College Run. The second grant, of 100 acres, adjoined the first and the

land of Robert Sheppard. The probable location of this land was to the

west of Bacons Castle and the ruins of Lawnes Creek (or Southwark)

Church, to the south of the modern Route 10 in the neighbourhood of

California Cross roads. It was bounded in the east by the head waters of

Lower Chippokes Creek. On thee west of this tract his neighbour was

Stephen Webb, who in the 23 years between 1635 and 1658 amassed a tract

of 3,500 acres. As "Stephen Webb of James City in Virginia, planter aged

39" he appeared as a witness in June 1638 along with John Carter of

Corotoman in the case of the Elizabeth, about which more will be said

below. He lost three servants in the incident and sustained damage of

L450. He was a man of a substance and paid for his own passage to the

Colony some time before June 1635, the year of his first grant. William

Carter was probably born in 1600; thus he was of approximately the same

age as his neighbour Stephen Webb; he died during the summer of 1655. He

had three wives - Avis Turtley, Ann Mathis, and Alice Croxon who survived

him. He is recorded as a servant living in Jamestown Island in the 1624/5

Muster, but does not appear in the one of 1623/4 or in Sir Francis

Wyatt's return of landowners in 1625. He had at least two children,

William Jr., the exact date of whose death is unknown but it was between

August and November 1655; and George, who was probably born early in 1639

and who died in 1671. William Jr., was born about 1634 or 1635 and was

the son of one of the first two wives. After his death, his estate was

split up, part of it being granted to Samuel Huby and John Carter of

Corotoman jointly. The precise identity of William has not yet been

established, but the Virginia evidence strongly suggests kinship with

John Carter of Corotoman and Thomas Carter of Isle of Wight County.

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/// The above evidence clearly shows that William Carter was related to

John Carter of Carotoman who was the father of Robert 'King' Carter.

Marriage 1 Avis Turtley b: in London, England



 



Married: ABT 1624 Children



 



Has No Children William Carter , Jr. b: ABT 1624 in Surry County,

Virginia Marriage 2 Anne Mathis b: in London, England



 



Married: 1626 Marriage 3 Alice Croxon b: 1599 in London, England



 



Married: BEF 1634 in Surry County, Virginia Children



 



Has Children *George Carter b: 1638 in Surry County, Virginia show less



 



http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MapleLawn/cartert2.htm



Thomas Carter was a Justice from 1663 - 1665.



 



Thomas Carter died intestate before 3 May 1669 when his widow Elinor

requested appointment as administratrix. (Chapman, Isle of Wight Wills, p

64).



 



By 9 Sept 1673 Elinor had married William Groves when she presented the

inventory of Thomas Carter's estate.



 



Children of Thomas Carter and Elinor Cooke: 1. Thomas Carter ca 1651 -

1710



 



married Magdalen Moore ca 1655 - aft 1737 ?2. Edward Carter ca 1651/53



 



married 1673 ?3. James Carter ca 1652/54 - aft 1717 ?4. William Carter ca

1655 -



 



1 Mar. 1623 William First appears in Records of James City Co. William

with some other young men were brought to account. For killing an eatting

an calf,belonging to Sir George Yeardley. On Aug. 14 1626.William was

Identifed as a Appentice at Menefie's Forge at Jamestown.. His wife Ann

was whom the COURT Reprimaned in 1629 ,For calling " Cozen Gray's wife "

a " Whoore"



 



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William Carter, grandfather of Elizabeth Carter, the wife of Robert

Crafford, appeared before the Council and General Court on March 1,

1622/3, and several times thereafter. On May 20, 1636, he patented 700

acres in James City (see later Surry), 50 acres being due for personal

adventure of his first wife. Avis Turtley; 50 for his second wife, Anne

Mathis; and 50 for his third wife, Alice Croxon. This and later patents

totaled 1000 acres.



In a deposition made in Surry, May 2, 1654, he stated he was 54 years of

age and his wife, Alice Croxon, was then aged 55. He was dead before

October 18; 1655, for on that date his widow, Alice Carter, made an

agreement with Edward Pettaway who had married the relict of William

Carter, Jr. "son-in-law to me Alice Carter", that he was to

enjoy the use of 500 acres of land bequeathed to William Carter, Jr. only

during the life time of his wife, Elizabeth.



Mrs. Alice Carter, married (2) Captain Giles Parke, Justice of Surry and

(3) Edward Warren.



George Carter, son of William, Sr., born about 1638, died about 1665. His

widow. Mary, married (2) William Hare, who on June 26, 1665, gave bond

for the estate of Elizabeth Carter, orphan. (See article by Dr. B. C.

Holtzclaw, pp. 74-75. V. M. 48.)

William Carter of Early Virginia and Edward and othersPosted by: Joseph

Carter (ID *****8682)Date: March 05, 2003 at 05:09:26  of 22646





Below is some information on a few different Carter's , all not Related

some of the info came from my earlier Postings and information I got from

Books and some info is from the Web ,the work of other Researchers .I am

looking for information on William Carter of James Citty and Surry his

last wife was Alice (Alyce) Croxon. I need info on his children by all

three of his Known wives mentioned below some researchers list several

children but they have question marks by the childrens names.Who were his

brothers ? other info below may be helpful to someone and does not relate

to the William Carter mentioned above.

1. 1820 Carter v. Carr

John Carter , dec'd of Sudley . "this was awrit of right brought by a

great number of demandmants , consisting of all the children of John

Carter of Sudley , among whom were Elizabeth Tidball ; all the children

of Robert Carter , who was a son of John ; and the children of Edward ,

and the grantees and devisees of Landon Carter , against Joseph Carr ,

the tennant.

2. 1793 Roane & c. v. Innis &c.

Christopher Roane , Frederick Woodson , William Armistead ,Thomas Quarles

, John Fleet , Dudley Digges , Nathaniel Littleton Savage , William

Graves , Samuel Tinsley , and THOMAS CARTER , officers of the state line

from 1781 to February 1783 , raised for the defence of the commonwealth

by an act of Spring session , 1781 , sues for one-half pay during life.

3. John Simon Farley and Elizabeth Morson , v. Thomas Lee Shippen and

elizabeth Carter Banister , his wife , Champe Carter and Maria , late

Maria Farley , his wife , Mary Bird Farley , and Rebecca Parke Farley ;

which two last named parties , being infants , appear by John Dunbar ,

their guardian.

Francis Farley , and Simon Farley , brothers , of Antiqua , British

subjects , bought in 1755 of William Byrd , twenty-six thousand acres

(the Dismal Swamp) called Saura town , or the land of Eden , in North

Carolina. They also bought in partnership with Francis Miller , acreage

in Norfolk County , Virginia. Francis Farley was several times in

Virginia , had a son , James Park Farley whose issue are American

Citizens. Simon Farley died circa 1756 , leaving children , among whom ,

John Simon Farley was one of the Kings officers in 1777. The following

names were associated with the Farleys in land purchases : Robert Ives

and wife , Keziah , Jogn Biggs and wife , Bathia , William Dale , and

wife Mary , John Ivy and wife , Elizabeth.

4. Martha White , widow of William White , minister of York Parish ; 4

September , 1658 ; 24 January , 1660. Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Mann ; my

husband's two children Jeremiah and Margaret White , now living in London

; Frances Brise , orphan ; Mr. Jeremiah White , minister of God ; Mr.

Hulett ; Mr. Chant (merchant ?) , my husband's brother ; Mr. Jeremiah

White and Mr. Hulett , uncles to the two orphans and to be guardians ;

Col. CARTER of Rappahannock to be exr. ; Mr. Nicholas Clarke of York and

Mr. Parrott of Rappahannock , overseers. Wit : Edward Alchurch , Jeffrey

Wilson.

4A. Edward Carter

Col. Edward Carter , Esqr. 1650 acs. Lancaster Co., on N. Side of Rappa.

Riv. , 29 Apr. 1665 , p. 155 , (29). Part of an Indian Habitation Called

Old Morticond , beg. at a point on the NWd. side of the mouth of Harrises

Cr. , adj. land of Edward Harriss &c. to Swd. side of Swd. branch of

the dividing Cr. belonging to Cottowoman River &c. to the Middle

Branch of Fairewaters Cr. &c. crossing Brices Cr. granted to Mr.

Thomas Brice 27 Oct. 1652 , given by will to his wife Martha & by Sd.

Martha & her Second Husband , William White , Clerke , mortgaged for

a certain sum of Tobacco unto Mr. John Jefferyes & Mr. Thomas

Coldclough of London , Merchants ; Sd. land given by her will unto the

orphans of sd. William White & by order of the Govr. & Council

put in possession of Col. John Carter , Atty of sd. Jeffereys &

Coldclough for payment of the sd. debt , the over_plus to remain to Mr.

Jeremiah White & Mr. George Hewett , guardians of sd. orphans for

their use ; sd. land afterwards sold unto sd. Col. Edward Carter &

His heirs forever by the sd. John Carter , he being authorized by a Joint

letter of Atty. under the hands & seals of sd. Jefferies &

Coldclough & the sd. guardians.



4B. COL Edward Carter, another early settler, was a close friend,

neighbor, and associate of COL John Carter of Corotoman and CPT Thomas

Carter of Barford. Evidence shows he was likely a member of the Kings

Langley Carters, but his origins are uncertain. He possibly was kin to

Thomas and John Carter. He also lived at Nansemond and later at Lancaster

County. He had a distinguished career in Virginia and was a member of

Council in 1659. He died in England in 1682, and his will in 1659 asked

he be buried in London. He left three children all under age 21

(Elizabeth, Edward, Anne) who received two plantations called Monasco and

Brice. Upon his death he was buried in London.



4C. William Newsome transported as his fifth wife Margery in 1665. He

died in 1668 leaving a will giving his estate to her and a son, Robert.

This son married Frances ___ and they had a daughter Elizabeth so she

could be John Pace's wife. Margery married Edward Carter. A 1636 deed

shows that William Newsome had property next to a William Carter.

4D. William White who married Widow Martha Brice abt 1660 Lancaster Co VA.

Martha was widow of Thomas Brice who had land grant dated 27 Oct. 1652.

He left his estate to his wife, Martha. She married second her neighbor,

William White.

William White had left two children in England, thought to be named John

and Mary White. Their guardians were;

Mr. Jeremiah White and Mr. George Coldclough of London. Col. Edward

Carter handled the estate from Lancaster when Martha White died. She

outlived William White, her second husband. Martha White left her estate

to William's children in England.

Edward Carter

Col. Edward Carter , Esqr. 1650 acs. Lancaster Co., on N. Side of Rappa.

Riv. , 29 Apr. 1665 , p. 155 , (29). Part of an Indian Habitation Called

Old Morticond , beg. at a point on the NWd. side of the mouth of Harrises

Cr. , adj. land of Edward Harriss &c. to Swd. side of Swd. branch of

the dividing Cr. belonging to Cottowoman River &c. to the Middle

Branch of Fairewaters Cr. &c. crossing Brices Cr. granted to Mr.

Thomas Brice 27 Oct. 1652 , given by will to his wife Martha & by Sd.

Martha & her Second Husband , William White , Clerke , mortgaged for

a certain sum of Tobacco unto Mr. John Jefferyes & Mr. Thomas

Coldclough of London , Merchants ; Sd. land given by her will unto the

orphans of sd. William White & by order of the Govr. & Council

put in possession of Col. John Carter , Atty of sd. Jeffereys &

Coldclough for payment of the sd. debt , the over_plus to remain to Mr.

Jeremiah White & Mr. George Hewett , guardians of sd. orphans for

their use ; sd. land afterwards sold unto sd. Col. Edward Carter &

His heirs forever by the sd. John Carter , he being authorized by a Joint

letter of Atty. under the hands & seals of sd. Jefferies &

Coldclough & the sd. guardians.



Edward Carter

Edward Carter of Edmunton , Co. Mddx. , D. by Nov. 1682 He married 1st ,

Anne , 2nd Elizabeth .On 14 June 1660 Edward Carter of Nansemond , Va. ,

and wife Anne , conv. to Francis Holland of York County Virginia , 300

acres which had been granted to Carter on 20 Sept. 1659. On 20 Feb 1667/8

Edward Carter of Upper Norflk Co. Va. , assigned 200 ac. in Baltimore

County to his brother in-law Joseph Hopkins. Edward Carter died leaving a

Will dated 18 Oct. 1682 and proved 29 Nov. 1682 . He asked to be buried

in the Middle aisle of St. Dunstan's in the East , under the stone laid

for his Dau. Amie Place , and as close to his first wife , Mrs. Anne

Carter , as possible . He mentioned lands and tenements in Edmonton , and

Chalfont , St. Peter's , Bucks , Upper Norfolk Co. Va. and also lands in

Maryland. Wife Elizabeth was to be extx. and guardian to his children :

Edward , Elizabeth , And Ann. The Will was wwittnessed by Edward Maddox ,

Christopher Johnson , Mary Jones , Frances Hobgood , and Thomas Johnson.





4E. Will Abstracts of Lancaster Co by Ida Lee has the following:

Thomas Bries WW 24 April 1657 WR 22 May 1657

Wife Martha all estate real and personal in England and VA. Extrx: Wife

Wits: David Fox, Thomas Haslan, Edward Dale

WB 2, p. 53.

1652: Mr. John Payne brought suit in Lancaster County against Christopher

Ripham, whose wife used abusive language with respect to Mrs. Payne.

Witnesses were Mrs. Martha Brice, wife of Mr. Thomas Brice, and Mary

Arundell. Christopher Ripham was fined and his wife was ordered to make

public apology to the Court.



5. From Book VIII , JOHN REED , 3 Jan. 1723 ;10 Mch. 1723.

my four sons John , William , Clayter and Thomas ; dau. Mary Reed ; wife

Jane and Giles Carter exors.

6.Katherine Clayter , 22 June 1720 ; 6 Oct. 1720

Son Thomas , dau. Jane Carter ; dau. Ann Goff and grandson Thomas Clayter

exors.

7. John Collett , "of the City of Williamsburg" Will proved March 19 ,

1749. Names wife Susanna Collett , Soloman Davis , son of John Davis , of

James City Co. , Henry Bryan , son of Bridget Bryan ; John Carter and

Thomas Carter , sons of John Carter , dec'd ; Benjamin Waller to have the

residue of his estate.

7A. 1672 Land records Surry c, VA bk1 pg 393 - Charles Barham, Stephen

Allen wit in denture of lease from William Hare and wife Mary, late wife

of George Carter, dec to William Alderson on 3 Jan 1672.

1672 Surry Co., VA Bk2 pg10 - William Hare deeds 8 cattle in open court

to Capt Charles Barham and Arthur Long as security for the orpans estate

of George Carter, dec - 7 May 1672.

1673 Surry Co VA Bk2 pg25 - Inquisition before Capt Charles Barham High

sheriff to determine mine value of land formerly in possession of Richar

Blunt - 27 Apr 1673. 1673 Surry Co VA Bk2 pg27 - Inquisition on

plantation now in possession of Marhew Swann sworn before Capt Charles

Barham High sheriff to determin value - 26 May 1673. 1673 Surry Co VA

Bk1671/90 pg36 - Charles Barham on Capt Baker's tithe list - 10 Jun 1673

(no list given in 1671/1672) 1673 Surry Co VA Bk2 pg 31 - Charles Barham,

William Thompson, William Harwood wit indenture of William and Mary Hare

to William Oldis - 2 Sep 1673 1673 Will records Surry Co VA Bk1671/84

pg36 - Will of George Watkins date 17 Sep 1673 probated 20 Sep 1673

desires to be buried in the Chancill of the Church of Lownes Creek as his

predecessors have been and where they dwelt - name wife Elizabeth,

Elizabeth Spencer gaddaughter and dua of my friend Capt Robert Spencer,

cousin Charles Barham, son of my loving uncle capt Charles Barham, cusin

Christopher Watkins of Whire Hart Court in Lone Lane London, to Church of

Lownes Creek 1000lbs tobacco, for a silver lplate, loving uncle Capt

Charles Barham l000lbs tobacco, John Price 300 acres next to Sunken Marsh

Mill, William Newsom, friend William Wherwood, wife Elizabeth and uncle

Capt Charles Barham are executirs, wit William Sherwood and Jennett J

Davis (mark) see 27 Sep 1671 above. 1674 Will records Surry Co VA Bk2

pg51 - Probate granted Mrs Elizabeth Watkins, relict, and Capt Charles

Barham on will of Capt George Watkins - 7 Apr 1674. 1674 Will records

Surry Co VA Bk2 pg 63 - Charles Barham on Charles Barham's tithe list -

10 Jun 1674. 1674 Guardian accts Curry Co VA Bk2 pg63 - David Williams

presents Capt Charles Barham and Robert Caufield as securities for estate

of William Harris, orphan - 10 Jun 1674. 1674 Guardian accts Surry Co VA

Bk1 pg6 - Upon perition of Elizabeth Watkins, widow, it is ordered that

James Hugate orphan, remain with her until he becomes 21 - she presented

Capt Barham security for performances of same condition - 10 Jun 1674.

