Thomas Carleton Jr

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Carleton Jr was born on 21 October 1732, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Carleton, was 32 and his mother, Hannah Howell, was 43. He married Lydia Gregg on 26 October 1757, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 26 June 1803, in Pennsbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Carleton Jr
1732–1803
Lydia Gregg
1736–1790
Marriage: 26 October 1757
Hannah Carleton
1758–1785
Dinah Carleton
1759–1803
Martha Carleton
1761–1819
Mark Carleton Sr.
1763–1831
Sarah Carleton
1765–1765
Samuel Carleton Sr.
1767–1849
Thomas Carleton II
1770–1771
Lydia Carleton
1772–1854
Thomas Carleton III
1775–1802
Caleb Carleton
1776–1791

Sources (84)

  • Thomas Carlton, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Carleton Carleton, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
  • Thomas Carleton, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"

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1776

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

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

Name Meaning

English (northern and eastern England): variant of Carlton .

Irish (Ulster): adopted in Northern Ireland as an Anglicized form of Ó Cairealláin, see Carolan 2.

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

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