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Landon Carter[1]

Male 1710 - 1778  (68 years)


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  • Name Landon Carter 
    Born 1710  Lancaster County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1778  Lancaster County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lower Lunenburg Parish Church Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I20844  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 

    Father Robert 'King' Carter,   b. 1663, Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1732, Shirley Plantation, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Mother 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]
    Family ID F7777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria Horsmanden Byrd,   b. 6 Jan 1727, Westover, Charles City County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1745, Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1742 
    Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F8465  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Maria Byrd Carter-Death Notice
    Maria Byrd Carter-Death Notice
    The Virginia Gazette
    Dec 12, 1745

    Histories
    Carter Family
    Carter Family
    The Times Dispatch
    May 1, 1904

  • Sources 
    1. [S107] Family Histories, https://ia600200.us.archive.org/3/items/virginiaheraldic00croz/virginiaheraldic00croz.pdf.
      Page 97
      CARTER. Lancaster County, Virginia


    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49154803/landon-carter.
      Col Landon Carter
      Birth: 18 Aug 1710
      Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia
      Death: 22 Dec 1778 (aged 68)
      Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia
      Burial: Lower Lunenburg Parish Church
      Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia