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Joseph CARR

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  • Name Joseph CARR 
    Born 25 Dec 1757 
    • Joseph Macries Carr
      Vital ? Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
      Document Information
      Digital Folder Number
      007578655
      Microfilm Number
      893105
      Image Number
      00131
      Indexing Batch
      I00961-9
      Collection Information
      Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
      Cite This Record
      "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-317K : 8 December 2022), Joseph Macries Carr, 25 Dec 1757; citing Birth, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578655.
      Copy Citation
      Name Joseph Macries Carr
      Sex Male
      Father's Name Macries
      Father's Sex Male
      Mother's Name Elizabeth
      Mother's Sex Female
      Event Type Birth
      Event Date 25 Dec 1757
      Event Place Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
      Event Place (Original) Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts
      Joseph Macries Carr's Parents and Siblings
      Macries
      Father
      M
      Elizabeth
      Mother
    Gender Male 
    Military From 9 Oct 1777 to 7 Sep 1779 
    • Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online)
      Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 3
      p 134
      Joseph Carr. Georgetown. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Colonel Ebenezer Thayer Jrs 5 Suffolk County Regiment dated Braintree 20 January 1778; residence Georgetown; enlisted for town of Braintree; joined Captain Langdon's Company, Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment; enlisted 3 years
      also
      Private, Major's Company, Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment; continental Army pay accounts for service from 6 September 1777 to 7 September 1779 reported deserted 7 September 1779
      also
      Captain John Langdon's Company, Colonel Jackson's regiment; pay roll for February 1778, dated Lancaster;
      also
      same company and regiment; pay rolls for June, July, August 1778 dated Providence;
      also
      same company and regiment; pay roll for September 1778 dated Pawtuxet
      also
      Lieut Thomas H Condy's 2nd company; Colonel Jackson's regiment; pay roll for November 1778
      also
      same company and regiment; pay roll for March 1779;
      also
      Major Lemuel Trescott's 3d company, Colonel Jackson's regiment; muster roll for April 1779 dated Pawtuxet; enlisted 6 October (also given 6 September) 1777; reported on command at Newtown;
      also
      same company and regiment; pay roll for July 1779 dated Providence.
    • https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/729681?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War [Massachusetts and Rhode Island]
      Authors: Massachusetts. Secretary of State
      Vol. 26, Field and staff rolls 1775-1782 Vol. 27, Field and staff rolls 1775-1780
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      1906628
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008092193?cat=729681
      [328/623]
      Return of Colonels Henley's, Lee's & Henry Jackson's Regiments
      1779-1780
      A Return of Officers Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers That were Volo Lee's, Henley's & Jackson's Regiments of the State of Massachusetts Incorporated under the Command of Colo Henry Jackson by an Order of the Honorable the Beard of War April 9th 1779 - and a Return of Officers resigned and Non Commissiond Officers & Soldiers deserted of? belonging to said Regiments previous to this Incorporation and Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers belonging to the State of Massachusetts That were under Henry Jackson's Regiment & Incorporated into Colo Henry Jacksons
      ? His Excellency Genl Washington May 2 1780

      Volume 26 Page 403

      [339/623]
      Colonel Jackson's Regiment
      No: 18
      Names: Joseph Carr
      Rank: Private
      Inlisted: Sepr 6 [77]
      Place of Reisdence: Georgetown, Lincoln, Massachusetts
      Engaged for: Massachusetts
      Deserted: Sepr 7 79
    Residence 1790  Balltown, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Josiah Carr [sic]
      in the 1790 United States Federal Census
      Name: Josiah Carr
      Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Ball Town, Lincoln, Maine
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2 [Mecres, ?]
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 [Joseph]
      Free White Persons - Females: 2 [Silence, Sarah? Hannah? Esther?]
      Number of Household Members: 5
      Year: 1790; Census Place: Ball Town, Lincoln, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 343; Image: 204; Family History Library Film: 0568142
    Assessed 1792  Balltown, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 2 Apr 1794  Balltown, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 9 Dec 1794  Balltown, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1800  Davistown Plantation, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Joseph Carr
      in the 1800 United States Federal Census
      Name: Joseph Carr
      Home in 1800 (City, County, State): Davistown, Lincoln, Maine
      Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 [Joseph? Martin?]
      Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 2 [Mecres, ?]
      Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [Joseph]
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 [Mehitable? Susannah?]
      Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2 [Sarah? Hannah? Esther?]
      Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Silence]
      Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
      Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
      Number of Household Members: 8
      Year: 1800; Census Place: Davistown, Lincoln, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 6; Page: 360; Image: 346; Family History Library Film: 218676
    Residence 1810  Montville, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Joseph Carr
      in the 1810 United States Federal Census
      Name: Joseph Carr
      Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Montville, Lincoln, Maine
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
      Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 2
      Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
      Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
      Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
      Number of Household Members: 8
      Year: 1810; Census Place: Montville, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 12; Page: 302; Image: 00306; Family History Library Film: 0218683
    Died 9 Nov 1814  Montville, Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I52035  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2019 

