John Carraway, Sr.

Male 1619 - Aft 1669  (49 years)


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  • Name John Carraway 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 12 Oct 1619  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft 15 Jun 1669  Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • According to Florence Kimberly Turner's book, "Gateway to the New World: A History of Princess Anne County, VA 1607-1824," (Southern Historical Press, 1984) John Carraway came to America from York as an indentured servant to Colonel John Sidney. He and his wife, Ann Foster, could neither read nor write, but over the ensuing generations his descendants acquired land and prestige and intermarried with other prominent early families.

      31 Apr 1646 - John CARRAWAY was appointed Constable for the Easterne Branch of Lower Norfolk County. [Bk B:36a]

      17 Apr 1652 - Deed of Gift. Symon HANCOCK gives his God-son John WILLIAMS a cow calf in the manner: The first calf it brings for use of sd Jno WILLIAMS, the third calf to be for use of Elizabeth CARRAWAY. If Jno WILLIAMS die before 21 the cattle to Eliz CARRAWAY. If she die before coming of age the cattle "to John CARRAWAY his second or third childe and for the better looking after these Cattle it is my desire that the father or Mother shall have the male increase, and this to bee Recorded as a free gifte". //x// Symon Hancock
      Wit: William MOSELEY, John PIGOTT

      On petition of John CARRAWAY, he to have half of male increase of a cow given by Richd FOSTER to the orphan of Roger WILLIAMS, now in possession of sd CARRAWAY who married the relict of WILLIAMS. CARRAWAY to bring a/c of the cattle to Court. [Fleet]

      On Dec. 15, 1654 a petition was presented to the Lower Norfolk Court by 24 citizens praying that "some speedy Course may be taken to procure an able Minister..."(Cf Virginia Antiquities Vol 3, page 29). Among the signers were John Carraway, Richard Foster, Lancaster Lovett and Edward Cannon. Foster was Carraway's father-in-law. His grandson, also John Carraway, married Elizabeth Cannon. Lancaster Lovett was the husband of Mary Carraway, the sister of John Carraway II.

      15 Dec 1662 - John CARRAWAY served on a "Church jury" which tried a Quaker couple of unlawful meeting. The couple were fined 500 lbs of tobacco.

      LAND RECORDS

      In 1642 Christopher Boyce patented 2000 acres at Peankatanke R. for transporting many settlers, among them Jon Carraway, Jon Williams, Edmund Porter, Jr. and Sr. and John Porter Jr. and Sr, Elizabeth Flowerdieu, Thomas Kemp and John Nemmo. (Most of these people settled in Lower Norfolk Co. near the Elizabeth River.)

      Another authority puts it at 1644:
      1644 John Sydney, gent., patented 200 acres in Lower Norfolk on north side of E. Branch of Elizabeth River for the transportation of four persons: John Carraway, John Clarke, Ann Robinson and Elizabeth Flowerdieu.

      U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
      Name: John Carraway
      Arrival Year: 1644
      Arrival Place: Virginia
      Source Publication Code: 2772
      Primary Immigrant: Carraway, John
      Annotation: Includes 25,000 names from records of the Virginia State Land Office. Excerpts of the Irish names from the Greer list were published in no. 6258, O'Brien, Early Immigrants to Virginia....
      Source Bibliography: GREER, GEORGE CABELL. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666. Richmond [Va.]: W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1912, 376p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978. Repr. 1982.
      Page: 60

      Source: History of Southern Families by John Boddie, Vol 6, p27

      In 1652 John Carrowaye witnessed the will of William Moseley Elder. The will mentions a tract of land Moseley bought of George Kempe.

      John Carraway probably died by 1666 because his widow appears in a law suit that year. However his estate was ordered to be appraised by William Hancock, Arthur Moseley, Thomas V. Ivey and George Kemp in 1669.

      15 Jun 1669 - William BANCOCK, Arthur MOSELLEY, Thomas V. IVEY and George KEMP were ordered to appraise the estate of John CARRAWAY. John's Inventory was thus recorded Norfolk Co, Va. in 1669 [Torrence :72]
    Person ID I12171  Master File
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2014 

    Family 1 Ann Foster,   b. 1620, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1692, Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 1650  Lower Norfolk, Norfolk Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
      Name: John Carraway
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: EN [England]
      Birth Year: 1619
      Spouse Name: Ann Foster
      Spouse Birth Place: EN [England]
      Spouse Birth Year: 1620
      Marriage Year: 1650
      Marriage State: VA
      Number Pages: 1
    Notes 
    • Ann Foster Williamson Carraway was married to Roger Williamson in England. They came over on the Sarah Constant with John Carraway I. After John's first wife, Ann Towenzende who died in 1650. Roger Williamson had died earlier and then he married Ann Foster Williamson in 1650. John Carraway I and Roger Williamson came to Virginia in 1634 aboard the "Sarah Constant".
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Carraway,   b. ca 1651, Norfolk Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Carraway, Jr.,   b. 17 Apr 1653, Lynnhaven, Norfolk Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Oct 1728, Lynnhaven, Norfolk Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Mary Carraway,   b. ca 1655, Norfolk Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ca 1705, Princess Ann Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2014 
    Family ID F7156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ann Townsend,   d. Bef 1650, Norfolk Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Ann Foster Williamson Carraway was married to Roger Williamson in England. They came over on the Sarah Constant with John Carraway I. After John's first wife, Ann Towenzende who died in 1650. Roger Williamson had died earlier and then he married Ann Foster Williamson in 1650. John Carraway I and Roger Williamson came to Virginia in 1634 aboard the "Sarah Constant".
    Last Modified 25 Jun 2014 
    Family ID F11476  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart