Ancestral Glimpses » Governor Caleb Carr (± 1624-1695)

Données personnelles Governor Caleb Carr 

• Il est né environ 1624 dans London, London, Middlesex, ENGLAND.
• Profession: Magistrate.
• Il est décédé le 17 décembre 1695 dans Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, British America.

  Oorzaak: by drowning

• Un enfant de Benjamin Carr et Martha Hardington
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 9 mars 2015.

Famille de Governor Caleb Carr

(1) Il est marié avec Mercy Vaughn.

Ils se sont mariés avant le 1654 à prob Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, British America.

Enfant(s):

1. Nicholas Carr  1654-1709
2. Mercy Carr  1656-????
3. Caleb Carr  1657-1700
4. Samuel Carr  1659-± 1694
5. Mercy Carr  1661-1717
6. John Carr  ± 1663-1725
7. Edward Carr  1665-1711 

(2) Il est marié avec Sarah Clarke.

Ils se sont mariés le 21 décembre 1675.

Enfant(s):

1. Francis Carr  1676-± 1717
2. James Carr  1678-????
3. Sarah Carr  1680-????
4. Elizabeth Carr  1682-????

Notes par Governor Caleb Carr

Caleb Carr - TimeLine

CALEB, b. 1624; d. 1695, Dec. 17.
m. (1)
MERCY, b. 1631; d. 1675, Sep. 21.
m. (2)
SARAH PINNER, (W. of John), b. 1651 Newport, R. I. , of Jeremiah & Frances (Lathdam) Clarke ; d. 1706+

1635. He embarked in ship Elizabeth & Ann, at London, aged eleven, and came to America with his older brother Robert.
1654-58-59-60-61-62. Commissioner.
1655. Freeman.
1658, Jun. 22. He bought of William Case, ST., of Newport, all his interest in Conanicut and Dutch Islands.
1659, Feb. 27. He bought of John West, Sr., of Newport, carpenter, all his interest in Conanicut.
1661, Jul. 13. He bought of Jeremiah Willis, of Newport, 51½ acres in Conanicut.
1661-62. General Treasurer.
1662, Apr. 28. He bought of Henry Bassett, of Newport, all his interest in Conanicut.
1663, Dec. 12. He bought of Henry and Jireh Bull, of Newport, 43 acres in Conanicut Island.
1664-65-67-68-69-70-71-72-74-78-79-90. Deputy.
1670, Oct. 26. He and five others were appointed to make a rate for Conanicut.
1671, Jan. 30. He was allowed £4, for several services done by him and his boat.
1676, Apr. 11. He was one of the commissioners appointed "to take care and order the several watches and wards on this island, and appoint the places." He this year bought the services of an Indian captive (taken by Providence men), paying twelve bushels of Indian corn therefore.
1679-80-81-82-83-84-85-86-90-91. Assistant.
1687-88. Justice of General Quarter Session and Inferior Court of Common Pleas.
1690, May 7. He and John Holmes, were appointed by Assembly, to agree with carpenters to finish the Town House, forthwith, and to provide boards and nails, and pay for finishing said house out of money and wool in Treasurer's hands.
1695, Jul. 5 He wrote to Governor Fletcher, of New York, in answer to a letter relative to sending the quota of forty-eight men from Rhode Island, to assist in defence of New York, which men were to be sent, or else some other assistance rendered in computation of said forty-eight men.
1695. Governor.
He was drowned.
He and his first wife were buried in the family burial ground.
1694, Mar. 8. Will—proved 1696, Jan. 6. Exs. sons Nicholas and Caleb. To wife Sarah, £40, and three gold rings, she giving one to my daughter Sarah, one to daughter Elizabeth and other to whom she pleaseth. To wife, also, a
silver posset, two silver spoons, a milch cow, forty sheep, 1 horse, great looking glass, new great bible, a fifth of beds, pewter and other household stuff, negro woman " Hannah," and use for life of house that son John liveth in, on back side of my dwelling house, while widow, with privilege in yard for wood, use of well, &c, and of lower garden. To son Nicholas, farm in
Conanicut, 140 acres, which I formerly leased him for about twenty years, with dwelling house, &c., and right in Dutch Island, and 40 acres on west side of highway, over against my brother Egbert Carr, his land in said Conanicut, and a quarter share in Gould Island, and 25 foot in length of land, west side of my warehouse upon my wharf here in Newport, said land 20 foot in breadth, and my great bible, seal ring and little cabinet, he paying my now wife Sarah, yearly, 30s. To son Caleb, a farm in Conanicut, with housing he now liveth in, right in Dutch Island, a quarter of land at Gould Island, gold
ring I now wear, commonly called, " hand and hand and heart between," and my desk, he paying wife Sarah, while widow, 80s. a year. To son John, my dwelling house that I now live in, here in Newport, with all housing, lands and garden (all which lands I bought of Benedict Arnold in his life time), except part reserved for wife. To son John, also, my whole part of Rose Island, and whole of my warehouse standing on my wharf in Newport, my woolen apparel, &c. To son Edward, land at Conanicut (50 ½ and 65 acres), right at Dutch Island, a quarter of my half of Gould Island, my Indian boy " Tom," pair of stillyards, wearing linen, &c. To son Francis, half of my right in a house and land at Newport, and a half share of land at Coweset, a 30s. piece of gold, a silver spoon and a fifth of household stuff. To son James, half of above house and land in Newport, right in Misquamicut lands, piece of gold, silver spoon and a fifth of household stuff. To daughter Mercy Paine, and her husband Thomas Paine, land in Newport, and a quarter share in Gould Island, to longest liver, and to Mercy, a silver beer bowl, to be kept in remembrance of me as long as she liveth. To daughter Sarah Carr, certain house and land in Newport, 30s. gold piece, a fifth of household stuff and £5. To daughter Elizabeth, house and land in Newport, negro boy "Jo ,"
silver spoon, a fifth of household stuff, and £10. To grandson Job Carr, son of Samuel, house where John Davis lives at the sign of the ship, here in Newport, at age. If any of sons Nicholas, Caleb, John, Edward or grandson Job, son of Samuel, die without issue, that part to be divided to whomsoever of five sons survive, they five having all had one mother; and if any of four children by now wife Sarah, die without issue, that part to be divided to survivors, as they had one mother. If wife Sarah, mother of Francis, James, Sarah and Elizabeth see cause, she may take all or any of them ; and for their
bringing up, shall have estate given them committed to her management till they are of age.
1706, May 1. His widow Sarah, having petitioned for legacy due from her husband's will, it was ordered that said John Carr, shall pay the annual legacy sued for, to his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Carr, according to the will. (The term grandmother, used in records, should be apparently step-mother.)

Governor Caleb Carr, second son of Benjamin and Martha Carr of London, Eng., was born 1624, and died December 17, 1695, by drowning; will proved January 6, 1696. He lived in Newport, R. I., and was Freeman 1655; Commissioner 1654, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1661, 1662; General Treasurer, 1661, 1662; Deputy, twelve years between 1664 and 1690; Assistant ten years between 1679 and 1691; Justice of General Quarter Session and Inferior Court of Common Pleas; Governor from May, 1695, to December 17, 1695. He was buried with his first wife in the family burial-ground. He married first, Mercy Vaughn, who was born 1631, and died September 21, 1675.
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Source: Ancestral Records and Portraits, Volume I, The Colonial Dames of America, New York: The Grafton Press, 1910, page 104.

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