Elias Carter

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• 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.

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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]

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• Married: 1792; Sarah Bullard. She died 13 January 1834 in Charlotte, Chatauqua County, New York. Issue: 1. Belvidera Carter (1793-1882) 2. Deborah White Carter (1798-1824) 3. Sally Bowers Carter (1804-1866) 4. John Joslin Carter (1804-1820) 5. Tertius Taylor Carter (1807-1885) 6. Lydia Bartlett Carter (1810-1843) 7. Harriet Newell Carter (1815-1862)
• Moved To: say 1800, Chautauqua County, New York; The area known as Holland Purchase.

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• General Information: She used both Betty and Betsey for her first name.
• Miscellaneous: 1823; After her husband died, she received a pension of $300 annually based on his military service. In 2021, adjusted for inflation, that is about $9,500 per year.
• Will: 5 Jan 1843; She made her will on 5 January 1843.
• Last Full Review: 4 Dec 2021

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Birth: The published Leominster Vital Records give her birth date as 28 July 1763.

Elizabeth married Lt. Tertius Taylor on 2 Aug 1781 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Tertius was born on 25 Jul 1754 in Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Dec 1822 in Charlemont, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Cemetery #01, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Moved To: 1825, Cincinnatus, Courtland County, New York

Elias married Abigail Bullard on 18 Oct 1789 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Capt. Benjamin Bullard and Ruth Wilder) was born on 21 Oct 1764 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in 1841 in Cincinnatus, Courtland County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1790; Hepzibah Williams.She died 17 August 1832. Issue: 1. Millicent Carter (1793-1855) 2. Brigham Carter (1794-1857) 3. Benjamin William Carter (1795-1852) 4. Amanda Carter (1797-1851) 5. Hepsibah Carter (1799-1867) 6. Maria Carter (1802-1853) 7. Elmina Carter (1804-1873) 8. Chandler Carter (1806-1878) 9. Theresea Carter (1808-1864) 10. Minot Carter (1812-1873) 11. Alfreda Carter (1815-1840)

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• Married: say 1790; Benjamin Brooks. Issue: 1. Doric Brooks 2. Dorothy Brooks
• Moved To: say 1795, Rutland, Jefferson County, New York

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• Married: say 1813; Ellis Rudd, the widow of ____ Fales. Issue: 1. Jeremiah Fales Carter (1814-____)

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• Married: 1 Jan 1802, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Ann Toby. She was born on 8 December 1781 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts and she died 10 June 1870 in Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Milo Toby Carter (1804-1882) 2. Ashbel White Carter (1806-____) 3. Cordelia Williams Carter (1808-1877) 4. Ann Eliza Carter (1811-1886) 5. Deborah Field Carter (1813-____) 6. Elias Sanderson Carter (1817-____) 7. Bathsheba Croker Carter (1821-____)
• Moved To: Abt 1824, Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts

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• Married: say 1795; _____ Rudd. After the marriage, they settled in the Black River country.

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• Married: say 1797; _____ Ward
• Married: say 1810; _____ Pike

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• Residence: 1829, Champion, Jefferson County, New York; In 1829 she lived in Champion, New York.
• Moved To: Abt 1841, Western Part of New York; She and her family moved to the western part of New York State.
• Last Full Review: 1 May 2020

Patty married Simeon Butler on 6 May 1800 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Simeon was born on 19 Feb 1778 in Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Aug 1858; was buried in Humphreys Hollows Cemetery, Sheldon, Wyoming County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 11 Mar 1807; Lucy Kenny. She was born on 29 August 1777 and she died 16 August 1822 in Manchester, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Issue: 1. Ellen Elizabeth Carter (1808-1844) 2. Lucy Carter (1809-____) 3. Edwin Chandler Carter (1811-1813) 4. John Chandler Carter (1813-1856) 5. Sarah Chapin Carter (1816-____) 6. Eudocia Carter (1819-____) 7. La Fayette Carter (1820-1848)
• Residence: Abt 1810, Newfane, Windham County, Vermont
• Moved To: 1830, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Michigan; Chandler built several flour mills in Ann Arbor.

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• Married: say 1818; Roxanna Lazell. She was born in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts and she died 21 December 1874 in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, New York. Issue: 1. Royal Lazell Carter (1819-1870) 2. Marshall Carter (1821-1826)

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• Married: say 1804; Peter Thompson
• Moved To: say 1820; They moved to the black river country.

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• History: say 1810; According to Carter (1887), "He was a lawyer in Bennington, Vt.; his partner, Hiland Hall. Esq., afterwards governor of the state, writes of him thus: 'Marshall Carter was a young man of great worth and promise, cut off by death an the threshold of a brilliant and honored career at the bar, greatly mourned and lamented.'"

