Beyond the Corridor
Where the family went after leaving the Chester Creek corridor (Chester and Delaware counties, Pa., and Cecil Co., Md.), grouped by destination. Each card links the people in Potts 1883 whose entries name the place. The short version is the Where they went section of Branches; the routes are on the map's migration layer ("Migrations by line").
Philadelphia, Wilmington, Bucks and New Jersey
Philadelphia DOCUMENTED
Who went: William Carter (#17, c.1740–1785), Abraham's son, a shoemaker near Front and Arch Streets. Certificate Chester MM to Philadelphia MM 28 11mo 1763.
Families and surnames: Ashburnham (wife Hannah, m. 1765)
32 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Jacob Barnard (8), William Carter (17), Thomas-B. Dick (29), Sarah Carter (37), Joseph Carter (43), Ann Carter (48), Joseph Carter (58), Edward Carter (60), Mary Dick (99), Jacob Dick (102), Ellen Roberts (123), Susan Carter (154), Joseph-C. Carter (174), Dr. Edward-L. Carter (178), Israel-Day Carter (182), John Carter (187), Eleanor-B. Carter (197), Mary Carter (201), Charlotte-E. Carter (222), Saloma-Elizabeth Barnard (267), Mary-E. Dick (301), Phebe-Ann Dick (302), Emma-L. Dick (303), Col. Franklin-A. Dick (304), Ann-Eliza Taylor (322), Margaret-Terrell Taylor (326), Sarah-Anna Barber (399), Harry-L. Carter (496), Joseph-Tarrence Potts (514), Rachel-G. Steeling (582), Mary-A McCay (834), Ann-Eliza Lancaster (863)
Potts 1883 p.59 (Quaker certificate; letters of administration 1785)
Wilmington, Del. DOCUMENTED
Who went: Jeremiah Carter (#13), Nineveh's son. Certificate Chester to New Garden MM 1755; married Rachel Brown at West Nottingham 1757; in Wilmington MM records from 1761.
Families and surnames: Brown (Rachel, dau. of Thomas and Ellen Cowgill Brown)
7 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Jeremiah Carter (13), Mary Dick (99), Einma-Eydia Carter (204), Edward-Carter Johnson (318), Ellen Taylor (340), Mary-Elizabeth Hibbard (727), Mary Mendenhall (750)
Potts 1883 pp.56–57 (New Garden and Wilmington MM records)
Bucks Co., Pa. (Buckingham MM) SUPPORTED
Who went: Nineveh Carter's family.
Families and surnames: Clayton (Mary, his wife)
1 person in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 p.43
Bridgeton, N.J. SUPPORTED
Who went: Abraham Carter (#55, 1776–1859), the potter, son of Joseph and Margaret (Cloud) Carter. First wife Phebe Malin buried in the Friends ground at Greenwich, N.J.
Families and surnames: Malin, Hitchner (Parris)
2 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 pp.87–89
Maryland's Eastern Shore and Virginia
Chestertown, Md. SUPPORTED
Who went: Sen. James-Alfred Pearce (1805–1862), Dr. Dick's grandson, born at Alexandria; lawyer at Chestertown. His son James-Alfred (b. 1840) married Eunice Rasin of St. Louis.
Families and surnames: Pearce, Laird, Rasin
2 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 pp.155, 210
Alexandria, Va. SUPPORTED
Who went: Dr. Elisha Cullen Dick (1762–1825), grandson of Sarah (Carter) Barnard, physician at Washington's deathbed.
Families and surnames: Barnard, Dick
3 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Elisha-Cullen Dick (28), Hon. James-Alfred Pearce (292), Catharine-B. Wallen (576)
Potts 1883 pp.74–80
Winchester / Frederick Co., Va. HYPOTHESIS
Who went: Family tradition (Kevin) says a 'Daniel Carter' went there. No Carter of Jeremiah's line, and no Clayton, Barnard/Dick or Dutton of our allied lines, is found there in Potts, Gilpin (1848) or Futhey & Cope. Daniel #21 died in Chester Twp in 1833.
Families and surnames: —
Potts 1883; Gilpin 1848; Hopewell Friends History (1936) not yet searchable online
Ohio and Michigan
Bazetta, Trumbull Co., Ohio SUPPORTED
Who went: Daniel Evans (#50, 1773–1849), son of John and Agnes (Carter) Evans, a wagon-maker, went to western Pennsylvania and then Bazetta, where he died.
Families and surnames: Evans, Clinger, Newell, White, Moss
1 person in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 p.86
Clinton and Warren Cos., Ohio SUPPORTED
Who went: Children of Lydia-M. (Carter) Snowden, Robert's daughter: Snowdens at Ogden, Clinton Co., and Waynesville, Warren Co.
Families and surnames: Snowden, Pyle, Smith
3 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Lydia-M. Carter (179), Caroline-E. Snowden (492), Maiy-P Snowden (493)
Potts 1883 pp.186–187
Preble Co., Ohio (Gettysburg, Ebenezer) SUPPORTED
Who went: Susan (Carter) Shillingford (1806–1865), Abraham #55's eldest, and Hiram Shillingford, potter, after moves through Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Bucks Cos., Pa.
