Name Info
BENJAMIN CARTER Jr.
1747 MA to 1814 VT
son of BENJAMIN CARTER Sr. and SARAH RUNNELS
BENJAMIN CARTER Jr.
1747 MA to 1814 VT
son of BENJAMIN CARTER Sr. and SARAH RUNNELS
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Search.........Person PAF-ID.........09000186 Gender.........male Status.........deceased Age............67y 0m 21d Last-Marital...married Fam-Group......MILLER Fam-ID.........CARTER Citizenship....US born |
#Marriages.....2 #Divorces......0 #Sources.......25 #Events........1 #Images:.......45 #Comments......1 #Siblings......0 #Children......1 |
Person-Type....A Immigrant?.....no Immig-Known?...no Parent?........father Spouse?........husband Sibling?.......brother Child?.........son Twin...........no Adopted?....... |
Title(s)....... Ancestor.......ancestor RelatedToMe.... Gen-#..........08 Ahn-#.......... Religion....... PoliticParty... Ht/Wt/Eye/Hair. Burial.........Village Cemetery |
Parents and Siblings
- Parent: BENJAMIN CARTER Sr., male, born:1731-09-03 ?Massachusetts, died:1752-1817 (20y 3m 29d) ?Massachusetts, Anc:1, #M:1, #Cmnts:1
- Parent: SARAH RUNNELS, female, born:1732 ?Vermont, died:1785-01-07 (53y 0m 6d) Scarborough, Cumberland county, Maine, Anc:1, #M:1, #Cmnts:1
Spouse(s) and Children
- Marriage: 1777-03-18 Sutton, Worcester county, Massachusetts
- Spouse: MARY\MERCY GALE, female, born:1756-12-02 Sutton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, died:1795-1846 (38y 0m 30d) , Anc:1, Dad:JOSIAH GALE Sr., Mom:ELIZABETH CHADWICK, #Cmnts:1
- ..Child: SARAH\MERCY CARTER, female, born:1795 Newfane, Windham county, Vermont, died:1866-11-29 (71y 10m 28d) Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont, Anc:1, Dad:BENJAMIN CARTER Jr., Mom:MARY\MERCY GALE, #Cmnts:1
- Marriage: ?
- Spouse: Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, female, born:1764 ?Vermont, died:1854-01-06 (90y 0m 5d) Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont
Events
Pos-held: 1731-12-20y2m9d, Benjamin was one of eight men on the committee to seat the meeting house Benjamin was one of eight men on the committee to seat the meeting house
Birth: 1747-10-11y0m0d
Govt-court: 1776 , Age:28y2m21d, Role:petitioner, Benjamin Carter and David Bancroft, a committee for the South Parish in Worcester, present a petition 'requesting this tow to set them off, with their estates, and such others as are willing to join them, in order that they may be incorporated with others in neighboring towns, into a new town'. The petition was refused. Benjamin Carter and David Bancroft, a committee for the South Parish in Worcester, present a petition 'requesting this tow to set them off, with their estates, and such others as are willing to join them, in order that they may be incorporated with others in neighboring towns, into a new town'. The petition was refused.
Married: 1777-03-18, Age:29y5m7d, Role:groom
Livedin: 1777 , Age:29y2m21d, When Benjamin and Mercy were married, he was a resident of Grafton. At some point before 1790 this couple moved to Windham county Vermont. When Benjamin and Mercy were married, he was a resident of Grafton. At some point before 1790 this couple moved to Windham county Vermont.
Census: 1790 , Age:42y2m21d, Role:census federal, Benjamin Carter is listed (see page 180 of the book 'Annals of Brattleboro') among the Brattleboro families in 1790. Benjamin Carter is listed (see page 180 of the book 'Annals of Brattleboro') among the Brattleboro families in 1790.
Misc: 1793 , Age:45y2m21d, Role:petitioner, A petition in 1793 -- one signer was Benjamin Carter -- was sent to the General Court about the incorporation of the town of Gill and the land west of the Connecticut River. In 1795, after a vote of the town of Northfield, the petition was honored. A petition in 1793 -- one signer was Benjamin Carter -- was sent to the General Court about the incorporation of the town of Gill and the land west of the Connecticut River. In 1795, after a vote of the town of Northfield, the petition was honored.
Tax: 1801-02-13, Age:53y4m2d, Role:taxed, Benjamin Carter's name appears in the tax list Benjamin Carter's name appears in the tax list
Census: 1810 , Age:62y2m21d, Role:census federal, 1810 census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter Jr. One male age 45 and over (Benjamin Carter Jr. would be age 58 in 1810) and one female age 11 to 16 and one female age 45 and over. 1810 census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter Jr. One male age 45 and over (Benjamin Carter Jr. would be age 58 in 1810) and one female age 11 to 16 and one female age 45 and over.
Death: 1814-11-01, Age:67y0m21d, The Benjamin Carter buried in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont as a Revolutionary War veteran is likely not the ancestor since that Benjamin Carter is listed (in FindAGrave.com) as being married in 1784 to Elizabeth Blaisdell (1764-1854) and having daughter Betsey (1785-1866) The Benjamin Carter buried in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont as a Revolutionary War veteran is likely not the ancestor since that Benjamin Carter is listed (in FindAGrave.com) as being married in 1784 to Elizabeth Blaisdell (1764-1854) and having daughter Betsey (1785-1866)
Burial: 1814-11, Age:67y0m21d, Village Cemetery
Military: 1815-05-17, Age:67y7m6d, Role:soldier, Three men named Benjamin Carter served in the U.S. infantry during the War of 1812. They are describled as having different ages, heights, and, different color for eyes and hair (see below). They are all too young to be the ancestor.
