In 1773 James Carr, an innholder, bought nineteen acres of land north of E. Main St. in the village, part of the land that was originally distributed to William Holdridge by the town of Haverhill soon after the town was established in 1640. The land had been in the possession of first, Zachariah Davis, and then, Dr. Simeon Brown. It did not include the strip along the river, i.e., the river side of River Rd., which had a few houses on it at the time. In 1774 James sold the 19 acres to his son Francis including a ‘dwelling house’  (deed 134/23, see Deeds below). The deed included a cutout for a small piece of land owned by Ephraim Elliott. From that deed as well as some early census data, the speculation is that the dwelling house that James Carr transferred to his son was on the site of the Johnson Tavern. Francis later sold a small piece of land along E Main to his brother Samuel, who probably built the house still standing at 38 E. Main St.

In the late 1700’s James’ sons Francis Carr (1751-1821) and Samuel Carr (b 1760-1-) and Daniel Carr (1765-1799 ) were involved with other land deals in or near the village. Daniel Carr bought land behind the Countess house on the south side of  E. Main St. in 1795.

Francis Carr married into the Elliott family by marrying Mary Elliott, daughter of Ephraim and Mary Wingate Elliot. Ephraim Elliott owned land in the village on the north side of E. Main St.  Samuel Carr married Sarah Carr, their first cousin. Abigail Carr married William Lovejoy Abbott and later Elias Weld, both of whom owned land in the village. Hannah and Judith both married Wingates. Hannah lived in Haverhill with her family and is in the 1790 Haverhill census. See Elliot, Wingate, Abbott,  family pages, and 38 E. Main St. and Johnson Tavern.

Francis Carr was a Massachusetts state representative and a US Congressman. He had a son, James Carr, born in 1777, who was also a congressman. Another son, Joshua Wingate Carr, became mayor of Bangor, Maine (part of Massachusetts at the time). By 1804 the family had moved to Orrington, Maine (now Brewer Village).

Another Carr line descends from Charles Carr of Salisbury, MA, died 1810. Several of his grandchildren through his son Joseph settled in the village and worked as shoemakers in the 1800’s. This Carr family had a long association with the Ramsey family.

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This Robert Carr line is unattached to the other Carr lines:

Jeames Carr

Robert Carr/ Robbart Care Born 5 Jan 1700 in Potterne, Wiltshire, England m Ann Taylor married 14 Aug 1726 in Earl Stoke, Wiltshire, England Died 1768. They had:

        William Carr Born 28 Dec 1729 in Chapelry Of Bratton, Westbury, Wiltshire, England Husband of Grace Pill — married 29 Jun 1755 in Bratton, Wiltshire

        George Carr b 28 Dec 1735 Edington, Wiltshire, England to Robert and Anne.

        Catherine Carr b 16 Jan 1726  (chr) Potterne, Wiltshire, England to Robert and Anne.

        James Carr Born 1732(chr) in Edington, Wiltshire, England. Died 1786 England

There is a Robert Carr b 1744/5 in Salisbury, MA shown here as son of Robert of Potterne, England and Ann Taylor, but it is more likely that he is son of Robert Carr (William, George) born that year in Salisbury, MA where his father Robert Sr. lived. There is no evidence one way or another that he immigrated from England without his family. See below.

Carr ancestry: [ Carr family records]