1678 Order records Surry Co VA Bk1 pg 241 - the difference between

William Edwards guardian to Elizabeth Carter and Charles Barham referred

to next court - 4 Mar 1678.





7B. Carter, William in James City Co part later in Surry Co aged about 54

in 1653, according to his deposition; m (1) Avis Purtley; m (2) Ann

Mathis; m (3) Alice Croxon, aged 55 in 1653, according to a deposition.

William married all three before 1636, when he was granted headrights on

them



William Carter first appears in the records of James City County 1 March

1622/23. He with some other young men were brought to account for killing

and eating a calf (Journal of the Council and Gen. Ct of VA, pp3-4).

In 1624 he was single and living on James City Island. ca 1625/29 he

married possibly two of his three wives. Either #1 Avis Turtley or #2 Ann

Mathis was the one whom the court reprimanded in 1629 for calling "Cozen

Gray's wife" a whoore" (Journals, pp 197-98). By 20 May 1636 he was

married to his third wife Alice Croxon of London. He had died by 1655.



George Carter + Mary Hare = Robert Crawford + Elizabeth Carter =

Elizabeth Crawford + Thomas Newsom = Ann Newsom + Thomas Holt = Thomas

Holt + Anne Arrington = Rebecca Holt + Thomas Read = John Read + Dicey T.

Duke

Alice Croxon married William Carter in England circa 1638. They went to

the "Colonies" and settled in Surrey, Co., Virginia.

William Carter

William Carter , 700 acs. James Citty Co. , about 3 mi. from James River

. , 20 May 1636 , p. 359 ; beg at a reedy swamp , butting Ely. upon same

, Sly. into the Maine woods , & Wly. upon the rich neck otherwise

upon Sunken Marsh , & ?ly. upon James Riv. 50 acs. for the per. adv.

of his first Wife Avis Turtley , 50 acs. for the per. adv. of his second

wife Ann Mathis & 50 acs. for the per. adv. of his now Wife Alice

Croxon & 550 acs. for trans. of 11 servts :Wm. Antherson , Andrew

Robinson , Rich. Cooke , Fr. Bick , Rich. Bick , Alice Watkins , Alice

Johnson , Eliza. Johnson , Henry Snow , Nich. Burnett , Edward Bland ,

Note : Surrendered & renewed by Sir John Harvey , test : Thomas Cooke

, Clr.

* A note relative to the Crawford (Crayford) family was funished in 1895

by Solomon Buxton Williams, and is as follows: "William Carter of London,

b. 1600, md. Alice Croxon of London. William died in Surry, VA in 1654.

George Carter, son of William, had a daughter, Elizabeth, who md. Robert

Crawford (Crayford). Carter Crawford, son of Robert, md. Sarah Swann,

dau. of Matthew Swann, and had Carter Crawford, Jr., who md. Elizabeth

Kearney, sister of Mary Kearney, who md. William Bennett, Jr. (son of the

above). William Jr. died in Northampton in 1757, and Mary Kearney-Bennett

then md. James Cary." She made her will in Surry in 1804. Mr. Williams

also said that William Bennett was married twice, and that his first wife

was Mary Hardy, This seems true as it is found that the Hardys were his

neighbors in Isle of Wight, and that Matthew Fones, who remembered his

daughter, Ann, also witnessed the will of Mary Hardy's father in 1694.

Mr. Williams information was passed to him from his mother.

Notes: James M. Creech (JMC), 1980 Revised MSS, "Creech Family", writes

that Richard Creech was brought to America by William Carter and arrived

in North America, by or before 1622, in James City County, Virginia. The

Creech family was in England as early as 1197 and in Scotland as early as

1204. In Scotland they were of Fifeshire and owed allegiance to the

MacDuffs. According to James M. Creech (JMC), Richard Creech was the

first Creech to come to America from the Highlands of Scotland and sailed

aboard the ship "Journeyman" with Captain William Carter in about 1622,

before 1623. JMC must have had evidence, but we have not found it.

In "Cavaliers and Pioneers", Nell M. Nugent, Genealogical Publishing

Company, Baltimore, 1979, p. 42, states that William Carter was given 100

acres by the James City Company, 20 May 1636, from Patent Book I, Part 1,

p. 359, being a neck of land near unto the head of Lower Chippokes Creeck

(sic), East upon same, South upon the land of Robert Sheppard, North

towards James River, for transfer of Michael Siler and Richard Crich

(Creech).







William Carter

Edward Pettaway , 500 acs. Surry Co. , on S. side of James Riv. , on the

head of Lower Chipoaks Cr. ,last of Aug. 1655 , p. 361 Being part of

1,000 acs. of William Carter's , Dec'd. , beg. at the main branch of the

Reedy Swamp , to Mr. Pettaway's Spring , along William Carter's Line

& c. Trans. of 10 pers: John Farly , Joyce Farly , Fra. Farly ,

Joseph Farly , William Workman , Saml. Hardy , James Mill , John Challace

, Mary Morian , Tho. Lewis ; assigned by Peter Green .

An immigrant from England, Robert Pittway was granted 200 acres on the

Charles River in 1638 for the personal adventure of himself, his wife

Mary, Edward, his son and Mary, his daughter.

His son Edward Pettway married Elizabeth __________, the widow of William

Carter, Jr. In 1655, Alice Carter, William's mother, granted Edward 500

acres that has belonged to her son. Between that date and 1690 many

documents attest to the active part Edward took in the life of Southwarke

Parish, Surry County.

In 1668, a lease of land for 15 years is granted to George Corpe by Alyce

Warrand to which she binds herself, her heirs and executors. But if

Elizabeth Petway should die before the 15 years have passed, Alyce and

her husband and heirs or assigns shall pay back the tobacco paid for the

lease. This would seem to indicate that Alyce and Edward Warrand have use

of the land, but it is owned by Elizabeth Petway and her heirs. This may

be a hint to identifying the family of Elizabeth, Edward's wife.



John Carter

Samuel Huby & John Carter , 500 acs. surry co. , 25 Jan. 1655 , p. 15

,(22) . On S. side of James Riv. , on the Ely. & Wly. sides of the

Black water main branch towards Capt. Sheapards devdt. , beg. below sd.

Sheapards Plantation , running to the cart path , over the bridge &

c. over the Indian Path & c. Trans. of 10 pers : Eliz. Duber , Jno.

Henry , Fra. Hossier (?) , Mary Holland , Dorothy Kew

7C. EDWARD WARREN. Wife GRACE CREED. Exor: Friend Nich Meriwether. 4

daughters-in-law wearing apparel. Jolindy to have first choice in estate

after debts paid. Son-in-law Wm Creed. 15 Apr 1676/18 Apr 1676. Signed at

James City. 2:114.

William and Edward Warren. The latter in 1668 was of Laune Creek Parish,

and had "tithables" in his family".in estate after debts paid. Son-in-law

Wm Creed. 15 Apr 1676/18 Apr 1676. Signed at James City. 2:114.

18 Jan 1763.JAMES WARREN, SR, Amherst planter, to thos. Ray for 25 pds,

200 ac Mitcham River in Rich Cove.Wit: Bartholoma Ramsey, Edw Carter.

WBBp74. Inv of sale of est of ELIZABEH WARREN mentions: Robert Goodloe,

John Farish, JAMES WARRIN, Henry Goodloe, John Smith, Catherine Carter,

John Page, Ellinor Graves, SAMUEL WARREN, HACKLEY WARREN, John Carter,

& others.



P24.Will of Hester Brantley. Legacy: Eldest dau Priscilla, clothes and

side saddle. To dau Elizabeth, clothes, bible. If they die, sister,

Elizabeth Joyner, to have Priscilla's part and sister, GRACE WARREN to

have Elizabeth's part. My two sisters' children, Elizabeth Joyner and

GRACE WARREN. Makes James Willson and James Pyland exors of estate. 28

Apr 1727/17 May 1727.

Wit: Elizabeth Gray, Elizabeth Barlow.7:724.







P1_6. GRACE WARREN, wife of EDWARD WARREN a gift to her grandchild &

god-dau Grace Beckwith, orphan, also to Edward Oliver. If GRACE die to

her sister Elizabeth. 7 7br? 1675

P302.20 May 1668. Edward Petway assigns to Mrs. Alyse Carter and George

Carter his right in the land where Mrs. Carter lives, during the life of

Elizabeth, wife of Edward Petway, except the fruit. Recorded 20 May 1668

at the request of EDWARD WARREN. Wit: Samuel Harris, Thos Flowers. Signed

Edward Petway, Aylse Carter, Geo Carter.

P302. 12 Mar 1667. Ind bet Mrs Aylse Carter & EDWARD WARREN for 2500

lbs of tob, land from the cart path from the Great Swamp to Chippoakes,

formerly lot to Peter Adams, ad. Wm. Nusom's to Wm Harris, belonging to

WM CARTER, late husband to Mrs. Carter, 200 ac. houses etc for 21

years.Wit: Geo Watkin, Gertrude Watkin.

1661. Jan. 25, (year 1660-1661, Old Syle), Alice Parke & Geo. Carter

her sonn to Augustine Hunnicutt to farme lette for 99 years 400 acres of

land on Lower Chippoles, 300 acres bounding East on land of Mr. Dunston

SW & SE into main woods & NW upon land of Alice Parke & Geo.

Carter, called by ye name of ye Ovens Mouth, 100 acres on the NW side of

sd land and a small run of water that goes by Mr. Pettaways door and so

directly upon a straight [line?] from the head thereof so far as said

Parkes and Carters land goes, upon payment of one capon at Christmas each

year for acknowledgement of the same. Signed Augustin Hunnicutt (signed

with his signature). Wit. G. Watkins, Matthew Fownes. Recorded Feb. 26,

1683/4. [Note regarding this document: This will show that this property

was given to Augustine Hunnicutt for love and affection and marrying Mary

Carter, dau. of the earlier mentioned Wm. Carter as shown under Entry No

4, of this series of issues dated Oct. 14th and Oct. 21st, 1962. This is

how Augustine Hunnicutt came into possession of land in Surry Co. VA.

Alice Carter Parke (Parkes) was married first to Wm. Carter, then to

Capt. Giles Parkes second, and Mary Carter and Geo. Carter (Lawyer) were

children of Alice and Wm. Carter, along with Wm Carter Jr. who married

Elizabeth, who married Edward Pettaway upon Wm Carter Jr.'s death. Mary

Alice Carter Parke (Parkes) is the mother and Mary Carter is the daughter.



Augustine Hunnicutt married Mary Carter, daughter of Wm. Carter and Mary

Alice Carter (later Parke/Parkes).

7D. ROBERT CRAFFORD SR was born in 1660. He married ELIZABETH CARTER,

daughter of GEORGE CARTER and MARY (--?--), in 1681 at Virginia. He

married MARGARET (--?--) in 1690 at Surry, Virginia. He died after 16 Oct

1714 at Surry, Virginia.

I. FRANCIS HOGWOOD SR married ELIZABETH CREED, daughter of RALPH CREED and

GRACE (--?--), at Charles City, Virginia. He died before 18 May 1677 at

Surry, Virginia.

P89. Elizabeth, wife of Francis Hogwood, and her second husband a gift to

Elizabeth Beckwith, orphan, she being godmother to said orphan, also to

Edward Oliver. If orphan die or marry to go to GRACE BECKWITH, her

sister.\ 7 7br, 1675.

7E. Richard Bennett ; of ye Upper Parish . Leg. son Richard ; son ____

land to be taken out of Mr. John Cofer's Patent of 1450 acres ; to Jane

Cofer and her sons , Robert and John Cofer , the land where I now live

which I bought of Mr. William Miller ; to Richard Cofer ; To Magdalen

Cofer ; to my granddaughter Frances Mangum ; daughter Silvestra . Exx. ,

Jane Cofer and William Allen . Friends , John Carter and James Carter to

see that my will is performed . D. March 30 , 1720 . R. May 23 , 1720 .

Wit : John Carter , James Carter , William Allen , Sr

Thomas Carter

Thomas Carter : of the Lower Parish . Leg. sons James and Benjamin , a

tract on the south side of the Nottaway River , adjoining George gurley

and George Carter and William Edwards; son Samuel ; son William ; wife

Elizabeth ; daughter Elizabeth ; daughter Ann . Wife , Extrx. D. November

10 1732 . R. July 26 , 1736 . Wit ; George Gurley , Augustine Hixson

7F. Will of Richard Bennett, Jr of Isle of Wight Co., Va. 1720

Named: Sons: Richard Bennett & James Bennett

Also named: Jane Cofer & her children, Robert, John, Magdalen &

Richard Cofer (relationship not stated)

Grand daughter, Frances Mangum

EXRS: Jane Cofer, William Allen

Overseers: "Friends" John Carter & James Carter

Wts: John Carter, James Carter, William Allen, Sr

Estate appr'd. by Arthur Jones, Thomas Ward, William Bell

Isle of Wight Co, Va deeds-1736-1741 TLC Gen., Miami, Fla

DB5, P 85 Feb 5, 1736-7 from Magdalen Carter, Wid., and Martha, her dtr,

of Bertie Pct, NC, to Alexr. Carter of Chowan Pct, NC for 3f, a

plantation where Thomas Carter, dec'd, lived, b/b "the head of a Branch

or Persons line, running along his line to a white oak, the grt. pocoson

at the head of the Hole Br., Baker's line, a gum ,Cefils line, so along

his line, the little poquoson, Hulls Br, John Mangum. The land contains

abt 350 A, and is prt of a grtd tract formerly taken up by William Miles

by the sd patent, which land Thomas Carter bought of Wm. Cook in 1669 by

deed and in 1709 Thomas Carter, dec'd. left land in will to Magdalane,

his wife, and Martha, his dtr, during their lives, and after their death

to Alexander, his aforenamed son. " Signed: Magdalane Carter, her mark,

Martha carter, her mark, Wit: Jno. Langston, Jr., James Carter, his mark,

Sarah Floyd, her mark Rec'd. Feb 28, 1736

P 88, Mar 26, 1737 Alexander Carter of Chowan Pct, NC to Joseph Mangrum

of Lower Parish of IOW- for 12 f, one certain plantation tract in the

lower parish of IOW, b/b head of a small branch, Person's line tree, the

grt pocoson, the head of the Hole Branch, Baker, Cafil, the Little

Pocoson, Hulls Branch, John Mangrum, cont abt 350 ACand is part of a

greater tract formerly taken up and patented by William Miles. No wts.

Dec 19, 1744 Acctg. of Est of Thos. Carter, dec'd incls William Bennitt.

Thomas Carter married ca 11 Aug 1673 Magdalen Moore, who was the daughter

of George Moore.

9 Aug 1669 Thomas Carter first appears in Isle of Wight records when

William Cooke and his wife Mary convey "to Thomas Carter Junr, son of

Thomas Carter late of county" 400 a.

Thomas Carter left his will in Isle of Wight County, Virginia 6 Feb 1710.

Will proved 10 April 1710. Magdalen Carter along with her daughter Martha

surrendered their rights in the property her husband left to her and her

daughter to her son Alexander Carter 5 Feb 1737.

