Carr

This paper is concerned with sorting out the Carr family most of whom lived in Florida Village, Goshen Precinct, then Warwick Town in the 1700s and early 1800s, along with their close relatives. They may all be descendants of George Carr, the first known Carr in the area, and perhaps also of the immigrant, Walter Kerr of Monmouth, NJ.

In beginning my pursuit of the Carrs, I was fortunate to find the work of Lois Goff which she placed in the Orange County Genealogical Society library. My work builds on her research although she believes that the line of William Carr is a different branch (possibly a different family) from the line of David Kerr that apparently included her ancestors. I don't think so.

My hypothesis is that George Carr was a son of Walter Kerr, and that he had four sons: Anthony Carr, William Carr, David Carr and George Carr, though only George was named in his will. Note how the same set of given names keeps recurring. Walter's sons were James, John, William, Joseph, Samuel, and, I believe, George. David Kerr's were Mark, George, Anthony, Richard, James and Robert, later Samuel and David. William Carr and Anthony Carr and their descendants used: William, John, Robert, Samuel, George, David, and Nathan (perhaps named after cousin Nathan Kerr, the minister. The Sussex County Kerrs/Carrs used David, Robert, John, William, George and Samuel.

Note also, that through much of the period studied, the names in all branches may be spelled Kerr, Carr, or occasionally Karr. Thus the spelling of the last name is not a useful guide to sorting out the branches, though it does suggest that they all stem from a Kerr background. Kerr, of course, is properly pronounced Carr (as with the actress Deborah Kerr), and the gradual change represents an Americanization of the original Scotch/Irish name.

These names keep repeating themselves from generation to generation, making it very difficult to sort them out. In Appendix II I have tried to do so through an examination of tax and census lists correlated with any other information available.

After a brief summary of Walter Kerr and some of his known descendants, this paper begins with the first recorded Carr in Orange County--George Carr--and covers what I have found of the lines of his descendants--or presumed descendants. My sources are a mixture of primary and secondary (or tertiary for that matter). My object is to put down everything I can find in the hope that I or others will later be able to refine and correct the data.[1] This revision does a considerable reshuffling ot the probable children of William and Anthony Carr compared to earlier versions. No genealogy that goes back this far is ever complete or completely correct. But to wait for something near perfection is to deny others the benefit of a lot of prior digging. For simplicity, I have sometimes omitted month and day of events and also children who died young without issu

My numbering system for individuals begins with the children of Walter Ker as first generation, with each new generation adding a number, thus making it easy to identify my placement of people or to add people. If the placement of people gets changed, their numbers will change too. Unplaced people are unnumbered.

Walter Kerr was born in Scotland in 1656; he died at Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1748 in his 92d year. His wife, Margaret Johnston was born in 1661; died in 1734. He was a non-conformist who came over from Scotland to Perth Amboy in 1685. Armstrong says they "had at least five sons; no mention of any daughters has been discovered." He says their relative ages are somewhat uncertain but lists them as William Ker, Samuel Ker, Joseph Ker, and John Ker; then adds James Ker for whom there is no record except a land deed "in right of his second son, James Ker." To this I am adding, on the admittedly flimsy evidence in this paper, a first son, George Ker/Carr.

3. William Kerr, b ca 1700, d 1777. After 1748, he moved to Somerset Co, NJ. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Lamington, NJ and is buried there. By his first wife he had two children, names unknown. His second wife, Catherine Loofbourow, b 1711, d 1776, bore him 8 children:

33 Rev. Nathan Kerr, 1736-1804, m. Ann Livermore. He was a graduate of Princeton, class of 1761, and pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Goshen, Orange County, for 38 years. 5 children:

332. Catherine Kerr, 1767-1795 in Johnstown, NY, m 1790, Rev Simon Hasack.

333. Hannah Kerr, 1769-1858. m (1) Theodore Van Wick , d 1802; (2) John F Caldwell, d 1819.

335. Elizabeth Kerr, 1774-1824, m John McCarthy, 1763-1832, dau, Harriet.

34 Elizabeth Kerr, 1738-1765. m 1758, John Gaston, 1730-1776. Lived in Lamington, NJ.

3(10) David Kerr, b 1752, lived first at Lamington, later moved to Tonawanda, Erie, NY. m (1) Martha Faulkner, 7 children; m (2) Patty Pruyn, 7 children.

42 William Kerr, b 1733, served in Heard's brigade as an ensign during the Revolution and two terms as Sheriff of Sussex County, NJ, each a three-year term, 1779-82, and 1785-88.

43 Joseph Kerr, 1734-1825, m Elcy Hampton. They lived in Hardwick Township, Sussex Co, now Warren Co, NJ. There were quite a few Kerrs around Hardwick Township; a Karrtown or Karrville was named after them. Note that this is a long way from the townships of Sussex that border Warwick.

431 Elizabeth or Elcy Kerr m Ephraim Green Sr, 1750-1824. They lived in Green Township (named for him) in southern Sussex Co, NJ. His son, Ephraim Green, Jr, 1783-1824, was clerk and sheriff of Sussex County and President of Sussex Bank; he m Sarah, daughter of William Armstrong. I think this was one of the Sussex County Armstrongs; not the Warwick Armstrongs.

433 Lewis Kerr m Elizabeth Peppard, they moved to Washington Co. PA about 1808.

434 Aaron Kerr, m Sarah Peppard, sister of Elizabeth. He was elected at 22 an elder in the Presbyterian Church at Hardwick, Sussex Co, now Warren Co, NJ and about the same time elected to a seat in the NJ legislature. He later moved to Washington Co, PA.

5. Joseph Kerr, m (1) Margaret Craig; (2) Euphemia Watson. 11 children. Somerset Co, NJ

6. John Ker,[3] b ca 1690 in Monmouth County, d ca 1740. He married Deborah Jobs ca 1719. After John�s death, Deborah m an unknown Tomson. She was mentioned in her mother�s will as Deborah Tomson and later, as Deborah Thomson, gave her consent to the marriage of her daughter Catherine to Garret Wall.

61 Margaret Ker, b ca 1720, m 25 Oct 1739 in Middlesex County, NJ Thomas Story

62 John Ker, b ca 1725, m <1747 Martha � in Middlesex County. Children: David Ker, b ca 1751, Joseph Ker, b ca 1756, Walter Ker, b ca 1759, m Elizabeth Page.

In the name of God, Amen. I, George Carr, of Florida, in Orange County, being sick. I leave to my son George all lands whereon I now live, with all appurtenances and my negro man 'Jack.' I leave to my daughter Jean �50, also a mare and colt, to be paid by my son George when he is 23 years of age. I leave to my daughter Jean my best cupboard, tables, iron pot and feather bed. To my daughter, Mary Bull, �30. To my daughter, Margaret Howell, �20. To my daughters Anne, Phebe, and Sarah, �50 each. If my son George should die, then I leave all my estate to my daughters, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, Anna, Margaret, Phebe, Sarah, and Jean. To my grandaughter, Elizabeth Jackson, �5. To my grandson, George Smith, 2 sheep. I make my sons in law, Matthew Howell and Thomas Bull, and my wife Jean, executors. Witnesses: George Bloom, John Martin, William Denn.[5] Proved, April 7, 1760, before John Gale, Surrogate.

James Hector St John de Crevecoeur, who lived four miles SE of Goshen from 1769 to 1778, wrote: "Agreeable to our customs, which indeed are those of nature, it is our duty to provide for our eldest children while we live in order that our homesteads may be left to the youngest, who are the most helpless."[6] Accordingly, older sons were frequently left out of wills. Major John Poppino, for example, is never mentioned in his father's will. Similarly, I believe that George Carr had three other sons, Anthony, William and David, who were not mentioned because they were older and already established. This paper makes that assumption; it may later be proven wrong.

I assume that the order of names of the daughters represents their birth order and that George may have been the youngest, since all the girls except Jean were already married. Anthony, William and David were probably the oldest, but I'll discuss them after the others. So the children and presumed children of George Carr, and their spouses are:[7]

What do we know about George Carr? David Kerr is said to be a grandson of Walter Kerr.[8] Lois Goff says that there is no evidence that George Carr descends from that family. His name is always spelled Carr.

According to Orange County land records[9] George Carr first bought land from Hendrick Wisner in Florida. This transaction is not recorded; only referred to. It could be sometime in the 1720s or possibly before. In 1729 he bought for �25, an adjoining 50 acres from Samuel Clowes. In 1735 he bought for �35/5, another adjoining 40 acres from Mordecai Lester, a merchant from Hempstead in Queens Co. George Carr did not live in Amity, as stated in Ruttenber's history[10] but was just north of Goose Creek on the east side of the road from Florida to Goshen. This was part of the original Florida Tract, though it is now in Goshen Town. On 21 Sep 1750 he bought 30 acres, adjoining land of Johannes Wisner, from George McNish, son of one of the original proprietors of Goshen.[11]

In 1739, he was made overseer in the will of John Thomson; William and David Carr were witnesses, providing the first indication that they were close relatives, I believe sons. Elmire Conklin, the authority on the Thomson/Thompson family, thinks George Carr's (second) wife Jean was John Thomson's widow. His son George Carr Junior was later (1767) to marry Fiche Thomson, probably the granddaughter of John's brother-in law, James.[12] Ruttenber in one of his biographies refers to George, Sr. as Rev. George Carr, a Presbyterian minister of Goshen.[13] Since a lot has been written about the Presbyterian Church in Goshen with no mention of George, Ruttenber doubtless was confusing him with the Rev. Nathan Kerr who served there from 1766 to 1804. There is a gap in the list of known ministers from 1754 to 1758 and it is conceivable George served at that time, however there is nothing in the records to indicate that he was a minister. Most of the church records from 1721 to 1767 have been lost.

A visiting Covenanter minister traveling in New York wrote: �June 24, 1754. Rode 11 miles to George Ker�s, Florida, spoke about 3:00 o�clock to the people.�[14]

In 1755, George Carr was listed as one of 12 slave holders in and around Florida, which would seem to make him a man of some worth. He had one male slave; no one had more than two.[15]

There were several Smith families in early Goshen. Wait Smith, Sr., was one of the earliest, buying land in Goshen by 1722. He died in 1753. His wife's name was Charity and a daughter by that name married a Thompson. It appears to be his son, Joshua Smith, who married Hannah Carr. Hannah died in 1770 and left a will detailing her children:

145. Anna Smith, 1751-1810, m Stephen Sayre,[17] a farmer in Walkill, d. 1820. (He was a brother of James and John Sayre--Poppino relatives). Children:

1478 Dolly Smith

1479 Elizabeth Smith

There were two Jackson families that came to Goshen about 1722: James Jackson and William Jackson. I have discussed the James Jackson family in a separate article on www.popenoe.com.. According to one account, William Jackson, Sr., from County Longworth, Ireland, came to America in 1722 with his wife and three sons: Michael Jackson, b 1708, John Jackson, and William Jackson, Jr., b. 1722 on the boat. However a deed of 1718 shows that William Jackson of the City of New York bought land from Clowes and Everett. It was several hundred acres which he later gave to his son, Michael, for love and affection.[18] In about 1733, William Jackson, Sr. remarried, to the widow of William Smith who died in that year. Samuel Seeley Sr. and Jr. were witnesses to the will. It has been suggested, though I don�t know what the evidence is, that the widow Smith was Mary Seely, born 1716, daughter of Samuel.[19] I think this is wrong.[20]

William Jackson, Jr., 1722-1767, m. c 1749, Elizabeth Carr, who d. 31 Dec 1765.[21] In 1767 he married Mary Veghte, a widow.

151 Elizabeth Jackson, 1749-1790, m Israel Wells. He was active in the Elmira area land speculation: 1788, 332 acres in Barton; 1790, 330 acres in Southport; in 1791, he transferred 9,360 acres which he had amassed from cousins Benjamin Jackson, John Jackson, Anthony Dobbins; brother-in-law Daniel Jackson, and others (probably mostly relatives).[22] [23]

154 Daniel Jackson, 15 Apr 1754-1802, m 1778, Elizabeth McCoun from Oyster Bay, Long Island. They lived on a farm in Chester and were buried in what was known as the Dr. Howell burial ground opposite the old Yelverton Tavern, They were Quakers and there are no stones marking their graves. Their son,

1545 Daniel Jackson, 2d, was b in Chester 28 Feb 1790 and m Eupheme C Dunham at St. George�s Church in NYC. They lived part time in lower Manhatten and part time in Chester, taking a boat up to Piermont and a team from there. Their son, Daniel Jackson 3d, was born in NYC 20 Feb 1831, spent most of his boyhood with his parents in Chester and went to the Academy for his schooling. He m Annie McCoun Noble from Bellevale in 1855 in the Episcopal Church in Goshen. They built a a home called The Bog House up a lane on what is now Gibson Hill Road.[24]

156. Michael Jackson, 1758-1809. m Anne Bradner, dau. of Capt. Gilbert and Anne Bradner of Goshen. Children:

1563 Gilbert Bradner Jackson, d. 1823, m 1815, Olivia Skellinger (who m2, Mr. Stevens.)

1564 Sarah (Sally) Jackson, 1785/6-1872 (in Monroe, Michigan). m. Capt. Daniel Carpenter. no issue.

1565 George Jackson 1786-1847, m 1815 Millicent Forgerson 1791-1864. Had 7 children, two of whom had descendants:

When Mary Carr married Thomas Bull she connected the Carrs with one of Goshen�s first families.

I have mentioned that the first person to settle there was Christopher Denn. There was a condition in the patent that unless a settlement was made by May, 1712, the patent would lapse. Denn undertook to meet that condition. He first paid a visit there, befriended some Indians, and brought three young Indian men back to Staten Island . He then sent back the Indians as guides, along with carpenters to build the first house, and all in charge of his sixteen-year-old adopted daughter, Sarah Wells. Although Denn and his wife followed soon after, Sarah Wells is considered the first white woman to settle in Goshen. In return for her services in settling his claim and saving his title, Denn promised Sarah 100 acres for herself.

In 1716 William Bull arrived on the scene. He was a mason and stone cutter who got into financial difficulties in Dublin and was forced to flee to America. He ended up in Hamptonburgh where he built the first stone house in Orange County for Daniel Cromline, one of the other original patentees. He met Sarah Wells and married her in 1718. Sarah received her promised 100 acres of land adjoining Denn's, and in 1722, William built a stone house for his family which is still standing. Sarah and William had eight children, one of which was Thomas. Sarah lived to be 102 and had 355 living descendants when she died.[25]

Thomas Bull, 1727-1801, married Mary Carr about 1750. Also a mason, in 1769 he began work on a second house for his family. It is still standing and open to the public in the Thomas Bull Memorial Park on the Montgomery-Goshen road. During the Revolution, Thomas Bull was a loyalist and in 1778 he was detained under orders of Gov. Clinton and put in jail in Goshen to be held for exchange. The prison was bad and Thomas soon became very ill. In April 1779, Mary Carr Bull appealed through the sheriff to the governor to release her husband into her custody until he should be well again. This was done and in August 1780, he was put back into jail in Fishkill.

Mary died before 1786, when Thomas Bull married Sarah Gale, by whom he had no children. Children of Mary and Thomas, all born in Walkill precinct:

Three Houston brothers, Joseph, James and John emigrated from Ireland at the beginning of the 18th Century, arriving in Jamestown, Va. Joseph was a clergyman. After preaching a few years at Jamestown, he moved to Orange County and became pastor of the Goodwill Presbyterian Church in Montgomery. Here he purchased some 600 acres of land on which he lived until his death. He had two sons, Joseph and James, and four daughters.

James Houston was a Captain in the Revolutionary War and is buried at Goodwill Cemetery, Montgomery, Orange Co. He married 30 Nov 1759, Anna Carr, b 1736, d 4 Dec 1782 and was buried with her husband.[27] They had the following children:

171. Joseph Houston. He was a physician at Amity and afterwards at Edenville, where he died. (His house is still standing just south of the crossroads at Edenville; it was recently an inn). Dr. Houston was shown as licensed to practise physic and surgery in 1806, was witness to or executor of a number of wills between 1792 and 1813 (including William Armstrong, whose first wife was Mary Carr). In 1793 he contributed to the land fund of the Presbyterian Church in Warwick. In 1796 he was chosen at a Warwick town meeting as a school commissioner, along with Henry Wisner. Joseph married Ann (also called Nancy) Wisner, daughter of Henry Wisner, and sister of Jeffrey Wisner who was married to Elizabeth Armstrong, a Poppino descendant. Joseph and Ann had ten children:

172. George Houston, 1763-1825. During the Revolution, he was for a few months on guard in the Mamaking Valley to protect the settlers from Indians. He settled on a farm in Scotchtown in 1787 and in 1805 moved to Walkill. He gave land for the Presbyterian church and burial plots in Scotchtown and was for many years an elder. He was a prime mover in the construction of the Goshen and Bloomingburgh turnpike. George m. Jane Hunter (dau. of Robert Hunter of Montgomery) who died in 1801, age 32, leaving the following children:

1724 Robert H Houston, b 20 Aug 1798 in Walkill. At 16 he began learning the tanner�s and currier�s trade and at 20 he began managing his father�s farm. In 1826 he went to Middletown and in company with Charles Dill (later to marry Sally Carr) took over the Anderson Tannery . In 1829 he m Mary Dill, dau. of David Dill and Elizabeth Houston (dau of Joseph A. Houston, son of Dr. Joseph Houston). They built another tannery, had an investment from Samuel S. Wickham and he continued as Houston and Wickham until he sold out to Wickham in 1851. Meanwhile Houston had bought a farm of 60 acres adjoining the village and he laid this out along with other adjoining farms he later purchased, thus enlarging the villege of Middleburg. He was involved in extension of the railroad from Goshen, was in the lumber business in Sullivan County, and was an active Presbyterian, dying in 1889 at the age of 93. Mary Dill Houston died in 1883 at about 80.

George married for the second time, Julia Thmpson, daughter of William Thompson of Goshen, and widow of Mr. Gale, by whom she had had a son, William Gale. George and Julia had:

179. Andrew Houston, d. 1838, m. 1799, Phebe Wisner, sister of William R. Wisner. William was m. to Elizabeth Miller, a Poppino descendant.

The Howells were a prominent family in Southampton, Long Island, some of whom moved to Orange County where they had many connections with various of the families in which we are interested. Matthew Howell, 14 Feb 1726 - 5 Mar 1786, was the son of Israel Howell, fourth generation in the American line, 1686-1739 and Abigail ---. Matthew first married, 1753, Mary Allison, probably in Orange Co. and they had one child, Matthew Howell, 1756-1836. On 17 Nov 1757 he married Margaret Carr who died on 5 Jan 1777. Their children:

182 Theophilus Howell, 1760-1829. m 1787, Susanna Carpenter 1763-1790, daughter of Daniel Carpenter and Susanna Thompson. Children:

183. Margaret Howell, 1762-, m John Bradner, Esq., Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

Ephraim's grandfather, Joseph Watkins, 1688-1711, lived in Stratford, Connecticut. His son Ephraim was born there in 1706 and married there in 1727, Joanna Birdseye. Most of his children moved to Orange County. One son, Hezekiah, was a minister who, in 1744, became minister to congregations in Newburgh, New Windsor and Walkill. His brother Ephraim, who m. Phebe Carr, died in 1786 and had these children:

Sarah m Thomas Crawford 2 Nov 1761, about whom I know nothing. There was a John Crawford who settled at Little Britain in 1730; his boys were David (whose son was Francis), and James, who settled in what is now Crawford. Francis was married first to Eunice Watkins (b 1763), daughter of Ephraim Watkins' brother Samuel. Early Crawfords in the Wallkill company of the Orange County militia in 1738 included James, John, William and Samuel. Samuel, who died in 1767, was married to Ann Kidd. James, who died in 1783, was m. to Elizabeth. His will showed brothers Samuel, David and Joseph. Archibald McCurdy of Wallkill who d. 1786, had Samuel Watkins and Samuel Crawford as execs and David Crawford as witness

George Carr Jr. m. Fiche Thomson in Goshen, 14 Aug 1767.[30] She was the daughter of John Tomson of Goshen whose will was probated 30 July 1778. According to their wills, he was not the son of John Thomson who died in 1739 and for whom George, Sr., William and David Carr were overseer and witnesses. However, the elder John had a brother-in-law James Thomson who died the following year, leaving a son, John.

George Jr. inherited his father's farm lands north of Quaker Creek in what is now Goshen Town but very close to Florida Village.[31] He and Fitch mortgaged their land to James Jauncey of NYC for �100 in 1776 and paid it off in 1777; then again in 1783 to William Treadmill of Great Neck: 170 acres, �250. This was paid off in 1790 (Liber A, p 352). On 19 Aug 1784 he appears to have mortgaged the same land (though listed as 190 acres) to William Wisner of Warwick and he paid it off in 1789 (Liber A, p 427). The 1801 tax list shows a George Carr with no land and only $15 worth of personal property. (That might, however, be George III, with the father out of the county as he seemed to be in 1800.) In 1810 he was living with a female 16-26 and a male 10-16. He is recorded by the Goshen Presbyterian Church as dying of pleurisy in December 1812. He may have moved in with relatives closer to Goshen because his original home was much closer to the Florida than the Goshen church.

John's Tomson's will of 1777, a little unclear in its abstract, suggests that George and Fiche Carr had two daughters, Jane and Mary. I think they probably also had two sons, George Jr. and William T, who were perhaps born after this. The 1800 Census shows a George Carr, with a man and woman of 16-26, which I think would be George Carr III and perhaps a sister, plus a boy 10-16, which I take to be William T.[32] The father must have been away at the time since he is not listed. In 1810, we have William Carr (16-25) in Goshen, and George Carr Jr (26-45) in Warwick, apparently at the north end of Florida, therefore very close to William. By 1820, William had gone to Port Byron, Cayuga County, and George had moved to New Milford, in Warwick Town. George's widow was still there in 1830, but by 1840 had joined William's son in Port Byron.

1(12)3. George Carr Jr, born ca 1780, died before 1830. Married Sarah Owen, daughter of John Owen(s) of Goshen on 23 September, 1801 at the Goshen Presbyterian Church.[33] Her sister, Fanny Owen, m John J Poppino of Goshen. Her first cousin Elizabeth Owen, m Nathaniel Roe of Warwick, whose son, Nathaniel, m Sarah Poppino.[34] The 1820 census shows a large family: 2 boys under 10, and 1 16-18; plus 2 girls under 10, and 2 10-16. There are 2 men 26-45, one of whom would be George, a man over 45 who might be Sarah's father, and a woman 26-45, that would be Sarah. Sarah later moved to Port Byron where she lived near William T Carr Jr.