Three Carr brothers from England of unknown parents had descendants who were early settlers in New England: Benjamin, William, and George, all born in the 1590’s. A fourth brother James born in 1601 ran away from home and was eventually lost at sea. Benjamin Carr was born in London, England, Aug. 18, 1592. He married Martha Hardington, in London, Sept. 2, 1613. Benjamin and his wife Martha both died in London, but their four sons made the trip to America. Their sons Robert and Caleb went to live with their uncle William, who had already come over and settled in Rhode Island. Their son Richard b 1621 immigrated in 1635 on the ship Abigail with his brother Andrew. He went to live with his uncle George, ending up in Salisbury, Mass.  Andrew eventually went to sea, possibly with his uncle James. William b 1597 m Susan Rothchild in 1619, had their only son George in 1620, and sailed on the Fortune with Capt. Roger Williams to Plymouth, Mass. arriving Nov 7, 1621. There is a story that many people do not believe that says that, with an Indian guide, they trekked through the wilderness for 48 days to arrive at the future Bristol, Rhode Island in July of 1622. Their descendants for the most part settled in Rhode Island. George b abt 1599  was an early settler of Salisbury, Mass. The Masssachusetts Carrs, George  and his nephew Richard, are described below. Unfortunately we have very little information on Richard.

Richard Carr (Benjamin) b 5 Jan 1621 in London, England resided Hampton NH and later Salisbury, MA. He died May 17, 1689. He is distinct from Capt. Richard Carr, son of George. Some sources say he had a child Samuel Carr abt 1680 who married Sarah Haley, but it is more likely that it was Capt. Richard Carr who had Samuel, see below. He had children:

1. Elizabeth Carr 

George Carr (1599/1615 England -1682 Salisbury, MA)  m1 Lucinda Devenport in England and m(2) Elizabeth Dexter ( some sources say Elizabeth Oliver) abt 1639 in Salisbury, MA. He and Lucinda immigrated in 1620 and lived with the Pilgrims, but it is disputed whether he was a passenger on the Mayflower. Lucinda died the first winter in Plymouth. He removed to Ipswich and then finally to Salisbury, MA. He was a shipwright and a blacksmith.  He was granted the island in the Merrimack where he was residing, Carr’s Island, to live on and perform shipbuilding.The island remained in the family for generations. They ran a ferrying business there. He might be son of [Sir] William Carr b 1542 London and Mary Ann Clifford b 1565.   William Carr is son of [Sir]John Kerr b: 17 JUN 1500 in Ferniehirst, Midlothian, Scotland

Marriage 1 Lucinda DEVENPORT in England

Marriage 2 Elizabeth Dexter b 1623 Great Bowden, England d 1691 Carr’s Island, Salisbury, MA (disputed here: Elizabeth Oliver b: in Boston,Mass c: 24 APR 1624 in St.Stephens, London, England but elsewhere the same source has Elizabeth Dexter also.)

• Married ABT 1639 in Salisbury,Essex,MA

Children of George Carr and Elizabeth:

James Carr and Sarah Follinsbee’s children.

Notes on James Carr here.

