Mary Elizabeth Carter^{[1, 2, 3]}

Est 1721 - 1787  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Carter
  Born	Est 1721	Spotsylvania Co., Colonial Virginia
  	Or King and Queen Co., Colonial Virginia; DOB estimated from date of Father's Birth and Deed giving slaves to his daughter and her husband James Davis 1739; and date Slave given to Joseph Carter by James Stevens, 1727.
  Gender	Female
  Died	1787	Broadfield, Spotsylvania, Virginia
  Person ID	I12081	My Reynolds Line | The Eggleston Branch, Descendants of Thomas Carter of Barford
  Last Modified	27 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Hon. Joseph of Barford Carter,   b. 28 Nov 1690, Lancaster Co., Virginia ,   d. 19 Feb 1759, St. George Parish Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Colony  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Catherine 'Caty' Stevens,   b. Abt 1690, King and Queen Co. Colonial Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1719	King and Queen Co., Virginia
  Family ID	F5484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Davis,   b. Est 1719, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Colony ,   d. 1765, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Colony  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1738	Lancaster Co., Virginia
  Children	1. Private   2. James Carter of Spotsylvania Davis,   b. 5 Mar 1741, Spotsylvania Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. 1792, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia  (Age 50 years)   3. Benjamin Davis,   b. 10 Jan 1743, Spotsylvania Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. 1791, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia  (Age 47 years)   4. William Dale Davis,   b. 28 Aug 1750, Spotsylvania Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. Yes, date unknown, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia + 5. Thomas Hyatt to Kentucky Davis,   b. 30 Nov 1761, Spotsylvania Co., Colonial Virginia ,   d. 8 Nov 1839, Woodford County, Kentucky  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	14 May 2017
  Family ID	F5485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Spotsylvania Co., VA Deed 1739 Joseph Carter Gives his Daughter, Mary Elizabeth, and her husband James Davis, slaves, to him and his heirs or assigns forever. JosephCarterJamesDavisMaryECarter.jpg

  
  

  Histories

  Virginia County Records v1 virginia-county-records-v1.pdf

  
  

• Notes

  Ancestry reports James Conway Davis 1719-1771 with children, Elizabeth, William Dale Davis 1750-1825; and Thomas W. Davis 1761-1839. Mary Elizabeth Carter, d/o Joseph and Catherine Stevens Carter shows a death date of 1787 in Broadfield, Spotsylvania, Virginia Children attributed to Mary Elizabeth Carter and James Davis are: (Bible Records) John Fielding Davis removed to Mecklenburg in 1766. b 1/1/1741 James Carter Davis b. 3/5/1741, d. 1792 Spotsylvania Co., VA Benjamin Davis b. 10 Jan 1743, d. 1791 in Spotsylvania Elizabeth, b 22 Feb 1745 Snead, b. 16 May 1749, died prior to 1765. William Dale, b. 28 Aug 1750. Mary, b. 24 May 1753, d. unmarried aft 1792. Felix, b 27 Apr 1755, d. prior to 1765 Charles b. 22 Oct 1758, living 1794. Thomas Wyatt b. 30 Nov 1761, d 8 Nov 1839 Portraits of James and Mary Davis were reproduced in the July, 1909, Quarterly. Mary Elizabeth Davis (nee Carter) was married Christmas in 1738 to James Davis. Her Brother Thomas, was killed by accidental discharge of a gun at the wedding celebration.

  
  

• Sources

  [S73] Deeds, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Joseph Carter to his Daughter and Son-in-law. [S59] Bible Record. Hon. Joseph Carter was High Sheriff in Lancaster Co., Virginia His Children with Catherine Stevens are shown on an Ancestry Link as Robert Carter 1735-1791; Catherine 'Caty' Carter, 1733-1750; Joseph Carter, 1733-1750; Elizabeth Carter 1731-1750; George Carter 1728-1771; John Carter 1725-1793; Edward Dale Carter 1723-1750; Mary Elizabeth Carter, 1721-1787 m. James Davis; Thomas Williamson 1720-1751; NOTE THE DEATHS OF THESE CHILDREN ARE NOT RECORDED IN THE BIBLE, THE BIRTHS ARE RECORDED; THE MARRIAGE OF CATHERINE STEVENS IN NOT SHOWN BUT THE BIRTHS OF HER CHILDREN ARE. THE FIRST MARRIAGE OF JOSEPH TO ANN PINES DEC 23 1713 IS RECORDED, BUT NO CHILDREN OF THAT MARRIAGE ARE RECORDED IN THE BIBLE RECORD. Further research as to the accuracy of the DOD of these children is necessary. [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=bigjAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA239&lpg=PA239&dq=rawley+williamson+carter&source=bl&ots=UJeD84iqTA&sig=eteRGcFl9_4_jFbH0VQQR_nPkIc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCloLZpLvMAhVDGx4KHbQVBpIQ6AEIQjAJ#v=onepage&q=rawley%20williamson%20carter&f=false. Mary Elizabeth Carter (Joseph, Thomas2, Thomas1) born 2 Dec 1721 married James Davis of Broadfield, Spottsylvania County, 25 Dec 1738. James Davis, b. 3 Nov 1719, was the 2nd son of Thomas Davis and Susannah Wyatt (?) Davis, of Stafford), and his wife Sarah Fielding (b. 12 May 1695, daughter of Edward and Hannah Fielding, or Northumberland County.) Since the publication of my Fielding and Davis notes in the Virginia Magazine, Vols. XI and XII, I have gathered a great deal more data from county parrish, and family records, and other sources, so will include herewith a connected sketch of the Fieldings. In my former notes, I omitted one entire generation, and made some incorrect deductions. James Davis owned a plantation of 600 acres of land on "Plentiful Run", Spotsylvania County, which he called 'Broadfield'. In 1740 he built a story and a half brick house with dormer windows and great inside chimneys. This house was burned in Oct 1789, mentioned in a letter written shortly afterward to Thomas Davis by his Sister, Polly, but a quaint old pen and ink drawing made in 1788 by James Davis' son, Thomas, who removed to Kentucky later that year. Thomas, the younger son of James and Mary Davis, taught school after he settled in Kentucky, and his advertisement in the Kentucky Gazette of 31 May 1788 states that he was qualified to teach 'Reading, writing and Arithmetic, surveying and navigation, geography or the use of the globes, etc... He made his will 16 Feb 1765, probated 1 Oct 1765.