Asa Carter

1750 - 1822  (71 years)

• Name	Asa Carter
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	6 May 1750	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Moved To	abt1774 (Age 24)	Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Married	7 May 1774 (Age 24)	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1]
  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 (Age 31)	Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire   [1]
  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 (Age 33)	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1]
  History	say 1800  [1]
  	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."
  Death	21 Jan 1822	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1]
  	Agency: at the home of his son Abel
  Siblings	10 Siblings
  1. Elizabeth Carter,   b. 9 Feb 1734, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 24 Apr 1760, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 26 years)   2. Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.,   b. 17 Dec 1735, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 13 Mar 1812, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years) ▻ Dorothy Joslin,  m. 26 Jun 1760 ;   Prudence Wilder,  m. 20 May 1790 + 3. Elias Carter,   b. 24 Nov 1737, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 21 Dec 1821, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years) ▻ Deborah White,  m. 15 Nov 1760   4. Susannah Carter,   b. 20 Apr 1739, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 5 Dec 1777, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 38 years)   5. Abigail Carter,   b. 10 May 1741, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 18 Jun 1813, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years)   6. Prudence Carter,   b. 10 May 1741, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. After 1778  (Age 37 years)   7. Elisha Carter,   b. 11 Sep 1743, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 8 May 1746, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 2 years)   8. Samuel Carter,   b. 1 Aug 1746, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts   9. Elisha Carter,   b. 12 Jul 1748, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts   10. Asa Carter,   b. 6 May 1750, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 21 Jan 1822, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)   11. Thankful Carter,   b. 6 Jun 1752, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. —, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts ▻ Captain Gardner Wilder,  m. 24 May 1775
  Person ID	I12847
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Carter,   b. 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 20 Jul 1787, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Thankful Sawyer,   b. 1715   d. 5 Dec 1755, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	09 Feb 1731/32	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years and 2 months - She : ~ 17 years and 2 months.
  Family ID	F3338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 6 May 1750 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Moved To - abt1774 - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts Married - 7 May 1774 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Moved To - Abt 1781 - Jaffrey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire Moved To - Abt 1783 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 21 Jan 1822 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [s234] Carter, Clara A and Sarah A. Carter. Carter - A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, sons of Rev. Samuel Carter, (Clinton, Massachusetts: W. J. Coulter, Courant Office, 1887).