Born about in Chowan Precinct, Albemarle, North Carolina
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Holmes Jr
— married
after 1725 (to 1735) in Edgecombe, North Carolina
Wife of
Patrick Carr
— married
1735 (to after 7 Nov 1742) in Bertie County, North Carolina
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 52
in Duplin, North Carolina [uncertain]
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Biography
Tamar (Byrd) Molten was born in North Carolina.
Tamar (Byrd) Molten was a North Carolina colonist.
Tamar (Byrd) Holmes Carr Moulton was born about 1710.[1]
Origins
Tamar was born circa 1710 in Chowan Precinct, Albemarle County, later Bertie County (later Edgecombe), North Carolina.[2] The birth date of 1710 is a guess, based on the birth date of her second husband (1710).[citation needed] Note that her first husband John Holmes (1677-1735) first marriage apparently lasted from 1710 until Dorothy (Hardy) Holmes died in 1725. Thus, we can only estimate that Tara's first marriage was 1725 or later (FindAGrave says without source, 1735).The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
Tamar's 1st Marriage
Tamar married three times. Tamar married (as his 2nd) and as her 1st, John Holmes (1677-1735).[3] As previously mentioned, her first husband was widowed in 1725, but we do not have a marriage document.
Some attribute one child to John and Tamar Byrd:[3]
- Mary Holmes, who married Joseph Scott
However, others attribute no Holmes children to Tamar.
Discussion of John's Children
In John Holmes Jr's 28 Feb 1735-6 will (proved May Court 1736),[1] Mary is specifically named as his youngest child. [NOTE: As is the youngest son also named as follows: these were Dorothy's children, as their birth dates do not reconcile to Tamar being their mother, nor with the timing of Dorothy's death and their accepted birth dates.] A slave girl was provided to Tamar for her use until Gabriel, the youngest son [from his first marriage], reached the age of twenty-one.[3] In the will of Patrick Carr, who was Tamar's 2nd, the wishes of John Holmes are reinforced by specifying that Tamar would have the use of the slave woman until Gabriel Holmes reached twenty-one.[3] This shows that the wife of Patrick Carr was the same as the widow of John Holmes, Jr. When Tamar made her will in 1763, she named only five children. First was Mary (Holmes) Scott, (no other Holmes children), listing her before the four Carr children, all in the same order as in Patrick Carr's will, presumably in order of birth. This does not prove her maternity/paternity, however, as has been described, Tamar could not have been the mother of Mary Holmes, John Holmes' youngest daughter, as she was born well before his first wife, Dorothy, died. It is interesting to note that Mary but none of the older Holmes children (and the four Carr children) were in Tamar's 1763 will. Certainly, as Mary was the youngest of all of John's children, she must have felt an affinity.
Tamar's 2nd Marriage
Tamar married about 1735 in Bertie County, North Carolina, as her 2nd husband, Patrick Carr, who died ca 1742.[3][2]
Children of Tamar and Patrick Carr (1710-1742) who died in Bertie County (Edgecombe County after 1741).[3][2][4]
- Jonathan Carr (1739-1799) lived in Sampson County, North Carolina; married Patience Turner 1765 in Sampson County
- Thomas Carr (1734-1798) lived in Sampson; married Mary, who was named in his 22 Mar 1798 will (see Find A Grave: Memorial #184431888); Mary died about 1833
- Winifred "Winny" born about 1737; married (1) Jacob ~Fryer; died before 21 Dec 1785 in Sampson; married (2) Jacob Warren
- Margaret "Peggy" (born 1741) married Jones
- Patrick Carr (born 1743)
Patrick's 1742 will named his wife Tamar, sons Thomas and Jonathan and daughter Margaret, (Winifred was not yet born). Sons Thomas and Jonathan lived in Sampson County, North Carolina, (in 1784 the western part of Duplin County became Sampson County). Their descendants migrated to Alabama.[2]
Tamar's 3rd Marriage
Tamar married as her 3rd to Mr Molten or Moulton.[3] Apparently there were no children of this marriage.
Death and Legacy
Tamar died after 1762/3,[1] when her will was proved.[3] She probably died in Duplin County, North Carolina, where her will was recorded.
She made her will 2 Sept. 1761, using the name Molten, proved in Duplin County, North Carolina in May Court 1762/3:
- Molten, Tamer, written 2 Sept. 1761, proved May Court 1762. Daughter Mary Scott, one spice mortar, ten shillings proclamation money; son Jonithan Carr twenty shillings proclamation money; daughter Margaret Jones one iron pot rack, one brass hackel; granddaughter Tamer Jones twenty shillings proclamation money; daughter Winny Carr one feather bed and furniture, two cows and calfs, two sows and five shotes that I bought of Cannon Cason, one puter dish, two puter plates, one puter midlesised bason, one lining wheal, my saddle and my executor to get it New Cevered [sic]; son Thomas Carr all and singular my land. Executor: Thomas Carr. Signed: Tamer (+) Molten. Witnesses: Samuel Webster, Joshua Chesnutt, Martha (+) Chesnutt.(Duplin County, North Carolina Will Book A, pages 286-287)[5]
Slaves
- For a time, she was heir to an unnamed slave girl from her first husband (who died 28 Feb 1735). Her stepson, Gabriel Holmes (1711-1790), was to receive the slave upon his age of majority.
Research Notes
- Birth dates of the children of Tamar and Patrick Carr are estimates, based on the marriage date (1735) and supposed birth order, as listed in the wills of their parents. Some follow what is on FindAGrave.
- Gabriel Holmes needs to be moved to John Holmes' first wife in terms of maternity/paternity.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 February 2022), memorial page for Tamar Byrd Carr (1710–1762), Find A Grave: Memorial #184414407; maintained by Bonnie Baker (contributor 47355314), Burial Details Unknown.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Noble, Pat "My Carr Database", updated August 4, 2012, Web accessed July 23, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Taunton, Michelle "Re: Byrd's in NC ", ancestry board post made 14 August 2001, Web accessed July 23, 2014. See also: Gammon, David Bryant. Abstracts of Wills, Bertie County, North Carolina, 1722-1774. 1990, p. 19. Raleigh, North Carolina: D B Gammon.
- ↑ Britt, Edward, M., "View Tree for Patrick CarrPatrick Carr (d. date unknown)", Web accessed July 23, 2014
- ↑ Taunton, Michelle "Re: John Holmes, b. c. 1675 & Tamar Byrd", posted June 25, 2000, Web accessed July 23, 2014
Acknowledgments
- Steve Stam initiated this profile Friday, 6 Feb 2015.
- See the Changes page for the details of contributions and edits.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Tamar:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Tamar:
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~0.78%
George Carter
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A684343 [compare]
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~0.78%
David Culbreth :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UE5920138 [compare], Ancestry member davidculbreth
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Valerie Sim :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #952145
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MyHeritage DNA
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Living DNA
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~0.39%
Porter Fann :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Z373931 [compare], Ancestry member ACTGgeneSurfer
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~0.39%
Mitch Faulk :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T858661 [compare]
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As time permits, I will continue to work this line in order to contribute sources. Speaking of the family tree sites that are used as citations: if they list sources on those sites, then the entries can be reworked [e.g., birth, marriage or death #### XYZ as shown at: website, citing: (a valid registration source or even a secondary source with attribution)]. I'll take a look, myself, too.
Once again, these two Tamars are the same people (Tamar Byrd who married after being widowed a few times) and the merge should be in the direction of Tamar Byrd with the maiden name being kept and the verified additional married names recounted in the final profile. Let me know if you want to add me to the trusted list and I'll be glad to do the merge for you.