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Facts and Events
Capt. John Carr
- Captain John CARR had been in charge of the English military operation that took over the Dutch colonies on the Delaware in 1664. He lived in New Castle, was chief officer there under the New York governor. When the Dutch briefly regained control over their former colonies in 1673, John CARR removed to Cecil County, where he received a grant of 3,000 acres on the west side of Elk River, known as "St. John's Manor." After leaving New Castle, John CARR gave a power of attorney to his wife, Petronella Ollesdotter TOARSON, a daughter of one of the Swedish residents, and to George OLDFIELD (an attorney), to dispose of his Delaware properties. He died unexpectedly in June 1676 in Cecil County, leaving children.
- [p. 23, New Castle County Delaware Land Records 1673-1710 (Bryant)]
- Patent. On 1 Oct 1672. Francis Lovelace, Esq. one of the gentlemen of his majesty, Honorable Privy Chamber & Governor General under his royal Highness James, Duke of York & Albany & his territories in the Americas send greetings. Whereas Reyner vande Cooly obtained patents from Col. Richard Nicholls for 2 tracts of land, one which he had purchased a lot of ground in New Castle from Harmon Reynderson Bruyn bounded by a lot then of Gov. Jacob Allrichs & land of Cornelius Wynhaarts & the other lot purchased of Hendrick Kipp lying at Beaver Street & bounded by and of Harman Rynderson & Hart Street. Whereas Reyner Vande Cooly sold the same unto Peter Wolferson, who have likewise made a purchase of a piece of meadow from Capt. John Carr containing 2 acres in the town bounded by land of John Webber & since conveyed to Hupert Hendrickson. Now for confirmed to Hupert Hendrickson & he paying 2 bushels of winter wheat to persons of authority. Signed Francis Lovelace. Examined by Mathias Nichols.
- [Brown, Abstracts of Cecil County, Maryland land records 1734-1753, pp. 23-24]
- Deed. John CARR of Long Island, for 4,000 pounds of tobacco, to William BRISTOW, Jr. of Cecil Co., 100 acres of land formerly belonging to John NUMBERS* and by land formerly belonging to Harman KINKEY on Elk River which Cecilus Lord Baltimore granted to Capt. John CARR in a tract of land called Capt. John's Manor by patent dated 1675. The said John CARR is the heir of Capt. John CARR. William BRISTOW will honor a bond made by Capt. John CARR to Simon DAWKINS in 1674 for making over the said 100 acres of land. Made 24 Jan 1735. Wit: Walter KERR, Robert GIBSON, Robt. HOLY. Ackn: same day. JPs Andw. BARRY, Thos. JOHNSON, Jr. Rec. 9 Mar 1735. Wm. Knight, Clerk.
- John NUMBERS* also called John NUMBERSON
- [pp. 107-108, Abstracts of Cecil County Land Records 1673-1751 (Brown)]
- Augustine Herman had extensive business with Maryland, and owned several thousand acres of property bordering on New Castle County, Delaware. Both of his sons, Ephraim and Caspar, owned land and served in official positions in and near New Castle. Caspar Herman owned land along the Delaware south of New Castle, and 1,000 acres of "St. Johns Manor" at Elk River, which he had purchased from Richard Carr (son of John) on 21 June 1695.
References
- Olof Thorsson of Swanwick and his Tussey Descendants by Dr. Peter Stebbins Craig, in The Swedish Colonial Society.
Petronella Ollesdotter, born in New Sweden c. 1645, married c. 1665 Captain John Carr, chief officer for New York's possessions on the Delaware. They lived in the town of New Castle. After the Dutch recapture of former New Netherland in 1673, they fled with their children and Patrick Carr (John's bachelor brother) to Cecil County, Maryland, where they were granted a 2,000-acre tract known as "St. John's Manor" on the west side of Elk River. After a prolonged illness, Carr died in 1676 and Petronella remarried George Oldfield, also English. To handle their New Castle County affairs, the Carr family relied upon Hans Block and their Tussey relatives. In 1695, George and Petronella Oldfield and her son Richard Carr sold Carr's lands in Cecil County and moved to Chester in Chester County, Pa., where Petronella died after 1697. She had five known children:
Richard Carr, born c. 1666, still living in 1716.
Elisabeth Carr, born c. 1668, married Peter Clawson [Swedish] in Cecil County.
Maria Carr, born c. 1670, married John Bristow, Jr., of Chester County, Pa.
Petronella Carr, born c. 1672, married Peter Mainardo of Cecil County, Md.
Susannah Oldfield, born c. 1677, married Lawrence Rawson [Swedish] of Marcus Hook, Chester County, and lived in Cecil County on George Oldfield's former land.
Ann CARR (d. bef 1697), md ___ JOHNSON (probably Edward).
- Colonial Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Records of the court of New Castle on Delaware, 1676-1681. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, c1904, c1934 (Lancaster, Pa. : Wickersham Print.))
Vol. 1, Page 61, 62.
Last Will & Testament
“Know all men by these presents that I John Carr of Elk River in Cecil County in ye Province of Maryland, hath made out all my Right and title of my real or personal Estate now Lying or being In Delaware River which by Patent or otherwise may appear to be mine, unto my well beloved wife Peteronela Carr, provided that my said wife shall pay my debts due to any person or person in New York or the said River of Delaware. Further I do give my wife Peternella Power to sell or dispose all or any of the said Estate either by herself, or her attorney, and further I do give her or her attorney full power to ask demand Sue Recover, Imprison or Impeach for all debts due to me in the said River of Delaware, and to Give discharges or acquittances for such debts b her or her attorney Received. In Witness whereof I have herunto set my hand & seal this tenth day of April 1675.
Signed & Sealed in the presence of us:
Jan Cosyns
(The mark of)
Patrick P C Carr
Signed John Carr (L S)
- Craig, Peter Stebbins. 1671 census of the Delaware. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, c1999)
Page 41.
The Soldiers’ Tract
West of Christina, on the north side of Christina Creek, extending westward to Anders the Finn’s Creek was a tract of land patented 1 Oct 1669 to four English soldiers, Robert Scott, John Marshall, John Cousins and Jan Boyer. By 1671 nothing had been done to develop the property. All four owners were bachelors, living at the fort in New Castle or nearby. Jan Boyer was the son of Alexander (Sander) Boyer, one of the original residents of Fort Casimir (New Castle), and his Swedish wife. Jan Boyer later acquired a lot on the Strand in New Castle, which was sold by his three daughters, Elisabeth, Catharina and Helena and their husbands on 20 Jun 1708. John Marshall soon married Jan Boyer’s sister Josyn, but had died by 1675 when Josyn, the widow of John Marshall, and the other three men sold the tract to Justa Andersson (see #83). Robert Scott left Delaware with John Carr and was a resident of Calvert County when granted head rights in 1673. John Cousins also went to Maryland with Captain John Carr in 1673.
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