Phyllis Wakelyn

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• Residence: 1657, Little Horningesham, Wiltshire, England

Phyllis married Gabriel Ludlow in 1607. Gabriel (son of Thomas Ludlow of Denton and Jane Eliza Pyle) was born on 10 Feb 1587 in Dinton, Wiltshire, England; died on 24 Sep 1639 in Dinton, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Colonel John Carter in 1662 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. John (son of John William "The Vintner" Carter and Elizabeth Bridget Benion) was born in 1613 in Newgate Christ Church, Middlesex, London, England; died on 10 Jun 1669 in Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, USA; was buried in Weems, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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Died:
Died early and unmarried

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]

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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]

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• 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]

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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]