Sawyer Carter

14 April 1807–6 June 1873 (Age 66)
Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary 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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Family Time Line

Sawyer Carter
1807–1873
Nancy Shadduck
1812–1892
Rufus S Carter
1831–1908
Emeline Carter
1836–
Adeline S. Carter
1840–
George R. Carter
1842–
Edgar A. Carter
1846–1859
Henry Charles Carter
1832–1918
James S. Carter
1833–1900
Harriet Adelia Carter
1844–1929
Oscar Ward Carter
1848–1916
Francis M Carter
1851–
Charles Adam Carter
1854–1940
Milton A Carter
1857–1882

Spouse and Children

Children

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Parents and Siblings

Siblings

(6)

+1 More Child

World Events (8)

1808
Age 1
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
Age 5
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 18
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.

Possible Related Names

Charman
Chartier
Karter
McCarter
Carrier
Cartman

Sources (17)

  • Sawyer Carter, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Sawyer Carter, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sawyer Carter in entry for Milton Carter, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"

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