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Ahnentafel of Martha Maria Carleton
--- 1st Generation ---
1. Martha Maria1 CARLETONi,ii,iii was born on Wednesday 4 March 1835 at NH.iv
Martha Maria CARLETON appeared on the 1850
Federal Census of Concord, Merrimack County, NH,
in the household of her parents James Madison
CARLETON and Sarah CARLETON.v She and John Inman
EASTMAN were married on Tuesday 4 November 1856
at Concord, NH.vi,vii,viii She and John Inman
EASTMAN had three daughters.ix
--- 2nd Generation ---
2. James Madison2
CARLETON.x,xi,xii,xiii,xiv,xv,xvi James Madison
CARLETON was delivered by Dr. John FRENCH on 13
March 1809 at Landaff, Grafton County,
NH.xvii,xviii,xix,xx,xxi He and Sarah CORNING
were married on Thursday 11 September 1834 at
Londonderry, Rockingham County, NH.xxii,xxiii He
was a farmer.xxiv,xxv
James Madison CARLETON was enumerated as the
head of household along with his wife, Sarah in
the 1850 U.S. federal census enumeration on 19
August 1850 at Concord, Merrimack County, NH.
Martha Maria CARLETON, James Henry CARLETON, and
Sarah F. CARLETON were in James' household on
this census.xxvi He and Lucinda BUSWELL were
married.xxvii
James Madison CARLETON was enumerated as the
head of household along with his wife, Lucinda in
the 1870 U.S. federal census enumeration on 2
August 1870 at Ward 2, Concord, Merrimack County,
NH.xxviii He was listed as the father of James
H. Carleton on the U.S. federal census
enumeration in 1880 at Reading, Middlesex County,
MA.xxix He died on Thursday 9 December 1886 at
Reading, Middlesex County, MA, at age 77.xxx He
was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, East Concord,
Merrimack County, NH.xxxi
3. Sarah2 CORNINGxxxii was born on Sunday 1
December 1805 at Londonderry, Rockingham County,
NH.xxxiii She was also known as Sally
CORNING.xxxiv She and James Madison CARLETON
were married on Thursday 11 September 1834 at
Londonderry, Rockingham County, NH, son of Peter
CARLETON and Azubah TAYLOR.xxxv,xxxvi
On 19 August 1850, Sarah CARLETON was living
in the household of James Madison CARLETON at
Concord, Merrimack County, NH.xxxvii She died on
Sunday 7 September 1862 at Concord, Merrimack
County, NH, at age 56.xxxviii She was buried at
Pine Grove Cemetery, East Concord, Merrimack
County, NH.xxxix
--- 3rd Generation ---
4. Peter3 CARLETONxl,xli,xlii was born on Friday
19 September 1755 at the Carleton place,
Haverhill, Essex County, MA.xliii,xliv,xlv He
began military service in January 1777 at MA.xlvi
He fought at Stillwater.xlvii He fought at Bemis
Heights.xlviii He ended military service on 31
December 1779 at West Point, Cornwall Township,
Orange County, NY.xlix He and Abigail HASELTINE
were married on Sunday 6 January 1782 at
Haverhill, Essex County, MA, daughter of Samuel
HASELTINE Jr and Lydia WEBSTER.l He and Abigail
HASELTINE immigrated in 1790 to Landaff, Grafton
County, NH.li Jeremiah HUTCHINS Justice of the
Peace conducted the marriage ceremony of Peter
CARLETON, son of Peter CARLTON and Hannah GAGE,
and Azubah TAYLOR on Sunday 8 March 1801 at Bath,
Grafton County, NH.lii,liii,liv He was a
Representative for Landaff, Lincoln and Franconia
on 18 June 1805 at Landaff, Grafton County, NH.lv
He was to receive proposals to purchased newly
surveyed land in his district on 13!
