Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Pearl Helen Olive Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Aug 1891 - Montreal, Québec, Canada ²²²¹ Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Edwin Stephen Carter ¹⁰ ^,33 ^,142 ^,983 Mother: Alicia Boardman ¹⁴¹

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Peter Terrington Carter ¹⁰ Mother: Ruth Reader Collier ²⁹⁹⁰

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Peter Hart Carter

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 24 Aug 1815 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁶⁴ Christening: 26 Oct 1828 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁸⁶⁴ Death: Jul 1898 - Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada ( at age 82) ¹⁰ ^,3153 Burial: Cause of Death: Stroke
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1815, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant, 1847, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant, 23 Jun 1847, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Selected as Grand Juror for Supreme Court term, 28 Nov 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant, Water St., 28 Nov 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant, 21 Apr 1850, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant, 1 Jan 1851, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Merchant, 28 Nov 1852, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Railway Clerk, Grand Trunk Railway, Between 1855 and 1898, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada.
• Residence: 1878-1898, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada.
• Occupation: Agent, 6 Sep 1881, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Will: Codicil 18 June 1896; Probate Nov. 26 1898, 4 May 1892, Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada.

Parents

Father: Peter Weston Carter Esq., JP ¹⁴² ^,3002 ^,3003 Mother: Sydney Spear Livingstone ²⁹² ^,983

Spouses and Children

1. *Sophia Simms ¹⁴² ^,973 Marriage: 17 Feb 1846 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁴ ^,983 ^,3154
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Charles Blackmore, St. Thomas's Anglican Church, 17 Feb 1846, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: William George Brooking, William Weston & Mary Carter, Elizabeth J Porter, 17 Feb 1846, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Children: 1. Living 2. James Oxnard Simms Carter 3. Sarah Sidney Livingston Carter 4. Samuel Carson Carter 5. Joseph Simms Carter 6. Sophia Simms Winsor Carter 7. Mary Susanna Carter

Notes
General:

Email from Jean Carter Stirling 150207:

"Re Peter Weston Carter's children. In fact, it seems there were 11, but I can only find 10. A number of summers ago, a descendent of Peter Hart Carter, Philip S. Lewis, came here from the U.S. to research the tree. He called in at Ferryland, unfortunately on the Labour Day weekend, and couldn't find anything open. He didn't allow himself much time, and before leaving left his calling card at the local museum atFerryland. It was shortly passed on to me, and I got in touch with him. He sent me an article that his forebear Peter Hart Carter had hand-copied from the Morning Chronicle, Oct. 5, 1878, St. John's, titled Sir Frederick Carter Knighted. The main part was the same as many I have read elsewhere but the interesting section to me (family tree aficionado as I am) was as follows:

'Sir Frederick's three sisters married respectively Colonel John Tunbridge, retired full pay, Ordnance Department; Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Mitchell, late 2nd battalion Q(Queen) Regiment; and Captain W. Gilmor, staff officer of Pensioners, at Northampton.' --------------------------------------------------------------------

The above Sir Frederick B.T.Carter is my brother. I am the third son of the late Peter Weston Carter -- my brother William is in New York, U.S. (he is the eldest) and Livingston is in New Zealand at Horkutiken (7th son). Sister, Sydney, in Dublin Ireland; Elizabeth in England, Northampon - Fanny in England, London. (signed) Peter Hart Carter Toronto, Dominion of Canada, November 2, 1878"

Newspaper (headline) " Brother of Sir. FBT Carter at point of death. In Toronto, July 12th, P.H. (Peter Hart) Carter, brother of Chief Justice, Sir FBT Carter of Nfld was stricken with paralysis on Sunday and is lying at the point of death. He is the oldest employee of the Grand Trunk Railway, having entered the service in 1855. He is a native of Newfoundland." Evening Telegram, July 19, 1898

111109 from NGB: Peter Hart CARTER Peter Weston & Sydney b Aug 24 1815 received Oct 26 1828 (Esquire)