1(12)4. William T Carr, born ca 1780, a tanner and currier by trade, who died in Port Byron, Cayuga County, at 48.

1(12)41 William T Carr Jr., born in Orange County m Sophia McCraken, who was born in Washington County, NY. He was a prosperous farmer in Port Byron.

1(12)411 William H Carr, b 6 July 1841 in Port Byron, m 1861 Esther A Somers of Port Byron. He was the leading merchant in Meridian, Cayuga County and also served as Supervisor in Ira in 1876-77, and as town clerk for several years.

11 Anthony Carr

In Oct 1737, Anthony Carr, along with Charles Kennedy and John Thomson, was a witness in a case before the Court of Common Pleas. One of the judges was James Jackson about whose family I have written a separate paper. In Oct 1744, Anthony Carr brought suit against Tho Dickey Esq [Thomas Dekay, who was an Associate Justice in Orange County]. In April 1745 DeKay sued Carr.[35]

On 19 Feb 1753, Richard Gardiner, who was interviewing farmers and surveying farms in the area of Warwick on behalf of the East NJ Proprietors claimed by NJ, wrote: �Anthony Car is settled about a mile from [Nathaniel] Suttons and on north west corss his place hath been settled for 8 years�.cleared near 40 acres the land is worth near 50 � per hundred, he hath neither bought nor leased.� On his map, Gardiner shows Carr located south east of Mt. Eve, perhaps around present Edenville.[36]

Anthony Carr, along with David and William, is listed in Jonathan Elmer�s Florida Presbyterian Church account book for 1757. The 1775 tax lists for Warwick show Anthony Kerr with a very low assessment of 2/9, suggesting a young man; this may be a later Anthony, son of David.

Edenville was originally called Postville having been settled by Major Jacobus Post Jr., b 20 June 1726, grandson of Captain Adrian Post, the immigrant from Holland. Major Post built the original inn at Postville in 1735. Family records indicate that three of his children married Carrs.[37] These were: Eleanor Post married William Carr, Mary Post married Samuel Carr, and Henry Post married Eleanor Carr. Since Anthony Carr was the only one of his brothers to live around Postville/Edenville, I am assuming that these Carrs were his children.[38] If Anthony had been settled for 8 years in 1753, and had been a witness (age at least 14) in 1737, he would have been born ca 1723 or before. He probably had children about the same age as those of his purported brothers, William and David. I am also tentatively assigning him Mary Carr and John Carr with no evidence that they were his children but a probability that they were not children of William.or David.

Mary was reportedly the first of Armstrong's three wives, therefore could have married him as early as the 1740s. If so, this would seem to rule her out as a child of William Carr. She couldn't be a daughter of George Carr because he already had a Mary who married Thomas Bull. The Carrs, the Armstrongs, and the Poppinos were intimately connected by geography and marriage (see my Armstrong Family). She might have been the daughter of the first David Kerr (see the Mt. Eve Kerrs) though a much later account listed only one girl, Esther, along with six boys. She does seem to belong to an earlier generation that the other children assigned to Anthony Carr. She might have been a sister if the three purported brothers, Anthony, David and William, were not children of George Carrr.. I�m leaving her here for now. Maybe someday someone will find out where she really belongs.

The 1790 census shows a John Carr, perhaps slightly older than the one who was William Carr�s son, below, who lived around Mt. Eve. I cannot place him in William�s family, nor David�s family since they make no claim for such a person. So, faut de mieaux, I�ll call him a son of Anthony since he seems to have lived around where Anthony did. As with Mary above, I consider this just a parking place for now.

The 1790 census shows John with four females and one male under 16. He would not be the father of William Carr listed below who left a well documented family that included a John, because that William was considerably older than 16 and not included in the census family. One of his daughters could be Elizabeth, who married John Bradner. Frank Bradner, the leading genealogist of the Bradner family, says that John Bradner was the son of Colville Bradner Sr. 1719-1799 and Margaret Moore. Colville left 1/3 of his farm to John who, presumably, was in Orange County around 1800 then moved down to Pittsylvania in Halifax Co, VA. His wife�s maiden name is not listed in any of the records but they had a son named John Carr Bradner. Frank Bradner believes she was probably born about 1768-75 and married about 1794, probably at the Florida Presbyterian Church, whose records for that period no longer exist. [40]

We know there was a David Carr who was the brother of William Carr Jr. because the latter mentions substituting for him in his pension request and he was an executor of David�s estate.[41] I am assuming that he is not the son of the earlier David Carr who witnessed the will in 1737 (and whom I treat as a son of George Carr) or the David Carr who was listed in Rev. Jonathan Elmer's account book, Florida, 1757, along with William Carr and Anthony Carr.[42] I believe that David was the one who sold his farm in Florida in 1782, and then went to New Jersey. [43]

In 1797, a David Carr was a trustee of the Presbyterian Church at Amity.[44] He is said by some to have been the David Carr/Kerr who fathered the Mt. Eve line. However, many of the early members of the church were probably formerly members of the Florida Church and were members of the families discussed in this paper. Amity is very near the New Jersey border and I think it is more likely that the David of Amity Church was the David Carr of Vernon, Sussex County, who died there in 1799.

According to one account, his wife was probably Jane Edsall. The Edsalls were an important family in both Orange County and Sussex County, whom I have discussed in a separate article. Jane later moved to Bucks Co, PA.[45]

1131 Edsall Carr (ca 1778->1850), Born in Orange County, in 1799 he married Mary Osburn.[47] He moved to PA and apparently later m Lois Alger. �Edsall lived in Monroe and on Towanda Hills until 1821 when he went West. He generally accompanied the hunting expeditions. He had children, Asenath (Mrs. Franklin French), Cynthia and John.�[48] West was Ohio. �Two brothers, Edsel and Samuel [Absalom] Carr, settled on Barron Run, near where the Newton Hunt now resides.� Edsel Carr was the first shoemaker in the village of Rosedale.[49] Cynthia m her cousin Absalom, son of Edsall�s brother, about 1830 in Ohio, later moving to Illinois.

1132 Absalom Carr (22 Feb 1780-11 Apr 1872). Born in Orange Co, he married Dorcas (Allen?) He and his wife are listed in the 1800 Census in Monroe, Wysox Twp., Luzerne (now Bradford) Co, PA, next door to Nathaniel Edsall. In 1801 he went back to NJ to sell the property left him by his father.[50] The deed was witnessed by Barton Edsall. He served in the drafted militia of Luzerne Co during the War of 1812. Jesse and Richard Edsall also served from the Wells area of Luzerne. Absalom Sr. was a noted hunter and while on one of his hunting expeditions found coal on Barclay Mountain (near Monroe).[51] About 1817 he moved to Champaign County, OH, then to Madison County and then about 1832-34, moved to Union County, then, following the death of his first wife, he remarried in Dec 1834 to Rebecca Davis, b ca 1806, and moved on with his second wife to Marion County where they had two more children.[52] Children by Dorcas:[53]

11321 Jane Carr, b ca 1803, same place, d 1841-2, m ca 1830 --- Danby, who died < 1820.

11323 Absalom Carr b ca 1808, came place, m ca 1830, Cynthia Carr, a cousin.

11324 Dorcas Carr, b ca 1810, same place, d ca 1842 in IL, m 30 Oct 1828, Clark Smith.

11325 Martha Carr, b 16 May 1813, same place, d > 1860, m Mar 1829 Thomas Cheney.

11326 John Carr, b ca 1832, Jackson Twp, Union Co, OH, m 19 July 1857, Susanna Thompson.

11327 Priscilla Carr, b ca 1838, Big Island Twp, Marion Co, OH, m 18 Mar 1856 Isaac Redding.

11328 Daniel A Carr, b 10 May 1840, same place, d 20 Apr 1897, m 4 Jan 1861 Mary Jane Mattix Maddox].

1133 Julia Carr b in NY 1781/2->1860), m Mr. Cully or Cooley. In 1860 she was living in Big Island Twp, Marion Co, OH, near her brothers Absalom, Robert, and David E Carr.

1136 Robert Carr, b 1789/90, Vernon, m2 Apr 1851, Marion Co, OH Elizabeth Redding

1139 David E Carr (13 Apr 1797-28 Nov 1879), m 22 Feb 1826, Mary Cheney, b 2 Aug 1802 in Wysox Typ, Luzerne Co, PA , d 1 May 1875.

For years I and other researchers had been confused about William�s birth and death dates due to two DAR Grave Record volumes[55] which stated that he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, and died 14 Jan 1814, age 82 yrs, 8 mo, 6 da. However his and many other tombstones had been moved in 1876 by the city of Elmira from the Baptist Church Cemetery/Wisner Burying Ground, and before they were removed, Ausburn Towner, a local historian, newspaperman and writer, copied the inscriptions and they were published in the local newspapers. He found that the date of death was 14 Jan 1844.[56]

William Jr. served as an enlisted man in the Orange County Militia, Fourth Regiment, under Colonel John Hathorn.[57] Also listed with him are John and Richard Carr. David and David Carr, Jr. are listed as earning bounty rights with the Fourth Regiment. From his pension application:

He entered into the service in August 1777 under Captain John Minthorn. George Vance was just sixteen and Carr went as one of a class in said company for three months. He marched through Sugar Loaf and Blooming Grove and Monroe to Fort Montgomery on the North River and stayed there about one month. Governor George Clinton commanded at that time.

[On May 25, 1775, the Continental Congress passed a resolution to build fortifications on the Hudson River that would prevent the British from passing up it. Construction began in March 1776. Located on the north bank of Popolopen Creek at the Hudson River, just north of the present Bear Mountain Bridge, the fortifications included six 32 pound cannons, and a cable across the river. On the south bank was Fort Clinton; together they had a garrison of about 700 troops. On October 6, 1777, a force of 2,100 Loyalists, Hessians and British regulars attacked the forts with support from cannon fire from British ships. By the end of the day both forts had fallen; the British burned them and tore down the stone buildings. The battle was a pyrrhic victory for the British, as the campaign caused delays in sending reinforcements to General Burgoyne at Saratoga. He surrendered ten days later.]

About a week before Fort Montgomery was taken, Captain Minthorn and Captain John Wood[58] of the New York militia were ordered with their companies to Ramapo now in Rockland County in passing through Smith�s Clove, a distance of about twenty miles. Colonel Malcom of the Continental Army was lying at Ramapo with part of a regiment and recruiting. Carr remained in Ramapo until the month of October and for some short time after Fort Montgomery was taken, then his company and the company commanded by Captain Wood were ordered to New Windsor, passing through Blagg�s Cove and what is now called Salisbury to New Windsor under the command of Major Moffat of the militia. There was a regiment or part of a regiment of Continental troops commanded by Colonel Webb. After remaining about twenty four hours, Captain Minthorn and Captain Wood with their companies were ordered to Esopus in Ulster County. Carr marched with his company up the river towards Kingston (Esopus). When within four or five miles of Kingston they were met by Governor Clinton who had just come from Kingston which had been burned by the enemy. And they were ordered to Hurley, a few miles west of Kingston where they laid a few days and then were ordered back to New Windsor,. remaining there a short time and then discharged.

His next service was in 1778. He belonged to the militia in Warwick commanded by Capt. John Sears. They were divided into classes, each class furnishing a man. He was ordered to Peenpack on the Ulster frontier under Captain Abraham Westfall. He went direct with William Johnson, Vincent Wood and others. Carr remained at Peenpack to guard the frontiers from the incursions of the Indians for nine months at which time his company was dismissed at Dewitt�s Fort [in Deerpark] by Major Dewitt. He went in the spring and he was dismissed in the winter. In July 1779 he was hired by a number of persons belonging to his company to go to the frontiers at Peenpack, the Indians having made incursions in that quarter. He was stationed part of the time at Deckers Fort, part of the time at Jacob Chambers at which guards were kept. A battle was fought with the Indians at this time about fifteen or twenty miles from where he was stationed on the 22^nd of July in which many men and officers were killed. Col. John Hathorn commanded. At the end of six weeks, he was discharged and returned home.

The next service was at Shendaken [25 miles NW of Kingston] in Ulster County about forty miles from Warwick and on the frontiers where the Indians had made frequent incursions. Colonel Paulding commanded, Major Dewitt of the Militia was also there. They went from Warwick to Peenpack under Captain Minthorn, then he went on to Shendaken through Mamakating Hollow. Carr was in the service at that time three months, returning the way he went. He returned in the fall of the year�and he thought it was in 1779. George Wood and William Knapp were with him. His next service was at West Point. It was in the fall of the year 1780 and he thought he was under the command of Captain Andrew Miller. He was engaged at fatigue duty raising batteries. He was there six weeks when he was dismissed.

To the end of the war he was in the service as a militia man the greater part of the time from the spring to the winter at Ramapo and Paramus and at Peenpack on the frontier. He always went when it was his duty to go, either as a member of his class or by general alarms. And he also went on various occasions as a substitute for his brother David Carr and his brother Robert Carr. He had no hesitation in saying from his general recollection of his service and the various places at which he was stationed that besides the nine months above stated he was out in actual service from the time he first entered the same to the end of the war at least four and a half months each and every year. On these occasions, he was generally under the command of Captain Minthorn, sometimes under Captain Andrew Miller and sometimes under Captain Shepherd. He remembered distinctly that on some occasions after serving out his own tour of duty he continued on as a substitute for one of his brothers and served their term out. The Militia in that part of the county were on duty during the spring, summer and fall of each year either at Ramapo or the neighborhood thereof or on the Minisink frontier.

In 1796 William Carr Jr. took as an apprentice, William Salman, the six-year-old son of Stephen Salman.[59] Stephen had been married to Catherine Carr, probably William�s sister, so I assume she had died before this event. The agreements read:

27 February 1796. Willliam Salman, son of Stephen Salman, Cordwainer of Minisink, has of his own free will with the consent of his father bound himself apprentice unto William Carr Jr of the township of Warwick until he shall reach the age of 21 which will be the term of 15 years, 4 months and 10 days. William Carr shall cause him when he shall arrive at the age of 16 to be placed where he shall learn such trade or handcraft as he, William Salman, shall choose and he shall fully complete the term of service and obey his master in all his lawfull commands. William Carr shall provide for the apprentice that he may have meat drink and wearing apparel. Signed Stephen Salman, William Carr, in the presence of Francis Armstrong, John Carr.

23 May 1807. William Soloman, aged 16, 8 July last, and with the consent of William Carr, his guardian, has placed himself as an apprentice to John Roe of Florida, carpenter and joiner, to learn said trade, to dwell, continue and serve until he arrives at the full age of 21. During this time "at cards, dice or any other unlawful game he shall not play, taverns or alehouses he shall not frequent, fornication he shall not commit, matrimony he shall not contract; from the service of said master he shall not absent himself without his leave but in all things as a good and faithful apprentice shall and will demean and behave himself towards his said master." Signed William Soloman, x his mark, John Roe, William Carr Sr. Witnesses: Samuel S. Seward, James Jackson, Jr.[60]

Beginning in 1788, many friends and relatives began to buy and sell substantial acreages of land in Tioga County, now Chemung County--the area in and around what is now Elmira. These included the Jacksons and Israel Wells (married to Elizabeth Jackson, dau of Elizabeth Carr and William Jackson) In 1792 William Carr Jr. bought from William Allison of Goshen, 200 acres in Tioga County which had been patented to Israel Wells and in 1794 he sold them.[61]

The land deals and movement of Carrs and others from Orange County to the Elmira area seem to have followed a survey and lay-out of 205 lots in 1788 by Col. Hathorn (Warwick), James Clinton (Little Britain), and John Cantine (Ulster Co). Hathorn, of course, would be well known to the Carrs. Also in 1791, Gov. George Clinton deeded to Henry Wisner III, 800 acres in what is now the heart of Elmira. Wisner had also served as an officer under Hathorn; his son Jeffrey married Elizabeth Armstrong, a Poppino descendant. . It was Jeffrey who deeded land to the city of Elmira for Wisner Park and the cemetery where several Carrs were buried was no doubt named for him. If some of the Orange Co Carrs were wanting to move on, it would be logical for them to follow Hathorn and Wisner (though both continued to make Warwick their home). Jeffrey Wisner was also one of the executors of the 1812 will of Jacobus Post, Jr., brother of the Posts above who married Carrs.

In 1796-99, William Carr Jr. was sued by a neighbor, James Hall, who was jailed (for debt perhaps) and said that William had promised to take care of Hall�s household goods valued at �50 but that these were stolen while he was in jail. The case dragged on and the court finally determined that Hall had presented no evidence, then charged him $27.78 for William Carr�s costs.[62]

In 1799, William Carr Jr. was co-administrator of his brother David�s estate in Sussex County.[63]

William Carr Jr�s civic duties included Fence Viewer, 1797, 1798, 1806, 1807 and Overseer of Highways 1806, 1808, and 1823.[64]

In 1811, William Carr, Jr. and Robert Armstrong were executors of John Wisner of Warwick.[65] This was John Wisner, Jr., a militia captain during the Revolution, who died at Mt. Eve 1 Mar 1811.[66] In 1812 Carr was witness to the will of Samuel Gardner. Samuel's son of the same name lived for many years with Robert Kerr on Mt. Eve.

In 1816, as attorney for Jared Mosher, he sold to Henry Thompson for $1,000, land on the east side of the road from Florida to Goshen. In 1824-25, he sold land to his sons, Robert P Carr and Moses J Carr.[67]

William Carr Jr. received a pension of $69 in 1832 and in 1836 he moved to Southport where some of his children lived. In 1840 he was living with his son Moses in Wells, Bradford Co, PA

1141 Margaret Carr b 16 December 1787, Orange County, baptized 17 Jan 1799 at Florida Presbyterian Church, m 3 March 1810 to John Sayre Roe, son of Timothy Roe. (John was a nephew of Susannah Sayre Johnson married to Richard Johnson, Jr. whose mother was Sarah Poppino.) John was a soldier in the War of 1812. After Timothy Roe died in 1830, Margaret and John resided on his farm, 3 miles southwest of Florida. Margaret died of apoplexy 17 Jan 1832. After her death, her husband sold the Orange County farm and moved to a farm in Ridgefield Township, two miles north of Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio. Their children went out first with their uncle Moses Carr, taking three or four weeks in a covered wagon. John Sayre Roe returned to Orange County in 1833, taking the remainder of his household goods back to Ohio via the Erie Canal and Lake Erie. On the way he took care of a man who had cholera, caught the disease, and died 22 Aug 1833, the second day after he returned home. Their children, all born in Orange County, were Harriet Elizabeth Roe, Daniel C. H. Roe, Jedediah Sayre Roe, William Carr Roe, Jonas Roe, Sarah Mariah Roe, and Oscar Roe.[68]

1142 William Carr. He is difficult to sort out because of confusion in the records with other William Carrs but since John Carrr #122 was not reported to have a son named William, I am placing him here.. The 1830 Census for Southport, Tioga Co, NY shows William Carr living six families from Samuel Carr and John Carr. William is age 20-30, his wife the same, and they are living with three boys (obviously not all theirs) one under 5, one 10-15 and one 15-20.

1143 Moses J. Carr, b ca 1802, d 1884. [69] Married Jane, b ca 1807, NJ, d 1885. Moved with his family from Sussex Co, NJ in 1839 to Wells Township, Bradford County. PA (which is just below Elmira). His farm was just south of Mosherville on the west side of the road to Coryland. The 1840 Wells assessment (when they were reported living together) shows that Moses had only a $10 cow while his father William had 95 acres, a horse, pair of oxen and cow, all assessed at $300.[70] Moses presumably inherited the farm. Children:[71]

11431 Thomas Carr, b ca 1836, NY, sergeant in Co G, 84^th Regiment, d 26 Nov 1862 at Harrisburg.

11435 Harrison Carr, b ca 1843, PA, enlisted Sep 1864 in 77^th NY and did guard duty at Elmira prison camp. He resided on his father�s homestead and died at home of his nephew, Charles Beers near Mosherville. Buried in Mosherville Cemetery.

11436 James Carr, b 29 Dec 1844 [calculated from tombstone], PA, m Martha Brewer, b 1853, dau of Lyman and Almira Brewer. He d 29 May 1879, six years after their marriage. He is buried in Mosherville Cemetery.

1144. Robert P. Carr, ?-1835,. m Celina Sly ca 1808-1876. In the 1825 census he had two children, 85 acres of improved land, 16 cows, 2 horses, 11 sheep, 31 hogs, and the family produced 50 yards of cloth a year. Not a bad start for a young man. In that year, William Carr Jr. [132] sold Robert and Moses Carr [1234] 100 acres between the Van Horn tract and the great island. This would be the land north of Wheeler road later owned by the Heirs of Robert Carr. Since Robert died before William made his will, there is no documentary evidence that he was William�s son. However the transfer of land from William Carr Junior suggests this connection.

In 1835 when he died, Robert P Carr left two young children--Harriet Carr and James A Carr--in the guardianship of John W Vanderoef. He left many debts including a mortgage given by William Carr Jr in 1822 and later assigned to John W Smith, two other mortgages of 1829 and 1833 to Smith, three notes to Smith of 1833, 1834, 1835, and small debts to 49 other people. This period of the 1830s was somewhat like the 1930s: a severe depression and lots of exchange of debt rather than cash. John W Smith was on the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Orange County and was also, from 1831 to 1839, Supervisor of Warwick Town.[72]

The 1860 Census shows James A Carr, 28, as head of household, Mary A[twood] Carr, 21, his wife, and Celina Carr, 52. Celina Carr was a well-to-do widow. The 1863 map shows her with 170 acres of land--a large landholding by that time. The 1870 Census shows Celina living on her farm with one young helper, and James and Mary A. in the Jessup/Taylor neighborhood, with her as a boarding house keeper and head of household, while James was listed as working on farm. Does this suggest some kind of disability? There were no children. On 17 January 1876 Celina�s will was proved dividing the proceeds from her real estate between her only heirs: James A Carr and Harriet Thompson, wife of George Schuyler Thompson

11441 Harriet Carr, b ca 1829, m 1856 George Schuyler Thompson, b ca 1827, d 13 Oct. 1910, son of Abijah Wells Thompson and Maria Thompson.[73]

115 Robert Carr b 27 Jul 1763, d 8 Sep 1821, m. 27 Jul 1790, Mary Green (31 Aug 1773 � 25 Nov 1857).[75] In 1780 he served in the Florida and Warwick Militia as a private in Capt. Colvil Sheppard�s Company of Col. Hathorn�s 4^th Regiment. and was paid 18 shillings 6 pence.[76] His brother Willliam Carr Junior sometimes substituted for him.

