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CARR FAMILY K'i:C()RI)S FrKST CHN HK ATK )X. 5
PREFACE.
It is the desire of most people to know something of their
ancestors, especially- so, wlien the3' come from a long line of
worthy men and women who have preceded them in the centuries
which have passed. Prompted by this feeling, the author
has spent years of patient toil to procure the matter of
this book, and although he has not been able to give it in as
thorough and complete a manner as desired, yet he trusts his
efforts ^vill be dul}^ appreciated. Perhaps no one can form an
to com-
adequate idea of the vast amount of labor necessary
plete such a ^vork, unless they hav^e had a good deal of experience
in such an undertaking.
To gather all these facts from a great variety of sources, has
cost much money and consumed a long period of time. Thousands
of letters have been written to all parts of the country
where any one by the name of Carr could be found; the records
of New England towns have been carefuU}- coj)ied; and
ever}' old bible and ancient family document, has been laid
under contri1)ution to aid in ct)mpleting the chain of so
generations
many
of the family in this country.
The work might have been vastly more complete in detail,
if hundreds ^vho have been addressed on the subject, had
manifested interest enough to rej)ly to letters soliciting information.
Others have ver}- ])roniptly responded with all the
of famiU' records within their reach, and mani-
knowledge
fested a great desire to aid all they could. The one rendering
the greatest help in this direction was Walter Carr, of New
York; and Hon. George C. Cjirr, of Jamestown, R. L, is deserving
of much praise for his efficient assistance.
In matter of names, the plan has been to closely follow the
spelling as received as far as possible, when common usage
has not been very much trenched u[,on, supposing every one
has the right to spell his or her own name in their owai way.
In matter of dates, the old and new style of ealier records are