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Mary Chattin[1]

Female Abt 1730 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Mary Chattin 
    Born Abt 1730  Lancaster Co., Virginia or England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I547449865  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Thomas Carter of Barford
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2016 

    Father Thomas Chattin,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Margaret Miller,   b. Est 1700, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F4588  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jesse [Miller] 'of Pittsylvania' Carter,   b. Abt 1728, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Carter,   b. Abt 1728, Lancaster Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1811, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years)
     2. Jesse Chattin Carter,   b. Abt 1755, Oakland, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1815, Caswell/Halifax Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
     3. Thomas Cornelius [Chattin] Carter,   b. Abt 1765, Oakland, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2023 
    Family ID F518494830  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Carter Marriages in Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony
    Carter Marriages in Lancaster Co., Virginia Colony
    CartersFamilySearch.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Name: Thomas Chattin Birth: ABT. 1665 Lancaster County, Va Death: 13 Nov 1735 Lancaster County, Va
      Father: Thomas Chattin b: ABT. 1636 in England
      Mother: Elizabeth Welsh

      Marriage 1 Margaret Miller Married: BEF. 1720
      Children
      Joseph Chattin
      Margaret Chattin b: ABT. 1702 in Lancaster County, Va
      Sarah Chattin b: ABT. 1704
      Anne Chattin b: ABT. 1710 in White Chapel Parish. Lancaster County, Va
      Mary Chattin b: ABT. 1728 in White Chapel Parish. Lancaster County, Va
      Thomas Cornelius Chattin b: 1728 in St Mary's White Chapel Parrish. Lancaster County, Va
      Frances Chattin b: 1730
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      CARTERS OF ?OAKLAND? PITTSYLVANIA.

      9. JESSE CARTER, appeared in the Lancaster records next after the settlement of his
      father's estate as, "Jesse Carter of the Parish of Christ Church, Lancaster,
      Schoolmaster" when on Dec. 8, 1749, he sold to Col. James Gordon 125 acres of land
      on Corotoman River that had descended to him from his grandfather, Capt. Thomas
      Carter. At this time he was unmarried, but in the next year he is said to have married
      Susan Satterwhite, or Satherwaite, of whose parentage no record has been located.
      That is a name that is found but occasionally in Virginia record, and Mr. Crozier in his
      Index to Southern Pedigrees of more than twenty thousand family histories and
      genealogical notes failed to find one of this family. By this marriage he had a son,
      Jessee and daughters, Margaret and Frances.
      .................. reformatted key passage ......................................................................................
      This wife died and Jesse Carter was married to Mary Chattin, prior to Dec. 6, 1760, when she joined him in a deed to William Griggs for their home place on Corotoman River when they were about to remove to Cumberland county. Mary Chattin was probably a daughter of Joseph Chattin, of Lancaster, who was one of the processioners of the land in the parish in 1743. She was probably connected with the Chewning family as Chattin Chewning was a processioner in 1747.


      ...................................................................................................................................................
      A search of the Lancaster records for wills of Chattin and Satterwhite might throw some light on the parentage of Jesse Carter's two wives. As said before, Jesse Carter removed his family from Lancaster about 1760-1761 to his part of his father's land in Cumberland county, where they lived until 1781, when they removed to Pittsylvania, where he was living in 1782 as the head of a family of ten whites and seventeen colored servants. In 1785 he purchased thirteen hundred acres of land lying on both sides of Bannister River, Pittsylvania, built a fine house, called the place "Oakland" and settled down for the rest of his life. This old place is now owned by his great grandson, Jesse Lawson Carter, and is situated about four miles from Chatham, the county seat. Jesse Carter of Oakland, made his will Dec. 11, 1805, probated Dec. 11, 1811. He left a fine estate in land, negroes, etc, to wife, Mary Chattin Carter, and his eight children, four of whom only shared in the residuary estate, as he had provided them their share of his property before he died. Jesse Carter had issue as follows:

