Carr Harrington

Carr married Lydia A. Bailey 7 Aug 1796, East Greenwich, RI. Lydia (daughter of Robert Bailey and Phebe Unknown) was born Abt 1773; died 19 Nov 1836; was buried , Harrington Lot, Division St. & Hopkins Hill Rd., West Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Married by Elder Elisha Greene. I am making an assumption that Carr is the son of Job and Rebecca (Carr).

1. Mary Harrington
2. George Harrington was born 30 Sep 1798, West Greenwich, RI; died 13 Sep 1883, Newport, RI.
3. Samuel Harrington was born 1801, West Greenwich, RI; died 11 May 1869, Providence, RI.
4. Cynthia Ann Harrington was born 1808, West Greenwich, RI; died 24 Sep 1877, Providence, RI.

Carr married Deborah Johnson 18 May 1837, East Greenwich, RI. Deborah (daughter of Benjamin Johnson and Mary Weaver) was born Abt 1785, West Greenwich, RI; died 20 Oct 1859, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

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He is mentioned as Job Herrington, Jr., in the Exeter town records dated 10 April 1750, in an item regarding jury selection.

Job married Rebecca Carr 18 Mar 1748/49, West Greenwich, RI. Rebecca (daughter of Caleb CARR and Sarah RICHMOND) was born 29 May 1732, Jamestown, RI; died 15 Apr 1828, West Greenwich, RI; was buried , Harrington Lot, Division St. & Hopkins Hill Rd., West Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

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They were married by Samuel Hopkins, Justice. The groom was identified as Job, Jr. of Exeter.

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Job's name is spelled as Job Herrington in the Exeter town records. He is mentioned in the records many times, such as during the years 1743, 1745, 1746, 1758, 1762, 1767, and 1772. He is called Capt. Job. Herrington at least once. His son is referred to as Job Herrington, Jr.

His will, dated 16 Nov 1775 at Exeter, RI, identifies him as aged, and a yeoman. Some genealogies give his birth date as 16 Oct 1701, in Kingstown, RI. This may be accurate, but needs verification.

I have made an assumption that the same Job Herrington/Harrington married Lydia Fones, Alice Wightman/Whitman, and Elizabeth (unknown). This is a reasonable assumption because Lydia, who married Job Herrington, died very young. Also, one of Job's daughters was named Lydia, and it was customary to name a child after a deceased spouse. I don't know whether any one of the children was born to the first wife, but it seems unlikely, since Lydia Wilcox is mentioned as a granddaughter in the will of John Wightman, and also Job, Jr. had a son named Whitman. Consequently, I have estimated the children's birth years as if they all were born of Alice & Elizabeth. (needs more research)

Job's ancestral line may come from James Hearnden/Herrington, b.c.1592, who came to America from England. However, a notation in an Arnold manuscript says, "Job Harrington from England settled in Exeter, RI; he had a son Job and grandson Whitman Harrington." An alternative view has this Job's parents as Job b.1683 & Martha (Weeden) Harrington; the father Job was supposedly the third son of Joseph & Sarah Harrington; and Joseph was a son of Benjamin b.c.1618, d.1687, a "religious refugee" who came to RI from MA, and who married Elizabeth White, d/o of William & Elizabeth White of Boston. This Benjamin had 6 sons, including Joseph; the 4th son was John, known as "John of Scituate," who lived near Bennett Hill in Scituate, RI. (see James N. Arnold's manuscript notebooks titled "Family Notes" at the Knight Memorial Library, Elmwood Ave., Providence, RI)

Job married Alice Wightman 8 Jun 1722, Kingstowne, RI. Alice (daughter of John Wightman and Jane Bentley) was born 16 Oct 1702; died Abt 1729. [Group Sheet]

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1722, June 8: Alice, a daughter of John and Jane Bentley) Wightman married Job Harrington.
"Contributions to the History of the Whiteman or Wightman Family" by James Pierce Root; II:371 from "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: from Rhode Island Periodicals" Indexed by Robert and Catherine Barnes; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1983 (974.5 RI/Genealogies SCGS)

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From West Greenwich, RI wills recorded between July 1743 and May 1846, Book II, pp. 24-26:

Caleb Carr, dated 22 July 1762, witnessed by Ephraim Kittle, Sarah Greene, Stephen Richmond. Wife Sarah Carr; sons Robert Carr (of Sewago, Duchis County), Caleb Carr, Elezar Carr, Josua Carr, Richmond Carr, Edward Carr, Thurston Carr; daughters Patience Rogers, Mary Rogers, Rebakkah Harington, Susannah Whitford, Mereby Greene, Comfort Greene, Executrix wife Sarah Carr. Probated 1st Sat. June 1763. (Note: names spelled as given in transcription)

Caleb is also mentioned in the will of his uncle Job Carr.

(See Francis Richmond Sears' "The Carr Ancestry of Richmond Carr of Portsmouth, RI")

Caleb married Sarah RICHMOND Abt 1728, West Greenwich, RI. Sarah (daughter of Edward RICHMOND, III and Rebecca THURSTON) was born 20 Dec 1711, Little Compton, RI; died 25 Nov 1798, Rhode Island; was buried , Hancock, MA. [Group Sheet]

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The names of Sarah's parents came from a Carr genealogy book (1947), and were emailed to me by "Sue" . Also, it says that Sarah was probably living with one of her sons at the time of her death. "At least five of the children of Caleb & Sarah migrated after the Revolution to eastern New York State. One of her sons is thought to have lived for a time across the NY State line in Hancock, MA."

John married Jane Bentley 6 Jan 1700/01, North Kingstown, RI. Jane (daughter of William Bentley and Sarah Unknown) was born Abt 1687; died 29 Jun 1729. [Group Sheet]

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Jane is called Jane Whitman in the will of her father William Bentley. It was proved in 1720 at North Kingstown, RI.

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Sometime after marrying his second wife, possibly around 1731 Caleb moved, with his family, from Jamestown to West Greenwich, RI. There he bought 282 & 1/2 acres of land on what was afterward to be called Carr's Pond, on the East Greenwich-West Greenwich border.

Caleb married Joanna SLOCUM 30 Apr 1701, Newport, RI. Joanna (daughter of Ebenezer SLOCUM and Mary THURSTON) was born 30 Dec 1680, Newport, RI; died 30 Dec 1708, Jamestown, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Her name is sometimes spelled as Johanna. She died on her 28th birthday, four days after the birth of her fifth child.

Edward married Rebecca THURSTON 6 May 1711, Little Compton, RI. Rebecca was born 28 Nov 1689, Little Compton, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Edward & Rebecca were married by Richard Billings, Justice.