Author: Carr, William
Biography:
CARR, William (fl 1810-14)
He was from Newry and the subscription lists to Rosstrevor and Amaruth and Zara indicate that he was part of the town’s literate, polite society. Rosstrevor is dedicated to the members of the Newry Reading Society, founded 1809. That his Zanga and Mona was published in Glasgow in 1812 suggests he could have been the William Carr who was the eldest son of Thomas and Mary Carr of Newry and studied at the University of Glasgow (MA 1814). Further evidence for his being in Scotland is his Journal of a Tour from Edinburgh to the Highlands (Newry, 1814). This William Carr was born in about 1789, ordained on 23 Mar. 1815, and served as minister of the Secession church in Berry Street, Belfast. He published two sermons: The Conversion of Seamen (1823) and The Importance of Religious Education (1822). He died 5 Mar. 1847 and was buried with his parents in the Presbyterian cemetery in Newry. (O’Donoghue; findagrave.com 7 Jan. 2022) SR