Jonathan P. Carter
Jonathan P. Carter lived to the age of 94. The 1870 census lists him as being born in “Boe” New Hampshire. It is assumed that the correct word is actually Bow, which was in Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Research has shown that he often conducted business under his middle name and there is a marriage record for a Plats Carter and Eunice Flanders, both of Bow, at Pembroke, New Hampshire on 29 April 1802. He first appears in the 1810 Census as Plats Carter enumerated in Bow, NH. He relocated to Landaff, Grafton County, New Hampshire shortly thereafter as his daughter Melinda is listed as being born there about 1810 in the 1860 Federal Census. In the records of Dr. John French, two unnamed daughters are listed as being born to Plats Carter on April 23 1816 and 9 August 1818. Plats Carter is listed on a tax list there as late as 1820. Jonathan P. Carter first appears in Maine in the 1830 census of Carthage, Oxford County. Directly under his name is the name Rodney Carter, who is most likely his son. In 1840, Jonathan is still in Carthage, but in 1850 he is enumerated with his wife, Eunice, at #4 Plantation, part of Wilton. His neighbors appear to be sons or close relatives, all with Carter names. His wife died on 23 march 1856 at the age of 69. She is buried in Intervale Cemetery in Wilton. In 1860, Jonathan P. Carter is still living at Plantation #4 next door to his son Hiriam. He is with a Sarah Carter, age 55, born in Hallowell, Maine so it is assumed he remarried. Jonathan Carter also appears on the 1870 Census, this time living in the household of his son, James, and without a wife. Jonathan P. Carter died in 1877 at the age of about 94. He is buried in Intervale Cemetery in Wilton, Franklin County, Maine. Family 1 : Eunice FLANDERS
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Rodney CARTER
Father: Jonathan P. CARTER Rodney Carter is listed here as a son of Jonathan P. Carter due to his close proximity to Jonathan on all census records and his birthplace listed on the 1850 cenus as “Boe, NH.” He first appears in the 1830 Federal Census in Carthage, Oxford County, Maine. Until this time it is assumed he lived in New Hampshire as his first two children were born there. In 1840, he is still in Carthage. In 1850, he is found in #4 Plantation with his wife and two youngest daughters. In 1860, he is living in Perkins Plantation and, as always is listed as a Farmer. He and his wife seems to have rented rooms to two other young families—Edwin and Jeremiah Sullivan—and also to have employed a sixteen-year-old domestic. Lucinda Averill, his first wife, died 24 December 1866 at the Augusta State Hospital, where she was listed as insane, and he remarried to Lovey Foss sometime after 1870 (when he is enumerated as living alone in Washington Plantation), who also passed before him in 1883. This second marriage took place in Industry, Maine. Rodney Carter lived until 1889. Family 1 : Lucille AVERILL
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Betsey Carter b. 1826 m. Merchant Ranger 12 Oct 1845 Family 2: Lovey FOSS
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Melinda CARTER
Father: Jonathan P. CARTER Melinda is placed in this family due to the fact that she lived her life in close proximity to the Carter clan and is listed as having been born in Bow (1870) and Landaff (1860), New Hampshire on the federal census. She also named one of their daughter’s Eunice. She married Cyrus Gardner in Carthage on 23 October 1828 and they settled with the Carter’s in Plantation No. 4. Melinda raised two sons and four daughters. She died 17 August 1875 at the age of 66 years 6 months and is buried in Intervale Cemetery, Wilton. Family 1 : Cyrus GARDNER
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Levi Gardner b. 15 Apr 1831 m. Margaret Ann Crockett 18 Dec 1853 d. 30
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Hiram CARTER
Father: Jonathan P. CARTER Hiram Carter is presumed to be a son of Jonathan P. Carter due to his proximity on the Federal Census to the Carter clan and due to the fact that he married Virtue Averill, sister of Lucinda Averill, who married Rodney Carter. Another strong point for this connection is the fact that one of his sons is named Jonathan P. Carter and his son, James, named a child Eunice. Hiram Carter appears first in Carthage, Oxford County, Maine on the 1840 Census. In 1850, he is living in #4 Plantation next door to his sister, Ruth Searles. In 1860, he is listed in Perkins Plantation living next door to James and Jonathan P. Carter. This census gives his birth place as Landaff, New Hampshire. Sometime after 1860 and before 1870, he left the Wilton area and settled in Farmingdale, Kennebec County, Maine where he died in 1894. His wife preceded him to the grave, dying in Farmingdale in 1877. He may be the Hiram Carter listed as living in Fayette, Kennebec County, Maine in 1880. In which case, he remarried to Mary _______. Family 1 : Virtue AVERILL
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Joseph W. Carter b. 1836 Sources:
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James CARTER
Father: Jonathan P. CARTER Again, this Carter is included here due to census information and the fact that his son, Ezekiel, named a child Jonathan James. According to the 1860 Federal Census, he was born in Landaff, New Hampshire, which is in Grafton County. He married Margaret B. Roche in New Hampshire before 1840 as their first child was born there. Like his brothers, he is enumerated in #4 Plantation and Perkins Plantation as a farmer. James Carter died 15 April 1880, two years after his wife. They are buried together in Intervale Cemetery in Wilton. Family 1 : Margaret B. Roche
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Eunice CARTER
Father: Jonathan P. CARTER Eunice Carter is included because she is born in the proper time period and because she bares the same name as the wife of Jonathan P. Carter. She was born about 1921 in Maine according to the 1850 federal census. She married Jacob Welch in 1835. It should be noted that though they were both born in Temple, Maine, this is a different Jacob Welch than the second husband of Ruth Carter. Jacob and Eunice must have lived in Vermont for a few years before returning to Maine as their first three children are listed in the 1860 census as having been born in “Emden, VT,” which is assumed to be Mendon where Jacob Welch, Jr. is enumerated in 1840. When they returned, they settled near the Carter family in Perkins Plantation but by 1880, they had relocated to Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine. They probably relocated about the same time as Hiram Carter. It is not known when Eunice Carter died, nor is the name of her last child certain. Family 1 : Jacob Welch
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