After moving to Sussex County, NJ, Robert Carr was a Justice of the Peace who conducted many marriages during his lifetime. The Minute Book of the Clove Church (the First Presbyterian Church of Wantage) shows that pew #24 was sold in 1816 for $30 to Robert Carr, Esq. (Sarah Poppino, wife of Isaac Poppino, who lived in Wantage, was also a member)[77] During 10 days in 1821, Robert Carr and 5 other members of his family died. Robert Carr had already devised land from his property (in Wantage Township on the road from Soferine DeWitt to David Carr) to his young son George Clinton Carr, who died at the same time. The two estates were divided among the widow and the surviving siblings:[78]

1151 Hannah Carr (19 Sep 1791 � 25 Mar 1865), m. 29 Dec 1810 Joseph L. Willson, 1752 - 1832 (Probably the son of Joseph Willson of Warwick who died in 1801) (Wills, p 47). Two daughters m. Armstrongs; Joseph Houston was a witness.

1153 David Carr (27 Jan 1801- 1865), m1 1824, Adelia (Jane) Dewitt, 1805 - 1828. m2 1829 at Amity Presbyterian Church, m2 Betsy (Elizabeth) Ferrier, 1800 - 1879. He was a farmer who lived and died on the place where he was born in Wantage Township. Buried in Wantage Cem. David and Adelia had two children: Adelia and Asa (b 25 Apr 1827) Asa had quarries near the state line north of Deckertown. There is a Quarryville there today but apparently no extant quarries.[79] Children of David and Betsy: Robert, Jane, Thomas, George Clinton, Hattie and Mary. Robert was crippled in his youth, studied at the Academy in Goshen, then in 1855 got an MD at Albany Medical College. In 1856, he moved to Mason County, IL and there is a biography of him on the Webpage of US Gen Web/Mason Co. IL.

1154 Mille (Meriam) Carr (14 Feb1803-25 Nov 1854), m 19 Feb1820, Mordecai Willson, 1792 � 29 May 1878. Children: Elizabeth, Robert, Mark, Sarah Maria, Joseph, William, Emily, Hannah, Jacob and Asa. They are buried in Wantage Cemetery.

1155 Maria Carr (10 Dec 1805-1885), m. 1824, Increase Stoddard, d. 1858. Children: Robert, Prudence, Lydia, Hannah, Nelson, Simion, Lucy, Mary, Parthenia.

1157 Julia Ann Carr (26 Sep 1809 � 23 Dec 1881), m. 15 Dec 1827, Joseph Kyte, son of Thomas and Experience Case Kyte, was born on the family homestead in the Clove, Wantage Township, Sussex County,10 Aug 1805, and died there 18 June 1879.[80] Children: Elizabeth, Robert, Harriet, George Clinton, Asa, Mary, Sarah Ann, Thomas, Experience, Charles Cooper, Emilyl Alice, Harriet Estelle, and Euphemia.

116 Margaret Carr (ca 1765- ca 1848). Margaret Carr m1, John McWhorter, and m2 William Owen. John McWhorter of Sussex County, died in 1797, leaving five children: Sarah, Samuel, Gilbert, Polly and Hannah. Robert Carr was made guardian. Margaret McWhorter and David Carr were executors.[81] This connection to David and Robert Carr suggests that Margaret was probably their sister though this is not documented. William Owen 5 Oct 1777-20 Dec 1829, was the son of Israel Owen and Jane Ferrier. He was a farmer and tavern keeper in Vernon, Sussex Co. The Owens, McWhorters, David and John Carr and other Poppino relatives were members of the Amity Presbyterian Church in Orange County close to the NJ border.[82] William Owen had two children: Jane Owen, who m Uri Terry and Robert Owen 6 Jul 1806-30 Dec 1867, a farmer in Amity, NY who m 5 Feb 1825 Rebecca Dunn 1805->1881. [83]

117 Catherine Carr m. 1789, Stephen Salmon.[84] As mentioned above, she apparently died before 1796.

118 Samuel Carr. There was a Samuel Carr of Sussex County about whose parentage we have no knowledge but since Mary Post married a Samuel Carr I am putting him here. He died in 1826 so he could well have been born about the same time as the other Anthony Carr children.[85]

He is said to have married Mary --- 28 Feb 1793 and moved from Wantage Township, NJ to Sodus in 1816. The 1820 Census of Palmyra, Wayne, NY lists 8 boys and 2 girls. Stephen Durfee married two Carr sisters, one after the death of the other, presumably the above.[86] The 1850 Census for Macedon, Wayne County shows Stephen Durfee 32 and Mary I. 26. There are lots of Carrs in Wayne County in 1850 who could be sons of Samuel Carr.

An indenture of 4 Jun 1802 between Neri Wilson and Hannah Wilson his wife [also spelled Willson] of Wantage and Samuel Carr of Wantage, for $625, sold 67+ acres in Sussex County beginning at the corner of the division line between Nathan Spencer and Echebud Spencer; also a second lot of 27 acres adjoining the aforesaid beginning at the second corner of the land of Daniel Dun and Nathan Spencer, which was conveyed to Willson by Benjamin Bradner, 15 Oct 1799. [87]

On 1 Mar 1806, Samuel Carr of Wantage purchased for $25, 2.54 acres from Isaac and Ann Holly of Wantage, joining the farm Samuel Carr lived on. It was at the NE corner of Thomas Cosad�s land, near Carr�s house.[88]

Research by Harriet Mott Stryker-Rodda[89] showed a deed in Wayne County, NY (Vol E:374) dated 25 May 1816 in which Burden and Sally Hicks of Palmyra had sold land to Samuel Carr of Wantage, Sussex County NJ, part of Lot #17 in Palmyra, for $1800, recorded 1 June 1816. The same deed was recorded in Ontario County (Vol 26:55). File 018, Wayne County, carries the estate papers of this Samuel who died in 1826. No birth record was found in Wantage.

William Carr I[90] was listed as witness to a will in 1737. Assuming he was an adult, he would have been born before around 1719 We know that Catherine Poppino was married to William Carr in 1773 because her father John Poppino said so in his will of that date. We know that William Carr was dead by 1780 because a land transfer of that date from John Poppino to his heirs refers to Catherine Carr, widow of the late William Carr deceased.[91] He was too old to have served in the militia during the Revolution, however William Carr was listed in the Blue Artillery Company of Orange County under John Waldron in 1738; this would presumably be the same man.[92]

In 1751 or earlier, William Carr bought 100 acres of land for �80 from the heirs of John Van Horne.[93] The land was on the west side of John Poppino's land and adjacent to that of Francis Armstrong. It was west of the Florida--Edenville (now Union Corners) Road, above the land belonging to Amzi Jessup on the 1863 map.) He had earlier purchased an adjoining 25 acres from Francis Armstrong.[94] He mortgaged the land in 1776 for �150, and again in 1777 for �160.

In the 1775 tax list for Orange County, we find John Poppino, Sr assessed at �4/4/8, followed by William Carr, Jr. at �0/9/6,[95] followed by John Poppino (3d) at �3/3/4, followed by William Carr, Sr. at �5/4/6. John Poppino, Jr. appears some distance away at �5/10/3. William Carr I thus seems to have had average wealth for the area at that time.

I have assumed that Catherine Carr�s father, John Poppino was born about 1704 (his brother was baptised in 1706), in which case Catherine would not have been born until the 1720s (her brother John II was born in 1727). She appears to be the oldest of the daughters since she is mentioned first on deeds. She probably married Carr sometime in the 1740s.

This William Carr lived among the Florida Carrs who descended from William Carr I. His purported sons, John Carr and William Augusta Carr, sold land that appeared to be William Carr I land, as did the land he sold to his daughter Sally Carr. This would suggest that he was a son of William Carr I.

William�s birth would be before May, 1761 (when William Carr Jr. was born). The 1800 Census has him 45 years or older, thus born in 1755 or before; the 1830 Census has him 80 or older, which, if so, means he was born by 1750.

William Carr. would thus be eligible for military service, though we have no pension record and he does not appear in the ranks of the Orange County militia. However, according to New York in the Revolution, there are two other places he might be found. The 1^st Regiment of the NY Line, under Col. Goose Van Schaick, had the following enlisted men: Dan Carr, William Carr, Mark Karr, Abner Kerr, Anthony Kerr, Henry Kerr, James Kerr, and Mark Kerr. According to the family history, probably reported by Harriet Kerr, the David Kerr family included the following boys: Mark, George, Anthony, Richard, James and Robert., of whom George, Anthony, Richard and James all died during the Revolution or soon after from wounds. Mark, Anthony and James in the 1^st Regiment could certainly be from this family

The other possible place for William�s War service was Col. Pawling�s regiment of the NY Levies which included a number of names that appear to be from the area[98] The Levies were drafts from different militia regiments that could be called to serve out of state for the duration; while the militias could only serve out of state for a maximum of three months. So it would appear that our William may have served either in the Line or the Levy.

The land of William Carr I went to William Jr. and his brother John. The post-Revolutionary period was one of severe economic hardship. They each mortgaged their parcels in March 1783.to William Wickham, a prominent lawyer and investor who was closely associated with the Wisners (Liber A, page 331). William apparently was not able to repay the mortgage because in 1793, in a document given to Wickham[99] he stated:

�...for the use of which farm I have promised to pay the rent for the farm I have lived on it. And whereas Wickham has sold the farm at public vendue and Jonathan Burell of New York City has purchased it, now I William Carr promise to deliver said farm to George D. Wickham whenever he shall request it. 17 Oct. 1793.�

William Carr was active in Warwick civic affairs. He was a constable from 1790 to 1795, was a roadmaster or overseer of highways in 1794, 1795, 1800, 1805 and 1813 and an assessor for the Western District of Warwick in 1799.[100]

On 12 September 1832, he sold to his daughter Sally Carr for $1,250, 52 1/2 acres along the road from Edenville to Florida, adjoining land of Thomas Brown, John Hetzell (the land sold to him by John Carr), Christopher Aspell (the John Poppino farm), James Vail and Robert Armstrong. This was part of the original William Carr I land. Sally gave him a mortgage under which she was to pay back most of it to her siblings after his death, as specified in a will of hers, which presumably paralleled his own.[101]

William Carr�s will (Liber K, p 318) was written three days after the sale to Sally Carr: 15 September 1832 and proved 3 April 1839. Henry W. Houston (son of Dr. Joseph Houston) was sole executor. Witnesses were Thomas Armstrong and Jedediah Sayre brother of Seely Sayre who married a Carr). The will gave money and shares in a 7-acre woodlot on Mt. Eve to: (1) son, James Carr, (2) daus. Deborah Rhodes, (3) Polly Rhodes, (4) Julia, wife of George Van Brunt. Notices of the will went to next of kin:

(5) John Carr of the town of Orange, Steuben County. About 30 miles n of Elmira.

1211 James W. Carr, b ca 1774, d >1850 in Wisconsin, m Elizabeth Kinner, b ca 1780 in NY.[103] In 1850 they were living in Scott, Columbia, WI with their son James D. Carr, 31.

12111 William Carr, b ca 1803, m Sally H.---, in Scipio, Hillsdale, MI 1850 with children: Miles A Carr 21, Arnott M. Carr 18, Simeon D. Carr 13, Grant M. Carr 8.

12112 Calvin Carr, b ca 1805, m Lucy, 42 in Scipio 1850, Archibald 23, Isaac 17, Elizabeth 14, Charlotte 9. In 1860 they were living in Cannon City, MN.

12113 David Carr, b ca 1808, m Phoeba ---, in Waterloo, Jefferson, WI 1850. Children: Anna 18, Adelia 9, Carlson 5. In Cannon City, Minnesota in 1860.

12114 Jesse Carr, b ca 1810, NY, m 1843 Margaret Trusdell, Cederville, Herkimer Co, NY. Living in Cannon City, MN in 1860; died there in 1900..

12115 Simeon Carr, b ca 1813, m Matilda ---, in Jonesville, Hillsdale, in 1850 with son Lawrence E. Carr, 4. He was living in Herkimer County in 1840.

12116 Demott Carr, b ca 1816, m Harriet M ---, in Burnett, Dodge, WI 1850 with children: Lester L. Carr 7, Rosa R. Carr 5, Eugene Carr 3, Selden Carr, l.

12117 James D. Carr, b 10 Nov 1817, Orange Co, NY, m 1843 Jane C. Trusdell in Cederville, Herkimer Co, NY. Died 18 Mar 1903 in Sauk Center, MN where he was living with his daughter and her family.

12118 Sarah Ann Carr, b ca 1820, m Truman Boss. In 1860 they were living in Cannon City, MN.

1212 John Carr ca 1779 � 30 Mar 1869. m. Joanna (Surname ukn) ca 1782 � 13 Sep 1851. William�s will did not mention John but Sally Carr Poppino�s will did and William�s Probate named John in Orange, Steuben County. In 1816, William Carr Jr. and Deborah for $1, sold John Carr the land on which John lived, amounting to 25 1/2 acres.[104] In 1819 John and Joanna sold the lot on which he lived to John Hetzell. Probably after this they moved to the town of Orange in Steuben Co (now Schuyler Co) about 30 miles north of Elmira. According to the 1850 and 1855 censuses, and tombstones in the Old Sugar Hill Cemetery[105] he was a farmer there with property valued at $2,500, his wife was Joanna, and his probable children were:

12121 John Carr, b ca 1803, m Elizabeth, both lived in Dix, Schuyler Co at the 1855 Census

12123 James A. Carr, 9 Apr 1813 � 18 Mar 1888, m Issalinda 2 Oct 1818-12 Jun 1885 [106] Had son Orange M. Carr b ca 1859.

1213 William Augusta Carr, b ca 1785, d >1840, m 5 June 1811 at Goshen Presbyterian Church, Anna Moffatt, b 11 Nov 1787 in Goshen, dau of Samuel Moffatt and Sarah Wilkin. William A. Carr and Ann, his wife, sold land in 1815 that was part of the original William Carr I land. Probably in the 1830s the family moved to Washington Township, Lycoming County, PA. Children:[107]

12131 Sarah Maria Carr, b 1813, d 1854-1860 in Armstrong Township, Lycoming County, PA, m John P. Passell.

12134 Frances Matilda Carr, b 11 Sep 1824, d 1865 in Mitchell Co, IA. She m James Henry Forman in Lycoming Co, PA.

12135 William Moffat Carr, b 4 Nov 1827 in Orange Co, NY and d 23 Nov 1903 in Otay, San Diego Co, CA.. He m Frances Antionette Foreman. in Lycoming Co, PA.

1214 Deborah Carr m Calvin Rhodes of Goshen. She d before 1839, leaving dau. Emeline who later m JohnHowell.[108]

1215 Mary (Polly) Carr m William Rhodes. She died sometime after 1820 and William remarried. In 1833 he moved to Western New York and in 1836 he continued to Huron County, Ohio. Mary and William had a son John Rhodes, b ca 1820, who moved to Oakland County, Michigan about 1843 and to Genesee County in 1855 where he remained until his death. He was a very successful farmer, accumulating a large property.[109]

1217 Sarah Carr first m Cornelius Demarest[110], then Charles Dill, and later in old age became the second wife of Jackson Poppino.[111]. She and Cornelius didn�t get along and on 11 Sep 1843 they signed an agreement under which her farm and all personal property which she had before her marriage reverted to her and she would have all the rights of an unmarried woman. Thomas Armstrong and Charles Jackson (son of Enoch) were trustees on her behalf.[112] She appears to have had no children. See her will in previous footnote.

122. John Carr, 25 May 1759 - > 1840) He m.5 Mar 1780[113] Amy Armstrong, daughter of John Armstrong (1727-1797).[114] [115] John Armstrong was the brother of William Armstrong who m. Mary Carr. John Carr was a blacksmith. From his pension application:

On or about the first of October 1776 he enlisted for the term of nine months in the company commanded by Captain John Wisner in the County of Orange and in Colonel Henry Wisner�s regiment. He was marched to New Windsor on the North River where they were stationed about six weeks. Then to Fort Montgomery where he served out the nine months in garrison duty and repairing the fort. Was dismissed and returned home about the first of July 1777. He then in the course of a few days enlisted in the company of Captain Elmer in the same regiment of Col. Henry Wisner and continued in the service along the North River till towards the beginning of winter. In the spring of 1778 he enlisted for three months in the company of Captain John Minthorn and under Col. Hathorn and was stationed at Fishkill in Dutchess County, opposite to Newburg, serving out that period of three months. He then entered the frontier service under Col. Hathorn and continued for periods of two years without any particular engagement as to length but to continue as long as circumstances of the service should require. During this service he was in the Minisink country upon the Delaware which was a stronghold of the Indians and Tories and during that period there were various alarms and musters of the Militia in the interior in all which he had to take his equal share of duty. In this service he was under orders until the fall of 1780 having been in active service for the greater part of the time for four years. He said that he was born in the Town of Warwick on the twenty fifth day of May in the year 1759, and has a record of his age in his family bible and obtained the date of his birth from his mother. At the time he first entered the service he lived at the place of his nativity and lived at the same place after the Revolutionary War until the year 1822 since which time he has lived at his present residence in Southport. In all services he was a volunteer. Governor George Clinton and General James Clinton were with the troops that he served in some part of his service. [116]

John Carr lived next to his brother William, partly on inherited land conveyed to him by his brother and partly on land he bought. In 1783 he mortgaged 63 acres for �75 and sold 23 3/4 acres to Samuel Armstrong.

In 1788, John Carr, creditor, was co-executor of the estate of John Chandler of Goshen Precinct, along with the widow Rebecca Chandler. Rebecca was a granddaughter of Samuel Jones who might have been the one who was married to Hannah Jackson, niece of Elizabeth Carr Jackson, discussed earlier.[117]

In 1796 John Carr witnessed (along with Francis Armstrong, his wife's uncle or cousin) an agreement binding an apprentice to William Carr Junior. In 1806 he or his son witnessed a will along with Francis and Robert Armstrong. The executors were Daniel Poppino and Enoch Jackson--who was m. to Mary Armstrong, a sister of the William Armstrong who m. Mary Carr.[118]

In 1822 John Carr moved to Southport in Tioga County, which later became part of Elmira in Chemung County. On 19 Feb 1824 he sold to his son Nathan for $200, 77 acres in Southport on South Creek, originally patented to Israel Wells.[119] Nathan took a mortgage to pay for the land and was later in default, so it was sold at public auction in 1827.[120]

Records of the South Presbyterian Church in Elmira show the esteem in which he was held.[121] On 7 Jun 1824 he and his son Nathan presented letters from the Church of Christ in Florida, NY and they were voted unanimously into the church. On August 21 John was chosen Moderator Pro Tem. On 8 Dec 1826 he was made a deacon and on 23 Dec 1826 he was made an Elder. His name appears in the session notes as far as 4 May 1833 (maybe farther).

As of 1831 John was awarded a pension of $80 a year, and in 1837 he said he moved back to Orange County.[122] However, the Pensioners Schedule for the 1840 Census shows John Carr, 83, living with Nathan Carr in Southport.[123]

1221 Peninah Carr, 16 Feb 1782 � 14 Nov 1849. m 10 Jun 1801, Jonas Roe, 23 May 1778 � 18 Nov 1859.. They were members of the Florida Presbyterian Church.[125]

1222 Dorothy Carr b 30 Dec 1783 near Pine Island, baptized at Florida Presbyterian Church 19 Jun 1799, m about 1803, Nathan Rowlee, a stone mason. They lived in Orange County until about 1817, then migrated to Groton, Tompkins Co, NY and again in 1826 to Fulton, Oswego Co, NY.[126]

1223 John A Carr, b 10 Oct 1785, m 28 Oct 1808 Bersheba (or Bathsheba) Roe She was the daughter of Timothy Roe and Martha Sayre. In 1829 and again in 1835 they sold 30 acres inherited from Timothy on the Florida/Edenville road, adjoining John Roe's land.[127] The 1830 Census shows him living in Southport, Tioga County with a 70-80 year �old man, presumably his father, and next to Timothy Beers (married to his sister) and his brother Samuel Carr. John and Bersheba are said to have had 8 children, one of whom was Jackson Roe Carr, b 21 Mar 1820, d NYC 19 Aug 1902.[128]

1226 Nathan Carr, 22 Apr 1794 � 2 May 1882 , m Sarah Kerr, daughter of Robert Kerr of Mt. Eve.[130] Nathan was a blacksmith, like his father. He and his wife were in Newburgh in 1820, later went to Southport. As mentioned above, he purchased land there from his father in 1824 which was sold in 1827 when the mortgage was in default. In the same year he bought 27 acres in a Southport subdivision, which he sold in 1829.[131] In 1832 he bought the lot on Lake Street with the blacksmith shop that he ran with David Stephens.[132] In 1843 he sold two acres in Elmira and in 1846 he sold another two acres and moved with his family to Kirkwood, Warren Co, IL.[133] This was probably after his father had died. Children:[134].

1228 Samuel Carr, b 12 Mar 1798, m Elizabeth ---. The 1830 Southport, Tioga County census shows Samuel living next to Timothy Beers, husband of his sister Elvina, and his brother John Carr. Samuel has two boys under five, one five to ten and one girl five to ten. He was probably still in Elmira in 1840; not found in the 1850 census but the 1855 Warwick Census shows Samuel Carr 56, Elizabeth Carr 54, b NJ, and Robert R. Carr 18. The 1860 Census lists Samuel as a wheelwright; the 1870 Census calls him a farm laborer.

12281 Jesse Armstrong Carr, b Elmira, 3 Aug 1822, d Goshen 27 May 1898.[135] He married Hannah M. Drake, b 10 May 1826.[136] He went to California during the Gold Rush[137] then returned to New York. His son Henry was born in Brooklyn about 1856; Jesse is shown in 1860 and 1870 as a farmer in Florida near the original William Carr and John Poppino farms. Later he moved to Goshen where he was a merchant at J.A. Carr and Company, in Goshen Village,[138] and he is buried there in Slate Hill Cemetery.

