Robert Carr (bef. 1613 - bef. 1681)

Born before 18 Jul 1613 in Maidstone, Kent, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 4 Oct 1681 at about age 68 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

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Robert Carr migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 24) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

Many attempts have been made to link Robert and Caleb to various high born Scottish lineages. They were not born 4 Oct 1614 and 9 Dec 1616 to Benjamin, son of Sir William Kerr^[1]

Biography

Robert Carr, son of Nicholas Carr, was baptized 18 July 1613 in Maidstone, Kent, England. His mother, the wife of Nicholas was Margaret (Carr) (Nelman) Carr.^[2]

Robert Carr died 1681 at Newport, Rhode, Island, where he resided. He left a will on 20 Apr 1681; proved 4 Oct 1681.

Robert Carr, 21, a tailor and his brother Calebb Carr, 11, embarked 9 May 1635 and left the port of London on the Elizabeth & Ann bound for New-England.^[3][4] The Carr Family Records states that Caleb was 19.^[1] This is in order to reconcile his alleged birth (9 Dec 1616) with his age at sailing.

It is unknown where Robert lived when he first arrived, but on 21 Feb 1638/9, he was admitted as an inhabitant of Portsmouth, Rhode Island .^[5] He was on the "Court Roll of Freeman" for the combined government of Portsmouth and Newport 16 March 1640/1,^[5] and in 1655 he was in the Newport Section.^[5]

In 1659 Robert, Caleb and others purchased the island Conanicut (Jamestown).

Robert participated monetarily, buying shares in the Monmouth Patent (New Jersey) along with many other Rhode Island citizens. Robert sold his share to Giles Slocum, of Newport, who bought it for his son John.^[6]

Over the years Robert’s boat, house, brains and son were used to further the cause of the Colony or Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.^[7]

• 20 June 1670 his boat was used to transport person going to Narragansett as Commissioners from Rhode Island.
• 26 Oct 1670 on a committee to make the rates for Conanicut Isalnd
• 30 Jan 1671 allowed £9 for some public services done by him, his sloop and his hands.
• 25 Sep 1671 appointed to make a rate and levy an assessment on Conanicut
• 11 June 1677 the Assembly met at his house.
• 15 Nov 1678 granted £1 4s. by the Assembly for service done by his son Caleb and his sloop transporting Magistrates to Narrragansett
• 1680 taxed £1 5s. 1½d

Robert signed his name^[8] and was on several committees to assess the residents of Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay, for various expenses.^[9]

Robert's will was dated 20 April 1681, and was proved in court 4 Oct 1681. "Robert Carr Senior of Newport... being bound a voyage to New York and New Jersey and being aged & not knowing how the Lord may deal with me"... he made bequests to his unnamed wife; eldest child Caleb; John Hicks, his children by my daughter Mary; son Robert Carr and his heirs of his body; son in law James Brown and his child he has by daughter elizabeht; son Esek; daughter Margaret.^[10]

Family

Known children of Robert Carr include:

1. Caleb Carr;^[11] b. say 1650, m. Phillippa Greene, daughter of Dep. Gov. John Greene Jr. and Anne Almy;^[11] d. about 1690 at Jamestown, RI.^[12]
2. Elizabeth Carr; b. about 1651 at Newport, RI; m. James Brown, son of Chad Brown and Elizabeth Sharparowe, circa 1670; 1st husband; m. Samuel Gardiner; 2nd husband; d. 8 Dec 1696/7.^[12][11]
3. Margaret Carr, b. at Newport, RI; m. Richard Hartshorne.^[11]
4. Robert Carr; Elizabeth Lawton,^[11] daughter of George Lawton and Elizabeth Hazard; d. circa 1704.
5. Esek Carr; b. at Newport, RI; m. Susanna 1684; ^[11]d. 1744 at Little Compton, RI. He was a cooper.^[12] He left a will on 16 May 1739; proved 12 Nov 1744.
6. Mary Carr; b. at Newport, RI; m. John Hicks; 1st husband; m. Ralph Earle, son of William Earle and Mary Walker; 2nd husband.^[12][11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Carr, Edson I. The Carr Family Records Embacing [sic] the record of the first families who settled in America and their descendants, with many branches who came to this country at a later date (Rockton, Ill., Herald printing house, 1894) link to book at Archive p. 13
2. ↑ Robert Battle, "The English Origin of Robert Carr and Caleb Carr of Rhode Island" Rhode Island Roots, 48 (2022): 58-75.
3. ↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874. (p. 77)
4. ↑ Carr, Arthur Adkins. The Carr Book has an Image of Original Record
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Bartlett, John Russell (transcriber). Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England Volume I 1636 to 1663. Providence, R.I.: A. Crawford Greene and Brothers, State Printers, 1856 Inhabitant p. 67; Freeman p. 111; Newport 1655 p. 301.
6. ↑ Ellis, Franklin. History of Monmouth county, New Jersey .. (Philadelphia, R. T. Peck & co., 1885) p. 63, 64
7. ↑ Sears, Francis Richmond. “The Carr Ancestry of Richmond Carr of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. New England Historical and Genealogical Register 102:204 (1948)
8. ↑ Anderson: citing "The Early Records of the Town of Providence" 14:47
9. ↑ Anderson: citing Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - Vol I p 506; Vol II 361, 413.
10. ↑ Carr, Edson I. The Carr family records. Embacing [sic] the record of the first families who settled in America and their descendants, with many branches who came to this country at a later date. Rockton, Ill.:Herald printing house, 1894. pp 14, 15
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6} Anderson, Robert CharlesThe Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, "Robert Carr" P 24-27) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} Sears, Francis Richmond. "The Carr Ancestry of Richmond Carr of Portsmouth, Rhode Island." New England Hist. and Genealogical Register. 102: 203-. 1948

• Anderson: 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. Link at American Ancestors (pay site)
• Family Bible, see Susan Rothchid
• Carr, Edson Irving. The Carr Family Records: Embacing [sic] the Record of the First Families who... (Herald Printing House, 1894) Page 10,13 Link at Archive.org
• Clarke, Louise Brownell. The Greenes of Rhode Island (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903) Page 75. Link at Archive.org
• Sears, Francis Richmond. "The Carr Ancestry of Richmond Carr of Portsmouth, Rhode Island." New England Hist. and Genealogical Register. 102: 203-. 1948. [http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image/?pageName=203&volumeId=11588 Link at American Ancestors (Pay site)
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985. p. 282

"CARR, Robert (1614-1681) & ____ ____; by 1640; Portsmouth, RI/Newport {Carr (1912) 5; Knapp Anc. 48, 67; Carr (1947) 3, 6; Reg. 102:304; Carr (1912) 25; Shotwell 15; Paine (,5) 181; Cranston 256; Dunham-Boyd 284; Sv. 1:339; Davol-Willets 19; Lynn Hist. Soc. 1913:160; Austin:GDRI 30; Bordwell Anc. 9}"

• Ancestor Lineages of Members Texas Society/National Society Colonial Dames Seventeenth Century, Page 36.
• 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