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Mary Susannah Baynes[1]

Female Est 1685 - 1726  (~ 41 years)


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  • Name Mary Susannah Baynes 
    Born Est 1685  Goochland County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 Feb 1726  Goochland County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I67750  My Reynolds Line | Thomas Carter of Goochland
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2022 

    Family 1 Robert Carter,   b. 10 Nov 1695, Charles Parish, York County, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 1759, Cumberland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Children 
    +1. John of Cartersville Carter,   b. 1725, Cumberland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1773, Buckingham County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    +2. Thomas 'of Mecklenburg' Carter,   b. Est 1720, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1796, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
     3. Robert the Elder Carter,   b. 1715, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1786, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +4. Charles 'of Goochland' Carter,   b. 19 Apr 1752, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1777, Goochland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2018 
    Family ID F518495096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thomas of Goochland Carter, Sr.,   b. Abt 1668, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1738, Goochland Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Stephen of Henry Co. Carter,   b. Est 1728, Goochland, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1807, Henry County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)
     2. Joseph s/o Thomas Sr. Carter,   b. Est 1726, Goochland Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1786, Buckingham Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2019 
    Family ID F6820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Carter Family in Virginia & Georgia by Larry C. Knowles
    Carter Family in Virginia & Georgia by Larry C. Knowles
    Carter Family in Virginia & Georgia by Larry C. Knowles.pdf

    Histories
    History of Thomas Carter of Goochland
    History of Thomas Carter of Goochland
    14103Thomas Carter c 1680.pdf
    Memoir of Thomas Carter by Unknown Author
    Memoir of Thomas Carter by Unknown Author
    ThosCarterDocs.pdf

  • Notes 
    • Have discovered Thomas in the DAR Patriot Index, b. 19 June
      1753, d. 9 Feb 1825. Marriage Record in Early Virginia
      Marriages by Southern Book Co., 1953, lists marriage as 21
      Nov 1771. A Family Bible of Thomas' son, John W. Carter,
      gives Thomas' parents as Thomas Carter and Mary Kilpatrick.
      Their marriage is in the Douglas Register, page 14,
      indicating that the marriage was recorded on pages 21-26 of
      the Parish Register of Goochland begun ANNO 1756 by William
      Douglas, Minister. (Fay Parrish Wade of the Carter Society
      of Virginia has a transcription of this bible).

      Thomas Carter was born 19 June 1753 VA and he died 9 Feb
      1825 VA. He married Elizabeth Doggett 21 Nov 1771. Looking
      for ancestors of both Thomas & Elizabeth. Thomas served in
      the Revolutionary War.

      Holly Carter Dunlap of Georgia:
      This Thomas Carter is not "my" Thomas Carter of Mecklenburg
      County, Virginia but a lot people have confused this Thomas Carter with "my" Thomas Carter so I'm posting this database of the Kilpatrick family and this Thomas Carter in the hopes it will bring some clarification. I don't know if the Thomas Carter & Miss Kilpatrick (daughter of Alexander Kilpatrick) are the same couple as the Thomas Carter & Mary
      Killypatrick who married in Goochland County, Virginia in
      1751 or not. More research needs to be done here.

      1. In 1720 Thomas Carter purchased [Henrico COB
      719-1724/242] 100a in Henrico County, Virginia on the north side of the James River at the east end of the Licking hole survey of John Woodson. Another 200a was deeded at the same time to Robert Carter , Charles Huddlesey and John Webb. These transactions are recorded in Henrico County COB 1719-1724 by the Feb Court of 1722. All of the participants in these transactions must have been born prior to 1700.

      2. On 17 Aug 1725 at the cost of 35 shillings, a patent
      [VPB 12/301] was issued for 327a to Robert Carter in
      Henrico County on the south side of the James River
      adjacent to Robert Hughes including 1 mile of river front
      that encompasses the present day town of Cartersville. The
      Carter tract joined the Hughes track at a corner ash on the
      river that was described in the Hughes patent as being near
      Huddlecey's fence. Although this Robert Carter was
      involved in several other land transactions, he remained on
      this parcel until his death in 1759 when this parcel of
      land was devised to his son Charles.

      3. On 2 Nov 1726 Thomas Carter signed a will that recited:
      To eldest son Robert , 1 yearling cow
      To 2nd son Thomas , 1 yearling cow
      To son John , 1 shilling
      To son Edward, 1 shilling
      To daughter ElIzabeth Carter, 1 shlillng
      To son Joseph, all land I live on, 100 acres, but if
      he dies without Issue, then to my son Edward.
      Personal estate to wife Penele, and she to be
      executrix.
      The will was signed with a full signature and was
      witnessed by: Thomas Edwards, William Pledge, Dorothy (0)
      Pledge.

      4. On 18 Nov 1729 Robert Carter of St James Parish,
      Goochland Co, deeded [DB 1/144] to Susannah Hulsey, widow,
      of same Parish, for ?30 , 100 acres of land on north side
      of James River between land of Henry Atkinson and John
      Webb, with all houses, etc, being land where Charles Hulsey
      did formerly dwell. Mary wife of Carter relinquished her
      dower right [OB 1/177]. The deed was signed with a mark ?
      and witnessed by: John Webb and Joseph Ashlin. In a deed
      recorded on the same day Susannah conveyed this land
      together with another 100a to son Charles Hulsey. She
      signed this deed with a mark.

