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About Elizabeth 'Betty' Carter
Biography
Retrieved from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Landon-33 and then edited.
Ancestor of William Henry Harrison 9th US President Ancestor of Benjamin Harrison 23rd US President
Elizabeth "Betty" Landon was born 17 May 1683 at Credenhill, Herefordshire, England. She was a daughter of Thomas Landon and Mary De Laval.[1] She arrived in Virginia before 1699.
She married Mr. Willis as her first husband, and was shortly widowed. Her second marriage occurred between 9 Apr 1701 when a deed between Robert King Carter and Elizabeth (Landon) Willis indicated that a marriage was about to take place, and 30 Jan 1701, when a deed indicated that the marriage had taken place. Marriage Location - probably Lancaster County, possibly Middlesex County, Virginia.[2]
Family
Elizabeth married twice. She married first to Richard Willis after the death of his first wife, Ann, in 1698.[3] She married in 1701, as his second wife, Robert "King" Carter. He had a first marriage to to Judith Armistead (died 1699).[3][4] Elizabeth was the mother of the next ten of Robert Carter's children:[3]
- Anne Carter (1702–1743) married Benjamin Harrison IV; (parents of Benjamin Harrison V and grandparents of President William Henry Harrison).
- Robert Carter II (1704–1734) married Priscilla Churchill.
- Sarah Carter (~1705–1705)
- Betty Carter (~1705–1706)
- Charles Carter (1707–1764) married Anne Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II.
- Ludlow Carter (born ~1709)
- Landon Carter (1710–1778) married Maria Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II.
- Mary Carter (1712–1736) married George Braxton; (parents of Carter Braxton).
- Lucy Carter (1715–1763) married Henry Fitzhugh
- George Carter (1718–1742)[4]
Below is a direct quote of Berkeley's work:
By 1701, when the first of the extant letters was written by Robert Carter, he was already one of the most prominent men in the colony as a member of its council, and the significant events of the early portion of his life had occurred, including the death of his first wife in 1699 and his second marriage [in 1701] (to Elizabeth (Landon) Willis, by whom he would have ten children) in 1701. The letters dated between 1701 and 1710 included in this project reflect little of Carter's personal, political, and mercantile interests of that time because they are ones he wrote as one of the trustees of the children of his friend, Ralph Wormeley, and deal with their affairs rather than his own. There are a few that step outside his duties to his friend, and they show his interest in land acquisition, a topic that would occupy him all of the rest of his life[4]
Death and Legacy
Elizabeth died July 3, 1719 at Williamsburg, Independent Cities, Virginia and was buried at Old Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia. *Death 3 Jul 1719
Notes
Positive identification of her portrait can be found here: https://colonialvirginiaportraits.org/portrait/called-elizabeth-lan...
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~marshall/esmd127.htm
Elizabeth Landon (Thomas4, Sylvanus3, John2, Roger1); baptized 17 May 1683 at Credenhall, Herefordshire, England; b. 1684; m. Richard Willis; 1st husband; m. Robert Carter, son of Col. John Carter and Sarah Ludlow, 1701; 2nd wife, 2nd husband; d. 3 Jul 1719 at age 36.
Richard Willis resided at Middlesex Co., VA.
Robert Carter was born circa 1663. He resided at 'Corotoman', Lancaster Co., VA. He was Acting Governor at Virginia. He was Speaker of the House of Burgesses at Virginia. He was a member of the Governor's Council at Virginia. He married 1st to Judith Armistead, daughter of Col. John Armistead and Judith, circa 1688; 1st wife. He died in 1732.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d002...
Elizabeth "Betty" LANDON 1674 - 3 Jul 1720 ID Number: I41878
RESIDENCE: ENG and Lancaster Co. VA
BIRTH: 1674, of Grednal, county Hereford, England DEATH: 3 Jul 1720, Lancaster Co. Virginia [202813] BURIAL: Christ Church Lancaster Co., Va RESOURCES: See: [S1286] [S1554] [S2128] [S2916] [S2285] Father: Thomas LANDON Esq. Mother: Mary de LAVAL
Family 1 : Robert "King" CARTER Colony of Virginia MARRIAGE: 1701 +Ann CARTER +Robert CARTER II +Charles CARTER of Cleves +Lucy CARTER +Mary CARTER +Landon CARTER of Sabine Hall Notes
Elizabeth Landon Willis. dau. of Thomas Landon, of "Grednal," Hereford Co., England. Marriage 1 ? Willis.
Old Churches Ministers, and Families of Virginia. V.
"To the memory of Betty Carter, second wife of Robert Carter, Esq., youngest daughter of Thomas Landon, Esq., and Mary his wife, of Grednal, in the county of Hereford, the ancient seat of the family and place of her nativity. She bore to her husband ten children, five sons and five daughters, three of whom--Sarah, Betty, and Ludlow--died before her and are buried near her. She was a person of great and exemplary piety and charity in every relation wherein she stood: whether considered as a Christian, a wife, a mother, a mistress, a neighbour, or a friend, her conduct was equalled by few, excelled by none. She changed this life for a better on the 3d of July, 1710, in the 36th year of her age and 19th of her marriage. May her descendants make their mother's virtues and graces the pattern of their lives and actions!"
References
- Updated from FamilySearch Family Tree via brother William Landon by SmartCopy: Feb 19 2015, 14:52:28 UTC
- WikiTree contributors, "Elizabeth (Landon) Carter (1683-1719)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Landon-33 : accessed 28 September 2024). cites
- "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch, Elizabeth Landon, 1683.
- “Tithables of Lancaster County, Va., 1654 (Continued).” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 5, no. 3 (1898): 249–60. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4242050.
- Historic Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia "Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman (1663-1732)" A Genealogy of the Known Descendants of Robert Carter of Corotoman 1982, Web accessed July 28, 2014 (dead link)
- Berkeley, Edmund , Jr., transcriber, editor, and annotator, "The Diary, Correspondence, and Papers of Robert "King" Carter" October 10, 2009, Web accessed Sept. 27, 2024. < link > See also:
- Memorial: (has image) Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 08 September 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth “Betty” Landon Carter (1683–3 Jul 1719), Find A Grave: Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14461259/elizabeth-carter , citing Christ Church Cemetery, Weems, Lancaster County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Anne (Clark) Smith (contributor 47523650).
- https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=92907+carter+braxton&ah...
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Elizabeth 'Betty' Carter's Timeline
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May 17, 1683
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Credanhill, Hertfordshire, England
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May 17, 1683
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Credenhill, Herefordshire, England
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May 17, 1683
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Grednal, Hereford Co, , Eng
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1702
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"Corotoman", Lancaster County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America
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1704
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Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, Colonial America
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1705
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Corotoman, Lancaster, Virginia, United States
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January 30, 1706
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Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster, Virginia, Colonial America
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November 1, 1707
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Corotoman Plantation, Lancaster County, Virginia, British Colonial America
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