William Carter, II

William Carter was born 1628 in Surry Co., Virginia, and died 1654 in Prince William County, Virgina. He was the son of William Carter and Avis Purtley [SIC: Turtley]. It is possible his mother was Ann Mathis, his father's 2nd wife.

He married Elizabeth. She was born 1630 in Virginia, and died AFT 1690. She married Edward Pettway 2nd.

No known children.

notes

"William Carter was probably born in 1600; thus he was of approximately the same age as his neighbour Stephen Webb; he died during the summer of 1655. He had three wives - Avis Turtley, Ann Mathis, and Alice Croxon who survived him. He is recorded as a servant living in Jamestown Island in the 1624/5 Muster, but does not appear in the one of 1623/4 or in Sir Francis Wyatt's return of landowners in 1625.
"He had at least two children, William Jr., the exact date of whose death is unknown but it was between August and November 1655; and George, who was probably born early in 1639 and who died in 1671. William Jr., was born about 1634 or 1635 and was the son of one of the first two wives. After his death, his estate was split up, part of it being granted to Samuel Huby and John Carter of Corotoman jointly.

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Edward Petway's wife was the widow of William Carter, Jr. (1625?-1655), whose stepmother, Alice Croxon Carter, in Aug 1655, granted Edward 500 acres in Southwark Parish, Surry County, to be used by Edward only during the lifetime of his wife Elizabeth.

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• http://feindholloway.com/pettway/ep1630.html
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jhmjr&id=...
• Dorman, John Frederick. 2004. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. Genealogical Pub. Co. 4th edition. Vol 1, Page 511, book lookup by Hill, C. [03/21/2024]