Brief Life History of Sawyer
When Sawyer Carter was born on 14 April 1807, in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Abel Carter, was 28 and his mother, Betsey Billings, was 24. He had at least 9 sons and 3 daughters with Nancy Shadduck. He lived in Albany, Green, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Iowa, United States in 1870. He died on 6 June 1873, at the age of 66.
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- Sawyer Carter, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sawyer Carter, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sawyer in entry for Milton Carter, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a transporter of goods, from Middle English carter(e) ‘carter’ (Anglo-Norman French car(e)tier, Old French charetier, medieval Latin carettarius, carettator). The Old French word coalesced with the earlier Middle English word cart(e) ‘cart’, which is from either Old Norse kartr or Old English cræt, both of which, like the Late Latin word, were probably derived from Celtic. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: shortened form of McCarter .
Americanized form of German Karter ‘carder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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