Capt. Richard Carr

Captain Richard CARR 1, 2, 3 was born 2 Apr 1659 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. He died 11 Sep 1727 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

Married 3 times:

1. Sarah MAYER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 6 5 Feb 1661 in Saco, York, Maine. She died 8 Jan 1727 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Sarah married Captain Richard CARR on 26 Feb 1702 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. She was the widow of HALEY, Thomas.
2. Dorothy BOYCE 1, 2 was born 1663 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. She died 3 Aug 1694 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. Dorothy married Captain Richard CARR on 10 Feb 1685 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.
3. Sarah GREELEY 1, 2 was born 21 Mar 1676 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. She married Captain Richard CARR on 10 Aug 1727 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts. She married second to William Hook.

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Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire page 129:

Richard,Capt., bro. of (3)[George], b. 2 Apr. 1659, shipwright and mariner, Amesbury and Salisbury. D. 11 Sep. 1727. 4 ch. by 1st w. (see 6)[Dorothy], 2 sons by 2d w. Sarah (Mayer) wid. of Thomas Haley, who d. 8 June 1726-7. James, b. 30 Nov. 1702. John, b. Aug. 1706. Both liv. 1731.

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From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pnoble66&...

There are some interesting articles about his testimonies in the Salem Witchcraft trials where he states that he was with his father on a Sabbath morn, and saw a Miss Bradbery go into her gate and then immediately afterwards a blue boar came out and went for his father, George's, legs, causing him to stumble. He and another witness stated that they thought that it was Miss Bradbery who had appeared as the blue boar. [http://blurringartandlife.com/vb/blueboar.html'''link'''] :). See Essex County Archives, Salem--Witchcraft Vo. 2, pg 38 link

From http://blurringartandlife.com/vb/blueboar.html

Long before the witch trials, the Carr and Bradbury families of Salem had a history of contention. The discord was based on land disputes, broken love affairs and social allegiances common to a small town. For years, the Carrs conjured tales about Mary, the Matriarch of the Bradbury Family. The accusations included Mary having brought illness upon the sick, appearing menacingly near the windlass of a ship bound for Barbados, and turning herself into a blue boar. Upon her conviction, Mary was 75 years old and a well-respected member of the Salem church. Despite her piety, the Carrs' stories were enough to lead to her sentencing. It was young Richard Carr who claimed that he, his father, and Zerubabel Endicott were traveling down the road one day on horseback, when the blue boar incident occurred.

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• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg2476.htm#51169
• http://www.surnameguide.com/kimball/carr_lineage.htm
• https://nbmaa.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/media-history-through-the-ey...
• Reference: RootsWeb's WorldConnect - SmartCopy: May 8 2016, 0:49:27 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carr-599
• “Humphrey Hooke of Bristol and his family and descendants in England and America during the seventeenth century.” by Todd, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1842-1902 Publication date 1938. Page 132. Archive.Org