Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry

Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Allan Richard Carter ¹⁰ Mother: Edith Elisabeth Uphill ¹⁰

Allan Carter

Sex: M
AKA: Allen Carter ²⁹² ^,1354
Individual Information

Birth Date: 1 Aug 1878 - Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹³⁵⁴ Christening: 19 Sep 1882 ¹³⁵⁴ Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Lenora Elkins ²⁹² Marriage: 16 May 1905 - Greenspond, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹³⁵⁴ ^,2956 Children: 1. Evelyn Carter 2. Evelina Carter 3. Frederick Carter 4. Mary Violet Carter 5. Josephine Carter 6. Stewart Garfield Carter 7. Roland Seymour Carter 8. Alan Pierce Carter 9. Reginald Gordon Carter

Allan Richard Carter

Sex: M

Individual Information

Birth Date: in Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England Christening: Death: 1935 - Wallasey, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England Burial: Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children

1. *Edith Elisabeth Uphill ¹⁰ Marriage: Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living

Notes
General:

This person is not related to the Grace Carter of St.John's who marrie d
Rev.Henry Uphill, although Grace had a brother Alan Carter. (I have ch anged the
spelling to Allan, in order to differentiate, although I do not know h ow this
husband of Edith Uphill did spell his Christian name.)
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Living

Sex: M

Parents

Father: Living Mother: Living

Anne Carter

Sex: F
AKA: Ann Carter
Individual Information

Birth Date: 17 Mar 1749/50 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁰⁹ Christening: Death: Bef 15 Sep 1838 - Calvert, Newfoundland ²⁸² ^,2958 ^,2959 ^,2960 ^,2961 Burial: 15 Sep 1838 - Ferryland, Newfoundland ⁷⁰ ^,2959 ^,2961 ^,2962 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt. Birth: 1751, Sidmouth, Devon, England.
• Alt. Birth: 1752, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Property: Deed of gift to attached house, cellar and enclosurses adjacent to her father's at The Pool, 10 Jul 1775, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Census: Household of Robert and Ann Carter, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Including daughter, Ann Carter Sweetland (widow) and her youngest son Benjamin Sweetland.

Ann Sweetland is shown as having one servant, Philip Madigan and one dieter, Timothy Ryan, implying she had a fishing crew employed during the season.
• Property: She is said to own land adjacent to a property being acquired by Robert Carter, 1 Dec 1830, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. SDC Vol 1 Fol 180-181 Ewen Stabb to Robert Carter 07-02-1831

Kevin Reddigan speculates that this was originally the property of her second husband, Henry Sweetland, acquired somehow from his brother David who was supposed to operate from this area(Courageous Souls, Page 129).
• Property: Owned property which she sold to Matthew Ryan, 21 Jul 1832, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Described as being North side of Aquaforte River Head.

At the time in the possession of Michael Haley.
• Probate: Application for probate of his estate by sons William and Benjamin, 3 Aug 1836, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Probate: Forced application for probate by William Sweetland, 1840, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. William and Benjamin were the logical executors/trustees of their mother's intestate estate but initially refused to accept the responsibility because they were concerned her debts would exceed the value of her assets. James Howe Carter forced their hand because his mother, Elizabeth Harris Howe Carter, the widow of Robert Carter, who was then living in Exeter, wished to call in a Bond owed to her.

Parents

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

Spouses and Children

1. *Capt. Samuel Hill ¹⁶⁸ ^,1202 Marriage: 1775 - Topsham, Devon, England ²⁹⁶³ ^,2964 Children: 1. Ann Hill 2. Elizabeth Ann Hill 2. Capt. Henry J. Sweetland JP ⁴⁹³ ^,1202 ^,2965 ^,2966 ^,2967 Marriage: Cir 1785 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁶⁰³ Children: 1. Lieut. Henry Sweetland RN 2. William Sweetland JP 3. Benjamin Sweetland JP 3. Capt. Matthew Morry ⁷⁸ ^,109 ^,168 ^,2962 ^,2970 Marriage: Between 1813 and 10 Nov 1818 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁴⁹⁷ ^,2971 ^,2972
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: After 1801, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Marriage Notes

