Joseph Lyon Miller, author of _The Descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter_ (Richmond, VA: Whitet & Shepperson, n.d.), didn't think that William was a brother of Thomas Carter who m. Katherine Dale. He wasn't even sure that John or Edward was, though circumstantial evidence points in that direction. I haven't seen anything linking William to the other Carters, but of course absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. Miller says, pp. 9-15: "Captain Thomas Carter I of Corotoman, Lancaster County, married Katherine Dale. From the patent books Thomas Carter first appears in Virginia in 1637. He was then living in Isle of Wight County. A ship captain speaks of a Captain Thomas Carter of Nansemond on the James River as having certain tobacco. Major John Carter, Colonel Edward Carter, and Captain Thomas Carter were very closely associated in land ownership, land exchange and sale, both in Nansemond and in Lancaster. It is also interesting that all three were of about equal military rank. John, Edward, and Thomas owned land in Lancaster. John and Thomas lived on the Corotoman Creek. The first land which Thomas Carter I possessed here (1657) seems to have been a purchase from Colonel John Carter. Although there is no proof that these men were related, these facts and others furnish strong evidence that they were (see Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. I, by Nugent). Two authorities on the Carter family indicate that they may have been brothers." On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Mike Marshall wrote: > > > Is this William the brother of Thomas Carter who married Catherine Dale? > I'm not finding him listed in the Carter books and usual places > > > > === > > 1652-1657 Lancaster County Order Book pg 290 > > Lancaster County Court 3d of September 1656 > > - Certificate of Land is granted unto Mr. WM. UNDERWOOD for the > transportacon of PETER LEONARD, MARY HAWKES, WILLM. CARTER & PAULL WOOD > accordinge to Act > > === > > 1656-1661 Lancaster County Order Book pg 166 > > Lancaster County Court 13th of November 1661 > > - Upon a peticon to this Cort: by SAM: GRIFFIN, the assignee of Capt. > RICH: HOBBS agt. the Estate of WILL: CARTER (late deced.) It is ordered > (that in respect to the Widd: & Relict of the sd. WILL: CARTER, to whom the > administracon thereof doth p:perlie belonge hath not yet administered & as > this Cort: was this day informed bath imbezelled the saide Estate, noe p:son > whatsoever intrusted wth: any pte: of the sd. Estate upon any pr:tence > whatsoever until this Cort: doe further determine therein, (but at their > owne wills) > > === > > 1656-1661 Lancaster County Order Book pg 169 > > Lancaster County Court 12th of March 1661/62 > > - Administracon accordinge to Acte is granted unto WILLIAM NESSHAM upon > the Estate of WILL: CARTER, deced., hee puttinge in securitie accordinge to > Acte. HENRY ( ) & JO: SHARPE to apprize the Estate on Saturday next and is > likewise granted to the sd: WILL: NEESHAM for 3200 lb. of tobaccoe & ca: in > the first place out of the sd. Estate > > === > > 1662-1666 Lancaster County Order Book pg 299 > > Lancaster County Court 14th of ( ) 1664 > > - Whereas SUSAN CARTER, Daughter of WILL: CARTER, deced., was by order of > this Cort., putt unto JOHN EDWARDS till she should attaine her age of one & > twentie yeres. & by the sde. EDWARDS assigned unto THO: MARSHALL, & by the > sde. MARSHALL assigned unto RICHD. MERRYMAN, It is ordered by this Cort., > that the sde. SUSAN doe continue with: the sde. RICHD; MERRYMAN till she > attaine to the age of 21 yeres, accordinge to the tenor of the order granted > to EDWARDS >