122811 George W. Carr, b Aug 1848, m1 Maria ---, b 1853, m2 ca 1885 Elnora Ludlum, b Aug 1866. In 1870 he peddled tin ware, by 1880 he was a grocer with his father, continuing through at least 1910.[139] By 1920 he was dead and Elnora was proprietor of the grocery store.

122812 Henry Halsey Carr, b Brooklyn Nov 1854, m 7 Nov 1865 Annie McLaughlin, b Ireland Feb 1868, dau of James McLaughlin. Henry was a peddler in 1885, a moulder in 1889 and in 1900 he was farming in Warwick with the following children:

122(10) Austin Carr, b 1 Dec 1803. He was living in Newburgh in the 1830 and 1850 Censuses but died in Elmira 24 Feb 1851.[140].

122(11) Elvina Carr, b 6 Jan 1807. She married, probably in Orange County before 1828, Timothy Beers. Timothy was the son of Henry Beers, 16 Feb 1780 � ca 1850, who was the son of Timothy Beers 1749-1845 who was listed in the 1775 Warwick tax assessments close to the Poppinos and Carrs, and who served in 4^th Regiment of the Orange County Militia. Most of the family moved to the Elmira, Tioga/Chemung Co. NY and Bradford County, PA area by 1818.[141

We now come to a lot of names, most of whom we cannot connect with the names above, but who appear to be in the same line. They will wait here until there is further evidence of which family they belong to.

The earliest Carr I've seen mentioned in Sussex County is a John Carr who was taken to court for debt in 1764.[142] William Kerr, an early High Sheriff of Sussex County was a grandson of Walter Ker, as previously mentioned. This was, presumably, a different line from the Carrs we have been following. During the Revolution persons were appointed in each district to recruit men and apprehend deserters. The New Jersey Provincial Congress appointed three men in Sussex County, one of whom was William Carr.[143] Most likely, he was one of the descendants of Walter Kerr that lived in what is now Warren County, e.g., the grandson mentioned above that later served as sheriff of Sussex County..

Seely Sayre, b 1750s, son of Susannah Seely Sayre (John Poppino's half-sister) and Thomas Sayre, m --- Carr, who died before 1829.[144] He was a farmer in Orange County. After the Revolution he moved to Monongalia County, Virginia, where Peter Popeno II, son of John Poppino's brother Peter, had settled in 1771. Their only child was David Sayre, b 21 Jun 1788.

Mary Carr and John Lonsbury had a son, born June 22, 1788.[145] The Lonsbury name doesn't appear elsewhere; it probably should be Lounsbury. James Lounsberry bought 320 acres in Chemung in 1788. A Jonathan Lounsberry, age 28 (ie, born in 1731) enlisted in 1759 in Col. Herring's Orange County Regiment. He was a farmer, born in Ireland.[146] Most likely John was from the Lounsbury family of Fairfield County, CT and Westchester County, NY which was was closely associated with the Seelys, Hollys, etc.[147]

Phoebe Carr m John O'Brian, 29 October 1814 in the St. James Episcopal Church, Goshen.[148]

In Wawayanda, northwest of Warwick Town, John Carr was living in school district No. 5 in 1813.[149]

Juliana Carr m Samuel Gillespie 3 Nov 1828. Rev. Mr. Timlow. (per Independent Republican) Samuel�s sister married John J. Poppino.

Vincent Carr, b ca 1796, m 12 Apr 1817 Rachel Wright, lived in Wantage Township, Sussex County, NJ. We haven�t been able to connect this family to our Warwick Carrs but their location in Vernon and burial in Warwick suggests there is a connection.[151]

1. Joseph Carr, b Glenwood, NJ 18 Nov 1823, d Vernon, NJ 25 Jan 1883, m Jeannette Bailey.

13 David Carr, b Vernon, 21 Mar 1852, d Franklin Furnace, NJ 11 July 1907, buried Warwick Cemetery.

16 Joseph E. Carr, Jr., b Vernon 15 Mar 1856, d Warwick 8 Jun 1934, 1876 Charlotte J. Garrison, b May 1859. The family lived in Warwick in 1900.

163 Leroy Joseph Carr, b Vernon 26 Sep 1885, d Warwick July 1958, buried Warwick Cemetery, m Karolina Herman.

The following are from Sussex Co, NJ volumes in the DAR Library, Washington, DC:

Vol. 5: Fairview Cemetery, near Sussex, NJ: George C. Carr, Aug 23, 1843 - Oct 13, 1898; Adeline T, his wife, 1847 - 1929.

Vol. 6: Papakating Cemetery, Wantage Township: John F. Carr, Dec 10, 1839 - Feb 26, 1915. Wife Tresa, dau. of Jacob A and Elizabeth Swan Vanderhuff.

Vol. 8: Mt Salem Cemetery, Wantage Township: William H. Carr, 1858; Carrie C. Everitt, his wife, 1865.

Sparta Cemetery: Jane Carr Rochelle, wife of Stephen Rochelle, d Jan 25, 1914, age 90/7/21. Mary Carr, mother, 1817-1891. [Mary, 26 Jun 1817 � 22 Jul 1891, m William Rochelle, per email from Lee Rochelle.]

The History of the Amity Presbyterian Church records the marriage of Alanson Carr to Miss Jane Cornwall 29 Aug 1834. The censuses of 1840, 1850, and 1855 show Alanson and family in Barton, Tioga County; in 1860 he was in Richford, Tioga Co, and in 1870 in Lisle, Broome Co. He died 14 Jun 1876 at his son in law�s, Matthias Speer. He no doubt belongs to one of the Sussex Co families, but which?[152

This is shorthand for the branch of the family stemming from the David Carr who I believe was the brother of William Carr I and Anthony Carr, and the son of George Carr I. This line is covered extensively in Lois Goff's papers.

David was reported to be a grandson of Walter Kerr, and to have been born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he received his education.[153] For many years he lived in Ramapo, then part of Orange County, now Rockland County. His children were born there. His family is said to have consisted of Mark, George, Anthony, Richard, James, Robert, and Esther. George, Anthony, Richard, and James all died during the Revolution or soon after from wounds and exposure suffered during their service. While he was said to have moved to Mt. Eve, there is no direct evidence of this and the most likely David on the tax lists was David Carr Senior who was listed next to Maj. John Poppino on the east side of Florida in 1779.

According to his son�s pension application, David moved from Ramapo to Florida about 1769. However there are two other pieces of evidence about some David, presumably this one. In 1751 William Ludlow sued David Carr in the Orange County Court of Common Pleas, probably for debt. And in 1757, David Carr was listed along with Anthony and William Carr in Jonathan Elmer�s Florida Presbyterian Church account book. David may have moved to Ramapo after 1757, then returned to Florida in 1769.

A Mark Carr, age 21 (ie, b ca 1741), was enlisted 19 June 1762 by Lt. Nathaniel Minthorn to serve in the militia. He was a blacksmith, born in Orange County.[154] Mark was a noncommissioned officer during the Revolution and a member of the lifeguard. In 1778, John Wisner claimed a right of bounty lands purchased from Mark Carr who served as corporal in the first NY Regiment[155] I assume this was the same person. During the War of 1812, a Mark was a captain of a company of artillery. After the war he settled in Louisiana where he had gone on a trading expedition. We must be talking about two Mark Carrs here, since the first one would be 71 by 1812.

131 Robert Kerr (19 Jan 1756-28 Nov 1846)[156], m1 ca 1788, Mary Benjamin of Amity who died ca 1801, m2 26 May 1804, [157] Christina Parcell, who died 28 Nov 1846. :Robert was said to be the one surviving son of David. According to his 1832 pension application:[158]

In the year 1776 when he was in his thirteenth year he enlisted for four months under Captain William Blain and was marched from Florida in Warwick Township first to Fort Montgomery, lay there nearly a month then to Haverstraw something like a month then to Kings Bridge on York Island, was there at the time the British took possession of the city. While there Captain Blain was relieved and Captain William[159] Minthorn took the command of the company and was attached to Col. Nichol�s regiment was under the command of General Hait, was at Kings Bridge as near as he can recollect about two months, was marched from there to Fort Lee, lay there a short time and went by the way of Dobb�s Ferry to Peekskill and lay there until his five months was out and was discharged on Christmas Day. . About two years later his name was put on the muster roll of Capt. Colvin Shepherd�s company. Soon after he went a tour of duty under him to Decker�s Fort at Minisink, was there one month. The spring following went on a tour of duty to Daniel Vanaken�s Fort at Minisink under the same Capt. Colvin Shepherd, was there thirty days. Went on a alarm at the time Peenpack was burnt, was gone about eight days and on several other general alarms gone different lengths of time, on two of them went to Minisink and Mongaup after Indians. While lying at Kings Bridge was in the Battle at Frogs Points and a skirmish at Morrisania. He believed he was in actual service during the war at least something more than eight months. He was born near Ramapo, now Rockland County. When he was about five years of age his father moved to Mount Eve in Warwick, Orange County and he still resides there. He has no record of his age and only knows it from the declaration of his parents and the circumstance of his enlistment when about thirteen and his subsequent enrollment in the Militia.

Robert appeared in the 1790 and succeeding censuses living on the west side of Mt. Eve.

1311 David Kerr/Carr, b 11 September 1789, d 22 Sep 1874. David lived near his father between Mt. Eve and Mt. Adam, He married ca 1809, Isabelle ___7 Aug 1788-1 Jan 1860.[160] He was prosperous. The 1825 census show a family of 4 males and 6 females; 35 acres of improved land with 20 cows, 2 horses, 3 hogs and production of 80 yards of cloth a year. They had one colored servant. In 1825 David bought 42 acres of cedar swamp around Mt. Eve; in 1827 he bought 10.5 acres, part of the Great Island tract. In the 1825, 1830, and 1840 censuses the name is spelled Carr, and on deeds it changes from Kerr/Ker to Carr beginning in 1825, so it would appear that he changed to the more common spelling. He seems to have moved away about 1842 when he sold land adjoining Robert Kerr and George A. Kerr to Samuel S. Seward[161] and apparently bought land around the border of Minisink and Wawayanda.[162] In the 1855 census he was shown in Wawayanda. About 1857 they moved to Licking County, Ohio to live with their daughter, Sarah Jane Pound, and Isabelle died there 1 January 1860.[163] After her death, David moved to Licking County, Ohio, then back to Orange County where he was shown in the 1870 census living with his son Robert in Unionville, Minisink. Robert died in 1782 and David moved to Lapeer County, MI where he was living with young David Carr (b ca 1827), probably his son, possibly a grandson.[164] Children:

13111 Robert Carr,[165] m1 Catherine Ann Clark(b 19 May 1810 in Orange Co; m2 27 Jul 1850 Jane Clark, 28 July 1820 � 8 Oct 1871[166] dau of James A. Clark and Mary Elston. Robert d 31 May 1872 in Unionville, Orange County.[167] Robert was a carpenter and innkeeper. He apparently moved from Warwick to Unionville, in Minisink on the New Jersey border, about 1841 when he bought from Joseph Chandler of Minisink a house and 1/5 acre lot in Unionville on the Warwick and Minisink turnpike He and Catherine Ann had a mortgage of $600 with Chandler which they paid off in 1847. She had presumably died by 1850 when he married Jane Clark. Children by Catherine Ann:

131114 Lewis L. Carr, b 12 May 1842, d 7 May 1881[169] He served in the Civil War, rising from private to sergeant but for a couple of years was disabled from pneumonia. Afterwards he was a carpenter in Unionville, Orange Co. In 1880 he married the widow Sarah E. Post in Wantage, NJ and died the following year, leaving no children.[170]

131116 Maria Isabel Carr, b. 24 Feb 1854 in Minisink, d 21 Jul 1886 in Deckertown, Sussex Co, NJ, m 14 Jan 1871 in Minisink, Walter S. Decker, son of John S. Decker and Elizabeth Wells.[172]

13112 Sarah Jane Carr, b 5 Oct 1813 in Mechanicstown, Walkill, Orange Co, d 17 Mar 1903 in Delaware, OH at 89. She m 18 Sep 1830 Isaac Pound. (Note that George Hall Carr, below, married Mariah Pound, dau of Isaac Pound 1772-1835. She may have been a sister to Sarah�s Isaac.) They probably lived in Warwick until sometime between 1845 and 1848 when they moved to Mary Ann Township, Licking County, OH.[173] Children:

13113 Samuel Carr, b ca 1815 in NY, m Sarah Beckwith, dau of Henry and Martha Beckwith of Elmira. Samuel was a carpenter. He probably moved to Elmira prior to 1839 when his first daughter was born.[174] He moved from Elmira to Lapeer Twp, Lapeer Co, MI between 1856 and 1858. He is shown there in the 1860, 1870 and 1880 Censuses. Children:

1312 George A Kerr/Carr, b ca 1795, d ca 23 Jan 1881 in Delmar Township, Tioga Co, PA,[175] m Elizabeth Clark, b ca 1794.[176][177] He appeared first in the 1820 census, on the north side of Mt. Eve, perhaps in the spot marked Carr next to Mrs. Wisner on the 1851 map. He was also located near William Clark. Elizabeth may have been William Clark�s daughter. In 1825 his family had 3 males and 3 females. They had 40 acres, 10 cows, 2 horses, 4 hogs, and they made only 18 yards of cloth In 1827 he bought 6 3/4 acres of swamp land in White Oak Island Meadow. In 1833, he and Elizabeth sold a small piece of land on the west side of Mt. Eve to trustees of School District #3 to erect a school, along lands of Sarah Wisner and George A Carr. After Zebulon Wheeler died his heirs petitioned the court to divide his property and in 1836 George bought the 93 acre outlands. He also bought about 35 acres of swamp lots. In 1838/9 he bought from Samuel S Seward 19 acres on the east side of Mt. Eve road at the SE corner of the farm formerly of William Carr Jr, and 6 acres NE of Mt. Eve. Around this time he bought other swamp land, some adjoining land of David Carr, and 9 1/2 acres in 1838 from Samuel Carr of Warwick, presumably his brother.

In his will he mentioned some cedar swamp land which his father Robert Carr had bought from William Thompson on 7 Jan 1796 and devised by his father to him; also a lot of land in Minisink conveyed to him 1 Apr 1808 by Susan Howell of Sussex Co, NJ.[178]

13121 George Hall Carr (1815-28 May 1852)[179]. Probably a son of George A. m 4 Dec 1834, Mariah Pound, dau of Isaac Pound 1772-1835 and Elizabeth Davis b c1768. Mariah later married Robert Little Wisner and died in 23 Mar 1904. [180] In 1837, they inherited and sold a share of his 143 acre farm which adjoined land of the heirs of William Carr. The Carr home, built in 1830, at 161 Union Corners Road, is still standing.[181] When George H Carr died, his debts exceeded his assets. Among his creditors were Anthony P Carr and Robert Carr. Children:[182]

131212 Robert H Carr, 1838-21 Feb 1909 (Mt. Eve, 70-10-5), m 5 Apr 1871, Mary L Terwilliger, 1852-1917[183]

1312121 George H. Carr, b 12 Jan 1872, d 3 Oct 1926 in Edenville. Married ca 1901 Nellie Anna Quackenbush, dau of Thomas Quackenbush and Ada Post. Carr was a dairy farmer, treasurer of the Edenville M.E. Church, treasurer of School District #2, and had been a member of the Democratic County Committee and Tax Collector of Warwick. They had a son Paul R. Carr (no children).[184]

131215 James N Carr, 26 Mar 1844 - 21 Feb 1900, m Elizabeth Hoffman,1844-1935.

131216 Charles Wheeler Carr, 1846-1897, m 2 Jul 1876 Fannie A Knapp, 1850-1920.[185]

131217 Nathan S. Carr, 1848-1927, m 13 Feb 1879 Almeda Osborn, 1850-1890[186]

13122 Alfred Clark Carr (June 1816-11 November 1897). Joslyn's information says he was born in Minisink, but since George A was living on Mt. Eve in 1820 (with two small boys and a girl) it seems likely that Alfred was born there. He married Ellen L Pound, 4 Sep 1818-November 1879.[187] Again, she is credited with being from Minisink, however there were no Pounds there in the 1800 Census, and there were Pounds in Warwick. In 1810 Joseph, John, and Isaac Pound all lived in Warwick; the latter was the father of Mariah Pound who m. George H Carr, and was probably Alfred's brother. Ellen may have been the daughter of Joseph or John. The Carr family seems to have moved to Gardnerville, on the Minisink/Wawayanda border before 1842 because their children were born in these places.

131221 Alfred Pond Carr, b ca 1842, Gardnerville, d 24 May 1911 (69-5-19)[188] m 1864, Deborah Jane Clark, b March 1846. Children: Edward Smith Carr, 1865-1932 (had dau Deborah); and Sarah Emma Carr, 1858->1880.

131224. Dewitt Carr, 1849->1930. (This is an interesting name since Robert Carr of Sussex County lived near the DeWitts and his son David married a Dewitt.) m. Alice C. Millspalgh, ca 1853->1880. They appear to have lived in Wawayanda and had three children:

1312243 Alfred D Carr, May 10, 1874-Dec 21, 1939. ml to ? by whom he had two children, John and Maude, who lived in Sussex Co, NJ; and m2 Aug 24, 1912, Rosetta Mary Wilson of Westtown NY. They had two sons:

13122431 Lawrence Dewitt Carr, July 3, 1914 - June 15, 1985. He had two sons: Frederick L Carr, May 26 1937-; m Aug 5, 1957, Margrit V Hillman (children: Debra A Carr, Aug 29, 1958-; Dale Frederick Carr, Feb 2, 1964-; David Gary Carr, Feb 1, 1969-); and

13122432 Edward Alfred Carr, May 3, 1940-; m Jun 6, 1959, Linda Love. (Children: Lawrence A Carr, Jan 18 1960-, Mark E Carr, July 22, 1962-, and Nellie Ann Carr, July 8, 1966-). Frederick Carr lives in Poughkeepsie and Edward in Warwick.[190]

13123 Robert Carr, b ca 1825 � d 12 Dec 1909, 84-4-18[191], m Sarah Wisner, b 10 Oct 1825, d 31 Jan 1883. In the 1850 census they were between William H Clark, 58, and Henry Wisner, 43. Anthony P Carr was next. Robert and Sarah were 25 and 24.

131235 George A. Carr, b Sep 1853, d 25 Mar 1909[192] m Margaret, b June 1854

13124 Cynthia Carr, perhaps born later, m Hudson Williams, (d 12 June 1827) son of Isaac Williams and Phebe Roe, dau of Timothy Roe,[194] and had children: Anna Wisner, George W Williams and LaFayette Williams. She and her children plus grandchild Anna Wisner were the only ones named in George A Carr�s will, in consideration that all others had already received a just proportion of his estate.

13125 Anna Jane Carr, m 17 Nov 1832 at Amity Presb. Church, Robert L. Wisner.[195] b 2 Mar 1811.[196]

1313 Samuel Benjamin Kerr/Carr, b 1794, Warwick, d 1 June 1848 in Elmira, buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.[199] m ?. Some time after 1800 he moved to the Newburgh area. One of his children was born in 1814 in Little Britain, a suburb of Newburgh. In 1843 when his father wrote his will, he was in Elmira, Chemung County. (A Samuel Carr sold land to George A Carr in 1838, and appears in the Warwick census in 1840 and 1850, born ca 1796. This might have been the son of William and Deborah or the son of John and Amy.) Samuel Benjamin died 1 June 1848 in Elmira and is buried there in Woodlawn Cemetery. Samuel Carr's wife is not known. Tombstone cemetery records in Elmira suggest that he had three sons, Samuel M, George, and Thomas P, but we have information on only the first of these.

13131 Samuel Milton Carr, b 4 Oct 1814, Little Britain, d 5 Jan 1894 in Elmira, m 7 May 1840, probably in Elmira, Sarah Elizabeth Green, dau of Jeremiah I Green and Elizabeth Bates. His obituary says he went to Ithaca at 19 and lived there two years, then to Elmira. He was a farmer and blacksmith, an associate judge for two terms and a justice of the peace for 18 years. His land was on the NW corner of Carr's Corners, now the intersection of Hoffman, West Hill, and Hillcrest--the latter formerly called Carr Street. His obituary says he was one of four Carr families who gave their name to Carr Corners. Children, all born in Elmira:

131318 Sarah Antoinette (Nettie) Carr, b 24 June 1856, d 18 July 1901 in Madison, WI. m 6 Oct 1880 Emmett Stull Goff, son of Gustavus Adolphus Goff and Mary Helen Stull of Southport. Emmett was a professor in the Agricultural College, Madison, WI.

1314 Sarah Kerr, b 1798, m #1226, Nathan Carr, son of John Carr, previously discussed.

Mary Benjamin Carr died after the 1800 census and in November 1802, Robert Kerr m (2) Mary Christina Pitts Parcell, daughter of John and Mary Magdalena Pitts and widow of Anthony Parcell who died in 1796. Mary Christina was born in Snufftown, 24 Aug 1765, died at Mt Eve 31 Jan 1831, and is buried in the family burial ground there. Children:

1315 Phoebe Maria Kerr, b. 17 Nov 1806, m 1822 Alvah Foster, d in NYC Sep 1872.

1316 Anthony Parcell Kerr, b 9 Mar 1809[200], educated in the schools of Amity and Edenville, and was a farmer throughout his life. He also was Colonel Commandant of the Nineteenth Regiment of the NY State Militia. On l January 1840 he m Jane Davis McCamly (24 June 1816 - 26 Aug 1880), dau of David McCamly and Sarah Davis of New Milford. Anthony died 18 July 1881 and was buried in the Mt. Eve. burial ground with his wife and children. Children:

13162 Jeanie Dale Kerr, 1847-1874, m Benjamin P DeGroot of NYC, and died childless.

13163 Harriet Adelia Kerr, b ca 1840, unmarried, lived on and managed the Mt Eve farm until her death 24 Sep 1910, age 70. Her obituary in the Warwick Historical Society journal said that she was perhaps the best educated woman in Orange County, could converse fluently in six languages, and was a musician of rare ability.

