Just thought we would give all of you something to chew on during this special weekend. When our ancestors started intermarrying with certain families and moving, like the energizer bunny, they just kept going on and on - from Va to NC to Ala, Ms, Texas etc. Don't even ask about these people - we have never been quite able to figure them out with all their relationships. We just realized how tied in the Carrs and some of the Williams are in Va and in numerous NC counties THere are two Lawrence sections and one Hart/Carr research provided by Ruth and Martha for your enjoyment and confusion CHOWAN COUNTY 1. #113 - 2 Jan 1704 - Richard Exum and Robert Larrance of Isle of Wight to Coll Thomas Pollock - 22 1704 - 300 Ac WS Chowan River known as Black Rock adj John Blount and formerly possessed by John Lawrence - this Deed made in persuance of a POA made to us by Robert Larrance Sr. and Jane his wife and Jeremiah Exum and Ann his wife and Henry Sanders and Richard Taylor all of Va 2. John Thomas of Nancymond Co Va to Coll Thomas Pollock - 22 Nov 1704 208 1/3 Ac on WS of Chowan River taken up by John Larrance dec - John Thomas husband of Mary who was daughter of John Lawrence SAME LAND AS FOUND IN IOW DEEDS 4. John Lawrence land on Chowanoke in NC - on 22 Nov 1704 - John Thomas and wife Mary, Richard Exum and Robert Lawrence, Robert Lawrence Jr. of I of W - by virtue of power of Attorney made by Robert Lawrence Sr. and wife Jane - also Jeremiah Exum and wife Ann, Henry Sanders, and Richard Taylor - sell "Black Rock" containing 300 Ac formerly possessed by John Lawrence to Col Thomas Pollock Children of John Lawrence said to have died ca 1699 in Nansemond a. Priscilla Lawrence - md Matthew Whitfield (provable by Deeds) b. Mary Lawrence - md John Thomas - as his 2nd wife - provable by Deeds in which a grandson sold to John Daughty son of William Daughty in 1751 c. John Lawrence - Will 27 July 1730 probated 23 April 1739 - bc 1672 md Margaret daughter of William Murphy and wife Sarah - Sarah was daughter of Anthony Holladay a Member of Burgess from 1693-1695 . WILL of John Lawrence of Newport - prob 23 April 1739 - son John land on Blackwater on which William Freeman lives; son William; daughters Margaret, Pricilla; son-in-law Robert Carr to be paid his wife's part of my estate; daughter Sarah Moore; daughter Elizabeth - Exec wife and son William Lawrence d. Ann Lawrence md Richard Exum e. Robert Lawrence md Ann Council - Will 28 Jan 1744 f. daughter who md Henry Sanders g. daughter who md Richard Taylor h. Elizabeth Lawrence who died before 1708 and willed her land to sister Priscilla ********* July 1984 - Unrecorded Southampton Deeds - a. 14 Feb 1805 - Josiah Lawrence and wife Charity, John Foreman and wife Mary, Lucy Bell formerly wife of Jesse Lawrence dec of Pitt Co, N.C., Richard Allen and wife Priscilla of Greene Co, N.C., Daniel Williams of Hertford Co, N.C., David Williams, Mary Williams, Arthur Carr and wife Prissilla of Southampton Co - to William Allen of Surry Co - $3,060 for 427 Ac adj widow Whitehead, Arthur Carr WIT Elias Carr, John Carr, James Porter Order to examine wives Docket: Feb 1805 Ackd Josiah Lawrence, Jno Freeman, Richd. Allen, Danl. Williams, David Williams, Arthur Carr and wife who was exd and retd as to Mrs. Foreman and Mrs. Allen proved by 2 wit as to Lucy Bell and cont'd for Mary William and Chairty Lawrence from SOuthside Virginia FROM THE ABOVE Children of Robert and Priscilla Lawrence - Josiah md Charity Williams, Jesse d by 1805 md Lucy who md 2nd a Bell of Pitt Co, Mary md John Foreman, Priscilla md Richard Allen of Greene Co N.C. Children of Mary Williams - Daniel of Hertford, David, Mary, Prissilla who md Arthur Carr (son of Joshua and grandson of Robert and Mary Williams) Charity wife of Josiah Lawrence (maybe) (NOTE: see Craven County for Marriage Bonds of Josiah also see Pitt County Records) . WILLS a. Will of Robert Lawrence - 1791 wife Priscilla - land formerly in Nansemond and now in Southhampton - sons Josiah, Jesse, Jacob; daughters Sarah Williams, Mary Foreman, Priscilla Allen ******* d. WILL of Drewry Hart Book 4 p 397 - written 4 Oct 1790 - proba 10 Jan 1791 - Brother John my plantation SS Nottoway it being all my land; three Negros - Landon, Bridget, and Cesar to John Web Land son of Nathaniel Land and to Elizabeth Daughtry Carr daughter of Lawrence Carr - they are to divide equally - if they shoud die without issue then to my brother John Hart - Exec brother John Hart and Nathaniel Land NOTE: Nathaniel Land and Rebecca Hart were md 8 February 1787 St. Luke's Parish NOTE: Drewry, John, Rebecca and Martha Ann Hart were children of Jeanette Hart and whoever her husband was of Nansemond then SOuthampton Co, Va. Elizabeth Daughtry Carr was the daughter of Lawrence and Martha Ann Hart Carr who ended up in Greene Co. THe brother John Hart may also be on the unconnected Harts in Greene/Pitt County. . p 74 - Residents who lived in Nansemond, but county changed to Southampton and were put on Southampton Tax List in 1786 - among others Titus Carr 266 Ac John Carr 679 Ac Titus Carr was the uncle of Lawrence Carr and both ended up in Greene Co.