Capt.
Richard
Carr
Born in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of George Carr Sr.
and Elizabeth (Dexter) Carr
Brother of
Elizabeth (Carr) Woodmansey, George W Carr Jr., Richard Carr, William Carr, James Carr, Mary (Carr) Bailey, Sarah (Carr) Baker, John Carr and Ann (Carr) Putnam
Husband of
Mary (Sears) Carr
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Dorothy (Boyce) Carr
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Mayer) Carr
— married
26 Feb 1702 [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Greeley) Hooke
— married
10 Aug 1727 in Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Died
at age 68
in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Apr 2011
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Biography
Richard Carr was a witchcraft accuser in Salem Witch Trials
Discussing Sarah Mayer Haley Carr: "After six years of widowhood, she married, as his second wife, Capt. Richard Carr (George) of Amesbury and Salisbury on February 26, 1701/2"[1] The notation of "George" is such that it is indicating his father. Given this, and the names in Richard Carr's profile, I am proposing a merge of the two.
Records
Birth: CARR, Richard, s. Georg and Elisabeth, 2: 2m: 1659. [2]
Death: CARR, Richard, Capt., Sept. 11, 1727. NCTBK [3]
Salem Witch Trials
- On 9 Sep 1692, along with Zerubbabel Endicott, he testified against Mary Bradbury, accusing her of exercising witchcraft thirteen years earlier by appearing as a "blue boar" and darting about the legs of George Carr's horse, causing it to stumble.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Vol. II. Gardner-Moses
- ↑ Vital records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849; Salisbury Births; page 43
- ↑ Vital records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849; Salisbury Deaths; page 537
- ↑ Deposition of Richard Carr and Zerubable Endicott v. Mary Bradbury, “SWP No. 016: Mary Bradbury.” SWP No. 016: Mary Bradbury - New Salem - Pelican. Accessed April 14, 2020. http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n16.html#n16.12.
- Carr Family Records; Edison Carr, 1894 (with caution).
- Anc. chart compiled by Darryl Lamson (co author of Early Jonesport Families).
- Gen. Dict. of the 1st Sett. of New England, Savage; 1860-62.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XF-WZWJ?cc=2241430&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFHR9-LZ5. death record
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Categories: Salem Witch Trials
Samuell Carr, son of Richard & Dorothy, born 16 Jun 1686 Dorothy Carr, dau of Richard & Dorothy, born 20 Jul 1688.
Four long-known children of Richard[2] born in Salisbury were: Elizabeth Carr, dau of Richard & Elizabeth, born 9 Jun 1691 Richard Carr, son of Richard & Dorothy, born, born 3 Jan 1693/4 James Carr, son of Richard & Sarah, born 30 Nov 1702 John Carr, son of Richard & Sarah, born Aug 1706
It is also long-known that a Richard Carr married a Dorothy Boyce in Killingworth, CT '10 Feb 1684', so either 10 Feb 1683/4 or 10 Feb 1684/5.
When Edson I Carr wrote in his book in 1894 he apparently did not know of the Amesbury births or of the Killingworth marriage. The 9 Jun 1691 birth record of Elizabeth Carr to Richard[2] & Elizabeth led Edson to assume an earlier wife named Elizabeth. That record apparently has the wrong mother (or, unlikely, records an out-of-wedlock child of Richard[2]).
The old 9 Jun 1691 record shows the mother's name in different handwriting from the rest of the record. I would guess the scribe didn't know the mother's name, and then later someone entered, in error, 'Elizabeth'.
Found in Salisbury vital records and in Early Settlers of Salisbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records from The NEHGS Register; BIRTH:4/3/1703. LOCATION: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, VOLUME:8, PAGE:157, TEXT: Early Settlers of Salisbury, Mass., FATHER : Jona., Jonathan Greeley, MOTHER : Jane Walker
Capt. Richard Carr (15) born in Salisbury, Mass., April 2, 1659, married Elizabeth 2nd wife Dorothy, who died Aug. 3, 1694; 3rd wife Mrs. Sarah Healey, married Feb. 26, 1702. She died Jan. 8, 1727; 4th wife Sarah Greely, Aug. 10, 1727. He died in Salisbury, Sept. 11, 1727. He had by first wife, 53 1. Elizabeth Carr, b. June 9, 1691. 2nd wife Dorothy, 54x2. Richard Carr, b. Jan. 2, 1693-4. 3rd wife Mrs. Sarah Healey, 55 3. James Carr, b. Nov. 30. 1702. 56x4. John Carr, b. Aug. 1706.
At the least, Carr-1243 and Carr-664 are almost certainly the same person. It is less certain that Carr-599 is the same, but it seems likely.