Biographical Sketch of Edward CARTER (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 495

CARTER, Edward, of Aston, in the parish of Bampton, Oxfordshire, England, came 
to Pennsylvania in 1682, and settled in Aston township, Chester Co. 
The name of his wife was Margaret, and they had an only son, Robert, who married 
Lydia Walley in 1688, and had children.-Prudence, b. 11,6,1689 m. Caleb Pusey, 
Jr. of Marlborough; John, b. 4,8,1691, d. 2,21,1693; Hannah, b. 12,22,1692, m. 
Stephen Harlan; Lydia, m. Joseph Coebourn, Jr., 3,22,1718; John m. 1716 Isabell 
Atkinson; Edward; Mary, m. to Thomas Harlan in 1720.
  George Carter, "late of Bucklebury, in Berkshire, England," purchased a farm 
in 1714 on the Brandywine, at what was afterwards called Jefferis' Ford, where 
he died about the close of the year 1726.  The maiden name of his wife, 
according to tradition, was Elizabeth Tull.  She married a second husband, James 
Jefferis, March  3, 1728.  The children of George Carter were five in number,-
Anna, m. William Mack; George, m. Lydia Worth; Rachel, b. 1719, m. Abraham 
Marshall and Richard Baker; Elizabeth, m. Samuel Worth; John, b. 11, 26, 1723, 
d. 6,14,1770 m. Hannah Cope, 2,10,1746.
  George Carter, Jr., inherited the "upper plantation," of 260 acres in East 
Bradford.  He married, 4,19,1744, Lydia, daughter of Thomas Worth, his next 
neighbor; she was born 9,22,1721, and died 6,20,1780.  George was buried 
6,23,1783.  His children were,-1. Thomas, b. 6,23,1745.  2. George, b. 
8,21,1747, d. 9,3,1813.  3. Joseph, b. 10,5,1749.  4. Mary, b. 6,21,1753.  5. 
Elizabeth, b. 2,5,1756.  6. Lydia, b. 9,24,1758, m. Isaac Davis.  7. Rachel, b. 
6,3,1761, m. William Carpenter.  8. Rebecca, b. 4,23,1764.
  Of these George inherited the homestead, upon which he continued to reside.  
his wife, Ruth, daughter of George and Martha Martin, was born 1,28,1757, and 
died 10,19,1843.  Their children were Margaret, Emmor, Lydia, George, Joseph 
(married to Minerva Webb), Martha, Rebecca, and Ruth (married to Milton 
Marshall).
  The land was divided between the three sons, but is now owned by the Worth 
family.