[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child, son of Hannah Benedict (Child), daughter of Hannah Carter (Benedict), daughter of Hannah Benedict (Carter), daughter of Thomas Benedict, son of Thomas Benedict, son of Mary Messenger (Benedict), daughter of Rachel (Messenger).]
Birth: 1617, England
Death: unknown, USA
She was the first wife of ANDREW MESSENGER and might have been the daughter of Lieut. Robert Seeley of Watertown, Massachusetts since Andrew Messenger was with Captain Seeley in New Haven in 1639 and in New Amsterdam (Long Island) and Indian Country in 1640 and almost continually until the Captain died.
The exact date of her death is unknown, but it was after 1650 when the last child was born.
Burial: Unknown
Find A Grave Memorial# 65745564
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John Carter (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia. He died in Canaan. His wife was an heroine of the revolution. The Chapter of New Canaan is named in her honor and each of her nine children gave her name to a child. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 232
John Carter, who had served in the militia, was captain of minute men, in 1777, to guard the coast of Long Island, and commanded a party in the successful midnight attack at Morisania, capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 284
John Carter was on the Committee of Safety when he entered the militia. He was lieutenant in the Fifth Company, Colonel Swift's battalion, raised for services at Ticonderoga, and was on duty in New York, 1776, under Captain Daniel Benedict, and commanded the company after the captain was captured. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 263
John Carter, 1776, was lieutenant in Captain Daniel Benedict's company in the New York campaign, where the captain was taken prisoner. His commission, dated 1777, as Captain of the Ninth Company is still in the family. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127
John Carter served on the Committee of Safety of Norwalk, and his commission as captain the family still possesses, as well as the original order "to march his company to Horseneck and report to Colonel John Mead." He aided in the midnight attack at Morrisania, a brilliant and successful exploit. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 257
John Carter, 1774, was on the Norwalk Committee of Safety. In 1776 he was lieutenant at Ticonderoga and 1777-80 served as Captain in New York. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 142
John Carter, 1774, was a member of the Norwalk Committee of Safety. He was a lieutenant at Ticonderoga and served at New York under Captain Damiel Benedict when that officer was captured. His commission as captain of the Ninth Company, Ninth Regiment of militia, dated May 13, 1777, is still in the family. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island and in 1780 lead the midnight attack capturing Colonel Hatfield, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 75
John Carter served at Ticonderoga as lieutenant, and was captain of minute men to guard the coast of Long Island.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 277
John Carter commanded a company and his commission is still in the family. He died in 1819, aged eighty-nine. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 127
John Carter, (1730-1819), was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774. He entered the army as lieutenant and his commission of captain, 1777, is still in the family. He commanded a company of minute men to guard the coast, and, 1780, led a midnight attack and captured a British colonel, his staff and eleven privates. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 247
John Carter, (1730-1819) was a member of the Committee of Safety, 1774; served as lieutenant and captain in the Connecticut militia. He was born in Canaan, where he died. His wife was a heroine of the revolution. The chapter of New Canaan, Connecticut, her old home, is named in her honor, and each of her nine children gave her name to a child. Some of the fine linen she spun is still preserved in the family.
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book, page 253
