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Robert came to America with his brother Caleb, on the ship 'Elizabeth
Ann', commanded by Capt. Roger Cooper which sailed from London May 9,
1635. On this shipping record is listed: 'Caleb Carr, aged 19; and Robert
Carr, aged 21, described as a 'tayler', sailed for New England, on 9th of
May, 1635,on the Elizabeth Ann'. Both brothers were minors who were sent
to America after the death of their parents to live with their uncle
William, who had previously settled in Bristol, R.I. A few years later
the two brothers settled in Newport, R.I. They were both freemen of
Newport (Records of National Society of Colonial Dames of America, Rhode
Island, pg 92 in Rhode Island Manual) Robert was admitted as an
inhabitant in Portsmouth, Feb.21, 1639, and a freeman in Newport, March
16, 1641. He was one of the original purchasers of the island of
Conanicut (now known as Jamestown) in Narragansett Bay, of the Indians,
which contained property in Newport. Both Robert and Caleb were close
associates of William Coddington who came from Boston, Lincolnshire,
England, as one of the original members of the Mass. Bay Company in 1629
and was a leading merchant in Boston, Mass. during this period. Early in
1637, a group of people led by William Coddington left Boston because of
religious differences. They went to Providence and conferred with Roger
Williams as to settling in those parts. With the active aid of Mr.
Williams, the group purchased from the Indians the large island of
Aquidnick and immediately founded the town of Pacassit (later called
Portsmouth). In 1639, William Coddington and a small group of leading men
removed to the south end of the island to lay out a new settlement,
Newport. Robert embraced the religion of the Society of Friends and was
known as a Quaker. His will was dated April 20, 1681. From : 'Seventeenth
Century Colonial Ancestors' page 46: CARR,ROBERT (1614-168 1 ) R.I.
m. Elizabeth. Landowner.

Birth	4 Oct 1614	London, England
Death	Oct 1681	Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

Spouse	Living
Child	Elizabeth Carr ( - )
Child	Caleb Carr (1644 - 1689)

Father	Benjamin Carr (1592 - 1635)
Mother	Martha Hardington (1593 - 1635)
Sibling	Caleb Carr (1616 - 1695)