7G. GRAY FAMILY

Capt William Gray was born about 1648 in Surry Co.VA. He died in 1719 in

Surry Co, VA. He signed a will on 3 Jun 1719 in Surry Co. VA (proved

11-18-

1718) and left legacies to his sons:

William, Robert, Joseph and Thomas GRAY

To Gilbert, his son, and to daughter Mary Gray, Priscilla Gray and Faith

RUFFIN.

To Grandchildren: William Andrews, Elizabeth Edwards, William GRAY, and

William RUFFIN.

Son, Gilbert, was appointed Executor with Nichl. Maget, Robert Judkins,

and

Samuel Maget.

Capt. Wm Gray married Elizabeth Jarrett (d/o Richard JARRETT) about 1681

in

Surry Co, VA. Elizabeth died about 1714.

Capt Wm Gray is believed to have been the son of Thomas GRAY and his 4th

wife, Mary FOSTER (born around 1600 in England). Thomas GRAY was born in

1593

in England, emigrated to VA at the age of 15 (1608) and died in James

City,

VA in 1658.

NEWSOM FAMILY

Descendants of William Newsom

http://home.midsouth.rr.com/genealogy/wmnewsom.htm

Surry County Will BK 7 p. 545 15 Dec 1723 probated 15 July 1724

NEWSUM, JOHN Leg:

1) son WILLIAM NEWSUM, my land and plantation, I now live on

2) son JOEL NEWSUM 2 negros when he comes to 18

3) wife, Sarah: 2 negroes and remainder of my estate to my wife and all my

children.

Sons, Wm and Joel to be of age at 18 yrs to receive their estate.

4) brother, William NEWSUM to sell one Negro and divide the amount

between my

wife and children.



WILLIAM NEWSUM and CARTER CRAFFORD overseers of will.

Witnesses: Wm NEWSUM Wm HOLT





NEWSUM, JOHN - Est by Sarah Ruffin Ex 16 Feb 1725

signed by Joseph ALLEN John NEWSUM



***Notes***



Elizabeth was a daughter of Robert Crawford(1660 England-1714 SurryCo)

and his wife

Elizabeth CARTER (1655-1704) Marriage: 1 Nov 1684 Surry Co. Elizabeth was

sole heir of her grandparents, Alice and William CARTER, and her

(Elizabeth Carter's) parents were,

Mary and George CARTER. Wm Carter had a land grant 21 May 1638. This land

passed to Carter Crawford, grandson of Mary and George Carter and brother

of Elizabeth.

Joel Newsum was a witness for deeds of sale where William Ruffin and wife,

Sarah, sell land he inherited to his brothers, Ethelred and Robert in

1738.

vii. William BENNETT was born in 1690. He died in 1765. The first mention

of Willam Bennett is found in the will of Matthew Fones, probated in Isle

of Wight in 1704. Fones leaves a legacy to "Ann, daughter of William

Bennett," and there does not appear to be any other contemporary William

Bennett of that time and locality. Two of the witnesses to this will were

Thomas and George Woods. Thomas is the same man who in 1669, deeded land

to Richard Bennett "of Blackwater." Woods made his will in Isle of Wight

in 1716.

On the 9th of January, 1706-1707, Robert Lawrence, "son and heir of

Robert Lawrence, deceased, sells to Robert Crawford of Lawne's Creek

Parish, Surry, 150 acres of land granted to my father 28 September,

1643." This land lay next to the land of the widow, Alice Bennett, and

the deed of his son Robert, Jr., was endorsed thus, "This day being the

8th of April, 1706, William Bennett has given peaceable possession of

these premises to Robert Lawrence of Isle of Wight in the presence of

these witnesses, Carter Crawford, William Brantley." This Robert Crawford

(Crayford) married Elizabeth, daughter of George Carter, John and James

Carter witnessed the will of Richard Bennett, Jr., in 1720.*







GRAY LAND, WAS OWNED BY WILLIAM CARTER, WHO OPERATED A FERRY BETWEEN

CARTER'S WHARF ( NOW SCOTLAND ) AND JAMESTOWN ISLAND.

67 1-4 Nov 1684 SY D&WBk 3 p1 Robert Ruffin of the same 50a (part of

a patent of William Carter 18 May 1638) 242 14 Jun 1678 VPB 6 p650 Robt

Ruffin & Wm Newsam 850a Surry County

Descendants of Thomas Gray He was a cousin of William Cater b 1600,

another early settler of Surry for in 1629 Carter's wife was reprimanded

by the court for slandering her cousin Gray's wife p 197

He was a cousin of William Carter as Carter's wife was reprimanded by the

court in 1629 for slandering his cousin Gray wife Rebecca p 197

Thomas Gray (p 19) Land patents indicate the following: 550 A south of

the James River patented, of which 100 A was due him " as an ancient

planter at or before the time of Sir Thomas Dale; 50 A for his first wife

Anis Gray, 50 A for is now wife Rebecca Gray and 350 A for the

transportation of his two sons, Thomas and William and 5 other persons

whose names are given (Nugent p 31). Thomas Gates gave 57 A of land to

Thomas Gray's children, William and Joan Gray (Colonial Records of VA p

43). Thomas Graye and wife, Margaret, plus Jone age 6 and William 3 are

listed in The Original List of Persons of Quality in 1623 (Hotten p 176)

and again in 1624 Thomas Graye wife, Margaret and Jone Graye, and William

Graye (228 Hotten's).

Page 233 Virginia Colonial Abstracts, vols. 8-9, Essex Wills and Deeds,

includes the will of Tobias Ingram of St. Ann's Parish, Essex County, VA,

written 1713/14 and proved 1714, naming sons Tobias and Thomas, and wife

Martha. The Diary of Robert Rose by Fell, 1977, mentions Thomas Ingram of

Essex County, who married Martha Gray. Ingram was an indentured servant

of Humphrey Booth of Old Rappahannock County, VA, who was freed two

months early. Martha was the daughter of William Gray. Thomas and

Martha's sons, Tobias and Thomas Ingram, inherited Gray land.



1787 Surry County, Virginia Tax List B

CARTER, William: self

CARTER, Mourning: self, not tithable

CARTER, Richard: Mourning Carter, 16-21 yrs old



541. Edward Morth, Decr. 16, 1637. 100 acres. In Smith's fort Creek,

thence &c, another marsh to the Northward commonly called or known by

the name of Erasmus Carter's neck.

572. William Carter, May 21, 1638. 1000 acres. About 3 miles from James

River, thence &c into the Bay tree neck.

The records indicate that Thomas Stamps rather quickly became a holder of

large amounts of land. He operated a mill on Lawnes Creek. His chief crop

appears to have been tobacco, as on at least two occasions, he was

appointed a viewer of tobacco. "An act of Assembly 1639, men of

experience and in dignity for the careful viewing of each man's crop of

tobacco from Grindham's Hill and both sides of the lower Chippohec Creek:

Mr. Thomas Stampe, Stephen Webb and Erasmus Carter."

A Thomas Carter is mentioned on the 1625 list, and is recorded as an

ancient planter (a distinction described later) who was in Virginia

before 1624. He owned 150 acres of land in Archers Hope Creek, a few

miles upstream from the previous mentioned John Carter. Evidence now

shows that this Thomas Carter was likely the father of CPT Thomas Carter

and the brother (or possibly father) of John Carter of Corotoman. There

is no evidence to suggest that he was ever a headright. This Thomas

Carter, "Ye Ancient Planter," is my 9th great grandfather (provided he is

the father of CPT Thomas Carter Sr). Two other Carters are recorded in

the 1624/25 Muster of Virginia. A William who was living at James Island,

and Erasmus, who came in the ship 'George' in 1621. Erasmus had a small

grant of land on the south bank of the James River, now the site of the

Pipsico Boy Scout reservation in Surry County. He possibly belonged to

the same Carters as Francis (and therefore James and John) and it is

unknown if he left any descendants. To put these years in perspective,

the ship 'Mayflower' did not sail until the year 1633. William Carter,

born probably around 1600 in England, was granted two tracts of land in

May 1636 in Surry County. One was 700 acres three miles south of the

James River between the head of Lower Chippokes Creek and the Sunken

Marsh, now known as College Run. The second grant was for 100 acres in

the area of modern-day California Crossroads. On the west of his tract

was his neighbor Stephen Webb, who appeared as a witness in June 1638

along with John Carter (of Corotoman?) in the case of the 'Elizabeth' (an

English ship attacked and taken by eleven Spanish ships - John was taken

to Spain and held until released to London along with the other

passengers). William had at least two sons, William Jr. and George. Upon

his death, his estate was split up, part of it being granted to Samuel

Huby and John Carter of Corotoman. Some of his descendants include Dr.

James Carter of Williamsburg during the 1700's and Dr. Thomas Carter of

the Revolution. There are many Carters in the U.S. today who trace their

ancestry back to William of Surry.

STEPHEN WEBB, 150 acs. James Citty Co., 18 Sept. 1636, p. 386. At the

Lower Chippoecks Cr. neare upon a mile from the fore river, N. upon a Sw,

towards sd. river, E. upon sd. Cr., S. upon land of William Carter &

W. upon Sunken Marsh. Trans. of 3 pers: Richard Tarling, Georg Toulson,

Walter Lest. Note: This pattent renewed by sd. Webb wherein hee hath put

a pattent bearing date the second of March 1638 for 250 acres & added

to them 100 acs. more. Test: Samll. Abbott, Clr

Early Surry Roads and Precincts for their maintenance.

By Dennis Hudgins



17th century travel in Surry County was primarily by way of old Indian

paths, Horse paths, Blands path, various cart paths, the College path [to

the mill on the Lower Sunken Marsh, later known as the College Run],

various foot paths, various mill paths [i.e. Weir Neck Mill Path] and, of

course, paths to the many early houses such as the path to the house of

Mr. John Byrd [Oct 1690].



The first roads in Surry County included one near upper Chippokes Creek

[Jun 1669], the road to Mr. Win Edwards [Sep 16781, the road from

Augustine Hunicutts to Sunken Marsh mill [Apr 16851, a road on Arthur

Jordan's land over Stoney Runn Branch [Apr 1681], Blackwater Road [May

16921 & the Main Road [near Southwark Church, Apr 1692].



The Virginia Colonial Records Project includes references to a William

Duke, merchant, in a list of exports from the Port of London. Duke

shipped goods in the Recovery, John Wood master, in 1674.1

Wm. Duke ind.; 400 ells nar. Ger. llinen, per Peter Causton, 2 June last;

18 ells linen per William Jarrett; 3 June last; 2 pos. lockrams per

William Berry, 16 April last; 75 ells Vittry canvas per David Conyard, 15

April last; late etc. dat. 8 Sept.

The individuals for whom Duke was shipping have not been specifically

identified. However, the Jarrett family owned land near the Sunken Marsh

Path in Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry Co, VA, near William Newsum, Robert

Ruffin, William Harris, William Gray, William Carter, and Matthew Swan.2

WILLIAM RUFFIN SR was born in 1688 at Surry, Virginia. He married

FAITH GRAY, daughter of WILLIAM GRAY SR and ELIZABETH JARRETT, in 1707

at Surry, Virginia. He married SARAH CRAFFORD, daughter of ROBERT

CRAFFORD SR and ELIZABETH CARTER, after 15 Dec 1723 at Surry,

Virginia. He died circa 1738 at Bertie, North Carolina.





LOCKEY - COLLIER - CARY. Edward Lockey, of York county, Va., was a

brother of John Lockey, grocer of London, and of "Elizabeth Friend als.

Lockey", whose daughter, True, was wife in 1667 to Richard Walton,

citizen and merchant of London. Edward Lockey married Elizabeth, widow of

John Hansford, and died s.p. about 1667. He left his property to his

cousin Isaac Collier, Jun., and to Mary and Anne Lockey, daughters of his

nephew Edward Lockey, deced. If Isaac Collier, Jun., should die without

issue, his share was to go to Francis Carter, the son of William Carter,

and if Francis be dead or unheard of, then to Judith Lockey, sister of

Mary and Anne. In 1671 Isaac Collier, Jun., being dead, and said Carter

not turning up, the general court adjudged Isaac's share to Henry Cary,

who had married Judith Lockey, excepting the land which which was

adjudged "to the brother of said Isaac Collier". Mr. John Myhill married

Mary Lockey, and was ordered December 7, 1668, to pay 310 pds. of tobacco

to Dr. Francis Haddon for physick and attendance ad- ministered to Mary's

uncle, Mr. Edward Lockey. - York County Records.





8. Robert Pannil (Pannill or Pannel), 16 March , 1716 - 3 April , 1717.

Money in hands of Mr. William Dawkins , merchant in London , to the poor

people of Sepulchre parish ; my wife's brother in London , Mr. Henry

Williamson , his sister Elizabeth and his sister Jane ; god-daughter

Barbara , daughter of WILLIAM CARTER. Legacy to Elinor Carter , to Will

Carter , god-daughter Barbara ye daughter of Samuel Kerchevall , god-son

Robert Strother , David Jones , son of Lewis Jones ,Robert Taylor ,

god-daughter Mary Tutt , Gifts to the church of Hanover parish. Residue

to friends Francis Slaughter , Sen. , and Samuel Wharton executors.

Witness Simon Miller &c. (my notes have Mary Tutt as daughter to

William Underwood and wife to Richard Tutt.

9. The Wil of Edward Wilmoth

I, Edward Wilmoth , being at this time very weak in body but perfect of

menory.

Imprimis. I do by these presents make my beloved wife Annis Wilmoth , my

full & whole Executrix of all my goods and chattels in Virginia or

elsewhere , particularly I give unto my wife af'd four Milk Cows , a

steer, and a Heifer that is on Lawns Creek side , and a young yearling

Bull. Also I give unto my son John Wilmoth a cow calf. Also if any of

these children die before they come to age it is my will the said cattle

shall come to the survivor. Also the plantation that we are upon I give

unto my wife and all my Household Stuff & movables. Also I intreat

John jackson & George Coboraft to be my Overseers for the performance

of my last Will and Testament , being a true Act and Deed of Mine own.

Witness my hand this 15th day of February , 1647. Signed Edward Wilmoth.

, Test: John Jackson , John Carter.



10. 15 Apr. 1656 Lancaster Co., Virginia (Record Book No. 2, 1637-1640):

p. 25. John Carter of Rappahannock gives "my two children John and

Elizabeth my ten negroes named x x x" Wit: Wm. Underwood, THO. BRISTOE.

Ack. 15 Apl. 1656. Rec. 12 June 1656. (Fleet I, p. 105)

p. 165) Petition of George Carter, Jr. to have JOHN BRISCOE and MARY

BRISCOE his wife executors of William Carter, decd., to make an account

of the estate. (Hopkins, p. 229).

(p. 137) Deed of William Carter and his wife Dorcas Carter to JOHN

BRISTOW.

(p. 137) George Carter against JOHN BRISTOE and his wife MARY BRISTOE.

(Hopkins, p. 227).

James Meacham against MARY BRISTOW, executrix of William Carter, decd.

(Hopkins, p. 237).





JOHN BRISTOW was born ca. 1649, in England; died in 1716, in

Middlesex Co., Virginia; married (1st) MICHAL NICHOLS,

daughter of JOHN NICHOLS, and, after her death, (2nd) MARY

(GOODLOE) CARTER, widow of William Carter and daughter of

George and Mary Goodloe, 8 January 1711, in Christ Church

Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia.



11. [p.466] Precinct No. 14 shall be known by the name of Onicks's

precinct, commencing at Moores Bridge, thence the right hand fork to the

top of the hill in the Holly swamp, also from the said Moores Bridge the

left hand fork to Obadiah Pylands Plantation: that William Carter be

appointed Surveyor of the same, that the male labouring Tithables

belonging to the said William Carter, Henry Moring, William Cocks junior

John Slade, William Hart, (son of Hartwell) Thomas Turner, Mourning

Carter, Hannah Warren, Jesse Holloway, Job Holloway, Lazarus Holloway,

James Barlow, Samuel Millington, Patience Ingram, and Joel Thompson do

severally attend the said Surveyor and that he keep the said road in

lawful repair.



