George Carr, of Salisbury

Not the same as George Carr, of London

George Carr, of Salisbury

• Born: about 1613 in England
• Died: 4 Apr 1682 at about age 69 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
• origins unknown
• Married Elizabeth (maybe Dexter) by 1642

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George Carr Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 17)

Disputed Origins

A previous version of this profile claimed, without source, that he was the son of William Carr and Mary Ann Clifford. Anderson recognizes no origins.

Disputed Claims

A previous version of this profile claimed, based on a purported 17th century bible entry that Anderson questions severely, that he married first about 1620 Lucinda Devenport, {Fictional} and came to America on the Mayflower in 1620. See her profile for details of this myth. She has been detached as his wife.

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George Carr granted Carr's Island in Merrimack River between NH & MA, US in 1640 for a home, shipbuilding and an Interstate ferry.
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In Ipswich, MA 1632 & Salisbury, MA 1640.
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Claim of carpenter on board the 1620 Mayflower is apocryphal.

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carr-174

George Carr was born by 1613, based on his being an adult when he first received land in Ipswich.[1]

an earlier version of this profile claimed, without source, that he was christened 15 Aug 1599 in London, England.[citation needed]
He emigrated between 1633-1638[2] and settled in Essex, Massachusetts.[3]

He was in Ipswich in 1632 [citation needed] & Salisbury by 1640 as per his land grant of Carr's Island sourced below.

He married by 1642 Elizabeth _____.

A previous version of this profile claimed they married 1640 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, and that his wife's name was Elizabeth Dexter.[citation needed]

Anderson does suggest that she MIGHT have been a daughter of Thomas Dexter.

George Carr was granted Carr's Island in Merrimack River between New Hampshire & Massachusetts in 1640 for a home, shipbuilding and an Interstate ferry. Also three acres for his house lot...[4]

He was a shipwright in Salisbury, Massachusetts.[5]

He also served as a ferryman.[6]

He died 4 Apr 1682 Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts.[7]

The following is from the above source (AFGS) and needs confirming; if any of it is accurate, it should be incorporated into the biography above:

A few years later he settled in Ipswich, and from there removed with the first settler to Colchester, (Salisbury), Mass. He was granted an island in the Merrimac River for a home and the purposes of a shipyard, and it was called Carr's Island. October 7, 1640, it was ordered by the General Court that "Colchester is henceforth to be called Salisbury."

The island was the home of the Carrs for a number of generations, and the possession of this island gave the family the monopoly of the ferry business across the river. Two of the family were drowned while attending the ferry. The large house on Carr's Island was destroyed by fire, May 9, 1797.

George Carr died in Salisbury, April 4, 1682 and his second wife, Elizabeth died in the same place, May 6, 1691. Their children were all born in Salisbury. He had ten children. (Carr Family, p. 12-13).

Children

His children are named in the probate of his estate:[8] [Following list needs checking against what's in the probate records.]

1. James Carr
2. Ann Carr
3. Sarah Carr
4. Richard Carr
5. George Carr
6. William Carr
7. Elizabeth Carr
8. John Carr
9. Mary Carr
10. Jane Carr

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From https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:George_Carr_(4)_

Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 1:338.

"GEORGE, Ipswich 1633, shipwright, rem. with first sett. to Salisbury, there was in esteem, by w. Elizabeth a sis. of Boston ch. had Elizabeth b. at S. 21 Apr. 1642, bapt. at B. 8 Sept. 1650, "a. 8 yrs. old"; George, b. 15 Apr. 1644; Richard, 15 Mar. 1646, d. 25 Apr. 1649; William, 15 Mar. 1648; James, 28 Apr. 1650; Mary, 29 Feb. 1652; Sarah, 17 Dec. 1654; John, 14 Nov. 1656; Richard again, 2 Apr. 1659; and Ann, 15 June 1661; and he d. 4 Apr. 1682. Elizabeth m. 1 May 1662, John Woodmansey of Boston; and Mary m. 17 Sept. 1672, James Bailey of Newbury."

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Carr Family, in Porter, Joseph W. (Joseph Whitcomb). The Maine Historical Magazine (formerly Bangor Historical Magazine). (Porter, Joseph W), 1:9.