080115:

No one really knows when Matthew and Anne were married. Any record of the ceremony has disappeared and there are no known written accounts of the event. It was my original impression that it may have taken place as early as 1800 and it is stated to be the case in an accession note pertaining to the William Sweetland diaries at the MHA. But that no longer seems sensible since she was not living with Matthew Morry when the 1800 Census of Ferryland was made by Anne's father. I now suspect that they may have married until after 1813 because an agreement between Matthew Sr. and Jr. signed in that year indicated that the elder Matthew was still a resident of Dartmouth at the time.

Notes
General:

Enid O'Brien wrote in email dated 3/11/99:

"I don't have a marriage date for her marriage to Matthew but it was sometime after 1800 because she was a widow on the 1800 census. and her name is Sweetland at that time."

15/09/99 The information on Samuel Hill (Christian Name and place of origin) were provided by Enid O'Brien in an email to Gillian on Sept. 8, 1999. It has not been verified by actual research on our part. Evidently Ann Carter and Samuel Hill had progeny but this has not been tracked since there is no connection back to the family line.

Similarly, the information on Henry Sweetland (Christian Name and place of origin) were provided by Enid O'Brien in an email to Gillian on Sept. 8, 1999. It has not been verified by actual research on our part. Evidently Ann Carter and Henry Sweetland had progeny but this has not been tracked by us yet. However it must be done because Enid indicates that one of Ann and Henry's sons, William Sweetland, married one of Matthew Morry and Mary Graham's daughters, Priscilla. Since this would close the loop we need to verify this information.

Information on parents of Ann Carter was provided by Enid O'Brien in email to Gillian on Sept. 8, 1999 and has not been verified by us.

"Re: Ann Carter. Ann was married three times. 1. Samuel Hill of Dorset. 2. Henry Sweetland of Devon. 3. Matthew Morry of Devon/Ferryland late in life. Children from the Hill and Sweetland marriage but no children from the Morry marriage. As a matter of fact one of Ann's children, Wm. Sweetland married Priscilla Morry, daughter of Matthew Morry and Mary Graham. Ann was the daughter of Robert Carter and Ann Wylly (this is spelled various ways of Sidmouth Devon. Ann Wyley was born in Scotland in 1719. Ref IGA. I also have been collaborating with a Carter descendant and they have their tree fairly well documented."

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In another email from Enid on July 19, 2000 the following information was added:

"Joey Smallwood was paid by the Carter family (before confederation) to research their family tree. The tree is not complete by any means and another big thing is he didn't put in any dates but it serves as agood guide.

Ann Carter (dgt of Robert Carter and Ann Wylley) was born in 1751 in Sidmouth and died in Ferryland 15/9/1838 (Ref. Petty Hr Rec/Carter family tree). According to the tree Ann was married 3 times (a) Samuel Hill (who didn't live very long) and had two children from this marriage (b) She married Henry Sweetland and had 3 children (c) Matthew Morry (widow of Mary Graham). They were married later in life and had no children.

Still going by the Carter tree - Ann Carter/Samuel Hill from Topsham, Dorset [NB: Enid should say Devon] had two children as follows: (1) Maria Hill who married Henry Brand (2) Elizabeth Hill (1781-5/3/1842) md (1) Mr. Ball (2) Wm Caulman I found a burial in Petty Hr Rec (CofE) that Elizabeth Caulman was buried on Mar 5/1842, age 61 years. This age would fit in with Elizabeth (Hill) Ball/Caulman. I don't know how many children were from this Elizabeth Hill/Wm Caulman marriage but I think there were at least two (there may be others but I only have two)

(a) Ann Caulman who married Henry Winsor (son of Peter Winsor and Sarah Payne of Aquaforte, ref. Anna Elton Morris who has done extensive research on the Winsors). Also, Petty Hr Rec (CofE) Henry Winsor, son of Henry Winsor and Ann Caulman to Catherine Annie Skinner Carter, dgt of Arthur and Harriet md on 4/1/1855. (wit. Henry Sweetland Morry, Sarah Weston Morry and Elizabeth Rathburn). This confirms that Henry married Ann "Caulman". This Arthur Carter is Arthur Hunt O'Brien Carter (born 1795 and died 20/9/1871 and Harriet Maria Skinner, dgt of Colonel Wm Thomas Skinner and Ann Williams. Harriet was born in St. John's and baptised privately on 10/10/1802 and died in Ferryland circa1835 (ref Jean Stirling, whose grandfather is a Carter and who is quite involved).