      Thomas Carter Jr.'s Last Will and Testament was written 14
      February 1760 and was recorded in Goochland County on 19
      April 1763. If his sons were named in chronological order,
      his oldest would have been Thomas [III], then John, then
      Josiah, then Baynes. In his Will, Thomas Carter refers to
      his ?Youngest sons, that is to say John Carter, Josiar
      [sic] Carter, and Baynes Carter.? He also refers to his
      wife Mary Carter. Mary may have been Mary Kilpatrick based
      on the 1751 marriage recorded in the Douglas Register for
      Thomas Carter to Mary Kilpatrick.
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      Rebecca R. Dyer, Descendant of Baynes:
      ?In the name of God Amen, February 14th, 1760:
      ?To my Dear beloved son Baynes Carter the land I now live
      on containing 225 acres with my house and plantation also
      one middle sized Rone mare with a white spot in her face. .
      .she and her increase forever also one new man's saddle and
      bridle.?

      Beginning in the early 1770's, there was a migration of
      families from the Goochland County and surrounding area to
      southwest Virginia. Descendants of these families (Carter,
      Atkins(on), Dillon, Callaway, Tatum, Anthony, Bowman,
      Stoval, and others) can still be found in the beautiful and
      remote hills of Patrick and Henry Counties today. Baynes
      Carter and his brothers Josiah and John, third generation
      Carters, were among the early settlers who made their way
      south and west for better opportunities and more productive
      land.

      A 1773 Goochland County deed shows Baynes Carter and his
      widowed mother Mary, now of Pittsylvania County, selling
      their home place to Samuel Coleman Morris. Beginning a year
      or so prior to the sale of the Goochland County home place,
      Baynes, Josiah and John had begun to leave records in
      Pittsylvania, Bedford and Henry Counties.

      In August of 1774, records show that Baynes Carter, about
      age 18 or 19, received pay for 82 days service under Captain
      Abraham Penn in the conflict between the Colony of Virginia
      and the Native Americans of the Ohio Valley. This conflict,
      Dunmore's War, was named for the Royal Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, who organized a large militia to ultimately prevent the Delaware, Mingo, and Shawnee from settling or hunting south of the Ohio River. John Carter, an elder brother of Baynes, served in this conflict as well. Just three years later, Baynes Carter (age 22) and his
      brother Josiah, along with other citizens of Henry County,
      Virginia, were called upon to renounce their allegiance to
      Great Britain and swear their allegiance to the
      Commonwealth of Virginia. Their signatures appear on the on
      30 August 1777 list of Edmond Lyne, Esquire. This
      demonstrates that both men supported the impending
      Revolution and qualifies their descendants for membership
      in the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.
      Josiah is also recorded in the Virginia Publick Claims for
      Henry County as being reimbursed for provisions supporting
      the war:

      Monday, 06 May 1782: 5s-6 for 3 diets, 1 bu corn, 1 peck
      do. Furnished Hugh Armstrong on march to General Greene
      with county lead; 4s-6 for 150 bundles fodder furnished
      Jacob Gore quarter master Genl. 1st Regt, Light Dragoons;
      10s for 4 bu corn meal furnished a guard with British
      prisoners on march from the southward to Winchester; 12s
      for 3 bu rye for 4 teams on return from Charlotte in North
      Carolina to Peytonsburg by cert. from Wm. McCraw ADQM.

      Friday, 24 May 1782: 42s for a saddle impressed for
      hospital at Henry Courthouse & lost.

      Few records have surfaced on Baynes Carter but we know that
      he purchased ?sundries? at the estate sale of John Hail in
      Pittsylvania County (Inventory recorded 26 September 1774).
      He also served as a guard for his county in 1777: ?Henry
      County Levy is made to Baines [sic] Carter, guarding, same
      5 days.? On 21 July 1778, Henry County deeds show Josiah
      Carter conveying and selling to his brother Baynes 89 ?
      acres of land crossing Little Reedy Creek and Reed Creek to
      the mouth of said creek on Smith River. Over the next few
      years, several other Henry County land transactions are
      recorded concerning Baynes Carter. In 1780, Josiah Carter
      transferred some of his Reedy Creek property to his brother
      Baynes due to damages sustained by Baynes resulting from a
      grist mill operation. [This land is located near the
      present-day intersection of Route 220 and State Route 57
      between Bassett and Collinsville, Virginia. Josiah Carter?s
      grist mill was still standing there as of !
      1920.] About the time Josiah Carter transferred the Reedy
      Creek property to his brother Baynes, Josiah, along with a
      contingent of other Henry County, Virginia, families,
      migrated farther south to the state of Georgia.

      It's not until a land transaction on 24 June 1784 that we
      learn Baynes Carter has a wife: Baynes Carter and his wife
      Martha sell 221 acres of land on Reed Creek to George
      Hairston*. To date no marriage record or bond has been
      found and Martha's surname remains unknown, but other
      records conclude that Baynes and Martha had been married at
      least 10 years by this time. In 1788, just a few years
      after the sale of the 221 acres of land, Baynes Carter
      passed away, leaving a widow and a son Jesse, age 13.

  • Sources 
    1. [S109] Daniels Family Tree, http://danielsfamilytree.com/bio.php?id=31875&cs=brown&lang=english.
      Information concerning these Carter lines is taken from Daniels Family Tree and other researchers, and changes frequently as more information becomes available. Please use this info with great caution and check sources. - Mary Frances Eggleston