Allied Families

Clayton SUPPORTED

Origin: Quaker settlers from Sussex, England. William Clayton came on the Kent in 1677 and sat on Penn's Council; the family held land in Chichester.

How they married in: Two Clayton sisters married two sons of Jeremiah: Mary Clayton m. Nineveh Carter (6) in 1731, and Lydia (Clayton) Spruce m. Abraham Carter (7) c.1739. Lydia (1716–1796) is on the direct line.

Notable: William Clayton the immigrant (bapt. 1632, d. 1689); Lydia's father William Clayton Jr. (will proved 1758). The English chain above 1561 and the ‘Lord Thornhill’ descent are not proven.

Links: Clayton branch on Branches · line of Nineveh Carter · line of Abraham Carter

Potts 1883 pp.33, 42; Clayton family typescript (2009); people/Clayton-Line.md

Barnard SUPPORTED

Origin: Quaker family of Aston and Chichester; Richard Barnard was an early Chester Co. settler.

How they married in: Jeremiah's daughter Sarah Carter (4) m. Thomas Barnard. Their children were Jacob Barnard (8), Isaac Barnard (9), Thomas Barnard (10) and Mary Barnard (11). Later Agnes Carter (19) m. her cousin Thomas Barnard (10), c.1765.

Notable: Major Isaac-D Barnard (76), Isaac-D. Barnard, U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania 1827–1831.

Links: line of Sarah Carter · line of Isaac Barnard · line of Thomas Barnard · line of Mary Barnard

Potts 1883 pp.33, 40, 49, 52, 63, 67, 100; Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (Barnard)

Hewes SUPPORTED

Origin: Chichester Quakers. William Hewes's son John was a tanner of Chichester.

How they married in: Mary Barnard (11), Mary Barnard, m. first John Hewes. Their daughter Christiana Hewes (26) carried the line to the Dicks; son Jacob Hewes's family stayed in Chichester.

Notable: Jacob Hewes (107), Jacob Hewes, and the Mendenhall and Sutton families who descend from Jane Hewes (Jane Hewes (105)).

Links: line of Mary Barnard

Potts 1883 pp.40, 54, 74, 75, 104, 105

Dick SUPPORTED

Origin: Scottish-born Archibald Dick of Marcus Hook, whose family moved into medicine and law.

How they married in: Christiana Hewes (26), Christiana Hewes, m. Elisha Dick about 1764. Their children include Elisha-Cullen Dick (28) and Thomas-B. Dick (29).

Notable: Dr. Elisha-Cullen Dick (28), Elisha-Cullen Dick (1762–1825), physician of Alexandria, Va., who attended George Washington in 1799. Thomas-B. Dick (29), Thomas-B. Dick (1766–1811), was a lawyer. Col. Franklin A. Dick went to St. Louis.

Links: line of Mary Barnard · Notables · Alexandria and St. Louis

Potts 1883 pp.54, 67, 74, 75, 78

Pearce SUPPORTED

Origin: Pearce family of Kent Co., Maryland (Chestertown).

How they married in: Gideon Pearce m. Julia Dick, daughter of Dr. Elisha-Cullen Dick.

Notable: Hon. Hon. James-Alfred Pearce (292), James-Alfred Pearce, U.S. Senator for Maryland 1843–1862.

Links: Chestertown · line of Mary Barnard

Potts 1883 pp.155; Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (Pearce)

Cloud SUPPORTED

Origin: Quaker family of Brandywine Hundred, New Castle Co., Delaware .

How they married in: Joseph Carter (20), Joseph Carter, m. Margaret Cloud. She is on Kevin's direct line through Joseph's sons.

Notable: Their son Cloud Carter (62), Cloud Carter, had his own page. Robert Carter (56), Robert Carter, settled at Walnut Hill in Cecil Co. Other sons were Edward Carter (60) and Margaret Carter (63).

