Mary Carter

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Carter was born in 1759, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Dr Ezra Carter Esq, was 39 and her mother, Ruth Eastman, was 30. She married Enoch Ward on 4 January 1778, in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 6 October 1843, in Pelham, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Plymouth, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Enoch Ward
1749–1825
Mary Carter
1759–1843
Marriage: 4 January 1778
Samuel Ward
1778–1854
Mary Ward
1779–1848
Tamesen Ireland Ward
1781–1831
Judith Ward
1783–1815
Nathan Ward
1785–
Enoch Ward
1786–1875
Benjamin Ward
1789–1861
Mary Carter Ward
1790–1870
Ezra Carter Ward
1791–1859
John Ward
1793–
George Whitfield Ward
1798–1860
James Otis Ward
1800–1827

Sources (10)

  • Mary Carter, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
  • Mary Carter Ward, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Unknown in entry for Ezra C. Ward and Susan Miller, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

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1776

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

1777

Oldest grave seen in Memorials list.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

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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