Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Carter was born in 1728, in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States, her father, Benjamin Carter Sr., was 25 and her mother, Sarah, was 25. She married Zedekiah Potter on 20 October 1750, in Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America.
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Spouse and Children
1725– Male
1728– Female
Parents and Siblings
1703–1753 Male
1703– Female
Siblings (16)
1728– Female
1730–1815 Male
1730–1784 Female
1732–1806 Female
1734–1734 Female
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World Events (3)
1776
Age 48
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 48
1777
Age 49
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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