Elizabeth Cooke (Hill) Carter (abt. 1703 - abt. 1771)

Born about 1703 in Shirley, Charles City Co, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Carter — married 3 Oct 1723 in Shirley, Charles City Co, Va

Descendants

Died about Jun 1771 at about age 68 in Crotoman, Lancaster, Virginia

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Biography

Biography

Of the four sons of Robert Carter, John, of Crotoman the eldest, will be the only one mentioned in this sketch since it is through him the' Tennessee family traces its line of descent from the Virginia Carters.

John of Crotoman inherited his grandfather's plantation on the Rappahannock, but through his marriage with Elizabeth Hill he came into possession of what was then the most renowned' plantation in Virginia, that of Shirley, which Sir Edward Hill had purchased for his bride, a Welsh heiress and court beauty.

John Carter "the second," studied law in London at the Inner Temple. In 1722 he was appointed secretary of Virginia and is known in Carter genealogy as "Secretary Carter".
As secretary he seems to have resided mostly at Williamsburg and at Shirley. Crotoman was a tobacco mart, and records show that at one time he upheld one Joseph Carter as inspector despite the accusations against him and the protestations of Corbin, Receiver of Customs, and other officials.

Death came to Secretary Carter July 31, 1742. After the prescribed period of mourning expired, Elizabeth Carter married a certain Browler Cocke of whom little is known except that he held Shirley until the year 1771, at which date Charles Carter of Crotoman came into the estate of Shirley.^[1]

Buried

Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia, USA. ^[2]

Sources

• Zella Armstrong & Janie Preston Collup French, Notable Southern Families, Volume 2.
• The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company. Husband, Child, Ancestors: page 293, 294
• Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) rations, Inc. TID 0 Footnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Ancestry.com, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) rations, Inc. TID 0 Footnote Ancestry.com, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.)

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Name: Elizabeth Hill. ^[3]

Born VA ^[3]

Marriage Husband @I146@. Wife @I149@. Child: @I836@. Marriage 1723 Colonial Virginia. ^{[4] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ Armstrong & French, pp. 59-63
2. ↑ Find A Grave
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source: S52 Source number: 2334.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKS
4. ↑ Source: S52 Source number: 2334.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKS
5. ↑ Source: S52 Source number: 2334.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKS

• Source: S52 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;