Robert Carver

Abt 1594 - Abt 1680  (~ 86 years)

• Name	Robert Carver  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1594	England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Marshfield, New Plymouth Colony   [1, 2]
  Burial	Abt Apr 1680	Marshfield, New Plymouth Colony   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I1635	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family	Christian (wife of Robert Carver) [?]   bur. 23 Jul 1658, Marshfield, New Plymouth Colony
  Marriage	Y  [1]
  Children	1. John Carver,   b. Abt 1637, Duxbury, New Plymouth Colony d. Bef Jun 1679, Marshfield, New Plymouth Colony (Age ~ 42 years)
  Family ID	F537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2011

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Robert Carver's first appearance in the New World was in New Plymouth Colony* on 3 Sep 1638 (18 years after the Mayflower), when at a Court of Assistants held at New Plymouth "Robert Carver is graunted 20 acres of land lying on the norwest side Greenes Harbor River and a garden place upon Stoney River" (in Duxbury)." He was made a freeman of the colony 7 Jun 1648. He left no will but soon after the death of his son John (the only child of whom there is any record) Robert made an agreement with John's widow, Millicent, whereby he was to live with her the remainder of his life. In return, she and her children were to have his entire estate until her eldest son, William, attained his majority at which time William was to acquire half of Robert's estate. Upon the death of Millicent, William was to acquire the other half of the estate. *In September 1620, during the reign of King James I, approximately 100 English men and women, many of them members of the English Separatist Church, set sail for the New World aboard the Mayflower, a three-masted merchant ship. The ship landed two months later on the shores of Cape Cod, in present-day Massachusetts, and in late December anchored at Plymouth Rock, where they would form the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England [but not in the New World]. Though more than half the original settlers died during that grueling first winter, the survivors were able to secure peace treaties with neighboring Native American tribes and build a largely self-sufficient economy within five years. - http://www.history.com/topics/plymouth Marshfield is an early Pilgrim town, originally part of the "New Colony of New Plimoth in New England," which was established in 1620. It was first established as a separate settlement in 1632 by Edward Winslow, third signatory to the Mayflower Compact, who became a governor of New Plymouth Colony. He became a negotiator and diplomat for the Colony in its dealings with the Native Americans and with the British. Edward Winslow established the first church and the first school in the town, near the cemetery which today still bears the Winslow name. On 02 Jun 1685 Plymouth County was created as one of three original counties in New Plymouth Colony. (Ply. Laws, ch. 6/p. 19) [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S422] Clifford N. Carter, Carver, Robert desc, (1935), pp45-47, CS/71/C328, 1935. (Reliability: 3). [S421] Renee Carver, Carver GW Cloud Co KS, p21 (Reliability: 3).