Thomas Carter Jr. (1705 - bef. 1763)

Born 1705 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Baynes) Carter — married 1738 in Lancaster, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died before 19 Apr 1763 before age 58 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

This Profile is the father of Thomas Carter III. Thomas Carter III married Mary Kilpatrick in 1751

Thomas Carter, Jr. was born in 1705 in Henrico county, Virginia. "Henrico Co. VA was a massive “shire” when established in 1634, but the area where the Michauxes and Carters resided was south of the James River, near the current Goochland, Cumberland, and Powhatan county lines. These three counties were formed, respectively, from original Henrico in 1728, 1749, and 1777. The general location is near present day Cartersville, VA. In 1733 Thomas Carter Sr. was granted 400 acres along Deep Run, a branch of Muddy Creek(now in Cumberland-near the Powhatan Co. line)." ^[1]

Thomas Carter Jr. was named as “second son” in his father’s will, received a yearling calf, and probably lived on his father’s land until about 1730. In Sept. 1730, he received a land grant on Licking Hole and Bolings Creeks, described as “on branches of said river, falling into the Rock Castle lowgrounds”. This land was located north of the James River, but was directly across from the Carter properties on Muddy Creek. In 1736 Thomas Jr. was granted land along Turkey Cocke Creek in what became Cumberland Co. He willed this land to his eldest son, Thomas. See researchers notes

The will of Thomas Carter, Jr. was made in Goochland Co. in February 1760, and filed there in April 1763. Nothing is known of his first marriage(s)-but he had married a Mary Killipatrick in 1751. ^[2] His will also noted then wife, Mary, and sons; John, Josiah, Baynes, and “my three younger daughters”; Mary Dawson, Judith and Susanna Carter. Josiah Carter inherited a 150 acre tract, part of the land north of the James River; his brother John received an adjacent 125 acres of the same “Ballows land”.

Research Notes

Our immigrant ancestor, Thomas Carter Sr., was born in England c.1680. He was among nine persons imported by Abraham Michaux to Henrico Co. VA in January 1713. Sons, Robert (about 11) and Thomas Jr. (born c.1705) were also among the immigrants. It is unclear whether wife & mother Carter, and other children were included.

Abraham Michaux received 850 acres for providing transport for the nine individuals noted above-all, presumably, indentured to him for seven years. Michaux died in 1717.

Thomas Carter Sr.’s will-dated 1726, noted a wife “Penele”, who apparently was deceased by the time of probate in June 1738. In the interval, he had married twice-but had not updated his will. His last wife was Susanna Baynes.

Sources

1. ↑ Our Carter Family in Virginia & Georgia
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V29M-P5T : 29 January 2020), Tho. Carter, 1751

• https://reynoldspatova.org/getperson.php?personID=I14106&tree=reynolds1
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/family/M9GT-P5H
• Abstract of Will: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/189957411

See also:

• "Find a Grave," database, (Find A Grave: Memorial #139737799 : accessed 25 January 2024), Memorial page for Thomas Carter (1705-1763); Maintained by Rebecca Reuben Dyer (contributor 47251670).