Moses CARLTON^[1]

1785 - 1858  (72 years)

• Name	Moses CARLTON
  Born	12 Jul 1785	Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Jul 1858	Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
  Buried	Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I37815	Main
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	Elijah CARLTON,   b. 20 Oct 1746, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 14 Jun 1816, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Rebekah WEBSTER,   b. 20 Aug 1749, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 22 Feb 1841, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 91 years)
  Married	31 Jul 1770	Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts   [3]
  Family ID	F13059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary SAWYER,   b. Abt 1793,   d. 7 Feb 1816, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F27480	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Francis Carlton adoption Original record Her father, Moses, was engaged in trade and rarely home, so Jacob Fisher was appointed her guardian

  
  

• Notes

  m1 Mary SAWYER (?—7 Feb 1816), 10 Dec 1811 at 2nd Baptist Church of Boston, MA. m2 Mary SWEETSER (?—7 May 1832), 8 Feb 1820 in Lancaster, MA. Children: Mary Louisa (1820—1837) Theodora (1822—1823) Theodore (1822—1823) George Henry (1825—1829) Frances Sweetser (1829—1909) Webster (1831—?) m3 Mrs. Nancy R. (KEYES) TIDD (28 Nov 1799—22 Mar 1885), 17 Nov 1856, Lancaster, MA, wd/o Benjamin F. TIDD (d 1853) Children: Nancy R. KEYES (1799—1885) —— Guardianship of his daughter Francis was awarded to Jacob Fisher, Jr. on 3 Oct 1838. Moses was a businessman, constantly engaged in trade, manufacturing and mining. He was one of the pioneers in the wholesale boot and shoe trade in Boston, and afterwards engaged extensively in the manufacture of cotton goods and paper.

  
  

• Sources

  [S117] CARLETON Carr, Andrue (Andrew) of Martha's Vineyard, Ma, Andrue Carleton Carr. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 171443698. [S108] Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC8-XFRN,https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28V-1HR7.