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Priscilla Mary (Shook) Carr (1753 - 1817)

Priscilla Mary Carr formerly Shook
Born in Colony of Virginia, British Colonial Americamap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Wife of — married about 23 May 1776 in Petersburg, Augusta County, Colony of Virginiamap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 63 in Freeburg Township, St. Clair, Illinois Territorymap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Carr Name Study.

Priscilla Mary Shook was born on December 10, 1753 in Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, daughter of Hermanus Shook (<1725–<1789) and Anna Schaub (1719–~1780).[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Priscilla (22) married Joseph B Carr (24) (born on March 21, 1752 in Augusta County, Colony of Virginia; son of Gerig Heinrich Karr and Sarah (Peterson) Karr) on May 23, 1776 in Petersburg, Augusta County, Colony of Virginia.[2] Their children were:

Priscilla died on May 6, 1817 in Freeburg Township, St. Clair, Illinois Territory, aged 63. She was buried in Carr Cemetery, Smithton, St.[1] [2] [3] [4] [6] [5]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Birth: "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)," Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 158; Page number: 456, Ancestry Record 3599 #1539189 (accessed 20 March 2024)
    Name Priscilla Mary Shook
    Birth Date 1750-1759
    Birth Place Illinois, USA
    Reference Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( the Greatest Single Source of Material For Gen. Data For the N.e. Area and For the Period 1600-1800. Completely Indexed in the Index.): 15 Aug 1934, 8914
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Family History or Pedigree: "Geneanet Community Trees Index," Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France: Geneanet, Ancestry Record 62476 #5524544961 (accessed 20 March 2024)
    Name Priscilla Mary Shook
    Gender F (Female)
    Birth Date 10 déc. 1753 (10 Dec 1753)
    Birth Place Augusta Parish, Augusta, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
    Marriage Date 23 mai 1776 (23 May 1776)
    Marriage Place Albemarle, Virginia, USA
    Death Date 15 oct. 1815 (15 Oct 1815)
    Death Place Freeburg Township, St. Clair (Freeburg), Illinois, USA
    Father Hermanus Herman Shook
    Mother Anna Schaub
    Spouse Joseph B Carr
    Child Hannah Carr Abner Carr Baby Carr Clarissa Mary Carr Conrad Carrol Carr Hannah Carr Henry C Carr Henry Carr Henry Carr Jacob Carr Jacob Carr Mary Carr Phoebe Carr Phoeby Carr Sarah Carr Theresa Carr
    View on Geneanet https://gw.geneanet.org/tracibulkley?n=shook&oc=&p=priscilla+mary
  3. 3.0 3.1 Burial: "Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012," Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 25 January 2013; URL: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=CARR&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=16&GScntry=4&GSsr=1641&GRid=31479760&amp;, Ancestry Record 70509 #1611015 (accessed 20 March 2024)
    Name Priscilla Mary Shook Carr
    Birth Date 10 Dec 1753
    Age at Death 61
    Death Date 15 Oct 1815
    Burial Place Smithton, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
  4. 4.0 4.1 Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31479760/priscilla_mary-carr: accessed), memorial page for Priscilla Mary Shook Carr (10 Dec 1753–15 Oct 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31479760, citing Carr Cemetery, Smithton, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Lee A. Hillard (contributor 47036613).
  5. 5.0 5.1 Birth: "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)"
    Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 158; Page number: 456
    Ancestry Record 3599 #1539189 (accessed 27 April 2023)
    Priscilla Mary Shook born in 1750-1759 in Illinois, USA.
  6. Memorial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31479760/priscilla_mary-carr: accessed), memorial page for Priscilla Mary Shook Carr (10 Dec 1753–15 Oct 1815), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31479760, citing Carr Cemetery, Smithton, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Lee A. Hillard (contributor 47036613).

See also:

  • Military:

"U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Number: T288; Roll: 73, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4654 #11285038 (accessed 20 March 2024)

Name Mary Carr
Gender Female
Filing Date 24 Jan 1866
Filing Place Missouri, USA
Relation to Head Widow
Spouse Joseph Carr




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The AGBI index record indicating that she was born in the 1750s in Illinois cannot be correct, because Illinois did not exist before the 1790s. We need a more reliable source for the claims about this person.
posted by Scott McClain
Does anyone know what "Shook family records (Bill Heald)" refers to?
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