Saturday, March 22, 2014

Surname Saturday - CARTER (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #887, who is Abigail CARTER (1686-1752)
.   [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this CARTER family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)


6.  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)
7.  Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

12.  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946)
13.  Abbey Ardell Smith (1862-1944)

26.  Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1884)
27.  Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931)

54.  Samuekl Vaux (1814-1880)
55.  Mary Ann Underhill (1816-1883)

110.  Amos Underhill (1772-1865)
111.  Mary Metcalf (1780-1855)

220.  John Underhill (1745-812)
221.  Hannah Colby (1745-????)


442.  Joseph Colby (1707-1768)
443.  Abigail Worthen (1714-????)


886.  Ezekiel Worthen, born 18 May 1672 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died October 1765 in Chester, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.  He was the son of 1772. Ezekiel Worthen and 1773. Hannah Martin.  He married 26 December 1704 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
887.  Abigail Carter, born 07 March 1686 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 September 1752 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Ezekiel Worthen and Abigail Carter are:
*  Mary Worthen (1705-1784), married 1725 Samuel Goodwin (1704-????).
*  Jacob Worthen (1708-1791), married 1728 Sarah Lancaster (1708-1794).
*  Ezekiel Worthen (1710-1783), married 1733 Hannah Currier (1713-????).
*  Thomas Worthen (1712-1773), married 1734 Jane Martin (1713-????).
*  Abigail Worthen (1714-????), married 1736 Joseph Colby (1707-1768)
*  Hannah Worthen (1716-1750), married 1735 Nathan Colby (1710-1759)
*  Martha Worthen (1721-????).
*  Mehitable Worthen (1722-1806), married 1741 Edmund Elliott (1716-1789).
*  Anne Worthen (1724-????).
*  Samuel Worthen (1727-????)
*  Ephraim Worthen (1728-????).

1774.  John Carter, born 18 May 1650 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 1697 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1679 in Probably Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1775.  Martha Brown, born 05 July 1654 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 04 July 1717 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 3550. William Brown and 3551. Elizabeth Murford.

Children of John Carter and Martha Brown are:
*  Mary Carter (1681-1691).
*  Thomas Carter (1682-1709), married 1706 Anne Martin (1680-????).
*  Abigail Carter (1686-1752), married 1704 Ezekiel Worthen (1672-1765)
*  John Carter (1688-1718), married 1711 Judith Bagley (1690-1724).
*  Samuel Carter (1691-1716).
*  Mary Carter (1691-1691)
*  Ephraim Carter (1693-1798), married 1717 Martha Stevens (1696-1795).
*  Joseph Carter (1695-????).

3548.  Thomas Carter, born 1610 in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England; died before 14 November 1676 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1641.
3549.  Mary

Children of Thomas Carter and Mary are:
*  Mary Carter (1641-1673), married 1663 Joseph Lancaster (1638-1719)
*  Thomas Carter (1643-1669)
*  Martha Carter (1645-1645)
*  Martha Carter (1647-1676)
*  Elizabeth Carter (1649-????)
*  John Carter (1650-1697), married 1679 Martha Brown (1654-1717).
*  Abigail Carter (1653-1676), married 1670 Stephen Flanders (1645-1689).
*  Samuel Carter (1656-1718), married 1703 Sarah (1654-????).
*  Sarah Carter (1659-1696), married 1681 John Davis (1644-????).

Information about these Carter families was obtained from:

*  
Robert Charles Anderson, George E. Sanborn, Jr., Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society,2000-2011), Volume II, C-F, pages 27-30, Thomas Carter sketch, 

*  Vital Record Books for Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts.

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