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Note: Commissioned Captain Lancaster Militia April 7, 1711 by Gov. Sportswood. Took oath as Justice of Lancaster Ct. & served continuously until May 14, 1729. He was a planter & merchant & was connected with "King Carter of Corotoman in mercantil business. He was a good friend of "King" Carter. He is the ancestor to the William Carter family of the Fordsville section of Ohio Co., (KY?). Will dtd April 24, 1728. Probated Oct. 10, 1733.
Thomas Carter, Jr, second son of Capt Thomas and Katharine Dale Carter,
born "on the 4th day of June 1672 betwn 3 & 4 aclock in the Morng and was
Baptzd att ye new Church Augt 5th. Capt: John Lee -- Mr Th: Hayne ye
Lady Ann Skipworth & Elizth Dale god parts.", inherited after his
mother's death "Barford," the Carter home on Corotoman River, where he
died the last of September, 1733. He appears first in the Lancaster
records in 1686 when "Tho: Carter Junr" was a witness to a power of
Attorney given by Wm Robinson, of Belfast, Ireland, then in Virginia, to
"my trusty and well beloved friend Mr Thomas Carter of Corotoman in the
County of Lancaster and Colony of Virginia."
In 1696 he paid taxes on four persons: July 12, 1699, was appointed
attorney for James Corneline; in 1700 probated his father's will and is
mentioned in the probate as the second son. Dec. 12, 1705, he took the
oath as a Justice of Lancaster court and served continuously from that
date until May 14, 1729, nearly a quarter of a century, on the county
bench.
Serving with such men as Col Robert Carter, Capt William Ball, Richard
Chichester, Henry Fleet, Thomas Lee, and John Burberville. April 7, 1711,
he was commissioned by Governor Spotswood a captain in the Lancaster
militia; his original commission has been preserved by the family.
Besides being a planter he was also a merchant, and for a number of years
was connected with "King" Carter of Corotoman in the mercantile
business. "King" Carter spoke of him in his will in very high terms, as
follows; 'Whereas Capt Thomas Carter hath gone through a series of
Business for me several years together in selling divers cargoes of Goods
and upon other accounts, of whose honesty and integrity I have always had
a very good opinion . It is my will that such accounts of my affairs as
he can make up, be received as satisfactory from him by my Ex'tors, and
he be to no trouble at law upon my account. ' He also directs that all
his "selling goods' coming in by that shipping be delivered to Capt
Thomas Carter to be disposed of by him with the goods already under his
care.......
Besides the land inherited by his father, Capt Thomas Carter Jr had
grants between the years 1700 and 1722 for 1023 acres in various Northern
Neck counties, and in 1712 a grant for 2,400 acres in Stafford.... Sep
12 1706 he purchased lot No 88 in Queenstown, Lancaster County. It was
the second lot from Anne Street and lay between Duke and Fairfax
Streets...... Augs 6 1720 deed for twenty acres of land adjoining land of
Edward and Henry Carter in Christ Church parish.
"Tho: Carter Juner & Arabella Williamson was Mard ye 22d Aust, 1695"
Prayer Book
Notes for Capt. Thomas Carter Jr. Deed Book No. 11 1714-1728 Page 172 1720
This indenture made the Sixth day of August One Thousand Seven
hundred & twenty. Between John Cook of ye parrish of Christ Church
my County of Lancaster. Butcher of the one part and Thomas Carter Gent.
of ye parrish & County aforsd of ye other part. Wittneseth that ye
sd John Cook for & in consideration of one thousand pounds of tobbacco
to him in hand paid by ye sd Thomas Carter ye receipt whereof ye sd
John Cook doth hereby acknowledge to have rec'd & thereof & of every
part& parcell thereof doth hereby acquitt exonerate & discharge ye
sd Thomas Carter his heirs & assigns have given granted bargained
and sold & confirmed. And by these presents Doe give grant Bargain Sell
& Confirm unto unto ye sd Thomas Carter his heirs Extrs a certain parcell
of land situated lying & being in ye parish & county aforsd & bounded
as followeth Viz. Beginning at a marked Spannish Oak & Standing
near a Cove that issueth out of a Creek - called Cabbin Neck Creek.
Thence by a line of marked trees that divideth this land from ye
land of Edward & Henry Carter to a corner white Oaks my aforsd To
line Standing on ye side of a hill thence East by North to a Swamp
that divideth this land from ye land of Richard Stevens & down ye
sd Swamp ye Sevorall courses thereof to ye aforsd Creek and down ye
sd Creek itts Sevorall courses near ye mouth of ye aforsd Cove and
from thence Cross ye points to ye Spannish Oake where it first
began. To have & to hold ye before menconed land wth ye appurts
thereto belonging unto ye sd Thomas Carter his heirs & assigns
forever And ye Said John Cook doth hereby promise Covenant & grant
that ye sd Thomas Carter his heirs shall peaceably enjoy the aforsd
land wth all ye Commoditys & hindrances wth all ye right title
& intrust that ye sd. John Cook ever had or he or his heirs or
assigns may have or pretend to have of more To ye sd Land or any
part of parcell thereof by any ways or means what soever or howsoever
And that ye sd Thomas Carter his heirs Extrs & shall or Lawfully
may have hold & enjoy forever ye sd parcell of Land hrby granted wth
out ye Lott Suit trouble Evietton & claim or demand of ye
sd John Cook his Heirs Extrs or assigns or any other
person or persons clayming or to claim by from assigns or heirs
or any of those And ye sd John Cook doth hereby pronuns
that Elizabeth his wife will acknowledge this deed at ye next Court
held for ye County aforsd In Witness whereof he hath hereunto Lett his hand & Seale ye day & year first above written.
