Christopher Carver Jr (1705)

Born 1705 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Descendants

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Biography

Christopher was born in 1705.

Disputed Parents

This Christopher Carver is not the son of John & Isabelle (Weldon) Carver. Sources have him born in 1705 or 06. This relationship is repeated on Ancestry.com and various other pedigrees online. The original source for this person seems to be the LDS records (IGI, Pedigree Resource File - see below).

I don't believe that Christopher is the son of John & Isabelle.

Isabelle Weldon & John Carver
Married in 1716; Lived in Byberry, Philadelphia Co.; Children: John Carver b.1717; Ann Carver b.1719/20; Isaac Carver b.1722

This family is well documented in the records of the Abington and Byberry meeting (Quaker) and other records. Being Quakers, it is unlikely they had a child a decade prior to marriage. In addition, John & Isabelle appear in Byberry, whereas Christopher is associated with Lancaster which is some 80miles away.

Searching for "Christopher Carver 1705/1706"
Current Wikitree info (and repeated elsewhere)

Christopher Carver (Carver-1460); h/o Nancy Draper; Born 1705 in Lancaster, said to be son of John & Isabelle Carver

Nancy Draper (Draper-689) married to Christopher Carver (Carver-1460) mother of Christopher C. Carver (Carver-1459)

Christopher Carver (Carver-1459) f/o Joseph & David Carver h/o Elizabeth Wisenhunt / Whisenhunt

These seem to be the original source of the information:
LDS Records @ Family Search

Christopher Carver 1(three Pedigree Resource File records)b.1705 Lancaster PA, father John Carver, mother Isabel Welding, child Christopher Carver

also listed:

Christopher Carver 2: (one Ancestry File Record / Three Pedigree Resource File records) born 1706, Lancaster PA", with child Cornelius Carver

Elizabeth Ann Whisenant; d/o Christopher Columbus Whisenant & Priscilla Wells; (3 Pedigree Resource; 2 IGI records)

Nancy Draper (1740-1832), North Carolina; wife of William Moulsby Carver; Many children listed

Carver DNA Project, Patriarch Page
The Family Patriarch Christopher Carver (1756)* from the Carver DNA Project http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/carver/pats shows:

Christopher Carver b.1756 Lancaster, PA m. Elizabeth Whisenhunt

David C. Carver b. Lincoln Co, NC m. Mahala Cooper

This line seems to have been studied by Family researcher "DiannaT". She also disputes the connection to John & Isabell. See the http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CARVER/2007-09/1190961885 discussion at Rootsweb].

Other works including "A History of the Townships of Byberry and Moreland" that list John & Isabelle, do not include a Christopher with the family.

I have not been able to find any record of Christopher 1705/06; or of his marriage to Nancy Draper. Powell-5629 20:24, 6 December 2014 (EST)

Removing Weldon-391 & Carver-622 as parents after conversation with Rodger. Powell-5629 01:02, 16 January 2015 (EST)

Acknowledgments

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Christopher Carver was in a tax record in 1785 in Lancaster.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Tax Record: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801," database with images, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 329, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   (Ancestry Record 2497 #1373567 : subscription required, accessed 18 February 2023)

   Name	Christopher Carver
   Year	1785
   Town or Ward	Earl
   County	Lancaster
   Archive Rollname	329

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LVH7-Q78/christopher-carver-1705

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Roger Davis for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Roger and others.