Slaves of Eleanor (Eltonhead) Carter

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Lancaster, Virginia
Surnames/tags: Slavery Black_Heritage Carter

Introduction

Eleanor Eltonhead married first, Captain William Brocas,^[1] Esq. of Lancaster County, Virginia, sometime before 7 June 1648.

In a deed dated 17 November 1652, recorded in Lancaster, Captain William Brocas transferred property to his wife, Eleanor.^[1] William died before 24 May 1655,^[2][3][4] when administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Eleanor Brocas. William's estate was placed in trust for his widow with Sir Henry Chichley, Knight.^[1] As part of the estate, Eleanor inherited 11 enslaved individuals, who later were transferred to the control of her second husband, John Carter, and who appear in various documents relating to his Corotoman estate.^[5]

Eleanor married second, Colonel John Carter, Esq., of Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia.^[6] before 6 February 1655/6.^[2][3]

Capt. William Brocas - Slave Inventory - 14 May 1655

• Marya
• Kitt, son of Marya
• Mundina
• Christian/Chriss, daughter of Mundina
• Diogo
• Emanuel
• Gingy
• Gratia/Grasher
• Gumby
• Katherine
• Samia

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "The Mutiny of Virginia, 1635." in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Richmond, VA: Virginia Historical Society, 1893. Online at Archive.org, vol. 1, pages 421-422, footnote on William Brocas.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. II, pages 121-122, ELTONHEAD 16.iii.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pages 503-504, ELTONHEAD #21.iii. Eleanor Eltonhead.
4. ↑ Horace E. Hayden. Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland. Wilkes-Barre, PA: E.B. Yordy, 1891. Online at Google Books, pages 229-230.
5. ↑ Inventory - Estate of Capt. William Brocas, 14 May 1655, from Patrick J Hefferman, The Corotoman Slave Histories, web (2014), accessed 21 October 2023
6. ↑ Martin H. Quitt and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. "John Carter (ca. 1613–1670)." in Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 2013.