Born in Salisbury, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Daughter of Thomas Carter
and Mary (Unknown) Carter
Sister of
Mary (Carter) Lancaster, Thomas Carter, Martha Carter, Martha Carter, Elizabeth Carter, John Carter [half], Samuel Carter and Sarah (Carter) Davis
Wife of
Stephen Flanders
— married
28 Dec 1670 in Salisbury, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Flanders, Stephen Flanders III, Thomas Flanders, Daniel Flanders, Joseph Flanders, Philip Flanders, Sarah Flanders, Phillip Flanders, Jane (Flanders) Martin, Jeremiah Flanders and Abigail (Flanders) Dixon
Died after
after age 94
in Salisbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Abigail was a daughter of Thomas Carter and his wife Mary, whose last name is not known. Abigail Carter was born in "latter end of January" (11 month 1652), 1653, in Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.[1][2] She was recorded as a daughter of Thomas and Mary Carter.[3]
Her parents were Thomas Carter, b. about 1610, and Mary (Unknown) Carter, b. about 1619. Her siblings are Mary (Carter) Lancaster, b. Oct. 6, 1641, married to Joseph Lancaster; Thomas, b. 1643 & d. Aug. 14, 1669; Martha, b. Feb. 1645 & died young; Martha, b. Mar 1647; Elizabeth, b. 1649; Samuel, b. Oct. 25, 1656; and Sarah, b. unknown & still living in 1718, m. Apr 8, 1681 to John Davis.[4]
Abigail Carter married Stephen Flanders (son of Stephen Flanders) in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts on 28 December 1670.[5] [2][6] [7]
Their children were:
- Child: Joseph Flanders
- Child: Thomas Flanders
- Child: Steven* Flanders
- Child: Daniel Flanders
- Child: Philip Flanders
- Child: Sarah Flanders
- Child: Philip Flanders
- Child: Jane Flanders
- Child: Jeremiah Flanders
- Child: Abigail Flanders
- Child: Thomas Flanders
Death
- Date: 1747
- Place: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
- Source: #S404
- Data: Record for Mary Parkhurst
- Date: AFT 1747
- Place: Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA[8]
- Date: Alt Death: 1718
Research Notes
There is no proof that the mother is Mary (Dalton} Carter it is more likely to be Mary (Unknown) Carter Mary Dalton has been removed as the mother until sources prove either way.
There seems to be confusion between Rev. Thomas Carter-416 and his wife Mary Parkhurst-32 and Thomas Carter-4776 and Mary Unknown-415023. Both had daughters named Abigail. It is likely that Abigail (Carter) Flanders (Carter-9459) is the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Unknown) Carter and is the Abigail Carter that married Stephen Flanders. Abigail Carter (Carter-921) that was the daughter of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter was born 10 Jan 1650 and died 14 Sep 1676. She married John Smith, 1648-1696.
On WikiTree there is an Abigail (Unknown) Smith (Unknown-104574), b. about 1650, married to a John Smith-20036, b. about 1650, but cannot tell if this is the daughter of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter. They had a daughter, Bridget (Smith) Sanders (Smith-20037).
The children of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter are Samuel Carter, 1640-1693; Judith (Carter) Fifield, 1642-1678; Theophilus Carter, 1645-1650; Mary (Carter) Batchelder, 1648-1688; Abigail (Carter) Smith, 10 Jan 1650-14 Sep 1676; Deborah Carter, 1651-1667; Timothy Carter, 1653-1727; Thomas Carter, 1655-1754.[9][10]
Sources
- ↑ Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass. 1915)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 44
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001, pages 28-29.
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Salisbury, page 44: Abigail, d. Tho[mas] and Mary, __: 11 m: [latter end of Jan. CT. R.], 1652.
- ↑ The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts..., https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963772#page/n103/mode/2up/search/Thomas+Carter
- ↑ Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass. 1915)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 299
- ↑ The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts..., https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963772#page/n103/mode/2up/search/Thomas+Carter
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-L8C9 : 5 November 2017), Steven Flanders and Abigail Carter, 28 Oct 1670; citing Marriage, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 890,245.
- ↑ Title: Child's Genealogy of Henniker, New Hampshire Page: Flanders, pg 20
- ↑ Abigail Carter that married John Smith - Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 September 2020), memorial page for Abigail Carter Smith (10 Jan 1650–14 Sep 1676), Find A Grave: Memorial #62220644 by Bradley Moody (contributor 47097169) Unknown.
- ↑ Carter : a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Carter of Reading and Weston, Mass., and of Hebron and Warren, CT... https://archive.org/stream/cartergenealogyo01cart#page/17/mode/2up
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9SPD-Z12 : accessed 2016-12-29), entry for Abigail Carter.
- Title: Gen. Dictionary of New England Settlers
- Author: James Savage Title: A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ;
- Title: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 transcription NEHGS
- Title: Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts Publication: Name: Topsfield Historical Society; Location: Topsfield, Massachusetts; Date: 1915;
- Title: Massachusetts Marriages 1695-1910
- Title: Massachusetts Births and Christenings 1639-1915
- Ancestry Profile
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHN4-HX3 : 13 July 2016), Steven Flanders and Abigail Carter, 28 Dec 1670; citing Marriage, Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 893,105.
- "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYG-JLC : 4 December 2014), Steven Flanders and Abigail Carter, 28 Oct 1670; citing reference Book 1, p.152; FHL microfilm 890,245.
- THE OLD FAMILIES OF Salisbury and Amesbury MASSACHUSETTS, With some Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill, Ipswich, and Hampton. By DAVID W. HOYT 1897. Page 87-88 (pg 106 online) #8 Abigail
Acknowledgements
- This profile was created through the import of Weaver.ged on 03 January 2011.
- This profile was created through the import of Bassett Family Tree.ged on 07 March 2011.
- WikiTree profile Carter-2640 created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Buck Howe.
- WikiTree profile Carter-5648 created through the import of perry and plumb tree.ged on Aug 18, 2012 by Merry Kennedy.
- Thank you to Kenneth Flanders for creating this profile on Saturday, April 18, 2015
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abigail by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abigail:
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In the meantime, since there was no profile created for the Abigail Carter, daughter of Rev. Thomas & Mary (Parkhurst) Carter, who was born on January 10, 1650, who married John Smith as his 1st wife on May 7, 1674, & who died two years later in 1676, I created a profile for her: Abigail Carter Bio & vital data included in Carter-921 were/are not commensurate w/Carter-27398.
She is a different person from the Abigail born at Salisbury in January 1652/3 (recorded as 11 month 1652, and thus misinterpreted as November 1652), who Anderson identifies as the Abigail Carter who married Stephen Flanders.