Three Carrs--Thomas, John and Peter, who appear to have been brothers, served in the NJ militia and Line and filed pension applications.[201] Thomas was b in Pompton, NJ in 1761. He was enrolled in Bergen County in 1777 and was discharged at Hackensack in Bergen County in 1782. After the war he remained in Pompton and Patterson, NJ, and later moved to Warwick. In 1839 he applied from Warwick with references from William and Samuel G Wood of Warwick who said he was well known to many inhabitants of the town. He could not read or write. He never appeared on any Warwick censuses. He also had an 1832 affidavit from his brother, Peter Carr, of Calhoun, Orange Co.

John Carr applied for a pension in 1819, age 69, resident of Minisink. He enlisted in 1775 in the NJ Line and was discharged about three years later near Morristown. In 1821 he appeared in court again as John Kerr, alias John Carr, aged 74, resident of Minisink. He supplied a list of things he owned, value $18.32, was a farmer, and had no family except his wife Betsy, 62. He had an affidavit in 1822 from Peter Carr of Newark NJ attesting to his service.

Peter Carr's pension application said he enlisted from Newark, Essex Co, NJ. In 1820 he said he was a day laborer, age 70, had a wife Hester Debow, 55, and a son William, 17, no estate. In 1830 he was living in Minisink with his son David. He died about 1835. Another account says that he was born in Long Island about 1766, and had an immigrant ancestor from Germany.[202] Children :

4. David Carr, b 8 Feb. 1799, m Azubah, dau of Peter Corwin and Jemima Young. David and Azubah were founders of the Centerville Presbyterian Church and deeded land for the church in 1834. In 1850, they moved to Cortlandville, Cortland Co, NY, where they had a farm of 141 acres. Children:

William Kerr of Minisink, probably not the one above unless the dates are wrong, m. Elizabeth Stewart (ca 1794->1850) and died 31 Aug 1835.[203] Elizabeth, the dau of John Stewart and Keturah Davidson , was related to Luther Stewart who m Maria Poppino. Children listed in will: Marian Kerr, Phebe Jane Kerr, Harriet E Kerr, and Robert and Catherine Kerr, minors, guardians of Jackson Caufield, next of kin. Executors: Elizabeth Kerr and brother in law, Jesse C Stewart. Witnesses: Jonathan Bailey, Benjamin Bailey, Jesse C Stewart, Luther Stewart.

William Carr, 1800-1864, came to US between 1840-1845, was listed in New Windsor in the 1850 census and Newburgh in 1870.[204] He m1 1829 Mary Ann Thorpe, who d 1839, and m2 still in England, Ann Cheetham, 1807-1883. Both are buried in Little Britain Cemetery. Children:

4. Joseph Carr, 1840-1916, m1, Sarah Tuthill Howell 1834-1886. He died 1916 in Newburgh. Children:

(2) Lille Grant Carr, 1868-1925, m Charles W Hunter, 1869-1937. They were grandparents of our informant.

(5) Clifford Carr, was asst. dean, Pratt Inst. m Vita ---, children: Clifford C Carr and Robert K Carr.

George W Kerr, b 1810 in Warren Co, NJ, was the son of Jacob Kerr and a descendant of Walter Kerr.[205] He moved to Newburgh and eventually became President of the National Bank of Newburgh. He m1 Emaline Ross, dau of Alexander W Ross, and m2 Margaret T L Brown, dau of John Brown DD, pastor of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Newburgh. He had eleven children who survived. Of the four sons, only Charles L Kerr, b 1855, stayed in Newburgh; the others went to NYC.

John Carr, age 28 (ie, b ca 1731), enlisted April 16, 1759 in Capt. John Peterse Smith's Co, Col. Abraham Harring's Regiment of NY Provincial Troops in Orange Co. He was a farmer, b in Ireland.[206]

Patrick Carr sued Mathus Brantum and vice versa in the Orange County Court of Common Pleas Oct 1742. John Alsop was attorney for Carr. The jury found for Carr and awarded �5 plus costs.[207]

Records of Dutch Reformed Church of Warwick: Abm. Gurnea m Martha Kerr, July 12, 1806; and William White m Anne Kerr, Jan 1, 1814.[208]

Letter of Administration E-435, James Kerr of Montgomery, granted to Elizabeth Kerr, the widow and Charles Borland Jr, 1827.

Dec 24,1831, died in this village on Sat. last, James Kerr � Orange County Patriot.

Letter of Administration H-327, John C Kerr of Crawford, granted to Andrew H Terwilliger, husband of Elizabeth, a sister of John C Kerr, 1852. (Note that Mary L Terwilliger, 1852-1917, was m to Robert H Carr, son of George Hall Carr..)

Warwick Historical Papers, p 222: Dec 3, 1856, Mr. William Carr m Miss Mary E Green. p 229: Mr Tracy Brundage m Miss Hannah Carr, both of Minisink.

Goshen Presbyterian Church Records: 1 Jan 1850, Sarah Carr m Robert Freeman, both of Orange Co. 1876, Robert Carr of Florida m Jennie McGlouchlin.

John A Carr of Crawford, d 1867, wife Bridget, daus Mary Ann, w of Wm Doyle, and Elizabeth, w of Lawrence Doyle. Wills Liber 31, p 197.

A Stephen Carr of Goshen m to Emma, dau of Daniel Puff of Montgomery, 8 Jul 1882. Brennan, op cit, p 34

George C. Carr m to Addie T. Kern, 27 Oct 1869, both of Wantage, NJ. Brennan, op cit, p 34

Weyant Carr, m in Goshen at the home of the bride, Laura Banker, 12 Jan 1881. Brennan, p 34

Adelia Carr of Oxford to Chauncey Van Vliet of Pittsburgh, PA, 28 Jan 1869. Brennan, p 204

Anna J. Carr to John M. Smith, both of Warwick, Feb 1867. Brennan, p 180

Carrie N. Carr to Richard G. Phillips, both of Goshen, 26 Feb 1877. Brennan, p 152

Cora C. Carr to Clinton W. Cresson, both of Middletown, 26 Oct 1880. Brennan, p 49

Elizabeth Carr of New Milford to Daniel Gannon Jr. of Bellvale, 1 Jan 1868. Brennan, p 76

Mrs. Rachel Carr of Goshen to Daniel G. Garabrant of Monroe, 23 Jun 1881. Brennan, p 76.

Ella Carr of Middletown to Charles L. Robinson of Port Jervis, 3 Dec 1873. Brennan, p 163.

Julia E. Carr of Minisink to Phineas Parker of Westtown, 31 Jan 1883. Brennan, p 150

Maggie A Carr, dau of Jackson R. Carr of Ellenville to Theodore Smith of Jersey City, 2 Apr 1879. Brennan, p 181

Sarah Carr to George Waymer, both of Bellvale, Oct 1869. Brennan, p 212.

Appendix I

Deeds, Liber B, p 431, 10 January 1734/5 Indenture of 28 November 1729 between Samuel Clowes of Jamaica, Long Island and George Carr of Goshen. For �25 sells "land situate at Florida in Orange County aforesaid on the southwest side of the said George Carr's plantation there and to be as Broad in the front as in the Rear and to contain exactly fifty acres with all buildings, fences....etc" ...always reserving a convenient highway out of the premises.

Deeds, Liber C, p 1, 2 August 1735 Between Mordecai Lester, merchant of Hempstead in Queens Co and George Carr of Florida in Orange Co. �35/5 sells land near a place called Florida Butted & Bounded as followeth Netherly by the said Carrs land he now lives on and purchased the same from Hendrick Whesner & Samuel Clowes and southerly by land belonging to Richard Clark lately purchased of Peter Barrian and Westerly on a highway that leads to {?} and Easterly by land not yet survaed containing 40 acres.... Witnesses: Daniel Everett, John Thomson. [These two deeds indicate that George Carr was in Florida before 1729. According to Elmire Conklin, the land was north of Goose Creek, near or at the later house of Asa Howell on the east side of the highway--thus actually in Goshen, not Florida.]

This Indenture made this twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and fifty between George McNish of Rockoy Hill within the Government of New Jersey (govP) of the one part and George Carr of Florida of the County of Orange in the Province of New York (yeoman) of the other part Witnesseth that the said George McNish for and in the consideration of the sum of five shillings to him in hand paid by the said George Carr the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said George Carr one certain mesuage and tract of land scituate lying and being within a certain Survey of Land that the said George McNish did take up in the undivided land within the -------- of Wawayanda in the County of Orange Province of New York Bounded as follows northerly by the land that Johannes Wisner purchased from the heirs of Barn Bloom Easterly by the land that Noah Holly purchased from the said George McNish being in the above said Survey Westerly by the land of the said George Carr containing about thirty acres ---------- to the above said Survey being had may more plainly appear) to have and to hold the above said Bargained piece of land and with every the appurtenances unto the said George Carr his garantors, administrators and assigns for and during the term of one year from the day before the date hereof to the intent and purpose the better to enable the said George Carr to accept of a grant of the reversion and inheritance thereof for ---- by virtue of the statute for transferring of uses into possession In Witness whereof the said George McNish have to these presents interchangeably put his hand and seal the day and year first above written.

New York State Archives, Record of Wills, 1760-61, Vol 22, Surrogate's Court of NY page 93

In the name of God amen, I George Carr of Floredy in the County of Orange & Province of New York being weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be to God do make this my last will and testament. First I recommend my soul to God that gave it in all humble hopes of its future happiness & my body to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors and as touching such worldly substance wherewith it has been pleased God to bless me with in this world I give & dispose of in manner following. I do give & bequeath unto my beloved wife Jean all her lawfull part of my estate. I do also give & bequeath unto my son George Carr all my lands whereon I now live with all the appurtenances together with my Negroe man Jack to him his heirs & assigns forever. only my sd son I do order to pay unto my daughter Jean fifty Pounds when he comes to the age of twenty three years. I do also give unto my sd son a breeding mare & colt which is now called his. I do also give unto my yougest daugher Jean fifty Pounds out of my personal estate I also give my sd daughter Jean my best cupboard a table, an iron kettle my old Tramel & a leather bed & furniture. I do also give unto my daughter Mary Bull thirty Pounds. I do also give unto my daughter Margaret Howell twenty Pounds. I do also give & bequeath unto my daughters Ann Phebe & Sarah Carr fifty Pounds each. And if my sd son should die before he has lawfull issue I do order all his effects sold & a division thereof made between my daughters Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, Anne, Margaret, Phebe, Sarah & Jean Carr equally share & share alike. I do also order in case any of my said daughters Anne Phebe Sarah or Jean should die before they come to age or marries I do order their shear equally divided among my surviving daughters shall be paid their portions when married or come to age & the interest of their shears until then I do allow for the maintenance of my son Goerge untill my lands are sold then I order their moneys put to interest for their use & his own Estate to maintain & educate him untill of age. I do also give to my granddaughter Elizabeth Jackson five Pounds. I do also give to my Grandson George Smith two ewes & the rest of my movable estate I order equally divided between all my eight daughters. I do also make ordain constitute and appoint my sons in law Matthew Howell & Thomas Bull & my sd wife Jean Carr Executors of this my last will. I trust for the uses herein mentioned Giving & hereby Granting unto my sd Exrs full power & lawfull authority to sell & dispose of all my lands for the whole use of my sd son as also his Negroe man & to make & execute sufficient deeds of conveyance in fee simple or otherwise in law to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. In further confirmation of which I have to this my last will & testament I have set my hand & seal this thirtieth day of July seventeen hundred & fifty nine George Carr (his mark). Signed sealed pronounced & declared by the sd George Carr as & for his last will & testament in presence of; the words (or comes to age) being interlined between the 20 & 21 line as also the words (has lawfull issue) on the 16 line wrote upon a razour as also the words (comes to age or) in the same line being raz'd out. George Bloom, John Martin (his mark), Wm Denn.

Orange County ss be it remembered that on the seventh day of April one thousand seven hundred and sixty personally came and appeared before me John Gale Surrogate of said county William Denn and George Bloom planters of the said county and being duly sworn on their oaths declared that they and each of them did see George Carr sign and seal the within written instrument purporting to be the will of the said George Carr bearing date the thirtieth day of July 1759 and heard him publish and declare the same to be and contain his last will and testament that at the time thereof he the said George Carr was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best of the knowledge and belief of them the deponents and that their names subscribed to the said will are of their respective proper hand writing which they suscribed as witnesses to the said will in the testators presence and that they the deponents saw John Martin the other witness to the said will subscribe his name as a witness thereto in the testators presence. John Gale, Surrogate.

James DeLancey Esquire, His Majestys Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the territories depending thereon in America. To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern, Greeting Know ye that at Orange County on the seventh day of April last before John Gale Esquire thereunto delegated and appointed the last will and testament of George Carr deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved and now approved and allowed of by me the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his death Goods Chattells and Credits within this Province by means whereof the proving and registering the said will and the granting administration of all and singular the said Goods Chattells and Credits and also the auditing allowing and final discharging the account thereof doth belong unto me. And that Administration of all and singular the Goods Chattells and Credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his will in granted unto Matthew Howell Thoms Bull and Jane Carr the Executors in the said will named being first duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same and to make and exhibit a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said Goods Chattels and Credits and also to render a just and true account thereof when thereunto required. In testimony whereof I have caused the prerogative seal of the province of New York to be hereunto affixed at the city of New York the twenty eighth day of May One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty. Geo. Banyard, Secry.

Mortgages, Liber A, Page 211. Registered 2 April 1776. Mortgage from George Carr and Fitch his wife to James Jauncey of NYC bearing date of 13 March 1776. For all and certain parcels of land as follows: The one bounded on the SW side of said Carr land to be as broad in the front as in the rear and to contain 50 acres; the other lot bounded northwesterly by said Carr's land which his father purchased of the late Hendrick Wisner and Samuel Clowes deceased southwesterly by the lands Richard Clark purchased of Peter Berrian, Westerly by a highway, Easterly by the lands of Josiah Holly. Containing forty acreas. �100. Discharged 4 April 1777.

Mortgages, Liber A, Page 352. Registered 19 June 1783. A mortgage from George Carr, yeoman of Florida and Fitch his wife, to William Treadwell of Great Neck of Queens County. Bearing date of 12 June 1783. For all that farm or plantation on which the said George Carr now lives. Beginning at the line of the Florida tract at the SE corner of the farm lately purchased by Selah Smith from Adam Wisner and thence along the line of same southwest to the west line of the said Florida tract, thence along the same SE to the lands of Richard Clark, thence along the same NE to the highway leading from Goshen to Florida, thence along the same southerly to the lands of Isaac Kimney, thence along the same NE to the lands of Cornelius and Armineas Cooper, thence along the same NE to the last line of Florida tract and along the same NW to the farm lately sold by Josiah Holly to Rulf Van Brunt, than along the same to the said land of Selah Smith and back to the beginning. 170 acres. �250. Fully paid 18 March 1790.

Mortgages, Liber A, p 427. Registered 17 August 1784. George Carr (wife not mentioned), to William Wickham, 190 acres for �250. The land on which he lives bounded on the north by the land of Salah Smith, on the east by Ruloph Van Brunt, on the south by Cornelius Amaneus Cooper and Timothy and Richard Clark, on the west by lands of Van Horne. Paid off June 1789.

Anthony Carr [11]

Richard Gardner�s Diary, 13 Feb 1753. �Anthony Car is settled about a mile from sd [Nathaniel] Sutton and on the North West corss. His place hath been settled for 8 years�cleared near 40 acres, the land is worth near 50 � per hundred he hath neither bought nor leased.� [The next man visited that day, so presumably Carr�s neighbor, was Samuel Lucky, located about 1/3 mile NW of McCamley�s mill. Other farms visited the same day: John Simpson, e of Lucky; Henry Horton, on the w side of Black Creek, s.e. branch of Pchuck Kill; Thomas Grant, w side of Black Creek; Benjamin Dunnan and John Hubs, on the e side of the Drowned Lands. David McCamley came over from Northern Ireland in 1729 and settled first in Little Britain, then settled on a tract of 1500 acres extending from near Warwick Village into Sussex Co. He built a flour mill on the Wawayanda Creek. This would be around New Milford. Eager�s 1840 History of Orange Co said that the mill was where James Wheeler then lived, and the 1805 map shows Wheeler�s Mills a little north of New Milford, near the junction of Armstrong Street, the road to Warwick and the road to Edenville. All of the above would seem to place Carr somewhere between New Milford, Amity and Edenville.]

Mortgages, Liber A, Page 225 Mortgage from David Carr to James Jauncey of NYC, bearing date of 10 March 1776. For all that tract of land being part of a tract conveyed to Nathaniel Finch by virtue of a certain indenture bearing date May 12, 1773 from Adrian Renaudet of NYC and sundry other persons. Beginning at a Black oak tree marked AK, it being one of the corners of a larger tract of which this is a part and runs thence along the lands of William Armstrong SW, then south etc to a white oak marked A in a line known by the name of the Jersey line. Thence along the same NW to the west side of the road being the NE corner of Richard Johnson's land, thence along the same southerly to the SE corner of George Rankin's land, thence along the same NE to the West Side of Brushy Meadow Road, thence along the same NE to George Lucky's southwardly corner, thence along Lucky's land etc to place of beginning. Containing 200 1/2 acres. [Note: William Carr I mortgaged his land the same day to the same person. George Lucky mortgaged his land to Jauncy on 13 Mar 1776. My map 3 shows the positions of these lands and it can be seen that David Carr�s land was not far from that of William Carr.]

This mortgage is fully satisfied and paid on the treasury of this state by a certificate under the hand and seal of John Lansing Junr, one of the trustees of the Supreme Court of ... of the State of New York bearing date the 25th day of November 1791 which is filed in this office and ....the 23 day of May 1792. Thomas Moffat, Clk.

Page 247. Same land mortgaged by David Carr to William Wickham bearing date of 1 Feb 1777. Dischrged 27 May 1782. Entered 23 May 1792.

Deeds, Liber E, page 284. 20 Aug 1774. William Armstrong to William Armstrong Junior. For and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he has for his son, and for his better maintenance, does grant him part of a tract of 608 acres which Armstrong Sr purchased in 1773 from Adrian Renaudet of NYC, Merchant executor of James Renaudet, decesased; John Beekman of NYC Merchant and Elizabeth his wife; and Townsend White Merchant of Philadelphia and Anne his wife, Peter Chevalier merchant of Philadelphia and Mary his wife, Jane Osborn of the same city widow; and Peter Renaudet. of Clifton, near the city of Bristol, Great Britain; Helena Rutgers of NYC widow; Adrien Rutgers of NYC gentleman; Richard Sharp of NYC merchant and Anne His wife; John Moriss Scott of NYC attorney at law and Helena his wife, Benjamin Kissam of NYC attorney; and Evert Bancker and Richard Bancker of NYC merchants, and Adrian Bancker of Staten Island gentlemen, serving as executors of Christopher Bancker of NYC deceased. beginning at a large tree marked WA and DK along the north side of the road leading from David Carr to Florida, then to the north bounds of lot #5 of said tract, , etc. 196 acres. Witnesses: Robert Armstrong, George Kerr.

Deeds, Liber M, p 438 This indenture made the 30th of September, 1782 between David Carr of the precinct of Goshen and Mary his wife, and Robert Armstrong, of same. For 800 pounds, transfers to Armstrong land in Wawayanda Patent which David Carr purchased from Nathaniel Finch (now supposed to be dead) and part of a tract of 2,370 acres purchased by Finch and others of the several families of the Rutgers, ?, and Banckers, beginning at a black oak tree marked AK, thence along the lands of William Armstrong, Esq....to a stake on the west side of the highway being the NE corner of Samuel Edsall's land, south to a stake on the north side of the highway being the SE corner of George Rankin's land, thence to a stake on the west side of the Bushy Meadow road, thence to George Luckey's southerly corner. 200 1/2 acres. Witnessed by Anthony Finn and William Armstrong, Jr. Recorded 29 June 1810 by John Wheeler, judge of Court of Common Pleas saying that on 2 May 1810 William Armstrong Jr. appeared and swore to the above. [It would thus appear that David Carr was dead by this time.] [The 1775 tax list shows the following in District 9: John Poppino Sr, William Carr Jr, John Poppino 3d, William Carr Sr, David Armstrong, William Armstrong Sr, William Armstrong Jr....District 2, probably just below it, shows Richard Johnson, Richard Kerr, Nathaniel Finch, David Kerr.... These Carrs/Kerrs are so close together, that we can assume they are closely relaated]

Deeds, Liber D, page 432. 7 May 1789. William Armstrong, John Dunkin and Abigail his wife, John Sayre and Abigail [Goldsmith] his wife, Nathaniel Finch and Keziah his wife, , to Jonas Roe. �18/8. Beginning at the side of the road that leads from Florida to Peter Clowes, between George Lucky and the lands to be granted to Jonas Roe NW etc, etc. Adjoins land of George Rankin, Banckers Tract, David Carr. 124 acres. Witnesses: John McCamly and Robert Armstrong. [This implies that Carr still owned land in Florida in 1789, despite the sale in 1782.

Deeds, Liber O, page 173, 4 April 1812. Robert Armstrong and Willliam Carr, Jr., executors of the estate of John Wisner, late of Warwick, sell to Jacob Latting of NYC for $1000, land on the west side of Mt. Eve adjoining the drowned lands and bounded by land belonging to the heirs of James Jackson deceased, etc (no other names). Witnesses: Daniel Poppino and Daniel Armstrong.

Deeds, Liber S, p 375, 21 Sept 1811 Same executors sell land for $4,080 to Nathaniel Wheeler of Warwick. The farm on which John Wisner lived beginning at highway that leads from Zebulon Wheeler's mill to Floriday, north etc to house of Nathaniel Wheeler.... Witnesses Nehemiah Jayne and Joel Wheeler Jr.

Deeds, Liber V, 307, 25 May 1821 Jared Mosher of Goshen and William Carr Jr. and Joseph Miller of Warwick, sell for $1,000 to Henry Thompson of Goshen, two lots of land lately occupied by Jared Mosher. The first on which the dwellling house stands is on the E side of the highway from Florida to Goshen, adjoins Daniel Carpenter's land. The second at N corner of Isaac Vanduzen, W corner of Daniel Carpenter,... Signed Jared Mosher by Willliam Carr, Jr, his attorney and by Jo. Miller, his attorney. Witnessed by Charles and W Thompson. Sarah Mosher for $1 releases her dower rights to the land

Deeds, Liber Y, p 598, 10 August 1824 Willliam Carr Junior of Warwick sells to Robert P Carr and Moses J Carr of the same place for $1,500 land now mortgaged for $500 to Col. B Varick of NYC by Wm Carr Jr,. 100 acres in the division between the Van Horn and the great island.