1. in Captain Conkling's company, unspecified height, eyes, hair, age
2. in Captain J. Miller's company, 5'10", blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, age 24, sailor, from Massachusetts
3. unspecified company, 5'8", black eyes, light hair, light complexion, age 37, two ships as carpenter, from Virginia Three men named Benjamin Carter served in the U.S. infantry during the War of 1812. They are describled as having different ages, heights, and, different color for eyes and hair (see below). They are all too young to be the ancestor.
1. in Captain Conkling's company, unspecified height, eyes, hair, age
2. in Captain J. Miller's company, 5'10", blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, age 24, sailor, from Massachusetts
3. unspecified company, 5'8", black eyes, light hair, light complexion, age 37, two ships as carpenter, from Virginia
Census: 1820 , Age:72y2m21d, Role:census federal, 1820 census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter Jr. One male age 45 and over (Benjamin Carter Jr. would be age 68 in 1820) and one female age 16 to 25. 1820 census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter Jr. One male age 45 and over (Benjamin Carter Jr. would be age 68 in 1820) and one female age 16 to 25.
Military: Role:private, A Benjamin Carter served in Captain Laugdou's company of New Hampshire Volunteers. This Benjamin may be a different person than the ancestor. A Benjamin Carter served in Captain Laugdou's company of New Hampshire Volunteers. This Benjamin may be a different person than the ancestor.
Married: Role:groom, Benjamin Jr. was married a second time to Elizabeth ______. Per her death certificate, she died Jan.06, 1854 in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont at age 90 and was buried in the Village Cemetery there. Benjamin Jr. was married a second time to Elizabeth ______. Per her death certificate, she died Jan.06, 1854 in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont at age 90 and was buried in the Village Cemetery there.
Misc: A map (from Google Maps) was made to show the four towns -- Worcester, Leicester, Oxford and Sutton -- that were split to form the town of Auburn in 1778. This shows that life went on in Massachusetts despite the Revolutionary War. After their marriage in 1777, Benjamin Carter Jr. and wife Mercy Gale had their first two children born in Auburn A map (from Google Maps) was made to show the four towns -- Worcester, Leicester, Oxford and Sutton -- that were split to form the town of Auburn in 1778. This shows that life went on in Massachusetts despite the Revolutionary War. After their marriage in 1777, Benjamin Carter Jr. and wife Mercy Gale had their first two children born in Auburn
Pos-held: 1731-12-20y2m9d, Benjamin was one of eight men on the committee to seat the meeting house Benjamin was one of eight men on the committee to seat the meeting house
Birth: 1747-10-11y0m0d
Govt-court: 1776 , Age:28y2m21d, Role:petitioner, Benjamin Carter and David Bancroft, a committee for the South Parish in Worcester, present a petition 'requesting this tow to set them off, with their estates, and such others as are willing to join them, in order that they may be incorporated with others in neighboring towns, into a new town'. The petition was refused. Benjamin Carter and David Bancroft, a committee for the South Parish in Worcester, present a petition 'requesting this tow to set them off, with their estates, and such others as are willing to join them, in order that they may be incorporated with others in neighboring towns, into a new town'. The petition was refused.
Married: 1777-03-18, Age:29y5m7d, Role:groom
Livedin: 1777 , Age:29y2m21d, When Benjamin and Mercy were married, he was a resident of Grafton. At some point before 1790 this couple moved to Windham county Vermont. When Benjamin and Mercy were married, he was a resident of Grafton. At some point before 1790 this couple moved to Windham county Vermont.
Census: 1790 , Age:42y2m21d, Role:census federal, Benjamin Carter is listed (see page 180 of the book 'Annals of Brattleboro') among the Brattleboro families in 1790. Benjamin Carter is listed (see page 180 of the book 'Annals of Brattleboro') among the Brattleboro families in 1790.
Misc: 1793 , Age:45y2m21d, Role:petitioner, A petition in 1793 -- one signer was Benjamin Carter -- was sent to the General Court about the incorporation of the town of Gill and the land west of the Connecticut River. In 1795, after a vote of the town of Northfield, the petition was honored. A petition in 1793 -- one signer was Benjamin Carter -- was sent to the General Court about the incorporation of the town of Gill and the land west of the Connecticut River. In 1795, after a vote of the town of Northfield, the petition was honored.
Tax: 1801-02-13, Age:53y4m2d, Role:taxed, Benjamin Carter's name appears in the tax list Benjamin Carter's name appears in the tax list
Census: 1810 , Age:62y2m21d, Role:census federal, 1810 census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter Jr. One male age 45 and over (Benjamin Carter Jr. would be age 58 in 1810) and one female age 11 to 16 and one female age 45 and over. 1810 census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter Jr. One male age 45 and over (Benjamin Carter Jr. would be age 58 in 1810) and one female age 11 to 16 and one female age 45 and over.
