... Family Trees. Outline Descent Trees (2 apparently unrelated families.) Completed in 1738, the “Great House,” is largely in its original state and the 11th and 12th generations of the Hill Carter family are the current stewards of … Oct 27, 2014 - Explore Rachel Holtz's board "Robert Carter I "King Carter"", followed by 535 people on Pinterest. Five sons and five daughters survived to marry well and were themselves prolific. Robert King CARTER — View this family yes. Tradition has it that the congregation did not enter the church on Sundays until the arrival of his coach when all followed him. Ludlow, b. Issue by first marriage: 4--1. [7], Brick House Store At Corotoman, Carter maintained a building known as the "Brick House Store" where he kept imported goods that he sold and bartered to local planters. George Braxton, of "Newington," King and Queen Co., Va., and had issue. By these wives he had many children, on whose education he expended large sums of money. 1690; of whom later. 1718, Lancaster County, Virginia, d. 1742, England, COL. ROBERT CARTER, King Carter (3--7), of "Corotoman," Lancaster Co., Va., b. [p.111] 4--6.CHARLES, b. There are two academic lives of Robert Carter that treat his life in detail: Carl F. Canon's masters thesis, "Robert ( "King" ) Carter of "Corotoman" for Duke University, 1956; and "Robert King Carter," a master's thesis at the University of Virginia by Edmund Berkeley, Jr., in 1961. Benjamine Harrison, of "Berkeley," Charles City Co., Va., son of Hon. All results for Robert King Carter. Born,circa 1662, in VADied, 24 Aug1732, in "Shirley", VA. , New York: Tobias A. Wright (1911) , 22, 84, 109-110. All Categories. 4--3. Lloyd T. Smith, Jr.'s, detailed study of Carter's will is also very useful: Robert Carter of Corotoman 1663-1732: An Analysis of His Last Will and Testament. From four sons of Robert Carter are descended the later generations of this family. And service to the colony soon ensued with his election as burgess for the session beginning 1 April 1692. [9] Before its disappearance, the "Spinster's House" was the last remaining supporting structure of the original Corotoman plantation. His mother was a daughter of Gabriel Ludlow, a nephew of General Edmund Ludlow, one of Cromwell's generals. 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. Box 24, Irvington, VA 22480 Physical Address: 420 Christ Church Road, Weems, VA 22576 Phone: 804-438-6855 | info@christchurch1735.org |ChristChurch1735.org. What more could he have done ? On account of his great prominence and wealth, he was called "King Carter." A grandson of Robert “King” Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in the Old Dominion, Carter Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative slaveholders. of Thomas Landon, of "Grednal," Hereford Co., England. 1702, Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia, d. betw. acquiring some 20,000 acres (81 km2), a large part of which was the 6,000-acre (24 km2) Nomini Hall plantation which Carter acquired in 1709 from the heirs of Col. Nicholas Spencer, cousin of the Lords Culpepper, from whom the Fairfaxes had inherited their Virginia holdings. Lancaster County was on a boom in the time of Robert Carter, and he built the present beautiful and interesting edifice. " 'At length, full of honors and years, when he had performed all the duties of an exemplary life, he departed from this world ■36 The Armistead Family on the 4th day of August,' in the sixty-ninth year of his age. Rector of William and Mary College, he sustained that institution and its most trying times. 4--8.Sarah, b. A summary account of Carter by Edmund Berkeley, Jr., may be found in Volume 3 of the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, (Sara B. Bearss, John G. Deal, et al., eds. A Genealogy of the Known Descendants of Robert Carter of Corotoman. This book is no longer in print. 1743-1745, +Benjamin Harrison, Robert Carter II, b. At his death he left 300,000 acres of land, 1,000 slaves & 10,000 British pounds in cash. 10 Jamestowne Society , Qualifying Ancestors , A1407, Record for Robert (King) Carter. His great possessions earned him the name of "King" Carter. [Carter] Averell, James Lawrence. His father's tomb is in the chancel. He was so powerful and wealthy that he is known as "King." Lucy, m. (first) 1730, Col. Henry Fitzhugh, of "Eagle's Nest," King George Co., Va., son of Hon. He built Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia, which Mr. W. G. Stanard says is "the most perfect example of Colonial church architecture now remaining in A'irginia." Mother of five children. [8] In 1730, an inventory of items at the Brick House Store included essential supplies such as cloths, tools, and gunpowder and luxury items such as spices, ivory combs, and brass candlesticks.[8]. . Robert Carter died on August 4, 1732, in Lancaster County, Virginia and was buried in Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia. Page, Sarah Carter, John Carter, Anne Ann Harrison, Robert Carter, II, Col. Charles Carter, Ludlow Carter, Col. Landon Carter, Mary Walk... 1662 - Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster County, Virginia, ...arter, II, Sarah Carter, Elizabeth Carter, Col. Charles Carter, Ludlow Carter, Landon Carter, Mary Walker Carter, Lucy Carter, George Carter, 1663 - Corotoman, Lancaster, Virginia, USA, Aug 4 1732 - Corotoman, Lancaster, Virginia, USA, Aug 4 1663 - Corotoman, Lancaster, Virginia, United States, Aug 4 1732 - Corotoman, Lancaster, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Robert "King" Carter and Julia Armistead. He became Governor of the Colony of Virginia and was "the wealthiest man in all of the Old Dominion"-if not all of British America. After her death in 1699, he married Elizabeth Landon in 1701. 1714; d. unm. ...ter, Judith Carter, Ann Hill Carter, Robert Carter, Sarah Carter, Charles Carter, George Carter, Mary Carter, Landon Carter, Lucy Carter,... Aug 4 1663 - Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Colony of Virginia. 4--9.Mary, b. If you are a descendant of Robert or Thomas Carter and can contribute genealogical information, please email material or questions to This email address is being protected from spambots. "The epitaph on his tomb in Christ Church, records his virtues and achievements. Thomas lived in Christ Church Parish but was not related to Robert. JOHN, b. "[9] The house was constructed in either the late 17th century or the early 18th century. Smith's equally detailed study of the letter book of Carter's executors is a wwelcome addition: The Executors' Letters of Robert Carter of Corotoman, 1732-1738. Robert "King" Carter, at one time regarded as the wealthiest man in Virginia, was in the line of John of Corotowan. (#4656) From a letter of Robert's written late in his life when he was quarreling with his English factor, William Dawkins, over the education of his own sons and grandsons, we know that he spent at least six years in England, living in the home of merchant and family friend, Arthur Bailey, and learning from him, and from the opportunities presented by living with the merchant, much of the tobacco trade and its marketing end. Includes citations for all sources. "Rector of William and Mary, he sustained that institution in its most trying times. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; (See Harrison and Burwell lineage.) (See Armistead lineage.) Ann, b. Robert- Carter, of 'Corotoman,' married, first Judith, eldest daughter of John Armistead, the councillor, and second, Elizabeth Landon, then a widow Willis, of the noble family of Landons. Entertaining his friends kindly, he was neither a prodigal nor a parsimonious host. As President of the Governor's Council of the Virginia Colony, he was acting Governor of Virginia in Williamsburg from 1726-1727 after the death in office of Governor Hugh Drysdale. Y Y Pp 47-80 3, Robert King Carter son of John Carter and Sarah Ludlow Robert King Carter married 1680 Virginia, to Judith Armistead.From the "ENCYCLOPEDIA of VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY" Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. But he was called `` King '' … from four sons of “. 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