John Carter (1712 - bef. 1755)

Born 1712 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Sands) Carter — married 17 Jan 1738 in Biddeford, York, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 6 Oct 1755 before age 43 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Carter purchased land in Scarborough in 1739 and 1745. He sold land in 1750. He was a blacksmith of Falmouth and Scarborough.

His will was proved October 6, 1755

Sold land

Taxed in Bristol Maine

Purchased land in Scarborough in 1739 and 1745

Maine will Abstracts 1640-1760

John Carter's Will

In the Name of God Amen.

I John Carter of Scarborough in the County of York and Province of the Massas Bay, Blacksmith, being weak & infirm of Body, but thro Gods Goodness of a Sound mind & Memory capable of disposing ordering & Settling my Affairs, and expecting in Gods Providence in a little time to leave the World, Do therefore make this my last Will and Testament, That is to Say, First of all, I commit & give up my Soul into the Hands of God, depending upon his infinite Mercies & his Sons Merits for Salvation; My Body I commit to a decent Burial according to Discretion, hoping for apart of the Resurrection of the just: And as for the little worldly Estate God hath given me, I will & dispose of it in ye following Manner. First I nominate & appoint Mr. Andrew Libby of Scarboro with my beloved wife Hannah Carter Executors of this my last Will & Testament.

II My will is that my said wife together with ye fruits of her own Industry have a comfortable livelihood out of my estate during life, or her thirds of my estate if he chuses that.

III and then my will is, my debts & funeral expences being paid that my children sons & daughters, besides reasonable allowances towards bringing up those that are little among them, have each of them an equal share of what shall remain of my estate real or personal among them, that each son shall have his share when he shall arrive to the age of twenty one, and each daughter when she shall arrive to ye age of eighteen, set off to them.

IV That my daughters have their shares out of ye household stuff so far as that shall hold out excepting that I reserve to my wife what she shall see fit to keep thereof for her own use, but that my daughters have what my wife shall leave thereof at her decease.

V My will is that my Son John Carter be speedily put out to some good trade unless the man he now lives with do procure his being taught one.

VI My will is that my son James Carter he having in good part learned the Blacksmith's trade do have the improvement of my Blacksmiths tools and the shop to work in, and they go toward his share of my estate, he paying the overplus to the rest if they should be more than his portion.

VII I would likewise have my other sons brought up to some profitable trade

VIII And my earnest desire is that whosoever shall be intrusted with ye care of bringing up my children do take a special care of their morals, and endeaver with the help of God that they be restrained & kept back from all manner of Vice & Wickedness; and see that they be well instructed in the Principles of ye christian religion, and not be wanting in their part that they be of a sober & religious character and my charge to my children themselves is, that they forsake the vanities of the world avoid bad company & evil courses, fear God from their Youth, Seek God by earnest Prayer, that they may be under the renewing Sanctifying Influences of his Holy Spirit, which would be unspeakably better to them than any outward Estate a Father could give them if he were ever so able. This I make & ordain to be my last Will & Testament utterly revoking & disannulling all other.

In Witness that this is my last Will & Testamt I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal the thirtieth day of June in the Year of our Lord 1753. JohnCarter (seal) Signed Sealed published pronounced & declared by the Said John Carter as his last Will & Testament in the presence of us the Subscribers: Charles Allen, X Joshua (his mark), Brown Stephn Sawyer.

Probated 6 Oct. 1755. Inventory returned 10 Oct. 1755, at ce89: 11: 7, by Samuel Small, Andrew Libby and Fergus Hagens, appraisers.

Patrick McDonald

Marriage

John Carter of Scarborough & Hannah Sands of Biddeford, their intentions of marriage was entered y^e 27^th day of January 1738/9 ^[1]

Husband: John Carter

Wife: Hannah Sands

Child: James Carter

Date: 1738^[2]

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[3] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

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Date: 2 JAN 2010

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Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Intentions : "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q219-11NQ : 22 July 2021), John Carter and Hannah Sand, 27 Jan 1738/39; citing Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ Source: #S96 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page
3. ↑ Carter-11210 was created by Catherine Louise Hanson through the import of joanne3.ged on Sep 18, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

John Carter is too old to be a child of Richard Carter and Sarah (Peavey) Carter. Charles Thornton Libby, expert in genealogy and author of "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," didn't support John's placement in this family though he was of Scarborough at the right time. SOURCE: Cater and Carter Families of Maine and New Hampshire (Ms), by Leslie A Carter (Detroit, Michigan), 31 Dec 1951, p. 5 - a letter to Mrs. Christa Damron - (My (Robert Givens) digital archives - Richard Carter I folder, image 36) "... It is true that (Charles Thornton) Libby does not mention in his compilation of the Caters, the fact that Richard of Newington, and of Western Portsmouth is identical with Richard Carter of Scarborough. But an exchange of correspondence is known to have existed between Libby and the late Mrs. Marion P Carter of Attleboro, Mass. In his reply to her query, and in making a distinction between John Carter of Scarborough (husband of Hannah Sands) and Richard of the same place, and his contemporary, Libby is supposed to have written Mrs. Carter that Richard was a Cater regardless of the spelling of his name; also, that no kinship whatsoever, existed between the two men."

• Source: S96 Abbreviation: Walter Snow, Elizabeth Carroll Wescott and Stetson C. Carter, The Carter Famili Title: Walter Snow, Elizabeth Carroll Wescott and Stetson C. Carter, The Carter Families of Hancock County, Maine CONT CONT "Elizabeth Subsequent Source Citation Format: Walter Snow, Elizabeth Carroll Wescott and Stetson C. Carter, The Carter Families of Hancock County, Maine CONT CONT "Elizabeth BIBL Walter Snow, Elizabeth Carroll Wescott and Stetson C. Carter, The Carter Families of Hancock County, Maine CONT CONT "Elizabeth . TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Walter Snow, Elizabeth Carroll Wescott and Stetson C. Carter, The Carter Families of Hancock County, Maine CONT CONT "Elizabeth FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Walter Snow, Elizabeth Carroll Wescott and Stetson C. Carter, The Carter Families of Hancock County, Maine CONT CONT "Elizabeth FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Walter Snow, Elizabeth Carroll Wescott and Stetson C. Carter, The Carter Families of Hancock County, Maine CONT CONT "Elizabeth . Repository: #R0

Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine Births or Christenings 1762-1875 Will of James Carter Marion P. Carter - John Carter of Scarborough, Maine Bartlett Carter - Carter Genealogy - Unpublished Letters of Leslie Carter Soldiers in the Revolution from Bristol, Maine - Frank Ernest Woodward, in the Genealogical Advertiser. The Carter Families of Hancock County, Maine - by Walter Snow, Elizabeth C. Wescott & Stetson C. Carter - 1992

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S56C-FQ3 : accessed 2016-03-30), entry for John /Carter/.

• Source: S61 Type: Web Site Title: Blue Hill, Maine Founding Families Author: Briggs, Jim URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bluehillme Data Changed: Date: 22 DEC 2009

See also:

• Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/rd/21135/132/426744062

John CARTER

Marriage 1/27/1738

Location Biddeford, York, Maine, United States

Original Text Early Vital Records of Saco and Biddeford, Me

Spouse Hannah Sands

Volume Name 71 Page 132

• Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999 Image

John Carter

Residence Date Abt 1753

Residence Place Scarbor, York, Massas Bay

Will Date 30 Jun 1753

Probate Date 13 Jun 1753

Probate Place Maine, USA

Inferred Death Year 1753

Inferred Death Place Maine, USA

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