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Giles2 'of Henrico' Carter, Jr.

Giles2 'of Henrico' Carter, Jr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male Abt 1681 - 1745  (~ 64 years)

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  • Name Giles2 'of Henrico' Carter 
    • Giles, 2nd generation
      R1a - 02
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born Abt 1681  Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Nov 1745  King George Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    • It is said that Giles 2 died in PG County; however his will is found in Halifax County, Virginia Names 3 sons.
    Person ID I13944  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2023 

    Father Giles1 Carter,   b. 24 Apr 1635, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1700/01, Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Hannah Crew/Crews/Crewes,   b. Est 1655, Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1702, Varina, Henrico, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Notes 
    • HENRICO COUNTY DEEDS 1677-1705 There is due to Giles Carter, 800 acres for inportation of these persons: ......John Green......1 Jun 1687.

    Family ID F4370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Reeds,   b. Abt 1686, Henrico, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1745, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Married 1702  Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1 Samuel Reeds 1645 - 1698 b: 1645 in Northumberland Co./Westmoreland 1666, Virginia d: 10/07/1698 in Stafford/Westmoreland Co., Virginia
      .. +Mary (?) Reeds, widow Smith 1650 - 1698 b: 1650 in Northumberland Co., Virginia d: Bef. 1698 in Westmoreland Co., Va.
      ..... 2 John Reeds 1671 - 1723 b: Aft. 1671 in Westmoreland, Washington Parish, Va. d: 1723 in Westmoreland, Washington Parish, Va.
      ......... +Jane Claytor 1670 - 1723 b: Abt. 1670 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d: Aft. 1723
      ............ 3 Claytor Reeds 1715 - b: Bef. 1715
      ............ 3 John Reeds 1715 - b: Bef. 1715
      ............ 3 Mary Reeds 1715-1745 b:Bef. 1715 d: Aft. 1745
      ................ +Giles Carter II 1684 - 1745 b: Abt. 1684 d: 1745 in King George Co., Va.
      ............ 3 Thomas Reeds 1715 - 1723 b: Bef. 1715 d: Aft. 1723
      ............ 3 William Reeds 1715 - b: Bef. 1715
      ..... 2 Elizabeth Reeds 1671 - b: Bet. 1671 - 1695 in Westmoreland, Washington Parish, Va.
      ..... 2 [1] Margaret Reeds 1675 - 1743 b: 1675 in Westmoreland/King George Co., Virginia d: Bef. 03/13/1743 in King George Co., Va.
      ......... +John Piper III 1669 - 1698 b: Abt. 1669 in Westmoreland Co., Va. d: Bef. 06/29/1698 in Westmoreland/King George Co., Va.
      ............ 3 David Piper 1691 - b: Bet. 1691 - 1698
      ............ 3 John Piper IV 1695 - 1759 b: 1695 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d: Bef. 09/25/1759 in Westmoreland Co., Va.
      ................ +Mary Marshall 1697 - 1759 b: Abt. 1697 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d: Bef. 1759 in Westmoreland Co., Va.
      ..... *2nd Husband of [1] Margaret Reeds:
      ......... +Thomas Harper 1665 - 1733 b: 06/23/1665 in prob Old Rappahannock Co., Va. d: 10/02/1733 in King George Co., Virginia
      ............ 3 [2] Mildred Harper 1708 - 1797 b: 1708 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d: 1797 in Fauquier Co., Virginia
      ................ +William Thompson 1698 - 1758 b: Abt. 1698 d: Bef. 1758 in Prince William Co., Virginia
      ............ *2nd Husband of [2] Mildred Harper:
      ................ +Brooks Jones 1698 - b: Abt. 1698
      ............ 3 Samuel Harper 1710 - b: Abt. 1710 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d: in King George Co., Virginia
      ............ 3 Daniel Harper 1714 - 1744 b: 1714 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d: Bef. 04/06/1744 in King George Co., Virginia
      ............ 3 Thomas Harper 1715 - 1758 b: Abt. 1715 d: 1758 in Stafford Co., Virginia
      ............ 3 George Harper 1715 - 1766 b: 1715 in Dettingen Parish, Prince William Co., Virginia d: Abt. 1766 in Dettingen Parish, Prince William Co., Virginia
      ................ +Elizabeth "Betty" Shipley 1718 - 1814 b: 03/07/1718 in Queen Caroline Par., Howard Co., Maryland d: Abt. 1814 in Montgomery Co., Kentucky
      ............ 3 Mary Francis Harper 1719 - 1767 b: Abt. 1719 in King George Co., Virginia d: 11/26/1767 in Bath, Beaufort Co., North Carolina
      ............ 3 John Harper 1721 - b: 1721
      ..... 2 [3] William Reeds, Reads 1674 - 1720 b: 1674 in Northumberland Co., Virginia d: 02/1720 in Hanover Parish, Richmond Co., Virginia
      ......... +Anne Halbert 1665 - 1699 b: Bef. 1665 in Emigrated into Annapolis, MD 1665 d: Bet. 1699 - 1716
      ............ 3 Samuel Reeds, Sr. 1689 - 1750 b: Abt. 1689 in Richmond Co., Hanover Parish, Va. d: Bef. 05/30/1750 in Brunswick Parish, King George County, Virginia -testate
      ................ +Jael Shippey 1694 - 1761 b: Bet. 1694 - 1708 in Richmond County, Virginia d: 1761 in Brunswick Parish, King George County , Virginia
      ............ 3 Amy Reeds 1692 - 1735 b: 1692 in Westmoreland Co., Va. d: 1735 in Hanover Parish, King George Co., Virginia
      ................ +Samuel Kendall 1680 - 1750 b: 1680 d: 1750 in Westmoreland Co., Va.
      ............ 3 Thomas Reeds 1695 - 1700 b: 1695 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d: 1700
      ..... *2nd Wife of [3] William Reeds, Reads:
      ......... +Abigail (?) Reeds, widow Kendall 1670 - b: Bet. 1670 - 1700 in probably Virginia
      ..... 2 Mary Reeds 1676 - b: 1676
    Children 
    +1. Mary Catherine Carter,   b. 1706, Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1735, Warren Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     2. James of Giles2 Carter,   b. Est 1708, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. William Carter,   b. Abt 1710, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1757, Halifax Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
    +4. John of Charlotte Co. Carter,   b. Est 1712, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1777, Charlotte Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
    +5. Thomas Carter,   b. Est 1716, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Povall Carter,   b. 1710, Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1761, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    +7. Theodorick 'of Giles2 o/Goochland' Carter,   b. Abt 1712, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1778, Prince Edward Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
    +8. Benjamin Carter,   b. Abt 1720, Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1796, Halifax Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
     9. Giles3 Carter, III,   b. 1725, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Aug 1790, Edgecomb, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     10. Robert of Giles2 Carter,   b. Abt 1723, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1767, Charlotte County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years)
    +11. Charles Powell dna Carter,   b. Abt 1724, Westover, New Cumberland, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1790, Lynches Creek, Darlington Co., South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
    Last Modified 24 Oct 2023 
    Family ID F4369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Turkey Island National Marker
    Turkey Island National Marker
    sign13958GilesCarter.jpg
    Painting Depicting Early Settlers in Virginia
    Painting Depicting Early Settlers in Virginia
    Old Va 2.jpg