12. PATENTS GRANTED, ETC., 1626.

(1) Warosquoiacke Plantation contayneing downe ward's from Hog Island

xiiijteen miles by the River side, in which are these patents following,

vizt.: John Carter, 100 acres, Christopher Daniel, 100, Adam Dixson, 100,

John Berry, 100, Thomas Winter, 100 By Pattent. John Pollington, 600

Thomas Poole, 100, Anthony Barham,

(2) Anthony Barham was member of House of Burgesses for Mulberry Island,

March, 1629-'30. An abstract of his will has been published in the New

England Historical and Genealogical Register. Among other legatees are

his mother Bennett, and brother-in-law, Richard Bennett. Charles Barham

was justice of Surry county about 1674. See Virginia Magazine, Vol. III,

p. 278.

* Name: William Carter , Sr. 1
* Sex: M
* Birth: 1600 in London, England
* Death: BEF AUG 1655 in Surry County, Virginia
* Note:From Boddie, Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Page 305.

"William Carter of London, born 1600, married Alice Croxon of London.
William died in Surry in 1654."

From Boddie, Virginia Historical Genealogies
Page 295

William Carter grandfather of Elizabeth Carter the wife of Robert
Crafford appeared before the Council and General Court on March 01,
1622/23 and several times thereafter. On May 20, 1636 he patented 700 acres in James City, 50 acres being due for his personal adventure of his first wife, Avis Turtley, 50 for his second wife Anne Mathis, and 50 for his third wife Alice Croxton. This and later patents totaled 1000 acres.

William Carter had land that was next to that of Major Robert Sheppard.

Virginia Land Patent Book
Book 1, part 1, page 359
Dated 20 May 1636

William Carter 700 acres James City County about 3 miles from the James River beginning at a reedy swamp, butting Easterly upon the same, Southerly into the main woods, and Westerly upon the Rich Neck and Sunken Marsh and Northerly upon the James River. 50 acres for the personal adventure of his first wife Avis Turtley, 50 acres for the personal adventure of his second wife Ann Mathis, and 50 acres for the personal adventure of his now wife Alice Croxon and 550 acres for the transportation of 11 servants:
William Anderson, Andrew Robinson, Richard Cooke, Frank Bick, Richard Bick, Alice Watkins, Alice Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Henry Snow, Nicholas Burnett, Edward Bland.

Note: Surrendered and renewed by Sir John Harvey

In a deposition made in Surry County, Virginia 02 May 1654, William Carter stated he was 54 years of age and that his wife Alice Croxon was aged 55.

From the Carters of Virginia by Noel Currer-Briggs, 1979, Phillimore Publishing Company, page 12-13.

William Carter of Surry County
WILLIAM CARTER was granted two tracts, both dated 20 May 1636 in Surry County. The first was for 700 acres three miles south of the James River between the head of Lower Chippokes Creek and the Sunken Marsh, now known as College Run. The second grant, of 100 acres, adjoined the first and the land of Robert Sheppard. The probable location of this land was to the west of Bacons Castle and the ruins of Lawnes Creek (or Southwark) Church, to the south of the modern Route 10 in the neighbourhood of California Cross roads. It was bounded in the east by the head waters of Lower Chippokes Creek. On thee west of this tract his neighbour was Stephen Webb, who in the 23 years between 1635 and 1658 amassed a tract of 3,500 acres. As "Stephen Webb of James City in Virginia, planter aged 39" he appeared as a witness in June 1638 along with John Carter of Corotoman in the case of the Elizabeth, about which more will be said below. He lost three servants in the incident and sustained damage of L450. He was a man of a substance and paid for his own passage to the Colony some time before June 1635, the year of his first grant.

William Carter was probably born in 1600; thus he was of proximately the same age as his neighbour Stephen Webb; he died during the summer of 1655. He had three wives - Avis Turtley, Ann Mathis, and Alice Croxon who survived him. He is recorded as a servant living in Jamestown Island in the 1624/5 Muster, but does not appear in the one of 1623/4 or in Sir Francis Wyatt's return of landowners in 1625. He had at least two children, William Jr., the exact date of whose death is unknown but it was between August and November 1655; and George, who was probably born early in 1639 and who died in 1671. William Jr., was born about 1634 or 1635 and was the son of one of the first two wives. After his death, his estate was split up, part of it being granted to Samuel Huby and John Carter of Corotoman jointly. The precise identity of William has not yet been established, but the Virginia evidence strongly suggests kinship with John Carter of Corotoman and Thomas Carter of Isle of Wight County.

The above evidence clearly shows that William Carter was related to John Carter of Carotoman who was the father of Robert 'King' Carter.

Marriage 1 Avis Turtleyb: in London, England
o Married: ABT 1624
Children
1. William Carter , Jr. b: ABT 1624 in Surry County, Virginia
Marriage 2 Anne Mathisb: in London, England
o Married: 1626
Marriage 3 Alice Croxonb: 1599 in London, England
o Married: BEF 1634 in Surry County, Virginia
Children
1. *George Carter b: 1638 in Surry County, Virginia

Sources:
1. Title: Southern Col. Families, Vol. 2, page 122, Hamlin.

William married Avis Alice Turtley on 15 Nov 1617 in Leigh, Surrey, England. Avis was born in 1604 in London, London, England; died in 1629 in , Surry, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Ann Mathis in 1629 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA. Ann was born in 1600 in London, London, England; died in 1636 in , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Alice Croxon in 1635 in James City, Surry, Virginia, USA. Alice was born in 1599 in London, London, England; died in 1670 in , Surry, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Surry, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1635, , , Virginia, USA
• Arrival: 1637, , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Family/Spouse: Elinor Tooke. Elinor was born on 09 Feb 1618 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England; died in 1655 in , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Capt John William Carter
• Name: Col. John Carter
• Arrival: 1635, , , Virginia, USA

Notes:

John Carter, Colonel
Born ca 1613
Died January 10, 1670 or June 10, 1669
Immigrated between 1638 and 1641
Married 5 times
Owned: Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster County, Virginia

Likely Family
John was born ca 1613, based on his own statement in 1635 that he was "twenty-two." He was certainly born in England, but his parentage is uncertain, and no birth or christening record has been identified, as the records of Christchurch were lost in the Great Fire of London in 1665. He was probably the son of the Newgate vintner, John Carter and his wife, 'Elizabeth' Benion Carter, and if so, he was born at Newgate Christ Church, Middlesex, London, England. Whoever his parents were, they were well connected with the Virginia Company, at least as business associates and possibly as family.

Parents: John Carter and Elizabeth Benion.
Place of birth: Newgate Christ Church, Middlesex, London, England.

John Carter is named in the ten children in the will of 'John Carter citizen and Vintner of London (PCC made 3 April 1630 proved 6 May 1630) all under the age of 21 years. The ten children were subsequently subject of an order under London's Court of Orphans.

John Carter's son Robert "King" Carter adopted the coat of arms identical to that of William Carter the vintner of London, who Currer-Briggs speculates was the brother of John Carter the vintner of London, likely father of this John Carter. Currer-Briggs also notes that the decision to rename the Lancaster Co parish church as 'Christchurch' around 1670 when John Carter Snr was vestryman, and when he was committed to funding the building of a new church, provides a further connection back to Christchurch, London, the church where his father was buried in 1630 and given as his abode in 1638.

Some sources suggest a specific date of birth: October 7, 1613

Early Years and Immigration
As a young man, John probably made frequent voyages, facilitating the tobacco trade between Virginia and London as a representative of the Virginia Company. His family in England certainly had connections, both political and economic in Virginia.

On August 10, 1635, John boarded the Safety at London and gave his age as 22 years. Thomas Carter, presumed to be his brother aged 25 years, was also on the ship.

On 12 May 1638 in the High Court of Admiralty, John Carter of 'Christchurch, London, aged 24 or thereabouts' gave evidence that in June 1637 he did 'lade aboard the ship Leaman (Benjamin Woolmer, master) in the port of London for his own account', goods to be transported to Virginia. He and his goods were captured by the Spanish and he landed back in London. This links John Carter Jnr to the parish of his father John Carter Snr, the vintner. .

A further connection to London is provided by records of a Merchant adventure between Major john Carter, and Gabriel Benyon (his uncle) and Gabriel's son Daniel Benyon, then aged 24,with the ship the “John and Thomas” which sailed in October 1651, as factors for Richard Glover. Part of their cargo left Virginia in the “Seven Sisters” with other ships of the English fleet in June 1652. The remainder of the tobacco consigned to Gabriel Benyon and Richard Glover in London was put aboard the Dutch ship “Fortune” at James River and given leave by the Governor to carry it to England or Holland, as there was no room on any English ships. The “Fortune” was seized by the English frigate “HMS Warwick” and carried to Plymouth.

He decided to settle in Virginia sometime between May 1638 and January 1641/2, when he began, almost immediately, his first term as burgess for Upper Norfolk County (later Nansemond).

Marriages and Children
John married five times. He may have married for the first time to Jane Glyn before settling in Virginia.

1) Jane Glyn, born in Fulham, Middlesex, England, died before 1655, a daughter of Morgan Glyn.

Children of John and Jane Glyn:

Elizabeth Carter b ca 1651, d 4 Aug 1699; 1) Col. Nathaniel Utie, (as his 2nd), son of John Utie and Ann; 2) Capt. Henry Johnson; 3) Edward Boothby.
George Carter died young
John Carter, Lt. Col. born 1648, died 1690
2) Eleanor (Eltonhead) Brocas, married in 1655, daughter of Richard Eltonhead, widow and 3rd wife of William Brocas of the Virginia council. She died soon after their marriage, and there were no known children.

3) Anne Carter, married in 1656 on a trip to England, daughter of "Mr. Cleve Carter." She died soon after the marriage, and there were no known children.

4) Sarah Ludlow, married in 1662, born 1635 and died before June 10, 1669, daughter of Gabriel Ludlow and Phillis Wakelyn, nephew of Cromwell's General Edmund Ludlow married by early 1660's. Her son, Robert, was less than five years old when she died.

Children of John and Sarah (Ludlow), according to Richardson, there were four children:

John Carter, Lt. Col.
Robert "King" Carter
Sarah Carter
another daughter Carter
Children of John and Sarah (Ludlow), according to Stephen Carter, there were two children:

Sarah Carter died in infancy
Robert "King" Carter b 1664, d 1732
5) Elizabeth Shirley/Sherley, marriage agreement executed on October 24, 1668, a widow from Gloucester County, and according to Stephen Carter, this was not a happy marriage. Son, Charles, removed to England as a young man and died there in 1690.

Child of John and Elizabeth Shirley/Sherley:
Charles Carter b 1669 Lancaster Co, d 1690 England

House of Burgess and Other Offices
John served as Lieutenant-colonel, Burgess, and Councillor. He was first elected in 1642 as Burgess for Upper Norfolk County (in 1646 Nansemond). He served again in 1649 as Burgess for Nansemond County, and in 1654, 1657/58, 1658/59, and 1659/60, as Burgess for Lancaster County. He was elected as Governor's council in 1658, but returned as a Burgess in 1659. Records are incomplete, but in 1663, he had been reelected and was again serving as Councillor.

John served as Commander against the Rappahannock Indians in 1654; he was made Colonel of Lancaster County in 1656. His troops are said to have "entirely exterminated the Rappahannock Indians.

Corotoman
By the time of his election as Burgess in 1642, John had probably established residence in Virginia. He first settled in Upper Norfolk County (Nasemond) and meanwhile he acquired land in Charles River County (to become Lancaster in 1751). In 1642, John received his first of several land grants along the north bank of the Rappahannock River. In April of 1652, he applied for an extension by act of the Assembly on his land in Lancaster County. It seems that soon thereafter he moved to this land and built Corotoman plantation which became the family home. Corotoman Plantation was located overlooking the Rappahannock, flanked by Carter's Creek on the east and the Corrotoman River on the west. In 1656, John was made Colonel of Lancaster County militia, and by 1666, both he and his son, John, were members of the vestry for the Lancaster County Christ Church.

Christ Church
John and his eldest son John were members of the Christ Church Parish vestry. John, Sr. was found in the vestry book beginning in 1654 (no longer extant), and sons John, Jr. and Robert were also included, their names always preceding the minister's in a large, bold hand. Signatures in vestry books indicated social status, so this placement is significant. Meade writes he has never seen anyone else's signature placed before the ministers, even baronets like Skipwith or Chicheley.

John also had the contract to build the original Christ Church, said to be "the oldest religious edifice in Virginia," despite the fact that it was rebuilt in brick by his son, Robert. The original, probably built from wood, was finished in July 1670, six months after John died. John and four of his wives are buried there.

Slaves and Indentured Servants
At the time of his death, John left some thirty indentured servants and some forty African slaves. This increasing reliance on the lifelong service of African slaves as opposed to the finite service of indentured Europeans typified the changing labor norms in Virginia.

Death and Legacy
According to the Encyclopedia of Virginia, John died on January 10, 1670, probably at Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster County, Virginia. He was buried inside the Christ Church, now rebuilt on the foundation of the original. A large etched tombstone, to the right-hand side of the chancel, covers John, four of his five wives, and some of their children (Elizabeth Shirley is not there). The epitaph reads:

Here lyeth buried ye body of John Carter, Esq., who died ye 10th of June, Anno Domini 1669; and also Jane, ye daughter of Mr. Morgan Glyn, and George her son, and Elenor Carter, and Ann, ye daughter of Mr. Cleave Carter, and Sarah, ye daughter of Mr. Gabriel Ludlow, and Sarah her daughter, which were all his wives successively, and died before him.
Note: According to Edmund Berleley, Jr., he died in 1669. Researcher, Stephen Carter states his death date was 10 June 1669, but apparently the source for this is the "LDS."

John left the majority of his estate to his eldest son, Lt. Col. John Carter, as was the tradition, but he specifically left to second son Robert: one-third of his personal estate, 1,000 acres on a branch of the Corotoman River, one-sixth of his books, and "his mother's hoop ring & christall necklace." After son John's death, the inheritance transferred to the younger son, Robert "King" Carter, who vastly increased the family's wealth. Robert had been well prepared, as also dictated in his father John's will, he had been provided a tutor for his classical education, including Latin.

Associations
Edward Carter (d. 1682), House of Burgesses and governor's Council, was certainly related, but the exact connection is unknown.

Thomas Carter (1672-1733), also of Lancaster County, may have been a first cousin, as there is some evidence their fathers were brothers.

History of the Carter Family
The Carter’s of Colonial Virginia

John Carter, immigrated to Virginia from England in 1625 aboard the “Safety”. Living in Jamestown, no one know why he came to the Virginia colony, perhaps to leave the political strife in Great Britain, possible to better his station in an already hard world. Within a year his neighbors were so taken with his character, they asked him to represent them at the House of Burgesses.

In 1642, after acquiring some 13,500 acres in the Northern Neck between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers building his family estate called “Corotoman”. He became a successful planter and businessman, also serving first as an elected Burgess, and then, as a member of the Governor’s Council.

Marrying in 1650, his first wife, Jane Glyn, gave him three children, George, who dies young, Elizabeth and John II. After the early death of his wife, he married Eleanor Eltonhead Brocas in 1656. It was about this time he was elected to the House of Burgesses that automatically made him the commander of the local militia. This militia was responsible for ridding the area of the last of the Rappahannock Indians that brought to its commander more accolades. Eleanor died the next year leaving no children.

His third wife, Anne Carter, daughter of Cleve Carter of England, whom he married in 1658, died within the first year of their marriage, leaving no children.

In 1660, he married Sarah Ludlow, and had two more children, Sarah, who died young, and Robert Carter. Sarah Ludlow Carter died in early 1668 and her family had inscribed on her tombstone, “May her descendants make their mother’s virtues and graces the pattern of their lives and actions”. Little did anyone realize to what great heights her son Robert would achieve.

John Carter took a fifth wife marrying Elizabeth Shirley in late 1668. A son, Charles, was born in 1669. That same year John died. As a young man, Charles moved to England to live and died there sometime after 1690. John Carter the émigré, achieved prominence, wealth, political power, material goods and social prestige that he had earned for himself, but his sons and grandsons were to carve out an empire, such as he had never envisioned.

