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John 'Secretary' of Crotoman Carter

John 'Secretary' of Crotoman Carter[1]

Male 1690 - 1742  (52 years)

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  • Name John 'Secretary' of Crotoman Carter 
    Born 1690  Corotoman, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1742  Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5469  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2020 

    Father Robert 'King' Carter,   b. 1663, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1732, Shirley Plantation, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Judith Armistead,   b. 1665, Corotoman, Henrico Co., Va Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1699, Corotoman, Henrico Co., Va Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Family ID F7130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Cooke 'Cecily' Hill,   b. 1708, Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1773, Shirley, Charles City Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Hill Carter,   b. 13 Oct 1731, Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1760, Westover, Charles City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
    +2. Charles of Shirley Carter,   b. 1 Jan 1732, Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1806, Charles City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 24 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F2036  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    John 'Secretary' Carter
    John 'Secretary' Carter
    p5469JohnSecretaryCarter.jpg
    Shirley Plantation-Charles City, Virginia
    Shirley Plantation-Charles City, Virginia
    shirley.JPG

    Histories
    The Armistead Family 1635-1910
    The Armistead Family 1635-1910
    armisteadfamily100ingarb.pdf
    Carter Family
    Carter Family
    The Times Dispatch
    May 1, 1904
    John Carter-Runaway Slave
    John Carter-Runaway Slave
    Virginia Gazette
    Nov 30, 1739
    Robert 'King' Carter History
    Robert "King" Carter History
    The Free Lance
    Dec 20, 1917

  • Notes 
    • Here you'll find my [Michael Braxton] CARTER and BRAXTON family
      from earliest to Present:
      Parent to Child...

      ODO LE LECARETIER 1259-1320
      ROGER LE CARTER 1222-1278
      PHILIP LE LE CARTER 1259-1320
      JOHANNIS LE CARTER 1st 1280-1330
      JOHANNIS LE CARTER 2nd 1316-1393
      JOHANNIS LE CARTER 3rd 1340-1393
      RICHARD LE LE CARTER 1362-1440
      JOHN DE DE CARTER 14001469
      WILLIAM CARTER 1426-unknown
      JOHN OF WATFORD CARTER 1450-1500
      WILLIAM CARTER 1474-1521
      RICHARD CROXTON CARTER 1490-1558
      THOMAS CARTER 1st 1525-1571
      JOHN CARTER 1574-1630
      COL. JOHN CARTER SR. 1613-1669
      ROBERT "KING" CARTER 1663-1732
      *MARY CARTER 1712-1736 married...
      *CARTER BRAXTON 1st 1677-1748 his son...
      CARTER BRAXTON 2nd 1765-1809 his son...
      ?CARTER MOORE BRAXTON 3rd 1789-1855 and
      ?ANN BRAXTON 1801-1881 had a son,my 4th grt gd.NELSON BRAXTON 1820-1870/POLLY had...
      HENRY BRAXTON 1845/MARTHA had...
      ARCHER MCRAE BRAXTON 1868/ELLA had...
      FLOYD BRAXTON 1st 1901/CORA had...
      FLOYD A. BRAXTON 2nd 1934/FRANCES had...
      MICHAEL A. BRAXTON (me)1970-PRESENT.

      CARTER BRAXTON 1st. Signer of Declaration of Independence Parents are...
      GEORGE BRAXTON 2nd 1705-1749 father.
      GEORGE BRAXTON 1st 1677-1748 grd.father

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=43207288.
      John Carter
      Parents:
      Robert King Carter (1663 - 1732)
      Judith Armistead Carter (1665 - 1699)
      Spouse:
      Elizabeth Hill Cocke
      Children:
      Elizabeth Hill Carter Byrd (1731 - 1760)
      Charles Carter (1732 - 1806)
      Married 3 Nov 1723 to Elizabeth Hill when the Shirley mansion construction was began as a gift from King Carter and was finished in 1738.
      John Carter died 31 July 1742.
      Elizabeth remarried to Browler Cocke and the plantation was inherited by Charles Carter, son of John and Elizabeth Carter at the time of Elizabeth's death in 1773.

    2. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hill-1855.
      Elizabeth Carter formerly Hill
      Born about 1703 in Shirley, Charles City Co, Virginia
      Ancestors
      Daughter of Edward Hill III and Elizabeth Williams
      Sister of Edward Hill IV [half]
      Wife of John Carter ? married 3 Oct 1723 in Shirley, Charles City Co, Va
      Descendants
      Mother of John Carter, William Champe Carter, Hill Carter, George Carter, Elizabeth Hill Carter, Charles Hill Carter, Edward Hill Carter, Robert Carter, William Byrd Carter, Mary Carter, Charles Carter, Jane Carter, Anne Carter, Mary (Carter) Lane and Edward Carter Sr.
      Died about Jun 1771 in Corotoman, Lancaster, Virginia
      Sources

      ? Armstrong & French, pp. 59-63
      ? Find A Grave

      Zella Armstrong & Janie Preston Collup French, Notable Southern Families, Volume 2.
      The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company. Husband, Child, Ancestors: page 293, 294
      Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) rations, Inc. TID 0 Footnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) ShortFootnote Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Bibliography Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
      Ancestry.com, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) rations, Inc. TID 0 Footnote Ancestry.com, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.)