Signed Sealed & delivered in JOHN COOK seale
ye presents of
Henry Carter
James Carter
Thomas Carter Junr
April 24, 1728 "Thomas Carter of the County of Lancaster Gent" made his
will, probated Oct 10 1733. He left all estate to wife Arabella during
her widowhood, after which it was to be divided among his eight sons as
follows:
Thomas to have the home place (Barford, the old home of the first
Thomas);
Peter to have the half of the King George plantation next the river 250
acres;
Edward the other half;
Dale to have negores Harry and Winny, and he failing heirs to go to son
Thomas Carter's son Jesse;
Joseph to have negro Robin;
Daniel to have negro Nanny,
Charles negroes Sarah and Mary, and he failing heirs to go to son Thomas
Carter's son Thomas;
James to have the "great bed and furniture above stairs";
Peter to have best bed and furniture below stairs;
Edward another bed and furniture upstairs.
Thomas to have the Bible.
All children to share alike in the remainder of his land and personal
property.
Buried on Corotoman River near King Carters Church
ELEVENTH GENERATION
(857) Captain Thomas Carter, son of Captain Thomas Carter and
Katherine Dale, was born 4 Jun 1672, and on 22 Aug 1695 in Lancaster
Co., Virginia, married Arabella J. Williamson, daughter of William
Williamson, who was born in 1672/1673 in Lancaster Co., Virginia.
Thomas died in Sep 1733 in Barford, Lancaster Co., Virginia.
Arabella J. died after 1737 in Lancaster Co., Virginia.
Captain Carter was an attorney and a farmer. He also was a Justice
of the Lancaster Co., Virginia court from 12 Dec 1705 until 14 May
1729 and was commissioned a Captain in the Lancaster Co., Virginia
militia by the Governor.
Children:
858 i Thomas Carter was born about 1696 in
Lancaster Co., Virginia, and about 1721 in Lancaster Co., Virginia,
married Joanna Miller. Thomas died in 1735 in Lancaster Co.,
Virginia. Joanna died about 1737 in Lancaster Co., Virginia.
859 ii Joseph Carter was born in 1696/1697 in
Barford, Lancaster Co., Virginia, and in 1719 in King & Queen Co.,
Virginia, married Catherine Stevens, daughter of James Stevens, who
was born about 1700 in King & Queen Co., Virginia. Joseph died in
Apr 1751 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. Catherine died after 1751
in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia. Joseph moved to Spotsylvania Co.,
Virginia in 1738.
860 iii Jacob Carter was born about 1698 in
Spotsylvania Co., Virginia.
861 iv Isaac Carter was born in 1699 in
Spotsylvania Co., Virginia.
862 v Daniel Carter was born about 1700 in
Lancaster Co., Virginia, and about 1720 in Lancaster Co., Virginia,
married Elizabeth Pannil, daughter of William Pannil, who was born
in Virginia. Daniel died about 1759 in Lancaster Co., Virginia.
Elizabeth died after 1759 in Virginia.
863 vi Moore Carter was born about 1700 in
Spotsylvania Co., Virginia.
864 vii Edward Carter was born in 1702 in Lancaster
Co., Virginia, and married Elizabeth Heale, daughter of George Heale
and Catherine Chinn, who was born 8 Mar 1710 in Lancaster Co.,
Virginia. Edward died in 1760 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia.
865 viii James Carter was born in 1703/1704 in
Lancaster Co., Virginia, and married Joyce Neale. James died in
1747.
+ 776 ix Peter Carter was born on 23 May 1706.
866 x Dale Carter was born about 1709 in Lancaster
Co., Virginia, and married (?) Edwards. Dale died on 12 Dec 1776 in
Lancaster Co., Virginia.
867 xi John Carter
868 xii Charles Carter was born in 1710/1712 in
Lancaster Co., Virginia, and about 1740 in Amherst Co., Virginia,
married Lucy Morgan. Charles died on 2 Nov 1766 in Amherst Co.,
Virginia. Lucy died before 1791 in Sumner Co., Tennessee.
(869) John Norris, son of William Norris and Martha Husband, was
born about 1684 in Lancaster Co., Virginia, and married Mary Opie,
daughter of Edward Opie, who was born about 1684 in Lancaster Co.,
Virginia. John died before 9 Mar 1719 in Virginia. Mary died after
1723.
Children:
870 i Judith Norris was born in 1710/1712 in
Lancaster Co., Virginia, and on 1 May 1730 in Lancaster Co.,
Virginia, married Peter Carter, son of Captain Thomas Carter and
Arabella J. Williamson, who was born 23 May 1706 in Barford,
Lancaster Co., Virginia. Judith died on 15 May 1765 in Fauquier
Co., Virginia. Peter died in Dec 1789 in Fauquier Co., Virginia.
Additional data may be found under spouse's paragraph.
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