Upon his death, John’s main estate, holdings and slaves went to his oldest son, John II, with 6,000 English pound’s going to his wife, Elizabeth. Robert “King” Carter was seven years old when his father died. Upon gaining his majority, being a second son, his prospects were not exceptionally bright. He had inherited 1,000 acres near the Corotoman River and one third of his father’s personal estate valued at 1,000 English pounds consisting of a library of Latin books, a few slaves, and some other personal items.

Then by a sudden turn of events, his older half brother, John II, who ad married twice and had one daughter, Elizabeth (1675-1693), died at age 43, leaving Robert the sole adult male representing the family and inheriting the family estate.

Two years later in 1688, now at age 25, Robert married Judith Armistead, who gave him five children. John III (1689), Elizabeth (1692), Judith (1693), who died in infancy, Sarah (1694), who died at eight years of age, and another Judith (1695), named after the first daughter who died. Judith Armistead Carter passed after eleven years of marriage.

In 1697, Robert married his second wife, Elizabeth Landon Willis, the 16 year old widow of Richard Wilis and they had ten children. Anne (1702), Robert II (1704), Sarah (1705) dying as a young child, Betty (1706) who also died as a young child, Charles (1707), Ludlow (1709) who died young, Landon (1710), Mary (1712), Lucy (1714) and George (1716).

Robert Carter, being born into the Tidewater gentry of the young colony, eclipsed his father’s accomplishments. Becoming a member, and later, speaker of the House of Burgesses, a member of the Governor’s Council, a vestryman in Christ Church, a Justice of the Peace, and acting governor of the colony from 1726-1727 until William Gooch arrived. He was also a rector of the College of William and Mary, seeing that institution through the most trying of times. Because he so eclipsed his father, he has been regarded by historians as the founder of this Virginia family and was nicknamed “King”. He ultimately became the richest and perhaps the most powerful man of his day.

Realizing the need that future generations would have for fresh lands, he obtained for his heirs some 333,000 acres.

Robert “King” Carter had arranged that the bulk of his lands would go to his eldest son, John Carter III (1689-1742) who married in 1725 Elizabeth Hill of Shirley Plantation.. He also saw to it that his other sons, Robert II, Charles, Landon and George would have ample estates. Robert “King” Carter died at the age of 69 in 1732 leaving an estate of 333,000 acres, more than 1,000 slaves and 10,000 English pound, a tremendous fortune in those days.

Robert Carter II (1704-1732) died unexpectedly at age 28, only months after his father, leaving his wife of seven years, Priscilla Churchill (1705-1757), a daughter Elizabeth born in 1725, and a son, four year old Robert III, born in 1728.

Priscilla Carter later married Colonel John Lewis from a family as ancestral and honorable as the Carters. Colonel Lewis was a widower with five children and when Elizabeth moved to his home, “Warner Hall” in Gouchester, her two children joined an already active household.

When Robert Carter III reached his majority, he became the master of more than seventy thousand acres including 5,025 acres in old Prince William County, inheriting his father’s portion of his grandfather’s estate. Young Robert, at age nine, went to the College of William and Mary. When the young man turned twenty-one, he went to England leaving Colonel Lewis in charge of his affairs. For the next two years historians presumed this trip to England was to complete his education following in the footsteps of his grandfather, father and uncles, although it was also a time to explore the arts and other diversions of the day. It was said that a young gentleman, “lacking a broad basis of knowledge would be unfit for any gentlemen’s conversation and therefore a scandalous person and a shame to his relations, not having one single qualification to recommend him”. It was quoted of one colonial father to have said, “that his children had better be never born than illbred”.

Upon young Robert’s return to the colony of Virginia in 1751, he was steeped in public duties. At age 28, he was made a member of the Governor’s Council and, by virtue of his belonging to the Council, he also served as a colonel in the militia. As was customary, he was known as “Councillor” Carter. He lived at Nomini Hall, the elegant manor house his father built about 1729 in Westmoreland County, overlooking the Potomac and Nomini Rivers, a plantation of about 2,000 acres. The square Georgian style home with four chimneys was made of brick, two stories high, located on a hill with a spectacular view of the rivers. Robert “Councillor” Carter married Frances Ann Tasker (1720-1787) on April 2, 1745, in Annapolis Maryland by the Reverend Mr. Malcolm, the minister of St. Anne’s Parish. His wife, the daughter of the Honorable Benjamin Tasker, one of the foremost citizens of the colony of Maryland, brought to the marriage, not only family influence, but also a large dowry. The marriage also enabled her husband to secure a one fifth control of one of her father’s businesses, the Baltimore Iron Works.

Together they had seventeen children. Benjamin (1756) dying at age 23, Robert Bladen (1759), who died unmarried at age 34, Priscilla (1760-1823), all born at Nomini Hall. About 1761, Robert “Councillor” and his growing family moved to Williamsburg to a home he purchased adjacent to the Governor’s Palace where the following three daughters were born. Ann Tasker (1762- ), Rebecca (1762) who died in infancy, and Frances (1764-1795), returning to Nomini Hall for the birth of his remaining children. Betty Landon (1765-1842), Mary (1767) who died at age four, Harriet Lucy (1768- ), Amelia Churchill (1769) who died in her first year, Rebecca Dulany (1770) who also died in her first year. John Tasker (1772- ), Sarah Fairfax (1773-1829), Judith (1775) who died as an infant, George (1777-1846), Sophia (1778-1832), who died without marrying and Julia Carter (1783- ). In spite of such a large family, “Frances Tasker Carter remained elegant and beautiful in a youthful way, ever cheerful and agreeable”. She managed the household with great success and carefully trained and helped educate their children.

Managing seventy thousand acres demanded foresight and planning. Robert III cultivated as many as fifteen large plantations and farms at once. Each plantation and farm had an abundant amount of buildings used for storing tobacco, corn and wheat. Shops for weavers, carpenters, coopers, blacksmiths, as well as the manor houses and/or estate managers quarters. There were many independent buildings such as kitchens, bakeries, dairies, meat houses, slave cabins, stables, mills for grinding grains and factories for the production of textiles. Indentured servants were brought in from Ireland to spin and weave as well as to teach the Carter slaves these skills. The training of slaves in the trades was a necessary result of the conditions of life on large estates where free artisans found it difficult to serve more then a limited clientele. Many Carter slaves were trained as coopers, carpenters, blacksmiths, millers sailors, brick makers and layers and shoemakers. This training also increased their worth.

Though tobacco was the crop of importance, Robert also would devote entire plantations to producing grain and other supplies needed at Nomini Hall. Running the plantation, clearing new land for planting, civic and family duties, proved to be a laborious task. Though the basis of life was agricultural, the great landowners fulfilled a wide variety of other economic functions. They served as factors for their neighbors, buying their crops, and selling them supplies. When European conditions interfered with the import trade, enterprising men frequently set up grist mills, textile factories, and foundries on their plantations, to supply their own and their neighbor’s needs.

Robert “Councillor” Carter was a patriot during the American Revolution and as a member of the court of Westmoreland County he took an oath as prescribed by the Virginia Assembly renouncing allegiance to George III, pledging loyalty to Virginia and to the Continental Congress. At one point, he sent 50 bayonets to Captain Burgess Ball and also furnished him with other supplies. He sent Colonel Thomas Jones beef, hops, 2,950 lbs of flour as well as many loaves of bread. In September 1776, he supplied the commissary of Lancaster County with 2,000 lbs of bread and the same amount of flour. He also secured iron for the manufacture of munitions.

During the American Revolution rapid adjustments had to be made. Wheat, corn, hemp, flax, cotton, oats and barley were cultivated extensively by Robert III, while tobacco became less important in his scheme of operations. By the end of the 18th Century, the tobacco industry had sunk into a state of chronic depression. The rapid depletion of soil, the wasteful agricultural methods and over production were all making themselves felt. Robert III was ahead of his time in raising other grains for cash crops. He had set up and equipped so many plantations and farms that he resorted to naming twelve of them after the signs of the zodiac. Two of these farms, Leo, consisting of 809 acres with 309 acres cleared, and Cancer with 700 acres of which 400 were cleared, were dedicated to the growing of tobacco, shipping 79 hogshead of tobacco, between the two in 1785. In 1791, there were 509 slaves, with an estimated worth of well over a hundred thousand dollars, belonging to Robert III, a number that was large enough to generate efficient cultivation of his many plantations. He was also the largest single slave- holder in Virginia at that time. During the year 1791, Robert “Councillor” Carter provided, in a Deed of Manumission, for the freeing of almost all of his 509 slaves. This was to be accomplished on a gradual basis over a period of twenty years since to have set all free at once would have resulted in great distress for the slaves and chaos for the community. He gave or rented lands to some of his former slaves as they were freed.

John married Jane Glyn in 1635 in , , Virginia, USA. Jane (daughter of Morgan Glyn and Jane Myles) was born in 1618 in Fulham, London, London, England; died in 1652 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Eleanor Eltonhead in 1655 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Eleanor was born in 1632 in Lancashire, England; died in 1655 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Anne Carter on 26 Jul 1656 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Anne was born in 1635 in Petersburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; died in 1662 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Sarah Ludlow in 1662 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Gabriel Ludlow and Phyllis Wakelyn) was born in 1635 in Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, England; died on 10 Jun 1668 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA; was buried in Weems, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Shirley on 24 Aug 1668 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1648 in Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in 1732 in , , , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1650/1652 Thomas came to Nansemond City, Virginia from London in the 'Safety', about the time Charles I was beheaded. Thomas appears at 22 years of age in the as paying tithes on himself & 4 servants. Thomas bought 800 acres in Lancaster City, on the eastern most branch of the Corotoman River from Col. John Carter. Col. John Carter was living in Nansemond City in 1649/50, when Thomas first arrived, but had since moved to Lancaster. Thomas, also, moved to Lancaster County, VA and purchased a large plantation on Rappahannock River, VA.

Thomas Carter Senior served as commissioner of City in 1663, Deputy Clerk of City in 1663-65, and Burgess in 1667. Captain of the Lancaster Militia. W&M Qtrly 2nd Ser, possibly youngest son of parents. Vestryman in Christ Church & Saint Marys White Chapel. Occupation: Planter & Trader.

Taken from "The Descendants of Captain Thomas Carter" by Joseph Lyon Miller who had the Prayer Book in his possession.

"The early marriage and birth records in this old book are all in the same handwriting, but as it is a seventeenth century hand, they were probably written in by Capt. Thomas himself in his old days, or else copied from some other record by one of his sons.

His Marriage and Children
"With this Book pr Rv Mr John Shepperd on Wednsday 4h Day of May 1670 - was Mard Mr Thomas Carter of Barford in ye County of Lancaster in Virginia & Katharine Dale ye eldest Daughter of Mr Edw: Dale ye same County."

Capt. Thomas and Katharine Dale Carter had issue ten sons and three daughters, three of whom died in infancy.

"Edward ye eldest Sonne of Tho: & Kathn Carter was born on ye 9h Ap'll 1671 of a Sunday at 8 aClock in ye Morng and was baptz on Sunday the 30h Mr John Carter, Mr Edwn Conaway & Mr Edw: Dale Gdfathrs & Mrs Diana Dale & Msz Lettys Corbyn G'DMothrs."

"Thomas Carter son of Thomas was Born on the 4th day of June 1672 betw'n 3 & 4 aclock in ye Morng and was Baptzd att ye new Church Augt 5th. Captn John Lee, Mr Th: Hayne, ye Lady Ann Skipworth & Elizah Dale godparts."

"John 3d Son was bornd ye 8th May 1674 and bapd Sunday ye 24h and had for God parents Coll. Jno; Carter, Mr Jno Stretchley and Mrs Ball."

"Henry Skipwith, 4th sonn Tho. & Kath. Carter bornd of a Wednsdy the 7h June & was baptzd att Home by Rev Mr Dogette on Sunday aftr Service ye 18th Capn Wm Ball, capn David Fox and Mrs Srah Fleete standing.

"Diana ye Eldest Daughr th: & Kathn Carter was born on the last Day of Apll 1678 near 5 in the Aftrnoone and Christnd on Sunday 12 of May by Mr Doggett when was Entertaind a large Company. Mrs Diana Dale, Mrs Mary Willys & Capn Ball God parents. She Departd this Life of a Putrid Soar Throate at ye age of 2 yeares and 3 days."

"Wm & Nicho twinn sonnes of Tho: Carter born 2d Novr 1679 and dyed on the 11th & 12th July 1680 of a Cholrey.

"Elizabeth 2d Dauter was Bornd 4h day of Ffeby 1680 about Sunrise & weighd 11 lbs. Baptzd at St Marys Sunday 15 May Mrs Margaret Ball, Mrs Elizabeth Rogers & Captain Ball standing for her.

"Daniel son of Thomas & katharin Carter born 22d Oct'br 1682 and died on the 30h of a Fit."

"James 8th sonn was Borne on Christmas Day 1684 it being thursday at 2 in the morng & was Christnd at Home on Sundy. Mr Jno Edwards, Mr Tho. Wilkes & Mrs Edwards standing as God parts."

"Katharine 3d Dau. was born at 6 aclock Easter Morning 4h Apl 1686 Bapd on Whit-Sundy Mr David Fox Mrs Hannah Fox & Mrs Sarah Perrotte Gdpts."

"Peter 9th son was Born near Midnight 23d May 1688 & Baptzd on 3d June Mr Edwin Conaway, Mr Tho. Dudly & Mrs Ann Chowning standing."

"Joseph Youngest son born Friday 28 Novr 1690 & Christnd at home on 10th Decr Mr Robt Carter & Mr Joseph Ball Godfathrs & Mrs Judith Carter Godmother."

Capt. Thomas Carter, sr died Oct. 22, 1700 "aged about 70 years."
Mrs Catharine Dale Carter died May 10, 1703 in the 51st year of her life.



Prayer Book of Captain Thomas Carter of Barford, Lancaster County, VA

Editor’s Notes:
- Original Prayer Book at Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia
- Handwriting recording births and marriages of Capt. Thomas Carter was assumed to be his, but later marriages occurred after his death. This oldest handwriting will be identified as "First Author"
- Editor arranged information in chronological order, as much as possible.
- Transcription of Prayer Book of Captain Thomas Carter of Lancaster County,
Virginia
Born: circa 1630, London, England
Died: 1700, Barford Estate, Lancaster County, Virginia
- Passed down to son Thomas Carter, Jr.
Born: June 4, 1672, Lancaster County, VA
Died: September 30, 1733, Lancaster, County, VA
- Passed down to son Peter Carter
Born: 1706, Lancaster County, VA
Died: circa 1790

Transcription:
[First Author]
Tho: Carter His Book
--1669 --
[Second Author]
Thomas Carter Gent. His Book
Lancaster County Virginia

[Births recorded by First Author]
Edward ye eldest Sonne of Tho: & Kathn Carter was born on ye 9h Ap’ll 1671 of Sunday at 8 aClock in ye Morng and was baptz on Sunday the 30h. Mr John Carter, Mr Edwn Conaway & Mr Edw: Dale Gdfathrs & Mrs Diana Dale & Msz Lettys Corbyn G’dMothrs.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Thomas Carter son of Thomas was Born on the 4th day of June 1672 betw’n 3 & 4 aclock in ye Morng and was Baptzd att ye new Church Augt 5th. Captn John Lee, Mr Th: Hayne, ye Lady Ann Skipworth & Elizh Dale godparts.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
John 3d son was bornd ye 8th May 1674 and bapd Sunday ye 24h and had for God parents Coll. Jno: Carter, Mr Jno Stretchley and Mrs Ball
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Henry Skipwith, 4th sonn Tho. & Kath. Carter Bornd of a Wedndy the 7h June & was baptzd att Home by Rev Mr Dogette on Sunday aftr Service ye 18th. Capn Wm Ball, Capn David Fox and Mrs Srah Fleete standing
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Diana ye Eldest Daughr Th: & Kathn Carter was born on the last Day of Apll 1678 near 5 in the Aftrnoone and Christnd on Sunday 12 of May by Mr Doggett when was Entertaind a large Company. Mrs Diana Dale, Mrs Mary Willys & Capn Ball God parents. She Departd this Life of a Putrid Soar Throate at ye age of 2 yeares and 3 days.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Wm & Nicho twinn sonnes of Tho: Carter born 2d Novr 1679 and dyed on the 11th and 12th July 1680 of a Cholrey.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Elizabeth 2d Dauter was Bornd 4h day of Feby 1680 about Sunrise & weighd 11 lbs. Baptzd at St Marys Sunday 15 May Mrs Margaret Ball, Mrs Elizabeth Rogers & Captain Ball standing for her.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Daniel son of Thomas & Katharin Carter born 22d Oct’br 1682 and died on the 30h of a Fit.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
James 8th sonn was Borne on Christmas Day 1684 it being Thursday at 2 in the morng & was Chrisnd at Home on Sundy. Mr. Jno Edwards, Mr Tho. Wilkes & Mrs Edwards standing as God parts.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Katharine 3d Dau. was born at 6 aclock Easter Morning 4h Apl 1686 Bapd on Whit-Sundy Mr David Fox Mrs Hannah Fox & Mrs Sarah Perrotte Gdpts.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Peter 9th Son was Born near Midnight 23d May 1688 & Baptzd on 3d June Mr Edwin Conaway, Mr Tho. Dudly & Mrs Ann Chowning standing.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Joseph Youngest son born Friday 28 Novr 1690 & Christnd at home on 10th Decr Mr Robt Carter & Mr Joseph Ball Godfathrs & Mrs Judith Carter Godmother.

