John Carraway, III

1675 - 1719  (44 years)

• Name	John Carraway
  Suffix	III
  Born	1675	Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA
  Gender	Male
  Died	06 May 1719	Virginia
  Notes	LAND RECORDS John Carraway Jr (III) was witness to a deed gift from Mary Cannon to her daughter Elizabeth Cannon on 6 May 1700, consisting of a good feather bed and bolster, a pewter dish and a looking glass to be delivered to her at age 16 or at the day of her marriage which ever came first. (Princess Anne County, VA BK 2, p. 322) Elizabeth Cannon received from the will of her father, Edward Cannon, dated 21 Sept and proved 5 Nov 1701, "100 acres of land also 350 acres of land lying in a swamp, 2 cows and calves to be delivered her at age 16, 2 ewes, 2 sows and piggs". Witnessed by John Carraway Jr (III) (Princess Anne County, VA Bk 1 Reel 1, p. 296) "To all to whom these presents shall come &c; Know ye that I, John Carroway Senr (II) of Princess Anne County for divers good reasons.... and in consideration of ye natural love and affection I bear unto my son John Carroway Junr (III) of ye same county I freely clearly and absolutely give unto my said son all that parcell or tract of land he now liveth on lying situate and being on ye eastward side of a small gutt dividing this land from other lands I now live on together with ye plantation ground fences orchards and all appurtenances whatsoever thereunto appertaining by estimation 100 acres or thereabouts..... dated 25 Sept 1697....." Signed John (IC) Carroway (Seale) (Princess Anne Co., VA Bk. 1, Pt. 2, p.182) Note: The above land belonged to John I, granted to John II as his son and now descends to John III. Deed of gift from John Carroway Senr [II]of Princess Anne County "for divers good causes and considerations......of the natural love and affection that I bear unto my son John Junr (III).........give a certain parcel or tract of land lying and being on ye western shore of Linhaven River........150 acres more or less.........said 150 acres being part of a parcel or tract of land containing 447 acres granted to me ye said John Carroway Senr [II] by patent bearing date ye 2nd day of May 1706............ In Witness whereof I ye said John Carroway Senr [II] hereunto set my hand and fixed my seale this 2nd day of June 1708." (Princess Anne Co., VA No. 1 (Pt. 2), Roll 2, p. 425) Note: John Carraway willed the above land to his son, Thomas Carraway, in 1719. (Princess Anne Co., VA, D7W 3, pp. 232-233) On 28 April 1711 John Carraway Junr [III] was granted 72 acres of new land in Princess Anne County at a place called "The Narrows" near Bowring River .......for the transporting of two persons: David Rez and James Lowring. Source: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol 3, p. 119 by Neil Nugent John Carraway Junr [III] sold to Ashwell Hancock, for 9 pounds, 36 acres - half of the 72 acres granted in the above patent in Linhaven Parish of Princess Anne County. Recorded 28 March 1712. (Princess Anne Co., VA Bk. 2, p. 137) An indenture was made 4 Sept 1716 between Edward Cannon and wife Sarah (grt. uncle and aunt of Elizabeth) of Princess Anne County to John Carraway Junr [III]........ for the sum of five shillings current money of Virginia, "all that messuage tenement tract and plantation of land situate lying and being on the eastern shore of Linhaven River in Princess Anne County.........containing 46 acres......which was the land which was granted unto Edward Cannon by patent dated the 29th day of April 1690 also the said Edward Cannon doth bargain and sell unto the said John Carraway Junr one other tract of land........adjoining the above 46 acres........and containing 160 acres and is the same parcel of land which was given to him by his mother Sarah Canaredo as by her deed acknowledged and recorded in Lower Norfolk County 15 Oct 1680.........At a court held 5 Sept 1716 Edward Cannon came into court and acknowledged the above lease and release and Sarah Cannon acknowledged her right of Dower. (Princess Anne County Deeds and Wills Bk. 3, Pt. 1, pp. 100-102) CARRAWAY HOME INFORMATION John CARRAWAY III bought for 20 pounds, "a tract of land on the Western Shore called 'Labour in Vain' containing 67 acres". ("Antiquary"-James.) This had been the land of William Johnson, deceased, and was sold to John CARRAWAY by his widow and his two sisters, co-heirs, but, he built the house now standing in Kemps Landing. At first, it had only the hall and one room downstairs, with two rooms upstairs. Later, an additional room was added on the back, and still later, the outside kitchen was moved and attached to the house. But, from the front the house looks as it did in 1734, with the original shutters on the windows, which contain many panes of the old hand-blown glass. While the bricks of the chimney are laid in the Virginia, or American pattern, some are decorated as in the 17th century, and beneath the large roof overhang on the front is decorative molding. Small as it is, it was built with care and taste. It was continually occupied by descendants of the first CARRAWAY until 1975. Marc Davis The Virginian-Pilot© March 18, 2008 Two historic houses in Kempsville, each more than 200 years old, will not be disturbed by the city's plan to shift and rebuild Witchduck and Princess Anne roads. The older, smaller Carraway House, just around the corner on Witchduck Road, remains in private hands, although that may not be permanent. Built in the early 1730s, Carraway House is currently a real estate office. The city's plan to widen Witchduck Road will not disturb Carraway House, as it has 31 houses just down the street. In recent weeks, the city bought those homes and demolished all but a few of them. The owner of Carraway House, Laura Wenslaff, bought the house a year ago and operates Home Realty there. She said a city employee told her Virginia Beach might buy the house and use it as a welcome center for a proposed Kempsville historic district. While Kempsville has a long, storied history, little evidence of it remains. In Colonial days, Kempe's Landing was a small, thriving village on the Eastern Branch of the Elizabeth River. It was the Princess Anne County seat from 1778 to 1824, with a courthouse and jail. A Revolutionary War skirmish took place there. After the war, Kempe's Landing became a town and changed