Much of the information here is from source [93] and this

1. Francis Carr and Mary (Elliott), married in 1772:
   1. Sophia Carr (June 10, 1787 – 3Jan 1873), m. John Barker, in Orrington, Jan. 31, 1805
   2. Abigail Carr, (Jan. 10, 1785 – Dec 1875), m. Capt. George Barker, June 5, 1809
   3. Charlotte Carr,  Feb. 13, 1790. Charlotte, d. Francis, Esq. and Mary, died Sept. 22, 1795. a. 5 y. GR5
   4. Elisabeth Carr  Mar. 2, 1782. m. first Robert Long, July, 1802; m. second, Thomas A. Hill; pub. Feb. 28, 1813. Children: Elizabeth A., b. Aug. 10, 1814; m. John A. Poor; Jane S., b. July 30, 1816; m. Moses L. Appleton
   5. Francies Carr Jr.,  (Jan. 17, 1793 – Sept 1821)
   6. James Carr  Sept. 9, 1777 (was a congressman representing Massachusetts, then still including Maine). Died Aug 24, 1818. married to Betsey Stelle Jarvis
      1. Francis James b. Surry, ME 8 Dec 1805,
   7. Leonard Carr who m. Laura Snow born Maine, res. Batavia, Illinois, and Sarah.[Francis’ probate]. He also had Mary who drowned at the same time that he did, see below.
   8. Joseph Carr  at Amesbury, (Nov. 14, 1773 – 2 Oct 1849).  marries Almira Barker Carr (26 Nov 1789 – 13 Feb 1859 Bangor, ME. Almira buried Mt Hope cemetery, Bangor.)
      1. Charlotte Carr (1804 – 1807)*
      2. Joseph Carr (Joseph, Francis, James)(25 Sep 1807 – 30 Jan 1889 Bangor, ME. Buried Mt. Hope Cemetery.) s. of Joseph Carr and Almira Barker Carr,  m Esther Jackson Hammatt 1816–1885. They had Mary Carr who m a Stilwell She was born 1839 and died 4 Sep 1922. They are both buried in Mt. Hope cemetery. 
      3. Charlotte Carr (1809 – 1848)*
      4. William Carr (1811 – 1813)*
      5. William Barker Carr (1814 – 1850)*
      6. Mary Tufts Carr (1818 – 1823)*.   
   9. Mary Carr, d. Capt. Francies and Mary (Eliot), Nov. 29, 1779. Married Josiah Hook Oct. 31, 1799; She died Oct. 16, 1834.
      1. Mary Carr Lee
      2. Josiah Hook [Francis probate].
   10. Joshua Wingate Carr (2 Dec 1796 – 18 Aug 1879), marries Hannah Rollins Pearson Carr (1802 – 1878). Joshua became Mayor of Bangor (1839–1840) and the city’s U.S. Postmaster. Executor of Francis’ probate. Children of Joshua and Hannah:
       1. Francis Wingate Carr (1823 – 1907)*
       2. John Pearson Carr (1825 – 1838)*
       3. George James Carr (1830 – 1842)*
       4. Eben French Carr (1833 – 1833)*
       5. James Elliott Carr (1834 – 1837)*
       6. Mary Elliott Carr  (1837 – 1867)* m Franklin Wilson in Bangor, ME 21 Sep 1859.
          1. Mary Wilson m George Chalmers Cutler b 1857 in Exeter ME to John and Almira Cutler. Living in Brookline, MA in 1900 with 3 servants (census)
             1. Elliott Carr Cutler b 1888, surgeon, see Notes below
             2. Robert Cutler b abt 1895, National Security Advisor to Pres. Eisenhower, see Notes below
             3. George Chalmers Cutler b 8 May 1891 Brookline MA
             4. Roger Cutler  b abt 1889
             5. John Cutler b abt 1887

Charles Carr line

Charles Carr, grandfather of several Carrs who lived in the village in the 1800’s, is of unknown parentage and birth location. He has not been found in other New England Carr lines, so it is possible he was born in Ireland or England and immigrated. One possibility is Charles Carr b Dublin 30 Mar 1760 to William and Elizabeth Carr. Another is b 10 Jul 1765 London, England to Thomas and Mary Carr or 29 Sep 1771 to Charles Carr at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK or bapt 04 Nov 1773 in Holborn, Middlesex, England to Charles and Elizabeth Carr (non-conformist records index), others. There is a Charles Care from church records in Kinderhook, NY b to Charles Care and Sara Davis 8 April 1764 (chr).

Charles Carr (1773 –  Aug 1810 Amesbury, MA) m Martha Wells (1774-1820) on 26 Feb 1795. Martha is d of Joseph and Mary Wells of Amesbury (Salisbury). Joseph b 1748 to Titus and Mary Sawyer Wells of Amesbury. Joseph is (Titus 1705/Mary, Titus abt 1675/Joanna) all of Amesbury. Charles is listed in the census for Salisbury for 1800 and 1810, the year he died. His death would have left Martha with seven children ages 3 months to 14 years. No probate has been located. Martha married Levi Goodwin in 1812 in Salisbury, MA. They had Enoch Goodwin in 1815 and Sarah Goodwin in abt 1818 who m Timothy Goodwin.