Deeds, Liber Z, p 184, 4 January 1825 Willliam Carr Jr. of Warwick sells for $600 to Moses I Carr, excepting $300 for which the said land stands mortgaged to the ....office of the County of Orange six acres now belonging to Christopher Aspell Senior and five acres belonging to Thomas Brown. A parcel of land on the north side of Mounteve Mountain, running alongside Jacob Wisner's land... [hard to read]

Mortgages Liber R p 406, 5 Feb 1822.. William Carr Junior of the township of Warwick and Elinor his wife, to Richard Varick Esquire of NYC, dated 5 Feb 1822. For the farm bounded as follows: Beginning at a Black Oak Sapling standing on the division line between the Van Horne and Great Island tracts and in the northwesterly line of said farm, and runs from thence along the northerly line of the same south sixty eight degrees east eighteen chains and eighty eight links to the center of the highway leading from the Village of Florida to Mount Eve, thence along the same South forty two degrees and thirty minutes West ten chains and fifty links to a white oak tree in the east edge thereof, thence south twelve degrees and thirty minutes east five chains to a stake and stones, thence south eighty seven degrees and thirty minutes east nine chains and thirty links to a stake and stones, thence south nine degrees west eight chains and seventy five links to John Carr�s lands, thence along the same south seventy six degrees and forty minutes west seven chains and thirty one links and along the same south twenty degrees and forty minutes west fifteen chains to a stake and stones, and along the same south seventy six degrees and forty minutes west eight chains and twenty five links to the aforesaid division line, thence along the same south thirty minutes West two chains and sixty five links to a stake and stones, thence North seventy six degrees west five chains and twenty links to a stake and stones, thence south twelve degrees and forty five minutes west seven chains and sixteen links to a large black oak tree, thence south seventeen degrees west six chains and sixty six links to a stake and stones in the corner of Thomas Brown�s wood lot, thence along the same north sixty degrees west five chains and ten links to a black oak sapling, thence north seven degrees west twelve chains to a black oak sapling, thence north twenty seven degrees east four chains and eighty two links to John Fox�s wood lot, thence along the same south sixty degrees east eight chains and seventy five links to the corner thereof and along the same north seven degrees east six chains, thence north fifty eight degreew west fourteen chains to a stake and stones thence north twenty one degrees east ten chains and sixty links to the middle of the aforesaid highway, thence north fifty five degrees and forty five minutes east nine chains and ten links, thence north seventy one degrees west fifteen minutes east five chains to the aforesaid division line and thence along the same north thirty minutes east fifteen chains and sixty two links to the place of beginning, containing ninety seven acres. $500

Mortgages 31:602, 8 Feb 1833 Robert P. Carr and Salina give mortgage of $600 to Jacob A Kepp [Kip]. Beginning at a black oak bush standing on the westerly corner of land in the possession of Samuel S. Seward Esq, it being in or near what is called the Elmendolph line and runs from thence along the line of said land and partly along the line of the farm whereon Thomas C Jennings now lived, south sixty eight degrees east twenty six chains and seventy two links to Thomas Brown�s two acre lot, thence along the same south six degrees and fifteen minutes west four chains and seventy six links to a stump, then along the same south sixty eight degrees east four chains and seventy nine links to the middle of the main road that leads from Florida to Newton, then along the middle of said road south ten degrees and thirty minutes west ten chains and twelve links to John Edsalls land, than along the line of the same south seventy six degrees and forty minutes west fourteen chains and eighty one links to a stake, then along the same south twenty degrees and forty minutes west fifteen chains to a stake, than along the same south seventy six degrees and forty minutes west eight chains and twenty five links to said Elmandolph line, thence along the same south thirty minutes west two chain and sixty five links to a stake, thence north seventy six degrees est five chains and twenty links to a stake, then south twelve degrees and forty five minutes west seven chains and sixteen links a large black oak tree, then south seventeen degrees west six chains and sixty six links to a stake the corner of Thomas Browns wood lot, then along the same north sixty degrees west five chains and ten links to a black oak sapling, thence north seven degrees west twelve chains to a black oak sapling, then North twenty seven degrees east four chains and eighty two links to John Fox�s wood lot, then along the same south sixty degrees east eight chains and seventy five links to Fox�s corner then along the line of same north seven degrees east six chains to the land formerly belonging to Nathaniel Wheeler, north fifty eight degrees west fourteen chains to a stake then north twenty one degrees east two chains and sixty links to the middle of the road that leads from Florida to Mount Eve, then north fifty five degrees and forty five minutes east nine chains and ten links to a turn in the road then north seventy one degrees and fifteen minutes east five chains to the Elmendorph line, then along the same north thirty minutes east fifteen chains to the beginning, containing one hundred and twenty acres.

Surrogates Office, Goshen: Robert P Carr, died 1835, Celina Carr, administratrix. Published notice to creditors, 24 Aug 1835.

John W. Van Derhoof agrees to become the special guardian of Harriet Carr and James A Carr, infant heirs at law (under 21) of Robert P Carr. July 5, 1836

Creditors - all under $50 unless otherwise noted: Samuel Wheeler, Horace Crane, John Fox, Joseph Knap, Jacob Woodruff, James Van Houten for thrushing, 7 days cording Van Houten, William Coleman, James Braffet, Jacob L Road, Robert Car, G W Houston, William Brooks, John W Smith, John Curtice, Nathaniel Jennings $70, Sarah Allison, Samuel B Barlow, Nathan Wheeler, Howell Thompson, Aspell V Smith, Alsop V Aspell, James Green, William Maylor, John Kieran, John W Vanderoef, Samuel D Holly, H W Houston $33, Gilbert Bowers, John S Carpenter, Jedidiah Sayre $50, William C Car $5.81, D Crawford, HW Houston $166.42, Samuel Allison, Israel Seward, James Brown, Asa Wisner, John Gardner, Lewis L Parkhurst, Jacob Sly Jr, Stephen Jayne, Horace Thompson, Dolson & Post, B Carpenter & Co, Wm Thompson, Randle McCay, H H VanDyke, John W Smith, .

Mortgage given by Wm Carr Jr. on 5 Feb 1822 to Richard Varick and assigned to John W Smith 21 April 1829 for $500. Recd from Celina Carr, Admin. June 13, 1835, $70 for two years interest, also $35 for one years interest.

One mortgage given by Robert P Carr and his wife on 28 January 1829 for $685 to John W Smith.

One mortgage given by Robert P Carr and wife to Jacob A Kip on 8 Feb 1833 for $600, assigned to John W Smith 19 Nov 1834.

Celina Carr, filed 17 January 1876. Only heirs: James Carr and Harriet Thompson of Orange Co. [Harriet Carr m. Schuyler Thompson of Goshen, 21 Dec 1854, per Whig Press Marriage Notices).

Deeds, Liber C, p 489, 2 May 1751 Cornelius Van Horne and Elizabeth his wife and James Van Horn and Margaret his wife all of Somerset Co, Province of East New Jersey to William Carr yeoman of Orange County

Whereas John Van Horn, late of New York City, father of the above, gave them by his will his interest in the Wawayanda lands, for �80 sell to Carr part of 2,000 acres adj to Alexander Wood, then along the west end of the lots conveyed by them to John Poppino and Daniel Samis...to land conveyed to Francis Armstrong. 100 acres. [The adjoining Poppino land was east of the Edenville road, north of Thomas Jackson and Amzi A. Jessup which is north of William Jackson on the 1863 map.].

Mortgages, Liber A, Page 224 Mortgage from William Carr of Goshen precinct to James Jauncy of NYC Esquire bearing date of 10 Mar 1776. Beginning at a white oak sapling on the SE corner of a lot being part of the 2000 acre Van Horne tract, conveyed by the Van Hornes to Alexander Wood, thence along part of the line of the west end of the tract conveyed by them to John Poppino and Daniel Samis, SE to the NE corner of land conveyed to Francis Armstrong, along his line SW, then NW to Alexander Wood's, and along his line SE to the place of beginning. 100 acres. �150. Acknowledged 13 March 1776 by Richard Edsall, one of the judges of Ct of Common Pleas. [no indication that it was paid off]

Mortgages, Liber A, Page 259. A Mortgage from William Car of Goshen Precinct to William Wickham, bearing date of 20 June 1777. Beginning at white oak sapling on the SE corner of Alexander Wood's land, then along the west end of the land conveyed by the Van Hornes to John Poppino and Daniel Samis, SE to lands of Francis Armstrong, then along his line SW then N etc to Alexander Woods, then along his line SE to place of beginning. 100 acres. Being the tract of land which the said William Car purchased of Cornelius Van Horne and James Van Horne. �160 with interest at 3 1/2 % on the 20th day of June next.

Deeds. Liber C, page 508. 2 Feb 1774. James Armstrong and Mary his wife, to James Finn. Part of 187 acres which are part of the first division of the Wawayanda Patent. Part of 187 acres, beginning at a sapling west of Armstrong's house and on the westernmost line of the 2000 acre Van Horne tract, thence NW to a popple tree, then NE to a stake, being William Carr's corner, then along Carr's land NW to Samuel Jayne's line, then along Jayne's line SW to the line of the Van Horne tract and back to the beginning. 50 acres. This is exchanged for land near Floriday, part of a tract known as Purlling Brook. Beginning at the westernmost corner of Joseph Totten's land, running along said land southeast to a sapling, then along said lands NE to a stake, continuing SE along the land lately belonging to John Duncan, then SW in the line of land belonging to to the heirs of George Owens, then along the lands of Owens and Jacob Warner SW, then NW, then NE, then NW to the side of the highway and N to the place of beginning. 63 acres. Witnesses: Peter Clowes and Nathaniel Finch. [ The land was mortgaged 18 May 1776 (Mortgage Book A, p 220) to Elias Debrosses who later forclosed on it and sold it.]

Deeds, Liber E, p 161, 10 August 1780. John Popino the Elder to Catherine Carr, widow of the late William Carr, deceased, Sarah Johnson, wife of Richard Johnson, Joseph Totten, Susanna Johnson the wife of Thomas Johnson and Christian Minthorn the wife of John Minthorn. 195 1/2 acres being part of a lot of 200 acres which was formerly laid out for John Van Horn. Beginning at a Beechnut tree in the westerly line of Florida tract and NE corner of the land lately conveyed from John Popino Jr to Thomas Jackson and runs from thence NW to the land of Joseph Totten, then along the land of James Benjamin and the land belonging to the heirs of Wm Kerr deceased, S etc along the lands of said Thomas Jackson to the place of beginning. [Note: in February 1781 this land was resold to James Aspell, who was married to Christian Johnson, daughter of Richard Johnson and Sarah Poppino. (Liber E, pp 152-4.)]

Mortgages, Liber A, page 331. Mortgage from William Carr to William Wickham. 21 March 1783. For all tht lot of land as follows: Beginning at a white oak sapling on the south easterly corner of land conveyed by Cornelius Van Horne to Alexander Wood, south to the corner of a lot formerly conveyed to Francis Armstrong, then along his line southwest to Alexander Wood's line then to the place of beginning. Containing 100 acres being the tract of land which the father of the said William Carr purchased of Cornelius and James Van Horne. Excepting out the premise the land conveyed by the Said William Carr to his brother John Carr. To be void on pmt of eighty seven pounds in Spanish silver milled dollars at the rate of eight shillings each dollar.

Deeds, Liber T, p 382, 25 April 1816 Willliam Carr and Deborah, his wife of Warwick, sell for $1 to John Carr Jr of same place the land on which said John Carr now lives bounded by a corner of John M Hetzel's (?) land, runs east of William Carr's land, thence to the highway near the blacksmith's shop of John Carr.... 25 1/2 acres. Witnessed by Samuel S Seward and James Vail

Deeds, Liber 36, p 310, 15 Jan 1829. Willliam Carr and Deborah, his wife of Warwick, sell to Henry W Rainer of Warwick for $101.50 land on Mt. Eve Mountain at corner of Moses Decker's land....James Aspell's land, ...John Fox's farm...line of John Wisner. 20 1/4 acres. Witnessed by H. W. Houston and Evaline Rhoads.

Deeds, Liber 46, p 22, 12 Sep 1832 William Carr of Warwick sells to Sally Carr [1217] of same for $1,250. Beginning in line of Thomas Brown's farm at NW corner of land of John M Hetzell...on the east side of the road from Florida to Edenville, thence along the lands of said Brown to the.land of Christopher Aspell, thence along said.land and Enoch Jackson�s south to the lands of James Vail, then.Robert Armstrong...52 1/2 acre. Witnesses: H W Houston, Jedidiah Sayre.

Mortgages, Liber 31:444, 12 Sep 1832. Between Sally Carr and William Carr. $600. Same land.

Wills, Liber K, page 318, 15 September 1832. William Carr of Warwick to son James Carr $150, daughters Deborah Rodes, Polly Rodes, and Julia Van Brunt, $50 among them and further amounts 2, 3 and 4 years after his decease. To all four: a 7 acres wood lot on Mt. Eve mountain. Henry W Houston who drew up the will was sole executor. Witnesses: Thomas Armstrong, Jedediah Sayre (moved to Ohio before proving, H. W Houston.

Proved 3 April 1839. Elisha Bull of Warwick appointed special guardian for John Rhodes, infant. Citation to: John Carr of the town of Orange, Stubin County

Deeds, Liber 39, p 21, 2 Mar 1819 John Carr Jr. and Joanna his wife of Warwick sell for $949 to John M. Hetzell of same place all that lot etc. on which John Carr now lives: in the line leading from Thomas Brown's to Post----along the lands of the said Hetzel to the lands of William Carr...to the highway near the blacksmith's shop of John Carr. Witnesses: Sam G. Hopkins and Nathan H. White.

Deeds, Liber S, p 69, 15 May 1815 Willliam A Carr and Ann {Moffatt], his wife, of Warwick, sell for $80 to George Linkletter land beginning at the road from Florida to Sussex running south to Samuel Gardner's land, east to a stump a little south of the Union School House....Witnessed by B J Seward and Samuel S Seward. [The Union School House on the 1863 map is near the junction of the Edenville road and the road between Mt. Eve and the Armstrong properties. This sounds like a portion of the original William Carr land.]

Mortgages O:99. 24 Nov 1817. William A Carr to John Edsall of Vernon,. Beginning on the east side of the highway joining the lands of Nathan Carr and William Carr and runs from thence north to the lands of John Carr Junior, then south to the lands of John Miller, then south to Nathan Carr�s land and back to beginning. 12 � acres. Another piece beginning at the land of John Miller, runs along the road from Florida to John Miller�s, then north to the middle of William Carr�s land, then north to the lands of John Carr Junior and back to place of beginning. 12 � acres. $224.62.

Mortgages 31:444, 12 Sep 1832. Sally Carr to William Carr for $600 secured by a bond of $1200 to be paid after William Carr�s decease in accordance with the will of Sally Carr, for the following land: Beginning on the line of Thomas Brown�s farm and at the most northwesterly corner of John M Hetzels farm at a stake and stones on the east side of the main road leading from Florida to Edenville and runs thence along the lands of the said Brown south eighty six degrees and ten chains and ten links to the lands of Christopher Aspells thence along the said Aspell and Enoch Jackson south thirteen degrees and thirty minutes east fifty five chains to the lands of James Vail thence along the same south seventy seven degrees and thirty minutes west seventeen chains and fifty five links to a hickory sapling on the west side of the road leading from Florida to Robert Armstrongs thence along the same north forty five degress and thirty minutes east seventeen chains and seventy nine links to the west side of a lane leading to the house of the party of the first part and on a line of John Edsall�s farm north seventy three degrees and thirty minutes west fourteen chains and forty two links to the lands of John M. Hetsall thence along the same north sixteen degrees and thirty minutes east twelve chains and nine five links to a corner of the said Hetsells farm thence along the same north sixteen degrees and thirty minutes west twenty seven chains and fifty nine links to the place of beginning, containing fifty two acres and a half.

Deeds Liber 76, p 398, 11 Feb 1843. between Cornelius Demarest of the first part, Sally Demarest, his wife, of the second part, and Thomas Armstrong and Charles Jackson of the third part. Whereas Sally Demarest at the time of her marriage was seized in fee simple of a certain farm of land conveyed to her previous to her marriage by William Carr by deed of 12 Sep 1832, and whereas also the title to said farm has since the said marriage transferred from her and vested in Cornelius Demarest, and whereas also the said Sally at the time of her marriage was possessed in her own right of divers personal property consisting of household furniture, stock and farming utensils and other property which has since her marriage been converted and appropriated by Cornelius to his own benefit. And whereas Sally at the time of her marriage was possessed in her own right of certain other personal property consisting of money and promissory notes or other securities the payment of which has since the marriage been collected and appropriated by Cornelius for his own benefit. And whereas during disputes and unhappy differings have for the space of some years arisen between the two, and Sally has filed her Bill of Complaint in the Court of Chancery praying for a divorce between them and for the restoration of the said property in which she was seized at the time of her marriage, or that an amount of property equal in value should be assigned to her and appropriated for her sole use and benefit from the property of Cornelius by the Court of Chancery. And whereas Cornelius and Sally have mutually agreed to live apart from each other and she shall have full use of her property. To have and to hold unto Thomas Armstrong and Charles Jackson in trust for the sold and separate use of Sally Demarest. And Cornelius Demarest, in consideration of the sum of one dollar, does hereby transfer to them all the personal property. And Cornelius pays to Thomas Armstrong and Charles Jackson the sum of $400 to be held by them for the sole use of Sally. And Sally may by will or otherwise transfer the farm to whomever she pleases. And that it shall be lawful for Sally at all times hereafter to live separate and apart from Cornelius and to reside with such families or friends or other persons and to follow and carry on such trade or other business at her will and pleasure notwithstanding her present coverture and as if she was a femme sole and unmarried.

Wills, Liber 44, page 285, 25 September 1880 Sarah Poppino [1327] of (Florida) Warwick, died 23 November 1880. Appoints Zebulon W Vanderoef of Florida and Samuel Gardner, living near the Union Schoolhouse in Florida to be executors.

To my husband Jackson Poppino $500 but if he shall not be living at the time of my decease this legacy shall lapse into my residuary estate.

All the residual to the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Florida of which I am a member. Witnesses: Delbert C Jayne and A L Clark, both of Florida. [This would appear to be the Sally Carr who bought land from her father, William Carr in 1832 and who by 1839 was married to Cornelius Demarest, by whom she apparently had no children. She later married Charles Dill and then became the second wife of Jackson Poppino. According to an article by Samuel Green, Superintendent of the Florida Cemetery from 1906-11 (printed in The Florida Cemetery, Florida Cemetery Assn, 1993) "in my youth there lived on this farm (of Mrs. Wallace Allen) as owner a widow, named Sally Carr, who afterwards married Charles Dill, and after his decease Jackson Poppino. She and her husband Dill are buried in Florida Cemetery."]

Mortgages, Liber A, page 335. A mortgage from John Carr to William Wickham, 25 March 1783. Beginning at the most southeasterly corner of a lot of 25 acres purchased by William Carr deceased from Francis Armstrong and in line with the 100 acre lot purchased by the said William Carr from Van Horne, north to the south line of James Benjamin, then along that line NW to the west side of the road leading from Florida to Wawayanda, then along same south to the west line of the said 100 acre lot, along the same southeast to the NE corner of the said 25 acre lot, then along the same SW, then N to the place of beginning. 56 3/4 acres. And also, all that small parcel lying on the east side of the road from Florida to Wawayanda beginning in the westerly line of the farm where William Carr now lives at the NE corner of the said 25 acre lot, then NW and SW etc. to place of beginning. 6 1/4 acres. Excepting out of the premises, 23 3/4 acres sold by the said John Carr to Samuel Armstrong. �75. Proved 4 Apr 1783 before Elihu Marvin, Judge of Ct of Common Pleas. [Wickham had the right to sell the land if the mortgage was not paid. There is no indication in the Deed book that the mortgage was paid.]

Mortgages, Liber A, page 335. Armstrong mortaged property to William Wickham the same day. It was paid off per certificate 1 September 1800.

Goshen Library Mss Collection, 02-00076 EE The Bounds of a small lot of land to be conveyed by John Carr & Amy his wife to Samuel Armstrong. Situate near Florida in the Patent of Wawayanda. Beginning at a White Oak on the east side of the road leading from Florida to Wawayanda, NE from the NE corner of said John Carr's house, runs SE to William Carr's land, thence along this NE to a walnut sapling then NW along Willliam Carr's land to the south side of James Benjamin's land, then NW along same, then SW etc and SE to the east side of the said road and along the same SW to the place of beginning. 23 3/4 acres. Surveyed by Wm Thompson. March 15, 1783. [On 25 Mar 1783, Samuel Armstrong mortgaged this land to William Wickham. It was fully paid 4 Jul 1800. Mortgage Book A, p 333.]

Mortgages P 60, 29 Apr 1819, John Carr and Amy his wife to William Smith, James Wood, Francis Armstrong, William W. Armstrong, Daniel Finn and Samuel S. Seward, trustees of the Congregation of Florida. For all those two lots of land situated night the mills of Zebulon Wheeler the first whereof is bounded as follows: Beginning at a stake in the line of the Elmendorf Tract and runs from thence north eighty two degrees and thirty minutes east twenty two chains and four links to a stake and stones, thence south twelve degrees and forty five minutes west nineteen chains and eighty one links to a stake and stones, thence north forty eight degrees and thirteen minutes west twenty four chains and seven links to the place of beginning, containing twenty one acres and thirty one perches of land more or less. The second is bounded as follows: beginning at a stake and stones standing on the north side of the road from Union School House to Zebulon Wheeler�s mill and is the most northwesterly corner of John Finch (now Jedediah Sayre�s) land and runs thence along said road south eighty degrees and fifteen minutes west, three chains and along the same north seventy five degrees west, three chains and forty six links to the southerly side of a small brook running across said road thence south one degree west six chains and eighty five links to a Buttonwood sapling thence south sixty eight degrees and thirty minutes west five chains and seventeen links to a stake; thence north sixty six degrees west one chain and eighty six links to a hornbeam bush thence south thirty nine degrees west four chains and seventy links to a bunch of Thorn bushes, thence south twenty four degrees west eight chains and eighteen links to a stake in the line of the Elmendorf Tract, thence along the same north eighty two degrees and thirty minutes east nineteen chains and ninety one links to a stake and stones in the corner of said Sayre�s lot, thence along the same north twenty four degrees and fifteen minutes west eight chains and twenty seven links to a stake and stones and thence along the same north nine degrees eastd eight chains and forty two links to the place of beginning, containing twenty one acres of land. $300 for one year.