Death: 1814-11-01, Age:67y0m21d, The Benjamin Carter buried in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont as a Revolutionary War veteran is likely not the ancestor since that Benjamin Carter is listed (in FindAGrave.com) as being married in 1784 to Elizabeth Blaisdell (1764-1854) and having daughter Betsey (1785-1866) The Benjamin Carter buried in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont as a Revolutionary War veteran is likely not the ancestor since that Benjamin Carter is listed (in FindAGrave.com) as being married in 1784 to Elizabeth Blaisdell (1764-1854) and having daughter Betsey (1785-1866)
Burial: 1814-11, Age:67y0m21d, Village Cemetery
Military: 1815-05-17, Age:67y7m6d, Role:soldier, Three men named Benjamin Carter served in the U.S. infantry during the War of 1812. They are describled as having different ages, heights, and, different color for eyes and hair (see below). They are all too young to be the ancestor.
1. in Captain Conkling's company, unspecified height, eyes, hair, age
2. in Captain J. Miller's company, 5'10", blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, age 24, sailor, from Massachusetts
3. unspecified company, 5'8", black eyes, light hair, light complexion, age 37, two ships as carpenter, from Virginia Three men named Benjamin Carter served in the U.S. infantry during the War of 1812. They are describled as having different ages, heights, and, different color for eyes and hair (see below). They are all too young to be the ancestor.
1. in Captain Conkling's company, unspecified height, eyes, hair, age
2. in Captain J. Miller's company, 5'10", blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, age 24, sailor, from Massachusetts
3. unspecified company, 5'8", black eyes, light hair, light complexion, age 37, two ships as carpenter, from Virginia
Census: 1820 , Age:72y2m21d, Role:census federal, 1820 census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter Jr. One male age 45 and over (Benjamin Carter Jr. would be age 68 in 1820) and one female age 16 to 25. 1820 census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter Jr. One male age 45 and over (Benjamin Carter Jr. would be age 68 in 1820) and one female age 16 to 25.
Military: Role:private, A Benjamin Carter served in Captain Laugdou's company of New Hampshire Volunteers. This Benjamin may be a different person than the ancestor. A Benjamin Carter served in Captain Laugdou's company of New Hampshire Volunteers. This Benjamin may be a different person than the ancestor.
Married: Role:groom, Benjamin Jr. was married a second time to Elizabeth ______. Per her death certificate, she died Jan.06, 1854 in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont at age 90 and was buried in the Village Cemetery there. Benjamin Jr. was married a second time to Elizabeth ______. Per her death certificate, she died Jan.06, 1854 in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont at age 90 and was buried in the Village Cemetery there.
Misc: A map (from Google Maps) was made to show the four towns -- Worcester, Leicester, Oxford and Sutton -- that were split to form the town of Auburn in 1778. This shows that life went on in Massachusetts despite the Revolutionary War. After their marriage in 1777, Benjamin Carter Jr. and wife Mercy Gale had their first two children born in Auburn A map (from Google Maps) was made to show the four towns -- Worcester, Leicester, Oxford and Sutton -- that were split to form the town of Auburn in 1778. This shows that life went on in Massachusetts despite the Revolutionary War. After their marriage in 1777, Benjamin Carter Jr. and wife Mercy Gale had their first two children born in Auburn
Image(s)
I__0007 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary Gale
I__0008 - Birth of Benjamin Carter Jr. to Benjamin Sr. and Sarah
I__0009 - Benjamin Carter Jr. as a Soldier and Resident of Wheelock, Caledonia county, VT
I__0010 - Benjamin Carter Jr. as a Soldier and Resident of Wheelock, Caledonia county, VT
I__0011 - Family of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Wife Mercy Gale as parents of Lucy
I__0012 - Family of Benjamin Carter Sr. and Wife Sarah Runnels and Son Benjamin Jr.
I__0013 - Family of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Wife Mercy\Mary Gale and Daughter Sally\Mercy
I__0014 - Marriage Record of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mercy Gale
I__0015 - Benjamin Carter Jr. on a Town Committee for Sutton, Worcester county, MA
I__0016 - Family of Benjamin Carter Sr. and wife Sarah Runnels
I__0017 - Family of Benjamin Carter Sr. and wife Sarah Runnels
I__0018 - 1820 Census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter
I__0019 - 1810 Census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Banjamin Carter Jr.
I__0025 - Family of Benjamin Carter Jr.
I__0091 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary Gale
I__0095 - Death Certificate of Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Carter
I__0193 - Headstone for Benjamin Carter
I__0195 - Article of Several Generations of Carter Family
I__0200 - Birth Notations for Five Children of Benjamin and Sarah Carter in Sutton
I__0201 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary Gale in Sutton Worcester county MA
I__0203 - Death Notation for Elizabeth the Wife of Benjamin Carter
I__0209 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary Gale in Sutton Worcester county MA
I__0218 - Family Information of Thomas Pratt and Susanna Gleason
I__0636 - Family Information of Josiah Gale & Elizabeth Chadwick including Daughter Mercy
I__0638 - 1820 Census for Buckland, Franklin county Massachusetts with Benjamin Carter
I__0639 - 1830 Census for Buckland, Franklin county Massachusetts with Benjamin Carter
I__0640 - Death Record in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont for Benjamin Carter
I__0914 - Family Information of Benjamin Carter Jr.
