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==Early life==

==Early life==

Braxton was born at Newington Plantation, on the Mattaponi River, in King and Queen County, Virginia. His grandfather was a landowner and the wealthiest man in Virginia. His father was a politically influential planter and his mother died giving birth. Braxton graduated from the College of William and Mary. He married at age 19 but his wife would die two years later in child birth.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/braxton.htm Carter Braxton, USHistory.org]</ref> The following year, he left for an extended visit to [[England]] where he attended Cambridge University. Braxton returned to Virginia in 1760 and at the age of 25, in 1761, Carter remarried and entered the House of Burgesses.

Braxton was born at Newington Plantation, on the Mattaponi River, in King and Queen County, Virginia. His grandfather Robert "King" Carter was a landowner and the wealthiest man in Virginia. His father was a politically influential planter and his mother died giving birth. Braxton graduated from the College of William and Mary. He married Judith Robinson when he was 19, but his wife would die two years later in child birth.<ref>[http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/braxton.htm Carter Braxton, USHistory.org]</ref>

 

The following year, he left for an extended visit to [[England]] where he attended Cambridge University. Braxton returned to Virginia in 1760 and at the age of 25, in 1761, Carter remarried to Elizabeth Corbin and entered the House of Burgesses.

==Politics==

==Politics==