January 1806.lvi He was on the list of
candidates for State Senator, district 12 on 4
March 1806.lvii He was not elected Senator for
District 12, he was a candidate with Moses Payson
for the position on 20 May 1806.lviii He was
elected Senator for District 12 on 17 June 1806
at Landaff, Grafton County, NH.lix
"The Farmer's Cabinet" endorsed Peter CARLETON
for Senator from Grafton County on 19 August
1806.lx He was given 67 votes for Congress on 25
August 1806.lxi
On 15 September 1806 Peter CARLETON was chosen
Grand Juror and "has been notified
accordingly."lxii
On 10 March 1807 "We the Subscribed Selectmen of
Landaff do approbate Peter Carleton to sell by
retail all kinds of Spiritous Liquor for one year
from the date agreeable to the Laws of the State
of New Hampshire."lxiii He voted yea on a act
laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the
ports of the United States on 22 December
1807.lxiv He was well known to be unable to
attend to the duties of his office because of
medical difficulties on 2 August 1808.lxv He
decided not to run for office because of ill
health on 23 August 1808.lxvi He died on Tuesday
29 April 1828 at Bath, Grafton County, NH, at age
72.lxvii He was buried at Landaff Center
Cemetery, Landaff, Grafton County, NH.lxviii
Peter Carleton of Landaff
This little sketch is written about Peter
Carleton of Haverhill, Massachusetts and Landaff,
New Hampshire. His father and mother were Peter
and Hannah (Gage) Carleton who were married at
Haverhill 12 March 1750. Peter was their third
child, he was born 9 September 1755.
It is to be supposed that he lived the life of
the average boy of those times. He attended
public schools of Haverhill and afterwards
engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War.
In the course of time, he married Abigail
Hazeltine on 6 January 1782. The birth of their
daughter Zalinda on 12 June 1790 is recorded on
the vital records in Haverhill. The others:
George, born 6 July 1792; John born 9 September
1794; Louise born 24 September 1796 are recorded
at Landaff. There may have been other children.
So it would seem that it was about 1790 that he
removed from Haverhill, Massachusetts to Landaff,
New Hampshire and made his home on the farm now
occupied by Amos Albee. He was probably the most
prominent man in this vicinity at that time.
In the summer of 1793 he was one of the committee
who did the work of laying out a road from
Concord (now Lisbon) line through the towns of
Littleton and Dalton to the Lancaster town line.
This road, the history says, when completed made
a rough but passable thoroughfare between
Haverhill and Lancaster. It was made to be
traveled on horseback, or on foot, or by ox
teams. Fordable streams were not bridged and
swamps were sometimes corduroyed, stumps were cut
close to the ground, but rocks were permissible
in the best roads of the day.
He was a Justice of the Peace, and performed a
great many marriage ceremonies. A good many of
them are found recorded on our old (Lisbon) town
records. He was the magistrate before whom a
great many people appeared to be sworn when
making conveyances of land, and his wife,
Abigail, witnessed many of the signatures of
conveyances.
In 1795 he was on a committee with Ebenezer
Brewster of Hanover, and Capt. John Mann of
Orford, the founder of that town, to select the
site for the old covered bridge between Haverhill
and Newbury, known as the "Haverhill Bridge."
This is the bridge a little way below the Keyes
farm.
The death of his wife Abigail has not been found
on record, but on the town records of Bath his
second marriage is recorded. On 8 March 1801, he
married Miss Azubah Stone, a woman twenty years
younger than himself.
In 1803 the Coos Bank of Haverhill was chartered.
Peter Carleton was one of the incorporators and
directors of the bank. With him in this bank were
associated John Montgomery, the president of the
bank who lived at the Brook (in Haverhill) and
built the beautiful Colonial house where Mr. Koch
has an antique shop now. George Woodward was the
cashier of the bank. He was the son of Bezeleel
Woodward of Hanover and his wife, Mary, the
daughter of Eleazer Wheelock, the founder and
first president of Dartmouth College. Like his
father, he had been treasurer of the College. He
built the fine mansion at the south end of the
common in Haverhill, surrounded now by a
beautiful antique fence. In this house the bank
did its business. Another one of the directors
was Moses Payson of Bath, who built the house we
now know as the Colonial Inn.
In 1820 the bank found itself in financial
difficulties and failed. The directors were
retired and the Grafton bank was chartered. Moses
Payson was the only one of the directors of the
Coos Bank called to the directorate of this new
bank.
In politics he was a Democrat. He was elected to
the State House of Representatives in 1803, and
served his term. At this time John Taylor Gilman
of Exeter was the Governor of the state. He was
elected State Senator in 1806, which office he
held during the term of John Langdon as Governor.
He was elected to the Tenth United States
Congress and served from March 1807 to March
1809. At this time Thomas Jefferson was the
President of the United States. John Marshall was
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He may
have witnessed the trial of Aaron Burr for
conspiracy against the Government. About this
time Robert Fulton launched his steamboat on the
Hudson River, and the events which catapulted the
War of 1812 were in the embroiling.
On 9 April 1818, being 63 years of age, he
applied for a pension. This would seem that he
had been unfortunate financially. In his
application he said that he had enlisted in
January 1777 in Massachusetts, and served under
Capt. John Blanchard and Col. James Wesson until
31 December 1779, on which date he was discharged
at West Point, New York. That he was in the
battles of Bemis Heights and Stillwater. He held
the commission of Sergeant Major. He signed this
application with a cross, which would make it
seem that he had become blind. His claim for a
pension was allowed.
