Christopher Carleton (1692 - 1748)

Born 2 Jun 1692 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Barker) Carleton — married 6 Jul 1715 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1748 at age 56 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Christopher was born in 1692. He was the son of John Carleton and Hannah Osgood. He passed away in 1748.

Christopher Carlton's will names wife Martha, sons Isaac, Christopher, Asa, and Theodore and daughters Martha wife of John Osgood and Mary Carlton.^[1]

Children

Christopher Carlton and Martha Barker were parents of nine children born at Andover.

i ISAAC CARLTON, b. Nov 1716; d. at Andover, 7 May 1771; m. at Andover, 28 Feb 1751, ABIGAIL POOR, b. at Andover, 10 Feb 1719/20 daughter of Daniel and Dorothy (Kimball) Poor; Abigail d. at Andover, 20 Jun 1810.

ii CHRISTOPHER CARLTON, b. 31 Dec 1717; d. at Andover, 15 Feb 1800; m. at Andover, 15 Dec 1748, ELIZABETH STEVENS, b. at Andover, 12 Jan 1722/3 daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Farnum) Stevens; Elizabeth d. at Andover, 5 Nov 1804.

iii JOHN CARLTON, b. May 1720; d. at sea, 15 Nov 1740. “Carlton, John, s. Christopher and Martha, at sea, Nov. 15, 1740.”

iv MARTHA CARLTON, b. 12 Jun 1722; d. at Andover, 1755; m. at Andover, 20 Feb 1746, JOHN OSGOOD, b. at Andover, 22 Aug 1710 son of John and Hannah (Abbott) Osgood; John d. at Andover, 10 Jul 1775. John married second Huldah Frye.

vi MARY CARLTON, b. 29 Jul 1724; d. at Andover, 28 Sep 1763; m. at Andover, 1 Dec 1748, WILLIAM FRYE, b. at Andover, 1 Sep 1724 son of Samuel and Sarah (Osgood) Frye; William d. at Andover, 23 Jul 1798.

vii BENJAMIN CARLTON, b. 5 Mar 1726; d. at Louisburg, 4 Jan 1745/6. “Carlton, Benjamin, s. Christopher and Martha, "Sickness in Kings Service at Lewisburg," Jan. 4, 1745-6, in his 20th y.”

viii ASA CARLTON, b. 4 Jan 1729; m. at Boxford, 6 Jan 1757, HANNAH KIMBALL, b. at Boxford, 27 Sep 1734 daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Goodrich) Kimball.^[2]

ix THEODORE KIMBALL, b. 14 Sep 1731; d. 9 Dec 1732.

x THEODORE CARLTON, b. 18 Mar 1734; d. at Newmarket, NH, 1796 (probate 23 Feb 1796); m. 1st at Boxford, 5 Nov 1763, DEBORAH WOOD, b. at Boxford, 12 Nov 1736 daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Peabody) Wood;^[3] Deborah d. 1767. Theodore m. 2nd at Portsmouth, NH, 1 Sep 1768, MARY HOIT, b. at Portsmouth, 22 Sep 1748 daughter of Fred A. and Jennie (Hayes) Hoit; Mary d. at Exeter, 21 Jun 1826.

Sources

1. ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 4615
2. ↑ The will of Nathan Kimball includes a bequest to his daughter Hannah Carlton; Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 15701
3. ↑ Perley and Wood, Diaries of Lemuel Wood, p 4

• Carleton, Christopher, s. John and Hannah, June 2, 1692. Andover Vital Records, volume 1, p 87

• Perley, Sidney, and Wood Lemuel. 1882. Diaries of Lemuel Wood of Boxford with an Introduction and Notes by Sidney Perley. Salem, MA: Essex Institute.