1. Joseph Carr b 3 May 1802 Salisbury, MA m Mary Chase (sister of Adrian Chase), b abt 1813, m Nov. ––, 1831 or 29 Oct 1831 Amesbury, she died 1895. Joseph died 1880, age 77 yrs 11 mos, buried Greenwood Cemetery, Haverhill. Their children Joseph H., Mary, Charles, Emily, and Edward F. Carr as children are listed in the Amesbury census for 1855 living with their parents Joseph and Mary. In 1865 census living with Charles Ramsey  with wife Mary age 48, daughters Mary E and Emily, sons Joseph and Edward F. at a location up the hill from the village near the triangle. Haverhill census 1870 Joseph and Mary household includes only Edward, Emma, Mary, age 28. Next door is Charles’ household with wife Mary and daughter Adele, age 6. They are between Wallace Colby and John Osgood.
   1. Charles Harris Carr, s. Joseph Carr and Mary Chase, (Sept. 16, 1843 Haverhill, MA – 1924). Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Haverhill, MA. Married Mary F. Ramsey (1843 – 1925) in 1864, d of Charles C. Ramsey and Hannah Goodwin, and sister of Wm H Ramsey and Byron Ramsey. Lives with Rufus Chase in 1865, 1870 along with W. H. Ramsey and Rosina Ramsey and his wife Mary and daughter Addie between Amos Morse and Charles C and Hannah.  Owns and lives at 20 River Road from 1870 until death. In 1880 census Charles is a shoemaker, and his household, located next to Hannah Ramsey, includes daughter Addie, siblings Emily (shoe stitcher) and Edward (shoemaker) and mother Mary. For 20 River Rd. the 1872 map lists C. Carr as the owner and Charles lived in one side and his father Joseph Carr lived in the other. In the 1900 census, Charles H. Carr lives on one side with his wife Mary and his brother Edward is living on the other with his sister Emma. When Charles Carr and Mary Carr pass away in 1924/25, they house goes to their daughter Addie F. Sawyer who remains there until her death.
      1. Addie F. Carr (1864 – aft 1940) marries C. Everett Sawyer (1860 – 1908) in 1884. (Living with Rufus K. Chase in 1865 along with mother and father). In 1910 she is living with her father in law Charles Sawyer in Merrimac as a widow. In 1920 she is living as a lodger with Harry H. Ridge (on Merrimack Street). In 1930 and 1940 she owns and lives at 20 River Road.
         
   2. Joseph Henry Carr, s. Joseph and Mary (Chase), b at Haverhill, MA, Sept. 22, 1832. Did he die unmarried? Not listed in 1880 census. Was listed in 1855 census age 21 living with parents. Listed in 1910 and 1920 census living with his sister Emily and brother Edward. Next to Charles Getchell on River Road in Rocks Village. (Not to be confused with Joseph Hale Carr b abt 1821, res Bradford m Sarah M, two children Ida Emmeline and Effie M. in 1860 census)
   3. Mary Eliza Carr, d. Joseph Carr and Mary Chase, at Haverhill, MA b Feb. 7, 1837, d 6 Sep, 1916 in Haverhill, buried Hillside. She m in 1881 in Haverhill George W. Adams. b 1815. They are living in Merrimac, MA in 1880 census with their 2 sons and a daughter-in-law Annie S. Adams and granddaughter Ann Maud Adams, age 1.
      1. Lewis D. Adams b abt 1860
      2. Walter O. Adams b abt 1860
   4. Emily Carr b abt  1845 Haverhill, MA. unm? listed as shoesticher in 1880 living with Charles H. (36), Addie (16), Edward (28), and Mary (66).
      