      11. Jesse Carter, died in 1815 in Caswell county, N. C.
      12. Frances Carter, married James Hopkins of Pittsylvania.
      13. Margaret, married Samuel Thompson of Pittsylvania.
      14. Sarah, married Jeduthan Carter, of "Mt. View," Pittsylvania.
      15. Thomas Chattin Carter, died I820 in Pittsylvania.
      16. Joseph Carter, of "Oakland," died in 1838.
      17. Mary Carter, was the second wife of James Hopkins.
      18. John Carter, of "Sandy River," Pittsylvania.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Mary Chattin c.1730 married Jesse 'of Pittsylvania' Carter, s/o Thomas Carter. Mary Chattin is said to be the d/o Margaret Miller and Thomas Chattin: another Mary Chattin, (c 1815) of Pittsylvania/Halifax married Ambrose Jackson, s/o Able Jackson and Mary Elizabeth Conner, also in Pittsylvania, VA. It is likely that the later Mary Chattin is a descendant of Thomas Cornelius Chattin, brother of Mary Chattin who was born circa 1730. Further research is underway.

    2. [S122] Genealogy. com, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/carter/13677/.
      Re: Jesse Carter of OAKLAND, Pittsylvania, VA, desc. of Capt. Thomas of Barford
      By joseph carter October 08, 2002 at 07:43:58

      In reply to: Jesse Carter of OAKLAND, Pittsylvania, VA, desc. of Capt. Thomas of Barford
      Peyton Carter 10/07/02

      Peyton here is some info from the net on Jesse Carter

      JESSE CARTER (THOMAS III)was born Bet. 1724 - 1727 in Lancaster Co. Va., and died November 1811 in Pittsylvania, Co. Va. He married (1) SUSAN SATTERWHITE Abt. 1750. He married (2) MARY CHATTIN Bef. December 1760 in Pittsylvania, Co. Va..
      Children of JESSE CARTER and SUSAN SATTERWHITE are:
      22. i. JESSE JR.8 CARTER, b. Lancaster Co. Va.; d. 1815, Caswell Co. NC.
      ii. MARGARET CARTER, m. SAMUEL THOMPSON.
      iii. FRANCES CARTER, m. JAMES HOPKINS.
      iv. SARAH CARTER, b. Unknown; d. Unknown; m. JEDUTHAN CARTER.
      Children of JESSE CARTER and MARY CHATTIN are:
      v. THOMAS CHATTIN8 CARTER, d. 1820, Pittsylvania, Co. va..
      vi. JOSEPH CARTER, d. "Oakland" Pittsylvania Va..
      vii. MARY CARTER, m. JAMES HOPKINS.
      More About MARY CARTER:
      Fact 1: Mary was James Hopkins second wife
      viii. JOHN CARTER, d. Sandy River Pittsylvania
      James Hopkins, who inherited his father's home and had issue, Reuben, who married successively Frances and Polly Carter, daughters of Jesse Carter of "Oakland,"
      From The Library of Virginia A newspaper listed Marriage Married December 4yh 1806 Joseph Carter Esq to Nancy Robertson Daughter of Mr. Christopher Robertson and Wife Mildred Thompson all of Pittsylvania County.

