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Joseph Carter 1740 – 1794 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Frederick, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1794

Death Location: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Colony, Canada

Father: Richard Carter

Mother: Margaret Cushnie

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Joseph Carter was born in 1740 in Frederick, Virginia, United States, the child of Richard Carter and Margaret Ψ Bruce of Leochel Cushnie. Joseph Carter passed away in 1794 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Colony, Canada.

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Biography

  • Joseph Carter was born in 1740 in Frederick, Virginia, United States, the child of Richard Carter and Margaret Ψ Bruce of Leochel Cushnie.
  • Joseph Carter passed away in 1794 in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Colony, Canada.

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Joseph Carter's Ancestors

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Joseph Carter
1740 – 1794
Birth Place: Frederick, Virginia, United States
Parents
Richard Carter
1712 – 1788
South Hampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
Margaret (Ψ Bruce of Leochel) Cushnie
1727 – 1777
Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
John (Robert) Bruce
1690 – 1748
Portsoy, Fordyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sarah (Caroline) Parrell
1690 – 1748
Aberdeen City, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Bruce
1660 – 1725
Mary Christian
1665 – 1725
Hugh Parrell
1668 – 1748
Ann Calvert
1674 – 1746
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Longside
1634 – 1703
Lady Bruce
1638 – 1701
Edward Aberdeenshire
1645 – 1725
Lady Wattleworth
1645 – 1725
Sir Scotland
1648 – 1732
Violet Flowers
1646 – 1730
John Calvert
1648 – 1699
Mary Gosling
1640 – 1717

Joseph Carter's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Joseph Carter in Frederick, Virginia, United States
Frederick, Virginia, United States
1794
1794
Age 54
Death of Joseph Carter in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Colony, Canada
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Colony, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Frederick, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1794
    Event Place: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Colony, Canada

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