100814 from NGB website:

Will of Peter Hart Carter
from Newfoundland will books volume 6 pages 403-405 probate year 1898
Last will and Testament of
Peter Hart Carter of Toronto Province of Ontario
Dominion of Canada. Clerk deceased
This is the last will and Testament of me Peter Hart Carter of the City of Toronto in the County of York and Province of Ontario, Railway Clerk, made this fourth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety two. I revoke all former wills or other Testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made and declare this only to be and contain my last will and Testament. I direct all my just debts funeral and Testamentary expenses to be paid and satisfied by my Executrix hereinafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my decease. I give devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate of which I may die possessed in the manner following that is to say:
Unto my wife Sophia Simms Carter absolutely, provided however that should any part thereof be in the possession of or under the power or control of my said wife at the time of her decease, then I give devise and bequeath the same unto my three daughters Sophia Ada and Emma in equal proportion & share and share alike or to such of them as may be living and unmarried at the decease of my said wife, subject however to the condition that in the event of the death or marriage of any one or more of my said daughters, during the lifetime of any other of my said daughters who is or are unmarried the share of my said daughter so marrying or dying as aforesaid shall revert to and become the property of my said remaining unmarried daughter or daughters as the case may be so that should any one or more of my said three daughters marry or die her share shall go to her two remaining sisters and on the death or marriage of either of the said two remaining sisters, the whole shall go to the last surviving unmarried sister absolutely.
And I nominate and appoint my said wife to be Executrix of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first above written. (Sgd) P. H. Carter (L.S) Signed published and declared by the said Peter Hart Carter the Testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who both present together at the same time in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses
(sgd) E. Saunders 112 Wellington Place, Toronto.
(Sgd) Ella Saunders 112 Wellington Place, Toronto.
Codicil
This is a codicil to the last will and Testament of me Peter Hart Carter of the City of Toronto in the County of York Railway Clerk, made on the fourth day of May A.D. 1892. I give devise and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Sidney Livingstone Lewis and to my sons Samuel Carson Carter, Joseph Simms Carter, Peter Livingstone Carter, and James Oxnard Simms Carter the sum of one dollar each and in all other respects I do confirm my said will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eighteenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety six. (Sgd) P. H. Carter (LS) In presence of (sgd) E. Saunders. Toronto (sgd) Edw Penton, Toronto Barrister (sgd) Joseph Tait.
I certify the foregoing to be a correct copy of a duplicate of the last will and Testament and codicil of Peter Hart Carter deceased.</p>
D. M. Browning
Registrar
(Listed in the margin next to this will the following)
Fiat
Jos I. Little
C. J.
Admn c.t.a.
granted to
Hugh H. Carter
of St. John's Dated
Novr 26: 1898
Estate
sworn under
$2000.00

Note the discrepancy in the names of his three daughters compared to what I have. I cannot explain this unless the names used in the Will were their commonly used names (nicknames). Also notable is that in the Codicil he leaves one dollar to several of his children (some of whom I had not heard of before) seemingly as an afterthought and on the advice of legal counsel so that they could not sue the estate for having been omitted entirely. This clearly shows his intent was to leave them nothing but he needed to do this to preven legal wrangling over the will. Some children may have been more favoured than other or if could simply be that that these ones mentioned in the Codicil were married and/or financially independent.