    Father Mecres CARR,   b. 2 May 1731, Salisbury, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. [1779], Dyer's River [Newcastle/Jefferson], Lincoln, ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Elizabeth WAITE 
    Family ID F16049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Silence FORD,   b. 24 Jan 1757,   d. 19 Nov 1811  (Age 54 years) 
    Married C 1784 
    Children 
     1. Sarah CARR,   b. 30 Jul 1785
     2. Hannah CARR,   b. 6 Mar 1787,   d. 17 May 1868  (Age 81 years)
     3. Esther CARR,   b. 6 Oct 1788
     4. Mecres CARR,   b. 25 Mar 1790
     5. Joseph CARR,   b. 24 Jan 1792,   d. 27 Oct 1873  (Age 81 years)
     6. Mehitable CARR,   b. 4 Dec 1793,   d. 1878  (Age 84 years)
     7. Martin CARR,   b. 24 Nov 1795,   d. 28 Dec 1878  (Age 83 years)
     8. Susannah CARR,   b. 24 Nov 1795
     9. Abigail CARR,   b. 27 Jun 1801,   d. 1 Jan 1869  (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F16051  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Balltown 1777: Nil
      Balltown 1792: Joseph Carr 1 poll rateable over 21
      Balltown 1799: Nil Carr
      Georgetown 1777: No names
      Census 1790: Joseph Carr r Harpswell s Joseph Carr m Mary Eastman
      Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors: See below. No other Carrs in Georgetown. Also William Carr r Balltown r Newcastle b Newbury Colonel Michael Jackson's
      Published Vital Records of Georgetown: Nil
      Lincoln County Probate: Nil Joseph or Silence
      Lincoln County Registry Books 1775-1800: Extracted
      Maine Revolutionary Soliders: Joseph Carr MA r Georgetown e Braintree
      Revolutionary Pension: Nil

      Joseph Carr m Slience birth records for children in Montville begin 1785. Some say some early children born in Balltown
    • John Carr
      mentioned in the record of John Carr and Susanah Coll
      Name John Carr
      Spouse's Name Susanah Coll
      Event Date 07 Apr 1799
      Event Place Georgetown,Sagadahoc,Maine
      Citing this Record
      "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NH-H5V : 4 December 2014), John Carr and Susanah Coll, 07 Apr 1799; citing Georgetown,Sagadahoc,Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 10,919.
      Maine Marriages, 1771-1907
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number M52243-1
      System Origin Maine-ODM
      GS Film number 10919
    • https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/87558?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Town and vital records, 1802-1929
      Authors: Montville (Maine). Town Clerk
      Town and vital records, 1802-1929
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      11556
      7595753
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007595753?cat=87558
      [107/661]
      Births and deaths of Joseph Carrs Children and Silance his wife
      Sarah Carr born July 30th 1785
      Hannah Carr Born March 6th 1787
      Esther Carr Born October 6th 1788
      Mecres Carr Marrch 25th 1790
      Joseph Carr Born Janry 24th 1792
      Mehitable Carr Born December 4th 1793
      Martin Carr Born Novr 24th 1795
      Susannah Carr Born [Novr 24th 1795]
      Abigail Carr Born June 27th 1801
    • Name Silence FORD
      Baptism 4/30/1758
      Location Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
      Original Text Gen. 5: 775. SILENCE FORD5, (Bethia Samson4, Caleb Samson3, Caleb Samson2, Henry Samson1)
      Father Abner Ford
      Mother Bethiah Samson
      Volume Name Samson, Henry (Vol. 20, part 3)
      Page 445
      Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-<2015>.
      https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/rd/53574/445/1423752284

      Silnce Ford d Abner Ford m Bethiah Sampson bap Marshfield 30 April 1758 d Montville 11 November 1811 (Town Records 1:196) She was a descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden and Myles Standish.

