Mary Campbell Carr

about 1784–26 June 1870 (Age 86)
North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Mary Campbell

When Mary Campbell Carr was born about 1784, in North Carolina, United States, her father, John Carr, was 24 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth McDermot, was 24. She married Nathaniel Jonathan Davis on 30 December 1800, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 26 June 1870, in Randolph, Georgia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Randolph, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Jonathan Davis
1768–1857
Mary Campbell Carr
1784–1870
Marriage: 30 December 1800
Rev Elisha Davis
1803–1880
Benjamin Davis
–
Henry H Davis
1804–1870
Richard Davis
1807–1869
Sarah A Davis
1808–1889
Priscilla Davis
1818–1880
Elizabeth Davis
1819–1881
Harriett Davis
1823–1875

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    30 December 1800Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 2
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
    1789 · Becomes 12th State
    Age 5
    On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
    1808
    Age 24
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Kerr
    Ker
    Carre
    Coar

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