I__1058 - Headstone of Elizabeth (Blaisdell) Carter
I__1059 - 1830 Census for Leominster, Worcester county, Massachusetts with Benjamin Carter
I__1192 - Marriage Intentions of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary L. Robinson in Maine
I__1193 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary L. Robinson in Maine
I__1195 - Marriage Intentions of Benjamin Carter and Anna Burrage in Leominster, MA
I__1196 - Birth Notation of Benjamin Carter Jr. to Benjamin and Grace Carter in Maine
I__1209 - Book 'History of the Town of Gill, Franklin county, Massachusetts', 1978
I__1224 - Map of Auburn, Worcester county, Massachusetts and Four Towns it Formed From
I__1226 - Marriage Notation for Benjamin Carter and Grace Cummins in Scarboro, Maine
I__1228 - Marriage Notation for Benjamin Carter and Grace Cummins in Scarboro, Maine
I__1229 - Marriage Notation for Benjamin Carter and Grace Cummins in Scarboro, Maine
I__1244 - Book 'Gale Family Records', 1866, George Gale
I__1254 - Book 'History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts 1704-1876', 1878, Wm.Benedict
I__1256 - Record of Men in the Army Prior to Peace Treaty of 1815'
Z__0028 - Map of Counties of Vermont
Z__0029 - Map of Counties of New Hampshire
Z__0030 - Map of Counties of Massachusetts
I__0007 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary Gale
I__0008 - Birth of Benjamin Carter Jr. to Benjamin Sr. and Sarah
I__0009 - Benjamin Carter Jr. as a Soldier and Resident of Wheelock, Caledonia county, VT
I__0010 - Benjamin Carter Jr. as a Soldier and Resident of Wheelock, Caledonia county, VT
I__0011 - Family of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Wife Mercy Gale as parents of Lucy
I__0012 - Family of Benjamin Carter Sr. and Wife Sarah Runnels and Son Benjamin Jr.
I__0013 - Family of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Wife Mercy\Mary Gale and Daughter Sally\Mercy
I__0014 - Marriage Record of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mercy Gale
I__0015 - Benjamin Carter Jr. on a Town Committee for Sutton, Worcester county, MA
I__0016 - Family of Benjamin Carter Sr. and wife Sarah Runnels
I__0017 - Family of Benjamin Carter Sr. and wife Sarah Runnels
I__0018 - 1820 Census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Benjamin Carter
I__0019 - 1810 Census for Brattleboro, Windham county, Vermont with Banjamin Carter Jr.
I__0025 - Family of Benjamin Carter Jr.
I__0091 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary Gale
I__0095 - Death Certificate of Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Carter
I__0193 - Headstone for Benjamin Carter
I__0195 - Article of Several Generations of Carter Family
I__0200 - Birth Notations for Five Children of Benjamin and Sarah Carter in Sutton
I__0201 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary Gale in Sutton Worcester county MA
I__0203 - Death Notation for Elizabeth the Wife of Benjamin Carter
I__0209 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary Gale in Sutton Worcester county MA
I__0218 - Family Information of Thomas Pratt and Susanna Gleason
I__0636 - Family Information of Josiah Gale & Elizabeth Chadwick including Daughter Mercy
I__0638 - 1820 Census for Buckland, Franklin county Massachusetts with Benjamin Carter
I__0639 - 1830 Census for Buckland, Franklin county Massachusetts with Benjamin Carter
I__0640 - Death Record in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont for Benjamin Carter
I__0914 - Family Information of Benjamin Carter Jr.
I__1058 - Headstone of Elizabeth (Blaisdell) Carter
I__1059 - 1830 Census for Leominster, Worcester county, Massachusetts with Benjamin Carter
I__1192 - Marriage Intentions of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary L. Robinson in Maine
I__1193 - Marriage of Benjamin Carter Jr. and Mary L. Robinson in Maine
I__1195 - Marriage Intentions of Benjamin Carter and Anna Burrage in Leominster, MA
I__1196 - Birth Notation of Benjamin Carter Jr. to Benjamin and Grace Carter in Maine
I__1209 - Book 'History of the Town of Gill, Franklin county, Massachusetts', 1978
I__1224 - Map of Auburn, Worcester county, Massachusetts and Four Towns it Formed From
I__1226 - Marriage Notation for Benjamin Carter and Grace Cummins in Scarboro, Maine
I__1228 - Marriage Notation for Benjamin Carter and Grace Cummins in Scarboro, Maine
I__1229 - Marriage Notation for Benjamin Carter and Grace Cummins in Scarboro, Maine
I__1244 - Book 'Gale Family Records', 1866, George Gale
I__1254 - Book 'History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts 1704-1876', 1878, Wm.Benedict
I__1256 - Record of Men in the Army Prior to Peace Treaty of 1815'
Z__0028 - Map of Counties of Vermont
Z__0029 - Map of Counties of New Hampshire
Z__0030 - Map of Counties of Massachusetts
General
