Vespasian Carter (1802 - 1859)

Born 7 Apr 1802 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abigal (Hamilton) Carter — married 19 Oct 1826 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1859 at age 57 in Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, United States

Biography

Vespasian Carter; b. 7 Apr 1802 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine;

m. Abigail Hamilton, daughter of John Daniel Hamilton and Eunice Gilley, 19 Oct 1826 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine;

He died 18 Jul 1859 at age 57; he was buried at Old Birchland Cemetery, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine.

He appeared on the census of 26 Aug 1850 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Vespasian Carter and Abigail Hamilton were as follows:

• i. Vespasian P Carter; b. 16 Oct 1827 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; m. Susan C. Lufkin, daughter of Joseph Lufkin and Esther Closson; m. Mary M. Cotton 12 Sep 1884; d. 7 Mar 1906 at Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, at age 78; Æ 79y 4m 19d; he was buried 10 Mar 1906 at Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine.

• ii. Robert Bruce Carter; b. 27 Jul 1829 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; m. Melissa P. Forsyth after Aug 1850; Marriage banns for him and Mary A. Bowden were published 29 May 1869 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 30 Jul 1916 at Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, at age 87.

• iii. Mary Abigail Carter; b. 19 Jun 1831 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; m. John Collins Jr., son of John Collins and Rosanna Coombs, circa 1854; d. 18 Apr 1917 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, at age 85; Æ 85y 9m 30d; she was buried at Castine Cemetery, Castine, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Elizabeth Carter; b. 11 Apr 1833 at Surry, Hancock, Maine; m. Christopher Bowden, son of John Bowden and Frances L. Gray, 12 Mar 1853 at Surry, Hancock, Maine; d. 21 Jul 1899 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, at age 66; Æ 66yrs 3mos 10ds; she was buried at South Blue Hill Cemetery, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine.

• v. John Brook Carter; b. 31 Aug 1835 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; m. Helen Ellen Tourtelotte, daughter of Reuben Tourtelotte and Mary B. Clark, 26 Dec 1860 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; m. Helen Ellen Tourtelotte, daughter of Reuben Tourtelotte and Mary B. Clark, 26 Dec 1860 at Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine; She was from Ellsworth and he was from Brooklin; d. 24 Nov 1906 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Æ 72y 2m 24d.

• vi. Eunice Matilda Carter; b. May 1838 at Hancock, Maine; m. Albina Hall Carter, son of Robert B. Carter and Abigail B. Haskell, 5 Jan 1865; d. 17 Jul 1920 at Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, at age 82.

• vii. Catherine H. Carter; b. 1840 at Hancock, Maine; m. Haskell George Herrick, son of Shaderick Herrick and Lucy Eaton, 21 Nov 1861 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; d. 1865.

• viii. Sarah J. Carter; b. 18 Feb 1842; (Calculated date); m. Bailey R Closson, son of Barzillian H Closson and Harriet B. Lufkin, 22 Dec 1862 at North Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; They were both from Brooklin; d. 19 Jul 1919 at age 77; she was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine.

• ix. Adelia Nancy Carter; b. Jun 1847 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; m. Robert Curtis Day, son of Ebenezer Day and Mary Carter, Jun 1868 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; m. Charles B. Ferrin, son of Horace Zebulon Ferrin and Mary Ann Day, 15 Nov 1894 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; d. between 1920 and 1930. She was also known as Nancy Adelia Carter.

Sources

• Snow, W. A., Carter, S. C., & Wescott, E. C. (1992). The Carter families of Hancock County, Maine. [United States], [publisher not identified].

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-RXD8 : 16 March 2018), Vespasian Carter, 1859; citing North Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, United States, Buckland Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,471.