With the permission of Mike Marshall, I'm forwarding this one along to our group. I don't know the answer to his question. I know of Thomas Carter and John Carter, but not this early William Carter. Can anyone help with this? Craig Begin forwarded message: > From: mike marshall > Date: March 31, 2011 10:11:25 PM EDT > To: Craig Kilby <[email protected]> > Subject: William Carter - Lancaster Co. Va > > Hi Craig > > 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 > >