      The tobacco factory for making plug tobacco, owned an operation by Christopher Lawson Carter (1834-1901), was the principal industry of the community. Mr. Davis recalled that there had been a racetrack "beyond Piney Mountain" owned by Owen Adkins before the Civil War. He said that plug tobacco was hauled to Pennsylvania from this area, and the wagons returned loaded with salt. The Davis family has been located here since 1790, and Col. Christopher Davis, great-uncle of Mr. Davis, was in the Civil War.
      Museville was a post office from 1857 onward (Va. Magazine of History & Biography). Before the name of Museville was used, the post office was called Oak Shop (1851-57). This name may have originated from the prominent Oakes family.
      The name Museville obviously was adapted from the Muse family name.
      Guides for this tour, Miss Carter and Mrs. Minter, pointed out the old sites during a drive through the village of Museville. Here was the old field school taught by Miss Effie Carter, who later moved to Gretna with her sisters Miss Ida and Mrs. J.S> Adams.
      "Miss Effie" left an indelible and endearing memory with many hundreds there and in Gretna, where she taught many years. And there was the site of the tobacco plug factory of Christopher Lawson Carter, their father, and grandfather.
      Carter owned much property here and in the Penhook area. It was said that when almost any parcel of land in the area was mentioned "he owned it, had owned it or would own it." He was a successful merchant, manufacturer and real estate operator. A son of Jesse Carter of "Oakland" near Chatham, he was a cousin of the Carters of "Shirley" on the James and of Gen. Robert E. Lee. He married Dorothy Starn Muse in 1862

      CarterFamily
      "The Early Homes of Chatham" by Maud CarterClement
      Oakland
      A few miles south of Chatham on the Danvillehighway stands Oakland, a white frame house with four massive pillars supportingthe entrance porch. A grove of lofty oaks still surrounds the house,from which it received its name. In former days there strolled inthe grove those birds of gorgeous plumage, the pea fowls, with their brillianthues and raucous cries. They were often seen on old plantation lawns,giving a touch of European splendor to the peaceful southern scene.
      At the close of the Revolutionary War JesseCarter of Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia moved to Pittsylvania seekingto escape the malaria of Eastern Virginia. He purchased of John Burton of Charlotte County, for 4,500 pounds, 1,300 acres lying on both sidesof Banister River, where he made his home on one of the main highways leading north and south.
      Old homes, especially old country houses, have characters of their own and this is true of Oakland with its unusual design and welcoming atmosphere. There are two very large reception roomsacross the front of the house, each with a fanlighted door opening ontothe front porch. The large fireplaces of the two rooms have tallhandsome mantels of Adams influence. In the dining room a bay ofwindows looks out over the grove, while the small study overlooks the gardento the rear. There are two halls and two stairways leading to themany bedrooms above. It is a good house in which to dream, when summer'sheat lies over the land ripening the tobaccos in the field.
      Colonel Jesse C. Carter, best known of theearly owners, was a man of jovial genial nature, with a wide circle offriends. He married Miss Lucy Neale, who was delicate without beingill, and shrank from facing life with its problems and responsibilities. So she took refuge in her bed, from which she ably directed her household.
      Colonel Carter, like his neighbors, grew fine tobacco, for Oakland lay in a section which was famed for its fragrantsilky leaf. These planters were grounded in their fertile soil, ahdmuch knowledge in tobacco growing, and were well versed in its varieties,qualities, and best methods of curing.
      One autumn Colonel Carter returned, from looking after the sale of his tobacco in Lynchburg, with a complete new outfitof clothes. When his wife remarked upon his purchases, he repliedwith teasing good humor, "Well, my dear, you are never very well. Since it is not good for a man to be alone, I decided to be prepared forany occasion."
      "I'll have you to know, Colonel Carter," exclaimed his wife with some asperity. "I will out live You!" And so she didfor many a year.
      Three daughters were born to Colonel and Mrs. Carter. Celeste, the oldest, married Dr. John Hutchings, a youngphysician of the neighborhood; Nilla, lovely and merry hearted, was herfather's constant companion; while Mary, the youngest, gentle and shy,was her mother's shadow.
      When one of the deadly epidemics of diphtheria swept through the county, Nilla suffered a severe attack. She seemingly made a safe recovery to the great joy of the family. In his delight, her father brought from Lynchburg a lovely new dance frock for her to wear to a ball which was to be held in Chatham on July the 4th, 1851.
      When the eventful evening arrived, Nilla finished dressing and sent the maid down to tell her father she would be down presently. He was to be her proud escort, and the carriage waited at the door. When she did not come, the maid was sent back for her; but though stillin front of her dressing table, Nilla was lying peacefully still, withher lovely head upon her outstretched arms. It was thought that herheart had succumbed to the exertion of dressing.


