Robert Carr (1658 - 1705)

Born 1658 in Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Lawton) Carr — married 1683 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Died 5 Jan 1705 at about age 47 in Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Birth

Robert Carr, son of the immigrant Robert Carr and his Unknown wife, was born say 1658 in Rhode Island, probably in Newport where his father was a freeman in 1655.^[1]

07 JUN 1654, in Newport, Rhode Island.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage

Robert married Elizabeth Lawton. Robert's will made his brother-in-law Robert Lawton overseer. He left his wife Elizabeth his estate to raise their children Robert and Abigail.^[1] Elizabeth was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Lawton.^[2]

Children:

1. Robert d. 20 Sept 1710 without issue^[1]
2. Abigail d. 18 March 1709 leaving one son.^[1]

Robert was a merchant in Newport.^[2] He was a grand juryman in 1687 and Assistant in 1698-1703^[3]

Death and Probate

The Boston News-Letter of 15 January 1705, p.2, announced:

New-Port Rhode-Island, January 11. On Fryday the 5th Currant dyed here Mr. Robert Carr, and was Interred on Monday the 8th Instant.

Will dated 8 July 1703.^[1][2] and was proven 05 FEB 1704 at Newport.^[2]

Research Notes

Robert's daughter Abigail married James Honyman of Newport, clerk, who was still living in 1725 when he brought suit against George Dunbarr of Newport, shopkeeper. James filed suit on behalf of his son James Honyman Jun., a minor, over trespass on property at Newport. The suit states that James Jr.'s great-grandfather Robert Carr in his will dated 20 April 1681 left property to his son Robert [Carr], who died in 1703 leaving only one son named Robert (the plaintiff's uncle), and one daughter, Abigail Carr (the plaintiff's mother), who died 18 March 1709 leaving the plaintiff her only son. His uncle was seised of the property and died 20 September 1710 without issue.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.24-27 p.26
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Carr, Edson I., The Carr Family Records (Rockton, Ill.: Herald Print House, 1894) pp. 25/6
3. ↑ The American Carr Families Compiled from the Works of Several Authors (Philadelphia: Martin & Allardyce, 1912) p. 6
4. ↑ Fiske: Item 210

• Austin, John Osborne. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. (Albany: J. Munsell Sons, 1887) p. 39
• Fiske, Jane Fletcher Gleanings from Newport Court Files, 1659-1783 (Boxford, Mass., 1998).
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985."CARR, Robert (-1704) & Elizabeth [LAWTON] (-1724); by 1689, by 1679?; Jamestown, RI/?Portsmouth, RI {Reg. 102:205; McIntire Anc. 93; Hall-Baldwin 123; Carr (1912) 6; Carr (1894) 25; Shotwell 15; Paine (,5) 181; French Anc. 48; Hazard 6, 15; Austin: GDRI 39, 122; Carr (1947) 13.}"

See also:

• Ancestral File: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MBTG-GWS