"George Carr, the original emigrant, was of Ipswich, 1633, removed to Salisbury, where he died, April 4th, 1682." ——

Anderson’s Great Migration Project has him as origins unknown - see Media tab < image attached >

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Disputed Existence

Lucinda Devenport, {Fictional} is an invented wife of George Carr, of Salisbury

TheCarrFamilyRecords_10536403.pdf

" ...on the 6th day of November, 1621, the anchor was cast at dark some way out at sea for fear of
unseen rocks
“ Next morning the boats were lowered and we landed ...
and myself went to view her resting place" .....

"Lucinda Davenport, George Carr’ s wife, had died.
With tear full eyes I viewed the last resting place of poor Lucinda Devenport,
She had died in a
foreign land of privation an d cold, and was buried side by
side with many others who had shared the same fate.
My heart sank within me to" think that I should never see Lucinda
whom I had known in England".

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Devenport-5

Lucinda is mentioned by Susan Rothchild Carr in her writings that are included in "The Carr family records : embacing [sic] the record of the first families who settled in America and their descendants, with many branches who came to this country at a later date" Page 10, 11 and 12.[1]

Edson Carr's 1894 Carr Family genealogy begins with four brothers Benjamin, William, George, James, and their children.[2] It includes claims that George, son of William went to America in 1620 on the Mayflower with wife Lucinda Davenport.

The above claims to be from family Bible printed London 1585 belonging to Susan, wife of William, son of William, including this supposed story recorded in the bible:

"My maiden name was Susan Rothchild. I was born in Devonshire, Eng., in the year of our Lord, A.D. 1598, April 30. I married William Carr, of London, May 16, 1619. He was born in 1597, June 17. Husband says he had a brother George Carr, who went to America in 1620... " It goes on to say that Susan and her husband sailed to America in 1621, and upon arrival discovered that Lucinda Davenport (wife of George Carr) had died the previous winter.

• No records have been found to verify any of these dates or facts.
• Of Susan Rothchild's alleged "bible" and migration story Anderson says: "The highly amusing account of the migration of the Carr family to New England is one of the more outlandish of its genre, and was probably concocted sometime in the nineteenth century.[3]
• Anderson's Great Migration series assigns no origins or parents for Robert and Caleb or George Carr.

Therefore, there is no actual evidence beyond a highly questionable bible entry that Lucinda Davenport existed, married George Carr, much less sailed on the Mayflower with him and died the first winter.

She has, therefore, been detached as spouse of George Carr.

Everton Pedigree and Family Group Sheets full size at (document attached)

Comment: Document uses disproved data from genealogist Edson Carr for parents & first wife.

References

1. Edson Irving Carr, The Carr Family Records: Embacing [sic] the Record of the First Families who Settled in America and Their Descendants, with Many Branches who Came to this Country at a Later Date, reprint; Herald printing house, 1894 p 12. < Archive.Org > (has errors)
2. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, "Robert Carr" P 24-27) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
3. WikiTree contributors, "George Carr Sr. (abt.1613-1682)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carr-174 : accessed 28 February 2024). Cites
   1. Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn,The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001; Volume II, C-F, p 17-22. link for subscribers < AmericanAncestors >; page 17 (document attached)
   2. Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012) (records for arrivals 1633, 1635, 1638).
   3. Hammatt, Abraham. The Hammatt Papers...the early inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass., 1633-1700. (Ipswich Antiqurian Papers, 1880-99) "Printed from the ms. in public library."|||"Printed (quarterly)."|||Nos. 5-7 have imprint: A. Caldwell, 1899.|||Originally issued separately, bound together with individual t.p.'s at end.
   4. Salisbury Town Records page 17, image 18 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS41-R3LY-1?i=17&c...
   5. Anderson, citing EQC8:36
   6. Anderson, citing ITR and EQC 1:38 and 4:238
   7. The Bangor Historical Magazine (Maine, July 1885) Vol. 1, No. 1, Page 9 < GoogleBooks >
   8. Anderson, p 19, citing EQC 8:348-9