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Judith Armistead m. 1688 VA b. Feb 23, 1665 Hesse, Gloucester Co. VA d. Feb 23, 1699 ?Lancaster Co. VA |
Elizabeth b. 1688? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. Dec 30, 1734 York Co. VA |
Sarah b. 1690? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. 1694 (young) Lancaster Co. VA |
Judith b. 1693? Lancaster Co. VA d. infancy Lancaster Co. VA |
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Judith b. 1695? Lancaster Co. VA d. 1750? Rosewell, Gloucester Co. VA |
John Armistead b. Dec 25, 1696? Lancaster Co. VA d. Jul 31, 1742 ?Shirley Planation, Charles City Co. VA |
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Elizabeth "Betty" Landon Willis (widow) m. 1701 VA b. before May 17, 1683? Credenhill, Hertfordshire England d. Jul 3, 1719 Williamsburg, James City Co. VA |
Anne b. 1702? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. Aug 12, 1743 Charles City Co. VA |
daughter b. 1705? Lancaster Co. VA d. young Lancaster Co. VA |
Robert Jr. b. Jan 30, 1706 ?Lancaster Co. VA d. May 12, 1734 Westmoreland Co. VA |
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Charles b. Nov 1, 1707 Lancaster Co. VA d. Oct 30, 1764 Cleve Plantation, King George Co. VA |
Ludlow b. 1708? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. 1708? Lancaster Co. VA |
Landon b. Aug 18, 1710 ?Lancaster Co. VA d. Dec 22, 1778 Sabine Hall, Richmond Co. VA |
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Mary b. 1712? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. Sep 17, 1736 Fairfax Co. VA |
daughter b. 1714? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. infancy |
Lucy b. 1715? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. Feb 10, 1763 Eagle's Nest, Stafford Co. VA |
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George b. 1718? ?Lancaster Co. VA d. 1742? London England |
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Robert's father, John Carter Sr. (1613?-by 1670) emigrated from England to VA
in 1635, settling in Upper Norfolk Co. VA by 1649 [wikipedia, website]. |
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Lancaster Co. VA
(see present day map
for location) was formed from York Co. (See
present day map)
and Northumberland Co. in 1651. |
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In the 1670's, Robert lived in England. returning to his birthplace, Corotoman
Plantation, to live with his half-brother, John Carter Jr. who was married to
Elizabeth Travers Carter. When John Jr. died in 1790, Robert inherited his
land and some land from a younger half-brother. |
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In 1710, a John Holloway "leased [from the Crown] for a term of 500 years a
tract of 2,660 acres in the section which became Drysdale Parish across the
Rappahannock-Mattapony watershed from the headwaters of Peumandsend [Creek]".
This was likely the John born 1670 and died after 1720, who was the son of
George Holloway II (1638-1688).
Then Holloway sold the lease to Robert "King" Carter "of Lancaster for seven
pounds sterling and six Negroes". Carter never lived on the property but
"he and his heirs maintained a plantation there for many years with an
overseer in charge" [Campbell, p. 318]. |
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The wife of William Holloway (1730-1792?)
was possibly a Mary Carter who may have been a close descendant of
Robert "King" Carter, who was a Caroline Co. VA landowner, and before the county
was created, a council president and acting Governor of Virginia in 1726 and 1727
when Gov. Hugh Drysdale went to England. Carter died 1732, when his heirs were
listed as the absentee owners (planters) in Caroline Co. with John Adams as
the "overseer". Robert's heirs continued to own land there in 1743 with Henry Bell
overseeing [Campbell, pp. 380-381]. |
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Daughter Judith married Mann Page (1691-1730?) of Rosewell in Gloucester Co. VA. |
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About 1722, daughter Anne married Hon. Benjamin Harrison IV (1694-1745).
After 1744, daughter Lucy married her second husband, Nathaniel Harrison,
Esq. of Stafford Co. VA. |
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A Portrait
of Robert "King" Carter at the Shirley Plantation before 1726. |
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On Jan 16, 1732 consent was given by son
John A. Carter for Robert's daughter Mary to
marry George Braxton Jr. They had a son Carter (Sep 10, 1736-1797) who was a
signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mary Braxton had two other children
but died from childbirth [geni.com, website]. |
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A drawing of the
The Corotoman
Plantation House [Collins, R.E.]. Robert started building it
in 1720 and lived there until it burned in 1729, but Carter family members
lived at the Plantation until 1862. The site was being
excavated in 1978 by a state government agency. |
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Son John married Elizabeth Cooke Hill of Charles City Co. VA on Oct 3, 1723. She
was born on Shirley Plantation in Charles City Co. VA.
John eventually inherited Shirley Plantation, where John and Elizabeth lived
until 1732 when his father died leaving Corotoman Plantation to him [geni.com,
website]. |
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Son Robert married a slave named Mary (1703?-1792?) and possibly had three
children, including William "Billy" Burke Carter (1725?-1794). He
then married Priscilla Churchill (1705-1757) and had at lease two children,
including Robert Carter III (1728-1804) who died in Baltimore MD
[Burke, Henry Robert, Robert Carter III (1728-1804) ...,
henryburke1010.tripod.com, website]. |
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Robert's father was buried at Christ Church which he helped build at Corotoman
in Lancaster Co. VA. and finished just after his death in 1670. Robert had built
the brick church building completed in 1735
Christ Church
Historic Marker. |
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As late as 1757, the heirs of Robert "King" Carter owned land in Caroline Co.
but still had "never resided on their Caroline plantation". That year the
sole schoolhouse in St. Mary's Parish was mentioned as being on the Carter
land "on Peumendsend [creek] between Port Royal and the Bowling Green" and
was apparently "a free school for the children of the overseer and other
freeholders nearby" [Campbell, pp. 318, 442]. Son George probably would have
just started his schooling by this date. |
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St Mary's Parish bordered the Rappahannock River to its north and Drysdale
Parish to its south. See
Map of
Caroline Co. drawn in 1751 showing what were previously St. Mary, Drysdale
and St. Margaret parishes [Louisa Co. VA Genealogy, website].
The only church in St. Mary by 1760 was the Mount Church on the Rappahannock
north of Port Royal [Campbell, p. 430]. |
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Son George died in 1742, unmarried [geni.com, website]. |
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Sources: Burke, Henry Robert, Robert Carter III (1728-1804), Emancipator of the Burke Family", henryburke1010.tripod.com, website. Campbell, T.E., Colonial Caroline, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, The Dietz Press, Richmond VA, 3rd ed., 1989, pp. 53-54, 305, 318, 380-1, 430, 442, 473. Caroline Co. Deed Book, Part II, p.135. Collins, R. E., drawing, "Robert Carter I", wikitree.com, website. Find-a-grave, memorial of Edward M. Holloway [grandson], #57472710, identifying immigrant ancestors, unknown contributors. Holloway, Dr. Robert, Rochester NY, emails Jan 2026, re: shared DNA ancestor. Louisa Co. VA Genealogy, "Caroline Co. Creeks and Rivers", map drawn 1751 by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, website. Olson, Marie K., compiler, "William Holloway", Charleston SC, Apr 9, 1988; ref to Prince George Co., Virginia Deeds 1713-28, page 292. Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR), "Corotoman", # 051-0034, upd. Jun 30, 2025. "Virginia Troops in French and Indian Wars", Virginia Hist. Mag., v.1, 1894, p. 389. |
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