Elizabeth (Beale) Carter (1711 - abt. 1757)

Born 3 Sep 1711 in British Colonial America

Wife of Landon Carter — married 1746 in Virginia, Virginia Colony

Died about 1757 at about age 45 in Colony of Virginia, America

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1711 to Thomas Beale and Elizabeth Tavener of Richmond County, Virginia. She was a sister of Captain William Beale. She was the 3rd wife of Landon Carter, married in 1746. She died about 1758. Known children of the couple were: i. Beale Carter, died young ii. Fanny Carter iii. Lucy Carter, married William Colston, 1st, George Carter, 2nd iv. Judith Carter, born in 1749; married Reuben Beale 1773, died 1836. v. Susannah Carter, born circa 1757; died 1758. ^[1]

Landon Carter (1710-1778), 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. Carter also wrote 4 political pamphlets & nearly 50 newspaper essays. He was the son of Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman, Lancaster County, Va. and his wife, Elizabeth Landon Willis Carter. He was educated in England, built Sabine Hall in the 1740s, served in the local vestry, & commanded the militia.

After 3 failed attempts, Carter was elected to the House of Burgesses in 1752, & was rewarded with powerful committee appointments. He publicly defended the House in published pamphlets & newspaper essays until he was defeated in his bid for reelection in 1768. The first to raise the alarm in Virginia over the Stamp Act, Carter was chair of the Richmond County Committee (1774–1776) and a wholehearted supporter of independence during the American Revolution (1775–1783). He died at Sabine Hall in 1778.

The list for his library books is based on 1) title pages of the libraries of Landon Carter and Robert Wormeley Carter at Sabine Hall, Richmond County, Virginia photographed by Colonial Williamsburg with the permission of the Rev. Dabney Wellford, Sabine Hall, September 9, 1958 and 2) Curtis, Carol Edith. "The Library of Landon Carter of Sabine Hall, 1710-1788." Master's Thesis, College of William and Mary, 1981. Many of these books are now owned by the University of Virginia Libraries.

Landon Carter's Books on Landscape, Garden, & Farm ........

Time Line August 18, 1710 - Landon Carter is born, probably at Corotoman, the family's seat in Lancaster County, the son of Robert "King" Carter and his second wife, Elizabeth Landon Willis Carter. 1719–1720 - Landon Carter accompanies two of his elder brothers to London, where at the private school of Solomon Low he receives the classical education of a young English gentleman. May 1727 - Landon Carter returns to Virginia having received a gentleman's education in London. He studies briefly at the College of William and Mary before managing some of his father's land in Northumberland County. 1732 - Landon Carter marries Elizabeth Wormeley, a member of a Virginia family almost as wealthy and as well connected as his own. They have three sons and one daughter. 1733–1734 - After the death of his father, Landon Carter inherits a very large estate, much of it in Richmond County, and settles there during the winter. September 1734 - Landon Carter becomes a justice of the peace and member of the quorum of the county court of Richmond County. 1735–1748 - Landon Carter runs three times for the House of Burgesses and three times Richmond County voters reject him. ca. 1738–ca. 1743 - Sometime late in the 1730s or early in the 1740s, Landon Carter builds Sabine Hall, a Georgian dwelling overlooking six gardened terraces and the Rappahannock River. January 1740 - Elizabeth Wormeley Carter, first wife of Landon Carter, dies. September 22, 1742 - Landon Carter marries his second wife Maria Byrd, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the councillor and writer William Byrd II. They have one daughter. November 1745 - Maria Byrd, daughter of the councillor and writer William Byrd II, and second wife of Landon Carter, dies. 1747 - Early in the year, Landon Carter marries his third wife, his neighbor Elizabeth Beale. They have five daughters, two of whom survive childhood, before she dies late in the 1750s. 1752 - Richmond County voters elect Landon Carter to represent them in the House of Burgesses. He is appointed to two powerful standing committess, on Privileges and Elections and on Propositions and Grievances. 1752–1778 - Landon Carter keeps a diary, one of the most revealing personal documents for mid-eighteenth-century Virginia. 1757–1761 - In the House of Burgesses, Landon Carter chairs the Committee for Courts of Justice. 1764 - During the autumn, Landon Carter is the first to raise the alarm against the Stamp Act in Virginia by inspiring the House of Burgesses to protest it. 1768 - Landon Carton loses his reelection bid to the House of Burgesses, a defeat he attributes in part to his Richmond County constituents' perception that "I did not familiarize myself among the People." 1769 - Landon Carter is elected to the American Philosophical Society. 1774 - Landon Carter is elected to the Virginia Society for the Promotion of Usefull Knowledge. December 1774 - Landon Carter assumes the chair of the Richmond County Committee, a position he holds until the middle of 1776. Decemember 22, 1778 - Landon Carter dies at Sabine Hall and is buried there.

Sources

1. ↑ Carter Family History [1]