Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of William Carter (378) & Judith Richardson

957. Rev. Thomas Carter. Born on 6 Mar 1609/10 in Hinderclay, Suffolk, Eng. Thomas died in Woburn, MA, on 5 Sep 1684; he was 74.35 Education: St Johns, Cambridge, B.A. 1629, M.A. 1633.2

“Thomas Carter came to America in 1635, and took the Freeman’s Oath March 9, 1636/7. He was in Dedham and in Watertown before November 22, 1642, when he became the first minister of the Church of the newly organized town of Woburn.”150

Thomas was first in Dedham where he took the freeman’s oath 9 Mar 1636/7, then in Watertown, where he was an Elder in the Church, and proprietor of a homestead of ten acres, and a farm of 92 acres.151

A painting of Thomas’ ordination ceremony hangs today in the Woburn Public Library.

From Sewall’s History of Woburn:34
    “Descendants of Rev. Thomas Carter, bearing his name, were formerly very numerous, particularly in Wilmington, and in ‘Carter Row,’ so called, now considerably diminished, they have not yet [1868] become extinct.”

Check out the Genealogy of The Descendants of Thomas Carter.

ca 1639 Thomas married Mary Parkhurst (6684) , daughter of George Parkhurst (1848) (ca 1588-18 Jun 1675) & Phebe Leete (20 Dec 1585-ca 1641/1645), in prob. Watertown, MA. Born on 28 Aug 1614 in Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng. Mary died in Woburn, MA, on 27 Mar 1687; she was 72.35

Their children include:
3403 i. Rev. Samuel Carter (8 Aug 1640-1693)
3404 ii. Judith Carter (15 Mar 1642-3 Oct 1678)
3405 iii. Theophilus Carter (Died young) (12 Jun 1645-15 Feb 1649)
3406 iv. Mary Carter (24 Jul 1648-16 Dec 1688)
3407 v. Abigail Carter (10 Jan 1650-14 Sep 1676)
3408 vi. Deborah Carter (Died young) (17 Sep 1651-14 Dec 1667)
3409 vii. Timothy Carter (12 Jun 1653-8 Jul 1727)
3410 viii. Thomas Carter (8 Jun 1655-aft 21 Sep 1722)

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