In 1820 he mentions his children by his second
wife: Hannah fourteen years of age, James seven
years of age, and Mary five years of age, and
says: "I have children by a former wife, they are
all of age."
In 1855 his wife Azubah, was living in Norfalk, St. Lawrence County, New York.
He died in Bath. The papers in the settlement of
his estate are on file in the Probate Office at
Woodville.
The inscription on his unimposing gravestone in
the cemetery at Landaff, reads: "Peter Carleton,
Esq., died April 29, 1828 in the 73rd year of his
age."
Mary Carleton Brümmer
Lisbon, New Hampshire
Jan. 22, 1934.lxix
5. Azubah3 TAYLORlxx was born say 1775.lxxi She
and Colonel Caleb STONE (STOWE) were married on
Thursday 8 November 1792 at Landaff, Grafton
County, NH.lxxii,lxxiii She and Peter CARLETON
were married on Sunday 8 March 1801 at Bath,
Grafton County, NH, son of Peter CARLTON and
Hannah GAGE.lxxiv,lxxv,lxxvi She died after 1858
at Norfolk, St. Lawrence County, NY.lxxvii,lxxviii
--- 4th Generation ---
8. Peter4 CARLTONlxxix,lxxx,lxxxi was born on
Tuesday 6 August 1720 at Haverhill, Essex County,
MA.lxxxii,lxxxiii He and Hannah GAGE were
married on Thursday 12 March 1750/51 at
Haverhill, MA, daughter of Ebenezer GAGE and
Priscilla KIMBALL.lxxxiv,lxxxv He began military
service on 13 March 1758 Peter was commissioned a
2nd Lieutenant from Governor Powall "in the
company where of Edward Moores is Captain"; a
regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Bagley.
This company started for the invasion of
Canada.lxxxvi He ended military service on 20
November 1759.lxxxvii He began military service
in July 1775.lxxxviii He completed military
service in September 1775.lxxxix He was chosen
to be on a Committee of Correspondence and Safety
in 1779.xc He died in 1784 at Haverhill, Essex
County, MA.xci
9. Hannah4 GAGExcii,xciii,xciv was born on
Monday 31 January 1729/30 at Bradford, Essex
County, MA.xcv She and Peter CARLTON were
married on Thursday 12 March 1750/51 at
Haverhill, MA, son of Cornet Edward CARLTON Jr.
and Hannah KIMBALL.xcvi,xcvii She and Richard
KIMBALL were married on Thursday 10 April 1788 at
Haverhill, Essex County, MA, son of Richard
KIMBALL and Mary STICKNEY.xcviii,xcix
Hannah GAGE gave land to her sons Peter, Israel
and Ebenezer Carleton, and daughter Betey Page on
8 February 1805. Below is a transcription of the
deed:
Know all men by these presents that I Hannah
Kimball resident in Dunbarton in the county of
Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire Widow
for and in confirmation of the love and good will
that I bear to my sons Peter Carleton of Landaff
& Ebenezer Carleton of Lyman both in the county
of Grafton and my Daughter Betsy wife of Jeremiah
Page Jr. of Dunbarton in the County of
Hillsborough all in the State of New Hampshire
and Israel Carleton of Haverhill in the County of
Essex and common wealth of Massachusetts and
their paying me the interest of what said estate
should sell for annually do hereby and by these
presents Acquit all my right title interest claim
& demand of in and unto all and every part of my
third of the real estate of Peter Carleton late
of said Haverhill Deceased
To have and to hold the said granted & beyond
promises with all the privileges & appurtuness to
the same free of all encumbrances & I the said
Hannah for myself Heirs Exect & admit shall and
will warrant the above defined premises to the
said Peter Ebenezer Jeremiah & Betsy & the said
Israel from all processes claiming from by or
under me my heirs & Assigns- in writing where of
I have hereunto set my hand & seal this eighth
day of February A.D. 1805.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in presence of -----------
Hannah Kimball
Geret Porgee
Samuel Eaton
Hillsborough-February ye 9-1805 Then the above
named Hannah Kimball appeared Before me and
acknowledged the above instrument by her signed
to her free act and Deed.--------Before Jeremiah
Page Justice of the Peace on 8 February 1805.c
Hannah GAGE died sometime after 1805 probably in
Dunbarton, Hillsborough County, NH.ci,cii
to be continued...