Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.

1735 - 1812  (76 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Carter
  Birth	17 Dec 1735	Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2, 3, 5, 7]
  Moved To	About 1761 (25 years)	Stoddard, Cheshire County, Colony of New Hampshire   [2]
  About 1761 he moved to Stoddard, New Hampshire.
  Military	19 Apr 1775 (39 years)  [2]
  He was a lieutenant in Capt. Joshua Wood's Company and marched to the alarm of 19 April 1775 to Cambridge. He served for 12 days. He later was Captain of the 1st Leominster Company, Col. Abijah Stearn's Regiment, He was commissioned a Captain 23 March 1776. He marched to Williamstown 22 August 1777 and served for 11 days. Later he was under Col. Job Cushing and served from 5 September 1777 to 12 October 1777 in the Northern Department.
  Moved To	Before 1787 (51 years)	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He returned to Leominster before the death of his first wife in 1787 and lived on the Bee Hill farm with his father.
  Death	13 Mar 1812	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 7]
  He died of lung fever.
  Burial	Aft 13 Mar 1812	Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Massachusetts   [3]
  	Gravestone of Captain Nathaniel Carter Plot: G-20
  Siblings	5 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. Elizabeth Carter,   b. 9 Feb 1734, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 24 Apr 1760, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 26 years) > 2. Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.,   b. 17 Dec 1735, Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 13 Mar 1812, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years) ▻ Dorothy Joslin,  m. 26 Jun 1760 ;   Prudence Wilder,  m. 20 May 1790 + 3. Elias Carter,   b. 24 Nov 1737, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 21 Dec 1821, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 84 years) ▻ Deborah White,  m. 15 Nov 1760   4. Susannah Carter,   b. 20 Apr 1739, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 5 Dec 1777, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 38 years)   5. Abigail Carter,   b. 10 May 1741, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Jun 1813, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 72 years)   6. Prudence Carter,   b. 10 May 1741, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. After 1778  (Age 37 years)   7. Elisha Carter,   b. 11 Sep 1743, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 May 1746, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 2 years)   8. Samuel Carter,   b. 1 Aug 1746, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. Elisha Carter,   b. 12 Jul 1748, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   10. Asa Carter,   b. 6 May 1750, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 21 Jan 1822, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 71 years) > 11. Thankful Carter,   b. 6 Jun 1752, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. —, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ Captain Gardner Wilder,  m. 24 May 1775
  Patriarch & Matriarch	James Carter,   b. Abt 1578, Ipswich, Suffolk, England   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Isabel  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I12840
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: He is also listed in the complied vital records of Leominster, this probably being a record of the early settlers.

  
  

Father	Nathaniel Carter,   b. 1706, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Jul 1787, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 81 years)
Mother	Thankful Sawyer,   b. 1715   d. 5 Dec 1755, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 40 years)
Family ID	F3338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Dorothy Joslin,   b. 10 May 1741   d. 27 Jan 1787, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 45 years)
Marriage Intent	15 Mar 1760	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [4]
	Marriage Intentions of Nathaniel Carter and Dorothy Joslin
Marriage	26 Jun 1760	Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 7]
Age at Marriage	He : 24 years and 6 months - She : 19 years and 1 month.
Children	From 1761 to 1770  [2]
1. Susannah Carter 2. Dorothy Carter 3. Nathaniel Carter (1770-1850)
Family ID	F8247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	20 Jul 2021




Spouse / Partner 2	Prudence Wilder,   b. 24 Jul 1751, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1797 (Age 45 years)  Other Partners: Gamaliel White Beaman
Marriage	20 May 1790	Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 8]
Age at Marriage	He : 54 years and 5 months - She : 38 years and 10 months.
Children	From 1791 to 1794  [2, 7]
1. Elisha Carter (1791-1799) 2. Beaman Carter (1794-1799)
Family ID	F8245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	20 Jul 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Nathaniel Carter, Jr.(1735 – 1812) 2Nathaniel Carter(1706 – 1787) 4Samuel Carter(7 Jan 1677/78 – 1738) 8Rev. Samuel Carter(1640 – 1693) 16Rev. Thomas Carter(Abt 1610 – 1684) 17Mary Dalton( – 1687) 9Eunice Brooks(1655 – ) 18John Brooks 19Eunice Mousall 5Dorothy Wilder(1686 – 1738) 10Lt. Nathaniel Wilder(1655 – 1704) 20Thomas Wilder( – 1667) 21Anna( – 1692) 11Mary Sawyer(4 Jan 1652/53 – ) 22Thomas Sawyer(1616 – 1706) 23Mary Prescott(24 Feb 1629/30 – 1716) 3Thankful Sawyer(1715 – 1755) 6Elias Sawyer(1689 – 1752) 12Thomas Sawyer(1649 – 1736) 24Thomas Sawyer(1616 – 1706) 25Mary Prescott(24 Feb 1629/30 – 1716) 13Hannah Lewis(18 Mar 1648/49 – 1718) 26William Lewis( – 1671) 27Amy Wells( – 1670) 7Beatrix Pope 14John Pope(1658 – 1689) 28 29 15Beatrix Houghton(1685 – ) 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Dec 1735 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage Intent - 15 Mar 1760 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 26 Jun 1760 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - About 1761 - Stoddard, Cheshire County, Colony of New Hampshire Moved To - Before 1787 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Marriage - 20 May 1790 - Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 13 Mar 1812 - Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 13 Mar 1812 - Pine Grove Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1075] Bailey, Frederic W. Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 - Worcester County, (New Haven, Connecticut: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1897). [S234] Carter, Clara A and Sarah A. Carter. Carter - A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, sons of Rev. Samuel Carter, (Clinton, Massachusetts: W. J. Coulter, Courant Office, 1887). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 49392116 Capt Nathaniel Carter, Jr. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Intentions of Nathaniel Carter and Dorothy Joslin. [S464] Nourse, Henry S. The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Henry S. Nourse, 1890). [S1770] Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War Volume 3, (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1897). [S692] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Vital Records of Leominster, Mass). [S1769] Wooden, Emily Beaman. The Beaman and Clark Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Gamaliel Beaman and Sarah Clark of Dorchester and Lancaster, Mass. 1635-1909, (Rochester, New York: Emily Beaman Wooden, 1909).