Marcia married William Sherwin on 28 Dec 1809 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. William (son of Deacon Nathaniel Sherwin and Mary "Molly" Bement) was born on 26 Oct 1787 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 19 May 1866 in New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: Abt 1830; Catherine Huckle. She was born in Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and she died in 1831. Issue: 1. Thomas Marshall Carter (1831-____)
• Married: 1837; Sarah Wells. She was born in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut and she died in 1868 in Castile, Wyoming County, New York. Issue: 1. Sarah Frances Carter
• History: say 1871; According to Carter (1887), "He was an Episcopal clergyman, educated at William and Mary's College and Alexandria Seminary; he was ordained by Bishop Meade of Virginia. His ministry of more than fifty years was passed in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and western New York. A man of childlike faith and simplicity, content to spend and bed spent in his Master's service, his life was as a summer's day, lending grace and beauty to all who came within his influence. To know him was not only to love him, but to be drawn to follow him as he followed Christ. Compelled by growing physical infirmities - his mind retaining its vigor to the end - to withdraw from active work, he removed, in 1871, from Castile, western New York, to Painesville, Ohio, where his last days were spent."

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Birth:
He was a twin.

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• Married: 20 Sep 1824, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Adna Warner. He was born in Pitcher, Chenango County, New York and he died 25 November 1881. Issue: 1. Lucius A. Warner (1826-____) 2. Doric G. Warner (1828-____) 3. Emily G. Warner (1830-____) 4. Julia F. Warner (1834-____) 5. Lucien Warner (1839-____)

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Birth:
She was a twin.

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• Married: 5 Nov 1825, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Joseph Farnam. He was born on 16 May 1784 and he died 3 July 1866. Issue: 1. Asa B. Farnam (1827-1852) 2. Perley E. Farnam (1828-1877) 3. Henry M. Farnam (1829-____) 4. Catherine Farnam (1831-____) 5. Abigail Farnam (1833-____) 6. Clarissa Farnam (1837-____) 7. Adelphia E. Farnam (1845-____)

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• Occupation: say 1820; He was a mechanic.

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Died:
He never married.

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• Census: 1840, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; In the 1840 US Census he was recorded living in Auburn, New York. 2 - Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 1 - Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 1 - Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1 - Free White Persons - Under 20 2 - Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 7 - Total Free White Persons 7 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves
• Occupation: 1845, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; In 1845, Consider stepped down from his job as a mail agent.
• Census: 1850, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 48, living in Auburn, New York. He was a mail agent for the US Post Department.
• Census: 1855, Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York; In the 1855 New York State Census he was recorded, age 50, living in Ledyard, New York.
• Residence: 1863, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; In 1863 he lived on Morgan and Main, Auburn, New York.
• Census: 1880, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; In the 1880 US Census he was recorded, age 78, living at 314 West Jackson Street, Chicago, Illinois. He was a retired widower.
• Last Full Review: 30 Jul 2020

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He is buried in section D, lot 591 of Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.

Consider married Eleanor "Ellen" Crowley in 1838. Eleanor was born in 1801 in Massachusetts; died on 2 Aug 1853 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York; was buried in North Street Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 13 Dec 1831; William Le Valley. He died 6 June 1872 in Oneida, Oneida County, New York. Issue: 1. Oscar Le Valley 2. Ellen A. Le Valley 3. Caroline Le Valley (____-1879) 4. Charles Le Valley

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• Married: say 1825; Frances Day. Issue: 1. Mary A. Carter (1826-____) 2. Marshall W. Carter (1828-____) 3. Charles Elias Carter (1830-____) 4. Consider B. Carter (1832-____) 5. Wallace Carter (1835-____) 6. Louisa A. Carter (1838-____) 7. Henry F. Carter (1840-____) 8. Frances E. Carter (1845-____)

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• Married: 28 Jun 1829; Lyman Eldredge M.D.. According to Carter (1887), "He was educated at the Medical College in Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N.Y.; practiced medicine thirty years in Cincinnatus, N.Y.; removed to Lima, Livingston Co., N.Y., and from thence to Minnesota in 1868." He died in May 1875 in Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Issue: 1. Henry B. Eldredge (1830-1836) 2. Helen Maria Eldredge (1832-____) 3. George Bennett Eldredge (1833-1835) 4. Harriet Louise Eldredge (1835-____) 5. Frances Jane Eldredge (1838-____) 6. Mary Abbie Eldredge (1851-____) 7. Genevieve Eldredge (1852-____) Why are the last two children over ten years later?

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• Married: 29 Nov 1833, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Sophia W. Kendrick, the daughter of Samuel and Sally (Gleason) Kendrick. She was born on 26 March 1812 in Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts. She and Elias Carter Sherwin filed marriage intentions on 8 November 1832 in Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts. After Elias' death, on 28 November 1843 Sophia, married Orrick W. Packard, the son of Ichabod Packard and Lurany Tower, in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
• Occupation: say 1841; He was a mechanic.

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Kendrick (1937) transposes the date of his younger brother's birth to his birth.

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• Occupation: say 1833; He was a teacher and a clerk.