Links: Cloud Carter · line of Joseph Carter

Potts 1883 pp.49, 63, 67, 89, 93; people/Cloud-Carter.md

Fleming (Flemming) SUPPORTED

Origin: Philadelphia family. Eleanor (Beck) Flemming was a sister of Paul Beck Jr., shipping merchant and shot manufacturer.

How they married in: Edward Carter (60), Edward Carter, the potter, m. Rachel Flemming.

Notable: Their children Paul-Beck Carter (196), Sarah-F. Carter (199) and Mary Carter (201). Paul-Beck Carter was named for the Beck connection.

Links: Paul-Beck Carter · line of Joseph Carter

Potts 1883 pp.67, 93, 134, 136

Dod SUPPORTED

Origin: Chester Township family; Thomas Dod d. 1781 is a lead only.

How they married in: Edward Carter (Edward Carter (18)) m. Eleanor Dod. Their daughter Ann Carter (48) is on the direct line.

Notable: Eleanor (Dod) Carter d. February 1810 (Potts 19 Feb; one GEDCOM says 10 Feb, unsourced).

Links: line of Edward Carter

Potts 1883 pp.49, 63, 84; documents/DIRECT-LINE-PROVEN.md

Roberts SUPPORTED

Origin: Chester Township.

How they married in: Ann Carter (48), Ann Carter (1771–1863), married three times. Her marriage to John Roberts brought the line to Hannah Roberts (125). Ann got the 50-acre plantation by her father's will, proved 1821.

Notable: John Roberts is often mixed up in online trees with a North Carolina and Louisiana man of the same name. That is a different person (DISPROVEN-CORRECTED).

Links: line of Edward Carter

Potts 1883 pp.63, 84, 109; documents/GEDCOM-VALIDATION.md

Coppock SUPPORTED

Origin: Quaker farmers of Aston and Chester Township.

How they married in: Hannah Roberts (125), Hannah Roberts, m. Israel Coppock (b. 1802), son of Abner and Mary, in 1826. Their children include Margery-Ann Coppock (335), Emma-Jane Coppock (336) and Rickards-Lancaster Coppock (337).

Notable: Margery-Ann Coppock (335), Margery-Ann Coppock (b. 1835), carries the direct line to the Phillipses.

Links: line of Edward Carter

Potts 1883 pp.84, 109, 168, 170

Phillips SUPPORTED

Origin: Chester and Delaware County family.

How they married in: Margery-Ann Coppock (335), Margery-Ann Coppock, m. Samuel Phillips in 1851. He served in Co. A, 118th P.V., and died in 1862 (Antietam National Cemetery, grave 3590). Their children were William-H Phillips (902), Emma-L Phillips (903) and Lavinia Phillips (904). Separately, Harry-L. Carter (496) m. Julia Phillips; they are not known to be related.

Notable: William-H. and Lavinia Phillips. Their children married each other: first cousins, both born in 1884. That marriage continues the direct line.

Links: line of Edward Carter

Potts 1883 pp.109, 168, 188; people/Phillips-Line.md; Antietam National Cemetery burial list

Malin SUPPORTED

Origin: Middletown and Chester Co. Quakers (Thomas and Grace Malin).

How they married in: Abraham Carter (55), Abraham Carter, m. first Phebe Malin, daughter of Thomas and Grace, in 1805 Later Edward Carter (198) m. Margaret Malin, daughter of William and Eliza.

Notable: Phebe's children include Susan Carter (154) and Jeremiah Carter (155), who went west with their father to Indiana.

Links: line of Joseph Carter · Indiana

Potts 1883 pp.87, 93, 117, 136

Evans SUPPORTED

Origin: Welsh Quaker family of Uwchlan Township, Chester Co.

How they married in: Agnes Carter (19), Agnes Carter, m. secondly John Evans of Uwchlan Township. Their son Daniel Evans (50), Daniel Evans, went to Bazetta, Trumbull Co., Ohio.

