Caleb Carr (Governor)
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Caleb Carr was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
, serving a very short term prior to his death by drowning. In 1635, at the age of 11, he sailed from England on the ship Elizabeth and Ann with his older brother Robert. Carr was made a freeman in Newport in 1655, and began serving in a civil capacity the year prior when he became a commissioner. He served in this capacity for a total of six years between 1654 and 1662, and then served as deputy for 12 years from 1664 to 1690. During the years when he wasn't serving as deputy, he was an assistant, serving in this role for a total of ten years. From 1677 to 1678 he was the justice of the General Quarter Session and Inferior Court of Common Pleas.
Between 1658 and 1663 he purchased several large tracts of land on Conanicut Island
(later becoming Jamestown), and following his death he willed this property to his sons. Carr owned a boat, and in 1671 he was paid four pounds for services rendered with the craft. In 1676 he bought the services of an Indian captive, for which he paid 12 bushels of Indian corn.
Carr became governor of the colony in 1695, and in this capacity he wrote to Governor Fletcher of New York in answer to a request for 48 men from Rhode Island to assist in the defense of New York. He agreed to either send the men, or some comparable assistance. Carr drowned late in 1695 and was buried in a family cemetery in Newport. He was succeeded as governor by Walter Clarke
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Carr had 11 children, seven by his first wife and four by his second, most of whom grew to maturity and married.
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...
, serving a very short term prior to his death by drowning. In 1635, at the age of 11, he sailed from England on the ship Elizabeth and Ann with his older brother Robert. Carr was made a freeman in Newport in 1655, and began serving in a civil capacity the year prior when he became a commissioner. He served in this capacity for a total of six years between 1654 and 1662, and then served as deputy for 12 years from 1664 to 1690. During the years when he wasn't serving as deputy, he was an assistant, serving in this role for a total of ten years. From 1677 to 1678 he was the justice of the General Quarter Session and Inferior Court of Common Pleas.
Between 1658 and 1663 he purchased several large tracts of land on Conanicut Island
Conanicut Island
Conanicut Island is the second largest island in Narragansett Bay, in the state of Rhode Island. It is connected on the east to Newport, Rhode Island, on Aquidneck Island by the Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, and on the west to North Kingstown, Rhode Island, on the...
(later becoming Jamestown), and following his death he willed this property to his sons. Carr owned a boat, and in 1671 he was paid four pounds for services rendered with the craft. In 1676 he bought the services of an Indian captive, for which he paid 12 bushels of Indian corn.
Carr became governor of the colony in 1695, and in this capacity he wrote to Governor Fletcher of New York in answer to a request for 48 men from Rhode Island to assist in the defense of New York. He agreed to either send the men, or some comparable assistance. Carr drowned late in 1695 and was buried in a family cemetery in Newport. He was succeeded as governor by Walter Clarke
Walter Clarke
Walter Clarke was one of a small number of Manx Gaelic speakers who through their efforts in the late 1940s and early 1950s ensured the survival of a spoken record of the Manx language by undertaking an exercise to record the surviving native Manx speakers....
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Carr had 11 children, seven by his first wife and four by his second, most of whom grew to maturity and married.
See also
- List of colonial governors of Rhode Island
- Colony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...