Caleb CARR (Gov.)

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Mercy //

(1) New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com

  1. Nicholas CARR
  2. Mercy CARR (died young)
  3. Caleb CARR
  4. Samuel CARR
  5. Mercy CARR
  6. John CARR
  7. Edward CARR
  8. (son)
  9. (son)

Family 2: Sarah CLARKE

(1) New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com

  1. Francis CARR
  2. James CARR
  3. Sarah CARR
  4. Elizabeth CARR
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Notes

Updated February 10, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Caleb Carr (governor) via Wikipedia

"Caleb CARR (1616 - 17 December 1695) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving a very short term prior to his death. In 1635, at the age of 19, he sailed from England on the ship Elizabeth and Ann with his older brother Robert. CARR's name appears on a list of Newport freemen in 1655, and he began serving in a civil capacity the year prior when he became a commissioner. He served in this capacity for a total of six years between 1654 and 1662, and then served as deputy for 12 years from 1664 to 1690. During the years when he wasn't serving as deputy, he was an assistant, serving in this role for a total of ten years. From 1677 to 1678 he was the justice of the General Quarter Session and Inferior Court of Common Pleas. Between 1658 and 1663 CARR purchased several large tracts of land on Conanicut Island (later becoming Jamestown), and following his death he willed this property to his sons. He owned a boat, and in 1671 he was paid four pounds for services rendered with the craft. In 1676 he bought the services of an Indian captive, for which he paid 12 bushels of Indian corn. CARR was an enslaver, bequeathing at least two enslaved persons in his will. CARR became governor of the colony in 1695, and in this capacity he wrote to Governor FLETCHER of New York in answer to a request for 48 men from Rhode Island to assist in the defense of New York. He agreed to either send the men, or some comparable assistance. CARR died late in 1695 and was buried in a family cemetery in Newport. He was succeeded as governor by Walter CLARKE. CARR had 13 children, nine with his first wife, Mercy (three died young), and four with his second wife, Sarah CLARKE. His second wife was the widow of John PINNER and a daughter of Frances LATHAM and former colonial President Jeremy CLARKE."

(2) New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins via Ancestry.com

"MARRIAGE: (1) By about 1654 Mercy ___. She died 21 September 1675... the claim that Mercy's surname was VAUGHAN is most likely an invention, derived from confusion with the fact that the stepfather of Caleb's second wife was William VAUGHAN... (2) 21 December 1675 "Sareth PENER" [CARR Bible]. (She was Sarah (CLARKE) PINNER, daughter of JEREMIAH CLARKE and widow of John PENNER [NEHGR 74:134])."

"CHILDREN: With first wife... Nicholas... Mercy... Caleb... Samuel... Mercy... John... Edward... son... son... With second wife... Francis... James... Sarah... Elizabeth..."

(3) The Newport Daily News; "Stories amid the stones - Early governor's remains found second resting place in Jamestown". Local; January 6, 2019.

JAMESTOWN — Gov. Caleb CARR certainly drowned, but the exact circumstances of his death remain a mystery. CARR was governor of Rhode Island for less than a year when he died in 1695. Local lore indicates CARR was pushed off of his ferry boat, which ran from Jamestown to Newport in the 17th century. Others say CARR fell off the ferry accidentally while rolling barrels of rum. Today, CARR is buried in a family cemetery off East Shore Road in Jamestown. It’s a quaint burial ground set a few yards off the road; though vegetation doesn’t shield it, it can be easily missed. There are just a few stones there, and four small American flags. Members of the CARR family, including the governor, were originally buried in a family plot on Mill Street in Newport, where Gov. CARR lived. Some of the remains were disinterred from the Newport location and re-interred in Jamestown, where they rest today.

(4) Rhode Island, U.S., Historical Cemetery Commission Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: Caleb, Gov CARR
- Birth Date: 1623
- Death Date: 17 Dec 1695
- Burial Place: Rhode Island, USA
- Cemetery: GOV. CALEB CARR GROUND
- Cemetery Number: NT027
- Map: 00005
- Condition: fair
- Stone Material: sandstone
- Shape: horizontal marker
- Carving: no carving
- Legibility: fair
- Number of Graves on Stone: 1
- Stone Height: 72
- Stone Width: 36

(5) Find a Grave

- Name: Gov. Caleb CARR
- Birth: 9 Dec 1616
- Death: 17 Dec 1695 (aged 79)
- Burial: Governor Carr Lot; Jamestown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
- Plot: GPS: N 41 31.234 W 071 21.974
- Note: Originally buried in Newport; body moved to Jamestown in 1900
- Memorial ID: 43349523