Deeds, Liber 37, page 474, 8 June 1829 John A Carr and Bathsheba [Roe] his wife, sell for $400 to Isaac Willliams of Warwick, part of the farm formerly owned by Timothy Roe and divided among his son and daughters. Beginning at road leading from Florida to Edenville at a corner of John Roe's land....Samuel Allisons's land...30 acres. [Isaac Williams was m to Phebe Roe, Bathsheba�s sister.]

Deeds, Liber 43, p 408, 9 Apr 1835 John A Carr and Bathsheba his wife of Warwick, sell for $120 to Isaac Williams part of the farm of Timothy Roe deceased. 30 acres.

Deposition of George E Fairchild, Samuel Gardner, Emily D Fairchild and David McCambly. (Fairchild is of NYC; others of Warwick) 30 March 1847.

Fairchild says he wrote the will, Kerr was between 80 and 90, his health was very good. The deceased at the time of making the will lived with Anthony. The farm upon which he lived was reputed to belong to Anthony. Both lived on the farm as long as Fairchild knew the decesaed and Anthony managed the farm. All of the members of the family said he wished to do something for his two daughers Sarah Kerr and Phebe Maria Foster, he had given to his son Samuel all he intended to give him and he should not give him anything more--said he should leave the rest of his property to Anthony after the bequests to his daughters, he had always lived with him and taken care of him and he ought to have it....Did not speak of having any real estate except the two lots bequeath of George & David Kerr.

Samuel Gardner has known the testator as long as he has known any person--lived at the house of the testator at the making of his will--had lived in the family off and on a great part of his life....was about 91 years old when he died--died in 1847--For seven or eight years previous to making the will was in the habit of laboring upon the farm or in the garden almost daily....Anthony Kerr is a half uncle to witness.

Next of kin: Anthony P Kerr and George A Kerr of the town of Warwick, David Kerr of the town of Walkill, Phebe Maria, wife of Alva Foster of the town of New Windsor, Samual Kerr of Elmira, and Sarah, wife of Nathan Kerr, residence unknown.

Deeds, Liber 102, p 321. 15 March 1820. Joseph Houston and Anna, his wife, to David Karr. $200. Part of a certain lot sold by the executors of John Wisner deceased, the whole lot containing 72 acres and subdivided into 4 lots. Beginning at a ditch in the line of Seth Marvin, runs along the same and the lands of Joseph Houston to a corner in the line of Samuel S. Seward and others, NW to the W corner of said tract, then SW along the lands of George Cox to the ditch and back. Lots 1 and ? contain 25+ acres. Also lot no 4 cornered on the west line and a corner of Jasper S Armstrong Iseland lot, runs along his E line across the Iseland, to sapling, thence S to a corner, thence E to the middle of Turnpike Road on Black Oak Island. Another lot to the east side of the Turnpike and a corner of Jasper S Armstrong 8 acre lot on that side of the road, runs along the s boundaries to a corner of Thomas Jackson's 2 a tract, etc. The whole together is 47+ acres.

Ibid, page 323. 15 Feb 1822. Jasper S Armstrong and Sarah his wife to David Ker. $160. Release and convey land now in possession of David Ker which Jasper S Armstrong, Joseph Houston, and Thomas Jackson purchased from Robert Armstrong and William Carr Junior, executors of estate of John Wisner, deceased., commonly called the Lupton Tract including White Oak Island. Lot #7, 7 1/2 acres, #11, 8 1/4 acres, #2, 15 1/2 acres.

Ibid, p 328. 23 Feb 1826. Jasper S. Armstrong and Sarah, his wife, to David Kerr. $25. A Parcel of cedar swamp commonly called White Oak Island between Mount Eve and the Walkill, being the residue of lands remaining in the possession of Armstrong as a division of a tract between him and William Carr Jr, owners of � of the Lupton Tract and Dr. Joseph Houston who purchased of the executors of John Wisner, deceased, one equal moiety of said tract of William Lupton, being the property of which Wisner died seized. Witnesses: Rachel Armstrong, R. Armstrong.

23 Feb 1826. Thomas Jackson and Sarah [Armstrong] his wife to David Kerr. $20. 2 pieces of swamp, Lots # 5 and 6.

Ibid, p 332, 4 April 1828. Daniel C. Dusinberre and Nelly, his wife, of Warwick to David Carr. $14. Lot #1 of John Finch Cedar Swamp, commonly called Mt. Eve Swamp.

Ibid, p 333, 28 April 1829. William Solomon and Anne his wife, of Warwick to David Carr. $44.25.

Lot on Mt. Eve Cedar Swamp, part of tract of 42 acres being Lot #1, formerly belonging to General Seth Marvin, deceased.

Deeds, Liber EE, page 32, 9 January 1827 Executors of late Zebulon Wheeler of Warwick sell to David Carr for $157.50 part of Great Island tract in Warwick. 10 1/2 acres.

Ibid, page 33, 5 January 1825 Elnathan Satterly of Goshen and his wife Juliana sell to David Carr of Warwick for $50 a parcel of Cedar Swamp being in Mt. Eve Cedar Swamp, 42 acres. Beginning at North of lot of 6 A sold by Robert Carr to said Elnathan Satterly.

Goshen Library Mss Collection, George A Carr Indenture of 13 August 1829 between Stephen Jayne and Sarah his wife, and George A Carr. For $274 transfers 6 3/4+ acres to George A Karr. Lot No 1 in the fifth division of White Oak Island meadow.

Deeds, Liber 58, p 187, 1 Feb 1833 George A Carr and Elizabeth his wife of Warwick sell for $10 to Alvah Foster and Nathan Ferman Jr trustees of school district #3 of Warwick land on west side of Mt. Eve for the purpose of erecting a school house. Beginning on the west boundary of the main road leading from Florida to Robert Carr's house, along lands occupied by Sarah Wisner and the lands of said George A Carr. 1200 square feet of land.

Goshen Library Mss 02-00224, George A Carr: Indenture, 1 Dec 1836. John Fox, John W Van Derhoof, and David Nanny, all of Warwick, commissioners appointed to make partition of the premises hereafter described among the owners thereof, of the first part; and George A Carr, farmer, of the second part. Whereas Horace Thompson and Lucinda his wife did in May term in 1833 exhibit to the Court of Common Pleas a petition setting forth that they said petitioners and Nathan R Wheeler, Henry Chapman Wheeler, and Nehimiah Helden Wheeler were seized in fee simple as tenants in common of land tenements etc....being the farm on which Zebulon Wheeler late of Warwick deceased lived at the time of his death. Bounded on the North West by lands late of Col John Houston on the East by lands now in the possession of Samual Gardner and Charles Wheeler and on the South by lands of John Gardner containing about ninety three acres--also a lot of cedar swamp in .... Swamp containing ten acres--the third lot being known by little white oak Island containing 24 or 25 acres Bounded by lands of Samuel S Seward Esq., James Burt, Esq, George Carr and by Quaker Creek as by the said petition filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas.

The parties of the first part sold land on 25 Oct 1830: Great Island Turnpike... White Oak Island...Quaker Brook etc. For $387.44 sell to George A Carr.

Goshen Library Mss Collection, George A Carr. George A Kerr to Samuel S Seward, recorded 4 April 1838, mortgages on 2 lots; viz: (1) 19 acres on east side of Mount Eve road being the SE corner of the farm formerly of William Carr Jr, and (2) 6 acres NE of Mt Eve beginning near the public highway on the NW side of the mountain. Recorded 3 April 1839. The lots were purchased by George A Kerr and Elizabeth his wife from Samuel S Seward for $200 on the same day.

Similar mortgages, recorded 3 April 1839, were placed on three lots, viz: (1) part of the Elmendorff Tract, beginning at SW corner of White Oak Island, adjoins David Kerr's land, 28 acres; (2) at SW corner of White Oak Island, follows the turnpike, adjoins Benjamin Brown's land, 7 acres being part of a swamp lot formerly owned by Nathaniel Wheeler as per deed executed by John Fox, John W Vanderoff and David Nanny; (3) 2 acres beginning at Great Island turnpike on the line of a lot now or formerly owned by Stephen Jayne, running to Quaker Creek, etc.

Also, undated, sale by Samuel S Seward and Mary his wife for $700 to George A Carr, of 28 acres as above, adjoining land of David Carr; and sale by Asa Wisner and Susan his wife for $600 to George A Carr, of 7 acres, as above.

Deeds, Liber 64, p 312, 29 Dec 1838 Samuel Carr of Warwick to George A Carr of same $200. At turnpike, part of a lot of swamp land formerly owned by Nathaniel Wheeler, adjoining lot of Stephen Jayne...9 1/2 A. Witness: Alsop V Aspell, Commissioner of Deeds.

Deeds, Liber 65, p 238, 26 Jun 1839. George A Carr to David Carr. (can't read it)

Deeds, Liber 60, p 598, 5 Sep 1837

sell their shares of the land of the late Isaac Pound for $600 to Aaron Pound. Bounded in the north by the lands of the heirs of William Carr, deceased, Sarah Pound and Moses Post (?) on the SE by lands of Joseph Ferrier and John Barnes, on the SW by lands of Thomas G Nanny and Oliver Nanny....Reuben Denn, Gabriel Coleman, James H Davis, Timothy Roe. 143 A, except 21 A belonging to Sarah Pound.

Surrogates Office: Decrees, Liber C, p 333 George H Carr. Final settlement of Accounts by William H Houston, administrator.

1 Feb 1854. William H Houston, admin, on 9 Jan presented his petition showing that more than 18 months had elapsed since he was appointed. Summary of accounts of George H Carr:

Names of creditors (less than $50 unless shown): Henry W Houston, Milton Barnes, William Knapp, Mary Brown, Hugh Allison, Benjamin S Purdy, Richard M Vail $103.47, E Peck & Brothers, Jacob Hoffman, Enoch Wright, Asa Wisner, William A Wright, Henry Wisner, Daniel Nanny, Patrick Dowasleigh, Festus H Vail $77.69, TG and GW Denton, John Dusenberre $70.50, Daniel Carpenter, Anthony P Kerr $21.62, Westcott A Gidney, Gabriel Swazy 55,58, Dewitt C Jayne, David Decker, Alsop V Aspell $100.34, Charles C Wheeler, Elizabeth Pound, Samuel D Holly, John J Ross $88.27, Mary Wisner, Henry G Seely $82.40, James G Watenbury, admin of A Owen, decd, Gale & McDaniels, Robert Carr $22.12, SS Halstead and SE Gale $239.60, George W McDaniels, Wheeler & Madden, Joseph W Gott, Solomon C Wood, Horace Thompson, William H Houston, SD and Wm Sayer, Thomas Odle, Andrew J Jones, Merriam Smith, Thomas Decker, Murray & Shorp $371.74, Monell & Dunning $78.87.

These totaled $1911.63, and as there was only $1198.84, this was distributed among them equitably.

Deeds, Liber S, page 71, 16 March 1816 Joseph Houston [son of Anna Carr, p 9] and Anna [Wisner] his wife of Warwick sell for $105 to George Linkletter land on the NW end of Mt Eve, bounded at the SW corner of Gardner's lot....15 acres. Witnessed by J Youngs and Amzy Lucky

Deeds, Liber 45, p 246, 24 Sep 1819 Wyatt Carr and Patty his wife of Cornwall sell to Oliver Cromwell of same for $450 land in village of Canterbury. Liber 46, p 367, 11 December 1832

David Carr of town of Minisink and Azubah his wife sell to John G Debow of same for $400 land in same adjoining John Kaseas. 26 A.

Deeds, Liber 63, p 274, 12 Mar 1834 David and Azubah Carr of Minisink to trustees of Centerville Presbyterian Church.

Deeds, Liber 70, p 335, 28 Jan 1840 William Carr and Christian his wife and various Deckers, all of Deerpark, sell to Abraham Westbrook of same, land formerly of Soloman Decker, deceased.

Orange Co. Surrogate Court, 28 August 1857: I William Carr of the town of New Windsor say that I am the father of William Carr Jr deceased who died at New Windsor the 25th of April last, without leaving any last will and testament, his property did not exceed $370, his father, your petitioner is his only next of kin. Appointed administrator.

In an effort to sort out the various Carrs, this analysis tries to look at where they lived, as deduced from their neighbors in the various censuses, and correlate this with land records or anything else that would help to identify them. It is assumed that usually when two men lived more or less next to each other, they were either brothers or father and son. For locations I am using the modern names of roads.

George Carr [1 (12)] lives next to Timothy Clark and Phineas Tompkins. His personal property is valued at �7+. George Carr I's land adjoined Richard Clark's and Timothy Clark had a son named Richard, suggesting he is a descendant. We will assume that this is George Carr Jr and the land is located east of the Florida to Goshen road just north of Quaker Creek.

William Carr Sr [12] and William Carr Jr [121] are listed on both sides of John Poppino, adjacent to the Armstrongs. Their valuations are �5+, and 9 shillings sixpence respectively. Since Willliam Carr mortgaged his property in 1776 and 1777, he must have died between then and 1780.

David Kerr [113] lives in District 2, next to Nathaniel Finch and near Richard Kerr and Richard Johnson (the latter lives just below the Armstrongs and Poppinos. See my map 3). David's personal property, like William Sr, is �5+. In 1782, David and Mary Carr sell to Robert Armstrong 200 acres, bought from Finch and adjoining William Armstrong. (Note also that William Armstrong was first m. to Mary Carr; then, by 1788, to Nathaniel Finch's widow, Keziah) That sounds like the same David. We can assume some connection with the William Carrs whose land is just to the north.. (On my incomplete 1779 tax list, David Carr Sen--apparently an older David--appears next to Maj John Poppino. Maj. Poppino's land was on the east side of the Florida tract--along Seward Highway.) David does not appear again in Warwick so went somewhere. He probably was the Carr who died in Sussex County in 1799 (though that one was married to Jane Edsall when he wrote his will in 1799 and his first son, b in 1778 was named Edsall), and perhaps also the Carr who helped start the Amity Church in 1797.

Anthony Kerr lives in District #8, probably at Mt. Eve. He has a very low tax assessment--2/9-- suggesting a young man. He might be the son of David Kerr of Ramapo, who is said to have moved to Mt. Eve, although we have no primary evidence for that.

Richard Kerr lives near David, has a very low tax assessment--5/6--so probably is also young. The only Richard we know of was the son of David Kerr of Ramapo. He is said to have died during or shortly after the Revolution, hence never appeared in the censuses.

David Kerr, [13], the man from Ramapo, is said to have had sons: Mark, George, Anthony, Richard, James and Robert. There was a Mark Carr, b. ca 1741 who served in the French and Indian War and might have been David's first son; his last, Robert, was b 1756. Richard and Anthony and the others would be in between. That suggests that this David was born before 1725. Indeed, since he is said to have been educated in Monmouth County, and George Carr arrived in Florida before 1729, David might have been born as early as 1710 (if he was indeed a son of George Carr). In 1739 and 1740, a David Carr witnessed wills in this same neighborhood. Since in 1779 there was a David Carr Senior living next to Major John Poppino (implying a younger one also, though I did not find him on the tax list) my guess is that: David Carr Senior of 1779 was the brother of William Carr I and was also the man from Ramapo who founded the Mt. Eve Kerr line. The main source for the David of Ramapo story is the Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, published more than a century later. The info probably came from Harriet Kerr, David's great grandaughter. While she would have been aware of the connection to the other Carrs in the area, there was no reason for her to mention them. She could easily have gotten some of the other early details wrong. David could have been born in Monmouth, NJ (all of them could), come to Florida with his father, later moved to Ramapo and then returned after his father died. Ramapo was in Orange County at that time. David, William and Anthony Carr were all listed in the 1757 account book of the Rev. Elmer of the Florida Presb. Church. I think they were all brothers. It is also possible that there was a different David who died before 1775 and left no further record. The only thing that does seem fairly clear is the close, continuing connection between the two (or three) lines.

Robert Carr [131] lives on the west side of Mt. Eve, next to Caleb Smith. He is presumably Robert 1756-1846, who was born in Ramapo and father of Anthony Parcell Kerr. However, William Carr, Jr also lives around here, next to Benjamin Davis Jr. whose name still shows in this area in 1850. This suggests that there may be some relationship between Robert and William Junior.

John Carr lives near James Benjamin and Daniel Jessup. This would be the John Carr [122], born 1759, who received a pension and was married to Amy Armstrong (b ca 1765), daughter of John Armstrong--son of William Armstrong Sr who m Mary Carr. John said in his application that he lived in the same place all his life until he moved to Southport in 1822. Born 25 May 1759, he would be 31. The pension file contains recommendations dated 1829 from R. Armstrong, James Burt, Jeffrey Wisner, and John M Foght, saying that they have known him for 40 to 43 years. These would appear to link the pensioner with the John Carr of the William Carr family. Note that John and Amy sold land in 1783 to Samuel Armstrong (her brother perhaps?).

A second John Carr lives south of there near the Woods, Demarests and Ananias Rogers. This would put him closer to Edenville or Warwick Village. The two Johns have identical families in the census (four females and one son under 16) hence are not likely to be father and son. They wouldn't be brothers with the same name. So that makes them probable cousins. With four children, John is probably no younger than 25, which would have him born by 1765. He is too old to be the son of David Carr of NJ. When we meet John in old age (1830) he is living next door to Joseph Ferrier, who is connected to the NJ Carrs. Could this be a son of Anthony?

George Carr [1(12)] lives in Goshen: one male 10-16, one male 16-26, and one female 16-26. I think this is the son of George Carr, who inherited his father's land in Goshen, together with his wife and brother.

William Carr and Samuel Carr are neighbors, one place away from John Wisner, brother of Jeffery. In 1812, William Carr Jr and Robert Armstrong were executors of John Wisner's estate and sold his farm to Nathaniel Wheeler. This was probably near Jeffrey Wisner and the Armstrongs. Samuel and William are both between 26 and 45. This would be William Carr Junior who was born in 1761--died in 1844; that would make him 39. He is too young to have a son of 26. There was a Samuel who went to Southport; Lois Goff suggests he was John's son. My guess is that he was not. However, that Samuel appears to have been born ca 1785, too late for this listing. This William may have been William Carr Jr [114] and Samuel may be his brother [118] although that doesn�t fit the supposition I have made in the text.

Robert Carr, age 26-45, lives near Aseph Gilson who was next door to the other John Carr in 1790. This is probably Robert [131] who was born in 1763 so would now be 37.

John Carr [112], over 45, lives near Joseph Houston and Gabriel Post, probably Edenville. He has one boy 10-16 and two under 10.

William Carr, over 45, lives next to John Carr Jr, 26 to 45, near Timothy Roe and Robert Armstrong. So this would presumably be William Carr [121], 69, and John would be his brother, John the pensioner, age 42. William has one boy under 16 and two that are 16-26, ie, men but still part of the family.

These are alphabetical, so not too helpful. But they do give some idea of relative affluence:

George Carr of Goshen, a male over 45, plus a female 16-26 and a male 10-16. This would be George Carr [1(12)], who belonged to the Goshen Presbyterian Church and died in 1812.

There was also a William Carr in Goshen: 2 males and one female, all 16-25. This was probably just north of Florida; others nearby included Joel Jackson, Mary Joline, Nathaniel G Minthorn, and Timothy Wood. Timothy lived from 1803 till 1831 on the family homestead just outside the limits of the village of Goshen on the Florida road. This might be William T Carr, [1(12)4] son of George Carr and brother of George Carr Jr, below, who later moved to Port Byron, Cayuga County..

George Carr Jr [1(12)3] seems to have lived near Florida village, perhaps on the north road. So he may have been very close to the William Carr above, but just across the line. He and his wife were between 26 and 45 with 2 boys and 2 girls under 10. Could he be on some of his father's property?

William Carr Jr was 26-45, his wife under 26, and they had one girl and two boys 10-16, plus two boys under 10. This might have been a second wife, since it would be hard for a 26-year-old to have three children over 10. Maybe they were family helpers. Carr lived between Samuel Parkhurst and Nathaniel Wheeler.

We find three Carrs living as neighbors: William Carr [123], John Carr [122] and John A Carr. William Carr and his wife are over 45; they have one male and one female 26-45, 1 male and two females 16-26, and one female 10-16. These might all be William's family, or he might be living with a married child. Neighbors are Zebulon Wheeler, Phineas Tompkins and Henry Lucky.

John Carr and his wife are over 45 and they have a boy and girl 16-26, a boy 10-16, and two boys and two girls under 10. This would be our now 51-52 year old pensioner and blacksmith, John [122] and his son next door: John A Carr [1223]. He and his wife (Bersheba Roe) are 16 to 26 and they have one daughter under 10.

Robert Carr seems to have lived on Little York Road below the junction with Big Island Road, and David Carr below him on the 1850 A P Kerr property. Robert Carr was over 45 with a wife 26-45, and 5 children or other young people. This would seem to make him Robert [131] who would be 54 (or 46 according to another birth date) and had remarried in 1802. His son David was born in 1789 which would make him 21, and the census David was 16-26, so this would be his son, David [1311] and perhaps his oldest. Robert's house was built in 1804, so he may have moved here after 1800.

David Karr and Robert Karr are again neighbors on Little York Road. Near them is George A Karr [1312]. Robert's son, George, would be 25, and this one is 16-26. He is farther up the road, perhaps on the north side of Mt. Eve in the spot marked Carr in 1850, next to Mrs. Wisner. In 1833, George A Carr and Elizabeth, his wife sold a small piece of land on the west side of Mt. Eve to trustees of school district #3 to erect a school, along lands of Sarah Wisner and George A Carr. The school shows on the 1850 map as closer to R. Carr on the west side of Mt. Eve. Sarah Wisner is perhaps the widow of the famous Henry Wisner (1720-1790)

Five persons farther on, we find William Karr, presumably William Carr Jr. [132]. Male and female over 45, 2 males and 1 female 16-26, and one male each between 16-18, 10-16, and under 10. This could be on Big Island Road (Robert Carr, 1863) or on Wheeler Road (heirs of R Carr 1850), or on Spanktown Road, west of Union Corners Road.

