First of all....Gerald Shur is the founder of the Witness Protection Program. The WPP was founded during the Kennedy administration. Secondly...you have John Carter marrying at six months of age. Thirdly...there are more than 12,000 records on numerous John Carters in the Family Tree library...plus over 800 other records. Days in the nearest genealogy library or genealogy dept. in your local library delving into Virginia books might bring up some clues. I know it's frustrating, but patience is its own reward. The probabilites are that your John Carter's parents came from England.