Samuel Carter Sr. (1640 - abt. 1693)

Born 8 Aug 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Brooks) Kendall — married 1672 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 30 Oct 1693 at about age 53 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Rev. Samuel Carter was the first born son of Rev. Thomas Carter (1608-1684) and Mary Parkhurst Dalton (1614-1687).

Held offices in Woburn, Mass: Selectman 1679,1681-1683; Commissioner of Rates, 1680; Town Clerk, 1690.

Was teacher of the grammar school 1685-6.

:He preached sometimes in Lancaster between 1681 and 1686.

Was invited to become preacher in Groton in 1692---died shortly thereafter in 1693.

[Added by Reg Shrader, 3 Jan 2017]:

Samuel Carter married Eunice Mousall Brooks (1655-1732) in 1672 in Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA. They had nine children: Mary (1673-1751); Samuel (1675-1676); Samuel, Jr. (1678-1738); John (1680-1704); Thomas (1682-1737); Nathaniel (1685-?); Eunice (1687-?); Abigail (1689-1689); Abigail (1690-1747).

DNA

Linda Sibley and Daphne Sheetz Share 41 Cm, match on Cr# 7,and are 9th cousins twice removed through there common ancestor Rev. Samuel Carter . They also share 31 other ancestors, the closest being Samuel.

Sources

1. Carter, Howard Williston, Carter, a Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Carter of Reading and Weston, Mass., and of Hebron and Warren, Ct. Also some account of the descendants of his brothers, Eleazer, Daniel, Ebenezer and Ezra, sons of Thomas Carter and grandsons of Rev. Thomas Carter, first Minister of Woburn, Massachusetts, 1642 ...

2. Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts : 1638-1900 : in two volumes

3. Find a Grave Memorial #51731891, created by Kevin Avery, 28 Apr 2010. [Memorial# 51731891]

4. Ancestry.com.

5. Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, FHL Microfilm 745869, Digital Folder #007009514, Images #00069 and 00221.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Harry Maltby for starting this profile.