Hi,
I am new to the list. I have been trying to track down information and the parentage of
Daniel CARTER and his wife, Mary or Annie LAURENCE(LAWRENCE), married in Manhattan Sept.
20, 1755.
Daniel served as a Private in the Revolution, serving with Captain Ben Stevenson's
Comany of the Westchester Levies. I have found one court record for him also in the town
of Westchester, now part of the Bronx. I believe he owned property at 2 Governeur Lane,
NYC. Other families that may have connections to him are, WILLOUGHBY, GUION, GOIN, POOLE,
PERRY, MACDOWEL, ZIMMERMAN, GRANT and PENTZ / BENTZ.
He and Mary had 10 children;
1.. Rachel Carter b 26 June 1753 (55?)
2.. Hannah Pryar Carter b 21 July 1756
3.. Sarah Carter b 30 June 1759
4.. James Carter b 24 Sept 1762
5.. William Carter b 21 Jul 1764 (died as infant, I believe because of
second William)
6.. Mathew Peacock Carter b 7 Jan 1766, married Eliza Van Buskirk, 1815 NYC
7.. William Laurence Carter b 24 Oct 1767, christened 8 Nov 1767 First and
Second Presbyterian Church, New York, New York
8.. Jane Carter b 16 June 1771, christened 14 Jul 1771First and Second
Presbyterian Church, New York, New York
9.. Ann McDonald Carter b 20 Dec 1773, christened 16 Jan 1774 First and
Second Presbyterian Church, New York, New York
10.. Enoch Carter b 16 Jul 1775, christened 17 Sept 1775 First and Second
Presbyterian Church, New York, New York, moved to Philadelphia after 1815
The the birth information above is mostly from LDS IGI records. As well as some published
Genealogies and DAR records.
I am descended from Ann, who married in 1793 to Adam Pentz. Other than the
reference to Laurence as a middle name, I have no idea where the other middle
names come from, whether they are references to other family names or of
acquaintances. The property at Governeur lane passed down through Anne and
remained in the Pentz family until at least 1876.
I have no other information on this family, but would love to fill in the
blanks. If anyone out there seems to have connections to this line, I would love to hear
from you.
Thanks,
Ed Hopkins