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• Census: 1840, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 Persons Employed in Manufacture and Trade: 1 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2 Total Free White Persons: 3 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 34
• Census: 1855, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 39
• Census: 1860, Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois; : 43
• Census: 1865, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 49
• Census: 1870, Lyons, Cook County, Illinois; : 54
• Census: 1880, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; : 64
• Religion: 2 Jan 1880, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota; Orville Sherwin and Jennie Deborah Legg joined the church on 02 Jan 1880 in the Congregational Church, Weseca, Weseca County, Minnesota.; : The Congregational Church
• Miscellaneous: 28 Oct 1880, De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota; Orville Sherwin and Jennie Deborah Legg were dismissed to Wasea on 28 Oct 1880 from in De Smet, Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
• History: 1898; His obituary reads "Orville Sherwin died at the residence of his son, S.O. Sherwin, last Sat. morning. He was born in 1814 in New York and was 84 years old at the time of his death." Published in The Cedar County Republican - 1898

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White (1900)and Kendrick (1937) gives his birth place as New York State.

Orville married Phebe Fellows on 03 Jun 1839 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Phebe was born on 5 May 1814 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 4 May 1842 in Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orville married Betsey Ware on 26 Dec 1843 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Betsey (daughter of Michael Ware and Hannah Camp) was born in 1814 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1867 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orville married Jennie Deborah Legg on 22 Jul 1869 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Jennie was born about 1814 in New York State. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1850 US Census she was recorded, age 31, living in Buckland, Massachusetts. He was a cabinet maker.
• Last Full Review: 29 Nov 2021

Elvira married Baxter R. Fellows in 1844 in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Baxter was born on 2 Jul 1818 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1900; was buried in Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 8 May 1851, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois; Mary Velucia Barr, the daughter of Oliver and Melinda (Griggin) Barr. She was born in 1825 in Clinton, Oneida County, New York. She lived in 1850 in Illinois. Mary died 7 December 1889 in Albany, Albany County, New York. Burrell (1990) and White (1900) give their marriage date as 28 June 1850. Issue: 1. Lovella Sherwin 2. Emma Louise Sherwin (c1854-____) 3. Alice Melinda Sherwin (1855-____) 4. Villa Sherwin (c1856-____) 5. Ralph Waldo Emerson Sherwin (1859-c1939) 6. Florence Ann Sherwin (1861-____) 7. Herbert L. Sherwin (1863-1950) 8. Mary Sherwin (c1866-____)
• Military: 1863; He was a soldier in the Civil War.

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• Married: 29 Sep 1847, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Mary Ann Howes, the daughter of Jonathan and Clarissa (Noyes) Howes. She was born on 11 June 1828 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Charles Harrington Sherwin (1849-1849) 2. Ella L. Sherwin (1854-____) 3. The Rev. Edwin Howes Sherwin (1859-1916) 4. Clara Noyes Sherwin (1863-____)
• History: say 1850; He was a famous composer of church music and served as a professor in the Cincinnati and Boston Conservatories of Music. Among his compositions are: "Break Thou the Bread of Life Day is Dying in the West Sound the Battle Cry Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness God of our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand Here at Thy Table, Lord Grander than Ocean's Story Hark, Hark, the Merry Christmas Bells Lo, the Day of God is Breaking Wake the Song of Joy and Gladness and Why is Thy Faith, O Child of God so Small."

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• Married: 6 Sep 1849, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Lucius G. Alvord, the son of Epaphrus and Hannah (Lufkin) Alvord. He was born on 2 June 1822 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Carter (1887) gives his birth place as Sherborn, an obvious typo. He lived in 1848 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Lucius and an unknown person (Ellen Sherwin) filed marriage intentions on 16 August 1849 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He lived in 1871 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. After Ellen's death, on 9 October 1872 Lucius, married Lucy W. Sherwin, the sister of Ellen,in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. William Milton Alvord (1851-1853) 2. William Sherwin Alvord (1853-1854) 3. Arthur Henry Alvord (1857-____)

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• Married: 1853; Ann Weeks. She died circa 1865. Issue: 1. Lucy Ellen Sherwin (1856-1889) 2. Laura Elvira Sherwin (1858-____) 3. Carrie Maria Sherwin (1860-____) 4. Minnie Agnes Sherwin (1862-____)
• Military: 10 Oct 1863 to 6 May 1865; He enlisted 10 October 1863 in Company D, of the 6th Regiment of Iowa Calvary. He was discharged 6 May 1865. According to White (1900), "He received a spinal injury while in the war, which greatly impaired his health, and for which he received a pension of thirty dollars per month."
• Married: 14 Nov 1868, Fillmore, Fillmore County, Minnesota ; Katherine "Kate" Langdon. She was born on 17 May 1837 and she died 8 April 1878. Issue: 1. Arthur William Sherwin (1869-____) 2. Henry Langdon Sherwin (1871-1893) 3. Mary Eunice Sherwin (1874-____) 4. Cora Belle Sherwin (1877-____)

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• Married: 9 Oct 1872, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Lucius G. Alvord, the son of Epaphrus and Hannah (Lufkin) Alvord. He was born on 2 June 1822 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Carter (1887) gives his birth place as Sherborn, an obvious typo. He lived in 1848 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts. On 6 September 1849 Lucius, married Ellen Abigail Sherwin,Lucy's older sister, daughter of William Sherwin and Marcia Carter, in Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.He lived in 1871 in Shelburne, Franklin County, Massachusetts.