Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Frederick Carter ¹³⁵⁴ Mother: Sarah Lavinia Parsons ¹⁰⁹⁷

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Sarah Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 2 Sep 1762 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴¹¹ Christening: 9 Sep 1769 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵ ^,109 Death: 4 Jun 1772 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 9) Burial: After 4 Jun 1772 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴¹¹ Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1762, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 1772, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Death: 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Surrogate Robert Carter JP ¹⁰ ^,78 ^,168 ^,454 ^,1991 Mother: Ann Wylly ¹⁶⁸

Notes
General:

Died young according to Enid O'Brien in email dated March 15, 2002

100706: The headstone/grave marker that is clearly readable, depicted in Stonepics CD NF154-FER04-0002-0005 very clearly show dates of birth and death that are not in accord with those recorded by Aunt Jean. I am accepting the evidence of the grave.
"In Memory of Sarah Carter daughter to Robert Carter Esq. and Mrs. Ann his wife, Born Septr the 2d 1762, Died June the 4th 1772."

Newfoundland Cemetery ID: FER04 Cemetery Name: Ferryland 4 - single stone

Inside the museum on the main highway through town. It was originally in FER06.

Latitude Longitude 47° 01.58' N x 052° 53.06' W

060906:

Strangely, this name does not appear on the list of names of the children of Robert Carter and Ann Wylley in the family tree allegedly compiled for the Carter family by Joey Smallwood, which is on file in the Carter papers at PANL.

050115:

This information from Jean Carter Stirling about how the headstone wound up in the Ferryland museum:

"The story there is that my first cousin Hubert Herder (his mother and mine were Carter sisters) at some point went to Ferryland and "stole" that gravestone - put it in his car and brought it to his summer home in Topsail known as Popinn (still there and still owned by his widow Joan Hickman Herder). There it resided behind his bar in the recreation room. He died somewhat young - 60-ish. When I returned to St. John's in 1990, and talked to Joan she suggested I take it back to Ferryland. Which I arranged; before doing so I took those pictures. Where was I going to take it? I didn't have a clue, I had been away from Nfld for almost 40 years! I agree, the Museum turned out to be a bad choice. Sorry. There was no way to return it to the cemetery, no one knew what place it occupied there when he removed it."

And again she explained this because of my faulty memory:

140718:

Information from Jean Carter Stirling:

"The tombstone of Sarah Carter, daughter of the old Surrogate Robert Carter and Anne Wylley, was donated to the museum by me. My cousin Hubert Herder (son of my mother's sister Marion called Moll) had found the stone in that graveyard in Ferryland and taken (stolen) it. For years it was in his summer place in Topsail. As you know I wasn't living here, and on a visit, years later, after he had died, I was visiting his widow Joan and saw it in the recreation part of the house. I took many photos of it, and then one day Joan said that I could have it if I wanted it so badly! So I brought it back to Ferryland and presented it to the Museum. Unfortunately we never found out where the actual grave was."

Tombstone reads: In Memory of SARAH CARTER, daughter to Rober t CartermEsq and Mrs.Ann his Wife Born Sept the 2nd, 1762 died June the 4th,1772

Living

Sex: F

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living

Sarah Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 26 Nov 1719 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ ^,3192 Christening: 26 Nov 1719 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ ^,3192 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: William Carter ¹⁰ ^,78 ^,168 ^,454 Mother: Joan Hill ¹⁰ ^,78 ^,168 ^,454

Spouses and Children

1. Living Marriage Notes

Devon Marriages Transcription

First name(s)Sarah
Last nameCarter
Birth year-
Age-
Marriage year1746
Marriage date27 Feb 1746
PlaceSidmouth
DenominationAnglican
Spouse's first name(s)Joseph
Spouse's last nameThompson
Spouse's age-
CountyDevon
CountryEngland
ArchiveSouth West Heritage Trust
Archive reference1855A/PR/1/3
Record setDevon Marriages And Banns
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryParish Marriages
Collections fromEngland, United Kingdom
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Sarah Caroline Weston Carter

Sex: F
AKA: Kate Carter ¹⁰, Kit Carter ¹⁰, Sarah Catherine Weston Carter ²⁹⁶²
Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 25 Jun 1877 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁹⁷⁹ Christening: 25 Jun 1877 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,2962 ^,2979 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Arthur C. Waghorne, 25 Jun 1877, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Confirmation: 23 Nov 1894, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• First Communion: administered by A. J. Bayly (Priest) St. John's, 25 Nov 1894, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: William Thomas Skinner Carter ⁴² ^,168 ^,282 Mother: Mary Louisa Hanrahan ⁴² ^,168 ^,282

Notes
General:

140813: No way of knowing when the actual birth took place as it was not recorded on the birth/baptismal record as transcribed on NGB website. What is given here is an error on another transcript which took the baptismal date as the birth date.

Sarah Jessie Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 10 Dec 1867 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³³ Christening: Death: 6 Dec 1869 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 1) ³³ Burial: 7 Dec 1869 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁵³¹ Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Robert Carter ¹⁰ ^,33 ^,2568 Mother: Mary Anne Simms ¹⁰ ^,2659 Marriage Did Not Marry

Notes
General:

041006: Died young - Carter Family tree

080312 from NGB Ang Cath Bur Re":

Sarah Jessie CARTER St Johns 2 yrs Dec 7 1869 Dau of Carter & Mary Ann Simms

!BIRTH:Nf Archives,St.John The Baptist,Vol 26A;
One of three youngest children born after family
moved from Ferryland to St. John's;

!DEATH:NF Archives, St.Thomas Church Burials,Vol.II;
age 2 years.

