Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameHenry “Roebuck” Carr 
Birth25 Sep 1721, Schwaigern, Neckerkreis, Württemburg, Germany
Deathaft 1803, Hardy Co. (now Grant Co.), (W) Virginia
Alias/AKAGerig Heinrich Karr
FatherHans Jacob Karr (1679-~1745)
MotherAnna Maria Dorthea Freudenhalter (1685-1716)
Spouses
Birthabt 8 Jan 1733, Langenbuck, Basel, Switzerland
Deathbef 1800, Hardy Co. (now Grant Co.), (W) Virginia
FatherHans Jacob Peterson (~1705-1785)
MotherSarah Mohler (~1707-1784)
Marriagebef 1750
Notes for Henry “Roebuck” Carr
born Gerig Heinrich KARR in Schwaigern, Brackenheim, Nekarkries, Württemburg m. abt 1750
Henry "Roebuck" CARR was born Gerig Heinrich CARR in Schwigern, Brackenheim, Wurttemberg on 25 Sep 1721. His parents are Hans Jacob KARR and his second wife Dorothea (?Crito?) HAFFNER. He migrated to America in 1731 and probably joined his father in Berks Co, PA. The father seems to have preceded the family and Dorothea came with her sister and brother-in-law. From Berks Co, PA, Henry moved with some of the SHOBE family to Augusta Co, VA, where he met and married Sara (BEIDERT) PETERSON. The name made a change from the Swiss BEIDERT to the more American PETERSON. They raised a family of nine boys. Jacob, Joseph, Conrad, Michael, Henry, John, Solomon, Leonard, and Martin Luther.
Heinrich Henry "Roebuck" (Gehr) Carr 1721 - Aft. 1803 b: September 25, 1721 in Schwaigern, Neckerkreis, Wurttemburg,
Germany d: Aft. 1803 in prob. Hardy, Virginia.
“Heinrich Henry (Roebuck) Carr is the first ancestor of our Carr line to emigrate to this country. This information has been researched independently by at least three different individuals. He was born in Germany of parents with a family name of Karr. The exact location in Germany is not totally clear but Schwaigern is one possibility. They entered this country at Philadelphia, Pa. September 11, 1731 aboard the ship Pennsylvanian Messanger Captain thought to be Jno Stedman. On the ship with him were brothers Christian and Gerich Hendrich, Probably Mother and Father also. It is not clear why they changed their name to Carr from Gehr and is not clear where they went from Philly. Henry showed up in Augusta County Va. in 1750 and Christian was married in1768 in Montgomery County Pa. Roebuck was apparently a family nickname for Henry. Augusta Co.Va. is next to Hardy Co. West Va .where all of Henrys' sons appear to have been born.”504
According to Donald L. Carr in "Pendleton County Past and Present," Heinrich arrived in Philadelphia 10 Sep 1731 on "The Pennsylvania Merchant."
ALIA: Henry Roebuck Carr; Heinrich Kar
* Birth: 25 SEP 1721 in Schwaigern, Neckerkreis, Wurttemburg, Germany
* Death: AFT. 1803 in Virginia (Hardy Co) [now WV] ? 4
* Event: Event 2 came to this country in 1731
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VA Grants 30, p. 248
Library of Virginia Digital Collection:
Land Office Patents and Grants
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Henry Carr
110 Acres
Randolph County
Examined
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Henry Lee Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To all To whom these presents shall come Greeting: Know ye that by virtue of a Land Office Treasury Warrant Number Eight thousand two hundred and Ninety Six, issued the first day of April One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty two, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Henry Carr, a certain Tract or parcel of land, containing one hundred and Ten Acres, by Survey bearing date the first of January One thousand Seven hundred and eighty eight, lying and being in the County of Randolph, on the Waters of Read Creek, about four Miles from the Mountain, and one from the Creek, and is bounded as followeth to Wit, Beginning at a Maple and two White Hickories, South twenty three degrees East One hundred and Eighty poles to a Maple, Beech and Hickory, North fifty five degrees East forty eight poles to two Beech trees, North twenty five degrees East One hundred and twenty and twenty poles crossing a small Branch, running out to a Sugar tree and Beech, North forty five degrees West One hundred poles crossing two samll branches to a Ash, Lynn and Beech, South Sixty four degrees West Ninety eight poles to the Beginning With its appurtenances; To have and To hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land with its appurtenances to the said Henry Carr and his Heirs forever. In witness whereof the said Henry Lee Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be Affixed at Richmond, on the twentieth day of August, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand seven hundred and Ninety four, and of the Commonwealth the Nineteenth.
Henry Lee
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Surnames: CARR, READ.
