Elizabeth Carter

Evidence needed to support as daughter of Richard Kendall and Ursala Kendall.

Elizabeth

• Born about 1613 in England
• Died 7 May 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Burial: First Burial Ground in Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Her gravestone reads:
• Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
• Wife of John Carter Sr. — married 1642 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts
• Mother of Elizabeth Carter, Mary (Carter) Fowle, Abigail (Carter) Stone, Hannah (Carter) Converse and John Carter Jr.

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That the first wife of John Carter was named Elizabeth is known only from a single source - her gravestone. She does not occur in any of the birth records of her children or in the records of Woburn.

Inscription:

• HERE LIES Ye BODY
• OF ELIZABETH
• CARTER WIFE OF CAPt
• JOHN CARTER AGED
• 78 YEARS DIED Ye
• 6 OF MAY 1691

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Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/UNKNOWN-58213

incorrect LNAB: She is often said to be Elizabeth Kendall, daughter of John Kendall and Elizabeth Sacherell. This is incorrect - her maiden name, parentage and origins remain unknown. In Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 he gives her name as "Elizabeth ?Kendall". [1] All 11 sources used by Torrey have been examined. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Only 1 secondary source used the name Kendall and it was without sources. [10] This single reference appears to be the source of the error, which is perpetuated by Torrey. John Kendall and Elizabeth Sacherell had a daughter Elizabeth, however, in his will written in 1660 he names this daughter as Elizabeth Pierce.

“Dawes-Gates conjectures that she "was probably a Williams, for in 1662 Thomas Carter was attorney for his brother-in-law, Matthew Williams."

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carter-926

John Carter, son of Thomas Carter and Mary, amarried twice, both times to women named Elizabeth.

First, he married Elizabeth UNKNOWN about 1642, an estimate based on his oldest child being born in August 1643. presumably either in Charlestown where he grew up, or in Woburn where his children were born. No marriage record has been found.

John Carter and the first Elizabeth had at least the following children:

1. Elizabeth Carter, b. 8 August 1643. Died 20 Dec 1653 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay.
2. Mary Carter, b. 8 March 1646. Died 28 Mar 1687. Married Peter Fowle.
3. Abigail Carter, b. 21 April 1648. Died 11 May 1718 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. Married 1) James Fowle 2) Samuel Walker 3) Samuel Stone.
4. Hannah Carter, b. 19 Jan 1651. Died after 22 Nov 1708 in Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Married James Converse Jr.
5. John Carter, b. 6 Feb 1653. Died 8 Apr 1727 in Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Married Ruth Burnham.

John Carter’s first wife, Elizabeth, died at Woburn on 6 or 7 May 1691 at Woburn. John married for a second time in Woburn, at age about 75, to Elizabeth Gross (Elizabeth Grose). She died after 7 January 1692/3. She was alive when John's Will was probated. There were no children from this second marriage.

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/UNKNOWN-58213 cites:

1. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon/ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700, vol 1: A-G. (Boston, Mass.: NEHGS, 2011):283. AmericanAncestors.org LINK (paid)
2. ↑ McCormick-Hamilton: McCormick-Hamilton, Lord-Day Ancestral Lines: Compiled for Elizabeth Day McCormick and Robert Hall McCormick, III (n.p., 1957)
3. ↑ : Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, 2 vols. (Hillburn, N.Y.: privately printed, 1939)
4. ↑ : Ferris, Mary Walton, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume, 2 vols. (Milwaukee: privately printed, 1931–43).
5. ↑ Holman, Mary (Lovering), Ancestry of Col. John Harrington Stevens and His Wife Frances Helen Miller, 2 vols. (Concord, N.H.: Rumford Press, 1948–52).
6. ↑ Backus, Mary Elizabeth (Neilson), The New England Ancestry of Dana Converse Backus (Salem, Mass.: privately printed, 1949).
7. ↑ : Platt, Franklin, Notes upon the Ancestry of Ebenezer Greenough and of His Wife Abigail Israel, and also a List of Their Descendants (Philadelphia, 1895).
8. ↑ Morris, Tyler Seymour, Ephraim & Pamela (Converse) Morris Their Ancestors and Descendants (Chicago, 1894),
9. ↑ Shurtliff, Benjamin, Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Mass. (Revere, Mass., 1912).
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Dixon, Willis Milnor, Kith and Kin, Containing Genealogical Data of the Following Families: Dixon, Andrus, Battin, Beal, Bosworth, Chapin, Converse, Copeland, Cummins, Esterly, Hanna, Hardenberg, Holloway, James, Kendall, Mast, Nichols, Shed, Stewart, Walker, Wallbridge, and Other Collateral Lines. (Los Angeles: White and Tyler, ca. 1922).
11. ↑ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 2 no. 3 (July 1848). Woburn Burying Ground: Inscriptions on the Grave Stones in First Burying Ground in Woburn Centre, by N. Wyman.
12. ↑ Savage, James A., Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1860–62) 1:340.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his Wife Frances HelenMiller, Format: 2 vols. Abbreviation: Stevens Miller Ancestry Author: Holman, Mary Lovering Publication: privately printed at the Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1948–1953 pp 112-115
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Wrights: A Genealogical Study of the First Settlers in Canada'sNational Capital Region, Edition: revised edition Abbreviation: The Wrights: 1st Settlers in Hull Author: Evans, Patrick M. O. Publication: National Capital Commission, Ottawa, Ontario, 1978 Page: 275, "Carter #2"
15. ↑ Woburn Records: PART II. DEATHS. Page 30. Citing: "CARTER, Elizabeth, wife of Capt. John, May 7, 1691; 78 y."
16. ↑ Woburn Records: PART II. DEATHS. EPITAPHS, FIRST BURIAL-GROUND. Page 9*. Citing: "(3.) 'Here lyes ye body of Elizabeth Carter, wife of Cap't. John Carter, aged 78 years died ye 6 of May 1691.'
17. Elizabeth Carter, first wife of Capt. John Carter (epitaph 8.)"
18. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 July 2018), memorial page for Elizabeth Carter (1613–6 May 1691), Find A Grave: Memorial #7849468, citing First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Dorothy Longabard (contributor 46588619).
19. Johnson, Edward. Woburn Record of Births, Deaths and Marriages - From 1640 to 1873. Woburn, Mass: Drews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, 1899.