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ROBERT CARR (son of THOMAS KERR and JANET KIRKCALDY) was born 16 May 1542 in Ferniehirst Castle, Fennehurst, Midlothian, Scotland, and died 1655 in London (Parish),(County), England. He married MARY ANN CLIFFORD.

 Includes NotesNotes for ROBERT CARR:
From Tercentenary of New England Families, 1620 - 1920, American Historical Society, 1919. p. 215 - 216.
The surname Carr, though common in England and Ireland as well as in America is distinctively Scotch in origin. The earliest record of the name is in the Domesday Book, complied in the eleventh century. William Karre, who accompanied William the Conqueror into England, became the founder of the earliest families of Carr and Kerr, in England and Scotland. The posterity of this Norman ancestor settled in the North of England on the borderlands between England and Scotland; at a later date many went to the North of Ireland. In England the Norman-French Karre became Carr, just as Knut became Canute. In Scotland the surname has remained Karr, Kerr and Ker. The names of four of the family appear on the Ragman's Roll, a list of the Scotch baronets who swore fealty to Edward I. at Berwick in 1291 and a few years later. They were: Andrew del Ker, of Stirlingshire; Henry Ker, of Edinburghshire; Nicholas Kerre, of Peebleshire, and William Ker, of Ayrshire. The Kerrs appear among the East Border clans in 1547; in the Middle Marches in 1587; in Berwick in 1590; in Roxburgh and Lauderdale in 1597. The family has been represented from time immemorial in Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, Edinburghshire, Wigtonshire, Ayrshire, all tracing authentic pedigrees from the beginning of the fourteenth century A. D. The Kerrs and Carrs possess, or at different times have held, the Dukedom of Roxburgh; the Marquisats of Beumont, Cessford, Lothian, and Roxburgh; the Viscountcy of Boxmouth; the Lordships of Caverton, Ker, and New Battle. Many have been members of the Scotch Parliament. The surname signifies 'stout', accounding to Hanna.

The pioneers to America from Scotland, England, and Ireland during the colonizing period of our history were numerous. The first of the name to come to the shore of New Enlgand was George Carr, who with his wife Lucinda was a passenger on the 'Mayflower'. At a later date came Caleb Carr, founder of the most notable branch of the family in America, a figure of note in the early affairs of the Rhode Island Colony, of which he was president in 1695.



More About ROBERT CARR:
Marc: 1589, London, Middlesex,(County) England.

Children of ROBERT CARR and MARY ANN CLIFFORD are:
  1. +BENJAMIN CARR, b. 18 August 1592, London, England, d. 1635, London, England.
  2. +William CARR, b. 17 June 1597, London (Parish),(County), England, d. 04 June 1672, , Bristol, Rhode Island.
  3. +George CARR, b. 15 August 1599, d. 04 April 1682, , Salisbury, Massachusetts.
  4. James CARR, b. 1601, d. date unknown, London (Parish),(County), England.
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