Henry "Roebuck" CARR was born Gerig Heinrich CARR in Schwigern, Brackenheim, Wurttemberg on 25 Sep 1721. His parents are Hans Jacob KARR and his second wife Dorothea (?Crito?) HAFFNER. He migrated to America in 1731 and probably joined his father in Berks Co, PA. The father seems to have preceded the family and Dorothea came with her sister and brother-in-law. From Berks Co, PA, Henry moved with some of the SHOBE family to Augusta Co, VA, where he met and married Sara (BEIDERT) PETERSON. The name made a change from the Swiss BEIDERT to the more American PETERSON. They raised a family of nine boys. Jacob, Joseph, Conrad, Michael, Henry, John, Solomon, Leonard, and Martin Luther.
Heinrich Henry "Roebuck" (Gehr) Carr 1721 - Aft. 1803 b: September 25, 1721 in Schwaigern, Neckerkreis, Wurttemburg,
Germany d: Aft. 1803 in prob. Hardy, Virginia.
“Heinrich Henry (Roebuck) Carr is the first ancestor of our Carr line to emigrate to this country. This information has been researched independently by at least three different individuals. He was born in Germany of parents with a family name of Karr. The exact location in Germany is not totally clear but Schwaigern is one possibility. They entered this country at Philadelphia, Pa. September 11, 1731 aboard the ship Pennsylvanian Messanger Captain thought to be Jno Stedman. On the ship with him were brothers Christian and Gerich Hendrich, Probably Mother and Father also. It is not clear why they changed their name to Carr from Gehr and is not clear where they went from Philly. Henry showed up in Augusta County Va. in 1750 and Christian was married in1768 in Montgomery County Pa. Roebuck was apparently a family nickname for Henry. Augusta Co.Va. is next to Hardy Co. West Va .where all of Henrys' sons appear to have been born.”504
According to Donald L. Carr in "Pendleton County Past and Present," Heinrich arrived in Philadelphia 10 Sep 1731 on "The Pennsylvania Merchant."
ALIA: Henry Roebuck Carr; Heinrich Kar
* Birth: 25 SEP 1721 in Schwaigern, Neckerkreis, Wurttemburg, Germany
* Death: AFT. 1803 in Virginia (Hardy Co) [now WV] ? 4
* Event: Event 2 came to this country in 1731
113
VA Grants 30, p. 248
Library of Virginia Digital Collection:
Land Office Patents and Grants
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Henry Carr
110 Acres
Randolph County
Examined
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Henry Lee Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, To all To whom these presents shall come Greeting: Know ye that by virtue of a Land Office Treasury Warrant Number Eight thousand two hundred and Ninety Six, issued the first day of April One thousand Seven hundred and Eighty two, there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto Henry Carr, a certain Tract or parcel of land, containing one hundred and Ten Acres, by Survey bearing date the first of January One thousand Seven hundred and eighty eight, lying and being in the County of Randolph, on the Waters of Read Creek, about four Miles from the Mountain, and one from the Creek, and is bounded as followeth to Wit, Beginning at a Maple and two White Hickories, South twenty three degrees East One hundred and Eighty poles to a Maple, Beech and Hickory, North fifty five degrees East forty eight poles to two Beech trees, North twenty five degrees East One hundred and twenty and twenty poles crossing a small Branch, running out to a Sugar tree and Beech, North forty five degrees West One hundred poles crossing two samll branches to a Ash, Lynn and Beech, South Sixty four degrees West Ninety eight poles to the Beginning With its appurtenances; To have and To hold the said Tract or Parcel of Land with its appurtenances to the said Henry Carr and his Heirs forever. In witness whereof the said Henry Lee Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, hath hereunto set his hand and caused the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth to be Affixed at Richmond, on the twentieth day of August, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand seven hundred and Ninety four, and of the Commonwealth the Nineteenth.
Henry Lee
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Surnames: CARR, READ.
Notes for Sarah Beidert (Spouse 1)
another source says b. 18 Jun 1736 in Switzerland
Sara Peterson 1733/34 - Bef. 1800 b: January 08,
1733/34 in Langenbuck, Basel, Switzerland d: Bef. 1800 in Hardy, Virginia
. . . From Berks Co, PA, Henry moved with some of the SHOBE family to Augusta Co, VA, where he met and married Sara (BEIDERT) PETERSON. The name made a change from the Swiss BEIDERT to the more American PETERSON. They raised a family of nine boys. Jacob, Joseph, Conrad, Michael, Henry, John, Solomon, Leonard, and Martin Luther.
Sara Peterson 1733/34 - Bef. 1800 b: January 08,
1733/34 in Langenbuck, Basel, Switzerland d: Bef. 1800 in Hardy, Virginia
. . . From Berks Co, PA, Henry moved with some of the SHOBE family to Augusta Co, VA, where he met and married Sara (BEIDERT) PETERSON. The name made a change from the Swiss BEIDERT to the more American PETERSON. They raised a family of nine boys. Jacob, Joseph, Conrad, Michael, Henry, John, Solomon, Leonard, and Martin Luther.