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Beatrix Houghton

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  1. 1.  Beatrix Houghton was born in 1685.

    Family/Spouse: John Pope. John was born in 1658; died in 1689. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Beatrix Pope  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Beatrix Pope Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beatrix1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

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

    Notes:

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

    Beatrix married Elias Sawyer on yes, date unknown. Elias (son of Thomas Sawyer and Hannah Lewis) was born in 1689 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Nov 1752 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Thankful Sawyer  Descendancy chart to this point 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..
    2. 4. Elijah Sawyer  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 24 Mar 1716/17 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    3. 5. Elisha Sawyer  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 17 Aug 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    4. 6. Betty Sawyer  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 25 Feb 1722 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    5. 7. Prudence Sawyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Sep 1726 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 18 Nov 1726 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Thankful Sawyer Descendancy chart to this point (2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) 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..

    Notes:

    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

    Thankful married Nathaniel Carter on 09 Feb 1731/32 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of Samuel Carter and Dorothy Wilder) was born in 1706 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jul 1787 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Elizabeth Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Feb 1734 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Apr 1760 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    2. 9. Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Dec 1735 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Mar 1812 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A..
    3. 10. Elias Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1737 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Dec 1821 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    4. 11. Susannah Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Apr 1739 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Dec 1777 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    5. 12. Abigail Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 May 1741 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jun 1813 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    6. 13. Prudence Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 May 1741 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died after 1778.
    7. 14. Elisha Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Sep 1743 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 29 Sep 1743 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 1746 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    8. 15. Samuel Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Aug 1746 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    9. 16. Elisha Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jul 1748 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    10. 17. Asa Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 May 1750 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1822 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    11. 18. Thankful Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jun 1752 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in — in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

  2. 4.  Elijah Sawyer Descendancy chart to this point (2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was christened on 24 Mar 1716/17 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

  3. 5.  Elisha Sawyer Descendancy chart to this point (2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was christened on 17 Aug 1718 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 7 Oct 2020

    Elisha married Ruth White on 7 Jan 1741 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Ruth (daughter of Deacon Josiah White and Abigail Whitcomb) was born on 9 Feb 1715/16 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Elisha married Susanna Huck on 8 Mar 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 6.  Betty Sawyer Descendancy chart to this point (2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was christened on 25 Feb 1722 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

  5. 7.  Prudence Sawyer Descendancy chart to this point (2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 24 Sep 1726 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 18 Nov 1726 in Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Elizabeth Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 9 Feb 1734 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Apr 1760 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 10 Jan 1753; Jotham Bennett. Issue: 1. Samuel Bennett (1753-____) 2. Elizabeth Bennett (1755-____) 3. Thankful Bennett (1758-____)


  2. 9.  Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 17 Dec 1735 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Mar 1812 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A..

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Moved To: About 1761, Stoddard, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; About 1761 he moved to Stoddard, New Hampshire.
    • Military: 19 Apr 1775; He was a lieutenant in Capt. Joshua Wood's Company and marched to the alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge. He served for 12 days. He later was Captain of the 1st Leominster Company, Col. Abijah Stearn's Regiment, He was commissioned a Captain 23 March 1776. He marched to Williamstown 22 August 1777 and served for 11 days. Later he was under Col. Job Cushing and served from 5 September 1777 to 12 October 1777 in the Northern Department.
    • Moved To: Before 1787, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; He returned to Leominster before the death of his first wife in 1787 and lived on the Bee Hill farm with his father.
    • Last Full Review: 25 Jun 2020

    Notes:

    Birth: He is also listed in the complied vital records of Leominster, this probably being a record of the early settlers.

    Name:


    Died:
    He died of lung fever.

    Nathaniel married Dorothy Joslin on 26 Jun 1760 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Dorothy was born on 10 May 1741; died on 27 Jan 1787 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Nathaniel married Prudence Wilder on 20 May 1790 in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Prudence was born on 24 Jul 1751 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 10.  Elias Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 24 Nov 1737 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Dec 1821 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: 1755; Elias served in Samuel Willard's company, Col. John Whitcomb's regiment in the Crown Point Expedition in 1755.
    • Moved To: 1774, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
    • Military: 1775; He served in the Revolution, his son, Elijah accompanying him.

