Elijah Carter (1743 - 1813)

Born 26 Feb 1743 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Goodridge) Carter — married 18 Jan 1770 in Lunenburg, Worcester County, MA.

Died 19 Dec 1813 at age 70 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Elijah Carter was a Civil Servant in the American Revolution.

Elijah Carter is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A019912.

ELIJAH CARTER, b. at Lunenburg, 26 Feb 1742/3^[1] son of Thomas Carter and Betty Sawyer; Elijah d. at Fitchburg, 19 Dec 1813;^[2] m. at Lunenburg, 18 Jan 1770,^[3] JANE GOODRIDGE, b. at Lunenburg, 7 Jul 1747^[4] daughter of Philip and Jane (Boynton) Goodridge.

Elijah Carter was a farmer in Fitchburg. He served as selectman and assessor of Fitchburg in 1776, 1778, and 1779.^[5] Elijah conveyed his farm to his sons Elisha and Joseph in 1813. On 7 March 1813 (recorded 23 December 1813), Elijah Carter sold to Elisha Carter thirty-two acres in Fitchburg for payment of five hundred dollars. On 6 April 1813 (recorded 23 December 1813), Elijah Carter, yeoman of Fitchburg, in consideration of $1,200 conveyed to Elisha Carter, yeoman of Fitchburg, a farm in Fitchburg of seventy-seven acres and fifty-three rods with the buildings. On 7 March 1813, Elijah conveyed to Joseph a tract of seventy-two acres for $1,000.^[6]

Elijah’s estate entered probate 4 January 1814 with Elisha Carter as administrator. Real estate consisted of the northwesterly part of a house with land in Fitchburg valued at $30 and personal estate of $493.88 most of that in livestock.^[7]

On 18 June 1814 (recorded 23 June 1814), Elijah Carter and James Carter, yeomen of Fitchburg, in consideration of $350, sold to Asa Perry, gentleman of Fitchburg, thirty acres of a farm partly bounded by the dwelling house of the late Elijah Carter. On 6 April 1816, Joseph Carter of Fitchburg with his wife Betsy relinquishing right of dower, in consideration of $1,250, conveyed to Elisha Carter, yeoman of Fitchburg, a tract of seventy-two acres.^[8]

Jane Goodrich and Elijah Carter were parents of twelve children born at Fitchburg.^[9]

i ELIJAH CARTER, b. 1 Dec 1770; d. 8 Jan 1777.

ii VASHTI CARTER, b. 8 Mar 1772; d. at Fitchburg, 3 Nov 1853;^[10] m. at Fitchburg, 24 May 1796, ASA FARWELL, b. at Townsend, 15 Jul 1768 son of Daniel and Sybil (Page) Farwell; Asa d. at Fitchburg, 10 Aug 1843.

iii PHILIP CARTER, b. 15 Jan 1774; d. 12 Jun 1774.

iv ELIAS CARTER, b. 5 May 1775; d. at Fitchburg, 7 Oct 1846. Elias did not marry. “Elias, single, Oct. 7, 1846, 71 y.”^[11]

v ELISHA CARTER, b. 1 Mar 1777; d. at Fitchburg, 18 Oct 1858; m. at Fitchburg, 24 Apr 1798, LUCY EATON, perhaps the Lucy b. at Townsend, 11 May 1776 daughter of Thomas and Lucy (Davis) Eaton; Lucy d. at Fitchburg, 9 Aug 1846.

vi PRUDENCE CARTER, b. 23 Mar 1779; d. 31 Dec 1782.

vii SARAH CARTER, b. 23 Mar 1781; d. 7 Sep 1782.

viii BETSY CARTER, b. 26 Aug 1782; d. at Fitchburg, 14 Nov 1808; m. at Fitchburg, 26 May 1801, LEVI FARWELL, b. at Fitchburg, 23 Mar 1776 son of Daniel and Sybil (Page) Farwell; Levi d. at Fitchburg, 18 Jul 1840 (probate 4 Aug 1840). Levi married second Betsy’s sister Batrix (see below).

ix JOSEPH CARTER, b. 20 Jul 1784; d. at Leicester, 26 Mar 1848;^[12] m. at Fitchburg, 20 Oct 1806, BETSY HARTWELL, b. at Fitchburg, 2 Nov 1781 daughter of Ephraim and Betsey (Polley) Hartwell; Betsy d. at Fitchburg, 23 Aug 1826.

x ELIJAH CARTER, b. 1 Sep 1785; d. at Fitchburg, 27 Feb 1859; m. at Ashburnham, 26 Dec 1816, DOLLY STIMSON, b. at Ashburnham, 26 Feb 1789 daughter of Phineas and Lucy (Lawrence) Stimson.

xi BATRIX CARTER, b. 6 Sep 1788; d. at Fitchburg, 29 Sep 1839; m. at Fitchburg, 15 Sep 1810, LEVI FARWELL who was first married to Batrix’s sister Betsy (see above).

xii JAMES CARTER, b. Sep 1791; d. at Walpole, NH, 9 Apr 1820.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TKMD : 10 November 2020), Elijah Carter, 26 Feb 1742; citing Birth, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
2. ↑ Elijah Carter departed this life December 19, 1813. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Town of Fitchburg, volume 2, p 303
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TVV5 : 10 November 2020), Jane Goodridge in entry for Elijah Carter, 18 Jan 1770; citing Marriage, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-TL36 : 10 November 2020), Jane Goodridge, 7 Jul 1747; citing Birth, Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934225.
5. ↑ Carter, Clarabel Augusta Lincoln. 1887. Carter, a Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, Sons of Rev. Samuel Carter: 1640-1886. Clinton, MA: Printed for the Carter Association. p 215
6. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 190:42, 190:41, 187:436
7. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 10335
8. ↑ Massachusetts Land records, Worcester County, 190:593, 199:478
9. ↑ Fitchburg Town Records with Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Family Record for Elijah and Jane Carter, pp 80-81; accessed through ancestry.com
10. ↑ Vashti, wid. Asa, Nov. 3, 1853, 81 y.; Fitchburg Deaths, 1844-1855, volume 8, p 159; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
11. ↑ Fitchburg Deaths, 1844-1855, volume 8, p 149; Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
12. ↑ Joseph, March 26, 1848, a. 63 y. 9 m. Consumption. Leicester Vital Records, volume 1, p 247

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