Jonathan
(John)
Center
II
aka Senter
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Senter
and Ruth (Todd) Wright
Brother of
Samuel Hunt [half], John Hunt [half], Elizabeth Senter, Elizabeth Hunt [half], Jonathan Center, Jeremiah Hunt [half], Elizabeth (Hunt) Farmer [half], Eleanor Senter, Mehitable (Senter) Bailey, Peter Hunt [half], Ruth Senter, Sarah (Center) Carter, Mary (Hunt) Dows [half] and Jeremiah Center
Husband of
Ruth (Wright) Center
— married
2 Dec 1708 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
John Center
Died
at age 58
in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Birth: Aug 8 1682 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Death: Before 1742 Parents: John Center, Ruth Hunt Siblings: Jonathan Center, Eleanor Center, Mehitable Bailey (born Center), Jeremiah Center, Elizabeth Wright (born Center), Ruth Brown (born Center), Sarah Carter (born Center) Wife: Ruth Center (born Wright)
Research Notes
Elizabeth (Center) Miller was removed as a child. She lived in Middletown, Connecticut her whole life and her parents were Jonathan Center and Martha Markham Center.[1]
= Source 1: Jonathan Center 1682-1740
Birth: 8 August 1682 Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States 1740 Age 58 Death: 20 August 1740 Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
John in entry for Joseph Center, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN: Jonathan Center 1682-1740 Marriage: 2 December 1708 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Ruth Wright 1685-1718
Children (5): Ruth Center 1710-1733 John Center 1713-1762 Joseph Center 1715- Samuel Center 1717-1746 Soloman Center 1717-
PARENTS AND SIBLINGS: John Center - Marriage: Sarah - Children (1): Jonathan Center 1682-1740
August 8, 1682 -- John Senter/Center was born at ?? Massachusetts Bay Colony. [2]
October 29, 1682 -- John Senter/Center was baptized at ?? Massachusetts Bay Colony. [3]
There are no records of John Senter (Center) after his birth.
Source 2: Alternate first name. John Center II 8 August 1682 – 20 August 1740 • LXWS-9MZ
The following analysis can be removed when the confusion is resolved.
Good find on the Center-167... It appears to match pretty well. The only issues I found are: 1) The familysearch link on Center-167 needs to be corrected... It now links to a pedigree that goes through Jonathan Center b. 1685 (brother of our John) and his parents John Center III b. 1660 m. Ruth Todd. -- I believe John is the son of John Center b. 1660 and his first wife Mary who does not appear in the familysearch details for John b. 1660, which is probably why they don't list son John b. 1682. 2) The birth location differs slightly: Boston vs. Chelsea. it appears they are maybe 2 miles apart as the crow flies. -- I'm not sure where the source for Chelsea came from... -- There are three records in familysearch for birth of John Center II b.1682, but two show surname Carter with mother 'Sarah Sarah'. The third has surname Center with mother as 'Sarah' a) Mass Births and Christenings == Carter b) Vital Records Mass. Town Clerk == Carter c) Mass, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records == Center The irony of this is that they ALL refer to exactly the same original document from Boston that lists surname as "Center":
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Sources
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LJB5-NTW
- ↑ Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, page 64.
- ↑ Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, page 64.
- Wright family records
- George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981. Page 64. Also available at: [1]
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2495&h=47347503&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=lQp4395&_phstart=successSource
2. Notes from Donald Smith, November 5, 2021. Don is a descendant from this Center line.
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Based on Bio for -167: -- father John in both cases -- mother Mary Unkonwn v. Ruth Hunt -- siblings Jonathan, Eleanor, Mehitable, Jeremiah, Elizabeth, Sarah and Ruth all appear in both
Notes about birth I found what appears to be the original birth records in Boston for John Center and John Carter on Ancestry. They are on the same page, a few lines apart. They were both born on 8 Aug 1682. Both lines have "John Son of John (Carter/Center) and Sarah": I also found a 1684 entry in the same reference for Jonathan Center b. 8 Feb 1684 listing parents as John and Mary: (2nd to last line). I believe this is the Jonathan Center listed as brother to John b. 1682, wikitree Center-123 although birth year is off by 1 (says 1685).
I have emailed both Bob and Leslie with more detailed notes and references.
surname Senter aka Center in Senter-93 Different sources do not seem to conflict: Center-332: familysearch: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LXWS-9MZ which includes 33 sources Senter-93: The Early Settlers of Rowley, Mass I believe I am descended from son John b. 1712/13 Center-331 who is the only child under Center-332 with no spouse or children listed under Senter-93, so there is no conflict there either.