      THOMAS CARTER BIBLE Of "Green Rock" Pittsylvania Co. Owner: Mrs. George Stone, Danville, Virginia Thomas Carter b. Lancaster Co., Va. 11/27/1734-d. Pittsylvania Co., Va. 7/15/1817, m. 7/10/1765 Winifred Hobson 7/7/174512/3/1831 Cumberland Co., Va. BIRTHS of THEIR CHILDREN: Joanna Carter 8/15/1766-7/1809 Jeluthan Carter 3/22/1779 Elizabeth Carter 6/21/1768 Lawson Hobson Carter 6/3/1781 Jesse Carter 11/30/1770 Christopher Lawson Carter Sarah Carter 2/17/1773-12/23/1805 2/7/1784-10/7/1860 Edward Carter 3/8/1775-9/18/1847 Dale Miller Carter 3/17/1786Thomas Carter 4/8/1777-10/1852 9/8/1796 Rawley Williamson Carter 3/8/1788-10/18/1847 m. 1809 Anne Jennings Robertson 1790-abt 1847
      Anne Robertson married Raleigh Williamson Carter (8 Feb 1788 - 18 Oct 1847) in 1809. He was the youngest son of Thomas Carter of ?Green Rock? and his wife, Winifred Hobson. ?Green Rock? stood three miles west of Chatham, Virginia.
      Raleigh Williamson Carter was a soldier in the War of 1812Raleigh served as a private during the War of 1812. Ann and Raleigh gave land for the erection of a Methodist church in 1827.Thomas Robertson Carter (11 Jan 1811).Dale Miller Carter 1 Apr 1813 - 20 Aug 1839)Edward Robertson Carter (17 Oct 1814 - 3 Feb 1908) married Elizabeth Hutchings in April 1848 and moved to Bastrop County, Texas. They were the parents of three children.Raleigh Williamson Carter (31 Oct 1815).Arabella Williamson Carter (18 May 1818) married Watson Womack of ?Cedar Hill? and was living in 1911.Tarpley Williamson Carter 22 Mar 1820 - 23 Jul 1833).Lawson Hobson Carter (11 Apr 1821 - 6 Jul 1821).Mary Robertson Carter (7 Aug 1823) married a Younger and was the mother of four.Lawson Hobson Carter (12 Mar 1825).John Robertson Carter (5 Jan 1827 - 3 Feb 1833).Christopher Lawson Carter (31 Jul 1830).Christopher John Tarpley Carter (15 Sep 1832 - 1852).Susan Anne Carter (17 May 1833 - 1868) married William Henry Linthicum (- 22 Sep 1886) on 7 April 1852. His parents were John Terrell Linthicum and Frances Glenn Dabney of Prince Edward County and they were the parents of seven children.George Adcock Carter (20 May 1834 - 16 Mar 1892) married Bettie Ann Womack 21 December 1858 and they were the parents of nine children.

