Edward Carleton (bef. 1610 - aft. 1651)

Born before 20 Oct 1610 in Beeford, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ellenor (Newton) Carlton — married 3 Nov 1636 in York, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died after 22 May 1651 after age 40 in England [uncertain]

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Edward Carleton migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 56) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Edward Carleton immigrated to New England between 1621 and 1640 and later departed for Yorkshire, England

Edward Carleton, Gent., son and heir of Walter Carleton, Gent. and Jane Gibbon, was baptized at Beeford, Yorkshire on 20 October 1610.^[1]

Edward married on 3 November 1636 at St. Martin-Micklegate, City of York, Yorkshire, to Ellen Newton.^[2] Ellen was baptized in Yorkshire in 1614, the daughter and co-heiress of Launcelot Newton and his wife Mary Lee.^[1] They had two sons and two daughters:

• Lieut. John,^[1] born in England about 1637, died in Haverhill, Massachusetts 22 January 1668, married Hannah Jewett^[3]
• Edward,^[1] born 28 August/October 1639 in Massachusetts,^[4] probably died before 1661 in England.^[3]
• Mary,^[1] born 2 April/June 1642,^[5] probably died before 1661 in England.^[3]
• Elizabeth,^[1] born 20 April/June 1644,^[6] probably died before 1661 in England.^[3]

Edward, Ellen and John arrived in New England in 1638 aboard the ship John of London with a group led by Ezekiel Rogers.^[7] The ship sailed from Hull, England to Salem, Massachusetts during the summer of 1638.^[8] They settled at Rowley, Massachusetts and Edward was made freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1642.^[1] Edward was among a group of men who surveyed the town of Rowley in 1643 and received a 3 acre house lot on Holmes Street.^[7][9] He served as Deputy of the General Court for Rowley from 1644-1647.^[1][7]

Edward returned to England before 24 January 1648/9 and was living there 22 May 1651. He died, presumably in England, before 27 November 1678,^[1][10] which appears to be the date an undated deed was filed in Massachusetts. The deed, most likely signed before Edward went back to England, transferred Edward's land in Rowley to Henry Sewall.^[3]

Research Notes

Edward Carleton has 3,717 ancestors at Genealogics.org, of whom 336 are flagged as "interesting", such as: Charles Martel, Arpad of Hungary - Charlemagne - Alpin king of KIntyre - Egbert of Wessex - Alfred the Great - St.Olav II of Norway - Otto the Great Holy Roman Emperor - Rollo of Normandy - Konstantinos IX Monomakhos emperor of the East - Alexios I Komnenos emperor of the East - Harold II king of England - Baudouin du Bourg king of Jerusalem - Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar 'El Cid' - William the Conqueror - Edward III, King of England. (Source: 23 Aug 2014 posting of Leo Van de Pas on soc.genealogy.medieval)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. I, page 409, CARLETON 16.
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, (FamilySearch: 13 March 2020), Ed. Carlton, 1636.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Tracy Elliot Hazen. "The English Ancestry of Edward Carleton of Rowley Massachusetts" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1847-. Online at AmericanAncestors.org, vol. 93 (Jan 1939), pages 3-46, see pages 40-44. Reprinted in English Origins of New England Families online at Ancestry.com, pages 412-416.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, (FamilySearch: 15 January 2020), Edward Carleton in entry for Edward Carleton, 1639.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, (FamilySearch: 15 January 2020), Edward Carleton in entry for Mary Carleton, 1642.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, (FamilySearch: 15 January 2020), Edward Carleton in entry for Elizabeth Carleton, 1644.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Thomas Gage. The History of Rowley. (Boston: Ferdinand Andrews, 1840). Internet Archive.
8. ↑ ImmigrantShips.net, accessed 21 Mar 2020.
9. ↑ Early Records of the Town of Rowley, MA 1639-1672. Rowley. Vol. 1, p. 4.
10. ↑ "Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts", Volumes 1-9; Volume: VII; Page: 138, 183. (The Essex Institute, 1911-1975; Salem, MA). Indexed in Ancestry Record 3357 #300.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See Also:

• Massachusetts Historical Society. The Winthrop Papers. Boston: Merrymount Press (1944), vol. 4, pp. 279-281 available online.
• Moore, Susan Hardman. Abandoning America: Life-Stories From Early New England. (Boydell Press, Reprint 2016). Sketch of Carleton, Edward, pages 74-75. link for purchase.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #153530321, Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project by ~ Thiessen-117 22 March 2020.

Edward Carleton is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry (vol. I, page xxiv) as a Gateway Ancestor and in a Richardson-documented trail (vol. I, pages 406-409 CARLETON) to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Ros. Another trail between Edward and surety barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger Bigod was identified by the Magna Carta Project. These trails were badged on 9 September 2021. See the Magna Carta Trails on the profile of Walter Carleton to view the profiles in these trails.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".