Notable: The Evans descendants in Ohio include Oliver Evans (140), Oliver Evans, and Matilda Evans (136), Matilda Evans. Potts lists 24 people named Evans.

Links: line of Agnes Carter · Ohio

Potts 1883 pp.49, 63, 84, 113, 114

Morrison SUPPORTED

Origin: Delaware County.

How they married in: Agnes Carter (69), Agnes Carter (1800–1872), daughter of Daniel and Martha (Boon), m. Robert Morrison.

Notable: Potts lists 18 Morrison descendants.

Links: line of Daniel Carter

Potts 1883 pp.67, 97

Gorbey SUPPORTED

Origin: Chester Township.

How they married in: Margaret Carter (63), Margaret Carter (1797–1858), m. Richard Gorbey.

Notable: Potts lists 14 Gorbeys, including Edward-Morris-James Gorbey.

Links: line of Joseph Carter

Potts 1883 pp.67, 93

Williams SUPPORTED

Origin: Several unrelated Williams marriages (do not merge).

How they married in: Phebe Carter (162), Phebe Carter, m. Richard-Wesley Williams in 1839 in Indiana. Susan-Ann Carter (195) m. Charles Williams, and Margaretta Carter (203) m. Amos-T. Williams.

Notable: Potts lists 27 people named Williams. They are not all one family.

Links: line of Joseph Carter · Indiana

Potts 1883 pp.87, 93, 119, 134, 136

Flower SUPPORTED

Origin: Chester City (see Martin's History of Chester, pp.436–445).

How they married in: The Flower family joined the Dick line in the family of Archibald Dick (109), Archibald Dick.

Notable: Potts lists 33 people named Flower.

Links: line of Mary Barnard

Potts 1883 pp.78, 105

Burke (Burk) SUPPORTED

Origin: Two separate families. Keep them apart.

How they married in: Indiana: Abraham-Carter Williams (440), Abraham-Carter Williams (b. 1854, Fayette Co.), m. Martha-Frances Burk on 20 Oct 1879 at Fairfield, Franklin Co., Ind. Burk graves at New Trenton (John 1851, Rebecca 1868) are a lead only. Elkton: William Burke m. Jean Campbell on 16 Jun 1774 at St. Mary Anne's, North East, Cecil Co., Md., and took the Oath of Allegiance in 1778. Their son Edmund (1778–1829), boatbuilder on the Elk River, m. Mary Johnson in 1807. Edmund's sons John Milton (1813–1898), Edmund Campbell (1822–1904) and William (1831–1898) are buried in Chester Rural Cemetery.

Notable: Little Malinda Remington Burke (1884–1887) is in the free Chester Rural index (K-86), which confirms the 1938 typescript. The claimed descent from Sir Edmund Burke's family is FAMILY TRADITION. A 20th-century marriage in the Phillips line connects the Elkton Burkes to the Carters, but the bridge generation is not yet proven. That stays off the site under the privacy rule.

Links: Indiana · line of Joseph Carter

Potts 1883 pp.119, 183; Burke family typescript 1938; Cecil Co. marriage licences; Chester Rural Cemetery index (delawarecountyhistory.com)

Timothy FAMILY TRADITION

Origin: Irish family of Co. Roscommon.

How they married in: Patrick Timothy (b. c.1798, Ireland) m. Margaret Dunne. Their son Martin Joseph Timothy (c.1825–1875) died at Rabradagh, Co. Roscommon, on 20 Oct 1875; he m. Mary Newman. Their son Michael J. Timothy (b. 13 Mar 1864) m. Margaret Kenny in Co. Roscommon on 4 Feb 1895.

Notable: The family joined the Carter descendants through a 20th-century marriage. Everything after 1930 stays private. Same-name Timothys in Indiana and Liverpool are not linked.

Family tree GEDCOM (leads; Irish civil and parish records not yet checked)