A map (from Google Maps) was made to show the four towns -- Worcester, Leicester, Oxford and Sutton -- that were split to form the town of Auburn in 1778. This shows that life went on in Massachusetts despite the Revolutionary War. After their marriage in 1777, Benjamin Carter Jr. and wife Mercy Gale had their first two children born in Auburn
A map (from Google Maps) was made to show the four towns -- Worcester, Leicester, Oxford and Sutton -- that were split to form the town of Auburn in 1778. This shows that life went on in Massachusetts despite the Revolutionary War. After their marriage in 1777, Benjamin Carter Jr. and wife Mercy Gale had their first two children born in Auburn
Sources
Birth Death and Marriage records for Vermont, Montpelier VT, 1986
Book Early Massachusetts Marriages prior to 1800, Frederic Bailey, 1968
Book Founders of Early American Families, M.B. Colket, 1985, 2002
Book Genealogies and Families of Watertown Massachusetts, H.Bond, 1855/60
Book History of Deerfield Massachusetts, George Sheldon, 1898
Book History of the town of Sutton MA 1704-1876, William Benedict, 1878
Book Immigrant Ancestors Before 1750, F.A. Virkus, 1980 (unreliable source)
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Letter from Gill Massachusetts town clerk, 1982
RootsWeb website at https://wc.rootsweb.com or http://worldconnect.genealogy
Sally Carter Miller death certificate, Brattleboro Vermont, 1866
Website ancestors.familySearch.org
Website www.wikitree.com
catnip13.tripod.com:::mentioned in the Pratts #54catnip13.tripod.com:::
rays-place.com:::marriage, NO LONGER AVAILABLErays-place.com:::
archive.org:::marriage as 'Jr.' on page 148archive.org:::
familysearch.org:::wife and only two children but no Sally\Mercy, parentsfamilysearch.org:::
lists.rootsweb.com:::family see #22lists.rootsweb.com:::
whipple.one-name.net:::family, parents, different wifewhipple.one-name.net:::
familysearch.org:::family, parents, MAYBE ANCESTOR but missing ancestral childfamilysearch.org:::
familysearch.org:::family, parents, MAYBE NOT ANCESTOR although has the ancestor as childfamilysearch.org:::
findagrave.com:::death, wife Anna Burragefindagrave.com:::
findagrave.com:::as husband and father, not ancestorfindagrave.com:::
findagrave.com:::birth, death, historyfindagrave.com:::
geni.com:::as songeni.com:::
werelate.org:::possible ancestor but no children listedwerelate.org:::
Birth Death and Marriage records for Vermont, Montpelier VT, 1986
Book Early Massachusetts Marriages prior to 1800, Frederic Bailey, 1968
Book Founders of Early American Families, M.B. Colket, 1985, 2002
Book Genealogies and Families of Watertown Massachusetts, H.Bond, 1855/60
Book History of Deerfield Massachusetts, George Sheldon, 1898
Book History of the town of Sutton MA 1704-1876, William Benedict, 1878
Book Immigrant Ancestors Before 1750, F.A. Virkus, 1980 (unreliable source)
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I__1224__ image
I__1226__ image
I__1228__ image
I__1229__ image
I__1244__ image
I__1254__ image
I__1256__ image
Letter from Gill Massachusetts town clerk, 1982
RootsWeb website at https://wc.rootsweb.com or http://worldconnect.genealogy
Sally Carter Miller death certificate, Brattleboro Vermont, 1866
Website ancestors.familySearch.org
Website www.wikitree.com
catnip13.tripod.com:::mentioned in the Pratts #54catnip13.tripod.com:::
rays-place.com:::marriage, NO LONGER AVAILABLErays-place.com:::
archive.org:::marriage as 'Jr.' on page 148archive.org:::
familysearch.org:::wife and only two children but no Sally\Mercy, parentsfamilysearch.org:::
lists.rootsweb.com:::family see #22lists.rootsweb.com:::
whipple.one-name.net:::family, parents, different wifewhipple.one-name.net:::
familysearch.org:::family, parents, MAYBE ANCESTOR but missing ancestral childfamilysearch.org:::
familysearch.org:::family, parents, MAYBE NOT ANCESTOR although has the ancestor as childfamilysearch.org:::
findagrave.com:::death, wife Anna Burragefindagrave.com:::
findagrave.com:::as husband and father, not ancestorfindagrave.com:::
findagrave.com:::birth, death, historyfindagrave.com:::
geni.com:::as songeni.com:::
werelate.org:::possible ancestor but no children listedwerelate.org:::
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1750: Europe - Peak of the Little Ice Age [first suggested in 1939, this has since been disputed after more detailed research] that lasts another one hundred years
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1752: United States - Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity with his famous kite flying experiment which was done in secrecy at the time. Later that same year he invents the lightning rod, one of the most perfect inventions because it continues to do its job without maintenance. It is still being used today by every tall building in the world.