(b) Elizabeth Caulman md 19/2/1844 (Petty Hr Rec) to Matthew Morry. Also, I found in the Gazette June 7, 1884 - Eliza, relict of late Mr Matthew Morry, Sr, on June 5/1884 @ Caplin Bay, age 71 years. (This would mean that she was born in 1813 which would make it about right fora child of Elizabeth Hill/Wm Caulman/Coleman."

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180703: In her father's will dated March 29, 1795, which appears in File 41 of MG 31 - The Carter Family Papers at PANL, Ann (then Sweetland) received the three volume set of Smoleth's History of England, the three volume folio of Stern's Sermons and one guinea. Unless she later received a larger legacy from her mother's will, this would not have made her a very wealthy widow when Matthew Morry married her.

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April 5, 2004: Church of England Ferryland Burial Record on Newfoundland's Grand Banks website: September 15, 1838 Morry, Anne, Caplin Bay, 87, Not Stated

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July 2004: Dad and Uncle Bill reminded me of an old story that a Carter woman known as Nancy married a Morry against her parents will and was disinherited. But to punish her even more her father willed her a useles spit of land off Isle aux Bois known to this day as Nancy's portion. I believe that this "Nancy" was in fact Anne Carter and that Matthew being the new carpetbagger in town was not welcomed by the old money. See note above dated 180703 about her father's will. It seems to jive.

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280806: In the Ferryland Census of 1800-1801 she was shown under the name Ann Sweetland as living with her parents along with her son, Benjamin Sweetland. It isn't clear why her other daughters by Sam Hill and son's by Henry Sweetland were not also shown as living there.

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160710: It is interesting to note that in Anne we have the connection between the four merchant class families that dominated the economy of Ferryland in the late 1770 and early 1800s. She was a Carter by birth and then married in succession both partners of Hill and Sweetland ( a London based company though they were both from Devon according to the Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador article on Ferryland), and then Matthew Morry.

On the question of where Matthew and Anne lived after their marriage, these are responses from Jean Carter Stirling and Enid O'Brien respectively:

Chris, Anne Carter was married 3 times. After she was widowed for the second time, she lived in a house of her father Robert Carter of Ferryland; I think it was under the same roof, because there was a fire and she and her son (Sweetland) were mentioned as being there. After she married Matthew Morry, her third husband, she moved to Caplin Bay. Her father died in 1800, and after that she owned the house, so obviously she rented it out. The two families intermarried a lot, there were two Annes, an aunt and a niece, who married a Matthew Morry, father and son. See you tomorrow, all will be revealed!! J.

Hi everyone:

Chris in answer to your questions I have analysed it as follows -

Regarding where Matthew Morry (md Ann Carter) lived we can only put a picture together. We do know for sure that his first wife, Mary Graham, who died in 1796 never lived in Newfoundland. We also know that there are no Morry families on 1800 census for Caplin Bay or Ferryland. We also know that Ann (Carter) Sweetland and her son, Benjamin was living at Ferryland in 1800 and she was not yet married to Matthew Morry. We do know that in 1832 when William Carter's house was burned he had living with him his sister, Mrs. Morry. There is no mention of Mr Morry being in the house and I am thinking that up to that time Matthew (husband of Ann Carter) had no dwelling of his own. They both probably lived with Ann's brother but Matthew was in England at the time of the fire. We know they were md late in life. However, when the fire occurred Matthew and Ann settled in Caplin Bay because in the Church of England Deaths in 1836 records show Matthew Morry of Dartmouth and Caplin Bay (no mention of Ferryland) and when Ann died in 1838 she died at Caplin Bay. We also know that Matthew and Mary Graham's son, Matthew (md to Ann Saunders) was living in Caplin Bay with his large family. I think when Matthew (md Ann Saunders) was appted Justice of Peace for Ferryland they moved from Caplin Bay to Ferryland and it was only then was there a Morry presence in Ferryland - even though Matthew (md Ann Carter) might have lived there temporarily his business, etc, was in Caplin Bay.