      She arried about 1784 Joseph Maccares Carr who was born at Salisbury 25 December 1757 and bapt Newbury 1 January 1758, s Maccares/Macries Carr m Elizabeth Wait. He died after 1820 when he was listed in the census at Montville, Maine. The Joseph Carr listed in the 1830 census of Montville was evidently his son.

      Silence Ford's family settled in Balltown when she was a child.

      A letter in the files of the Mayfloer Society Historian General indicates that Joseph moved about 1780 from Ballstown to Montville where he was among the first settlers...
      The mark for Joseph Carr's sheep, "left ear loped with a swallows tail in the right" was recorded at Montville in August 1807, just afytter that of his son in law Nicholas Twitchel...
    • https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/352440?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Land records, 1761-1912; indexes to land records, 1761-1901
      Authors: Lincoln County (Maine). Register of Deeds
      Land records v. 32-33 1794-1795
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      11374
      7834676
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007834676?cat=352440
      [378/547]
      Volume 33 Page 77
      Joseph Carr yeoman Ballstown
      Moses Carleton Junior merchant Newcastle
      8 pounds
      quit claim
      land in Ballstown
      beginning at an oak tree mark'd on four sides which oak Tree stands on the East Line of Land now posses'd by Ebenezer Sterns which Tree makes the west corner of a Piece of land I Deeded to Jonathan Trask of said Ballstown from thence running East south east to Cranberry Meadow Brook to a stake and stones from thence Down said Brook to the Great brook then up said Great Brook to the fence on said Sternes Line from thence by said Sternes Line to the bounds first mentioned Containing
      6 acres
      14 February 1794
      Joseph Carr
      Wit: Orchard Cook
    • https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/352440?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Land records, 1761-1912; indexes to land records, 1761-1901
      Authors: Lincoln County (Maine). Register of Deeds
      Land records v. 38-39 1796-1797
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      11377
      8296952
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008296952?cat=352440
      [396/573]
      Volume 39 Page 73
      Joseph Carr husbandman Ballstown
      Thomas Trask Junr yeoman Ballstown
      90 Pounds
      200 acres of lands
      beginning on Dyer's River at a heap of stones at the Northeast corner of Jonathan Trasks land, thence running up said River to an oak on Jonathan Jones's Mill priviledge leaving out two acres thence up said Brook to a bunch of Birches which is Thomas Trasks southeast corner boung thence running Northwester by Tho Trasks land to Dier little Pond brook thence up said brook to Jonathan Trask northerly corner bound thence by said Trask land southeast to the bounds first mentioned
      9 December 1794
      Joseph Carr
      Wit: Jonathan Trask
    • https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/352440?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Land records, 1761-1912; indexes to land records, 1761-1901
      Authors: Lincoln County (Maine). Register of Deeds
      Land records v. 40-41 1797-1798
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      11378
      8291314
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008291314?cat=352440
      [479/574]
      Volume 41 Page 159
      Joseph Carr r Harpswell grantee land in Bowdoin
    • Revolutionary War