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1758: England - British colonel James Wolfe Issues the Wolfe Manifesto
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1760: England - George III became King of Britain
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1761: France, India - Battle of Panipat, France defeats Maratha Empire
1762-1796: Russia - Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia
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1770-1771: Czech Republic - Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands
1770: Australia, England - James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain
1770: United States - Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a crowd of snowball throwers, killing five. John Adams later defends in court the British troops involved, this actually boosts John Adams' reputation because it demonstrates to the British that the Americans are fair
1771: England - Richard Arkwright and his partners build the first water-powered mill at Cromford
1771: Russia - The Plague Riot in Moscow
1772-1779: England, India - Maratha Empire fights Britain and the forces of Raghunathrao during the First Anglo-Maratha War
1772-1795: Poland - The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and erased Poland from the map for 123 years
1772: Denmark - Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark
1772: Poland - Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1772: Sweden - Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d etat, becoming almost an absolute monarch
1773-1775: Russia - Pugachev Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in the history of Russia
1773: India, China - East India Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China
1775-1783: United States, England - American Revolutionary War
1775: United States - Daniel Boone begins to clear the Wilderness Road to Kentucky
1775: globe - John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772-1775)
1776: Germany - Order of Illuminati founded by German philosopher Adam Weishaupt
1776: United States - United States Declaration of Independence is written by Thomas Jefferson and others then is adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia
1778: United States - James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands
1778: Vietnam - Tây So-n Dynasty established in Vietnam
1779-1879: England, South Africa - Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1780: Peru - Outbreak of Indigenous rebellion led by Túpac Amaru II in Peru
1781-1785: Austria - Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step, second step in 1848)
1781: United States, Spain - Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles
1783: Iceland - Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano
1783: Ukraine, Russia - Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate
1783: United States, England - The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War of Independence
1785-1791: Russia - Imam Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic, led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian Invaders
1785-1795: United States - Northwest Indian War between the United States and Native Americans
1787-1792: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (seventh of ten), Russian victory
1787: Japan - Kansei Reforms Instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu
1787: Sierra Leone - Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone
1787: United States - United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification, the Bill of Rights ratified four years later
1788-1789: Brazil - Inconfidencia Mineira, conspiracy against the colonial authorities in Brazil
1788: Astralia - First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney, Australia is the only Western country with no Bill of Rights
1788: France - First French Quaker community established in Congenies
1788: United States - New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the ninth state, and by the terms of Article VII, the constitution goes into effect
1789-1799: France - The French Revolution
1789: Canada, England, Spain - Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis
1789: Unites States - George Washington unanimously elected President of the United States, he serves two four-year terms
1790: Belgiu, - United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution
1790: Poland, germany - Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1791-1795: globe - George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition
1791-1804: Haiti - The Haitian Revolution
1791: Canada - The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America
1792-1815: France - The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars
1792: Sweden - King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen
1792: United States - New York Stock & Exchange Board founded
1793-1796: France - Revolt in the Vendee against the French Republic at the time of the Revolution
1793: Canada - Upper Canada bans slavery
1793: United States - The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as five thosand people in Philadelphia—roughly 10% of the population
1794: Iran - Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty
1794: Poland - Polish revolt
1794: United States, England - The Jay Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States which returns to the U.S. the Western outposts in the Great Lakes, and, commerce between the two countries is regulated
1795: France - The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem
1795: Georgia - Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground
1795: United States, Spain - The Pinckney Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the U.S.
1795: United States - Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu uanu
1796-1804: China - The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China
1796: Africa (western) - Mungo Park, backed by the African Association, is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa
1796: Ceylon, England, Naterlands - British ejected Dutch from Ceylon
1796: England - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination, smallpox killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs)
1796: France - Battle of Montenotte, engagement in the War of the First Coalition, first victory of Napoleon Bonaparte as an army commander
1797: France - Napoleon Invades and partitions the Republic of Venice ending over a thousand years of Independence for the Serene Republic
1797: United States - John Adams is elected to succeed George Washington as President of the United States, he serves one four-year term and his son, John Quincy Adams, will serve one term as President 24 years later
1798-1800: United States, France - Quasi-War between the United States and France
1798: Ireland - The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland
1799: France - Napoleon staged a coup d etat and became dictator of France
1799: India - Dutch East India Company is dissolved
1799: Tonga - The assassination of the 14th Tu I Kanokupolu, Tuku aho, plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war
1800: England - The Company of Surgeons are awarded their Royal Charter and became the Royal College of Surgeons of England
1800: United States - The Inception of the Second Great Awakening for the United States
1801-1815: United States, Africa north coastal countries - Barbary War between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801: England, Ireland - The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom
1801: Pakistan - Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab (made up of parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
1801: United States - Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives, following a tie in the Electoral College
1803: Saudi Arabia - The Wahhabis of the First Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina
1803: United States, France - The United States buys out territorial claims of France in North America via the Louisiana Purchase, this begins the U.S. westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as Its Manifest Destiny which Involves annexing and conquering land from Mexico, Britain, and Native Americans
1804-1810: Nigeria - Fulani Jihad in Nigeria
1804-1815: Serbia, Turkey - Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule, Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817
1804: Auastria - Austrian Empire founded by Francis I
1804: France - Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
1804: Haiti, France - Haiti gains Independence from France and becomes the first black republic
1805-1848: Egypt - Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt
1805: England, France, Spain - The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas, a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century
1806-1812: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (eighth of ten), Russian victory
1806: Europe - Treaty of Pressburg (Bratislava, Slovakia), Holy Roman Empire is dissolved as Francis II renounces his title as Holy Roman Emperor and becomes Emperor Francis I of Austria
1807: England - Britain declares the Slave Trade Illegal
1808-1809: Russia, Finland, Sweden - Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War
1808-1814: Spain - Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War
1809: France - Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim
1810: Germany - The University of Berlin is founded, among Its students and faculty are Hegel, Marx, and Bismarck, the German university reform proves to be so successful that Its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities)
1810: Mexico - The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War of Independence
1810s-20s: Latin America, Spain, Portugal - Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of Independence
1812-1815: United States, England - War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1812: France, Russia - The French Invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars
1813-1907: England, Russia, Asia - The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game
1814-16: England, Nepal - Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire
1747: Afghanistan - Ahmed Shah Durrani founded the Durrani Empire in modern day Afghanistan
1748-1754: England, France, India - The Second Carnatic War fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India
1748: Austria - Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession and First Carnatic War
1748: United States - Benjamin Franklin retires from the printing business to pursue scientific matters
1750: Europe - Peak of the Little Ice Age [first suggested in 1939, this has since been disputed after more detailed research] that lasts another one hundred years
1751: United States - Jamaes Madison born
1752: United States - Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity with his famous kite flying experiment which was done in secrecy at the time. Later that same year he invents the lightning rod, one of the most perfect inventions because it continues to do its job without maintenance. It is still being used today by every tall building in the world.