On the other hand, Ann Carter Sweetland Morry had land on the Downs in Ferryland from the estate of her husband, Henry Sweetland, which was sold by her son William Sweetland in 1843 - both Matthew and Ann would have been deceased at this time.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

Enid

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180710: Kevin Reddigan has reviewed the information he provided to me on this subject and submitted his evidence. It comes from voters lists and land transactions. Basically it seems to point to the fact that if Mattherw and Anne moved to Ferryland at all, it would have been no sooner than 1832 and possibly as late as 1836, the year of Matthew's death. Some of his sons and grandsons (including John Henry Morry) moved there somewhat after that, mainly for business reasons. So roughly speaking it is fair to say that the Morrys spent the first 40-45 years of their lives in Newfoundland living in Caplin Bay, after which most moved elsewhere, with Ferryland being the predominant destination.

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050910:

As the widow Sweetland, over the winter of 1799-1800 Ann had one servant, Philip Maddigan, and one dieter, Timothy Ryan.

300112: In the NGB transcript of the church record the dates of burial are sometimes mistakenly given as the date of death. It isn't known if this is one of those cases.

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Article in Evening Telegram December 9, 1960, passed to me in email from Enid O'Brien, 5/04/03

"Mrs. Donald Badcock and Professor Fraser (provincial archivist) gives a silhouette and a 1775 sealed deed as a gift to the archives. Mrs. Badcock's mother is Mrs. Frances LeMessurier. (Of course we know her gdmother is Helena Morry)."

There is some confusion in the transcription. I presume the full text pertained to Frances' daughter's passing over the deed from the way Enid has worded her text. In fact her father was Francis (Frank) LeMessurier and her mother was Helena Morry

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230913:

I checked out the above with Melanie Tucker at The Rooms to find out what the deed was about and who the silouette depicted. Here is her reply:

Hi Chris,

Yes, the 1775 deed of gift (MG 956.132) is part of our special items collection and is entitled, "Deed of gift of dwelling house and properties: Robert Carter, Ferryland, to daughter, Ann Hill".

The silhouette must have been transferred to the Provincial Museum at the time. It is in their collection here at The Rooms, with the following description:

"Donor's Distant Relative - Lieut. Henry Sweetland, Royal Navy, from Calvert, 1830-1860; from a well-known Ferryland family, after his retirement from the Navy, he made his home In Topsham, England, until his death in 1860" # 977.227.

I hope this helps!

All the best,

Melanie

While the deed, or a copy of it, exists amongst the Carter papers (see image in Media), I have never seen the silouette and will request that they make a copy for me.

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060314:
Just a postscript to say I was given a photocopy of the silouette by Melanie afterwards.

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080615:
Last summer during my annual visit to Newfoundland Jean Carter Stirling gave me a number of copies of research notes she had made or copied from other sources. Among them was a copy of the instructions Nimshi Crewe gave to the staff at the Provincial Archives in reference to the silhouette and the deed mentioned above:

