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*Major Thomas Carr b.1678 d.1738)
Mary Dabney Carr b.1688 d.1738 ) married in 1704.
(Of Topping Castle on the North Anna River in Caroline County, Virginia) Their children were:
Thomas Carr b.1705 d.1738.
Colonel John Carr b.1706 d.1778. (Of "Bear Castle" in Louisa County, Virginia)
Agnes Carr b.1712 d.1779. (She married John Waller)
Sara Carr b.1714 d.1772. (She married John Minor)
Major Thomas Carr owned in Caroline County, under land grants of record in the land offoce, as follows:	"Major	Thomas
Carr 570 acres, September 28, 1730 , Book 13, Page 490; 2530 acres April 11, 1732, Book 13, Page 432; 400 acres July 1, 1732, Book 14, Page 457." Major Thomas Carr also owned large tracts of land _in Louisa	Albemarlej	Counties. Most of these lands he gave
?'?'to his son, CoTonel John Carr of Bear Castle in Louisa County, ^Virginia.
John Minor was born 1707, and on November 14, 1732, was married to Sara Carr, daughter of Major Thomas Carr and Mary Dabney Carr, of Caroline County, Virginia, He received as a wedding present from his father-in-law, Major Thomas Carr, his home estate known as "Topping Castle" which is located on the North bank of the North Anna River in Caroline County, Virginia.
Mary Dabney (Carr), wife of Major Thomas Carr.
Cornelious D'Aubigne, a Huguenot, escaped from France to England where he changed the spelling of his name to Cornelious Dabney. He then came to Virginia. His wife's name was Sara Jennings, their daughter, Mary Dabney, was the wife of Major Thomas Carr. Thus Mary Dabney became the first mother of the Carr family of Virginia, many of whom bear the name of Dabney Carr.
Will of Major Thomas Carr dated May 29, 1735, was probated 1738, at the Courthouse, Caroline County, Virginia, at Boling Green, Virginia.
*Means direct line of descent.


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