Susannah CARR

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• Fact: Daughter of Esek Carr

Susannah married Thomas WILBOR on 18 Dec 1737. Thomas (son of Joseph WILBORE and Ann BROWNELL) was born on 14 Jan 1693 in Compton, Rhode Island; died in Sep 1783 in Little Compton, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas WILBOR was born on 20 Sep 1738; died in Dec 1791.
2. Job WILBOR was born on 2 Apr 1740; died in Mar 1785.

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]