    Documents
    Giles Carter 1
    Giles Carter 1
    Giles 2
    Giles 2
    A History of the Carter Family"
    Compiled and edited by the
    American Genealogical Research Institute
    Washington DC 20001
    Copyright 1972
    Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586
    Identifies two Giles Carters as separate individuals, probably related.
    Giles 3
    Giles 3
    A History of the Carter Family"
    Compiled and edited by the
    American Genealogical Research Institute
    Washington DC 20001
    Copyright 1972
    Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586
    Identifies two Giles Carters as separate individuals, probably related.
    Giles 4
    Giles 4
    A History of the Carter Family"
    Compiled and edited by the
    American Genealogical Research Institute
    Washington DC 20001
    Copyright 1972
    Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586
    Identifies two Giles Carters as separate individuals, probably related.
    Giles 5
    Giles 5
    A History of the Carter Family"
    Compiled and edited by the
    American Genealogical Research Institute
    Washington DC 20001
    Copyright 1972
    Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586
    Identifies two Giles Carters as separate individuals, probably related.
    Giles 6
    Giles 6
    A History of the Carter Family"
    Compiled and edited by the
    American Genealogical Research Institute
    Washington DC 20001
    Copyright 1972
    Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586
    Identifies two Giles Carters as separate individuals, probably related.
    Giles 7
    Giles 7
    A History of the Carter Family"
    Compiled and edited by the
    American Genealogical Research Institute
    Washington DC 20001
    Copyright 1972
    Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586
    Identifies two Giles Carters as separate individuals, probably related.
    Giles 8
    Giles 8
    A History of the Carter Family"
    Compiled and edited by the
    American Genealogical Research Institute
    Washington DC 20001
    Copyright 1972
    Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586
    Identifies two Giles Carters as separate individuals, probably related.
    Carter DNA Chart
    Carter DNA Chart
    Carter_Theodorick_2014-06-03A.jpg
    Giles Carter-John Webb Index B-C of LDS Film 850105 Henrico Co., VA  Index B-C, circa 1757
    Giles Carter-John Webb Index B-C of LDS Film 850105 Henrico Co., VA Index B-C, circa 1757
    Carter 850105 LDS Index B-C.jpg
    Giles Carter & John Webb LDS Film 1736 Page 82 Henrico Co. Virginia, Inventory Aug 1736
    Giles Carter & John Webb LDS Film 1736 Page 82 Henrico Co. Virginia, Inventory Aug 1736
    Carter 850105 LDS Film1736-Pg82.jpg
    GOOCHLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS AND DEEDS 1736-1742
    GOOCHLAND COUNTY VIRGINIA WILLS AND DEEDS 1736-1742
    _Goochland Wills & Deeds1736-1742.pdf
    HENRICO COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS 1737-1750
    HENRICO COUNTY VIRGINIA DEEDS 1737-1750
    _HenricoDeeds1737-50.pdf
    Henrico County Virginia Deeds show transactions of residents of early families including CARTERS, POVALL, GREEN, VAUGHAN, RANDOLPH, JEFFERSON, WOODSON, BLAND, DAVIS, EPPES, SMITH and others.
    Henrico County Virginia Deeds show transactions of residents of early families including CARTERS, POVALL, GREEN, VAUGHAN, RANDOLPH, JEFFERSON, WOODSON, BLAND, DAVIS, EPPES, SMITH and others.
    _HenricoCoVADeeds-1706-1737.pdf
    Colonial Wills of Henrico Co., VA Part One 1654-1737 Abstracted and Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III; Page 107 Wm. Sewell 1725
    Colonial Wills of Henrico Co., VA Part One 1654-1737 Abstracted and Compiled by Benjamin B. Weisiger, III; Page 107 Wm. Sewell 1725
    Colonial_Henrico_Wills002.pdf
    Giles2 Carter, Orphan's Records
    Giles2 Carter, Orphan's Records
    Henrico Co Orphans Ct Bk 1677-1739 Giles Carter.pdf
    Giles and Hannah Crew Carter
    Giles and Hannah Crew Carter
    13959Hannah-Crew-Carter.gif
    CarterGiles Daily Press Oct 4, 1959
    CarterGiles Daily Press Oct 4, 1959
    CarterGiles DailyPress Oct4,1959.jpg
    Carter, Giles Daily Press Jun 7,1981
    Carter, Giles Daily Press Jun 7,1981
    CarterGiles DailyPress Jun7,1981.jpg
    Newspaper Article Giles, John, Theodorick Carter
by John Kent Cabaniss
203 Keith Rd.
Newport News, Virginia 23606.
    Newspaper Article Giles, John, Theodorick Carter by John Kent Cabaniss 203 Keith Rd. Newport News, Virginia 23606.
    nafamMaryMichauzCunningham.jpg
    Giles Carter Lines
    Giles Carter Lines
    GilesCarterLines.png

