Asa Carter

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• Moved To: abt1774, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Married: 7 May 1774, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Betty Wood. She was born on 27 September 1753 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and she died 15 January 1811 in Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Issue: 1. Eunice Carter (1774-1816) 2. Nathaniel Carter (1776-1784) 3. Joel Carter (1778-1825) 4. Asa Carter (1780-1833) 5. Abel Carter (1780-1844) 6. Betty Carter (1782-1782) 7. Betty Carter (1783-1784) 8. Jonas Carter (1785-1810) 9. Sewell Carter (1788-1821)
• Moved To: Abt 1781, Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; According to Carter (1887), "The tradition is that the way was marked only by cuts upon the trees; that he carried the two oldest children on one horse, while his wife followed with the twins, about a year old, on another."
• Moved To: Abt 1783, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• History: say 1800; According to Carter (1887), "He became blind, and many stories are told of his keen perception of persons and things, although deprived of sight. Hearing what he supposed to be a bear about the house one night, he seized an axe and threw it in the direction of the noise; the next morning a bear's foot and bloody tracks were found, and in a few weeks a bear which had lost one foot was killed in the woods near by."

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• Offices Held: 9 Jul 1740, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected as a Selectman on the town's first board.
• Religion: 1743; He was one of the sixteen who subscribe to the covenant of the First Church of Leominster, Massachusetts thus establishing it on 25 September 1743.

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Buried:
In Memory of
Mr. Nathaniel Carter
who departed this life
July 20, 1787
in the 79th year of his age

Nathaniel married Thankful Sawyer on 09 Feb 1731/32 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Thankful (daughter of Elias Sawyer and Beatrix Pope) was born in 1715; was christened on 24 Mar 1716/17 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Dec 1755 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
In Memory of
Mrs. Thankful Carter
wife of Mr. Nathaniel Carter
who died Decembr ye 5th, 1755
in ye 41st year of her age

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• Offices Held: 1723, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman.

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Birth:
His birth was recorded as 7 (11) 1677.

Died:
Carter (1887) gives his death date as 30 Aug 1738.

Samuel married Dorothy Wilder in Mar 1701 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Dorothy (daughter of Lt. Nathaniel Wilder and Mary Sawyer) was born in 1686 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Aug 1738 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Miscellaneous: 20 Oct 1708, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; On 20 October 1708, he was taken to Canada along with his father as a captive. There he and his father helped build the first mill in exchange for their freedom. When finally allowed to go home, Elias Sawyer brought, with other things, a curiously glazed plate of red earthen ware, which was handed down from generation to generation. It finally was given to the Lancaster library, by the will of Ellsworth Sawyer, the last male descendant of that line.
• Religion: 24 Mar 1716/17, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; On 24 March 1716/17 Elias and Beatrix owned covenant in the Lancaster Church at which time their two oldest children were baptized.
• Last Full Review: 30 Jul 2020

Elias married Beatrix Pope on yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 24 Mar 1716/17, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts

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Religion:
Elias and Beatrix owned covenant in the Lancaster Church at which time their two oldest children were baptized.

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Children: The children are listed in both the Lancaster and the Bolton vital records.

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• Graduation: 1660, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He graduated from Harvard College.
• History: 4 Jan 1665/66, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was admitted as a townsman.
• Offices Held: 1679, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was elected a Selectman. He served again from 1681 through 1683.
• Offices Held: 1680; He was appointed the Commissioner of Rates.
• Occupation: 1685 to 1686; He was appointed by the town as a Teacher of Grammar School.
• Offices Held: 1690; He was elected the Town Clerk.
• History: 21 Oct 1692, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Rev. Samuel Carter participated in an ordinance.
• Inventory: 17 Oct 1693; Samuel's estate was inventoried.
• Estate Admin: 30 Oct 1693, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; The estate of Rev. Samuel Carter was administered.

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Birth:
His birth date was recorded as 8 (6) 1640.

Samuel married Eunice Brooks in 1672 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Eunice (daughter of John Brooks and Eunice Mousall) was born on 10 Oct 1655 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: He was involved in the killing of some Indians and showing his hatred to some friendly Indians during King Philip's War along with Daniel Hoar. They were released by the General Court upon payment of £20 to each of the Indians involved.
• Moved To: 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He removed to Sudbury when Lancaster was destroyed during the War. They returned to Lancaster after 1681 where they may have had more children and he ran an inn.
• History: 1688; He was paid forty shillings by Lancaster for the killing of two wolves.

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Died:
He was killed by Indians. During Queen Anne's War, he was the commander of a garrison house and was shot in the thigh by Indians near that house in the attack of 30 July 1704. He soon died of the wound.

Nathaniel married Mary Sawyer on 24 Jan 1673/74 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Sawyer and Mary Prescott) was born on 4 Jan 1652/53 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 1705; Mary testified that while her brother was held captive by the Indians in 1705, she took care of her father and mother.
• Living: 5 Nov 1740; This was the date when her father's estate was settled.
• Estate Admin: 22 Jan 1740/41, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; The estate of Mary (Sawyer) Wilder was administered by Capt. Ephraim Wilder.

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Birth:
Her birth was recorded as 4 (11) 1652.

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• History: 1676; After the attack of 1676, he was one of the petitioners to the General Court for relief.
• Moved to: Abt 1677, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas was one of the first settlers to return to Lancaster after the destruction of 1676.
• Military: 1704, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; His house became a garrison and he its commander.
• History: 1705; He was captured by Indians in 1705 and was taken to Canada along with his son, Elias, and John Bigelow. Thomas was supposedly tied to a stake for torture when a friar brandished a key and threatened the Indians with opening the door to Purgatory and casting them into the eternal fires. This was probably on request by the French Governor who wished Thomas' skill in building a mill on the Chambly River. There he and his son helped build the first mill in exchange for their freedom.

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Birth:
His birth was recorded as 2 (5) 1649.

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Thomas married Hannah Lewis on 21 Nov 1672 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of William Lewis and Amy Wells) was born on 18 Mar 1648/49 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died before 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Their marriage date was recorded as 21 (9) 1672.

John married Beatrix Houghton. Beatrix (daughter of Robet Houghton and Esther Lippenwell) was born in 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]