Edward Carter (abt. 1627 - aft. 1683)

Husband of Audrey (Haile) Carter — married 1674 in Lancaster County, Virginia

Died after 12 Dec 1683 after about age 56 in Lancaster County, Virginia

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Biography

On March 13, 1671/72, Edward Carter, born circa 1627, married Margery Neasum, the widow of William Neasum who died before 1656.

Edward settled in Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, by 1658. Lancaster County taxed him based on his labor force, assessing him for four tithables, 31 Oct 1658,^[1] and for six tithables, 15 Nov 1660.^[2]

He was again assessed in Lancaster County, 22 Nov 1668, for nine tithables on the county’s "northside,"^[3] i.e., the part of the county that was then north of the Rappahannock River.^[4]

In 1674, in Lancaster County, Edward married Audrey Haile, the widow of John Merryman.^[5]

Researchers Notes

Disambiguation. There were more than two Edward Carters living in Colonial Virginia. The Edward Carter who married 1) Margery Neasum and 2) Audrey Haynie, was living in 1683, as is evidenced by a transaction made by him on December 12, 1683:

From: 1678-1681 Lancaster County Order Book #2: pg 37:

Lancaster county Court 9th of February 1680/81 At this Court, CHARLES MERRIMAN doth oblidge hymselfe his heirs &c, to pay or cause to bee paide unto Mr, EDWD, CARTER, his heires &c,, one third pte: of the tobaccoe received for the County Lande beinge for his Mothers shre of the saide Lande, the saide EDWARD CARTER doth likewise in Court binde hymselfe his heires &c, att the time of the decease of his now Wife, AUDRIE, and Mother to the saide MERRIMAN, to pay unto the saide CHARLES MERRIMAN his heires &c. or assignes the saide third pte; of the tobaccoe - The nexte Court is ordered to bee helde for this County the second Wedensday in March nexte

From: 1682-1686 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Deed Book 7, Part I; [Antient Press]; Page 92-94

THIS INDENTURE made the twelvth day of Decembr: 1683 and in the five and thirtieth yeare of the Raigne of or: Soveraigne Lord Charles the second &c. Between EDWARD CARTER of the County of LANCASTER, Plantr., of the one part and HENRY HARTLY of the County of Rappa: also Planter, of the other part Witnesseth that the said EDWARD CARTER for a valluable consideration to him paid by the said HENRY HARTLY well and truly paid hath granted unto the said HENRY HARTLY his heires the moyety or one halfe parte of Six hundred acres of land being in the County of Rappa: and bounded as followeth: Begining at a corner marked Beech standing by R. L. PATH called by the name of COLO. LEES PATH and runing N. W. N. to a marked corner white Oake, thence runing W. Sow:rly to a marked Pockickory, thence S & W to the first mentd. tree; the said moyety of land now or late in the occupation of THOMAS WHITE or his assignes (the whole Six hundred being granted to THOMAS CHETWOOD & JNO: KILLINGHAM by Pattent bearing date the 26th day of April in the yeare 1670 togeather with all the proffitts and hereditamts. to the said land belonging; To have and to hold unto the said HENRY HARTLY his heires forever subject nevertheless to the quitrents wch shall henceforth grow due to the Chieffe Lord of the Prmisses and that he the said EDWARD CARTER and ANDREY his now Wife shall acknowledge by these prsents in due forme of Law before the Court of Rappa, wch acknowledgement shall be deemed to vest the said prmisses in the said HENRY HARTLY In Witness whereof the parties aforesaid sett their hands and seales Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of DAVID FOX, EDWARD CARTER EDWD: MANSELL JO: TAVERNER Recognitr in Cur Com Rappa et recordatr 5th die Martii 1683 KNOW ALL MEN by these prsents that I EDWARD CARTER of the County of LANCASTER, Planter, and ANDREY my Wife hereby put or; freind, JNO. TAVERNER, our lawfull Attorney to appeare before the Worl: Court of Rappa: and acknowledge one Deed of bargaine and Sale of date hereof made between said EDWARD CARTER of the one part and HENRY HARTLY of the County of Rappa:, Planter, and further I the said ANDREY doe hereby disclayme all right or title of power to the land granted and Impower hereby the said Attorney to acknowledge the same confirming what or: said Attorney shall doe Witness or: hands and seales the 12th day of December 1683 Sealed and delivd. in th prsence of us WM: HANBLIE EDWARD CARTER JNO. HARRIS ANDREY CARTER Recordatr x7 die Marty 1683 Test WM. COLSTON, Cl Cur

The following information pertains to the Will of a different Edward Carter, who died in 1682 (in England):

• " ... the will of Edward Carter of Edmonton, Middlesex, esquire, dated and probated in 1682 (New England Hist, and Geneal. Beg., \o\. XLVIL), disposing of much property in Virginia, and speaking of having resided on Nansemond River, showing that he must have been the Col. Edward Carter who was in Virginia about 1660, and who may naturally be supposed to have been brother of John Carter. The will gives to a son Edward " my third part (the whole in three parts to be divided) of and in all those messuages, tenements, lands, and hereditaments in Chalfont St. Peter's, Bucks." Keith, Charles P., The ancestry of Benjamin Harrison ... " Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Brigham Young University. https://archive.org/stream/ancestryofbenjam00byukeit#page/86/mode/2up ; Archive.org accessed 5 Sept 2016] (Page 87).

Sources

1. ↑ 1658 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 31 Oct 1658. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 60-64. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 24 Jan 2024. To see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces, visit Lancaster County Tax Records.
2. ↑ 1660 Tax Assessment. Tax Assessment Record, 15 Nov 1660. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1655-1666, pp. 131-132. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 10 Apr 2024. Visit Lancaster County Tax Records to see what other colonists appear on this tax assessment, in alphabetical order, and for a list of the colonists with the largest labor forces.
3. ↑ 1668 Assessment. Assessment, 22 Nov 1668. Lancaster County, Virginia Colony, Order Book 1, 1666-1680, pp. 86-87. Available online without restriction courtesy of FamilySearch here. Accessed 1 Jan 2024.
4. ↑ Lancaster County today lies entirely north of the Rappahannock River. Until 1669, in which year Middlesex County was formed, Lancaster County straddled the river, thus leading the assessors to differentiate between the county's north and south sides. Sources:
   1. Wikipedia contributors, "Lancaster County, Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed January 22, 2024).
   2. Wikipedia contributors, "Middlesex County, Virginia," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed January 22, 2024).
   3. Iberian Publishing Company's On-Line Catalog: The Growth of Virginia, 1634-1895 (1651-1660). Available online here.
5. ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I051193&tree=Tree1