Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Carr, David
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Doylestown A-L


DAVID CARR P.O. Fountainville, was born in Plumstead 
township, Bucks county, May 19, 1817, and is a son of 
Jonathan and Macrea (Worthington) Carr, natives of this 
county.  His grandfather, David, was a farmer and lived in 
Plumstead township.  He was a strict Quaker.  The Carr 
family are of Scotch descent and were among the early 
settlers of this county.  Our subject's father was a farmer 
in Plumstead township, where he owned a good tract of land, 
which he afterward sold and lived retired.  He was the 
father of seven children:  Hannah, Macrea, Martha, William 
W. and David, living, and Jane and Mary, deceased.  David 
Carr was reared on a farm in Plumstead township, until he 
was 28 years old, when he was married.  He then bought and 
removed to the place where he now resides.  He has made many 
improvements since living here.  He was married October 5, 
1843, to Maria, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Strawn) 
Hill of Doylestown township.  Mr. and Mrs. Carr are the 
parents of seven children, five of whom are living:  
Henrietta, wife of Charles Worthington; Jennie; Hannah M., 
wife of Abram S. Johnson; William and Harvey.  Those 
deceased are Macrea E. and Lewis W.   Mr. Carr is an 
enterprising and worthy citizen.