Gov Caleb CARR

1616 - 1695  (79 years)

• Name	Caleb CARR  [1, 2]
  	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." [1]
  Prefix	Gov
  Birth	9 Dec 1616	London, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Governor of Rhode Island   [2]
  Death	17 Dec 1695	Drowned   [1]
  Person ID	I89898	Main Tree
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Benjamin CARR,   b. 18 Aug 1592, London, England d. London, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Martha HARDINGTON   d. London, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	2 Sep 1613	London, England   [1]
  Family ID	F4158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mercy VAUGHAN,   b. Abt 1630   d. 21 Sep 1675 (Age 45 years)
  Children	1. Nicholas CARR,   b. 22 Oct 1654, Newport, Rhode Island d. 17 Feb 1709 (Age 54 years)  [Birth]   2. Mercy CARR,   b. 6 Apr 1656   d. young  [Birth] + 3. Caleb CARR,   b. 23 Aug 1657, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island d. 10 Oct 1700, Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Iasland (Age 43 years)  [Birth]   4. Samuel CARR,   b. 15 Dec 1659, Newport, Rhode Island d. 1694 (Age 34 years)  [Birth]   5. Mary CARR,   b. 1 Jan 1661, Newport, Rhode Island d. 1717 (Age 55 years)  [Birth]   6. John CARR,   b. Abt 1664, Newport, Rhode Island d. 1714 (Age 50 years)  [Birth] + 7. Edward CARR,   b. Abt 1666, Newport, Rhode Island d. 14 Oct 1711 (Age 45 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F4067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah CLARKE,   b. 1651   d. Abt 1706 (Age 55 years)
  Children	1. Francis CARR,   b. Abt 1678, Newport, Rhode Island d. 1717 (Age 39 years)  [Birth]   2. James CARR,   b. Abt 1680, Newport, Rhode Island  [Birth]   3. Sarah CARR,   b. 1682, Newport, Rhode Island  [Birth]   4. Elizabeth CARR,   b. Abt 1684  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Fact - - Governor of Rhode Island Death - 17 Dec 1695 - drowned  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10824] Edson I. Carr, The Carr Family Records. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).