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OUR CARTER ANCESTRY






Generation 1


Peter CARTER, SR. was born circa 1720. He married Anne. Peter CARTER, SR. died circa 1771.

Child of Peter CARTER, SR. and his wife Ann is:

1. Peter CARTER, JR., born November 11, 1744. He married Sarah (SIMMONS?) on December 9, 1768. Peter CARTER, JR. died on January 28, 1801.

2. Edward CARTER.

3. William CARTER.

4. John CARTER.

5. George CARTER, born circa 1758.



Generation 2


Peter CARTER, JR. was born November 11, 1744. He married Sarah (SIMMONS?) on December 9, 1768. Peter CARTER, JR. died January 28, 1801.

Child of Peter CARTER, JR. and his wife Sarah (SIMMONS?) is:

1. David CARTER, born November 29, 1771. He married (1) Esther SERMON on March 22, 1789. He married (2) Bethiah FARROW, the daughter of John FARROW and his wife Sarah on May 6, 1792.

2. Levy CARTER, born November 12, 1773. He married Sarah CAMPEN on July 14, 1793. He died September 14, 1800 in Georgetown, South Carolina.



Generation 3


David CARTER, SR. was born November 29, 1771. He married (1) Esther SERMON on March 22, 1789. Esther CARTER died January 1, 1791. David CARTER, SR. married (2) Bethiah FARROW, the daughter of John FARROW and his wife Sarah BROOKS on May 6, 1792. David CARTER, SR. died September 20, 1829.

Children of David CARTER, SR. and his wife (2) Bethiah FARROW are:

1. Mahala CARTER, born August 24, 1793. She died July 11, 1811.

2. Naomi CARTER, born October 7, 1795. She married Richard COX on June 25, 1810.

3. Polley CARTER, born January 29, 1799. She married Abram COX On April 4, 1816.

4. David CARTER, JR., born January 26, 1801. He married Sarah Lindsay SPENCER circa 1828. He died June 23, 1862.

5. Thomas Farrow CARTER, born July 29, 1803. He died September 14, 1810.

6. Charity CARTER, born April 4, 1806. She died November 5, 1808.

7. Betsy CARTER, born May 6, 1808.

8. Barbara Smith CARTER, born April 26, 1811.

9. Nancy Hill CARTER, born May 15, 1815. She died October 5, 1815.

10. Otwain CARTER, born and died May 15, 1815.

11. Mary CARTER. She married Martin SWINDELL.


Bethiah CARTER died August 15, 1816. David CARTER, SR. married (3) Mrs. Mahala Gibbs SPENCER on January 9, 1817.

Mahala CARTER died October, 1825.David CARTER, SR. married (4) Lurana JENNETT.


Generation 4


Mary CARTER. She married Martin SWINDELL, the son of Solomon SWINDELL and his wife Mary WILLIAMSON.

Children of Mary CARTER and her husband Martin SWINDELL are:

1. Hardy SWINDELL. He married (1) Sally THORINGTON/THORNTON, (2) Avis THORINGTON/THORNTON, (3) Diana GASKINS/JACKSON (?), and (4) Derinda FISHER. Hardy SWINDELL died in 1839.

2. Nancy SWINDELL, born circa 1816. She married (1) John HATCH and (2) David GIBBS.

3. Hetty SWINDELL.





SOURCES: (1) Hyde Remembers: Historic Bible and Family Records of Hyde County, North Carolina, R. S. Spencer, Jr., 1984; (2) In Memory Of, R. S. Spencer, Jr. and Martha Rebecca Swindell, 1973; (3) Wake County, NC. Deposition of David Carter of Hyde County, NC, Folder 172; High Tides, Fall 1987, Volume 8, Number 2; High Tides, Spring 1991, Volume 12, Number 1; and, High Tides, Spring 1998, Volume 29, Number 1.