Deborah (Stevens) Carleton (1704 - 1748)

Born 4 Oct 1704 in Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Carleton — married 20 Jun 1726 in Andover, Essex, Province of Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 17 Jun 1748 at age 43 in Salem, Essex, Province of Massachusetts

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Biography

DEBORAH STEVENS,^[1] b. at Andover, 4 Oct 1704 daughter of Ephraim and Sarah (Abbott) Stevens;^[2] d. 17 Jun 1748 at Salem; m. at Andover, 20 Jun 1726,^[3] SAMUEL CARLETON, b. 3 Jun 1696 son of John and Hannah (Osgood) Carleton;^[4] Samuel d. at Salem 9 Mar 1767.

Several of the children of Deborah and Samuel were either mariners or married to mariners. One of their sons, William, died while on a return voyage from Barbados. Two sons-in-law Jacob Crowninshield and John Bowditch also died at sea: Jacob in 1774 on a voyage from Jamaica and John in 1793.

In his will dated 30 January 1767 (probate 7 April 1767), Samuel Carleton has bequests for the following persons: son Ephraim, son Samuel, son William, daughter Hannah Crowninshield, and daughter Mary Bowditch. He specifies that he has five children. Total estate value was £888.17.9.^[5]

There are eight children recorded for Deborah and Samuel. The oldest child was born at Andover and the others at Salem.

i DEBORAH CARLETON, b. 17 Mar 1728/9; a death record was not found, but she died prior to the time of her father’s will in 1767.

ii SAMUEL CARLETON, b. 11 Aug 1731; d. at Salem, 25 Mar 1804; m. 27 Oct 1754, EUNICE HUNT, b. 25 Oct 1730 daughter of William and Eunice (Bowditch) Hunt;^[6] Eunice d. 12 Aug 1827.

iii HANNAH CARLETON, b. 26 Jul 1734; d. 14 May 1824; m. 30 Mar 1756, JACOB CROWNINSHIELD, b. 9 Jan 1732/3 son of John and Anstus (Williams) Crowninshield; Jacob was a mariner who died on a passage from Jamaica in Nov 1774.^[7]

iv BENJAMIN CARLETON, b. 5 Apr 1736; no death record found but not living at the time of his father’s will in 1767.

v MARY CARLETON, b. about 1738; d. 24 Dec 1805; m. 12 Jul 1759, JOHN BOWDITCH, b. 3 Apr 1732 son of Ebenezer and Mary (Turner) Bowditch; John was a mariner and died at sea around April 1793.^[8]

vi EPHRAIM CARLETON, b. 20 Jan 1739; no further record found although he was living at the time of his father’s will in 1767.

vii JOHN CARLETON, b. 24 May 1741; no death record found but before the time of his father’s will in 1767.

viii WILLIAM CARLETON, b. 8 Apr 1744; d. Jun 1791 while on a trip to Barbados;^[9] m. 1st, (-) Palfrey who died before 1777. William m. 2nd, at Boston, 1 May 1777, MARY FARMER whose origins are uncertain but perhaps the daughter of Paul and Thankful (Sprague) Farmer of Boston.

Sources

1. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, Patricia A., The Descendants of John and Elizabeth Stevens of Andover Through Six Generations, 2021, In Press
2. ↑ Deborah is named as a daughter in the 1718 will of Ephraim Stevens; Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Probate of Ephraim Stevens, 7 Jul 1718, Case number 26333
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC8-W52Z : 31 October 2019), Samuel Carlton and Deborah Stevens, 20 Jun 1726; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011221.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK7-YJF : 15 January 2020), Samuel Carleton, 1696.
5. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Probate of Samuel Carleton, 7 Apr 1767, Case number 4689.
6. ↑ The 10 July 1782 indenture for the estate settlement of William Hunt of Salem includes heir Eunice Carlton wife of Samuel Carlton; Essex County Deeds, 139:163.
7. ↑ Crowninshield, Jacob. Capt., on his passage from Jamaica. Issues of Nov. 29 and Dec. 2, 1774. N. R.4. Salem Vital Records, volume 5, p 185
8. ↑ Bowditch, John, Capt., a. 30 y. Issue of Apr. 30, 1793. N. R. 9. Salem Vital Records, volume 5, p 97
9. ↑ Carlton, William, Capt., at Barbados, a. 46 y. Issue of July 5, 1791. N. R. 9. Salem Vital Records, volume 5, p 138