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Peter Hart Carter ²⁹² ^,1864 Mother: Sophia Simms ¹⁴² ^,973

Peter Samuel Carter

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: 29 Nov 1858 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ¹⁹⁷⁴ Christening: Death: 4 Jun 1937 - Manhattan, New York, New York, United States of America ( at age 78) ¹⁹⁷⁴ Burial: 7 Jun 1937 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America ¹⁹⁷⁴ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: William Weston Crawford Carter ²⁶⁴⁷ Mother: Susan Francis Burbridge ¹⁹⁷⁴

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Peter Terrington Carter

Sex: M
AKA: Terry Carter
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1 Jul 1927 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁸³ Christening: Death: 28 Apr 2016 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 88) ³⁰⁸³ Burial: 2 May 2016 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁸³ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1927, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Arrival: From St. John's on the NOVA SCOTIAN, 5 Nov 1935, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
• Residence: 2007, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Lieut. Cyril Boyd Carter RNR, MC ¹⁰ ^,70 Mother: Sydney Ann Jones ³⁰¹⁹

Spouses and Children

1. *Ruth Reader Collier ²⁹⁹⁰ Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Notes
General:

120315:

On 5 Nov. 1935, Margaret Baird arrived in Liverpool on the NOVA SCOTIA from St. John's. It is not clear whether she was intending to immigrate or simply paying a visit to relatives. The address she gave as her desitnation was 48 Hallswelle Rd., London SW 11 and she indicated that her intention was to settle "elsewhere in the British Empire". That sounds to me what they would say if they were only visiting Britain and intended to return home to Newfoundland eventually.

Other passengers on board with whom she would have been familiar included Annie Jessie Elny [Baird] Carter, her mother, Gertrude Bailey Carter her unmarried sister, Sydney Anne [Jones] Carter, her sister in law and Peter Terrington Carter, her nephew. Her mother and sister were going to stay at the meyrick Court Hotel in Bournemouth, her sister in law and nephew were to stay at "Glantraeth", Bodorgan, Anglesey whilst her mother and sister indicated they too intended to settle somewhere else in the British Empire (presumably Newfoundland). The latter two indicated that Wales was their intended future home. So they were all on different missions it seems.

040516:

Jean Carter Stirling just let me know that Terry passed away last week and I downloaded his various obituaries.

CARTER, P. Terrington "Terry": Passed away at the Palliative Care Unit of the Dr. L. A. Miller Centre surrounded by his children, Peter and Barbara on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Terrington "Terry" Carter aged 88 years. Predeceased by his wife: Ruth Carter (nee Collier); parents: Cyril B. Carter and Sydney Carter (nee Jones) and brothers: Fred, Henry and Owen. Leaving to mourn his children: Peter (Laurie Zahnow) and Barbara Barclay; grandchildren: Andrea Barclay and Leah Farel; sister: Edith Jewett (Ken); sister-in-law: Elsie May and his life-long special friend: Debbie Powers. Visitation will be held at Barrett's Funeral Home, 328 Hamilton Ave. on Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 2:00-4:00 and 7:00-9:00. Funeral service will take place on Monday, May 2, 2016 at St. Thomas' Anglican Church at 2:00 pm. Interment to follow at the Anglican Cemetery, Forest Road. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Terrington's memory to the Rooms Memorial Day, 100 Anniversary Beaumont Hamel. To sign the online memorial guest book, please visit www.barretts.ca.

Date of Birth:
Friday, July 1st, 1927
Date of Death:
Thursday, April 28th, 2016
Funeral Home:
Barrett's Funeral Homes Ltd.
www.barretts.ca
328 Hamilton Ave
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, CANADA
A1E 1J9

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Henry Carter ¹⁰ Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Peter Weston Carter Esq., JP

