Mahitable Carver

Brief Life History of Mahitable

When Mahitable Carver was born on 12 December 1751, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Timothy Carver Sr, was 31 and her mother, Rebecca Washburn, was 15. She married Daniel T Pierce in 1768, in Putnam, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 16 April 1837, in Carmel, Carmel, Putnam, New York, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Carmel, Carmel, Putnam, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel T Pierce
1742–1812
Mahitable Carver
1751–1837
Marriage: 1768
Orpha Pierce
1768–1836
Mehatible Pierce
1777–
Daniel Pierce
1787–
Ruth Pierce
1771–1848
Cloe Pierce
1773–1854
Timothy R. Pierce
1775–1839
Samuel Pierce
1775–1863
Daniel Pierce
1779–
Abizer Pierce
1779–1873
Jonathan Pierce
1781–
William Pierce
1783–1858
Hester Pierce
1786–
Barnabas Carver Pierce
1792–1878
Polly Pierce
1795–1872

Sources (4)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Mehetible Carver - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mehetable Carver
  • Mahitable Carver Pierce, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mahitable Pierce, "New York, Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English kerver ‘one who cuts or carves (something)’, especially wood, hence ‘carpenter’ but within that trade more specifically and commonly ‘sculptor of wooden images’; perhaps occasionally ‘sculptor in stone’.

Americanized form of German Garber , Gerber , or Körber (see Koerber ).

History: John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to the Netherlands in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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