Families and surnames: Shillingford, Wade, Melling, Crocket, Holloway
2 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 pp.117–118
Gallia Co., Ohio, and Missouri SUPPORTED
Who went: Daniel Evans's sons: Oliver (b. 1816) moved to Cheshire, Gallia Co., in 1856; Simon (1822–1861) died in Missouri.
Families and surnames: Evans, Graham
1 person in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 pp.114–115
Medina Co., Ohio, and Leoni, Mich. SUPPORTED
Who went: Mary Carter (#189, William's daughter) and her husband Lewis Gibson, carpenter and farmer, lived many years in Medina Co., then Leoni, Mich., then Linn Co., Iowa.
Families and surnames: Gibson
2 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 p.130
Indiana
Franklin Co., Ind. (near Mixersville; Fairfield) SUPPORTED
Who went: Abraham #55 moved here in spring 1818 and died near Mixersville in 1859. Son Abraham-Sares (b. 1817) farmed in Franklin Co. and was Potts's informant. Son Jeremiah (b. 1808), a carpenter, also in Indiana.
Families and surnames: Hitchner (Parris), Wheat (Smith), Brown, Templeton, Sheaffer
12 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Abraham Carter (55), Abraham-Sares Carter (159), Phebe Carter (162), Recompense Carter (165), James Carter (169), Lucy Carter (170), Sarah Carter (171), Henrietta Carter (172), Jeremiah Shillingford (413), Margaret-Jane Carter (425), Abraham-Carter Williams (440), James-Franklin Carter (444)
Potts 1883 pp.87–89, 117–123
Fayette Co., Ind. (Columbia, Connersville) SUPPORTED
Who went: Phebe (Carter) Williams (b. 1821) and Richard-Wesley Williams, from Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1850; their children at Connersville, Columbia and Fairfield.
Families and surnames: Williams, Brown, Culley, Hardy, Burk
5 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Phebe Carter (162), Margarette-Elizabeth Williams (433), Thomas-Wesley Williams (434), Abraham-Carter Williams (440), Gracei (1032)
Potts 1883 pp.120–121, 182–184
Marion and Clinton Cos., Ind. SUPPORTED
Who went: Recompense Carter (b. 1827, killed at Vicksburg 1863) and Lucy (Carter) Smock at Acton, Marion Co.; James Carter (b. 1838, 11th Indiana) at Rossville, Clinton Co.
Families and surnames: Campbell, Smock, Murphey
2 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 pp.121–123
Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Oregon
Lawrence and Richland Cos., Ill. SUPPORTED
Who went: Christiana (Carter) Miles's children at Bird Station and Lawrenceville; Sarah (Carter) Bourne at Noble, Richland Co.
Families and surnames: Miles, Mills, Davis, Brink, Walters, Bourne
2 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 pp.120, 123
Carthage, Ill., and Missouri SUPPORTED
Who went: Anna-Maria Carter (b. 1825) married Townsend Hamilton in Missouri, then William M. Claggett of Carthage, Ill.
Families and surnames: Hamilton, Claggett, Moore
2 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 p.121
St. Louis and Warsaw, Mo. SUPPORTED
Who went: Col. Franklin A. Dick (b. 1823), St. Louis lawyer and Provost Marshal General 1862–63. Gideon Pearce, husband of Julia (Dick) Pearce, lived some years at Warsaw, Mo., and died there in 1851.
Families and surnames: Dick, Pearce
6 people in Potts whose entry names this place
Col. Franklin-A. Dick (304), Robert-S. Brookings (505), Mary-J. Brookings (506), May-G. Reynolds (509), James-Alfred Pearce (761), Maud (1066)
Potts 1883 pp.106, 159–160
Iowa (Appanoose, Henry, Linn Cos.) SUPPORTED
Who went: John-Hitchner Carter (b. 1823) near Centerville, Appanoose Co., from 1852. Williams grandchildren at Mt. Pleasant, Henry Co. Gibson children (Mary Carter Gibson's line, via Medina Co., Ohio, and Leoni, Mich.) at Marion and Springville, Linn Co. The Coppock line at Trenton.
Families and surnames: Gurnsey, Bacus, Gibson, Jones, Ohley, Copper, Coppock, Curry
11 people in Potts whose entry names this place
John Carter (187), Mary Carter (189), Col. Franklin-A. Dick (304), Thomas-Wesley Williams (434), Arthur-Elliott Williams (438), Henry-Clay Carter (446), Lydia-E. Gibson (517), Edwin-C. Gibson (518), Margaret-A. Gibson (520), William-Henry Gibson (523), Harry-Finia Jones (1088)
Potts 1883 pp.121, 130, 168, 184, 193–194
Cove, Union Co., Oregon SUPPORTED
Who went: The widow and children of Daniel Carter (#192, 1820–1865), who had lived near Brick Meeting House, Cecil Co., Md.
Families and surnames: Carter
1 person in Potts whose entry names this place
Potts 1883 p.132
Notes and sources: documents/WHERE-THEY-WENT.md in the research files. The Winchester link is a family story under test, not a finding.