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View Tree for George CARRGeorge CARR (b. 15 August 1599, d. 04 April 1682)

George CARR (son of ROBERT CARR and MARY ANN CLIFFORD) was born 15 August 1599, and died 04 April 1682 in , Salisbury, Massachusetts. He married (1) Lucinda DEVENPORT in , Salisbury, Massachusetts. He married (2) Elizabeth.

 Includes NotesNotes for George CARR:
Notes for GEORGE CARR: He married Lucinda Devenport and came to America in 1620, on the Mayflower, as the ship's 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 following 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 the Merrimac river for a home and the purposes of a shipyard, and it was called Carr's Island. The action of the town in relation to the grant of the island was as follows: "At a general meeting of the freemen of the town of Colechester, the 3rd day of the 5th month, 1640, it was ordered yt (that) George Carr shall have the island where he now dwells, as well as the marsh and upland, it being the greatest island within the town limits, in the Merrimack river, to him and to his heirs and assigns forever." Oct. 7, 1640, it was ordered by the General Court that "Colechester is henceforth to be called Salisbury."

The island was the home of the Carrs for a number of generations, and the possession of this island gave the family the monopoly of the ferrying business across the river in ye olden times. This ferry at George Carr's death was considered to be worth œ400. Two of the family were drowned while attending the ferry. The large house on Carr's Island was destroyed by fire, May 9, 1797.



More About George CARR and Lucinda DEVENPORT:
Marriage: , Salisbury, Massachusetts.

Children of George CARR and Elizabeth are:
  1. Elizabeth CARR, b. 21 April 1642, d. date unknown.
  2. George CARR, b. 15 April 1644, d. date unknown.
  3. Richard CARR, b. Bet. 16 March 1645 - 1646, d. date unknown.
  4. William CARR, b. 25 April 1649, d. date unknown.
  5. James CARR, b. 28 April 1650, d. 15 June 1740.
  6. Mary CARR, b. 29 February 1652, d. date unknown.
  7. Sarah CARR, b. 17 December 1654, d. date unknown.
  8. John CARR, b. 14 November 1656, d. 25 December 1689.
  9. Richard CARR, b. 02 April 1659, d. date unknown.
  10. Ann CARR, b. 15 June 1661, d. date unknown.
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