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12 CARR FAMILY RECORDS—FIRST GEXERATIOX.
"Mr. William Codle joined tis in 1(328, with his wife, son and
daughter from England. They belonged to the society of
Friends."
"In 1635, Robert and Calel) Carr, husband's brother Benjamin
Carr's tw^o sons, were sent over from London to live \vitli
their uncle William, my husband. We had fine tiines hunting
with the Indians, they w^ere very friendl}^ to us. Our l)edding
and clothing were nearly all skins and furs like the Indians,
but in all these years I was mindful to educate my son George,
although we were in a naineless w^ilderness."
"In 1636 Capt. Roger Williams, wdio had abandoned the sea,
moved from vSaleni, bringing with him a colony of Friends, and
settled with us, and set up a school free for all, young and
old. The same year he bounded the state and called it Rhode
Island, and named our j^lace Bristol. He also surveyed and
laid out towns and gave tliem names."
"A meeting was held at our cal)in and we offered up our
humble thanks to God, that we had met on this side of the ocean
in a free land, beyond tlie persecution of Great Britain.
How my heart thanked God that our noble captain who brought
us safely across the ocean, had come to live witli us, and
preach and teach ns to love (iod and to keep liis connnandmeJits."
- I. George Cark was born in London, Eng., about 1.'599. He
married Lucinda Devenport and came to America in 1()20. on
the Mayflower, as a ship carpenter, bringing his young wife
with him. He located with the pilgrims at Plymouth, and his
wife was one of the unfortunate forty-one who died the follow-
ing winter and early spring. A few years later he settled in Ipswich,
and from there removed with the first settler of Cloechester,
(Salisbury) Mass. He was granted an island in tbe Merrimac
river for a home and the jnirposes of a shipyard, and it
was called Carr's Island. 'I'be action of the town in relati(ni
to the grant of the island was as follo\vs: "At a general meet-
ing of the freemen of the town of Colechester, the 3rd da\' of
the 5th month, 1640, it was ordered yt (that) George Carr shall
have the ishuid where he now dwells, as well as the niarsli
and upland, it being the greatest island within Ihe tow ii lim-
its, in the Merrimack river, to him and to his heirs and as-
signs forever." Oct. 7, 1640, it was ordered b\ the (General