Sarah Ludlow was the daughter of Gabriel
Ludlow (Lu11) and Phylis
Born about 1635 in Dinton, Wilts. England.
Married about 1656 Col. John Carter
of Lancaster County, Virginia
Died:
Children:
(Ct9-4) Sarah Carter
(Ct9-5) Charles Carter
(Ct9) Robert Carter (1663 - 1732)
The Ludlow pedigree down to Sarah Ludlow 3rd great grandmother of Samuel
Smith Nicholas had long been registered at the College of Arms. But proving
that the Sarah Ludlow who married John Carter was the same one registered
at the College of Arms as well as the further connections down to the children
of George Nicholas (Ni4) was a task that from 1972 to 1974
busied the author (He1-2) collecting the wills of Robert Carter (Ct9) and
Robert Carter Nicholas as well as Gen. Charles Parsons Nicholas (Ni3-5-?)
who produced copies of the S.S. Nicholas Bible and from the Filson Club.
Finally an unknown cousin (possibly Pres. Jimmy Carter) who had one of
the other Heralds working independently on this part of the problem managed
to get a certified copy of Sarah’s grandmother’s will which mentioned her
as well as evidence of the descent of Robert Carter (Ct9) from Sarah. This
reduced our problem to proving that Samuel Smith Nicholas (Ni5) was indeed
the son of George Nicholas (Ni6) (primary evidence had been found for everything
else but no original birth certification or will could be produced).
With the help of the Filson Club in Louisville so many articles (secondary
evidence generally unacceptable at the College of Arms) more contemporary
to him (Ni5) were found evidencing his eminent legal career and testifying
to the relationship that Rodney Dennis, Somerset Herald of Arms, was persuaded
that nothing else could be the truth. Indeed, such a magnificent apple
must have fallen from a worthy tree.
1653 Apr 20, Cromwell routed the English parliament, which seems to be about the time three children of Gabriel Ludlow left England to settle in Virginia. Roger Ludlow had first settled Boston early in the Civil War but soon moved to Conncticut.
1650 Ludlow's Code, Colonial
American laws, came about when Connecticut's general court asked Roger
Ludlow, a member of the court, to draft a body of laws. Without the impartiality
of an established set of laws, Connecticut colonists had complained of
the capriciousness of magistrates.
(HNQ, 8/4/98)