Mary Carter

1673 - 1715  (35 years)

• Name	Mary Carter
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	24 Jul 1673	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Married	Abt 1692 (Age 19)  [1, 4, 5, 6]
  Nathaniel Sawyer, the son of Thomas and Mary (Prescott) Sawyer. He was born on 24 November 1670 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. His birth date was recorded as 24 (9) 1670. After Mary's death, and before 1715 Nathaniel, married second, Elizabeth _____. He died on Wednesday 10 November 1756 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Amos Sawyer (1693-____) 2. Samuel Sawyer (1697-1784) 3. Ephraim Sawyer (c1698-____) 4. Ezra Sawyer (1702-____) 5. John Sawyer (1705-____) 6. Manassah Sawyer (1707-____) 7. Thomas Sawyer (1711-____) 8. Phineas Sawyer (1714-____) 9. Eunice Sawyer (c1715-____) 10. Nathaniel Sawyer (1716-____) 11. Mary Sawyer (1716-____) 12. Jonathan Sawyer (c1721-____)
  Death	1709 to 1715  [1]
  Complier's Note	2000  [1]
  There has been much speculation as to Mary's maiden name. Torry (1985) gave it as "Houghton", while Hill (1946) gave it as "Wilder." I have followed the lead of Lesure (2000) in this matter.
  Siblings	8 Siblings
  1. Mary Carter,   b. 24 Jul 1673, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1709 to 1715  (Age 35 years)   2. Samuel Carter,   b. 27 Aug 1675, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 10 Sep 1676, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 1 year) + 3. Samuel Carter,   b. 7 Jan 1677/78, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 23 Aug 1738, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 60 years) ▻ Dorothy Wilder,  m. Mar 1701   4. John Carter,   b. 14 Mar 1680, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1705, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 24 years)   5. Thomas Carter,   b. 3 Apr 1682, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 31 Mar 1738, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 55 years)   6. Nathaniel Carter,   b. 7 Apr 1685, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   7. Eunice Carter,   b. 29 Mar 1687, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   8. Abigial Carter,   b. May 1689, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. young, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   9. Abigial Carter,   b. May 1689, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. young, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I16317
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Rev. Samuel Carter,   b. 8 Aug 1640, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1693, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Eunice Brooks,   b. 10 Oct 1655, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Marriage	1672	Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 31 years and 4 months - She : ~ 16 years and 2 months.
  Family ID	F1573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Jul 1673 - Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1194] Lesure, Frank G. "Mary Carter, First Wife of Nathaniel Sawyer of Lancaster, Massachusetts", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 75, January 2000). [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). [S966] Sewall, Samuel. The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass 1868 Reprint , (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1990). [S1050] Barlow, Claude W. "The Children of Thomas Sawyer of Lancaster" , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 30, 1954). [S1028] Morse, Abner. A Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume III , (Boston: H.W. Dutton & Son, 1861). [S994] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Lancaster Records", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XVI, 1862).