George Carr appears far away from the others in the area around the Kings Highway at New Milford. He and his wife are 26-45; they have one male 16-26, two females 10-16, and two boys and two girls under 10. This sounds like the George Carr Jr. [1(12)3) who m Sally Owen, dau of John Owen, and later moved to Port Byron, Cayuga County. That George Carr had a brother, William T, who moved to Port Byron about 1800. Accordingly, he could not be a son of one of the Williams.

Coming down Union Corners Road from the Hetzels we find John Carr and John A Carr together, followed shortly by William Carr, next to Enoch Jackson. John Carr and his wife are over 45; John A Carr and his wife are 26-45. The William Carrs are over 45 (he is actually 59). This is the same grouping we found in 1810. John Carr moved to Southport in 1822, having sold his land in 1819.

In Newburgh we find Nathan Carr [1226] , 26-45, with wife under 26, plus two boys and a girl under 10. Nathan is actually just 26 and is the son of John Carr [122]. He married Sarah Kerr [1314]. Nathan later settled in Elmira, and John Carr was living there with Nathan in 1840. In 1846, Nathan moved to Illinois. There was also a Catherine Carr in Newburgh, 26-45, with a family of one boy 10-16, one girl under 10 and one 16-26. Catherine was engaged in commerce. She sounds like a widow.

John Carr seems to be in the area east of Edenville. He and his wife are less than 45 and there is one unmarried female less than 16. There are two other males, that must be less than 18. They have one hog, no horses, cows, sheep, and no land. Young and poor. Perhaps this is the son of William Jr. [114] who later went to Southport.

David Carr [1311] and Robert Carr [131] are prospering. David's family has 4 males and 6 females. He has 35 acres of improved land with 20 cows, 2 horses, 3 hogs, and they produce 80 yards of cloth a year. They have one colored servant. In 1825, he bought 42 acres of cedar swamp around Mt. Eve; in 1827 he bought 10.5 acres, part of the Great Island tract. Robert's family is 3 males and 4 females; he has 60 acres, 20 cows, 2 horses, 3 sheep, and they produce 50 yards of cloth.

Two names away from Robert is William Carr with 4 males and 2 females. It looks like one of the males is over 45. He has 20 acres, 2 cows, 1 horse, 1 hog, and produces 68 yards of cloth. This would have to be William Carr Jr. [114]

George A Carr [1312] is in the same place near Sarah Wisner and William Clark. His family is 3 males and 3 females, he and his wife are less than 45, they have 40 acres, 10 cows, 2 horses, 4 hogs, and they make only 18 yards of cloth.

Moving east on Wheeler Road, we come to Robert P Carr [1236]. His family is two males and 1 female. He is young and starting out but has 85 acres of improved land, 16 cows, 2 horses, 11 sheep, 31 hogs, and made 50 yards of cloth. In 1825, William Carr Jr.sold to Robert P Carr and Moses J Carr 100 acres in the division between the Van Horn and the great island. This might be land north of Wheeler Road

12 names further on is John A Carr [1223]. with a family of 2 males and 4 females. He seems to be over 45 and his wife under. They have 40 acres, 2 cows, 9 sheep, and production of 64 yards of cloth. John A Carr is m to Bersheba Roe, dau of Timothy Roe. In 1829 they sell their share of her late father's farm on the Florida/Edenville road.

Finally we come to William Carr, between Thomas Jackson on one side and Enoch Jackson on the other. His family is 1 male, over 45, and 3 females: one over 45 and two unmarried females 16 to 45. He owns 35 acres with 9 cows, 2 horses, 3 hogs, and 72 yards of cloth. This would be William Carr [121].

There is also a Vincent Carr in Warwick, next to Mary Alsop. He has 3 males and 3 females; no land. He is over 45 so could not be the Vincent Carr of Sussex County who was born ca 1796.

On page 65 are Robert P Carr [1139], William Carr Jr [113], and John Carr [1132]. Robert P Carr is 30-40; his wife is 20-30. They have one boy 10-15 and one girl under 5. William Carr Jr is 60-70 and he lives with 2 males 5-10 and 15-20, and two females 10-15 and 20-30. John Carr and his wife are 30-40; no children.

On page 66 are George A Carr [1312], Robert Carr [131] and David Carr [1311]. George is sheltering a man, aged 80 to 90, perhaps his wife Elizabeth's father. George is under 40; his wife over; they have 6 children. In 1833, George and Elizabeth sold a small piece of land on Mt. Eve to erect a school. Robert Carr and his wife are 60-70 and they are living with a girl 15-20 and 2 boys 10-15 and 20-30. David Carr and his wife are 40-50 and they have two boys and three girls.

On page 67 is Sarah Carr, apparently a widow, age 50-60, with three boys 5-20 and four girls under 5 to 20+. This is probably Sarah Owen Carr, widow of George Carr [1(12)3] of Port Byron (In New Milford in 1820). She was in Cayuga Co, Mentz township in 1840, living close to William T Carr Jr, presumably the son of George Carr's brother. It would appear that George died in Orange County. Maybe George never went to Port Byron; only Sarah. The Sarah Carr in Cayuga in 1840 was 50-60. She might have fudged a year. She had with her two males and two females 15-30; this is consistent with this 1830 listing.

Page 68: Vincent Carr again. Vincent lives next door to Thomas Owen who had been or would be in Southport. Thomas was the son of Israel Owen, one of the founders of Amity Church; his sister was married to Nathaniel Roe (whose son Nathaniel m. Sarah K and Mary E Poppino). His niece m George Carr III. Could Vincent be another son of George Carr II, or of one of the Southport Carrs? In 1840, Vincent is in Blooming Grove.

Page 72, William Carr [121] is sandwiched between Enoch Jackson and Thomas Armstrong. He is over 80, living with a 20-30 year old woman

Page 73, John Carr, age 60-70, lives with a woman 50-60 and a boy 5-10. Neighbors are Joseph Ferrier and John Barnes. Joseph Ferrier (1791- ) lived east of the road between Amity and Edenville; he was married to Hannah Edsall (daughter of Benjamin Edsall and Sarah Burt); his sister Elizabeth (b 1800) was married in Amity Pres. Church 1829 to David Carr (1800-1864), son of Robert Carr of Wantage, Sussex County, NJ.

Robert Carr [131] is in his customary place on Little York Road, age 80-90, living with a male, 20-30 and two females 15-20 and 20-30. By his second marriage to Mary Christina Pitts Parcell he had two children: Anthony, age 29 and Phoebe Maria, age 34. Phoebe would have left by now. Anthony m. Jane Davis McCamley, age 24. The other female is probably a servant.

George H Carr [13121] is between Willliam H Clark and Henry and Robert Wisner. We see a woman 20-30 and three boys under 5, and a male 15-20. What happened to George? Maybe an error when the census was copied at county or state level. (George H. Carr died in 1852 at Black Walnut Island at the age of 37--he would therefore be 25 in 1840--maybe the copy clerk missed the column.) It would appear that George H was a son of George A. The 1850 census shows a George E Carr; 34, my guess is it�s the same person with an error in hearing or transcribing the middle initial. George H was married in 1837 to Maria Pound, dau of Isaac Pound who lived next to the lands of the heirs of William Carr, deceased.

Morris Carr seems to be around Amity, perhaps below it on the road to New Jersey (two names beyond Samuel Vail who is in that position in 1850). He is 30-40, with a wife 20-30 and one girl under 5. No sign of a Morris among the NJ Carrs. He may be no relation.

Next we find grouped close together, Robert Carr [13111], George A Carr [1312], and David Carr [1311], the latter two being the children of old Robert Carr, above, by his first wife. Robert and his wife are between 20 and 30; they have one boy and three girls under 10.. George A Carr, two names away, is between 50 and 60, his wife 40-50, and the family consists of one male 10-15 and one 20-30, and one female 10-15 and one 15-20. So George A could be the father of Robert. Four names further on, we come to David Carr 40-50, who lives with a boy 5-10 and females 50-60, 20-30, and 10-15.

Samuel Carr appears for the first time since 1800. It is not the same man because that Samuel was between 26 and 45 then. This one is 44 with a wife 39 (counting backward from 1850) and two children: a girl 8-10 (Louisa or Harriet) and Robert K., a boy of 5. Still he is too old to have lived in Warwick all his life. Where did he come from? It is not clear where he lives; somewhere between Peter Aspell and William Minturn on one side, and Alsop V Aspell on the other. Lois Goff suggests that he is Nathan's brother, son of John Carr, the pensioner, who may have returned with John in 1837. In 1838 Samuel sold 9.5 acres on the turnpike to George A Carr.

Another Robert Carr seems to be on Seward Highway in south Florida village, near Justin Dill, Hezekiah Miller and Jacob Woodruff (see 1850 map). He is 40-50 and lives with two women: 15-20 and 50-60.

Selina Carr seems to be on Wheeler Road in the location of Heirs of R Carr on the 1850 map (close to John Vanderoef, Charles C Wheeler, and Lewis Parkhurst) though it could be the large plot of land assigned to her on the 1863 map. She is 30-40 with a man of the same age, plus one girl 10-15 and two boys: 5-10 and 10-15. It is probably some relative who is helping out. She is not in the 1850 Census; her place is taken by Calvin and William Carr, both age 40, and her children Harriet, 22, and James A, 17. In 1860, James A, 28, is head of the family with real estate valued at $7500; in his family are Mary A Carr, 28 and Celina Carr, 52.

[1] This paper has been placed in the Orange County Genealogical Society (OCGS) in hopes that it will be helpful to those that find it and that some of them will be able to help me with corrections or additions. When I am reasonably satisfied with it I plan also to send copies to the Sussex County Historical Society, New York State Library, NY Genealogical and Biographical Society, and Family History Center in Salt Lake City. I have been working on this paper since 1994 and in that time it has become the product of research by many people. I want especially to acknowledge the contributions of:

Mary Lou Benjamin, RR2, Box 230, Athens, PA 18810. benjam@localnet.com

Mary L. Carr, 80 West Meadows Drive, Rochester, NY 14616. marycarr@frontiernet.net

Elmire Conklin, One Spanktown Road, Warwick, NY 10990. elc@warwick.net

Lois Goff, 1625 Elmwood, Wilmette, IL 6009. loisbgoff@juno.com

Roger Joslyn, PO Box 4061, New Windsor, NY 12553

Theresa Coyne Strasser, 207 Mount Hope Drive, Albany, NY 12202 dutchlines@yahoo.com.

Verna Forbes Willson, 1150 25^th Street, Ogden, UT 84401-2714

[2] This material is based primarily on William C Armstrong, The Kerr Clan of New Jersey, Shawver Publishing Co, Morrison, IL 1931 (NDAR Library); John Littell, Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley, reprinted 1981 by Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore; and The Carrs of Chemung County, New York; the Carrs-Karrs-Kerrs of Orange County, New York; and the Kerrs of Monmouth County New Jersey, 1988, and two updates, by Lois B. Goff, 1625 Elmwood Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091, p 5. Copies are in the OCGS research room.

[3] Genealogy of this line from Jeff Meyer, jsmyerA@comcast.net., 21 Sep 2004. He notes that there was a Robert and Jannet Carr family in the Freehold NJ area at the same period as Walter Ker and our George Carr might have been his younger sibling or unmentioned first son.

[4] See Appendix I, Carr Lands and Wills.

[5] William Denn married Carr's granddaughter, Phebe Smith.

[6] J Hector St John De Crevecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer, 1782, reprinted 1983 by Penguin Books, NY, p 92.

[7] There might have been another one: Samuel Carr. The New York Colonial Muster Roll, 1664-1775, (1897-8, reprinted 2000, p 87) lists: Samuel Carr � John Peter Smith�s Orange County, 1758, cordwainer, 19 [i.e., born ca 1739] enlisted by James Howell and Gilbert Bradner. [These of course are names associated with our Carrs. This Samuel does not appear again. Perhaps he was killed in the French and Indian War.]

[8] This is presumably from Harriet Kerr (1845-1910) believed to be the source for the biography and genealogy of her father, Anthony Parcell Kerr in Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, New York, Chapman Publishing Company, , NY 1895, p 1139. Theresa Strasser has found her inaccurate in other details and in a letter to me says that she doesn�t see where David fits in as a grandson.

[9] Liber B, p 431 and Liber C, p 1, County Clerk's Office, Goshen.

[10] E. M. Ruttenber and L. H. Clark, History of Orange County, NY, 1881, reprinted by OCGS, 1986, (hereafter called Ruttenber), p 565.

[11] The deed was never recorded. I have a photocopy, sent me by Elmire Conklin who found it among a group of old records held by a woman in Warwick. See the appendix for the text.

[12] Early Orange County Wills (hereafter called "Wills"), OCGS, 1991. The Thomson wills are in volume 1, pp 4, 5, and 24.

[13] Rutternber, op. cit., p 488, in biography of Robert H. Houston.

[14] S. Helen Fields, ed, Register of Marriages and Baptisms, Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson, Covenanter Minister, 1751 � 1791, Washington, 1934, p 247.

[15] Ruttenber, p 565.

[16] Wills, vol 1, pp 4, 8, 10, 17, 34; vol 2, p 63.

[17] Theodore M. Banta, Sayre Family, NY, 1901, p 133.

[18] Info. From Elmire Conklin.

[19] This is discussed in the paper by Alan J. Clark, �The Hegira of Abraham Smith to Canada�, printed by OCGS, 1999.

[20] Samuel Seely�s first three children, registered in Stamford before he moved to Orange County ca 1714, were: Samuel, 1710; Susannah, 1712; and Sarah, 1714. These were followed, according to the Seeley Genealogical Society and all research that I have seen, by Christopher, 1716; Jonas 1718/19; Charles, 1720; John, 1722/3; and Joseph, ca 1724. These were approximately two year intervals, leaving no room for a Mary. And if she were born after the move to Orange County, say 1715, she would be an awfully young widow in 1733. Elizabeth Horton, Orange County�s leading genealogist in the mid-20^th century, thought the widow might be Mary Cary Smith.

[21] The Jackson information is drawn primarily from Jackson Family Record, pp 146-8 in DAR, Record of Orange County Churches, DAR Library.

[22] Taken from NY Calendar of Land Papers, as published in Gemini, journal of the Twin Tiers Genealogical Society, Elmira NY, Vol XX, p 34, and XXI, p 14.

[23] A deed from Tioga County, NY [Deedbook 2, pp 175-7] dated 6 Oct 1792 between William Allison Esquire of Goshen, Orange Co, and William Carr Jr., yeoman of Warwick, for �10 transferred 200 acres of a large tract lying on both sides of the Susquehanna River a little below Ononquaga, patented to Israel Wells on 18 April 1789. Witnesses: George Lucky and William A [Allison] Edsall. On 26 Apr 1794, William Carr, yeoman of Warwick, sold the same land to David Hotchkiss, Esquire of Tioga Co for �60. Witnesses William Raynor and --- Armstrong. [Deedbook 2, pp 181-3]. Both deeds appear to have been made in Orange Co and later�8 and 9 Jun 1797�filed in Tioga. [Transcribed by Mary Lou Benjamin.]

[24] From the Mildred Edwards Collection at OCGS.

[25] The story of Sarah Wells is told in many histories, including Russel Headley, History of Orange County, NY, 1908, reprinted by OCGS, 1993, pp 250-6. Family details are from Emma McWhorter, et al, The History and Genealogy of the William Bull and Sarah Wells Family, T Emmett Henderson, Publisher, pp 112-121.

[26] Ruttenber, op. cit., pp 488-89, 580, 584, 611-12. Similar information in Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, pp 1423-5, probably taken from Ruttember. See also Wills, esp. those connected to Joseph Houston. Kenneth Scott, New York Marriage Bonds, 1753-1783, St. Nicholas Society of NY, 1972 (NGS, F118. SS22B) cites on p 74: "1759, Nov. 30. Ann Carr of Ulster Co., spinster and James Heuston, of Ulster Co., farmer. Bondsmen: James Jackson, David Crage [2:522]. James Jackson would probably be the son of James Jackson who died in 1740 and who was overseer of the will of John Thomson, along with George Carr. The younger James died in 1807 and Daniel Poppino was executor. David Crage would probably be David Craig.

[27] Info from a descendant, Linta Hite, 852 S 150W, Centerville, UT 84104.

[28] David Faris, Descendants of Edward Howell, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1985, pp 88-9, 136-9, 197. This is an updating of a similar book by Emma Howell Ross, 1968. Marriage listed in Kenneth Scott, op. cit.: "1757, Nov. 17. Margaret Carr and Matthew Howell. Bondsmen: Matthew Howell and Thomas Jackson [1-706]." Thomas Jackson was the father of Hannah, who m Richard Poppino, and Enoch Jackson, whose wife was the daughter of William Armstrong who m Mary Carr.

[29] Watkins, A Beginning Genealogy, (DAR Library), pp 360-362; Ruttenber, op. cit., pp 130, 623, 658; Wills, pp 8, 39.

[30] Kenneth Scott, op. cit.; Ruttenber, op. cit., p 567.

[31] According to an old newspaper genealogical account found by Elmire Conklin, George Carr prior to 1780 owned the farm of Asa Howell and there is a Carr burial ground near the highway bridge on a slight knoll a few rods north of the Howell residence. The Howells, however, claim that title to the farm runs in their family to about 1735 and when I interviewed Bill Howell the current resident, he said that no readable tombstones remain in the burial ground.

[32] The marriage of George Carr and Sally Owen, daughter of John Owen, is reported in a Tompkins County petition of Thomas Owen to the Surrogate's court, filed 14 April 1849, and reprinted in Gemini, June 1994, the quarterly of the Twin Tiers Genealogical Society, PO Box 763, Elmira, NY 14902. William T Carr, and his descendants, are discussed in Cayuga County Biographical Review, Boston, Biographical Publishing Co, 1894, p 96. This account states that he went to Port Byron, Cayuga County in 1800 but I think someone's memory was wrong since he doesn't show up in the census until 1820. The Gemini document speaks of George Carr, deceased and Sarah Carr of Port Byron. She is found in the 1840 census of Cayuga County living near William T Carr Jr, thus leading to the conclusion that George and William were brothers.

[33] Coleman, Charles C, The Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church at Goshen, NY from 1767 to 1885, 1934, reprinted by OCGS, p 22.

[34] Reported in Gemini, op cit, p 4.

[35] Orange County Court of Common Pleas, microfilm, NYGBS. The record does not indicate the nature of the suits but such suits were commonly to collect debts.

[36] The unpublished journal and map are at the NJ Historical Society, Newark. I have photocopies.

[37] Moses Wisner Post�s diary written in 1844. Details in OCGS files.

[38] The other possibility is that David Carr, listed as a member of the Florida Presbyterian Church in1757 along with Anthony and William Carr, was not the David Carr of Mt. Eve and that these children were his. There was a David Carr Senior next to John Poppino Junior on the 1779 tax assessment lists but he was gone by the time of the 1790 Census and there are not land records for him. The signature of William Carr Junior on his pension application and probate records of his brother David Carr are the same. Since he stated for his pension that he substituted for his brothers David and Robert, we can establish that these were siblings.

[39]Vol 74, DAR Bible and Family Records of NY State, 1950, pp 12-15, reprints a paper by J. W. Wood, Easton, PA 3 Feb 1900, stating that William Armstrong , Sr m1 prob 1750, Mary Carr, m2 Catherine Lawrence, m3 Keziah Finch, Other undocumented material shows two wives for William Armstrong, Sr., omitting Mary Carr. William Armstrong Sr's father, Francis Armstrong (whose land abutted Carr's) died in 1783; his will was witnessed in 1781 by William Carr.

[40] Frank Bradner query, 6 Jan 2002, in RootsWeb Bradner message board.

[41] Liber 38, page 500, will made 30 Mar 1799; proved 26 Jun 1799. Witnesses were Hannah Edsall, formerly of NJ, now of town of Walkill (This may have been Hannah McWhorter who married Jacobus Edsall in 1780); Joseph Houston, probably of Amity, son of James Houston and Anna Carr; and Matthew Lounsberry, perhaps related to the John Lonsberry who m Mary Carr.

[42] OCGS, Vol 16, p 15. The account book lists many members of the Florida Presbyterian Church--Poppinos, Armstrongs, Johnsons, etc., so these Carrs were part of the same crowd but this was a generation earlier.

[43] However, the 1782 deed names his wife as Mary and the wife of David who died in Sussex County was Jane, believed to be an Edsall. David�s first son was Edsall Carr, b ca 1778 in Orange Co., My hypothesis is that Mary was also an Edsall and Jane Edsall, perhaps her sister, was a second wife. Four children were also born in Orange Co as late as 1788, so he probably went to New Jersey after that

[44] Ruttenber, op. cit., p 587.

[45] Sussex Co Deeds, D2, 589. 29 July 1815 appeared Charlot, a servant of collors, to Jane

Carr of Warwick Township, Bucks Co, PA, formerly of Sussex Co, NJ. Gave his voluntary consent to go to Bucks Co to serve his mistress Jane Carr for a term of 15 years, 9 mos, 12 days, or until he arrives at the age of 21 years which will be 17 May 1831. His parents: Jim and Rachel Harris. His age 5 years, 2 months and 12 days.

[46]The children are listed in the will. Further details on the children are mostly from a descendant, Mrs. Verna Forbes Willson, 1150 25^th Street, Ogden, UT 84401. If my hypothesis is correct, some of them are by Mary; some by Jane. Loo Benjamin (benjam@exotrope.net) has been searching for the antecedents of James Carr, buried in the Herricksville Cemetery, along with his probable son, Ezekiel Carr in Bradford County, PA.. This James Carr was born in New York 1764 and died May 28, 1850, and has a War of 1812 marker. Because of this birthdate estimated from date of death on his tombstone, Loo thinks James may have been an uncle to Absalom and Edsall Carr who were also found in Luzerne County, now Bradford County in the 1810 Census and may have gone out together.

1478 Dolly Smith

1479 Elizabeth Smith

11 Anthony Carr

Appendix I

Anthony Carr [11]

Deeds, Liber 60, p 598, 5 Sep 1837