Thread: Looking for a Nicholas Carter associated....

I just recieved a family history that goes back to the mid 1600's, and was quite suprised at some of the things I found out. One of my main questions is the history of my ancestors from England, a Nicholas Carter. All I know about him is he was born in England about 1600 or so and was of the upper classes, not sure how high up, but i'm assuming not very, lol.

He had a son Nicholas II, born 1630, who moved to Ireland and was disowned and disinherited for marrying a lower class woman from Ireland named Mary, of Dragheda or Droghedda(sp), of county Meath, Ireland, no Christian name was given, or so the story goes. He was also one of the "Friends", known here in the US as Quakers. They came to the US in the late 1600's or early 1700's.



Nicholas II had a son with Mary named Nicholas III, who married one Margaret Bennington or Benningham of Dublin. As for other locations, Carters Alley, Dublin, Ireland is the most specific i could find in the records that far back.



Any help would be most appreciated,

Thank you

Hi davemhat.

I don't know if you have this info already, but I managed to find some dates for the Carter family.

Nicholas Carter 3rd was born on 1st March 1663/64 in Dublin and died in 1733 in Carter's Alley in Dublin.

He married a Margaret Bennington/Benningham in about 1686/87.

She was born in about 1664, and died in Carter's Alley in 1729.

Nicholas 3rd and Margaret had a son, William. However, I could not find his birth date, but I'm assuming it was around 1688?

William Carter married a woman called Jane Johns.

I also found out that Margaret's father was called Richard Bennington/Benningham.

Also, the Carter's were ancestors of a John Andrew Harris.

I hope you can make sense of all this, and I really hope it helps.



Regards Sally