Family History

13 Apr 2026

I’m going to try and reconstruct the Carr families of Dotland Park, Dotland and the surrounding area based on the evidence I have been gathering over the past week and last year.

George Carr (of Dotland Park)

  • died 1769
  • buried 9 Aug 1769, of Dotland Park (parish register)
  • farmer 1769 (will)
  • will proved 13 Sep 1769 (will)

wife Mary (will)

daughter Elizabeth (will)

  • husband Thomas Hinsonn of Cowgate, Newcastle (father’s will)

daughter Sarah

  • baptised 8 Mar 1740 (parish register)
  • husband Ord (will)
  • of Dalton (will)

daughter Mary

  • husband John Forster or Hartington Hale (father’s will)

son George -> George Carr (of Dotland Park)

son John -> John Carr (of Dotland Park)

John Carr (of Dotland Park)

Son of George Carr (-1769) of Dotland Park

  • born c.1744 (inscription and parish register burial)
  • died 9 Jul 1831 age 87 (inscription)
  • buried 12 Jul 1831, of Dotland Park (parish register)
  • will proved 2 Sep 1831 (will)

wife Thomasine

  • born c.1757 (inscription)
  • died 15 Jan 1793 age 36 or 37 (inscription)
  • buried 18 Jun 1793, of Dotland Park (parish register)

son George

  • buried 26 Jan 1783, of Dotland Park (parish register)

son George

  • born c.1784 (inscription)
  • baptised 7 Mar 1784, of Dotland Park (parish register)
  • died 20 Jun 1868, aged 84 (inscription)
  • executor 1831, from farm at Dotland Park (father’s will)
  • residence Dotland Park 1841 (census)

son John

  • born c.1786 (inscription) or 1784 (death registration)
  • baptised 16 Jul 1786, of Dotland Park (parish register)
  • died 20 Oct 1844, age 58 (inscription), age 60 (death registration)
  • executor 1831, from farm at Dotland Park (father’s will)
  • residence Dotland Park 1841 (census)

daughter Mary

  • born 1787-1791 (1841 census)
  • baptised 1 Feb 1789, of Dotland Park (parish register)
  • husband Dixon (father’s will)
  • residence Dotland Park 1841 (census)
  • daughter Jane b. 1816-1820 (1841 census)

daughter Thomasina

  • baptised 25 Dec 1791, Dotland Park (parish register)
  • husband Samuel Johnson (father’s will)
    • married 20 Apr 1818, Hexham (inscription)
    • died before 1841? (1841 census)
  • died before 1841? (1841 census)
  • daughter Thomasin b. 1821-1825 (1841 census)
  • son John b. 1821-1825 (1841 census)

son Thomas

  • baptised 7 Apr 1793, of Dotland Park (parish register)
  • buried 3 Nov 1794, of Dotland Park (parish register)

George Carr (of Dotland Park)

Son of George Carr (-1769) of Dotland Park

daughter Mary

  • baptised 2 Apr 1773, of Dotland Park (parish register)

daughter Jane

  • baptised 4 Sep 1774, of Dotland Park (parish register)

daughter Deborah

  • baptised 20 Apr 1778, of Dotland Park (parish register)
  • buried 20 Mar 1791, of Dotland Park (parish register)

daughter Margaret

  • baptised 24 Sep 1780, of Dotland Park (parish register)

daughter Hannah

  • baptised 21 Apr 1783, of Dotland Park (parish register)

daughter Sarah

  • baptised 12 Feb 1786, of Dotland Park (parish register)

son George

  • baptised 10 May 1789, of Dotland Park (parish register)

son John

  • baptised 26 Aug 1792, of Dotland Park (parish register)

John Carr (of Dotland)

  • born c.1732 (inscription)
  • died 2 Jan 1789, age 57 (inscription)
  • buried 27 Jan 1789, of Dotland (parish register)

wife Mary

  • born c.1732 (inscription)
  • died 25 Jan 1809, age 77 (inscription)

son Thomas -> Thomas Carr of Dotland

  • baptised 13 Jul 1759, of Dotland (parish register)

son George

  • baptised 1 Jan 1762, of Dotland (parish register)
  • buried 8 Mar 1763, of Dotland (parish register)

daughter Margaret

  • baptised 15 Jul 1764, of Dotland (parish register)

son Joseph

  • baptised 23 Jul 1767, of Dotland (parish register)
  • buried 26 Dec 1770, of Dotland (parish register)

son George -> George Carr of Dotland

  • baptised 3 Sep 1769, of Dotland (parish register)

son Joseph

  • buried 26 Dec 1770, of Dotland (parish register)

daughter Hannah

  • baptised 28 Jun 1772, of Dotland (parish register)

daughter Elizabeth

  • baptised 9 Apr 1775, of Dotland (parish register)

Thomas Carr (of Dotland)