1753: United States, France, England - Major George Washington, age 21, delivers a message to the French from the English King asking the French to leave North American, the French politely refuse
1754-1763,: United States, France, England - The French and Indian War, Fought in the U.S. and Canada mostly between the French and French allies and the English and English allies, the North American chapter of the Seven Years War
1754: India - Treaty of Pondicherry ends Second Carnatic War (of three) and recognizes Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah as Nawab of the Carnatic
1755-1763: Canada - The Great Upheaval, forced population transfer of the French Acadian population from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
1755: Portugal - The Lisbon earthquake
1756-1763: France, India - The Third Carnatic War fought between the British, the French, the Marathas, and Mysore in India
1756-1763: globe - Seven Years War fought among European powers in various theaters around the world
1757: India - Battle of Plassey signaled the beginning of formal British rule in India after years of commercial activity under the auspices of the East India Company
1758: England - British colonel James Wolfe Issues the Wolfe Manifesto
1758: United States - James Monroe born
1759: France, England - French commander Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and British commander James Wolfe die during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
1760: England - George III became King of Britain
1760: Iran - Zand dynasty founded in Iran
1761: France, India - Battle of Panipat, France defeats Maratha Empire
1762-1796: Russia - Reign of Catherine the Great of Russia
1763: India - Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years War and Third Carnatic War
1763: Omdoa - Kingdom of Mysore conquers the Kingdom of Keladi
1765: United States, England - Stamp Act Introduced into the American colonies by the UK Parliament
1766-1799: India - Anglo-Mysore Wars
1767: Burma - Burmese conquered the Ayutthaya kingdom
1768-1774: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (sixth of ten), Russian victory
1768: Nepal - Gurkhas conquered Nepal
1769-1770: New Zealand, Australia - James Cook explores and maps New Zealand and Australia
1769-1773: India - The Bengal famine of 1770 killed one third of the Bengal population
1769: United States - James Watt invents the steam engine, this begins the Industrial Revolution
1769: United States - Spanish missionaries established the first of twenty one missions in California
1770-1771: Czech Republic - Famine in Czech lands killed hundreds of thousands
1770: Australia, England - James Cook claims the East Coast of Australia (New South Wales) for Great Britain
1770: United States - Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a crowd of snowball throwers, killing five. John Adams later defends in court the British troops involved, this actually boosts John Adams' reputation because it demonstrates to the British that the Americans are fair
1771: England - Richard Arkwright and his partners build the first water-powered mill at Cromford
1771: Russia - The Plague Riot in Moscow
1772-1779: England, India - Maratha Empire fights Britain and the forces of Raghunathrao during the First Anglo-Maratha War
1772-1795: Poland - The Partitions of Poland ended the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and erased Poland from the map for 123 years
1772: Denmark - Reformer Johann Friedrich Struensee executed in Denmark
1772: Poland - Partitions of Poland marks the end of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
1772: Sweden - Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d etat, becoming almost an absolute monarch
1773-1775: Russia - Pugachev Rebellion was the largest peasant revolt in the history of Russia
1773: India, China - East India Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China
1775-1783: United States, England - American Revolutionary War
1775: United States - Daniel Boone begins to clear the Wilderness Road to Kentucky
1775: globe - John Harrison H4 and Larcum Kendall K1 Marine chronometers are used to measure longitude by James Cook on his Second voyage (1772-1775)
1776: Germany - Order of Illuminati founded by German philosopher Adam Weishaupt
1776: United States - United States Declaration of Independence is written by Thomas Jefferson and others then is adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia
1778: United States - James Cook becomes first European on the Hawaiian Islands
1778: Vietnam - Tây So-n Dynasty established in Vietnam
1779-1879: England, South Africa - Xhosa Wars between British and Boer settlers and the Xhosas in South African Republic
1780: Peru - Outbreak of Indigenous rebellion led by Túpac Amaru II in Peru
1781-1785: Austria - Serfdom abolished in the Austrian monarchy (first step, second step in 1848)
1781: United States, Spain - Spanish settlers founded Los Angeles
1783: Iceland - Famine in Iceland caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano
1783: Ukraine, Russia - Russian Empire annexed the Crimean Khanate
1783: United States, England - The Treaty of Paris formally ends the American War of Independence
1785-1791: Russia - Imam Sheikh Mansur, a Chechen warrior and Muslim mystic, led a coalition of Muslim Caucasian tribes from throughout the Caucasus in a holy war against the Russian Invaders
1785-1795: United States - Northwest Indian War between the United States and Native Americans
1787-1792: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (seventh of ten), Russian victory
1787: Japan - Kansei Reforms Instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu
1787: Sierra Leone - Freed slaves from London founded Freetown in present-day Sierra Leone
1787: United States - United States Constitution was written in Philadelphia and submitted to the states for ratification, the Bill of Rights ratified four years later
1788-1789: Brazil - Inconfidencia Mineira, conspiracy against the colonial authorities in Brazil
1788: Astralia - First European settlement established in Australia at Sydney, Australia is the only Western country with no Bill of Rights
1788: France - First French Quaker community established in Congenies
1788: United States - New Hampshire ratifies the United States Constitution as the ninth state, and by the terms of Article VII, the constitution goes into effect
1789-1799: France - The French Revolution
1789: Canada, England, Spain - Great Britain and Spain dispute the Nootka Sound during the Nootka Crisis
1789: Unites States - George Washington unanimously elected President of the United States, he serves two four-year terms
1790: Belgiu, - United States of Belgium proclaimed following the Brabant Revolution
1790: Poland, germany - Establishment of the Polish-Prussian Pact
1791-1795: globe - George Vancouver explores the world during the Vancouver Expedition
1791-1804: Haiti - The Haitian Revolution
1791: Canada - The Constitutional Act (Or Canada Act) creates the two provinces of Upper and Lower Canada in British North America
1792-1815: France - The Great French War started as the French Revolutionary Wars which lead into the Napoleonic Wars
1792: Sweden - King Gustav III of Sweden was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen
1792: United States - New York Stock & Exchange Board founded
1793-1796: France - Revolt in the Vendee against the French Republic at the time of the Revolution
1793: Canada - Upper Canada bans slavery
1793: United States - The largest yellow fever epidemic in American history killed as many as five thosand people in Philadelphia—roughly 10% of the population
1794: Iran - Qajar dynasty founded in Iran after replacing the Zand dynasty
1794: Poland - Polish revolt
1794: United States, England - The Jay Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the United States which returns to the U.S. the Western outposts in the Great Lakes, and, commerce between the two countries is regulated
1795: France - The Marseillaise officially adopted as the French national anthem
1795: Georgia - Mohammad Khan Qajar razes Tbilisi to the ground
1795: United States, Spain - The Pinckney Treaty between the United States and Spain granted the Mississippi Territory to the U.S.