    Histories
    Giles Carter Lineage
    Giles Carter Lineage
    giles carter.pdf
    Giles and Hannah Crew Carter
    Giles and Hannah Crew Carter
    13959Hannah Crew Carter.pdf

  • Notes 
    • Henrico Co., Deeds1750-1774 P. 437 28 Sep 1772 Deed of Mortgage from Giles Carter of Henrico to Drury Wood for the payment of 77 pounds with interest thereon before first day of November next, one Negro boy named Aaron and horses and wagon with gear. Witness James Whitlock, John Wood Signed Giles Carter (See Documents)

      Henrico Deed has Giles Carter Witness to a Deed between John Wood of Henrico and William DuVal Attorney of law ....little branch that empties into Shockoes Creek adjacent to Samuel DuVal. (See Documents Henrico Co., Virginia Deeds 1750-1774, by Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis and Gary Murdock Williams.)
    • Have record of Giles Carter in Colonial Soldiers South in Granville Co., NC in 1754. Granville Co divided into Orange in 1752 and then to Caswell, Person and others. This may not be for Giles 2. May be for Giles, s/o Thomas.
    • King George Co, VA Deed (bk2, p319-22) Indenture 3 Oct 1738 between Daniel McCARTY of Parish Washington county of Westmoreland Gent. and John POPE of Parish Copley county Westmoreland Planter ... by deeds of lease and release .. sold 150 acres whereon christopher PRICHET now dwells in Hanover Parish binding upon lands of Rawleigh CHIN, Giles CARTER, John BARTLETT and Lawrence BUTLER...

