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Robert “King” Carter

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Birth	:	1663 Virginia, USA
Death	:	4 Aug 1732 Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Christ Church Cemetery, Weems, Lancaster County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.6810390, -76.4232910
Description	:	Robert King Carter son of John Carter and Sarah Ludlow Robert King Carter married 1680 Virginia, to Judith Armistead.From the "ENCYCLOPEDIA of VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY" Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D., VOLUME V, 1915, pages 848-849 "The epitaph on his tomb in Christ Church, records his virtues and achievements. Translated from the Latin, it says: Here lies Robert Carter an honorable man who by noble endowments and pure morals gave luster to his gentle birth. Rector of William and Mary College, he sustained that institution and its most trying times. And he was Speaker of... Read More	Robert King Carter son of John Carter and Sarah Ludlow Robert King Carter married 1680 Virginia, to Judith Armistead.From the "ENCYCLOPEDIA of VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY" Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D., VOLUME V, 1915, pages 848-849 "The epitaph on his tomb in Christ Church, records his virtues and achievements. Translated from the Latin, it says: Here lies Robert Carter an honorable man who by noble endowments and pure morals gave luster to his gentle birth. Rector of William and Mary College, he sustained that institution and its most trying times. And he was Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer under the most serene princes, William, Ann, George I. and George II. Elected by the House of Burgesses its Speaker six years and Governor of the Colony for more than a year he upheld equally the regal dignity and the public freedom. Possessed of ample wealth, blameless acquired, he built and endowed this sacred edifice, a signal monument of his piety towards God. He furnished it richly. Entertaining his friends kindly, he was neither a prodigal nor a parsimonious host. His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq. His second, Betty, a descendant of the noble house of Landon. By these wives he had many children and whose education he expended large sums of money. At length, full of honors and of years, when he had well performed all the duties of an exemplary life he departed from this world on the 4th of August, 1732, in the 69th year of his age. The unhappy lament their lost comforter, the widows their lost protector, and the orphans their lost father."∼Robert King Carter is my 7th great grandfather according to a posting on Rootsweb, Ancestry.com. His great great granddaughter is Anne David Davis Downey my great great grandmother born in Tennessee and died in Indiana.∼Early Virginia plantation owner. Robert "King" Carter was at one time the wealthiest man in the Colonies. He is the ancestor of my great grandmother Martha Jane Downey Hall (wife of my great grandfather Dewitt Clinton Hall) as listed in Rootsweb listing under her mother's name Anne David Davis Burton Downey. Robert "King" Carter is my 6th great grandfather. His earliest ancestor is Philepe Le Carette born in France in 1175.

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Robert “King” Carter's memorial is located at: Christ Church Cemetery, Weems, Lancaster County, USA.
When did Robert “King” Carter death?
Robert “King” Carter death on 4 Aug 1732 in Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 37.6810390
Longitude: -76.4232910

Family Members:

Parent

John Carter

(1613 - 1669)

Sarah Ludlow Carter

(1635 - 1668)

Spouse

Judith Armistead Carter

(1665 - 1699)

Elizabeth “Betty” Landon Carter

(1683 - 1719)

Children

Sarah Carter

(1690 - unknow)

Elizabeth Carter Nicholas

(1692 - 1734)

Judith Carter Page

(1695 - 1750)

Sarah Anne Carter Harrison

(1704 - 1745)

Betty Carter

(1705 - unknow)

Ludlow Carter

(1708 - 1708)

Mary Carter Braxton

(1712 - 1736)

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Coordinate: 37.6810390, -76.4232910

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Coordinate: 37.7053390, -76.3795220

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17. Brown Family Cemetery
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