John Carraway II (1653 - 1728)

Born 1653 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Anne (Kemp) Carraway — married 1674 in Norfolk (Lower), Virginia

Descendants

Died Sep 1728 at about age 75 in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony

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Note on Name Suffix

This profile refers to the second "John Carraway" in the direct line of John Carraway [i], the immigrant ancestor. In the lineage of the immigrant John Carraway, there are at least eight Johns in eight successive generations, and dozens of Johns in cousin lines with numerous instances of overlapping and confusing "senior-junior" distinctions. For this reason, it may be preferable to use a bracketed suffix, "[ii]", to indicate the second person with the same name in successive generations; thus this person is "John [ii], son of John [i]."

Biography & Timeline

John Carraway II was a Virginia colonist.

• 1653 - John Carraway [ii], son of the immigrant John Carraway [i] and Ann Foster Williamson, was born in 1653 in Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Colony.

• 15 October 1671 - George Fouler [Fowler] sells John [ii] "80 or 90 acres" on the Elizabeth River in Lynhaven Parish, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Colony.

• 1677 - John [ii] married Elizabeth Ann Kemp, daughter of George & Mary Kemp of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia Colony.

• 25 September 1679 - John [ii] granted 190 acres on northern bank of eastern branch of the Elizabeth River from holdings of his father, John [i].

• 14 April 1687 - John [ii] witnessed Will of neighbor William Handcock [Hancock], who referred to John [ii] as a "loving friend"[Norfolk County, Virginia Colony].

• 1 April 1689 - In her Will, Sarah Hancock Piggott names her "loving friend John Carraway" [ii] as an overseer [Norfolk County, Virginia Colony].

• 21 April 1695 - John [ii] receives royal patent for 100 acres of land on the eastern branch of the Elizabeth River in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony in compensation for the importation of Ann & Johnson Reding.

• 1 March 1703 - John [ii] & wife Ann sell 100 acres [from royal patent] to John Browne of Princess Anne County for 2500 pounds of pork.

• 4 October 1704 - John [ii] gives 100 acres of land he received from his father John [i] in Princess Anne County to his son John [iii].

• 4 July 1705 - John [ii] gives his son Richard Carraway "all that plantation part now I live upon" plus cleared grounds, orchards and "all appurtenances whatsoever".

• 2 May 1706 - John [ii] receives 447 acres on Bowring River in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony in compensation for transporting 9 persons to the Colony.

• 2 June 1708 - John [ii] gives 150 acres on Lynhaven River in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony to his son John [iii].

• 20 April 1710 - John [ii] named sole executor in Will of son Richard Carraway.

• 15 November 1715 - John [ii] sells his entire plantation to his son Thomas Carraway for five shillings.

• 31 July 1716 - John [ii] gives 100 acres of woodland on the Borens River in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony to his son, Thomas Carraway.

• 1 August 1716 - John [ii] gives 100 acres of woodland on the Borens River in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony to his son, James Carraway.

• 1 August 1716 - John [ii] gives 94 acres of woodland on the Borens River in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony to his son William Carraway.

• 2 October 1717 - John [ii] gives "one negro girl named Peg" . . . "and all her increase" to his daughter Ann Carraway & her husband John Whitehurst.

• 29 June 1719 - John [ii] acquires 67 acres of land in Lynhaven Parish from estate of John Pallet, deceased of Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony.

• 1 January 1723 - John [ii] willed a "five year old steer" by grandson Edward, son of John [iii] and Elizabeth Cannon.

• 5 October 1726 - John [ii] settles an old indenture with William Ackes, "selling" him 99 acres in Lower Norfolk called "The Green Sea" for 5 shillings.

• 24 January 1727 - John [ii] signs his Last Will & Testament.

• Summer or Fall, 1728 - John Carraway [ii] dies in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony.

• 2 October 1728 - Will of John Carraway [ii] probated in Princess Anne County, Virginia Colony.

Sources

• Adelle Brown Ashford & Jessie Mae Ashford, Our Ancestors, Vol. III, Benton Printing & Composition, 1994, pp. 315-321.