Betty Wood1

F, (27 September 1753 - 15 January 1811)
Last Edited=7 Apr 2024
     Betty Wood was born on 27 September 1753 at Leominster, Massachusetts.1

Betty Wood, age 20, married Asa Carter, age 24 , son of Nathaniel Carter and Thankful Sawyer, on 7 May 1774 at Leominster, Massachusetts.

Children:
1. Eunice Carter (1774-1816)
2. Nathaniel Carter (1776-1784)
3. Joel Carter (1778-1825)
4. Asa Carter (1780-1833)
5. Abel Carter (1780-1844)
6. Betty Carter (1782-1782)
7. Betty Carter (1783-1784)
8. Jonas Carter (1785-1810)
9. Sewell Carter (1788-1821.)1


Betty and Asamoved to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, circa 1781. According to Carter (1887), "The tradition is that the way was marked only by cuts upon the trees; that he carried the two oldest children on one horse, while his wife followed with the twins, about a year old, on another.1" Betty Wood died on 15 January 1811 at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, at age 57.1

Citations

  1. Carter, Clara A and Carter. Sarah A. Carter - A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, sons of Rev. Samuel Carter. Clinton, Massachusett: W. J. Coulter, Courant Office, 1887.