Son of John Carr of Dotland

  • buried Whitley Chapel (inscription)
  • farmer 1813 (parish register)

wife Ann

  • surname: Rollen (parish register)
  • surname Rowland (parish register)
  • buried Whitley Chapel (inscription)
  • residence Dotland 1841 (1841 census)
  • born c.1767-1771 (1841 census)
  • farmer 1841 (census)

son John

  • baptised 5 Jul 1795, of Dotland (parish register)
  • residence Dotland 1841 (1841 census)
  • farmer 1841 (census)

son Thomas

  • baptised 12 Nov 1797, of Dotland (parish register)
  • residence Dotland 1841 (1841 census)
  • farmer 1841 (census)

son George

  • born c.1800 (inscription)
  • baptised 6 Apr 1800, of Dotland (parish register)
  • died 26 May 1805, age 5 (inscription)
  • buried 26 May 1805, of Dotland (parish register)

daughter Mary

  • baptised 19 Aug 1804, of Dotland (parish register)
  • residence Dotland 1841 (census)

daughter Hannah

  • born c.1804 (inscription)
  • died 15 Jun 1806, age 2 (inscription)
  • buried 20 Jun 1806, of Dotland (parish register)

daughter Hannah

  • born c.1808 (inscription)
  • baptised 5 Nov 1808, [–ford] (parish register)
  • died 8 May 1829, age 21 (inscription)
  • buried 11 May 1829, of Dotland (parish register)

son Joseph

  • baptised 16 May 1813, of Dotland (parish register)
  • residence Dotland 1841 (1841 census)
  • farmer 1841 (census)

son George

  • baptised 31 Oct 1819, of Dotland (parish register)
  • residence Dotland 1841 (1841 census)
  • farmer 1841 (census)

George Carr (of Dotland)

Son of John Carr of Dotland

daughter Mary

  • baptised 9 Jan 1803, of Dotland (parish register)

daughter Hannah

  • baptised 20 Oct 1805, of Dotland (parish register)

daughter Elizabeth

  • baptised 6 Nov 1808, of Dotland (parish register)

George Carr (of Peacock House)

  • buried 22 Jan 1776, of Peacock House

son Henry -> Henry of Hill House

  • baptised 1 Jan 1766, of Peacock House (parish register)

daughter Hannah

  • baptised 4 Aug 1768, of Peacock House (parish register)

daughter Elizabeth

  • baptised 21 Apr 1771, of Peacock House (parish register)

daughter Jane

  • baptised 4 Sep 1774, of Peacock House (parish register)

Henry Carr (of Hill House)

Son of George Carr of Peacock House

  • born c.1762-1766 (1841 census)
  • baptised 1 Jan 1766, of Peacock House (parish register)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)
  • labourer 1841 (census)

son George Carr

  • baptised 9 Jan 1790, of Hill House (parish register)

daughter Mary Carr

  • baptised 9 May 1792, of Hill House (parish register)

son Henry Carr

  • baptised 4 Jan 1795, of Hill House (parish register)

son John Carr -> John Carr of High Park House

  • baptised 25 Dec 1798, of Hill House (parish register)

John Carr (of High Park House)

Son of Henry Carr of Hill House

  • born c.1797-1801 (1841 census)
  • baptised 25 Dec 1798, of Hill House (parish register)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)
  • labourer 1841 (census)

wife Elizabeth

  • surname Dargue? (son John’s birth reg)
  • born c.1802-1806 (1841 census)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)

son Henry

  • born c.1832 (1841 census)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)

son Joseph

  • born c.1833 (1841 census)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)

son George

  • born c.1834 (1841 census)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)

daughter Hannah

  • born c.1835 (1841 census)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)

daughter Mary

  • born c.1837 (1841 census)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)

son John

  • born c.1840 (1841 census)
  • born 1839 Stotsford (birth reg.)
  • residence High Park House 1841 (census)

George Carr (of Fine Chambers)

(Fine Chambers is a house near Finechambers Mill)

This is possibly the George who married Elizabeth Liddell on 22 May 1779 at Whitley Chapel.

daughter Elisabeth

  • baptised 16 Jul 1780, of Fine Chambers (parish register)

son George

  • baptised 25 Aug 1782, of Fine Chambers (parish register)

daughter Jane

  • baptised 14 Aug 1785, of Fine Chambers (parish register)

John Carr (of Peth Head House)

  • born c.1792-1796 (1841 census)
  • residence Peth Head Cottage 1841 (census)
  • ore smelter 1841 (census)

wife Mary

  • born c.1797-1801 (1841 census)
  • residence Peth Head Cottage 1841 (census)

daughter Mary

  • born c.1822-1826 (1841 census)
  • residence Peth Head Cottage 1841 (census)

Jane Carr (of Greenways?)

  • born c.1767-1771 (1841 census)
  • residence Greenways? 1841 (census)
  • independent 1841 (census)

Mary Carr (of Greenways?)

  • born c.1782-1786 (1841 census)
  • residence Greenways?n 1841 (census)
  • independent 1841 (census)

John Carr (of Greenways?)

  • born c.1787-1791 (1841 census)
  • residence Greenways? 1841 (census)
  • ag lab 1841 (census)

Jesse? Carr (of Greenways?)

  • born c.1812-1816 (1841 census)
  • residence Greenways? 1841 (census)
  • ag lab 1841 (census)