[Death of Edward Dale, father-in-law in Capt. Thomas Carter’s handwriting]
Mr. Edw: Dale Departd this life on ye 2d Day Feb: 1695 and Mrs Diana Dale on ye last day of July.

Hic Despositum
Spe Certe Resurgendi in christo
quicquid habuit Mortale
EDWARDUS DALE, ARMIGER.
Tandem hornorum et Dierum Obiit
20 Feby: Anno Dom: 1695.

He descended from an Ancient Family
in England & came into ye Colly
of Virga after the Death of his Unhappy
Master Charles First.
For above 30 years he enjoyed
various Employments of Public Trust
in ye Coty of Lancaster wch he
Dischred wth great Fidelity & Satisfacn.
to the Governor & People.
As neighbor-Father-Husband he Ex
celled and in early yeares Crownd
his other Accomplishments by a
Felicitous Marriage
wth Diana ye daughter of sr Henry Skypwith
of Preswold in ye Coty of Leicester Bart
who is left a little while to Mourn him.

[Death of Capt. Thomas Carter and wife Katherine in Thomas Carter, Jr’s handwriting]
Thomas Carter Senr Departed this life on the 22d of October 1700 Aged about 70 years.
Catharine Carter Departed this life the 10th Day of May 1703 in the 51st Year of her Life.

[Marriages of children recorded by Capt. Thomas Carter]
Elizabeth Carter was Mard to 2dm George on Wednesday the 15 June 1698.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Kathe Carter was married to Jno: Lawson on ye 16h June 1703
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
James Carter was mard ye 3d Octbr 1715 to Hannah Neale daur. to Danl Neal
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Peter Carter was mard ye 23 Sept 1712 to Kathe Rogers dau to --- Wm Rogers.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Henry Carter & Ann Davis was married ye 6th day of May 1701.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Joseph Carter & Ann Pines was married on 23 Decr 1713.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
James Carter & Mary Brent was mard on 12 Augt 1724.
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Tho: Carter Jnnr & Arabella Williamson was Mard on ye 22 Augt 1695
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
John Carter & Frances Ball was married on Tuesday the 21st Day Novbr 1698
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________
Edward Carter of ye copy of Lancster & Elizh Thornton Dau: to Mr. Wm. Thornton of ye Coty of Gloucstr was mard 3d June 1697. It being a Thursday.
Edward & Elizh Carter had daur Margt born 1t June 1698-Judith born 22d June 1702- Katha 1 Feb: 1699/1700 & son Thomas Born 1 Feb: 1699/1700-- in Gloucester att Mr Wm Thorntons And Edward born Augt 1704 & Elizh Born 8 May 1706 in Lancaster to this ---
___________ _____________ ___________ ____________

With this Book pr Rv Mr John Shepperd on Wednsday ye 4h Day of May 1670-was Mard Mr Thomas Carter of Barford in ye County of Lancaster in Virga & Katherine Dale ye eldest Daughr of Mr Edw: Dale ye same County.

[Second Author]
Francis the loving dear Wife of John Carter and Dau. of Mr. Joseph Ball and Elizabeth his Wife Departed this Life at 5 mins to 8 a clock in the Morning of ye 3d day of Sept 1699 three hours after she was delivd of a Son in the 18th year of her life. And was buried on the 5h day at St Marys White Chapell attended by an affectionate and sorrowing Husband and a large concorse of Relatives and friends. Joseph Ball Carter followed his mother to the Grave on the 1st Day of July 1700 of a flux and was burd at So. Marys on ye 2d.

[Recorded by Peter Carter]
January 14th 1777. Today came a letter from Edward Carter of Lancaster with the intelligence that my Brother Mr. Dale Carter Departed this Life on the 12th Day December last and our cousin 10 days earlier [Thomas Carter written in margin]. Now indeed am I the last of my generation--the lone leaf on the tree waiting the last frost.

Ye Datte of this Holy Book is at it stands from the printer as follows MDCLXII [1662] in the year of my God 1775 and in ye year of my Nattral Life 69. Romans ye 10 Chap & 9 vers. If thou shalt confess with thine mouth the Lord Jesus; and shall Believe in thin heart tht God hath Rased him from the Dead thou shalt be saved. Romans ye 10 & 9 vers my Natral Life 82 in ye year of my God 1788.

Peter Carter
in the year 1788 & in ye year my Life 82. 58 years last May Day [May 1, 1730] I was Married to Judith Norris who passed on ye 15h day May 1765. We was Blest with 9 sons and 4 daughters viz. Dale & Thomas on ye 24h April 1731. Judy on ye 2d Novm 1732. Job on ye 1st Jan’y 1734. Joseph on ye 4th September 1736. Arabella Catharine on ye 17th August 1738. Solomon on ye 25 Septr. 1739. Frances Ball on ye 8h Jan’y 1741. Peter on ye 9th March 1743. Sarah on ye 16h June 1744. Daniel on ye 22d Dec. 1746 ye same Day and year as Danl son of my cozen Robert Carter. Norris on 8h November 1748 and George on 15 March 1757. of which Thomas, Joseph Peter, Norris, George, Frances and Sarah are now living. George with me Peter in Amherst and the others on Clinch.

Robert Carters children born William born 1st May 1745, Daniel 22 Decmbr 1746, Robert 14 Febry 1748, Mary 21 May 1750, Jedisah 29 July 1752, Milly 22 May 1755, Henry 28 Janry 1757, John Novmbr 1758, Winny Born Decm 4 1762, Fredn 28 July 1767. These Dattes give me by Henry Carter.

Mrs Hannah Carter departed the Life on 9th Octo. 1722 and left a sorriful husband and 4 tender children Tho. Danl Presly & Hannah

Job Carter past to his Reward the 8h Novem 1782.

Solomon Carter on 28h day September 1786.

[Third Author]
James Davis & Mary Elizabeth Carter married December 25, 1738 Children
Jno: Fielding born Jany 1, 1740
James C. born March 5, 1741
Benjamin born Jany 10, 1743
Elizabeth born Feby 22, 1745
Snead born May 16, 1748
Wm Dale born August 26, 1750
Mary born May 24, 1753
Felix Carter born April 27, 1755
Charles Edwin born Oct. 22, 1758
Thomas Wyatt born Nov 30, 1761
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Thomas Davis & Susanah Hieatt was married May 1, 1783 Children
Elizabeth born Oct. 16, 1784
Mary Carter born Dec 22, 1786
Fielding born May 9, 1789 in Caintucky

Birth Record
Tho: Davis son of Jno: & Susannah born August 8 1693

Sarah Davis dau of Ewd: fielding Esqr born May 12th 1695 Children
Ewd Fielding Davis born May 6, 1718
James C. Davis born Nov 3, 1719
Wm Davis born April 30, 1727
Susanah Davis born Sept 9, 1729
Richd Davis born June 15, 1725
John Davis born July 3, 1723

__________ ___________
[First Author]
Children of Jos & Catharine Carter
Thomas Carter was born May 8, 1720
Mary Elizth Carter was born Dec 2, 1721
Ewd Dale Carter was born June 2, 1723
John Carter was born June 8, 1725
George Carter was born Dec 18, 1728
Elizabeth Carter was born Sept 20, 1731
Joseph Cater } was born May 3, 1733
Catharine Cater }
Robert Carter was born Aug 22, 1735

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF THOMAS CARTER SR.
LANCASTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

In the name of God, Amen the sixteenth day of August 1700, I Thomas
Carter Senior of the County of Lancaster being sick in body but of good
and perfect Memory Thanks be to Almighty God and calling to Remembrance
the uncertain Estate of this Transitory life............ and now for the
settling of my temporal estate and such goods chattels and debts as it
hath pleased God far above my Deserts to bestow upon me. I do order
give and despose the same in manner and form following that is to say
that first I will that all Those Debts and Dues as I owe in right or
conscience to any manner of Person or Persons whosoever shall be well and truly contented and paid or ordain to be paid within convenient Time after my decease by Execs. hereafter named Item I do give my son Edward Carter one hundred acres of land to him and his heirs forever but if so be the said Edward will not join with his brothers within three months after my Decease to pay Equal charge for the laying it out and let his mother have what Timber she shall have occasion of for Repairing houses and fences on my now
dwelling plantation during her life that then he shall have no benefit
of it but I do give it to son John Carter to him and his heirs forever.
Item I do give unto my son Henry Carter one hundred acres of land to him and his heirs for ever only Reserving my wife to have the benefit of getting what timber She shall have occasion of for Repairing and Building on my now Dwelling Plantation but whereas the said Henry is in England and if it should happen he should never come in again I do give the said land unto my son James Carter to him and his heirs forever.
Item, I do give unto my son John Carter one hundred acres of
land to him and his heirs forever only Reserving the Same Privilege to
my wife as in, the other two
Item I do give my Negro, Dick unto my loving wife Katherine
during her natural life and then to be Divided Amongst all the rest of
my children only my son Edward to have no share of him
Item I do give all my personal estate whatsoever its to be
Equally Divided my loving wife and children only reserving the great
table to my wife whereas my son in Law hath Received fifteen hundred and
sixty pounds of Tobacco in part of the estate his Grandfather in Law
Edward Dale gave his wife I having no Receipt for it and if the said
William George will not be accountable for it then it is my will that he
shall have no part of my said estate but only one shilling sterling in
full part of his wife portion
Item I do give unto my son Thomas Carter my now Dwelling
Plantation with one hundred acres of land to it to him and his heirs
forever after my now Loving wife Katherine decease
Item I do nominate my son Thomas Carter my ecce and my loving
wife my exetrx of this my last will and Testmt. In witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written

Published in the presence of Thomas: Carter Senior (Seal)
Signed John Davis, Thomas: White Richard Stephens

Thomas married Katherine Dale on 4 May 1670 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Katherine (daughter of Edward Dale and Diana Skipwith) was born on 4 May 1652 in Prestwold, Leicestershire, England; died on 10 May 1703 in White Chapel Parish, Barford Plantation, Corotoman River, La, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Carter, III was born circa 1652, in Isle of Wight County, Virginia a son of Thomas Carter, born 1610, in Newgate Christ County and Eleanor Tooke, born 1612. On August 11, 1673, in Isle of Wight County, Thomas married 18 year old, Magdalen Moore, born 1652, in Isle of Wight County, a daughter of George Moore and Jane Barcroft. [1]

Thomas and Madalene were given on 11 August 1673, by her father, George Moore, some 400 acres to commemorate their marriage. This was part of the Blackwater Swamp, patented on 5 May 1669, called the 2nd swamp of the Blackwater, beginning at the mouth of a small branch ... at one of Capt. Wombrell's corner trees. On 30 December 1700, Magdelin and Martha confirmed to "son George Carter" 200 of those 400 acres given the couple by George Moore. Witnessed by "Wm Brown, Saml. Griffin" [2]

Thomas and Magdalen became the parents of thirteen children, born in Nanticoke, Isle of Wight County, including:

Edward Carter, born 1673, in Nanticoke, Isle of Wight County, died 1736, in New Hanover Precinct, (now Duplin County, N.C.)
George Carter, born 1674/75, in Isle of Wight County, proved by 1700 deed; married Jane
Alexander Carter, born circa 1676,
Martha Carter, born circa 1678
Moore Carter, born 1680, married Jane and moved to Chowan & Bertie North Carolina
Thomas Carter, IV, born circa 1685, married Elizabeth
Samuel Carter, born circa 1686
Benjamin Carter, born circa 1690
James Carter born circa 1694

Thomas Carter III died before April 10, 1710 at "Nanticoke," his plantation north of Raynor between Mill and Pouches Swamps near Blackwater River in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. April 10 1710 was the date his Will was probated at Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony. He left his estate to his wife and also, "unto my daughter Martha the plantation which I now live on, as long as she lives after my loving wife" and "after my daughter Martha [dies] I give the plantation to my son Alexander. [3]

Researchers Notes
In a posting on Genforum by Horace Fussell Jr., on January 16, 1999, he had access to some of the work of the late William (Bill) L. Murphy who was a Carter descendant. In 1983 Mr. Murphy donated a painting of Thomas Carter III to the Duplin County Historical Society's McEachern Library of Local History located in Rose Hill, NC. On the back of the painting is the inscription, "Thomas Carter III, son of Thomas Carter II. Born circa 1650 Isle of Wight County, Va. Died 1710 at "Nanticoke," his plantation north of Raynor between Mill and Pouches Swamps near Blackwater River in Isle of Wight County, Va. Married 1673 Magdalen, daughter of Lt. George Moore and Jane Barcroft, by whom he had eight sons and one daughter."   Mr. Fussell goes on to say, "The painting is still in its original Baroque frame and inscribed on one of the original stretchers was "Tho Carter/Nanticoke/Isle of Wight 1697." Painting was brought into North Carolina by his son Edward who died in New Hanover Precinct, now Dupplin County, N.C. in 1736."

Notes from Chapman, Blanche Adams; Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800; Published: Smithfield, Virginia in 1938; Reprinted: three volumes in one in an improved format with a consolidated index by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975; ISBN 0-8063-0647-5, page 38:

On 5 February 1736/7, Magdalin and Martha "of Bertie Precinct NC" sold 350 acres "where Thomas Carter dec’d lived." This was part of the property patented to William Miles and Thomas Carter in 1669 and the property left in Thomas' will to his wife, daughter, and son Alexander.

Sources
↑ https://www.myheritage.com/names/magdalene_carter
↑ Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County, by Jon Bennett Boddie, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1973, pages 642-643 and page 689
↑ Isle of Wight Wills and Deeds. # 2, p. 499
Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, by Jeff Carter, McFarland & Company, Publishers 2012, pages 19, 35, 37-39
Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 724.
Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 874.

Capt. married Magdalene Moore on 11 Aug 1673 in , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA. Magdalene (daughter of George Moore and Jane Barcroft) was born in 1652 in , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Jul 1735 in White Chapel, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Nathaniel Utie on 18 Jan 1667 in Christ Church, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Nathaniel (son of John Utie and Mary Ann Longsworth) was born in 1635 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA; died on 22 Jan 1675 in , Baltimore, Maryland, USA; was buried in , Harford, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert King Carter son of John Carter and Sarah Ludlow

Robert King Carter married 1680 Virginia, to Judith Armistead.
From the "ENCYCLOPEDIA of VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY" Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D., VOLUME V, 1915, pages 848-849

The epitaph on his tomb in Christ Church, records his virtues and achievements. Translated from the Latin, it says:
Here lies Robert Carter an honorable man who by noble endowments and pure morals gave luster to his gentle birth. Rector of William and Mary College, he sustained that institution and its most trying times. And he was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer under the most serene princes, William, Ann, George I. and George II. Elected by
the House of Burgesses its Speaker six years and Governor of the Colony for more than a year he upheld equally the regal dignity and the public freedom. Possessed of ample wealth, blameless acquired, he built and endowed this sacred edifice, a signal monument of his piety towards God. He furnished it richly. Entertaining his friends kindly, he was neither a prodigal nor a parsimonious host.

