Mercy Carr

Not a known child of George Vaughan

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Mercy (Roby) Carr (bef. 1628 - 1675)

Mercy Carr formerly Roby aka Roby
Born before 2 Mar 1628 in Maidstone, Kent, Englandmap
Daughter of Edward Roby and Margery Parish
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Wife of Caleb Carr I — married 21 Mar 1653 in Allington, Kent, Englandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Mother of Nicholas Carr, Caleb Carr Jr., Samuel Carr, Mercy Carr, John Carr and Edward Carr
Died 12 Sep 1675 after age 47 in Newport, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Mercy Roby[1] was the wife of Caleb Carr (later Governor of Rhode Island). Daughter of Edward Roby (abt.1591-bef.1636) and his second wife Margery (Parish) Roby (abt.1602-abt.1666), Mercy was baptized at Maidstone Kent 2 March 1627/8.[1]

She married Caleb Carr 21 March 1652/3 in Allington, Kent, [1]

Mercy Carr died 21 Sep 1675, and was buried in the family burying ground. Her tombstone is inscribed: "Here lieth interred ye body of Mercy Carr, first wife of Caleb Carr, who departed this life ye 21st day of September, in the 45th year of her age, and in the year of our Lord 1675.[2] Her gravestone was moved from the old Carr Cemetery on Mill St. in Newport to the Governor Carr Lot, in Jamestown, Rhode Island in 1900.[3]

Children of Caleb and Mercy Carr. Caleb remarried and had children with his second wife also.[4]

Nicholas b. 22 Oct 1654; m Rebecca Nicholson
Mercy b. 3 Apr 1656; died soon
Caleb b. 23 Aug 1657; m. Deborah ___
Samuel b. 15 Dec 1658; m. _____
Mercy b. 7 Jan 1661; m. Thomas Paine
John b. say 1663; m. by about 1686 Wait Easton daughter of Peter and Ann (Coggeshall) Easton, and grandaughter of Nicholas Easton.
Edward b. say 1665; m. Hannah Stanton
son b. say 1667 n.f.r (These two are indicated by the fact that there was an 8th and 9th son, children of the second wife, named in some records)
Son b. say 1669 n.f.r
Research Notes

Disputed Surname: "The Carr Family Records, in 1894, suggested she was probably Mercy Vaughan. It did not list parents or any reason for this designation.[2] Robert Charles Anderson explains that the surname "Vaughan is most likely an invention, derived from confusion with the fact that the stepfather of Caleb's second wife was William Vaughan." [4]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robert Battle, "The English Origin of Robert Carr and Caleb Carr of Rhode Island" Rhode Island Roots, 48 (2022): 58-75.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Carr, Edson I. The Carr Family Records. (Rockton, Illinois: Herald Printing House, 1894) . p16. See also 15-24
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 July 2020), memorial page for Mercy Vaughn Carr (1631–21 Sep 1675), Find A Grave: Memorial #37470693, citing Governor Carr Lot, Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) .
↑ 4.0 4.1 Anderson, Robert Charles et al. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, ( Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB115/i/7373/14/22175550
Robert Battle, "The English Origin of Robert Carr and Caleb Carr of Rhode Island" Rhode Island Roots, 48 (2022): 58-75

Caleb Carr married (1) by about 1654, Mercy ____. She died 21 Sep 1675. ("Here lieth interred the body of Mercy Carr, first wife of Caleb Carr, who departed this life the 21st day of September, in the 45th year of her age, and in the year of our Lord 1675.") The claim that Mercy's surname was Vaughan is most likely an invention, derived fron confusion with the fact that the stepfather of Caleb's 2nd wife was William Vaughan.

They had nine children: Nicholas, Mercy, Caleb, Samuel, Mercy Paine, John, Edward, & 2 sons who died in infancy.

Inscription
Here lieth interred the body of Mercy Carr, first wife of Caleb Carr, who departed this life the 21st day of September, in the 45th year of her age, and in the year of our Lord 1675.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37470693/mercy-carr
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caleb_Carr_(governor)_