      Christopher Robertson, the son of Edward and Mary Ann (Cabanis) Robertson, married Mildred Thompson in 1779 and that same year they bought 162½ acreson West Creek from John Norris. In 1785 Christopher was living in Amelia County next to his widowed mother-in-law, Ann (Jennings) Thompson. He was head of a household of five whites. That same year, Christopher and his wife sold their 162½ acresto Millinton Roach. Christopher and his family later moved to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and lived on Sandy Creek near Mt. Herman. Christopher and ?Milly? were the parents of fourteen children named below. Of these fourteen, remarkably all but three were born within the three months between 12 January and 5 April of their year of birth. Christopher died in 1833 in Pittsylvania County. Descendants of Christopher and Mildred (Thompson) Robertson:Christopher Thomas Robertson (9 Feb 1779 - 17 Jun 1846) married Sally Petty (8 Jan 1794 - 29 Oct 1853) in Pittsylvania County 28 February 1807. She was the daughter of Davis Petty and his wife, Mary -. Christopher and Sally were the parents of eleven children.Nancy Robertson (5 Apr 1782) married Joseph Carter.Martha Robertson (7 Feb 1784 -) married Matthew Cabanis 26 July 1804.George Johnson Robertson [200.3.4] (11 Jan 1786) married Elizabeth Coleman.William Robertson (12 Jan 1788) died unmarried.Edward Robertson (17 Mar 1790) married Nancy Thompson in Pittsylvania County 9 December 1816. She was the daughter of Washington Thompson and his wife, Nancy -. His father gave him 81 acresin Pittsylvania County and Samuel Thompson and his wife, Margaret Hutchings, sold him more land in May 1819.Samuel Robertson (11 Mar 1792) married Elizabeth Shelton.Mary Robertson (20 Feb 1794) married Allen Stokes. He was perhaps the son of Allen Stokes who wed Elizabeth Greenin Amelia County 30 August 1799. Yet he would have been at least five years younger than Mary if his mother was Elizabeth Green.Lucy W. Robertson (15 Aug 1796) married Samuel Hutchings.James Robertsonwas born and died 9 April 1798.Elizabeth Robertson(18 Feb 1800) married William Smith.Nathaniel Thompson Robertson [200.3.12] (17 Dec 1801) married Priscilla Stokes.Mildred Robertson(24 Oct 1803) married Joel Coleman.Sarah Robertson (8 Feb 1806) married James Fowlkes Jr.

      Jesse * CARTER - Jessie THOMAS Birth: 1724 in "Barford", White Chapel Parish, Lancaster Co., VA Death: 25 NOV 1811 in Pittsylvania Co., VA Event: Title / Occ Schoolmaster Event: Will Proved 11 DEC 1811 Will: 30 NOV 1805 11 Dec 1805 Event: OS Other Source Data Event: OS Birth 1727 Note:
      When parents died, he and his brother were raised by grandmother Arabella. The court made a final settlement with him for his share of the estates of his father and grandfather 10 Mar 1748. He was appointed guardian of his brother Thomas Carter IV around Mar 1752.

      Jesse was a schoolmaster in Christ Church Parish, Lancaster Co., VA. Listed there in 1748 -1750 - selling a 125 acre parcel of land on the Corotoman River, left him by his grandfather, on 8 Dec 1749. After his first wife died in about 1759, he remarried and was joined by his second wife in a deed selling their home place on the Corotoman River prior to moving to Cumberland Co., VA where he remained 1761 - 1781. They then moved to Pittsylvania Co., VA where he was living in 1782. In 1785 he purchased 1300 acres of land on both sides of the Bannister River and built a large house called "Oakland" which is situated about four miles from Chatham.

      Father: Thomas * CARTER IIIb: 1696 in Corotoman River, Lancaster, VA
      Mother: Joana ** MILLER b: ABT. 1702 in MD

      Marriage 1 Susan * SATTERWHITEb: ABT. 1731 in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, VA
      Married: 1750 in Christ Church Parish, Lancaster, VA
      Children
      Jesse * CARTER , Jr. b: ABT. 1755 in Lancaster Co., VA
      Margaret CARTER b: ABT. 1759 in Lancaster Co., VA
      Frances CARTER b: ABT. 1760 in Lancaster Co., VA

      Marriage 2 Mary CHATTIN b: ABT. 1728 in White Chapel Parrish, Lancaster Co., VA
      Married: BEF. 6 DEC 1760 in Christ Church Parish, Lancaster Co., VA
      Children
      Sarah CARTERb: ABT. 1761 in "Oakland', Pitsylvania Co., VA
      Thomas Chattin CARTER b: ABT. 1763 in Cumberland Co., VA
      Joseph H. CARTER b: ABT. 1764 in Cumberland Co., VA
      John CARTER b: 13 FEB 1765 in Pittsylvania Co., VA
      Mary Polly CARTERb: ABT. 1767 in Cumberland Co., Va