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DESCENDENTS of  REV. THOMAS CARTER

                                                                                                                      

 

1. Rev. Thomas Carter. Born abt 1610. Thomas died on 5 Sep 1684; he was 70.

            Thomas married Mary Parkhurst. Mary died on 28 Mar 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA.

                They had  child:

                      2            i.            Thomas (1655-1722)

 

2. Thomas Carter. Born on 8 Jun 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex Co. Thomas died after 1722.

            Thomas married Margaret Whitmore.

                They had  child:

                      3            i.            Thomas (1686-1772)

 

3. Thomas Carter. Born on 13 Jun 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA. Thomas died on 18 Nov 1772; he was 86.

            Thomas first married Abigail Locke. Abigail died on 10 Apr 1729.

               On 9 Dec 1730 when Thomas was 44, he second married Sarah Gilbert. Sarah died in Hebron, LitchfieldCo, CT.

                They had  child:

          4          i.            John (1736-1816)

 

4. John Carter. Born on 18 Jun 1736 in Hebron, LitchfieldCo, CT. John died in Warren, LitchfieldCo, CT, on 29 Dec 1816; he was 80.

                John married Bethiah Tiffany. Born on 24 Oct 1735 in Ashford, CT. Bethiah died in Warren, LitchfieldCo, CT, on 31 Dec 1762; she was 27.

                They had  child:

                      5            i.            Jirah (1761-1836)

 

5. Jirah Carter. Born on 26 Apr 1761 in Warren/Kent Twp, Litchfield Co, CT. Jirah died in Carlisle, MongomeryCo?, NY, on 24 Apr 1836; he was 74.

             On 27 Nov 1783 when Jirah was 22, he first married Desire Bates, daughter of Isaac Bates & Jemima Carter, in Warren, LitchfieldCo, CT.

             Desire died in 1805 in Fly Creek, near Cooperstown, OtsegoCo, NY.

             Desire Bates Carter died in Fly Creek but had lived in White Creek, NY (near Hoosick).

              There may be another daughter Mary Ann by another marriage.

 

                They had the following children:

                      i.            Lorra (1785->1855)

                     ii.            Selden. Born on 26 Jun 1787 in Warren Twp, Litchfield Co, CT.

          6         iii.            Ashbel\Ashpel (Ashbal) (1789-)

                    iv.            Armely. Born in 1793 in Warren Twp, Litchfield Co, CT.

                     v.            Jirah_"Irish" (1795-1870)

           

                        (NOTE:  The children Lorra, Selden, Ashbel, and Armely listed above with birthdates are listed in the  Barbour Collection of CT Vital Records.

                        Information about Jirah "Irish" born 1795  was obtained by Nancy Carter Meikle, sister of James J. Carter, from a descendant on the internet.

                        (FURTHER NOTE:  DNA results substantiate the pedigree of James J. Carter to Rev. Thomas Carter above through Ashbel Carter b. 1789.)

 

             On 16 Dec 1805 when Jirah was 44, he second married Sarah McCollough, in Warren, Litchfield Co, CT. Sarah died on 8 May 1846 in NY.

                They had one child:

                      i.            Desire.

                                    Desire married Armstrong.

 

6. Rev. Ashbel\Ashpel (Ashbal) Carter. Born in 1789 in Warren, LitchfieldCo, CT (see FURTHER NOTE: above)

            Ashbel\Ashpel (Ashbal) married Penelope "Nellie" Cronk, daughter of Stephen Cronkhite & Caty Freeman. Born in 1795/1798 in NY.

            Penelope "Nellie" died aft 1870; she was 75.  Ashbel is listed as head of family in the 1830 US census NY Cattaraugus Co Farmersville.

                They had the following children:

                      i.            Selden. Born abt 1811 in NY.

          7         ii.            Lorenzo (1817-1902)

                     iii.            Cordelia (Cornelia) (1820-1870)

                    iv.            Eliza (1827-1911)

                     v.            Amelia. Born in 1830 in NY.

                    vi.            William "Lewis" (1831-)

 

7. Lorenzo Carter. Born on 25 Jul 1817 in CattaraugusCo, NY. Lorenzo died in BoothTwp, PaloAltoCo, IA, on 11 Feb 1902; he was 84.

             Buried in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA, No tIn Carter Plot.

             On 25 Jan 1840 when Lorenzo was 22, he first married Mary A. Older, daughter of William Older & Hannah Parker, in WI.

               Mary born on 25 Sep 1822 in Farmersville, CattaraugusCo, NY.