    Notes:

    Name:
       

    Elias married Deborah White on 15 Nov 1760 in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of Josiah White and Deborah House) was born on 24 Dec 1739 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Jun 1810 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Elijah Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jan 1762 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jul 1834 in Gerry, Chataqua County, New York.
    2. 20. Elizabeth Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1763 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Jan 1843 in Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery #01, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A..
    3. 21. Elias Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jul 1765 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1849 in Cincinnatus, Courtland County, New York.
    4. 22. Benjamin Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Apr 1767 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Jan 1842 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    5. 23. Deborah Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan 1769 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
    6. 24. Luke Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jan 1771 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1852 in Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    7. 25. Thomas Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 May 1773 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jun 1832 in Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    8. 26. Thankful Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jan 1775 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    9. 27. Susannah Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Apr 1777 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died in Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    10. 28. Patty Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan 1779 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Apr 1856; was buried in Humphreys Hollows Cemetery, Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York.
    11. 29. Chandler Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Oct 1780 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Aug 1864 in Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan.
    12. 30. Willis Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Sep 1782 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died in 1827 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    13. 31. Prudence Carter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1784 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

  4. 11.  Susannah Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 20 Apr 1739 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 5 Dec 1777 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 1757; Deacon John Joslin, the son of John and Lucy (Wilder) Joslin. He was born in 1735 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He and Susannah Carter filed marriage intentions on 5 December 1757. John was chosen as a Deacon on 30 March 1769 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died 6 September 1810 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Joslin (1758-1836) 2. Susannah Joslin (1760-____) 3. Nathaniel Joslin (1761-____) 4. Dorothy Joslin 5. David Joslin (1765-____) 6. Elias Joslin (1765-1824) 7. Luke Joslin (1771-1824) 8. Lucy Joslin (1773-1846) 9. Sally Joslin (1775-____)


  5. 12.  Abigail Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 10 May 1741 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jun 1813 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 12 Feb 1760, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas Wilder. He was born on 15 September 1757 and he died 6 January 1802 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Abel Wilder (1760-1825) 2. Elizabeth Wilder (1762-____) 3. Vashti Wilder (1764-____) 4. Peter Andrew Wilder (1765-1855) 5. Lucretia Wilder 6. Abigail Wilder (____-1831)

    Notes:

    Birth:
    She was a twin.


  6. 13.  Prudence Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 10 May 1741 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died after 1778.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: 10 Mar 1758, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Ebenezer Colburn Issue: 1. Beatrice Colburn (1759-1828) 2. Ebenezer Colburn (1761-____) 3. Elisha Colburn (1764-____) 4. Prudence Colburn (1765-____) 5. Elisha Colburn (1772-1850) 6. Nabby Colburn (1770-____) 7. Elijah Colburn (1772-1850) 8. Thankful Colburn (1774-1852) 9. Nathaniel Colburn (1776-1840) 10. Susannah Colburn (1778-____)


  7. 14.  Elisha Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 11 Sep 1743 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was christened on 29 Sep 1743 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 1746 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Christened:
    She was christened by the Rev. John Rogers. Elisha was the first child baptized at the First Church of Leominster.


  8. 15.  Samuel Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 1 Aug 1746 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: say 1800; Samuel probably spent his adult life in Buckland, Massachusetts. While the early records of Buckland have been destroyed, their are remembrances of "Uncle Sam". He was blind, but intelligent and active.


  9. 16.  Elisha Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 12 Jul 1748 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Moved To: Abt 1777, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
    • Married: 27 Jun 1777, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Relief Joslin, the daughter of John and Lucy (Wilder) Joslin. She was born on 3 April 1756 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and she died in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Wilder Carter 2. Elisha Carter 3. Dolly Carter 4. Relief Carter 5. Lucy Carter 6. Thomas Carter 7. John Carter (1783-1828)


  10. 17.  Asa Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 6 May 1750 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1822 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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."


  11. 18.  Thankful Carter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thankful3, 2.Beatrix2, 1.Beatrix1) was born on 6 Jun 1752 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in — in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 19 May 2020

    Thankful married Captain Gardner Wilder on 24 May 1775 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Gardner was born on 9 Jun 1748 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1807 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery #01, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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