 Abt 1610 - 1684 (74 years)
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| Name |
Thomas Carter [2] |
| Born |
Abt 1610 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
05 Sep 1684 |
| Notes |
- From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 9: "He [Samuel Convers] married, 8 June 1660, Judith Carter, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter. Rev. Thomas Carter was the first minister in Woburn, and continued in that position forty-two years. He died, in Woburn, 5 September 1684, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. He matriculated at St. Johns College, Univ. Cambridge, England, 1 April 1626, at which University he took degree of A.B., january 1629-30, and M.A., 1633. Sewall's History of Woburn says that he came to this country, while yet a student of divinity, in 1635, and may reasonably be supposed to be the Thomas Carter who embarked with forty others, at London, 2 April 1635, on board the "Planter," Capt. Nicholas Trariee, bound to New England. the passengers brought with them certificates from the minister at St. Albans in Hertfordshire, which has led to the supposition that Rev. Thomas Carter came from that place. He was first in Dedham where he took the freeman's oath 9 march 1636-7. Thence he removed to Watertown, where he was an Elder in the Church, and proprietor of a homestead of ten acres, and a farm of ninety two acres. It was probably in Watertown [MA] that he married Mary Parkhurst, who died 28 March 1687."
From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 10: "When Rev. Thomas Carter was first invited to preach at Woburn 3 November 1641, it is mentioned as a reason for his not being applied to earlier that it had been doubted whether Watertown would be willing to part with him." he was ppointed minister of the Church in Woburn in 1642, and was ordained 22 November 1642. Thise is an account of his ordination in "The History of New England from 1630 to 1649 by John Winthrop, Esq., First Governor of Mass.," and also in Capt. Edward Johnson's "Wonder-Working Providence," wihich describes him as a "reverend, godly man, apt to teach the sound and wholesome truths of Christ," and one who had "much encreased with the encreasings of Christ Jesus."
Possible had a son or brother named John Carter. This name shows up on wills and court documents
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| Person ID |
I5850 |
Devin Timber | David Devin Pedigree |
| Last Modified |
12 Jan 2013 |
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| Sources |
- [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
http://www.yeoldewoburn.net/Carter.htm
Thomas Carter + Mary Parkhurst
- [S05433] Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr., Charles Allen Converse, (Eben Putnam, Publisher, Boston, Mass. 1905), page 9.
He [Samuel Convers] married, 8 June 1660, Judith Carter, daughter of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Parkhurst) Carter. ... He [Thomas Carter] died, in woburn, 5 September 1684, in the seventy-fourth year of his age. ... It was probably in Watertown [MA] that he married Mary Parkhurst, who died 28 March 1687.
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