Sarah Sidney Livingston Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 20 Apr 1847 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁴ ^,437 ^,3155 Christening: 23 Jun 1847 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁴ ^,437 ^,3155 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Charles Blackman, 23 Jun 1847, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Living: 4 May 1892.

Parents

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

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Sarah Weston Carter

Sex: F
AKA: Sally Carter ¹⁹, Sarah Weston Carter Morey ³¹⁹³
Individual Information

Birth Date: 22 Mar 1827 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,3004 Christening: 29 Oct 1829 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁰⁰⁴ Death: 14 Oct 1893 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 66) ³¹⁹⁴ Burial: 17 Oct 1893 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁹⁶² ^,3195 ^,3196 ^,3197 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Christening: 29 Oct 1828, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 110116:
I'm really not sure where the baptism took place. I don't know whether there was a church in Aquaforte that long ago. According to the book "This is our Place This is our Home" by Joan Edward (Breakwater Books), the bible was donated to the St. Philip's on May 24, 1859 and it is thought by locals that the church was first dedicated about two years before that. I'm fairly confident that St. Luke's existed in Ferryland from about the early 1830s onward and it may be that all Aquaforte families travelled there for baptisms, marriages and funerals. Bishop John Inglis, who was responsible for Newfoundland but resided in Nova Scotia, came to Newfoundland in 1832 and consecrate a number of churches in the outports, possibly including St. Luke's However, I do not know the exact date that St. Luke's was built.

Of note in regard to early Christenings that are supposed to have happened at Ferryland is the name of the minister is P. Perring. He was assigned to work out of St. John's; these Christenings could have been performed in St. John's, likely at St. Thomas's.
• Minister/Priest: P. Pering, 29 Oct 1828, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: P. Perring, Minister, 29 Oct 1829, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Mortgage and Sale of Rights to Williams Estate, 15 Jul 1874, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Property: Deed of Gift to Carter heirs of the Williams Estate, 28 Oct 1874, Bath, Somerset, England. (Party)
• Court: Loan from Sheriff James Carter to Benjamin Sweetland and Sarah Morry, 3 May 1880, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Residence: From their loan from Sheriff James Carter, 3 May 1880, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Occupant)
• Court: Further loan of another $80 from Sheriff James Carter to Benjamin Sweetland Morry and wife Sarah Carter, 18 Feb 1882, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Party)
• Alt. Death: 17 Oct 1893, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. 010620:

Both the church record and the vital stats record made from it err in giving the date of burial as the date of death.
• Minister/Priest: Dan Henry Winsor, Lay Reader, 17 Oct 1893, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter ⁵ ^,481 Mother: Harriet Maria Cosby Skinner ²⁹⁸⁹

Spouses and Children

1. *Benjamin Sweetland Morry ¹⁶⁸ Marriage: 22 May 1850 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁵¹¹ ^,3006 ^,3198 ^,3199
Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: H. H. Hamilton, 22 May 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Witnesses: Matthew Morry, Mrs. Hamilton, Jane Morry, 22 May 1850, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

Witnesses included Matthew Morry, Mrs. Hamilton and Jane Morry and Minister was H.H. Hamilton (NLGS - C of E Ferryland District Marriage records)

180116:
According to a note by an unidentified person on her bible, which now rests in the Ferryland Museum, thanks to dear old Aunt Pat, who had no use for the Morry family history, this couple had no children.

29062021:

I just realised whilst comparing my information against that of Jean Carter Stirling in her research notes that there is a discrepancy between the Vital Records account of this marriage and the actual parish register. The former gives the date as 1 may 1850 whilst the latter shows 22 May 1850. This was one of MANY errors made in the Vital Statistics trasncription by a person named Frank Severn. Those records are NOT to be trusted.

151223:
From Robert Carter's Journal for 22 May 1850:
Benjⁿ Morry & Sarah Carter the daughter of A H Carter were married privately at the Church today, unknown to her friends

Notes
General:

261106: George LeMessurier family tree notes she was called Sally

170912: Information gathered online by Geoff Martin from the Oct. 16, 1893 edition of the Evening Telegram:

On Saturday last, 14th inst., at Ferryland, Sarah Weston, wife of Benjamin S. Morry, 65 years.

This date of death contradicts what I had but seems to be reliable as the date of edition of the newspaper precedes the former date of death that I had.The 17th was presumably the date of burial, not death. I am making the changes today.

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160119:

I don't want to read too much into this but she was buried (her name appeared in the church register) under her own maiden name, not her married name, and the service was conducted by Dan Henry Winsor, a lay Reader, not a clergyman. Is it possible that her marriage had collapsed? In those days in Newfoundland outports there was no such thing as divorce. Her husband was also buried by a lay reader (Henry Winsor). Very odd.

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140419:

The answer to the above conundrum may lie at least in part in the fact that in 1874 Benjamin Sweetland Morry and his wife Sarah Carter took a loan of £100 from Sheriff James Howe Carter and his wife Harriet against their (ie. Sarah's) interest in the vast Williams estate. And again in 1880 and then in 1882 Benjamin Sweetland and his wife Sarah were seen in the CDC-ROD records borrowing from Sheriff James Carter first $200 and then a further $80 against "their" (really her) share in the estate of her father, Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter. I have a feeling that they may have died penniless and quite probably due to the husband squandering the monies that they borrowed on the wife's inheritance.

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151223:
From Robert Carter's Journal for 22 May 1850:
Benjⁿ Morry & Sarah Carter the daughter of A H Carter were married privately at the Church today, unknown to her friends ³¹⁹⁷

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

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