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 5 Jun 1787 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁷⁸ Christening: 5 Jun 1787 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁹⁸³ ^,3002 Death: 11 Feb 1871 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁹² ^,983 ^,3159 Burial: 14 Feb 1871 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵³¹ ^,3159 Cause of Death: Paralysis - likely a stroke
Events
• Appointment: Justice of the Peace, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Birth: Cir 1786, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Baptism: 28 Feb 1789, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Christening: Peter Weston CARTER William & Catherine bap Feb 28 1790, 28 Feb 1790, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. There is a second christening record that shows up for him in the vital records but I think it was just a transcription error as his brother, Samuel Gormond, was christened on that day at the Cathedral and that was shortly after his birth.
• Occupation: Notary Public, 1805, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Appointment: Deputy Naval Officer, Cir 1813-1821, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: J.P.; Chief Stipendiary Magistrate, Between 1813 and 1869, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Registrar, Vice-Admiralty Court, 1814, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Occupation: Commissioner, Court Of Oyer And Terminer, 24 Sep 1816, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Writ against him by Wm. Daw for 300/-/- cost of writ 5/4/- #203, 1819, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Transfer in trust to Peter Weston Carter - Marsh Meadow west end of Duckworth St., 21 Dec 1820, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Trustee)
• Will: Supreme Court Probate Office, 8 Apr 1836, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Heir)
• Occupation: Police Magistrate, Salary £50 per quarter, 1839, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Note that this salary was twice what Robert Carter earned as magistrate in Ferryland and William Sweetland earned in Bonavista. For some reason Benjamin Sweetland earned £5 more per quarter in Trinity.
• Arrival: From Hamburg, 1 Aug 1839, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Peter and Mrs. Carter; vessel not named.
• Occupation: JP and Poor Commissioner, 1841, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. His name appears as the officer responsible for the decisions pertaining to Orphans, paupers, permanently disabled and the insane in the Journals of the House of Assembly posted by Edward Chafe on the Newfoundlanders and Genealogy Facebook, 080220.
• Court: Appointment of Justices of the Peace in the Northern District, 1843, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Appointment of Justices of the Peace in the Southern District, 1843, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Transfer of lane beside new Anglican Cemetery to Bishop Feild, 25 Jan 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. CDC Vol 14 Fol 332-334 Peter W Carter Ex William Carter to Rev Edward Feild 25-01-1849.
• Property: Agreement to purchase remaining shares of Livingstone estate, 24 Dec 1849, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Interesting: Wounded in an attempt on his life by person seeking poor relief, 25 May 1853, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Took a loan from Thomas Avery against his property on Gower St., 1 Aug 1853, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Interesting: One of two magistrates to request the Royal Newfoundland Companies to take control of riot, 13 May 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He had earlier read the Riot Act to the rioters with no effect. As a consequence, Peter Carter and another magistrate, Thomas Bennett, formally requested that Lieutenant Colonel Grant deploy his troops to quell the riot. The result in the end was the troops fired on the crowd killing three and wounding many more. It was because of this action that the Royal Newfoundland Companies was soon afterward rolled into the Royal Canadian Rifles and then removed from Newfoundland, the last British regiment to be garrisonned in Newfoundland.
• Occupation: Chief Stipendiary Magistrate, Court House, Between 1864 and 1865, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Carter. Peter W. Chief Stipendiary Magistrate, St. John's, Court House. Home, Carter's Hill

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• Will: Transcript found on NGB website; Probated 1872, 14 Jun 1870, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Judge William Carter Esq. ¹⁰ ^,109 ^,168 ^,305 ^,2987 Mother: Catherine Weston ²⁹² ^,305 ^,2988

Spouses and Children

1. *Sydney Spear Livingstone ²⁹² ^,983 Marriage: Cir 1811 ⁹⁸³ Children: 1. William Weston Crawford Carter 2. John Livingstone Carter 3. Peter Hart Carter 4. Samuel Gormand Carter 5. Sir Frederick Bowker Terrington Carter Q. C., KCMG 6. Catherine Abigail Susanna Carter 7. Sydney Mary Elizabeth Carter 8. Elizabeth Jane Buchan Carter 9. Livingstone Williams Carter 10. Frances Maria Lewis Carter

Notes
General:

[Tessier.FTW] - Harcourt Gardiner's notation

281106: Notation in George LeMessurier's family tree: He was registrar vice-admiralty court 1814. Stipendiary magistrate St. John's 1823. J.P. 1826. Shot at and wounded by Long 25/5/53.

There is no further explanation of this shooting in the marginal notes.

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Note this discrepancy on the date of Christening from the same source on NGB. It seems that there are two files on the website both going by the same title but giving different dates for this event. Needs investigation. It seems likely that the first Peter Weston Carter died and a second took his name.

