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- Granted land 3 Sept. 1638, [Pope, “Pioneers of Massachusetts”], (“He was granted twenty acres lying on the northwest side of Greenes Harbor River, about five miles north of Duxbury and southeast of Marshfield in Plymouth Colony, and a garden place upon Stoney River.”) [Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 1, p. 94, as quoted by Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of New England, vol. I; Whitmore’s, Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America].
His name appeared at a Court of Assistants held at Plymouth on 8 Oct. 1639 “Capt. Miles Standish, Mr. Alden and Mr. Ed. Winslow are appointed to lay forth the land and meaddow graunted to Job Cole and also the land graunted to Francis Godfrey and Robert Carver” [Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 1, p. 135]. He was living in Duxbury when his son John was born in 1637, and in 10 Sept. 1641, when Edward Hawes of”Duxburrow” agreed to exchange 10 acres of upland lying across Greens Harbor for 2000 feet of “sawne” boards delivered by Robert Carver of the same place, sawyer [Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 12, p. 75 as quoted by William Jones in “Genealogies of Mayflower Families vol. 1, p. 429]. In 1643, he moved to Marshfield. Records there of 12 Feb. 1643 state “that Robert Carver should be given that tract of meadow that doth lie between Mr. Edward Winslow’s fence and Mr. William Thomas’ fence from fence and creek to creek” [Richard’s “The History of Marshfield”]. Robert was chosen to serve on the grand jury 7 Mar. 1643 [Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 2, p. 53]. He was also given the right to bear arms and joined the train band that year [Pierce’s Colonial Lists, p. 75]. He was made freeman 7 June 1648 [Plymouth Colony Records, vol. 2, p. 122] . In 1645, his name was on a list of some twelve men who agreed to “pay money for someone to teach school.” He was a frequent juryman and, in 1653, was appointed surveyor of highways.
Robert made a written agreement four days after the death of their son, John (agreement dated 27 June 1679) that would allow him to live with her and her children the rest of his natural life. In return, she and her children were to have his entire estate until her eldest son William (Robert’s favorite) turned twenty - one. At that time, one half of the entire estate was to be his and he would get the other half when his mother died. William’s brother, John was provided for by his maternal grandfather, Willaim Ford, Sr. Robert Carver died and was burried in April of 1680 at the age of 86 (Marshfield Vital Records).
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Abt 1595 - 1680 (~ 85 years)
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