Bruce Campbell Adamson PO Box 3511 Santa Cruz, CA, 95063

Raphael Lancaster = Caroline M. Carter

b.l792 d. l852 b.l792 d.l852 ------- Adamson family descended from

Caroline Carter was a second cousin to Benjamin Harrison,

"The Signer,"; third and fifth cousin to the Harrison

Presidents. Fifth cousin to Robert E. Lee; niece of

Reverend Charles Carter, Archbishop of Phil.. Caroline and

Raphael had five children. I recall one of the great grandmothers died while giving birth to a daughter. The daughter was raised with the First Archbishop of the USA John Carroll. Am in the process of getting that information and may need to locate The Lancaster Family history.

_________________________________A Genealogist at work.

Hugh Capet, King of France. His son was --

Robert the Pious. His son was --

Henry I. His son was --

Philip I. His son was --

Louis VI. His son was --

Philip II. His son was --

Louis VI. His son was --

Louis VII. His son was --

Philip II. His son was --

Louis VIII. He married Blanche of Castile and had --

Prince Robert, Earl of Artois III. He had --

Blanche, widow of Henry of Navarre, she married --

Edward Plantaganet, Earl of Leicester and Lancaster

son of Henry III, of England. Their son was --

Henry Plantaganet, Earl of Leicester, and Lancaster

who married Lady Maude, daughter of Sir Patrick

Charworth, and their daughter was --

Lady Eleanor Plantaganet, who married, secondly,--

Sir Richard Fitz Allen, K.G., ninth Earl of Arunel

and seventh Earl of Surrey. Their son was --

John Fitz Allen, Lord Maltravers, who was lost at sea.

He left a daughter, Lady Joan Fitz Allen, who married

Sir William Echyingham and died in l4l3. Their son --

Sir Thomas Echyingham, who died in l44l. His daughter --

Lady Margaret, who married, William Blount, eldest son

of Sir Walter le Blount, Treasurer of Calais.

Margaret and William Blount, Their son --

Lord Montjoy in l461. He married,Lady Anne Neville

who was also of Royal descent from Edward II.

Their daughter was --

Elizabeth Blount, who married Sir Andrew, Baron

of Wyndsore, a lineal descendant of Edward II,

and Elizabeth Plantaganet. Their daughter was --

Lady Edith Wyndsore, who married George Ludlow,

of Hill Deverill, and their son was --

Thomas Ludlow, of Dihton, who died in l607. He married

Jane, daughter of Thomas Pyle. Their son was --

Gabriel Ludlow, who was born in l587, he married

Phillis, their daughter was --

Sarah Ludlow, who died in l668. Sarah became fourth

wife of John Carter of "Cartotman,"VA. Their son --

Col. Robert Carter, who was called "King Carter" because

of his large estates and extensive authority. He left

an estate of over 300,000 acres, 1,000 slaves, and more

than l0,000 pounds of sterling. Robert Carter married

Judith Armistead in l688, daughter of John Armistead of

Hesse, Gloucester County, VA.. Their son --

John Carter, married in l723, Elizabeth Hill, daughter

of Col. Edward Hill of "Shirley," Charles City County,

VA. Elizabeth inherited the estate of her father and it

became know as the Carter estate. Elizabeth Hill Carter

married William Byrd III, of Westover, VA.. They had --

Thomas Taylor Byrd, married Mary Ann, daughter of Maria

Carter and William Armistead, of "Hesse," Gloucester Co.

CARTERS OF VIRGINIA

Col. John Carter of England and VIrginia, was the son of

The Honorable William Carter of Casstown, Hereford County,

England, and the Middle Temple. Colonel John was born in

England in 1620 and died in l669 at "Cartoman," his home in

Lancaster County, Virginia. He lived first in Lower

Norfolk, in l649, and represented that county in the House of

Burgesses. Later he moved to Lancaster County, Virginia,

and built his home, "Cartoman," near the Cartoman River. He

served as a Burgess from Lancaster County, where Christ

Church stood later. This church is considered the finest

example of pure Colonial church architecture in America

today.