Robert Carr

1614 - Bef 1681

• Name	Robert Carr
  Born	04 Oct 1614	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	09 May 1635	London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  	On 9 May 1635, Robert Carr, aged 21, tailor, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Elizabeth & Ann. The entry immediately following was for Caleb Carr aged 11 years. Robert was admitted an inhabitant at Portsmouth, 21 Feb 1638/9 and Newport in 1639. Robert was made freeman of the combined government of Portsmouth and Newport, 16 Mar 1640/1. He was in Newport section of 1655 Rhode Island list of freemen. Robert Carr was on a committee to assess residents of Conanicut Island for expenses of colony agent in England, 19 Oct 1663; and on the Committee to assess "Quononoqutt" 26 Oct 1670 & 25 Sep 1671.
  Will	20 Apr 1681	Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island   [1]
  	In his will, he "being bound on a voyage to New York and New Jersey and aged & not knowing how the Lord may deal with me in my intended voyage" provided for "my loving wife all my household stuff and moveables, except my sheep at Conanicut, and twenty pounds in money to be paid her yearly during her natural life by my sons hereafter named"; to "my eldest child Caleb Carr all my land at Conanicut alias Jamestown he paying my wife ten pounds a year in money during her natural life and pay John Hix his children by my daughter twenty pounds"; to "my son Robert Carr & to heirs of his body lawfully begotten my dwelling houses & wharf ... & to have all the land upon the straight line from that post adjoining to the house & pasture except what is given to my son-in-law James Brown and the privilege of the well, and a way to it, and pay to his mother seven pounds in money yearly during her natural life"; to "my son Esek all my land from the corner post of the well yard next the street so to the land I sold Nicholas Davis now in possession of Francis Brinley & Caleb Carr ... for him & the heirs of his body lawfully begotten to enjoy the same & pay to his mother yearly three pounds in money"; to "my daughter Margaret all my sheep at Conanicut alias Jamestown & the horse flesh to be sold and the value of them to be returned to her except one yearling colt come of a young mare which I gave to my son Caleb"; to "my son-in-law James Brown & to his children he hath by my daughter Elizabeth all that land he hath built upon & fenced in with two rods in length more"; "my beloved wife executrix and my two sons Caleb and Robert Carr executors ... and as overseers my brother Caleb Carr & Walter Clarke."
  Died	Bef 04 Oct 1681	Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island   [1, 2]
  	Will proved.
  Person ID	I46448	Bryant
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Carr,   b. 18 Aug 1592, London, Middlesex, England
  Mother	Martha Hardington
  Married	02 Sep 1613	London, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Family ID	F3110	Group Sheet

  
  

  Children	1. Caleb Carr,   b. Est 1650, probably, Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island ,   d. Aft 27 Jan 1688   2. Elizabeth Carr,   b. Est 1652, probably, Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island ,   d. 08 Dec 1697   3. Margaret Carr,   b. Est 1654, probably, Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island   4. Robert Carr,   b. Est 1658, probably, Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island ,   d. Aft Jul 1703   5. Esek Carr,   b. Abt 1660, probably, Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island ,   d. Bef 12 Nov 1744, Little Compton, Newport Co, Rhode Island   6. Mary Carr,   b. Est 1666, probably, Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F2881	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 04 Oct 1614 - London, Middlesex, England Emigration - 09 May 1635 - London, Middlesex, England Will - 20 Apr 1681 - Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island Died - Bef 04 Oct 1681 - Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S315] The Great Migration, Anderson, Robert Charles & George F. Sanborn, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001), p. 25. [S360] Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Doherty, Frank J., (Author, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1990-2001), CARR family. [S368] Carr Family, Carr, Edson I., (Herald Print House, Rockton, IL, 1894), p. 9.