091109 from NGB: Peter Weston CARTER William & Catherine bap June 5 1787

101109 from NGB: Peter Weston CARTER William & Catherine bap Feb 28 1790

091109 from www.southsidefamilies.com

CARTER 1 Peter Weston Carter 1787 - .. +Sydney Spear Livingston - 1850 ........ 2 William Weston Carter 1812 - ........ 2 John Livingston CARTER - 1822 ........ 2 Sidney Mary Elizabeth CARTER 1823 - ........ 2 Catherine Abigail Susanna CARTER 1821 - ........ 2 Elizabeth Jane CARTER 1825 - ........ 2 Peter Hart Carter 1815 - ........ 2 Livingstone Williams CARTER 1827 - ........ 2 Samuel Gomond CARTER 1817 - ........ 2 Fanny Maria Lewis CARTER 1829 - ........ 2 Frederick Bowker Carter 1819 - 1900 ............ +Eliza Walters Bayly ................... 3 Frederic John Weston CARTER 1846 - ................... 3 Elizabeth Jane Buchan CARTER ................... 3 Sydney Mary Elizabeth CARTER ................... 3 Stanley Bayly CARTER ................... 3 Ida Marion CARTER 1857 - ....................... +Charles R. Duder Jr ................... 3 William Francis CARTER 1859 - ................... 3 Edith Livingstone CARTER ................... 3 Josephine Ellen CARTER 1864 - ................... 3 Sidney Mary Sweetland CARTER 1866 -

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050910: For some reason he is not on the census with his family in Ferryland in 1800. He may have been sent to England to school.

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080312 from NGB Ang Cath Bur Reg:

Peter Weston CARTER St Johns 85 yrs Feb 14 1871 Bapt 1787 St Johns, son of William Carter & Catherine Weston; married Sydney Speare Livingston (bap 1790-d 1850) dau of John Livingstone & Abigail Dougherty.

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050812 from NGB website:

Will of Peter Weston Carter from Newfoundland will books volume 3 page 270 probate year 1872

In re Peter W. Carter deceased.

The last will and testament of me Peter Weston Carter late Chief Magistrate for the Central District of Newfoundland. I will devise and bequeath all my undivided share or one third part of the estate and property devised to me by the last will and testament of my late father William Carter Esquire deceased also the dwelling house and premises at present occupied by me to my children and their heirs share and share alike. I will and bequeath all my household furniture and plate to my daughters Sydney Elizabeth and Fanny and their heirs in equal shares. I will and devise to my son-in-law Captain Arthur Bambrick Mitchell all that estate situate at Belle Isle in this District called "Skinners Plantation" in trust to sell and dispose of the same to and for the use and benefit of his daughter Sydney Grace Mitchell and lastly I will and bequeath my gold watch chain and seals to my eldest son William Weston Carter at present residing in the United States of America. And lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint Robert Roberts Wakeham Lilly executor of this my will revoking all other will or wills by me at any time heretofore made. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal at St. John's in the Island aforesaid this fourteenth day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy

P. W. Carter (LS) Signed sealed published and declared by the said Peter Weston Carter as and for his last will and testament in our presence and by us signed in the presence of each other as witnesses, Henry J. B. Wood, Robt R.W. Lilly.

Certified correct, D. M. Browning Registrar

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300113: Notice of death in The Public Ledger, Feb 14, 1871, as viewed by Geoff Martin on Google's digital newspaper collection:

On Saturday morning last, died P.W. Carter, Esq., at the advanced age of 85 years. The deceased gentleman filled the responsible office of Magistrate in this city for over half a century with credit to himself and satisfaction to the people generally. He was attacked by paralysis some weeks since and had partially recovered, but remained in a very weakened condition. From his advanced age it was seen that ultimate recovery was hopeless, and he gradually declined till his death. --- Chronicle of Monday.