its name to Kempsville. Many historic buildings remained through the 1960s. At one point, according to the master plan, Kempsville had a higher concentration of historic buildings as an intact village than any other area in Hampton Roads except Williamsburg. Nearly all of that was destroyed by development. Pleasant Hall and Carraway House are the only remaining Colonial buildings. Pleasant Hall is a magnificent building, restored to its former grandeur by Neal Kellum, who bought it in 1989 to be used as a funeral home. Kellum also built a modern addition to the house, which is used as a chapel and meeting room by Kempsville Baptist Church. Carraway House is far more modest. The ground floor consists of two offices, a foyer and storage space. A scrapbook includes letters from the 19th century. Two Carraway family Bibles are featured in a glass case, with entries dating to 1770. The backyard features a small family graveyard, with headstones dating to 1899. WILL Will of John Carraway, III, April 9, 1719 [Princess Ann County VA Deed Bk 3:232] "Will in the name of God, Amen. I John Carroway of ye parish of Lynnhaven ye Co of Princess Ann, being very sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory and knowing ye uncertainty of this life on earth and that all flesh must yield unto death when it shall please God to call and first being penitent and sorry from ye bottom of my heart for all my sins past and humble desiring forgiveness of ye same through ye merits of my Lord and savior Jesus Christ into whose hands I commit my soul as for my worldly estate where with it hath pleased God far above my deserts I give and depose the following: My son Edward Carroway ye part of land I now live on with all ye appurtenances thereto belong beginning at the pine that stands by Woolf Snare Creek and from ye said pine to a black gum by ye main road and so running as ye main road goes including all ye land that shall be ever reputed to be mine to him and his heirs. If he die with out heirs I give land to next surviving heir. Unto my son John the other part of my land that lies on ye farther side of ye main road to him and his heirs. If he sold die without an heir, then I give ye said land unto my son Thomas and his heirs. To my son Thomas one hundred and fifty acres of land at Bolesing River one of my horses to swap ye same for a breeding mare and to be paid him at age 19. To my sons Edward and John 38 acres of land in the swamp for the privilege. To my daughter Elizabeth two cows and calves, two ewes and lambs, a great table without a draw, pewter basin, 19 yards of silk crape and all her mother's wearing clothes her choice of all my cattle for her two cows. To my daughter Ann two cows and calves and two ewes and lambs, cubbord and table, pewter, basin and her choice of my cattle after her sister for her two cows. To John, one cow and yearling called star and one iron pot. To sons Edward and John, my hand mill, cart, steers and tools To my three youngest children all the rest of my estate moveable and immoveable that is not already given by this my last will and testament. That may, can, or shall be called mine to be equally divided between them when that they shall come of age or on the day of marriage only, that my sons Edward and John shall have ye uses of ye same for and toward the bringing up of them. John III left a will dated 9 April 1719 and proved 6 May 1719 indicating he died 8 or 9 years before his father, John II. John's wife, Elizabeth, evidently died before her husband, as she is not mentioned in his will and John left his daughter Elizabeth, her mothers wearing clothes. Mentioned in the will are his sons Edward, John and Thomas and daughters Elizabeth and Amy. Princess Ann: At a court held ye 6th of May 1719. Then ye within last will Of John Carroway Junr [III] was presented in court by his Executors who made oath thereto and being proved by ye oaths of Thomas Hayes and Richard Crompton, witnesses, thereto as written. (Princess Anne County Deeds, Etc., No. 3, 1714-1724, Reel 3, p. 232-233) Note: This text is from "Some Carraway - Caraway Families" compiled by Thelma Caraway Landrum in 1972. Dr. James Caraway, who was a noted expert on the Car(r)away family history and who died in 1974, was one of the source's of information for her record. And from, "Our Ancestors" Vol. III by Mrs. Adelle Brown Ashford and Miss Jessie Mae Ashford compiled in 1994. Both records are compiled from various family members whose contribution of their records enabled this preservation of the past. The document sources are so noted with each entry.
  Person ID	I12152	Master File
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	John Carraway, Jr.,   b. 17 Apr 1653, Lynnhaven, Norfolk Co. VA ,   d. 02 Oct 1728, Lynnhaven, Norfolk Co. VA  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Ann Kemp,   b. 1653, Virginia ,   d. 1728, Lynnhaven, Norfolk Co. VA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1674	Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA
  	U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: John Carraway Gender: Male Birth Place: VA Birth Year: 1653 Spouse Name: Anna Kemp Spouse Birth Place: VA Spouse Birth Year: 1655 Marriage Year: 1674
  Family ID	F7155	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Cannon,   b. 1675, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA ,   d. Apr 1719, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA  (Age 44 years)
  Married	1695	Virginia
  	U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: John Carraway Gender: Male Birth Place: VA Birth Year: 1675 Spouse Name: Elizabeth Cannon Marriage Year: 1695 Marriage State: VA
  Children	1. Edward Carraway,   b. 1698, Virginia ,   d. 10 Oct 1723, Princess Anne Co. VA  (Age 25 years)   2. John Carraway, IV,   b. 1702, Princess Ann Co. VA ,   d. Aft 1769, Davie, Wayne Co. NC  (Age 68 years)   3. Thomas Carraway,   b. 1704, Princess Anne Co. VA ,   d. 19 Mar 1791, Wayne Co. NC  (Age 87 years)   4. Elizabeth Carraway,   b. 1707, Princess Anne Co. VA ,   d. 1723  (Age 16 years)   5. Ann Carraway,   b. 1709, Princess Anne Co. VA ,   d. 1752  (Age 43 years)   6. Sarah E. (Sallie) Carraway,   b. 1712, Princess Anne Co. VA
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F7154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart