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CAKK lAMlLY RECORDS— FIK'ST GJiNKRATlOX 9
CARR FAMILY RECORDS.
First Generation.
T. Benjamin Carr was born in London, Eng., Aug. 18, ir)92.
]Ie married Martha Hardington, in London, Sept. 2, 1613.
They both died in London. Their children were,
2x1. Robert Carr, b. October 4, 1614.
3x2. Caleb Carr,
1). Decenil)er 9. 161().
4x3. Kichard Carr, b. January 5, 1621.
5x4. Andrew Carr, 1). December 5, 1622.
I. W'lLLiAiM Carr was born in London, Eng., June 17, 1597.
He married Susan Kothchild, in London, Ma}^ 16, 1619. She
was born in Devonshire, Eng., April 30, 1598. They came to
America in the fall of 1621, in the ship Fortune, Capt. Roger
Williams, with thirty-five passengers on board. They landed
at Plj^mouth, Nov. 7, 1621. The}^ stayed the following winter
in Plymouth, and on June 1, 1622, they started in a south-westerly
direction through the trackless wilderness with an Indian
for a guide, and after a journey on foot of forty-eight da^^s,
the\' located a home, July 18, 1622, where the town of Bristol,
R. I., was afterward built. The town was laid out and named
in 1636, 1)3" Roger Williams. William Carr died in I^ristol,
June 4, 1672, and his wife Susan died in the same place. May
3, l()7l. The}' onl}' had
6x1 George Carr, b. March 12, 1620.
There is an old bible which has come down to the present
generation in the line of William Carr, which is a rare old
treasure. It was printed in London in 1585. On the first
blank page of this ancient book, is written in a woman's hand
the following valuable record:
"My maiden name was Susan Rothchild. I was born in
Devonshire, Eng., in the 3'ear of our Lord, A. D. 1598, April 30.
I married William Carr, of London, May 16, 1619, He was born