Hello- I am responding to someone's suggestion we post our Carter
family research interests. I am searching for information about the ancestors of Samuel
Carter, father of John Carter. John was my gggggggrandfather. He
was born in Deerfield, Ma. in 1695 to Samuel and Mercy Brooks. In 1704 he was one of the
Deerfield captives taken to Quebec by de Rouville's raiders. He stayed in Quebec (as
did a brother and sister, one brother,
Ebenezer, was redeemed). He converted to Catholicism and took the name Jean Chartier. I
have all my ancestry info forward from that point. The Chartier family association
publication on the Carter/Chartiers notes a
couple of theories on Samuel's origins and I am getting documents from them that
should illuminate the situation somewhat. I note that only one of John's sons stayed
inCanada, my ancestor, Jean Baptiste. The others
returned to the US, some fought in the American Revolutin and some resumed the Carter
name.Some midWest Carters are from these lines, I believe.