Elizabeth CARR

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Esek and Susannah Carr

Elizabeth married Samuel WILBORE on 24 Dec 1713. Samuel (son of Samuel WILBORE and Mary POTTER) was born on 7 Nov 1692 in Little Compton, Rhode Island; died on 28 Apr 1752 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert WILBOR was born on 4 Feb 1715 in Little Compton, Rhode Island; died in 1782.
2. Thomas WILBOR was born on 14 Sep 1716 in Little Compton, Rhode Island; died in 1799.
3. Susannah WILBOR was born on 10 Jun 1718 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
4. Mary WILBOR was born on 14 Mar 1719 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
5. Abishai WILBOR was born on 22 Nov 1721/2 in Little Compton, Rhode Island; died in 1786.
6. Elizabeth WILBOR was born on 23 Jul 1723 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
7. Martha WILBOR was born on 11 Mar 1725 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
8. Ruth WILBOR was born on 20 Oct 1726 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
9. Esek WILBOR was born on 22 Dec 1728 in Little Compton, Rhode Island; died in 1781.
10. Samuel WILBOR was born on 10 Oct 1730 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
11. Joanna WILBOR was born on 29 May 1732 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
12. Ebenezer WILBOR was born on 3 Sep 1735 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
13. David WILBOR was born on 31 Jul 1740 in LIttle Compton, Rhode Island.

Notes:

Name:
Esek Carr born in Newport. RI, settled in Little Compton, RI, and was a cooper by trade. His wife's name was Susanna, whom he married in 1684. He died in Little Compton, in 1744. His will was dated May 16, 1739, and proved Nov. 12, 1744. After setting aside a quarter of an acre of land for a family burying ground, he willed his entire estate to his son Robert Except the following sums to his daughters: To daughter Mary, wife of John Brownwell, L5; daughter Sarah Thurston, L5; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Wilbur, L5; daughter Anna, wife of Jonathan Wood, L5; daughter Susanna, wife of Thomas Wilbur, L5; children of daughter Margaret Closson, L60; daughter Thankful, wife of William Lake, L5; granddaughter Mary, wife of Nathaniel Potter, 40s; grand daughter Deborah Carr, daughter of son Esek Carr, deceased, L50 at eighteen.

Esek married Susanna ? in 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Robert Carr born in London England, Oct 4, 1614, came to America with his brother Caleb, on the ship ELIZABETH ANN, commanded by Capt. Roger Cooper, which sailed from London, May 9, 1635. From an old shipping record in London, we find the following:

"Calebb Carr, aged 19; and Robert Carr, aged 21, described as a 'tayler,' sailed for New England, on the 9th of May, 1635, in the ELIZABETH ANN.'

These two brothers who were both minors, were sent to America after the death of their parents, to live with their uncle William, who had previously settled in Bristol, RI. A few years later thee two brothers settled in Newport. R.I.

Robert Carr was admitted as an inhabitant in Portsmouth, Feb. 21, 1639, and a freeman in Newport, March 16, 1641. He was one of the original purchasers of the island of Connecticut in Narragansett bay, of the Indians, which contained about six thousand acres. He also acquired considerable property in Newport. His will was dated April 20, 1681, as he had determined on a voyage to New York and New Jersey. He died in 1681, and his will was proved, Oct. 4, 1681.

The named of Robert Carr's wife is not known, nor when she died.

Robert married ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]