Thomas CARTER
Carter Prayer Book in possession of the Virginia Historical Society
Will of Thomas Carter, written 16 August 1700
Genealogies of Virginia Families, (FHL#975.5 D2gvw)
Ancestry World Tree Project
Descendants of Captain Thomas Carter, Author: Dr. Joseph Lyon Miller Publication: America Heraldica, Magna Charta Barons
Internet IGI, Jun 2008
NAME: Thomas CARTER, Sr. NOTES: 1. Will probated 14 Nov 1700. 2. First recorded presence in Lancaster County was in 1653; arrived in America about 1650. 3. Was a tobacco planter and merchant. BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Carter was the 6th son of William Anscell Carter, he was a merchant in the city of London, England. Upon the beheading of King Charles I, he fled England arriving in Virginia by the year 1650. Captain of Militia, Justice Member of Council, Department Clear Burgess in Lancaster County, Virginia. By the year 1663 he had a home in Lancaster County named "Barford" (established Barford Plantation). He married Mary Ancess Parkhouse. His second marriage was to Katherine Dale in Christ Church Parish, Lancaster County, Virginia.
He married Katherine Dale 4 May 1670 at Barford, Lancaster, Virginia . Katherine Dale was born at Prestwould, Leicester, England Abt 1652 daughter of Edward Dale and Diana Skipwith .
They were the parents of 13
children:
Edward Carter
born 9 Apr 1671.
Thomas Carter
born 4 Jun 1672.
John Carter
born 8 May 1674.
Henry Skipwith Carter
born 7 Jun 1676.
Diana Carter
born 30 Apr 1678.
William Carter
born 2 Nov 1679.
Nicholas Carter
born 2 Nov 1679.
Elizabeth Carter
born 4 Feb 1680.
Daniel Carter
born 2 Oct 1682.
James Carter
born 25 Dec 1684.
Katherine Carter
born 4 Apr 1686.
Peter Carter
born 23 May 1688.
Joseph Carter
born 28 Nov 1690.
Thomas Carter died 22 Oct 1700 at Corotoman Creek, Lancaster, Virginia .
Katherine Dale died 10 May 1703 at Barford, Lancaster, Virginia .