      Enlisted 6 September 1777
      Deserted 7 September 1779

      Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War (Images Online)
      Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 3
      p 134
      Joseph Carr. Georgetown. Return of men enlisted into Continental Army from Colonel Ebenezer Thayer Jrs 5 Suffolk County Regiment dated Braintree 20 January 1778; residence Georgetown; enlisted for town of Braintree; joined Captain Langdon's Company, Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment; enlisted 3 years
      also
      Private, Major's Company, Colonel Henry Jackson's regiment; continental Army pay accounts for service from 6 September 1777 to 7 September 1779 reported deserted 7 September 1779
      also
      Captain John Langdon's Company, Colonel Jackson's regiment; pay roll for February 1778, dated Lancaster;
      also
      same company and regiment; pay rolls for June, July, August 1778 dated Providence;
      also
      same company and regiment; pay roll for September 1778 dated Pawtuxet
      also
      Lieut Thomas H Condy's 2nd company; Colonel Jackson's regiment; pay roll for November 1778
      also
      same company and regiment; pay roll for March 1779;
      also
      Major Lemuel Trescott's 3d company, Colonel Jackson's regiment; muster roll for April 1779 dated Pawtuxet; enlisted 6 October (also given 6 September) 1777; reported on command at Newtown;
      also
      same company and regiment; pay roll for July 1779 dated Providence.

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/729681?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War [Massachusetts and Rhode Island]
      Authors: Massachusetts. Secretary of State
      Vol. 26, Field and staff rolls 1775-1782 Vol. 27, Field and staff rolls 1775-1780
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      1906628
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008092193?cat=729681
      [328/623]
      Return of Colonels Henley's, Lee's & Henry Jackson's Regiments
      1779-1780
      A Return of Officers Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers That were Volo Lee's, Henley's & Jackson's Regiments of the State of Massachusetts Incorporated under the Command of Colo Henry Jackson by an Order of the Honorable the Beard of War April 9th 1779 - and a Return of Officers resigned and Non Commissiond Officers & Soldiers deserted of? belonging to said Regiments previous to this Incorporation and Non Commissioned Officers and Soldiers belonging to the State of Massachusetts That were under Henry Jackson's Regiment & Incorporated into Colo Henry Jacksons
      ? His Excellency Genl Washington May 2 1780

      Volume 26 Page 403

      [339/623]
      Colonel Jackson's Regiment
      No: 18
      Names: Joseph Carr
      Rank: Private
      Inlisted: Sepr 6 [77]
      Place of Reisdence: Georgetown, Lincoln, Massachusetts
      Engaged for: Massachusetts
      Deserted: Sepr 7 79

      Joseph Carr
      Military ? United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
      Document Information
      Affiliate Film Number
      40
      Affiliate Publication Number
      M246
      Affiliate Publication Title
      Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.
      Digital Folder Number
      007196974
      Microfilm Number
      000830319
      Image Number
      00218
      Collection Information
      United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
      Cite This Record
      "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL65-21J4 : 20 February 2021), Joseph Carr, 07 Jul 1777; citing 07 Jul 1777, Massachusetts, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,319.
      Copy Citation
      Name Joseph Carr
      Military Rank Private
      Event Type Military Service
      Event Date 07 Jul 1777
      Event Place Massachusetts, United States
      [218/721]
      Muster Roll of Capt John Langdons Company of the Regt of Foot Commanded by Colo Henry Jackson in the Service of the United States for the month of July
      ...
      Privates
      ...
      5 Joseph Carr 3 years
      ...
      Camp at Providence Sept 5 1778 then mustered Capt Langdons Compy as specified in the above Roll
      Muster Rolls of Capt Langdons Compy for Sepr 1778

      Joseph Carr
      Military ? Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
      Document Information
      Digital Folder Number
      007843502
      Microfilm Number
      002021240
      Image Number
      02090
      Collection Information
      Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
      Cite This Record
      "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-RG6T : 17 March 2018), Joseph Carr, 06 Sep 1777; citing Military Service, Georgetown, Georgetown, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,021,240.
      Copy Citation
      Name Joseph Carr
      Residence Place Georgetown
      Military Rank Private
      Event Type Military Service
      Event Date 06 Sep 1777
      Event Place Georgetown, Georgetown, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
      Event Place (Original) Georgetown
      [2090/2295]
      Joseph Carr Appears in A Return certified at Camp near Morristown, April 30, 1780, of officers and men belonging to Col Lee's, Col Henleys...
      ...
      r Georgetown
      engaged for Massachusetts
      Private, Major's Co
      enlisted 6 September 1777 3 years
      reported deserted 7 September 1779
      ...
      Massachusetts Muster and Pay Rolls
      Volume 26 Page 405