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John1 Carter[1, 2, 3]

Male 1697 - 1781  (84 years)


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  • Name John1 Carter  [4
    • John1 -- 1st John in the line
    Born 1697  Prince Edward County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Sep 1781  Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Date of Will Probate [5]
    Person ID I13981  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2019 

    Father Theodorick2 Carter,   b. 23 Jul 1676, Turkey Island, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1737, Prince Edward Co., Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Webb,   b. Abt 1688, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1751, Turkey Island, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Married Bef 1697  Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4373  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth 'Betsy' Gannaway/Ganaway,   b. Abt 1715, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jul 1747, Albermarle Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 32 years) 
    Married Abt 1734  Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Children of Betsy Gannaway Carter are shown on the Henrico County Personal Property Tax 1787 - List B [6]
    Children 
    +1. Theodorick of John Carter,   b. Abt 1735, Prince Edward County, Colonial Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +2. John Carter, Jr.,   b. Abt 1737, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1799, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
    +3. Frances 'Fannie' Carter,   b. Abt 1739, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Feb 1786, Augusta, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
    +4. William Carter,   b. 1748, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1807, Cumberland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
    +5. Sherwood Carter,   b. Abt 1745, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1797, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
    +6. Jacob Carter,   b. 1 Jan 1757, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 6 Dec 1799, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2022 
    Family ID F4407  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Will of Theodorick Carter II
    Will of Theodorick Carter II
    Theodorick Carter II Will.pdf
    Will of Theodorick Carter II Pg 3
    Will of Theodorick Carter II Pg 3
    Theodorick Carter II - Will Pg 3.pdf
    Transcription of Will of Theordorick Carter II
    Transcription of Will of Theordorick Carter II
    Theodorick Carter II - Will Transcription.pdf
    William Carter, s/o John and Elizabeth Gannaway Carter
    William Carter, s/o John and Elizabeth Gannaway Carter
    CarterWilliamTheVirginiaGazetteMar_14__1771.jpg
    John Webb Will (note spelling of Carter)
    John Webb Will (note spelling of Carter)
    6194John Webb will.jpg
    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

  • Notes 
    • The Giles of Henrico Clan
      Albemarle Co. deed dated 12 Nov. 1760 shows that she, Elizabeth, w/o John Carter, was the daughter of John Gannaway Sr.:

      " Jno. Gannaway, Sr. to Theodorick Carter, son of John Carter of Henrico Co....love for Theodorick Carter, grandson..."

      John and Elizabeth's son Jacob named one of his children Elizabeth Gannaway Carter (she was mentioned in John's 1785 will as his granddaughter Betsy Gannaway Carter), and another of Jacob's descendants in Henrico Co. was named John Carter Gannaway Epes.
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      [Theo Jr. m. Anne Waddill, first child Susannah ca. 1736 m. Richard Stubblefield]

    • http://genforum.genealogy.com/carter/messages/22552.html.
      The other Carter is a William Carter. He is mentioned in the chancery documents in 1789 as the defendant against Onan Moody. Onan Moody was the illegitimate daughter (or son, not sure) of Frances Moody and Gerard Ellyson. Gerard's widow, Sarah (nee Crews), married William Carter in 1771. It was published in the Purdie and Dixon Gazette that she was 85 and he only 23! (Making William born in 1748). It also mentions that he is the son of John Carter of Henrico County. (This John Carter is the son of Theodrick Carter, the son of Giles Carter.) William had the following siblings:
      1. Theodrick Carter m. Sally Eelbank in Lunenburg, VA in 1763
      2. John Carter m. Anne
      3. Frances Carter m. Robert Walton (son of Robert Walton and Mary Hughes, and brother to George Walton, signer of the Decl. of Ind.) in Charlotte County, VA
      4. Sherwood Carter m. Frances
      5. Jacob Carter m. Mary
      I am not sure what happens to this William Carter, but I suspect he was widowed not long after (with a pocket full of cash). There are a couple of possibilities of which William Carter he is that turns up later in a different place.
      1. William Carter married Mary Scott in Lunenburg County in 1779. He moves to Prince Edward County, where his will is found in 1812. (This seems likely, as then his brother Theodrick was married in the same county in 1763.)
      2. William Carter married Jane Scott in Powhatan Co., VA in 1798.
      3. William Carter married Sarah Overstreet in Goochland in 1773.
      4. William Carter married Nancy Scott in Goochland in 1802.

