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Landon Carter

Male 1710 - 1778  (68 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Landon Carter was born 1710, Lancaster County, Virginia Colony (son of Robert 'King' Carter and Elizabeth 'Betty' Landon); died 1778, Lancaster County, Virginia; was buried , Lower Lunenburg Parish Church Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia.

    Landon married Maria Horsmanden Byrd 22 Sep 1742. Maria (daughter of William Byrd, II and Maria Taylor) was born 6 Jan 1727, Westover, Charles City County, Virginia; died 29 Nov 1745, Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia; was buried , Lower Lunenburg Parish Church Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert 'King' CarterRobert 'King' Carter was born 1663, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony (son of Colonel John of Corotoman Carter, Jr. and Sarah Ludlow); died 4 Aug 1732, Shirley Plantation, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony; was buried , Chirst Church Cemetery Lancaster County, Virginia.

    Robert married Elizabeth 'Betty' Landon. Elizabeth was born 1683, Herefordshire, England; died 3 Jul 1719, Lancaster County, Virginia Colony; was buried , Christ Church Cemetery Weems, Lancaster County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth 'Betty' Landon was born 1683, Herefordshire, England; died 3 Jul 1719, Lancaster County, Virginia Colony; was buried , Christ Church Cemetery Weems, Lancaster County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Married:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Carter_I
    Descendants

    Carter had five children with his first wife, Judith Armistead:[5]

    Sarah Carter (born ~1690)[2][5]
    Elizabeth Carter (~1692-1734) married Nathaniel Burwell.[2][5]
    Judith Carter (born ~1694) died in infancy before her mother and buried near her at Christ Church[2][5]
    Judith Carter (1695?1750) married Mann Page.[2][5]
    John Carter (1696?1742) married Elizabeth Hill of Shirley Plantation[2][2][5][6]

    Carter had ten children with his second wife, Betty Landon:

    Anne Carter (1702?1743) married Benjamin Harrison IV;[2] (parents of Benjamin Harrison V and grandparents of President William Henry Harrison).[2]
    Robert Carter II (1704?1734) married Priscilla Churchill.[2]
    Sarah Carter (~1705?1705)[2]
    Betty Carter (~1705?1706)[2]
    Charles Carter (1707?1764) married Anne Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II.[2][7]
    Ludlow Carter (born ~1709)[2]
    Landon Carter (1710?1778) married Maria Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II.[2]
    Mary Carter (1712?1736) married George Braxton; (parents of Carter Braxton).[2]
    Lucy Carter (1715?1763) married Henry Fitzhugh[2]
    George Carter (1718?1742)[2]

    Children:
    1. Sarah Anne Carter was born 1702, Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia colony; died 12 Aug 1745, Charles City, Virginia; was buried , Berkeley Plantation Graveyard Charles City, Virginia.
    2. 1. Landon Carter was born 1710, Lancaster County, Virginia Colony; died 1778, Lancaster County, Virginia; was buried , Lower Lunenburg Parish Church Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia.
    3. Living
    4. Lucy Carter was born 1715, King George County, Virginia; died 1763, Lancaster County, Virginia; was buried , Eagles Nest Cemetery King George County, Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Colonel John of Corotoman Carter, Jr.Colonel John of Corotoman Carter, Jr. was born 5 Nov 1613, Christ Church Parish, Newgate St., London England; died 10 Jun 1669, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony; was buried , Chancel 1st Christ Church, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony.

    Notes:

    http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol1-19.htm#bottom
    [Page 204]Carter, Charles, of "Corotoman" and "Shirley," born 1732, the son of John and Elizabeth Hill Carter; was burgess from Lancaster county in 1758-1761, 1761-1765, October, 1765, 1766-1768, May, 1769, 1769-1771, 1772-1774, 1775-1776; member of the conventions of 1775, and of the first state council, 1776. he married (first) Mary W., daughter of Col. Charles Carter of "Cleve," (second) Ann Butler, daughter of Bernard Moore, of "Chelsea," King William county. He died in 1860.

    [Pages 204-205]
    Carter, Edward, of "Blenheim," Albemarle county, son of John Carter, of "Corotoman" and "Shirley", was born about 1726, and was a burgess from 1765 to 1769. He married Sarah Champe, daughter of John and Anne (Carter) Champe, of King Georgey.

    John Carter built the original Christ Church; he cam to Virginia in 1635 at age 22 on the ship Safety (said to have come with his brother, Thomas Carter); he first settled in upper Norfolk Co., which later became Nansemond Co.; he returned to England on business several times, served in the House of Burgesses for Upper Norfolk Co. 1642-3 and for Nansemond Co. 1649....He patented 6, 153.9 Ac in Lancaster Co. and established Corotoman Plantation on the Rappahannock River between Carter's Creek and Corotoman River. He was a Justice of Lancaster Co., 1653-9. He married 1st c 1647 Jane Glyn; d.ca 1652; d/o Morgan Glyn of Middlesex, England; m/2 ca. 1655 Eleanor Eltonhead, d. ca 1656; d/o William Eltonhead and Widow of Capt. William Brocas, who d. by 11 Jun 1655 when his inv was rec. in Lancaster Co. m/3 ca 1657 distant cousine Anne Carter, d/o Cleave Carter of England; m/4 ca 1663 Sarah Ludlow, b England d ca 1668, d/o Gabriel Ludlow; m./5 ca 1668 Elizabeth Sherley, widow of ?, Glouchester Co., Children; George, Elizabeth, John Jr., Sarah, Robert and Charles.

    Name:
    Robert 'King' Carter's Line

    John married Sarah Ludlow 1662, Corotoman, Lancaster Co., Virginia. Sarah was born 1635, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England; died 1668, Weems, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Ludlow was born 1635, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England; died 1668, Weems, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony.

    Notes:

    Name:
    d/o Gabriel Ludlowe

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert 'King' Carter was born 1663, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony; died 4 Aug 1732, Shirley Plantation, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony; was buried , Chirst Church Cemetery Lancaster County, Virginia.