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toman"" aiul "Shirley."" was horn al)out 1726, and was a hurgess from i7f>5 to 1769. He married Sarah Champe. datighter of John and Anne (Carter) Champe. of King George conntw

Carter, Robert "Wormeley, son of Colonel Landon Carter, of "Sal)ine I lall," was bur- gess for Richmond county in the last assem- bly. '^7~'^-'i-77(\ 'ind member of the conven- tions of 1774 and 1775. He married Wini- fred Travers Beale, daughter of Captain William Beale, of Richmond county.

Carter, Thomas, ancestc)r of a numerous family of the name in X'irginia and the south. He settled first in Nansemond county, and after\vards removed to Lancas- ter. He was a justice. ca})tain of the militia, etc., and married Katherine Dale, eldest daughter of Major Edward Dale and Diana Skipwith, his wife. He died October 22, 1700, aged about seventy years. He was probably a near kinsman of Colonel John Carter, of Corotoman.

Carver, Captain William, was a promi- nent merchant of Lower Norfolk county; was a justice in 1663 and other years; sheriff in 1670; member of the house of burgesses in 1665 and June 15, 1669. and April 16, 1672; while temporarily insane he killed a man in 1672. When the civil war broke out in 1676, Carver sided with Bacon and was dispatched by him to Accomac to seize Berkeley, but his ship was surprised by Colonel IMiilij) Ludwell. and Carver was captured and hanged.

Cary, Major Francis, a cavalier officer who came to Mrginia in 1649: returned to Eng- land.

Cary, Henry, son of ]\liles Cary, the immi- grant, lived at "The Forest," Warwick

count}-. I'.orn about 1(^50 and died in 1720. He was a builder and contractor, and had charge of the erection of the capitol and goxernor's house at Williamsl)urg, wdien the government was removed from James- town. He later also superintended the building of the church in Williamsburg and the restoration of the college after the fire o!' 1705. He married Judith Lockey, and had issue, among others Henry Cary Jr.

Cary, Henry, Jr., was a son of Henry Cary and Judith Lockey, his wife. Born about 1680. He was like his father, a builder and contractor. He removed to Williamsburg, and in 1721 was vestryman of Bruton ehurch. .Among the buildings erected by hmi were the president's house at the col- lege, the chai)el constituting the south wing of the college, the church at Hampton, and probably the Brafiferton building at the col- lege. About 1733 he removed to "Amp- thill," Chesterfield county. He married Anne Edwards, and died in 1749. He was father of Colonel Archil)ald Cary, of the revolution.

Cary, John, was a merchant of London, who came to \'irginia; married Jane Flood, daughter of Colonel John Flood (q. v.). He presented a piece of plate to Brandon church, v/hich is still preserved. In 1670 he was living in London, where he had the care and tuition of his wife's brother Walter Flood (born in 1656).

Cary, Miles, son of Colonel Miles Cary, the immigrant, was born about 1655; edu- cated in England; clerk of the general court, 1691; burgess for Warwick county in 1688, for James City 1692-93, and for Warwick countv from 1698 to 1706; register of the