  • Sources 
    1. [S107] Family Histories.
      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

      John Carter was executor of his Mother's Will 1 Dec 1785 Henrico Co. Inv. 6 Mar 1786

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

    2. [S57] Colonial Henrico Marriages 1680-1808.
      22 Dec 1797 John Carter and Jane M. Gathright. Sur. Ellyson Carter. Wit. Mat. Hobson
      The grouping of Carter Marriages in Colonial Henrico Co., Virginia for Wm. Carter and Betsey Hobson and Theodorick Carter and Frances Hobson and John Carter and Jane Gathright; Moses Carter and another Wm. Jr. Richard Carter and Susannah Marion Price. I believe belong to the children and grandchildren of Theodorick 2 and Elizabeth Webb.

    3. [S40] Will, http://genealogytrails.com/vir/henrico/wills.html.
      WILL OF JOHN CARTER

      The will of John Carter, son of Theodrick (First) and brother of Theodrick (Second), executed December 1st, 1785, and probated before Henrico court in Richmond January 2, 1786 names his son Theodrick, to whom a nominal legacy is made; son John, Jr., to whom is willed the land on White Oak Swamp, on which John Jr., was then living, containing two hundred acres; daughter Frances Walton, to whom a nominal legacy is provided. A deed, dated April 5th, 1773, by John Carter, is recorded in Henrico County in which one negro slave is given to each of his grandchildren John Carter Walton, Mary Walton and Elizabeth Walton, children of his daughter Frances Walton of Charlotte County. To his son William were given all the remaining lands joining that already owned by William and bounded by other land deeded to Williamâ??s brother Jacob; son Sherwood; son Jacob, to whom was given "one negro fellow names Giles," which indicated that the old Carter name of "Giles" was perpetuated amongst the slaves; granddaughter Betsy Gannaway Carter (daughter of Jacob and Mary Carter) to whom three negroes were willed; granddaughter Betsy Carter (daughter of John and Anne Carter), to whom was given one negro boy. Four of the sons, John, William, Sherwood and Jacob Carter, were appointed executors, and were directed to sell two negroes to pay any debts, the balance of the slaves being distributed under the will.
      The wills of John Carterâ??s sons, John, Jr., and Sherwood, are recorded in Henrico County. Those of Theodrick, William and Jacob have not been found. These five brothers were grandsons of Theodrick Carter (First) and his wife Elizabeth. (Source: "Giles Carter of Virginia, Direct Line of Descent," from the research of Lynn Stephens Headley; transcribed by A. Newell.)

    4. [S126] United States Archives, https://archive.org/stream/gilescarterofvir00cart/gilescarterofvir00cart_djvu.txt.
      St. Peter's Parish, in which the birth of John Carter, son of Theodrick (Second) and Anne Carter, August 26th, 1737, is recorded, was in New Kent County, south of the York and Panmnkey rivers. New Kent County was cut off from the upper part of York Comity in 1654. St. Peter's Parish church was only a few miles from the " White House," and the minister, Rev. David Mossom, performed the ceremony when George Washington was married to Martha Custis. Rev. David Mossom was followed in St. Peter's Parish by Rev. James Semple, and he was followed by Rev. Benjamin Blackgrove. A son of Robert and grandson of John Carter was named John Blackgrove Carter. The name of Blackgrove has not been found elsewhere, and John is believed to have been named after this minister, whose name was
      sometimes spelled Blagrove [Blagrave].
      In Henrico County Marriage Records James Blagrave is witness to marriage of Elizabeth Carter and William Francis in 1799. Ann Carter is also witness to this marriage. Is James Blagrave kin to this minister? [John]

    5. [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=yixOCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT88&lpg=PT88&dq=crews+and+barksdale&source=bl&ots=r6cowk3mld&sig=_hQGvX8mqmFXowD1AEPnU4niiL8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi8pqKr5PHYAhVQPN8KHavfCCYQ6AEwCnoECAgQAQ&fbclid=IwAR3Hu5FKFNcwmmcOzCvTm5iMTatztAfbPBTcv7AVK21f89wV22eCXw7RWOc#v=onepage&q=Carter&f=false.
      John Carter of Halifax, s/o Theodorick and Anne Waddill CARTER of Prince Edward Co., VA

    6. [S78] Tax Record, file:///R:/Users/mfe/Downloads/1787-Tax-List.pdf.
      John Carter
      William Carter
      Sherwood Carter
      Jacob Carter
      Sewell Carter