Then on the same page further down:

Died.--- On Saturday, 11th Feb. instant, at his residence, Hawthorn Cottage, Peter Weston Carter, Esq., late Chief Police Magistrate, St. John's, aged 85 years. Deceased was retired 1869 after the active discharge of Magisterial duties over 56 years. His funeral will take place to-day, Tuesday the 14th inst. at half past two o'clock

[NB: a similar but briefer obit was found in the Patriot on 13 Feb 1871.

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280513 from Dictionary of Newfoundland ands Labrador Biography:

CARTER, PETER WESTON (1786-1871). b Ferryland; son of William, brother of Robert and father of Frederick B. T. Carter; magistrate 1815-1869; d St John's 11 Feb. Carter was involved in the legal profession at an early age, having been appointed a notary public in 1805. In 1815 he was appointed magistrate by Governor Richard G. Keats and served on the bench of the Commission of Oyer and Terminer at the same time as his father. Carter was one of three magistrates retained when the judicial system was restructured in 1833. He became chief magistrate at St John's and remained in that position until his death in 1869 [NB: incorrect; he died in 1871]. In May 1853 he was shot and wounded by a man seeking poor relief. RHC 280513 from Dictionary of Newfoundland ands Labrador Biography:

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260614:

In his book, "Riots and Religion in Newfoundland", David Dawe notes the role that Peter Carter played in quelling a food riot during the "Winter of the Rals" in 1817:

On Friday January 17, the Brig GUYSBOROUGH from Halifax had put in to Bay of Bulls, loaded with bread and flour for the starving residents. Six armed men, supported by an angry mob, seized the vessel and demanded the cargo be given to them. Later that night Magistrate Peter Carter from St. John's arrived in the community followed by a contingent of soldiers from Fort Townshend and a number of seamen from Buchan's ship, HMS PIKE. An armed standoff ensued the next day.

The upshot was that the looters were unsuccessful and four of them wound up in jail in St. John's. A storm at the time allowed the GUYSBOROUGH to escape from the looters and leave the harbour.

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010714:

In Jean Carter Stirling's family history notes she has this account of the attempt on his life:

1853 May 25 - A daring attempt was made on the life of Peter Weston Carter, Senior, Stipendiary Magistrate, an otherwise fine man who suffered the disease of religious bigotry. On Wednesday afternoon. May 25, a cooper named Long called at the residence of Judge Carter, Hawthorne Cottage, Carter's Hill, and asked for a proof-relief (dole note). He carried a gun, double banelled, which Carter laid hold of. In the scuffle. Long dragged the Magistrate down half a dozen steps to the street, and 3 paces away from him took aim and shot. The gun misfired. The man fired the second barrel, sending 2 balls through Carter's arm. Carter's son, who was in the garden, rushed to his father's aid and secured the fellow. The Public Ledger commented: "It is worthy of notice that, although a large crowd had collected, not one person had assisted in the capture, but rather encouraged the fellow to make his escape." [o & n]

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210616:

Nimshi Crewe speculated that the Hawthorn Cottage referred to as the residence of Peter Weston Carter at the time of his death was "the old Victorian 3 story house with iron gateposts still standing on Carter Hill." There is no such house on Carter's Hill any longer.

This is not to be confused with the Hawthorn Cottage in Brigus which is now a National Historical Site.

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190916:

This is how Magistrate William Sweetland described the attempt on Carter's life in his diary at Bonavista (MUN Digital Archive Initiative):

"It is reported that Mr Peter Carter the Chief Magistrate at St Johns was shot at by Mr Long, a Cooper of Green Bay against whom he had made a decision some years before in Court. The wounds tho severe are supposed not to be dangerous. The fellow went to his House in the Morning armed with a double Barrelled Gun knocked at the door when the Servant attending inquired for her Master and said he wanted to speak to him. On Mr Carters going out the fellow attempted to shoot him; but I presume (for I have no certain account of it) Mr Carter must have seized the fellows Gun by the Muzzle to turn it away from him when one of the Barrells went off and wounded both parts of the Arm, a most providential Escape & that the fellow was prevented from perpetrating the act which he had in Contemplation for he Mr C would have left rather a helpless family. He is the patriarch of our Family."

