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 14. 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
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"
Spouse and Children
1742–1812 Male
1751–1837 Female
Children (14)
1768–1836 Female
1771–1848 Female
1773–1854 Female
1775–1839 Male
1775–1863 Male
+9 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1720–1775 Male
1737–1779 Female
Siblings (6)
1750–1812 Female
1751–1837 Female
1752–1836 Male
1753–1824 Male
1759–1837 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (6)
1776
Age 25
1776
Age 25
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 49
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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