1795: United States - Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu uanu
1796-1804: China - The White Lotus Rebellion against the Manchu Dynasty in China
1796: Africa (western) - Mungo Park, backed by the African Association, is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa
1796: Ceylon, England, Naterlands - British ejected Dutch from Ceylon
1796: England - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination, smallpox killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year during the 18th century (including five reigning monarchs)
1796: France - Battle of Montenotte, engagement in the War of the First Coalition, first victory of Napoleon Bonaparte as an army commander
1797: France - Napoleon Invades and partitions the Republic of Venice ending over a thousand years of Independence for the Serene Republic
1797: United States - John Adams is elected to succeed George Washington as President of the United States, he serves one four-year term and his son, John Quincy Adams, will serve one term as President 24 years later
1798-1800: United States, France - Quasi-War between the United States and France
1798: Ireland - The Irish Rebellion failed to overthrow British rule in Ireland
1799: France - Napoleon staged a coup d etat and became dictator of France
1799: India - Dutch East India Company is dissolved
1799: Tonga - The assassination of the 14th Tu I Kanokupolu, Tuku aho, plunges Tonga into half a century of civil war
1800: England - The Company of Surgeons are awarded their Royal Charter and became the Royal College of Surgeons of England
1800: United States - The Inception of the Second Great Awakening for the United States
1801-1815: United States, Africa north coastal countries - Barbary War between the United States and the Barbary States of North Africa
1801: England, Ireland - The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom
1801: Pakistan - Ranjit Singh crowned as King of Punjab (made up of parts of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan)
1801: United States - Thomas Jefferson elected President of the United States by the United States House of Representatives, following a tie in the Electoral College
1803: Saudi Arabia - The Wahhabis of the First Saudi State capture Mecca and Medina
1803: United States, France - The United States buys out territorial claims of France in North America via the Louisiana Purchase, this begins the U.S. westward expansion to the Pacific referred to as Its Manifest Destiny which Involves annexing and conquering land from Mexico, Britain, and Native Americans
1804-1810: Nigeria - Fulani Jihad in Nigeria
1804-1815: Serbia, Turkey - Serbian revolution erupts against the Ottoman rule, Suzerainty of Serbia recognized in 1817
1804: Auastria - Austrian Empire founded by Francis I
1804: France - Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
1804: Haiti, France - Haiti gains Independence from France and becomes the first black republic
1805-1848: Egypt - Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt
1805: England, France, Spain - The Battle of Trafalgar eliminates the French and Spanish naval fleets and allows for British dominance of the seas, a major factor for the success of the British Empire later in the century
1806-1812: Russia, Turkey - Russo-Turkish War (eighth of ten), Russian victory
1806: Europe - Treaty of Pressburg (Bratislava, Slovakia), Holy Roman Empire is dissolved as Francis II renounces his title as Holy Roman Emperor and becomes Emperor Francis I of Austria
1807: England - Britain declares the Slave Trade Illegal
1808-1809: Russia, Finland, Sweden - Russia conquers Finland from Sweden in the Finnish War
1808-1814: Spain - Spanish guerrillas fight in the Peninsular War
1809: France - Napoleon strips the Teutonic Knights of their last holdings in Bad Mergentheim
1810: Germany - The University of Berlin is founded, among Its students and faculty are Hegel, Marx, and Bismarck, the German university reform proves to be so successful that Its model is copied around the world (see History of European research universities)
1810: Mexico - The Grito de Dolores begins the Mexican War of Independence
1810s-20s: Latin America, Spain, Portugal - Most of the Latin American colonies free themselves from the Spanish and Portuguese Empires after the Latin American wars of Independence
1812-1815: United States, England - War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom
1812: France, Russia - The French Invasion of Russia is a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars
1813-1907: England, Russia, Asia - The contest between the British Empire and Imperial Russia for control of Central Asia is referred to as the Great Game
1814-16: England, Nepal - Anglo-Nepalese War between Nepal (Gurkha Empire) and British Empire