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CAlv'K' FAMfLY K'KCORDS—SEVENTH GENERATION. 14.")
nil i;'()l l)e'asll\- drxiiik on i\\v licpioi- {\\vy li.id j)Iun(Iere(l from
the settlers on their niid, excepting- one who was to guard the
reniaininji; prisoner. Toward morning when the whole camp
was in a drunken stuj)or, the guard sent Carrwitha camp ket-
tle to a spring near hy tor some water. He gladly complied
with tlie order, htit instead of returning, left the kettle at the
spring and holdly struck out for liherty. For three days and
the intervening nights he kep-t on his weary way without
sleej), suhsisting onl^• on a few herries and such slender twigs
as he could grasp in his hast^' flight. It was nearly nightfall of
the third {\i\\ when he came out of the forest and found ])ro-
tection and safety; and only an hour later, his Indian ca]>tors
who had ])ressed so closely on his trail, appeared in the edge
of the woods, hut too late to recover their escaped prisoner.
He was captain of a company of state militia, and his commission,
which is in the writer's possession, hears the date of
June If), M^'S, and signed hy (George Clinton, governor
state of New York, for the con nt_\' of Saratoga. Ahout 1800 he
moved from ( ralwa^^ first to Crownpoint, and a year or two later
to Ticonileroga, N. V., where he lived the remainder of his
of the
life. He was in the hattle of Plattshurgh with his oldest son.
His wife died in Tict>nderoga in 1831, and he died in the same
place in April, 1882. Their children were,
2323x1. Roxana Carr, h. Feh. 22,1789.
2324x2. Westil Carr, h. June 3. 1791.
232r)X3. Alhorn Carr, h. Oct. 14. 1798.
232(5 4. Theron Carr, h. 1800, d. unm.
2327X0. Darius Benton Carr, h. April 20, 1802-
\'ll. KuTH Cakr (12(53) horn ahout 17(59, married Steplieu
North and settled in Shoreham, \"t. Their children were,
2328 1. Stephen North, d. unm.
2329 2. Kuth North, m. late in life, no children.
\'ll. Cait. KbEiXEZEk Cakk* (12(34) horn ahout 1771, married
1st Clarissa Hall, and 2tul KeT)ecca Karnuiu. He died in Man-
lius, N. v., in 18.~)0. No children.
\'H. Phebe Cak'K (12(ir)) horn a])out 1773, married Asa Strong
and after his death, John Crrover in 182(5.
\'II. Col. James Carr (12(5()) prohahly horn in Galway, N. Y.,
Jnnc. 177.'), married Hukla Collins, in 1792, ^dien only 17 years
of age. vShe was horn in 1773, and died Nov. 10, 18.^,3. He com-