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100418:

From the Miscellaneous Deeds and Wills collection (GN169) at The Rooms:

Vol. 8, Page 202

This document is different from those preceding in that it is not an indenture of any kind but rather a receipt. But what is much more remarkable is the sum for which the receipt is granted: £23,450 13 Shillings and 7 Pence! This would have been worth a king's ransom in those days. It was being paid by Christopher J. Broom, a prominent St. John's merchant, to Peter Weston Carter as Registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court, but the reason for the payment is not made clear. If this was a form of payment of duty on goods imported then the value of those goods must have been staggering indeed. It is hard to imagine that the entire annual budget for the colony could have been much more than this amount at the time.

Receipt Peter W Carter from Christopher J Broom 11 Dec 1812

Vol. 11, Page 254

Peter Weston Carter was the son of Judge William Carter and, as such, was by no means a poor man. He held positions of responsibility, including as the Registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court and as a Commissioner of the Court of Oyer and Terminer. So this document suggests that his spouse to be, Sydney Spear Livingstone, must have been wealthy indeed for there to have been a perceived need for what was essentially a prenuptial agreement, although it was phrased as just another Indenture. I know nothing concerning her father John Livingstone, except that he was deceased at this time and she was co-heiress of his estate along with her brother, Charles, and this may have been the reason for this precaution being taken. The manner in which her fortune is secured is via her turning it all over to a trustee in the person of John Williams. It was the trustee's responsibility to mange the rental of all properties left to Sidney in her father's estate, to maximize the rents obtained and invest the proceeds and, at his discretion, to sell any of the assets if that seemed more propitious at the time. But unlike prenuptial agreements today, the husband was to be entitled to lay claim to the interest accrued on the trust, presumably for the benefit and upkeep of his wife. But if Peter should predecease her, the entire fortune was to revert to her at that time. The reason this indenture was necessary at this time was that only a man could make substantial decisions on the acquisition or sale of property and hence John Williams had to have this indenture in hand to allow him to accept direction on the management of the fortune from Peter Weston Carter.

Pre-Nup Indenture Peter W Carter & Sidney Livingstone 25 Nov 1811

090719:

Anna Elton Morris says that the executors of his estate sold for $400 the property known as Montagu's Island in Aquaforte to Anders Ellefson in 1901 for the use of the whaling station he was setting up there.

140919:

I had never seen the documentation supporting this sale. But Steve Barnable has presented to me the original grant of this land to Robert Carter in 1776 and presumably it was transferred down through the family to son Judge William Carter and grandson Peter Weston Carter, JP, and thence through his estate to various members of his family. Evidently three of these named as Peter, Arthur and Robert (the Peter and Robert at least possibly being one of several of that name at the time) were the ones who sold the lands to Ellefson according to 20th Century Shore Station Whaling in NL. I would need to see this transfer, which is presumably at the ROB, to determine who the three Carter men were.

050123 from Gert Crosbie:

21356 L01724 Carter Peter Weston 085.00 M Death Hawthorne Cottage Newfoundland 10-Feb-1871

L G CHR Deceased was Peter Weston Carter, late Chief Police Magistrate St. John's, "retired in 1869, he had been magistrate 56 years." ³¹⁵⁹
Medical:

He was attacked by paralysis some weeks since and had partially recovered, but remained in a very weakened condition. From his advanced age it was seen that ultimate recovery was hopeless, and he gradually declined till his death.

Philomena Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Christening: Death: Bef 15 Jul 2024 ⁴⁰⁶ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Stephen Carter ⁷⁵⁵ Mother: Ethel O'Dwyer ⁴⁰⁶ ^,755

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living

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