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Robert Carter also known as King Carter (1663 – August 4, 1732) was a colonist in Virginia and had become one of the wealthiest men in the colonies. As President of the Governor's Council of the Virginia Colony, he was acting Governor in 1726-1727 after the death in office of Governor Drysdale.

He acquired the moniker "King" from his wealth and autocratic business methods. Robert Carter was born in Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia to John Carter (1620-1669) of London, England and Sarah Ludlow (1635-1668) of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire. He married Judith Armistead in 1688 in Hesse, Lancaster County, Virginia. After her death in 1699, he married Elizabeth Landon in 1701.

The following children were born to Robert and Judith in Corotoman, Lancaster County, Virginia:

• Elizabeth Carter (1688-1721) who married first Nathaniel Burwell (1680-1721) in 1709 {grandparents of Thomas Nelson, Jr.} and second George Nicholas;
• John Carter (1690-1743) who died on April 30, 1743; {his son Charles Carter, Esq., of Shirley (1732-1806), married Ann Butler Moore (a granddaughter of Alexander Spotswood and a descendant of Thomas More and King Robert II of Scotland through the 2nd Earls of Crawford [1]) and was the father of Anne Hill Carter the second wife of Henry Lee-parents of Robert Edward Lee}.
• Judith Carter I (ca. 1694) who died in infancy and is buried near her mother at Historic Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia;
• Judith Carter II (1695-1750) who, in 1718, married Mann Page I (1691-1730) of Rosewell Plantation, Gloucester County, Virginia and had six children;
• Sarah Carter (1694) who died as an infant.

Robert and Elizabeth had 10 children:

• Anne Carter (1702-1745) who married Benjamin Harrison IV and died on August 12, 1745; {parents of Benjamin Harrison V and grandparents of President William Henry Harrison.}
• Robert Carter II (1704-1734) who married Priscilla Churchill;
• Elizabeth Carter (1705-1706);
• Sarah Carter (1705-1705);
• Charles Carter (1707-1764) who married Anne Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II;
• Ludlow Carter (b. 1709);
• Landon Carter (1710-1778) who married Maria Byrd, daughter of Col. William Byrd II;
• Mary Carter (1712-1736) who married George Braxton; {parents of Carter Braxton}.
• Lucy Carter (1715-1763); and
• George Carter (1718-1742).

Robert Carter died on August 4, 1732 in Lancaster County, Virginia and was buried in Christ Church, Lancaster County, Virginia. On his death in 1732, Carter had left behind 300,000 acres (1,200 km²) of land, 1,000 slaves and 10,000 British pounds in cash.

• Robert Carter III
• Carter's Grove Plantation

• Robert "King" Carter lineage
• Catesby ap Roger Jones included is lineage of Robert "King" Carter from King Ferdinand III of Castile
• Robert "King" Carter's son John Carter to Elizabeth Hill of Plantation "Shirley"
• Anne Hill Carter Lee her parents were Anne Butler Moore married to Charles Carter of Shirley Plantation.

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