               Mary A. died in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA, on 17 Dec 1882; she was 60. Buried in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA, LoneTreeCemetery.

               Mary taught school in Walworth Co, WI in 1840 with husband Lorenzo. Head stone in Lone Tree Cemetery, SiouxRapids says she died at 60yrs2mons22days.

 

                They had the following children:

                      i.            Wesley (1842-1913)

          8         ii.            James Elliot (1844-1922)

                     iii.            Maretta "Retta". Born on 20 Sep 1846 in IL. Maretta "Retta" died in Fredericksburg, ChickasawCo, IA, in 1857; she was 10. Buried in Fredericksburg, ChickasawCo, West Cemetery, IA.

                    iv.            Clara. Born on 17 Oct 1851. Clara died on 20 Nov 1851; she was <1.

                     v.            Mary. Born on 15 May 1853. Mary died on 15 May 1853; she was <1.

                    vi.            Ida_May. Born on 18 Feb 1854/1855. Ida_May died in Clermont, FayetteCo, IA, in 1874; she was 19.

                                    Married at Pleasant Valley,IA 29 Nov 1873 J. B. Dennis.

 

             On 16 Jun 1888 when Lorenzo was 70, he second married Mary Clemons_Miller, daughter of William Clemons & Nancy Older, in Storm Lake,

              Buena VistaCo, IA. Born in 1840 in Indiana.

 

8. James Elliot Carter. Born on 17 Nov 1844 in BelvidereTwp, BooneCo, IL. James Elliot died in CedarRapidsTwp, LinnCo, IA, on 26 Apr 1922; he was 77.

             Buried in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, LoneTreeCemetery, IA.

               On 5 Sep 1866 when James Elliot was 21, he married Mary_Jane Brainard, daughter of Otis Goodman Brainard & Harriet "Hannah" N. Dickinson, in Clermont, FayetteCo, MethodistChurch, IA. Born on 14 Sep 1846 in Springfield, HampdenCo, MA. Mary_Jane died in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA, on 22 Oct 1898; she was 52. Buried in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA, LoneTreeCemetery. Death date also listed as 1888

 

                They had the following children:

                      i.            Hattie. Hattie died in 1894 in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA. Buried in LoneTreeCemetery, SiouxRapids, IA.

          9         ii.            Wallace Elmer (1871-1918)

                     iii.            Donna (1875-)

                    iv.            Morden Emery (1876-)

                     v.            Lorenzo Otis "Ren". Born on 9 Sep 1877.

                                    Lived in Washington State.

                    vi.            Frank Brainard (1883-)

 

9. Wallace Elmer Carter. Born on 14 Aug 1871/1872 in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA. Wallace Elmer died in Windom, CottonwoodCo, GreatBendTwp, MN, on 16 Dec 1918; he was 47.   Buried in Windom, CottonwoodCo, LakeviewCemetery, MN.

            Died at home - on the farm outside of town which he bought in 1910. Farmed and ran livery stable in Windom.

             On 11 Nov 1903 when Wallace Elmer was 32, he married Alice Skinner, daughter of David Crockett Skinner & Sissil akaSidsel Larsen Rema(Reine,Rime), in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA. Born on 7 Apr 1879 in Sioux Rapids, BuenaVistaCo, IA. Alice died in Windom, CottonwoodCo, LakeviewCemetery, MN,on 25 Mar 1963; she was 83. Buried in Windom, CottonwoodCo, MN.

 

                They had the following children:

                    10            i.            Don Kenneth (1904-1986)

                                    ii.            Ruth (1907-2002)

 

10. Don Kenneth Carter. Born on 30 Dec 1904 in Windom, CottonwoodCo, MN. Don Kenneth died in Rochester, OlmstedCo, MN, on 22 Nov 1986; he was 81. Buried on 22 Nov 1986 in Minneapolis, HennepinCo, MN, LakewoodCemetery.

                        On 11 Nov 1933 when Don Kenneth was 28, he first married Mary Elizabeth Smiley, daughter of Dr. Thomas Benjamin Smiley & Bernice Loran Brown, in Mt. Vernon, DavisonCo, at the brides home, SD.  Born on 23 Jul 1907 in Mt. Vernon, DavisonCo, SD, AtHome. Mary Elizabeth died in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co, MN, on 28 Aug 1969; she was 62. Buried on 28 Aug 1969 in Minneapolis, HennepinCo, MN, LakewoodCemetery.

 

                They had the following children:

                                    i.            Nancy Ann  (living)

                    11            ii.            James John  (living) - FamilyTreeDNA #37921


Submitters
Jim Carter and Nancy Carter Meikle

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