Archives
15 November, 1960
Mr. Frazer,
Please see my memo of to-day's date, referring to the gift to the Museum of the Sweetland silhouette with pedigree details, etc.
Before leaving their home, 1 Blackmarsh Road, St. John's, both Mrs. LeMessurier and her daughter Mrs. (crossed out-Victoria?) Donald Arthur Badcock, née Victoria LeMessurier, pressed on me as a further gift the framed deed of gift, signed by Robert Carter, dated 10 July 1775, at Ferryland, which I hand you herewith.
Essentially, it is a deed by which Robert Carter gives to his daughter Ann Hill, wife of Samuel Hill, of Topsham, Devon, mariner, a dwelling house situated at The Pool, Ferryland, and adjoining the dwelling house in which Carter was then living.
If no heirs after her decease, the house was to go then to his son, Robert Carter and his
heirs.
Both Mrs. LeMessurier and her daughter are descended from both the signer of the deed, Robert Carter and from both Samuel and Ann Hill, the recipients of the gift Ann being named in the deed as "my daughter, wife of Samuel Hill."
They would like this donation to be recorded in the name of Mrs. Badcock, whom we shall have to refer to as a direct descendant of Carter, Ann and Samuel ....it is too refined to endeavour to get at her exact generation of descent and name that.
This Samuel Hill was Ann Carter's first husband. She next married Henry Sweetland Sr., and had by him the three sons of whom Henry Sweetland Jr., Lieut. R.N., the silhouette's subject, was one.
These unsolicited donations (silhouette and deed) bespeak a magnificent public spirit on the part of Mrs. LeMessurier and her daughter, Mrs. Badcock.
N.C. Crewe
(Nimshi C. Crewe files, Confederation Bldg.)

For some reason Nimshi did not mention that Ann subsequently married Matthew Morry, though he certainly would have known of this marriage.

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150615:
Mrs. Ann (without an "e") Morry appears as the owner of land ajacent to a property being acquired by Robert Carter (I assume the JP and Diarist) on the N E side of Capelin Bay on 1 December 1830. (SDC Vol 1 Fol 180-181 Ewen Stabb to Robert Carter 07-02-1831)

This is important for two reasons: First, it shows that they were still in Capelin Bay at this time and had not yet moved to Ferryland; and second, it shows her as the owner of the property and not her husband Matthew Morry. I am suspicious that this may have been a form of insurance against economic disaster in the event that Matthew fell into debt. He could claim not to have any property in his name. Or it may well be that the land did indeed belong to Ann, possibly coming to her from the Carters or, as suggested by Kevin Reddigan, from her second husband, Capt. Henry Sweetland. It was never certain where they lived while he was alive.

A copy of this Southern District Court document is found in the Media Gallery.

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151016:
I just transcribed another SDC document (SDC Vol 3 Fol 240-243 William Sweetland to Elizabeth Carter 22-11-1843) which is a settlement of judgment of the Supreme Court in favour of Elizabeth Harris Howe Carter against the estate of Ann Carter, widow successively of Sam Hill, Henry Sweetland and Matthew Morry. Apparently, at the time of her death, Ann, or more likely Matthew, owed Robert Carter and/or his wife Elizabeth Harris Howe Carter several hundred pounds, and William Sweetland, as executor of his mother's estate, settled the debt by conveying to Elizabeth a certain parcel of land on the Downs. Ann had a great deal of land from various husbands as well as from her father, the first Robert Carter, so this would have been the simplest way to settle the debt, though heaven only knows what Elizabeth would have done with the land, since she was by then living in Exeter.

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140218 from diary of Robert Carter:

Sunday, 30 March 1834
"Morry, Sweetland and Mrs. Morry dined here." The reason I mention this rather routine entry is that it specifically mentions Mrs. Morry as separate from "Morry" which would mean Matthew Junior was there not with his wife but with his mother. This raises a continuing question in my mind as to the whereabouts of Matthew Morry Sr. during most of the time covered so far by the diary. He is never mentioned and I suspect that he may have returned to England to endeavour to recover some part of his lost fortune, of which he was deprived as a result of court action following the demise of his partnership with Walter Prideaux. In view of the fact that he died 2 years later, it is, however, possible that he was simply ill and confined to home during this period.

