Landon Carter, I was an American planter and burgess for Richmond County, Virginia.
15 Facts About Landon Carter
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Landon Carter was the son of Robert Carter and his second wife.
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Landon Carter's mother died when he was young, and his father remarried, but died when Landon was still a boy.
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In 1719, at the age of nine, Landon Carter was sent to England to be schooled under the early linguist, Solomon Lowe.
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Landon Carter would marry three times, each time within the First Families of Virginia.
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Landon Carter survived all three wives and increased his landholdings and siring several children.
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Shortly after reaching legal age, Carter married his first wife, Elizabeth Wormeley, daughter of burgess Ralph Wormeley.
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Landon Carter died in 1740, but gave birth to Robert Wormeley Carter, who had at times a rocky relationship with his father, but ultimately followed a similar career path.
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In 1742, Landon Carter married Maria Byrd, the 15 year old daughter of William Byrd II, who died two years later.
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Landon Carter married his third wife, Elizabeth Beale, in 1746, and decided not to remarry again after her death.
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Shortly after his first marriage, Landon Carter settled on lands he had inherited in Richmond County.
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Landon Carter continued to correspond with men interested in scientific agriculture throughout the colonies.
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Landon Carter was survived by several children, of whom his firstborn son Robert Wormeley Landon Carter would continue his planter, diarist and legislative traditions.
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Landon Carter is buried at the Lower Lunenburg Parish Church cemetery in Warsaw, Virginia.
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Also, his eldest son Robert Wormeley Carter named his son Landon, and that grandson represented Richmond County for one term in 1784.