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Robert 'King' Carter

Robert 'King' Carter

Male 1663 - 1732  (69 years)

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  • Name Robert 'King' Carter 
    Born 1663  Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Aug 1732  Shirley Plantation, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Chirst Church Cemetery Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19223  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2023 

    Father Colonel John of Corotoman Carter, Jr.,   b. 5 Nov 1613, Christ Church Parish, Newgate St., London England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jun 1669, Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ludlow,   b. 1635, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1668, Weems, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 1662  Corotoman, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Judith Armistead,   b. 1665, Corotoman, Henrico Co., Va Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1699, Corotoman, Henrico Co., Va Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years) 
    Children 
    +1. John 'Secretary' of Crotoman Carter,   b. 1690, Corotoman, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1742, Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    +2. Elizabeth Carter,   b. Mar 1692, Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1734, Gloucester County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years)
    +3. Judith d/o King Carter,   b. 1695, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1750  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2020 
    Family ID F7130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth 'Betty' Landon,   b. 1683, Herefordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1719, Lancaster County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    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,   b. 1702, Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1745, Charles City, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)
     2. Landon Carter,   b. 1710, Lancaster County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1778, Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     3. Living
     4. Lucy Carter,   b. 1715, King George County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1763, Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2021 
    Family ID F7777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    King Carter Home  (Shirley)
    King Carter Home (Shirley)
    p19223HomeKingCarter.jpg
    Robert 'King' Carter
    Robert 'King' Carter
    p19223RobertKingCarter.jpg
    Shirley Plantation
Home of Robert 'King' Carter
    Shirley Plantation Home of Robert 'King' Carter
    shirley2.jpg

    Histories
    The Armistead Family 1635-1910
    The Armistead Family 1635-1910
    armisteadfamily100ingarb.pdf
    King Carter's Church
    King Carter's Church
    Richmond Dispatch
    Oct 5, 1897
    Carter Family
    Carter Family
    The Times Dispatch
    May 1, 1904
    Robert 'King' Carter-1
    Robert "King" Carter-1
    Richmond Times Dispatch
    Sep 4, 1977
    Robert 'King' Carter-2
    Robert "King" Carter-2
    Richmond Times Dispatch
    Sep 4, 1977
    Robert 'King' Carter
    Robert 'King' Carter
    Alexandria Gazette
    Feb 17, 1857
    Lucy Carter Harrison-Brandon Plantation
    Lucy Carter Harrison-Brandon Plantation
    The Baltimore Sun
    Dec 11, 1927
    Robert 'King' Carter History
    Robert "King" Carter History
    The Free Lance
    Dec 20, 1917

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://secure.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19474872.
      Robert 'KING' Carter
      Birth: 1663
      Death: Aug. 4, 1732Burial:
      Christ Church Cemetery, Weems, Lancaster Co., VA
      Parents:
      John Carter (1613 - 1669)
      Sarah Ludlow Carter (1635 - 1668)
      Spouses:
      Judith Armistead Carter (1665 - 1699)
      Elizabeth Landon Carter (1683 - 1719)

      Children:
      Judith Carter*
      Sarah Carter*
      Elizabeth Carter Burwell Nicholas (1688 - 1734)*
      John Carter (1690 - 1742)*
      Judith Carter Page (1695 - 1750)*
      Robert Carter (1704 - 1732)*
      Anne Carter Harrison (1704 - 1745)
      Betty Carter (1705 - ____)
      Ludlow Carter (1708 - 1708)
      Landon Carter (1710 - 1778)
      Mary Carter Braxton (1712 - 1736)
      Lucy Carter Harrison (1715 - 1763)
      "The epitaph on his tomb in Christ Church, records his virtues and achievements.
      Translated from the Latin, it says:
      Here lies Robert Carter an honorable man who by noble endowments and pure morals gave luster to his gentle birth. Rector of William and Mary College, he sustained that institution and its
      most trying times. And he was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer under the most serene princes, William, Ann, George I. and George II. Elected by the House of Burgesses its Speaker six years and Governor of the Colony for more than a year he upheld equally the regal dignity and the public freedom. Possessed of ample wealth, blameless acquired, he built and endowed this sacred edifice, a signal monument of his piety towards God. He furnished it richly. Entertaining his friends kindly, he was neither a prodigal nor a parsimonious host. His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq. His second, Betty, a descendant of the noble house of Landon. By these wives he had many children and whose education he expended large sums of money. At length, full of honors and of years, when he had well performed all the duties of an exemplary life he departed from this world on the 4th of August, 1732, in the 69th year of his age. The unhappy lament their lost comforter, the widows their lost protector, and the orphans their lost father."