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 Abt 1678 - 1717 (39 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | Gov Caleb CARR was born on 9 Dec 1616 in London, England (son of Benjamin CARR and Martha HARDINGTON); died on 17 Dec 1695 in Drowned. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Governor of Rhode Island
Notes:
Name:
Gov. Caleb Carr born in London, Eng., Dec 9, 1616, came to America with his brother Robert, on the ship ELIZABETH ANN, which sailed from London, May 9, 1635 He settled in Newport, R.I. , with his brother Robert about 1640. He held many offices of public trust and honor during his lifetime, and accumulated considerable property. he was general treasurer from May 21, 1661, to May 22, 1662. In 1687/8 he was justice of the General Quarterly Session and Inferior Court of Common Pleas. He was governor of the colony in 1695, which last office he held till his death, which occurred on the 17th day of December, of the same year. He was drowned. In religious belief he was a Friend or Quaker
He had seven children by his first wife Mercy, (Probably Mercy Vaughan) who died Sept. 21, 1675, and was buried in the family burying ground. The inscription on her gravestone reads as follows:
"Here lieth interred ye body of Mercy Carr, first wife of Caleb Carr, who departed this life ye 21st day of September, in ye 45th year of her age, and in the year of our Lord, 1675."
His second wife was Sarah Clark, (Widow Pinner) daughter of Jeremiah Clarke, and sister of gov. Walter Clarke, and by whom he had four children. She was born in 1651 and died in 1706.
He died Dec. 17 1695, and was buried in the family burying ground on Mill street, beside his first wife. The inscription on his tombstone reads:
"Here lieth interred the body if Caleb Carr, governor of this colony, who depart3ed this life ye 17th day of December, 1695, in ye 73rd (79) year of his age."
Caleb married Sarah CLARKE. Sarah (daughter of Capt. Jeremy CLARKE and Frances LATHAM) was born in 1651; died about 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Martha HARDINGTON died in London, England. Children:
- Robert CARR was born on 4 Oct 1614 in London, England; died in 1681.
- 2. Gov Caleb CARR was born on 9 Dec 1616 in London, England; died on 17 Dec 1695 in Drowned.
- Richard CARR was born on 5 Jan 1621 in London, England; died on 17 May 1689 in Salisbury, Massachusetts.
- Andrew CARR was born on 5 Dec 1622 in London, England.
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| 6. | Capt. Jeremy CLARKE was christened on 1 Dec 1605 in East Farleigh, co. Kent (son of William CLERKE, Gent. and Mary WESTON); was buried in Jan 1651/2 in Newport, Rhode Island . Notes:
Name:
Emigrated about 1637, resided Newport, Rhode Island, freeman 16 Mar 1640/1, treasurer of Rhode Island.
Jeremy married Frances LATHAM about 1637 in England. Frances was christened on 15 Feb 1609/10 in Kempston, co. Beds; died in Sep 1677 in Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 7. | Frances LATHAM was christened on 15 Feb 1609/10 in Kempston, co. Beds; died in Sep 1677 in Newport, Rhode Island. Other Events and Attributes:
- Fact: Daughter of Lewis Latham, Gent.
Children:
- Gov. Walter CLARKE was born about 1638 in Newport, Rhode Island; died on 23 May 1714.
- Mary CLARKE was born about 1641; died on 7 Apr 1711 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island.
- Jeremiah CLARKE was born in 1643; died on 16 Jan 1728/9.
- Latham CLARKE was born in 1645; died on 1 Aug 1719.
- Weston CLARKE was born on 5 Apr 1648 in Newport, Rhode Island; died after 1728.
- Rev. James CLARKE was born in 1649 in Rhode Island; died on 1 Dec 1736.
- 3. Sarah CLARKE was born in 1651; died about 1706.
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