Mary (Dabney) Carr (1688 - 1748)

Born 22 Jan 1688 in New Kent County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Carr — married 20 Sep 1704 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1748 at age 60 in Caroline County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Mary Dabney Carr was born in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent where her parents, Cornelius Dabney & her mother, Cornelius Dabney's 2nd wife Susanna were living.

Hanover County Will Book I. Page 632.

Will of Susanna ( ) Dabney - Anderson - 4 May 1722 - 5 Feb 1724/5

"....... . I do hereby give, devise and bequeath the same unto my dear children three Cornelius Dabney, Dorothy Trice ye wife of James Trice and Mary Carr ye wife of Capt. Thomas Carr............."

Research Notes

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(1) Doddridge's Family Espositor, London, printed 1756, which John Carr (b 1706) of "Bear Castle" entered many family records has survived. Including these dates for his mother: Mary (Dabney) Carr was born 22 Jan 1682, married 20 Sep 1704 and died 7 Sep 1748 at their home, "Topping Castle" in Caroline Co., Va

At a Court held for Hanover County February the fifth, 1724 this will was proved by the oaths of John Smith and Mary Smith the witnesses thereto and admitted to record. Test: Arch. Clayton. C. C.

A Copy Test: Thos. O. Winston, C.H.C.

At A Court of monthly Session held for Hanover County at the Courthouse on Tuesday the 22nd of December 1868. On motion of William Winston Dabney who this day produced in Court a copy of the last will and testament of Susanna Anderson, deceased. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the same is a true copy duly attested by a former Clerk of the Court of this court doth order the same to be recorded. Test: R. O. Doswell, Clerk

Mary was born on 22 Jan 1688 in King and Queen County, Virginia, the daughter of Cornelius Dabney and his second wife, Susannah.

Mary Dabney married on 20 Sep 1704 in Louisa County, Virginia to Thomas Carr.

She passed away @69yrs on 07 Sep 1748 in North Anna River, Caroline County, Virginia.

Sources

Baker-53780 Published source contain records of the family of Thomas Carr & Mary Dabney

G. C. Broadhead of Columbia, Mo, "The Carr Family." Much information used by the author from "Doddridge's Family Espositor, London, 1756 On the fly leaf, John Carr of Bear Castle had entered many family records.
The Carr Family
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Oct., 1895, Vol. 3, No. 2; pp. 208-217 Published by: Virginia Historical Society

See also:

• Carr family Bible record for a daughter of Cornelius Dabney (son of Cornelius and Eedeth, and his wife, Susanna) ... "Mary Dabney, daughter of Cornelius Dabney of King and Queen County, born January 22, 1688" and also "Mary Carr, departed this life Sept 7, 1748, aged 60". In 1704 she married Major Thomas Carr of Topping Castle in King and Queen County. Thomas Carr is also mentioned in the Will of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Susanna Anderson, filed in Hanover County in 1724.
• Family Data Collection - Births compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com.
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications 1889-1970 on ancestry.com citing SAR Membership #25931.