William CARR

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They came to America in the fall of 1621, in the ship Fortune, Capt. Roger Williams, with thirty-five passengers on board. They landed at Plymouth, Nov. 7, 1621. They stayed the following winter in Plymouth, and on June 1, 1622, they started in a south-westerly direction through the trackless wilderness with an Indian for a guide, and after a journey on foot of forty-eight days, they located a home, July 18, 1622, where the town of Bristol, R.I., was afterward built. The town was laid out and named in 1636, by Roger Williams.

There is an old bible which has come down to the present generation in the line of William Carr, which is a rare old treasure. It was printed in London in 1585. On the first blank page of this ancient book, is written in a woman's hand the following valuable record:

"My maiden name was Susan Rothechild. I was born in Devonshire, Eng., in the year of our Lord, A.D. 598, April 30. I married William Carr, of London, May 16, 1619. He was born in 1597, June 17. Husband says he had a brother George Carr, who went to America in 1620. My husband as a brother Benjamin Carr, he was born Aug. 18, 1592. I am acquainted with him and his family. He as four sons, Robert Carr, born Oct. 4, 1614; Caleb Carr, born Dec. 9, 1616; Richard Carr, born Jan. 5, 1621; Andrew Carr, born Dec. 5, 1622. My son George Carr was born March 12, 1620. My husband had a brother James Carr. He ran away to sea when a boy and we never heard from him."

William married Susan ROTHCHILD on 16 May 1619 in London, England. Susan was born on 30 Apr 1508 in Devonshire, England; died on 3 May 1671 in Bristol, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Mariam GOLDTHWAIT on 8 Jun 1645 in Bristol, Newport, Rhode Island. Mariam was born on 14 May 1622 in Deering, England; died on 5 Apr 1695 in Bristol, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]