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Anne was born at the family seat, Shirley Plantation in Charles City County, on March 26, 1773.A member of the planter class, she was born into a patrician family of tidewater Virginia and was the daughter of Charles Carter (1732–1806), the fifth-generation owner of Shirley Plantation, and Anne Butler (née Moore) Carter (1750–1809).
Before she died in 1770, they had sons: John Hill Carter (1757 until after 1777), George (1761–1788, who married Lelia, the daughter of Sir Peyton Skipwith), Charles B. Carter (1766–1807, who married his cousin Nancy Beale Carter and lived at "Mt. Atlas") and Edward Carter (1767–1806, who married his cousin Janet Carter, daughter of John ...
The Shirley Plantation, c. 1900–1906, photo by William Henry Jackson Shirley Plantation dovecote The lands of Shirley Plantation were first settled by Europeans in 1613 by Sir Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr and were named West and Sherley Hundred, probably because this Lord Delaware's wife Cessalye was the daughter of Sir Thomas Sherley (variant spellings being common at the time). [6]
Shirley Plantation, settled in 1613, is the oldest plantation in Virginia and the oldest family-owned business in North America, dating back to 1638. Occupied by the Hill family and their descendants since 1738, Shirley was the birthplace of Anne Hill Carter Lee, the mother of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Mary Braxton Randolph (1800-1864), ∞ : Hill Carter (1796-1875), owner of Shirley Plantation Robert Randolph Carter (1825-1888), ∞ 1852 : Louise Humphreys, owner of Shirley Plantation Marion Carter (1859-1952), ∞ 1893 : James Harrison Oliver (1857-1928), owner of Shirley Plantation
Upper Shirley is a historic plantation house located near Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia.In 1866, the owner of Shirley Plantation, Hill Carter, decided to retire and divide his Shirley Plantation estate, with the bulk of the estate (the current Shirley Plantation) bequeathed to his son, Robert, and the 'Upper Shirley' portion bequeathed to William Fitzhugh Carter.
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John Carter (1696–1742), married Elizabeth Hill of Shirley Plantation [8] [17] [18] Carter had ten children with his second wife, Betty Landon Willis (1684–1719), of whom seven reached adulthood: Anne Carter (1702–1743), married Benjamin Harrison IV [8] (parents of Benjamin Harrison V and grandparents of President William Henry Harrison) [8]