His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq. His second, Betty, a descendant of the noble house of Landon. By these wives he had many children and whose education he expended large sums of money. At length, full of honors and of years, when he had well performed all the duties of an exemplary life he departed from this world on the 4th of August, 1732, in the 69th year of his age.

This man's grandson had Washington himself as neighbor, and Robert E. Lee's mother was the great granddaughter of his grandfather, Robert "King" Carter. "It was 230 years ago that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly walked into a Northumberland County courthouse and delivered an airtight legal document announcing his intention to free, or manumit, more than 500 slaves.

He titled it the "deed of gift." It was, by far, experts say, the largest liberation of Black people before President Abraham Lincoln signed the District of Columbia Emancipation Act and Emancipation Proclamation more than seven decades later.

Ancestor of William Henry Harrison - 9th US President.

Robert Carter was born 4 August 1663 at Corotoman plantation, Lancaster County, Virginia, a son of John Carter and Sarah Ludlow.[3] His father died when Robert was a young boy, in 1669. So his half-brother, Lt. Col. John Carter (15 years older than Robert), took on the parental role.[3] Per their father's specific instructions, Robert was educated well in England. He had a tutor for English and Latin, and lived with Arthur Bailey who was a family friend and merchant.[3]

He married 1) in 1688 at Heese, Lancaster, Virginia to Judith Armistead (died 1699).[4] She died in 1699.
He married 2) in 1701 to Elizabeth (Landon) Willis (marriage contract written April 9, 1701), widow of Richard Willis, and daughter of Thomas Landon.[3]
Robert "King" married in 1688 to Judith Armistead, daughter of John Armistead of "Hesse," Gloucester County. Their children were:[4]

John, born ca 1689, died 1742; mar Elizabeth Hill of Shirley
Elizabeth born 1692; mar Nathaniel Burwell
Judith died in infancy,
Sarah died at age 15
Judith born 1695 (the second named Judith); mar Mann Page[3]
Note: Some sources, including the Foundation for Historic Christ Church, place the birth date of John Carter III at 1696,[4]while others place it at 1689/90.[5][3]

Little is known about the intimate family life of Robert and Judith during these years.[3] Judith died February 23, 1699, and only three of her children survived to adulthood.[5]

Robert's second wife was Elizabeth Landon Willis, (mother of ten of Robert Carter's children) married in 1701:[4]

Anne Carter (1702–1743) married Benjamin Harrison IV; (parents of Benjamin Harrison V and grandparents of President William Henry Harrison).
Robert Carter II (1704–1734) married Priscilla Churchill.
Sarah Carter (~1705–1705)
Betty Carter (~1705–1706)
Charles Carter (1707–1764) married Anne Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II.
Ludlow Carter (born ~1709)
Landon Carter (1710–1778) married Maria Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II.
Mary Carter (1712–1736) married George Braxton; (parents of Carter Braxton).
Lucy Carter (1715–1763) married Henry Fitzhugh
George Carter (1718–1742)[3]

The first actual land grant found on record in the Northern Neck section of Virginia is to Col. Robert "King" Carter, as the agent of Lord Fairfax and to his sons and grandsons. As the agent of Lord Fairfax, the Proprietor of the Northern Neck of VA, Col. Carter handled vast bodies of land and by his will left over 300,000 acres of land to his children.[6]
Robert was known as "King" Carter due to his immense wealth. He had a remarkable reputation as a Colonial Official and an agent for Lord Fairfax, V. At the age of 28, Robert entered the Assembly as a Burgess from Lancaster County, serving five consecutive years. In 1726 he served as acting governor of Virginia after the death of Governor Drysdale. He served two terms as agent for the Fairfax proprietary of the Northern Neck of Virginia, the first being, 1702-1711, and the second term, 1722-32. During his first term, he began to acquire large tracts of land for himself in the Rappahannock region of Virginia. After acquiring some 20,000 acres for himself, he was succeeded by Edmund Jennings. When he became representative of Fairfax's interests again in 1722, he succeeded in securing for his children and grandchildren some 110,000 acres in the Northern Neck. He also had additional acquisitions beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. Robert's gifted and productive life centered around the original Christ Church, a smaller wooden structure. His parents were buried within the chancel of the church. A historic marker outside of the Church reads: "Christ Church was built in 1732, on the site of an older Church by Robert ("King") Carter, who reserved one quarter of it for seating his tenants and servants. It is one of the very few colonial churches in America that have never been altered, a typical early eighteenth-century structure.[7]

Robert owned many slaves. An inventory of his slaves, apparently made as part of the inventory of his estate, was taken in 1733.[8] There are 345 slaves listed with names like: Old Crabb, Old Gumby, and Old Fortune a Woman past Labour.[8]

Robert left quite a list of property, including the slaves above-mentioned. He held numerous plantations in eight different counties of Virginia:

INVENTORY, [1733] November ?, of the estate of Robert Carter comprising a detailed list of agricultural equipment, blacksmith tools, books, coaches, furniture, glassware, horses and other livestock, milling tools, silverware and utensils, and slaves at Carter's estates in
Caroline (Pewmond's End),
King George (Falls and Richland quarters),
Lancaster (Brick House Quarter, Changilins Quarter, Corotoman, Corotoman Quarter, Gibson's Plantation, Great Mill, Hills Quarter, Indian Town Quarter, Little Mill, Morattico Quarter, Office Quarter, Old House Quarter, Poplar Neck Quarter, and Wolf House Quarter),
Northumberland County (Blough Point Quarter, Feilding's Plantation, Jones's Plantation, and Old Plantation),
Prince William (Bull Run, Frying Pan Quarter, Lodge Quarter, Range Quarter, and Red Oak Quarter,),
Richmond (Brick House Quarter, Bridge Quarter, Dickinson's Mill, Fork Quarter, Thomas Glascock's, Gumfield's Quarter, Hickory Thickett, Hinson's Quarter, Old Quarter, and Totuskey Quarter),
Spotsylvania (Mount Quarter and Norman's Ford), Stafford (Hamstead Quarter, Hinson's Quarter, Park Quarter, and Poplar Quarter), and
Westmoreland (Brent's Quarter, Coles Point, Dick's Quarter, Forrest Quarter, Head of the River, Medcalf's Plantation, Moon's Plantation, The Narrows, Old Ordinary, and Pantico Quarter), counties, Virginia[9]

Robert Carter died 4 Aug 1732 at Corotoman, Lancaster, Virginia and was buried at Christ Church.[4] "(see tombstone inscription and pictures). At his death in 1732, his obituary in Gentleman's Magazine described his estate to be "about 300,000 acres of land, about 1000 Negroes, 10,000 pounds in money." The tombstones of Robert and his two wives were placed at the east end of the old Christ Church.
The tombstones have been replaced by the church, and the inscription on his tombstone (taken from the original):

"Here lies buried Robert Carter, Esq., an honourable man, who by noble endowments and pure morals gave lustre to his gentle birth. Rector of William and Mary, he sustained that institution in its most trying times. He was Speaker of the House of Burgesses, and Treasurer under the most serene Princes William, Anne George I and II. Elected by the House its Speaker six years, and Governor of the Colony for more than a year, he upheld equally the regal dignity and the public freedom. Possessed of ample wealth, blamelessly acquired, he built and endowed, at his own expense, this sacred edifice - a signal monument of his piety toward God. He furnished it richly. Entertaining his friends kindly, he was neither a prodigal nor a parsimonious host. His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq.; his second Betty, a descendant of the noble family of Landons. By these wives he had many children, on whose education he expended large sums of money. At length, full of honours and of years, when he had performed all the duties of an exemplary life, he departed from this world on the 4th day of August, in the 69th year of his age. The unhappy lament their lost comforter, the widows their lost protector, and the orphans their lost father."

Robert married Judith Armistead in 1678 in Hesse, Mathews, Virginia, USA. Judith (daughter of Lt Colonel John Armistead and Judith Bowles Hone Robinson) was born on 23 Feb 1665 in Hesse, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 23 Feb 1699 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elizabeth Landon on 9 Apr 1701 in , , Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born in 1683 in Credenhill, Hereford, England; died on 3 Jul 1719 in Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Died early and unmarried

Family/Spouse: Ann Pines Carter. Ann was born in 1692 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA; died in 1730 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Elizabeth Kindred Fisher. Jane was born in 1684 in , Surry, Virginia, USA; died in February 1764 in , Bertie, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nathaniel Burwell. Nathaniel (son of Lewis Burwell and Lucy Tokesay Higginson) was born in 1653 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married Honorable Mann Randolph Page, Judge, Kings Council on 26 Jul 1718 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Mann (son of Hon Capt Matthew Page, Esquire and Mary) was born in 1691 in Timberneck Plantation, Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died on 24 Jan 1730 in Rosewell Plantation, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

John married Mary Brent on 24 Oct 1717 in Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Hill on 6 Oct 1723 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Colonel Edward Hill, II and Mary Aston) was born on 23 Apr 1667 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Jan 1761 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA; was buried in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Priscilla Churchill. Priscilla (daughter of William Churchill and Elizabeth Armistead) was born on 21 Dec 1705 in , Middlesex, Virginia, USA; was christened on 1 Jan 1706; died in 1757 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 5 Dec 1704, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
• Death: 12 August 1745, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA

Ann married Benjamin Harrison on 3 Oct 1722 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Harrison and Elisabeth Burwell) was born on 11 Sep 1693 in Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Jul 1745 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles Carter of Cleve, was born about 1707 to Robert "King" Carter, a land baron and member of the Governor's Council, and Elizabeth Landon Willis Carter. It was the second marriage of both his parents. His elder half brother John Carter (1690-1742) became secretary of the colony and also a councillor, and his younger brother, Landon Carter (1710-1763), served with him in the House of Burgesses. Charles Carter and his brothers were educated in England. After his return to Virginia early in 1724 he moved to one of his father's estates near Urbanna, in Middlesex County. The governor appointed Carter naval officer, or customs official, for the Rappahannock District on November 1, 1729, and on the following April 29 named him a justice of the peace for Middlesex County.

After the death of his father Carter moved to King George County to the Stanstead plantation, which he inherited. Later he purchased nearby Cleve Plantation, where he resided for the rest of his life. He was often referred to as Charles Carter of Cleve to distinguish him from several relatives of the same name. About 1728 Carter married Mary Walker I, of Yorktown (-1742). They had three daughters and two sons before her death early in 1742. Their eldest daughter, Mary Walker Carter II, married Carter's nephew Charles Carter (1732–1806), who served with him in the House of Burgesses, and their only surviving son, Charles Carter (1738–1796), also served with him in the House of Burgesses and later sat on the Council of State. On December 25, 1742, Carter married Anne Byrd, the seventeen-year-old daughter of William Byrd II, of whose estate he was an executor. They had six daughters and two sons before she died on September 11, 1757. Carter courted at least two women, including the widow Martha Dandridge Custis, before he married sixteen- or seventeen-year-old Lucy Taliaferro about June 9, 1763. They had one daughter, who was born a few weeks before his death.

Charles married Mary Walker in 1728 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1709 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA; died in 1742 in Cleve Plantation, King George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Nancy Ann Byrd on 25 Dec 1742 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA. Nancy (daughter of Col. William Leander Black Swan' Byrd and Marion (Maria) Taylor) was born on 5 Feb 1725 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 11 Sep 1757 in Cleve Plantation, King George, Virginia, USA; was buried in , King George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Lucy Taliaferro Carter on 9 Jun 1763 in , , Virginia, USA. Lucy was born on 25 Oct 1734 in , Essex, Virginia, USA; died in 1764 in Cleve Plantation, King George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Landon Carter (August 1710 – December 22, 1778) was a planter from Virginia, best known for his account of colonial life leading up the American War of Independence, The Diary of Colonel Landon Carter.

Landon Carter was the son of Robert "King" Carter, a Virginia-born merchant planter and uncle of Robert Carter III. In 1719, at the age of nine, Carter was sent to England to be schooled under the early linguist, Solomon Lowe. He returned to Virginia in 1727.

"King" Carter died in 1732, and Landon inherited a portion of his father's estate. Shortly thereafter, Carter married Elizabeth Wormeley, daughter of John Wormeley. She died in 1740. In 1742, Landon married Maria Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II, who died two years later. Carter married his third wife, Elizabeth Beale, in 1746.

Shortly after his first marriage, Carter settled on lands he had inherited in Richmond County. His mansion house, Sabine Hall, which he built about 1734, stood at the heart of his plantation there.

Carter's daughter Maria married Robert Beverley son of Colonel William Beverley and Elizabeth Bland and named after his paternal grandfather. The Beverleys were descended from Pocahontas through their marriage to the Randolphs.

Carter's grave is in the Lower Lunenburg Parish Church cemetery in Warsaw, Virginia. He left his heirs 50,000 acres (200 km²) of land and as many as 500 slaves. The Special Collections Research Center at the College of William and Mary holds papers relating to Landon Carter and many other descendants of King Carter.

Landon married Elizabeth Wormeley on 16 Nov 1732 in Christ Church, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of John Wormeley and Elizabeth Tayloe) was born on 16 Nov 1713 in Rosegill Plantation, Middlesex, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jun 1740 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Landon married Maria Horsmanden Byrd on 22 Sep 1742 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA. Maria (daughter of Col. William Leander Black Swan' Byrd and Marion (Maria) Taylor) was born on 6 Jun 1727 in , Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 29 Nov 1744 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA; was buried in Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Landon married Elizabeth Beale in 1746 in Sabine Hall, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married George Braxton on 16 Jan 1732 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. George was born in 1703 in Matapony, King William, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Jul 1748 in Newington, King and Queen, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Colonel Henry FitzHugh on 28 Jul 1730 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Colonel (son of William Fitzhugh, Jr and Ann Mary Lee) was born on 15 Jan 1706 in Eagles Nest, King George, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Dec 1742 in Eagles Nest, King George, Virginia, USA; was buried in , King George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Colonel Nathaniel Benjamin Harrison, II on 15 Feb 1748. Colonel was born in 1703 in Wakefield, Surry, Virginia, USA; died on 1 Oct 1791 in Lower Brandon, Prince George, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Anne Harrison. Elizabeth was born on 6 Jan 1728 in Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Mar 1778 in , Loudoun, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah Ruth Browne. Sarah was born about 1721 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA; died in 1792 in , Hertford, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ruth Outlaw\ Carter. Ruth was born in 1734 in , Bertie, North Carolina, USA; died in 1827 in , Hertford, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Sarah Ruth Browne (Battle) in 1742 in , , South Carolina, USA. Sarah was born in 1720 in , Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Jul 1790 in Hertford, Perquimans, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Sarah Champe in 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Accidentally at Westover

Elizabeth married William Byrd on 14 Apr 1748 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1779, , Stafford, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1803, Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 20 Nov 1805, , Charles City, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Charles Carter
Birth: 1732
Death: Jun. 24, 1806 Charles City County Virginia, USA
During the first War for American Independence (1776-1783) Shirley Plantation and the Carter's of Shirley played a vital role in the forming of the new nation. Charles Carter, fifth generation owner of Shirley, was a loyal member of the House of Burgesses. He was member of the House representing two localities, Lancaster and Charles City County, from 1758 until 1774. The reasons this membership ceased was due to the Declaration of Independence being signed and the House of Burgesses was dissolved by Governor Lord Dunmore. Charles then served as a member of Virginia Convention of March and December, 1775. He then served in Charles City County Militia during the Revolutionary War, but records do not indicate that he saw any action. Charles allowed his James River home of Shirley to serve as a supply depot for the Continental Army towards the end of the war. This action allowed the Marquis de Lafayette to supply his army with the munitions and armaments needed to besiege Yorktown, ultimately resulting in General Lord Cornwallis' surrender and the United States of America becoming an independent and sovereign nation.

Charles Carter's will of 1803 reads: "That is to say I commend my body to the Earth to be decently laid near my honored parents as soon after my decease as may be convenient, without any funeral pomp and nothing but the burial service to be read over my grave by the parson of the Parish (should we be so fortunate as to have one among us) for which trouble, I desire he may be amply paid: And when this my departure may happen, I earnestly request of my family and friends that they do not go into mourning or wear black clothes; and this whim I expect they will gratify me in, as I always thought the custom absurd and extravagant answering no good purpose that I know of."

