Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.

1735 - 1812  (76 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Carter
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	17 Dec 1735	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 5, 7]
  Moved To	About 1761 (25 years)	Stoddard, Cheshire County, New Hampshire   [2]
  About 1761 he moved to Stoddard, New Hampshire.
  Military	19 Apr 1775 (39 years)  [2]
  He was a lieutenant in Capt. Joshua Wood's Company and marched to the alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge. He served for 12 days. He later was Captain of the 1st Leominster Company, Col. Abijah Stearn's Regiment, He was commissioned a Captain 23 March 1776. He marched to Williamstown 22 August 1777 and served for 11 days. Later he was under Col. Job Cushing and served from 5 September 1777 to 12 October 1777 in the Northern Department.
  Moved To	Before 1787 (51 years)	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2]
  He returned to Leominster before the death of his first wife in 1787 and lived on the Bee Hill farm with his father.
  Death	13 Mar 1812	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 7]
  He died of lung fever.
  Burial	—	Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [3]
  	Gravestone of Captain Nathaniel Carter Plot: G-20
  Siblings	5 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Elizabeth Carter,   b. 9 Feb 1734, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 24 Apr 1760, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 26 years) > 2. Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.,   b. 17 Dec 1735, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 13 Mar 1812, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years) ▻Dorothy Joslin,   b. 10 May 1741   d. 27 Jan 1787, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 45 years) m. 26 Jun 1760   ▻Prudence Wilder,   b. 24 Jul 1751, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 1797  (Age 45 years) m. 20 May 1790   + 3. Elias Carter,   b. 24 Nov 1737, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 21 Dec 1821, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years) ▻Deborah White,   b. 24 Dec 1739, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 23 Jun 1810, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years) m. 15 Nov 1760     4. Susannah Carter,   b. 20 Apr 1739, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 5 Dec 1777, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 38 years)   5. Abigail Carter,   b. 10 May 1741, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 18 Jun 1813, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 72 years)   6. Prudence Carter,   b. 10 May 1741, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. After 1778  (Age 37 years)   7. Elisha Carter,   b. 11 Sep 1743, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 8 May 1746, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 2 years)   8. Samuel Carter,   b. 1 Aug 1746, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts   9. Elisha Carter,   b. 12 Jul 1748, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts   10. Asa Carter,   b. 6 May 1750, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 21 Jan 1822, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years) > 11. Thankful Carter,   b. 6 Jun 1752, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. —, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts ▻Captain Gardner Wilder,   b. 9 Jun 1748, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 1807, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 58 years) m. 24 May 1775
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: James Carter,   b. Abt 1578, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Maternal Line: Isabel
  Person ID	I12840
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Carter,   b. 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 20 Jul 1787, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Thankful Sawyer,   b. 1715   d. 5 Dec 1755, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	Birth

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Dorothy Joslin,   b. 10 May 1741   d. 27 Jan 1787, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 45 years)
  Marriage Intent	15 Mar 1760	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [4]
  	Marriage Intentions of Nathaniel Carter and Dorothy Joslin
  Marriage	26 Jun 1760	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : 24 years and 6 months - She : 19 years and 1 month.
  Children	From 1761 to 1770  [2]
  1. Susannah Carter 2. Dorothy Carter 3. Nathaniel Carter (1770-1850)
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2021

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Prudence Wilder,   b. 24 Jul 1751, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts d. 1797 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1790	Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 8]
  Age at Marriage	He : 54 years and 5 months - She : 38 years and 10 months.
  Children	From 1791 to 1794  [2, 7]
  1. Elisha Carter (1791-1799) 2. Beaman Carter (1794-1799)
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.(1735 – 1812) 2Nathaniel Carter(1706 – 1787) 3Thankful Sawyer(1715 – 1755)

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: He is also listed in the complied vital records of Leominster, this probably being a record of the early settlers.

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Dec 1735 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Marriage Intent - 15 Mar 1760 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Marriage - 26 Jun 1760 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Moved To - About 1761 - Stoddard, Cheshire County, New Hampshire Moved To - Before 1787 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Marriage - 20 May 1790 - Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death - 13 Mar 1812 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts Burial - — - Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1075] Bailey, Frederic W. Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 - Worcester County, (New Haven, Connecticut: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1897). [S234] Carter, Clara A and Sarah A. Carter. Carter - A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, sons of Rev. Samuel Carter, (Clinton, Massachusetts: W. J. Coulter, Courant Office, 1887). [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://findagrave.com), Memorial ID 49392116 Capt Nathaniel Carter, Jr. [S188] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Intentions of Nathaniel Carter and Dorothy Joslin. [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S1770] Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War Volume 3, (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1897). [S692] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Vital Records of Leominster, Mass). [S1769] Wooden, Emily Beaman. The Beaman and Clark Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Gamaliel Beaman and Sarah Clark of Dorchester and Lancaster, Mass. 1635-1909, (Rochester, New York: Emily Beaman Wooden, 1909).