All CARTER, CATER and DECATUR family members who are direct descendants of Richard CATER I (Bet 1598/1611 – Bet 1677/1679), our progenitor, are eligible to apply for membership in the Piscataqua Pioneers Genealogical Society.
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The Piscataqua Pioneers is a unique historical and genealogical society that celebrates our connections to the original settlers of the Piscataqua River watershed before 1776.
Portsmouth, NH and Kittery, ME located at the mouth of the Piscataqua River… the seaside communities of New Castle, Rye and Hampton, NH and of York, ME and up to Dover, NH. From the Great Works and Salmon Falls Rivers to Berwick, ME… the settlements of Newington, Greenland, Newmarket and Durham, even to Stratham and Exeter, NH. These were all places where our ancestors settled, lived, fought, helped to grow, and die.
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Click here for more information about the Piscataqua Pioneers organization.
Julia Ann RUSSELL (1859-1941) and Ezra CARTER (1859-1902) and their descendants
Do you think you are a Mayflower descendant ? Find out !
Anyone in our CARTER family who descends from these families are most likely eligible for membership in The Mayflower Society:
1. John HOWLAND (ca. 1592/1599 – 1673)
John Howland was an indentured servant aboard the Pilgrim ship, Mayflower, on his historic voyage to the New World in 1620. While enroute, the Mayflower encountered a violent storm during which HOWLAND fell overboard, but luckily survived. The Mayflower entered Cape Cod, Plymouth Colony and on November 11, 1620, HOWLAND signed the Mayflower Compact.
For additional information, see: John Howland and John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley: Their Life and Legacy in Plymouth Colony
2. William WHITE (ca. 1586 – 1621) and Susanna JACKSON (ca. 1592 – Aft 1654)
William and Susanna were passengers aboard the Pilgrim ship, Mayflower, on its historic voyage to the New World in 1620. They were accompanied by their son Resolved and two servants. William was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and perished early in the history of Plymouth Colony.
For more information, see: William White (Mayflower passenger).
Wecohamet, was the Indian name of Dover Point mentioned in Hilton’s patent of March 12, 1629-30. It is also called Winnichahannat May 22, 1656 when Captain Thomas Wiggin surrendered his claims to Hilton Point lands.
Chapter Six has been completed. I started work on Chapter Seven: Benjamin CARTER (ca. 1731-1792) and Sarah RUNNELS (ca. 1731-1785) and their descendants today.
If anyone has any information regarding this family and would like it included in our book… please let me know. Thank you very much.
Chapter Six is completed. I started working on Chapter Seven: John CATER Jr. (1736-1801) and Susannah (Susan) JOHNSON (1738-1814) and their descendants today.
If anyone has any information regarding this family and would like it included in our book… please let me know. Thank you very much.
Cotton CATER (1753-1817) husband of Mary FELKER (ca. 1757- )
No record of him has been found that he had been a pensioner.
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Cater, Cotton. Receipt dated Wells, May 31, 1782, for bounty paid said Cater by Capt. Andrew P. Fernald, Chairman of Class No. 5 of the town of Kittery, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years.
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolutionary War, Compiled by the Secretary of the Commonwealth (Boston MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1897) Vol. 3, p.209
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Cattar, Cotton. Private, Capt. Sylvanus Smith’s (1st) Co., Lieut. Col. David Cobb’s (5th) Regt.; muster roll for Feb., 1783; balance of term of enlistment March 10, 1783, 2 years, 2 months, 2 days; reported serving in place of John Dunnerway.
Source: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolutionary War, Compiled by the Secretary of the Commonwealth (Boston MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 1897) Vol. 3, p.213
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William JOHNSON (1744-1830) husband of Martha CATER (ca.1750-1822)
Source: Robert L. Taylor, Early Families of Limington Maine (Self-published, 1984), p.355
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