   5. Edward F. Carr b 1852 to Joseph and Mary Carr Haverhill, MA, unm? Lived in half of 20 River Rd. in 1900 with sister Emily.
2. Catherine Carr b 13 Sep 1808 Salisbury, MA d 15 Jan 1878, widowed, Married a Grant .
3. Abigail Carr (1795 – 1796) Salisbury, MA
4. Abel Carr (31 Dec 1796 Salisbury, MA – xx) 
5. Hannah Carr (7 Dec 1806 Salisbury, MA – 1892)
6. Mary Carr (30 Nov 1803 Salisbury, MA – xx)
7. Nancy Carr (24 Nov 1798 Salisbury, MA – 1843 Leominster) marries Metaphor Chase (1799 Leominster – xx) in 
8. Charles Carr b 13 June 1810 Salisbury, MA (just before his father died on 25 August 1810), died 1884 Boston, MA, married,, a laborer. In 1865 census for Charlestown, MA listed at age 55 living with Thomas and Maria Ramsey, hotel proprietors with other Ramseys in the household. Charles is a lighthouse operator.

James Carr (Francis, James,John, James 1650, George) b 1777:

James attended Phillips Exeter and Byfield Academies, and then went to sea as clerk on the U.S.S. Crescent. He served two years as secretary to the United States Consul at Algiers. He then joined his parents (who had migrated to Bangor, Maine), engaging in mercantile pursuits and serving as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1806–1811) for the District of Maine.

Carr was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth United States Congress (1815–1817), the second person from Bangor to occupy that office (following his father).

He was drowned in the Ohio River on August 24, 1818. While traveling with his family on a steamboat, his 9-year-old daughter Mary fell overboard just below Louisville, Kentucky, and Carr entered the water in a failed attempt to save her. Neither of their bodies were ever recovered, though a memorial to Carr was erected at Bangor’s Mount Hope Cemetery.^[1]

Carr was married to Betsey Stelle Jarvis, who migrated to Illinois along with two brothers following the tragedy on the river. The Carrs remained a prominent mercantile and political family in Bangor despite James’ death (see Francis Carr).

Joshua Wingate Carr b 1796 (Francis, James)

The Carr-Wing House on State Street in Bangor, which Joshua Carr remodeled in the Gothic Revival style in 1844, remains a local architectural landmark. Joshua’s great-grandson Elliott Carr Cutler (b. Bangor, 1888), became a famous surgeon and professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School, while Elliott’s brother Robert Cutler, became the first National Security Advisor under President Dwight Eisenhower. Robert wrote about the Carr-Wing House and his “Great-Uncle Frank” (Francis Wingate Carr) in his autobiography No Time for Rest (1966).

Francis Carr b 1751:

1787-1793: Capt Francis Carr (?? – Burrill Journal) or is this 7 River Road

1793:  Francis Carr purchases items from Zebulon Ingersoll as well as “bot to port”

1784-1785 Capt. Francis Carr is listed as a selectman in the Municipal Register (45 pg 224)

1797 – 1799: Francis Carr listed as selectman (45 pg 226)

1801: Francis Carr Esq. listed as selectman (45, pg 226)

Francis Carr image (questionable) from:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19161/francis-carr/photo

Full biography of Francis Carr is here:

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Francis_Carr_(8)

CENSUS

Francis is listed in the Haverhill censuses of 1790 and 1800. 1790 census Haverhill  states Carr, Francis 2 males over 16, 1 male under 16 and 7 females

1798 census lists three Francis Carr properties in Haverhill
Name                      value                  other occupants
Carr, Francis           180                     David Bradbry, Nathaniel Bartlett
Carr, Francis            400                     William Little, Samuel Bradley
Carr, Francis            900

The 1855 census for Amesbury, MA lists Joseph Carr, Mary, and their children Joseph, Mary, Charles , Emily and Edward.

