Ancestry.com family of Benjamin Carter Jr. born 1752 in Sutton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, married Mercy Gale, had daughter Sally Mercy in 1795, he died Nov. 01, 1814 in Wheelock, Caledonia county, Vermont. His father is given as Benjamin Carter Sr. (1722-____) and his mother is Dorothy Hoyt (1729-1830 thus over 100 years old) which is a new name than previously known. 
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· Ancestry.com family of Benjamin Carter Sr. (?1720-p1752) and wife Sarah Runnels (?1720-p1752) with their son Benjamin Jr. (1752-1814). 
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· Ancestry.com family of Benjamin Carter Sr. (?1720-p1752) and wife Sarah Runnels (?1720-p1752) with their son Benjamin Jr. (1752-1814). 
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· Ancestry.com family of Sarah (Runnels) Carter born around 1720 in Vermont and died after 1752 maybe in Massachusetts or Maine. 
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· MyHeritage.com family of Sarah (Runnels) Carter. It says she was married Benjamin Carter in 1752 in Maine and she died in 1785 and was buried in Maine. It also says she was the daughter of John Runnels (born in 1703 in Scarboroough, Cumberland county, Maine) and Grace Pine (born 1708 also in Scarborough). 
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· Record of Benjamin Carter Jr. and wife Mercy\Mary Gale and their ancestral daughter Sally\Mercy. Also listed are his parents, Benjamin Carter Sr. and Sarah Runnels. 
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· Record of Benjamin Carter Sr. and wife Sarah Runnels as the parents of Benjamin Carter Jr.

TO FIND: Verification that he actually is the father of Benjamin Carter Jr. If so, when/where was he born, when/where did he die, whether he ever lived in Vermont like his son Benjamin Jr. did. 

If this Benjamin Carter Sr. was actually born closer to around 1830 instead of 1820, and, lived a long life, then he could be the Benjamin Carter that died in 1814 instead of his son Benjamin Carter Jr.

TO FIND: Verification that he actually is the father of Benjamin Carter Jr. If so, when/where was he born, when/where did he die, whether he ever lived in Vermont like his son Benjamin Jr. did. 

If this Benjamin Carter Sr. was actually born closer to around 1830 instead of 1820, and, lived a long life, then he could be the Benjamin Carter that died in 1814 instead of his son Benjamin Carter Jr.

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