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Esekial Carr (abt. 1650 - bef. 1744)

Esekial (Esek) Carr
Born about in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantationsmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married 1684 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Died before before about age 94 in Little Compton, Bristol, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

The following information comes from "The Carr Family Records", by Edson I. Carr; Herald Printing House, Rockton, Illinois, 1894 (https://archive.org/details/carrfamilyrecord00carr/page/26/mode/1up)

Esek Carr born in Newport, Rhode Island, settled in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and was a cooper by trade. His wife’s name was Susanna, whom he married in 1684[1]. He died in Little Compton in 1744.

The Will was dated May 16, 1739, and proved November 12, 1744.[2]

Notice that his wife’s maiden name is not mentioned. The text continues with excerpts from his will:

“After setting aside a quarter of an acre of land for a family burying ground, he willed his entire estate to his son Robert except the following sums to his daughters: To daughter Mary, wife of John Brownwell, £5; daughter Sarah Thurston, £5; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Wilbur, £5; daughter Anna, wife of Jonathan Wood, £5; daughter Susanna, wife of Thomas Wilbur, £5; children of daughter Margaret Closson, £60; daughter Thankful, wife of William Lake, £5; granddaughter Mary, wife of Nathaniel Potter, 40s; granddaughter Deborah Carr, daughter of son Esek Carr, deceased, £50 at eighteen.”

Their children were given as follows: (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/descendancy/LVQX-5QN)

  1. Mary, b. July 14, 1685, Little Compton, Rhode Island; married John Brownell-126, December 30, 1715; she died March 24, 1729
  2. Sarah, b. March 19, 1689, Little Compton, Rhode Island; married Edward Thurston-128, October 15, 1712; she died after September 8, 1727
  3. Elizabeth, b. July 29, 1691, Little Compton Rhode Island; married Samuel Wilbore-99, December 24, 1713; she died in March 1764; (https://archive.org/details/carrfamilyrecord00carr/page/36/mode/1up)
  4. Esek, b. Aug 23, 1693, Little Compton, Rhode Island; married first, Mary Brownell-127, April 3, 1716; married second, Deborah Head Briggs-1312, October 3, 1726; he died November 3, 1728
  5. Anna, b. Feb 28, 1696, Little Compton, Rhode Island; married Jonathan Wood-3127, August 14, 1718
  6. Martha, b. May 29 1698 (unsourced)
  7. Susanna, b. Sept 20, 1700, Little Compton, Rhode Island; married Thomas Wilbore-92 in 1737; she died in November, 1790
  8. Margaret, b. Jan 16, 1703, Little Compton, Rhode Island; married Timothy Closson-205, March 10, 1729; she died between December 23, 1733, and May 16, 1739
  9. Robert, b. Feb 24, 1706, Little Compton, Rhode Island; married Elizabeth Cuthbert-272, May 27, 1730; he died after 1747; (https://archive.org/details/carrfamilyrecord00carr/page/37/mode/1up)
  10. Thankful, b. April 27, 1709, Little Compton, Rhode Island; married William Lake, February 4, 1738; she died after 1745; (https://archive.org/details/carrfamilyrecord00carr/page/38/mode/1up)

Research Notes/Plymouth Colony & Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

In 1644, Providence, Portsmouth, and Newport united for their common independence as the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, governed by an elected council and "president".

Newport County was constituted on June 22, 1703, as one of the two original counties of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. As originally established, Newport County consisted of four towns: Portsmouth, Newport, Jamestown, and New Shoreham.

The first European settlers in Little Compton were Englishmen from Duxbury, Massachusetts in the Plymouth Colony who sought to expand their land holdings.

By 1747, Little Compton secured its own royal decree and was annexed to Newport County as a part of Rhode Island along with Tiverton and Bristol. Because Little Compton was once part of the Plymouth Colony, all probate and land records prior to 1746 can be found in Taunton and New Bedford.

http://search.tauntondeeds.com/TorTeeIndexBooks.html
http://search.tauntondeeds.com/tee/1686-1795/Bunn-Cleveland.pdf (page 232)
http://search.tauntondeeds.com/tor/1686-1795/Bullock-Clifford.pdf (page 268)

In 1746-47, two towns, Little Compton and Tiverton, were acquired from Province of Massachusetts, Colony of Great Britain. In 1856, the town of Fall River was split off from Tiverton but was ceded to Massachusetts.

On August 1, 1687, Esek Carr and Susanah (sic), his wife, of Little Compton, sold half an acre of land in Newport to Robert Carr of Newport, bounded on the east by land of Major Peleg Sanford, south on land now in possession of Francis Brinley and Caleb Carr, Sr., north on land of Robert Carr, and west by land now or late in the possession of Samuel Gardner, west on the highway or Common Road leading through Newport Town into the neck (https://archive.org/details/rhodeislandlande00wort/page/222/mode/1up?q=Carr)

Sources

  1. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1N-2JP : 22 January 2020), Esek Carr, 1684
  2. Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)(https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48310/5115-co3/68128754)
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: C > Carr > The Carr family records, page 26. (Available through Ancestry)
  • Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin; Little Compton Families, Volume I and Volume II. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 2003.
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #142843339 Esek Carr. Maintained and sponsored by Mary Ann Pashuta Van Horssen. Originally created by Anonymous and added 20 Feb 2015.
  • 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
  • Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)(https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2724/i/48310/5115-co3/68128754)

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to Lynn Albernaz for [creating] Carr-2538 on 1 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Lynn and others.




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This message was posted today (4/4/18) on a Facebook Group Page for the Little Compton Historical Society:

"We are looking for a lost cemetery on Willow Avenue. Perhaps you can help. This is what we know so far: It was Eseck Carr's Family burial ground and it contained several graves before his death in 1744. Eseck ordered his son Robert to surround the graves and 1/4 of an acre with a handsome stone wall. The Carr farm was probably on the west side of Willow maybe on the site of what became Dr. James Peckham's farm in the 1800s. Maps show that Dr. Peckham's house was about 2/3 of the way north if you were going from the Commons to Peckham Road. Eseck reserved the burying ground and a right for his family to pass and repass to it which means it might have been set back a bit from the road.

posted by V (Eddy) Combs
Carr-4503 and Carr-944 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
posted by Eunice (Wilbur) Pender
The genealogy of the Carr family does not mention Susannah's maiden name. I would suggest not including "Brownell" on her profile unless there is a better source for this information. Also, the genealogy spells her name without the final "h".
posted by V (Eddy) Combs
Carr-944 and Carr-2538 appear to represent the same person because: Same DOB, same father, same family.
posted by Jeanne (Brand) Pepper
Carr-3369 and Carr-944 appear to represent the same person because: Little Compton Families lists Esek Carr being born in Little Compton, RI, but I believe these two Esek Carr's are the same person. Brothers & sisters will also need to be merged.
posted by J. (Pearson) Salsbery

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