      King George Co, VA Deed (bk2, p402-8) Indentrue 5 Nov 1741 between John GOLLATHAN and Mary SANDFORD both of Washington Parish Westmoreland County Planter of one part and Giles CARTER Senr. Hanover Parish King George County ... Wit: Thomas HIGHLANDER, John BARTLETT, John (x) SAULL

  • Sources 
    1. [S107] Family Histories, A History of the Carter Family.
      A History of the Carter Family"
      Compiled and edited by the
      American Genealogical Research Institute
      Washington DC 20001
      Copyright 1972
      Library of Congress Card Catalog #: 75-187586

      Giles2 not 18 on 14 Dec 1699, Date of Father's will!

    2. [S49] Henrico Co., VA Deeds1750-1774, HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1737-1750.
      HALIFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1737-1750; Giles[2] Carter to Samuel Worthan, deed p.68
      See Documents

    3. [S49] Henrico Co., VA Deeds1750-1774.
      HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1706-1737:
      Breashure [sic] Cocke of County and Parish of Henrico, to Thomas Pleasants of same, for 23 pounds, 425 acres on north side of James River bounded by James Cocke (brother of said Breashure) and John Robinson, Richard Cocke, Sr., John Webb, Sr., Giles Carter and said Thomas Pleasants. Wit: Edward Goode, Will (W) Ferris Rec. 3 Mar 1717

    4. [S48] Ancestry Link, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/56958186/person/42016306759.
      Mabel Lee Carter - Giles Carter Line
      Owner: Paul Jespersen
      Giles Carter
      Birth abt 1680 in Henrico County, VA
      Death Feb 1745 in Round Hills, Henrico, Va.
      Giles Carter II in Henrico County Records
      Giles Carter Will Henrico 1699 Text
      Birth: 1680 abt ; Henrico County, VA
      Marriage to Mary Povall
      1698 Age: 18, Varina, Henrico, Virginia
      Death: 1745 Feb Age: 65
      Round Hills, Henrico, Virginia, US
      Giles Carter, 1634 - 1701 + Hannah Crewes
      Children: Giles2 + Mary Povall, 1678 - 1750
      Issue of Giles & Mary Povall
      Mary Carter, 1699 - 1737; Benjamin Carter, 1701- 1796; Povall Carter, 1705-1761; WILLIAM CARTER, 1705-1745; John Carter, 1706-1749; James Carter, 1707 ?; Robert Carter, 1709-1759;


    5. [S50] Colonial Wills of Henrico Co., VA , http://reynoldspatova.org/browsemedia.php?mediasearch=Colonial_Henrico_Wills002.pdf+&mediatypeID=&tngpage=&tree=reynolds1&tnggallery=.
      Will of William Sewell All to Giles Carter of Henrico Co., and he to be executor 8 Jul 1725 Recorded 7 Feb 1726

    6. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9MR6-NN5.
      Giles2 Carter
      Birth: 1680, Henrico,Virginia
      Death: 1745, King George,Virginia
      Father: Giles Carter
      Mother: Hannah Crews
      MARRIAGES (1)
      Spouse: Mary Povall
      Marriage: 1698
      CITING THIS RECORD
      "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9MR6-8ZD : accessed 2015-05-26), entry for Giles Carter.
      ANCESTRAL FILE
      Ancestral File Number: 2G0N-K8C

    7. [S73] Deeds, Goochland County, Virginia .
      p.438 Deed 26 Jan 1740 Wm. Fuqua of Raleigh Parish Amelia Co., to Ralph Fuqua of St. James Parish, Goochland Co., for #15 o land belonging to said William Fuqua, bought by him and Joseph Fuqua of Giles Carter, on north side of Wolf branch 135 acress; with all houses
      Wit., Richard Jones, Richard Davis, John Cox, Fra's. Anderson
      Signed (W) William Fuqua, Elizabeth Fuqua
      Recorded 21 Jul 1741

    8. [S40] Will, Halifax County Virginia Wills - Giles Carter.
      p.186, 19 November 1745, I Giles Carter...son William Carter a Negro Girl called Nann and a Dutch Spinning Wheel...son Giles the upper part of a parcel of land, a Negro boy called Jemmy and a Negro girl called Moll...three sheep and my gun...son John the residue of my Land and a Negro boy called George & a Negro Girl called Bess likewise a bed & furniture...my Grand daughter Mary Garrard a Negroe girl called Jenny the sd Negro girl to be in the care of my Son John until the sd Mary Garrard be Married...but if the sd Mary dies before she arrives to Capacity to enjoy it, then sd Negro to be valued & the value to be equally divided between my three sons. (his mark). Proved 7 February 1745/6.