Catherine Branch-Carter-Williams (Pickey)

Joshua Carter married by 1638 (assuming she was the mother of all his children) Catherine _____; They had 3 children: Joshua, Elias, Elisha. She married (2) Windsor CT, 30 November 1647, Arthur Williams, and had issue by him.

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second wife William Branch

KATHERINE/CATHERINE CARTER WILLIAMS BRANCH MAIDEN NAME MAY BE PICKNEY BORN about 1615 ENGLAND DIED 1683 Aug 8 Springfield, MA Burial Old Burying Ground Springfield, MA which is where I placed her. FIND A GRAVE ASSUMES that all the bodies were relocated to Springfield Cemetery. Catherine's name is not on the list. Early settlers did not have headstones, graves were marked with field stones and records have been lost over the years. Easy burials were near the river which flooded the graves and claimed them into the river. In 1848 there were 517 documented relocations to Springfield Cemetery to make way for the railroad. Families had the opportunity to relocate their families to neighboring cemeteries. There was nothing remaining of the early settlers to move to Springfield as burials were 300 years ago. The Cenotaph marker as displayed on this memorial was placed in Springfield Cemetery for the mass of people that were never moved or lost.

FIRST MARRIAGE 1637 JUL 5 WINDSOR, CT JOSHUA CARTER BORN 1613 Arrived 1633 DIED 1647 Jul 15 Hartford, CT 4 Children with Joshua

1. Joshua Carter, Jr. FAG 50216968

   Born 1638 March

   Died 1675 Sep 18, killed by Indians Deerfield, MA Battle at Bloody Brook with his    half brother Zebediah Williams

   Married 1663 Oct 2/22 Deerfield, MA

   Widow Mary Field

   Children

      Child bor 1664 Feb 27, died 1664 Msy 17

      Abigail born 1665 Feb 11

      Joshua Born 1668 Jun2 6 

2. Elisha Carter

   Born 1643 Aug 13 Windsor, CT

   Died 1653 May 10 Windsor, CT, burned to death

3. Eliza Ruth Carter

   Born 1645 Windsor, CT

   Died 1743

4. Caleb Carter

   Born 1647

   Died 1647

Her first husband Joshua Carter died 1647 Jul 15 Hartford, CT, Catherine's second marriage was 1647 Nov 30 in Windsor, CT to Arthur Williams born about 1620 in England, he died 1673 Northampton, MA They had a son: Zebediah Williams FAG 40659972 Born 1649 Oct 29 Windsor, CT Died 1675 Sep 18 Deerfield, MA killed by the Indians with his half brother Joshua Carter during battle at Bloody Brook. Married Mary Miller

Catherine's third marriage occurred 1677 Feb 12 in Springfield, MA. She married William Branch.

Catherine became sick and died 1683 Aug 8. She is noted in the Death Records for Springfield Mass as the second wife of William Branch. William Branch was born in England about 1610, his first wife was Joanna Farnam. Joanna died 1675 Oct 12 (FAG 113313238) They were married 1644 Jan 11 In Windsor, CT William also died in 1683 Sep 16 and was buried in Old Burying Ground in Springfield. FAG 12533583

More on the death of her sons Joshua Carter and Zebediah Williams Battle of Bloody Brook Part of King Philip's War

Date September 18, 1675 Location South Deerfield, Massachusetts

Result Nipmuc victory The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on September 18, 1675 between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led by the Nipmuc sachem Muttawmp. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley during King Philip's War. They killed at least 40 militia men and 17 teamsters out of a company that included 79 militia.[

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