Nathaniel Carter

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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]

Nathaniel married Dorcus Spofford on 21 Jul 1758. Dorcus was born in Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Aug 1784 in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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• 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

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

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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]

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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: 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-____)

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• 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)

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Birth:
She was a twin.

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• 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-____)

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

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• 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.

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• 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)

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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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• 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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• 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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Buried:
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?