1865 census for Haverhill appears to list many members of the Joseph Carr family living with the Charles Ramsey family:

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Charles C Ramsey		M	61y	Massachusetts
Hannah Ramsey		F	41y	New Hampshire
Hannah J Ramsey		F	17y	Massachusetts
Byram Ramsey		M	15y	Massachusetts
Carrie M Ramsey		F	8y	Massachusetts
Joseph Carr		M	63y	Massachusetts
Mary Carr		F	48y	Massachusetts
Mary E Carr		F	28y	Massachusetts
Emily J Carr		F	19y	Massachusetts
Joseph H Carr		M	29y	Massachusetts
Edward F Carr		M	13y	Massachusetts

Haverhill Census 1880 for the Charles H. Carr household. Includes daughter Addie, brother Edward F, sister Emily J b 1845, mother Mary,

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Charles H Carr	Self	M	36	Massachusetts, United States
Mary F Carr	Wife	F	36	Massachusetts, United States
Addie F Carr	Daughter	F	16	Massachusetts, United States
Emely J Carr	Other	F	33	Massachusetts, United States
Mary Carr	Mother	F	66	Massachusetts, United States
Edward F Carr	Brother	M	28	Massachusetts, United States

PROBATES

France Carr’s will dated 18, 1821, proved at the December term of court, 1821, names son, Joshua Wingate Carr, as executor, and makes the following bequests : ” To Joseph Carr, one eighth of estate, which is one share.

To dau. Elizabeth Hill, three fourths of one full share.

To dau. Nabby Barker, one full’ share.

To dau. Sophia Barker, three fourths of one share.

To son Francis junior, my sword cane.

To youngest son, Joshua Wingate, two full shares..

To grand-children Francis Carr, Leonard Jarvis Carr, and Sarah Russell Carr, who are the children of my deceased son James Carr, one sixth of one share.

To grand-children Mary Carr Lee and Josiah Hook, children of my daughter Mary Hook, one eighth of a share, equal to one sixty-fourth of my estate.

To each of my grand-children, Robert Long, Francis Carr, John Barker, Joseph Carr, and Mary Carr Barker, I give one fourth of a full share.”

DEEDS

118/277 1763. Wm Morss yeoman to David Nichols cordwainer 4 A  beginning at my former bounds on Hav path xx near Swetts ferry then running on said path till comes to Kingstown Rd that leads from Swetts ferry to Kingstown northerly run on said road till comes to a path formerly called Jamaica path, w on said path till comes to the way that was formerly a 12-rod way sw, then on said way to start.

Next deed: 1766:

David Nichols cordwainer to James Carr, same description.

134/22: 1773. Henry Young Brown of Brownfield county of York and Simeon Brown of Hav blacksmith(??) and Ruth Brown of Kingston mantle maker, to James Carr yeoman land near Swetts ferry 19 A, approx. same description as below.

In between here is a deed James to Francis Carr for the 4 acres that might be the triangle of Ames Line Rd,, Merrimack Rd, E Broadway

134/23: 1774. James Carr innholder To Francis Carr of Almsbury, cooper, 19A dwelling house all other buildings bounded by highway west from bound rock to Jamaica path then s on Jam path to road from Kingston to Swetts ferry then on said road e to Ephraim Elliots upon said road then on Elliots n to stake and stones then Elliots s to the road or landing then on landing e to a 2-rod way Swett allowed then on said way n to the way from bound rock to Jam path (start).  Note that 2-rod way Swett allowed= present day River Rd., Jamaica Path = Merrimack St., landing = E. Main and River Rd., highway w from bound rock to Jamaica Path = Back Lane, road from Kingston to Swetts Ferry = E. Main.

1785. 150/120 Francis and Mary Carr to Samuel Carr of Amesbury Cooper 25 rods (under 7000 sq ft) to bounds on Elliots land and Carrs but also on a publick landing

References:

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Francis_Carr_(8)

Charles H. Carr: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113594096

Almira Barker Carr: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89027708

https://archive.org/details/carrfamilyrecord00carr/page/n6

https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Follansbee-of-Newbury/6000000002930952180

https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G000996.pdf

Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War: https://archive.org/details/massachusettssol03mass/mode/1up?q=Carr