Parents:
John Carter (1690 - 1742)
Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke (1703 - 1771)
Spouse:
Anne Butler Moore Carter (1750 - 1809)
Children:
Robert Hill Carter (1774 - 1806)
Bernard Carter (1776 - 1776)
John Carter (1777 - 1784)
Catherine Spotswood Carter Berkeley (1778 - 1809)
Anne Hill Carter Lee (1779 - 1829)
Bernard Moore Carter (1780 - 1843)
Butler Carter (1784 - 1786)
Infant Daughter Carter (1792 - 1792)
Infant Carter (1794 - 1794)
Calphemia Carter (1796 - 1797)

Burial: Shirley Plantation, Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia, USA

Charles married Mary Carter in 1756 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Charles Carter and Mary Walker) was born in 1736 in Cleve Plantation, King George, Virginia, USA; died on 30 Jan 1770 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA; was buried in Weems, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Annie Butler Moore in 1771 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Annie (daughter of Bernard Moore Sr and Anne Catherine Spotswood) was born in 1756 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died on 16 Apr 1809 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

History of the Carter Family – Nomini Hall Slave Legacy

History of the Carter Family
The Carter’s of Colonial Virginia

John Carter, immigrated to Virginia from England in 1625 aboard the “Safety”. Living in Jamestown, no one know why he came to the Virginia colony, perhaps to leave the political strife in Great Britain, possible to better his station in an already hard world. Within a year his neighbors were so taken with his character, they asked him to represent them at the House of Burgesses.

In 1642, after acquiring some 13,500 acres in the Northern Neck between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers building his family estate called “Corotoman”. He became a successful planter and businessman, also serving first as an elected Burgess, and then, as a member of the Governor’s Council.

Marrying in 1650, his first wife, Jane Glyn, gave him three children, George, who dies young, Elizabeth and John II. After the early death of his wife, he married Eleanor Eltonhead Brocas in 1656. It was about this time he was elected to the House of Burgesses that automatically made him the commander of the local militia. This militia was responsible for ridding the area of the last of the Rappahannock Indians that brought to its commander more accolades. Eleanor died the next year leaving no children.

His third wife, Anne Carter, daughter of Cleve Carter of England, whom he married in 1658, died within the first year of their marriage, leaving no children.

In 1660, he married Sarah Ludlow, and had two more children, Sarah, who died young, and Robert Carter. Sarah Ludlow Carter died in early 1668 and her family had inscribed on her tombstone, “May her descendants make their mother’s virtues and graces the pattern of their lives and actions”. Little did anyone realize to what great heights her son Robert would achieve.

John Carter took a fifth wife marrying Elizabeth Shirley in late 1668. A son, Charles, was born in 1669. That same year John died. As a young man, Charles moved to England to live and died there sometime after 1690. John Carter the émigré, achieved prominence, wealth, political power, material goods and social prestige that he had earned for himself, but his sons and grandsons were to carve out an empire, such as he had never envisioned.

Upon his death, John’s main estate, holdings and slaves went to his oldest son, John II, with 6,000 English pound’s going to his wife, Elizabeth. Robert “King” Carter was seven years old when his father died. Upon gaining his majority, being a second son, his prospects were not exceptionally bright. He had inherited 1,000 acres near the Corotoman River and one third of his father’s personal estate valued at 1,000 English pounds consisting of a library of Latin books, a few slaves, and some other personal items.

Then by a sudden turn of events, his older half brother, John II, who ad married twice and had one daughter, Elizabeth (1675-1693), died at age 43, leaving Robert the sole adult male representing the family and inheriting the family estate.

Two years later in 1688, now at age 25, Robert married Judith Armistead, who gave him five children. John III (1689), Elizabeth (1692), Judith (1693), who died in infancy, Sarah (1694), who died at eight years of age, and another Judith (1695), named after the first daughter who died. Judith Armistead Carter passed after eleven years of marriage.

In 1697, Robert married his second wife, Elizabeth Landon Willis, the 16 year old widow of Richard Wilis and they had ten children. Anne (1702), Robert II (1704), Sarah (1705) dying as a young child, Betty (1706) who also died as a young child, Charles (1707), Ludlow (1709) who died young, Landon (1710), Mary (1712), Lucy (1714) and George (1716).

Robert Carter, being born into the Tidewater gentry of the young colony, eclipsed his father’s accomplishments. Becoming a member, and later, speaker of the House of Burgesses, a member of the Governor’s Council, a vestryman in Christ Church, a Justice of the Peace, and acting governor of the colony from 1726-1727 until William Gooch arrived. He was also a rector of the College of William and Mary, seeing that institution through the most trying of times. Because he so eclipsed his father, he has been regarded by historians as the founder of this Virginia family and was nicknamed “King”. He ultimately became the richest and perhaps the most powerful man of his day.

Realizing the need that future generations would have for fresh lands, he obtained for his heirs some 333,000 acres.

Robert “King” Carter had arranged that the bulk of his lands would go to his eldest son, John Carter III (1689-1742) who married in 1725 Elizabeth Hill of Shirley Plantation.. He also saw to it that his other sons, Robert II, Charles, Landon and George would have ample estates. Robert “King” Carter died at the age of 69 in 1732 leaving an estate of 333,000 acres, more than 1,000 slaves and 10,000 English pound, a tremendous fortune in those days.

Robert Carter II (1704-1732) died unexpectedly at age 28, only months after his father, leaving his wife of seven years, Priscilla Churchill (1705-1757), a daughter Elizabeth born in 1725, and a son, four year old Robert III, born in 1728.

Priscilla Carter later married Colonel John Lewis from a family as ancestral and honorable as the Carters. Colonel Lewis was a widower with five children and when Elizabeth moved to his home, “Warner Hall” in Gouchester, her two children joined an already active household.

When Robert Carter III reached his majority, he became the master of more than seventy thousand acres including 5,025 acres in old Prince William County, inheriting his father’s portion of his grandfather’s estate. Young Robert, at age nine, went to the College of William and Mary. When the young man turned twenty-one, he went to England leaving Colonel Lewis in charge of his affairs. For the next two years historians presumed this trip to England was to complete his education following in the footsteps of his grandfather, father and uncles, although it was also a time to explore the arts and other diversions of the day. It was said that a young gentleman, “lacking a broad basis of knowledge would be unfit for any gentlemen’s conversation and therefore a scandalous person and a shame to his relations, not having one single qualification to recommend him”. It was quoted of one colonial father to have said, “that his children had better be never born than illbred”.

Upon young Robert’s return to the colony of Virginia in 1751, he was steeped in public duties. At age 28, he was made a member of the Governor’s Council and, by virtue of his belonging to the Council, he also served as a colonel in the militia. As was customary, he was known as “Councillor” Carter. He lived at Nomini Hall, the elegant manor house his father built about 1729 in Westmoreland County, overlooking the Potomac and Nomini Rivers, a plantation of about 2,000 acres. The square Georgian style home with four chimneys was made of brick, two stories high, located on a hill with a spectacular view of the rivers. Robert “Councillor” Carter married Frances Ann Tasker (1720-1787) on April 2, 1745, in Annapolis Maryland by the Reverend Mr. Malcolm, the minister of St. Anne’s Parish. His wife, the daughter of the Honorable Benjamin Tasker, one of the foremost citizens of the colony of Maryland, brought to the marriage, not only family influence, but also a large dowry. The marriage also enabled her husband to secure a one fifth control of one of her father’s businesses, the Baltimore Iron Works.

Together they had seventeen children. Benjamin (1756) dying at age 23, Robert Bladen (1759), who died unmarried at age 34, Priscilla (1760-1823), all born at Nomini Hall. About 1761, Robert “Councillor” and his growing family moved to Williamsburg to a home he purchased adjacent to the Governor’s Palace where the following three daughters were born. Ann Tasker (1762- ), Rebecca (1762) who died in infancy, and Frances (1764-1795), returning to Nomini Hall for the birth of his remaining children. Betty Landon (1765-1842), Mary (1767) who died at age four, Harriet Lucy (1768- ), Amelia Churchill (1769) who died in her first year, Rebecca Dulany (1770) who also died in her first year. John Tasker (1772- ), Sarah Fairfax (1773-1829), Judith (1775) who died as an infant, George (1777-1846), Sophia (1778-1832), who died without marrying and Julia Carter (1783- ). In spite of such a large family, “Frances Tasker Carter remained elegant and beautiful in a youthful way, ever cheerful and agreeable”. She managed the household with great success and carefully trained and helped educate their children.

Managing seventy thousand acres demanded foresight and planning. Robert III cultivated as many as fifteen large plantations and farms at once. Each plantation and farm had an abundant amount of buildings used for storing tobacco, corn and wheat. Shops for weavers, carpenters, coopers, blacksmiths, as well as the manor houses and/or estate managers quarters. There were many independent buildings such as kitchens, bakeries, dairies, meat houses, slave cabins, stables, mills for grinding grains and factories for the production of textiles. Indentured servants were brought in from Ireland to spin and weave as well as to teach the Carter slaves these skills. The training of slaves in the trades was a necessary result of the conditions of life on large estates where free artisans found it difficult to serve more then a limited clientele. Many Carter slaves were trained as coopers, carpenters, blacksmiths, millers sailors, brick makers and layers and shoemakers. This training also increased their worth.

Though tobacco was the crop of importance, Robert also would devote entire plantations to producing grain and other supplies needed at Nomini Hall. Running the plantation, clearing new land for planting, civic and family duties, proved to be a laborious task. Though the basis of life was agricultural, the great landowners fulfilled a wide variety of other economic functions. They served as factors for their neighbors, buying their crops, and selling them supplies. When European conditions interfered with the import trade, enterprising men frequently set up grist mills, textile factories, and foundries on their plantations, to supply their own and their neighbor’s needs.

Robert “Councillor” Carter was a patriot during the American Revolution and as a member of the court of Westmoreland County he took an oath as prescribed by the Virginia Assembly renouncing allegiance to George III, pledging loyalty to Virginia and to the Continental Congress. At one point, he sent 50 bayonets to Captain Burgess Ball and also furnished him with other supplies. He sent Colonel Thomas Jones beef, hops, 2,950 lbs of flour as well as many loaves of bread. In September 1776, he supplied the commissary of Lancaster County with 2,000 lbs of bread and the same amount of flour. He also secured iron for the manufacture of munitions.

During the American Revolution rapid adjustments had to be made. Wheat, corn, hemp, flax, cotton, oats and barley were cultivated extensively by Robert III, while tobacco became less important in his scheme of operations. By the end of the 18th Century, the tobacco industry had sunk into a state of chronic depression. The rapid depletion of soil, the wasteful agricultural methods and over production were all making themselves felt. Robert III was ahead of his time in raising other grains for cash crops. He had set up and equipped so many plantations and farms that he resorted to naming twelve of them after the signs of the zodiac. Two of these farms, Leo, consisting of 809 acres with 309 acres cleared, and Cancer with 700 acres of which 400 were cleared, were dedicated to the growing of tobacco, shipping 79 hogshead of tobacco, between the two in 1785. In 1791, there were 509 slaves, with an estimated worth of well over a hundred thousand dollars, belonging to Robert III, a number that was large enough to generate efficient cultivation of his many plantations. He was also the largest single slave- holder in Virginia at that time. During the year 1791, Robert “Councillor” Carter provided, in a Deed of Manumission, for the freeing of almost all of his 509 slaves. This was to be accomplished on a gradual basis over a period of twenty years since to have set all free at once would have resulted in great distress for the slaves and chaos for the community. He gave or rented lands to some of his former slaves as they were freed.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Avery. Elizabeth was born in Oct 1732 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Jul 1766 in , Albemarle, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Nancy Spilman on 22 Jun 1795 in , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. Nancy was born about 1779 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Judith Chiswell. Elizabeth (daughter of John Chiswell and Elizabeth Bever Randolph) was born on 24 May 1737 in Ludlowe Plantation, King George, Virginia, USA; died on 13 Oct 1804 in Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Charles Hill Carter, Sr, Esq in 1756 in , Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Charles (son of John Carter and Elizabeth Hill) was born on 10 Oct 1732 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA; died on 28 Jun 1806 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA; was buried on 28 Jun 1806 in Shirley Plantation, Charles City, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carolianna married Dr. Elisha Hall in 1776. Dr. was born in 1752 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1814 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

To Miss Maria Carter at Cleve

My Dear Cousin;

You have rea'y imposed a task upon me which I can by no measns perform viz: That of writing a Merry and Comical Letter: how shou'd I my dear that am ever confined either at School or with my Grandmama know how the world goes on? Now I will give you the History of one Day at the Repetition of which without variations carries me through the Three hundred and sixty-five Days, which you know compleats a year. Well then first begin, I am awakened out of a sound Sleep with some croaking voice either Miss Polly, Milly's or some other of our Domestics with Miss Polly Miss Polly get up, 'tis time to rise, Mr. Price is down stairs and tho I hear them I lie quiet snugg till my Grandmama uses her voice, then up I get, huddle on my cloaths and down to Books, then to Breakfast, then to School again and may I have an hour to myself before Dinner, then the Same Story over again until twi-light and then a small portion of time before I go to rest, and so you must expect nothing from me but that I am.

Dear Cousin, Most Affectionately Yours

Maria Carter

Governor Berkeley and the Creation of the Virginia Aristocracy: The landed gentry rose to prominence in Virginia with the arrival of Sir William Berkeley as Royal Governor. Governor Berkeley, an Oxford-educated playwright, soldier and diplomat, arrived in Virginia in 1642, when Virginia was a frontier society of roughly 8,000 colonists. He was to hold office longer than any other governor of Virginia. Born in 1606 in England, Berkeley had been a courtier in the court of the British monarch Charles I, and came with a desire to invigorate the colony and create an imitation of British society in the New World. Under his administration, the first generation of what would be known as the Virginian aristocracy came into existence before the English Civil War ended. These included the founders of powerful dynasties such as John Carter, Richard Lee, Benjamin Harrison, the first Randolph and Thomas Stegg (or Stegge) who amassed the Byrd wealth. All of the colonizers who rose socially had connections, wealth and education. These advantages promoted them to the highest rungs of the colonial society. The families they founded ruled the Royal colony of Virginia for more than a century.

Colonists Arriving in Virginia
Painting by Sidney King courtesy of Colonial National Historical Park


The Byrd, Beverley, Carter, Culpepper, Isham, Washington, Spencer, Randolph, Jefferson, Bland, Beverely, Bolling, Eppe and Hackett families intermarried, creating a web of overlapping kinships. They sat on the governing boards of the colony and promoted each others interests. Berkeley also fostered the rise of the General Assembly from a small body into a replica of the Parliament in England, and promoted a separation of power between provincial and county governments. He worked to create a royalist society, where an elite ruled over the great masses of yeoman farmers, free and enslaved African Americans, indentured servants and marginal farmers who leased their land. A brief look at some of the families who served in the Virginia House of Burgesses displays a continuity of the landed-gentry class in the governing class of the colony. In 1664 Lawrence Washington and William Randolph were elected members of the House of Burgesses. The 1736-1740 legislative session had representatives of the Randolph, Carter, Fitzhugh, Beverely and Berkeley families seated, and the 1776 Assembly had Carters, Randolphs and Lees as well as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

See www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/jamesriver/gentry/htm. for the rest of the story.

Maria married Robert Beverley on 1 Feb 1763 in , Richmond, Virginia, USA. Robert was born on 21 Aug 1740 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Apr 1800 in Blandfield Plantation, Essex, Virginia, USA; was buried in Champlain, Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Benjamin Grymes on 12 Feb 1746 in Saint Pauls Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA. Benjamin was born on 19 Jan 1724 in Brandon, Middlesex, Virginia, USA; died in 1774 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Anne Bolling Randolph on 2 Apr 1763 in , , Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Peter Randolph and Lucy Bolling) was born on 13 May 1747 in Chatsworth, Henrico, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Aug 1805 in Ravensworth, Fairfax, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]