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210918:
Dad Morry told of the sad situation that unfolded when "Miss Lizzie" Morry, Elizabeth Morry, the daughter of Matthew Morry III and Elizabeth Coulman, and the last Morry resident of Athlone in Caplin Bay/Calvert, passed away on Sept. 29, 1930. She was a spinster and her only living relative, her brother Henry, was off in BC, and he too was childless. Thus, due to a late will written only weeks before her death, her house and all of its contents and the surrounding lands and waterside premises were left to the family that looked after her in her declining years, Leonard and Marcella Canning. Dad Morry visited them and attempted to persuade them to let him have Morry heirlooms from the house but they refused his request. He tells that amongst those heirlooms was a complete set of the collected works of William Shakespeare that had been in the family at that time for generations. Nothing more was heard of these books until a chance discovery by me at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies on June 29th 2018.

In a Biography series of folders there is one that bears the name "Morry Family". and in that folder there are only two articles. One is a newspaper article about Bill and Pat Morry and Peter and Jo Morry and their family. The other was a photocopy of a note from Nimshi Crewe attached to the frontispiece page of the 1790 Collected Works of William Shakespeare compiled and edited by Edmund Malone (see a copy in the Media folder of Matthew Morry I). In his note, Nimshi told of having purchased these books in Calvert, though he does not say when or for whom, but he clearly recognised the names of the original owners, mentioning Matthew Morry Jr. 3rd and his grandmother Ann [Carter] Morry, since their signatures appeared on what he thought was about four of the volumes.

From these notations and the file number for relocating the books (PR 2752 M3 1790) I was able to request a viewing from the Archives and Rare Books desk at the CNS and within minutes I was holding what turned out to be 11 Volumes, all but two of which contained the signatures of our ancestors. Not only do they contain the name of Miss Lizzie's father, written as "Matthew Morry Jr. 3rd", but two contain the dedication "From Ann Morry Sr. to Matthew Morry 3rd" indicating the provenance of the books. That said, it is impossible to know for sure whether these books belonged originally to Ann Carter (then Ann Sweetland) before she married Matthew Morry I, our immigrant ancestor, or whether they were originally the property of Matthew Morry I himself. The date of the volumes is 1790 and they were not married until sometime in the 1800s (no one knows exactly when or where). But upon close examination of some of the signatures in these volumes I found that some are written simply as "Matthew Morry", some as "Matthew Morry Jr." and some as "Matthew Morry Jr. 3rd". And the handwriting is different for all three. So I have concluded that they did indeed at one time belong to each of the first three Matthew Morrys in our family.

I am copying images of the pages which show these signatures in the Media folders of the person whose signature appears in that volume.

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071218:
Today Edward Chafe sent me copies of the probate papers associated with Ann Carter Morry's intestate estate. Copies are found in the Media folder.

William and Benjamin Sweetland were the logical executors/trustees of their mother's intestate estate but initially refused to accept the responsibility because they were concerned her debts would exceed the value of her assets. James Howe Carter forced their hand because hs mother, Elizabeth Harris Howe Carter, the widow of Robert Carter, who was then living in Exeter, wished to call in a Bond owed to her.

Anne Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: Bef 28 Oct 1724 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ ^,2973 Christening: 28 Oct 1724 - Sidmouth, Devon, England ¹⁰⁹ ^,2973 Death: Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

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

Anne Catherine Weston Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 25 Sep 1823 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,283 ^,292 ^,1688 ^,2974 Christening: 6 Nov 1823 - Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁸² ^,1688 ^,2974 Death: 30 Jan 1894 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ( at age 70) ²⁹² ^,2975 ^,2976 Burial: 2 Feb 1894 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ²⁹² ^,2977 Cause of Death:
Events
• Minister/Priest: Charles Blackman, Episcopal Missionary at Ferryland, 6 Nov 1823, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Charles Blackman, 6 Nov 1823, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Court: Indenture to sell property to John White, 20 Dec 1884, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Property: Purchase of Flagstaff Room from Peter Germon Tessier and wife Anne Catherine Weston Carter, 20 Dec 1884, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Witness)
• Probate: Will of Weston Tessier, 1891, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. (Beneficiary)
• Alt. Death: 18 Jan 1907, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Parents

Father: Hon. Lt. Commander Robert Carter RN, MHA ¹⁰ ^,305 ^,316 Mother: Ann Williams Hutchings ⁵ ^,10 ^,316

Spouses and Children

1. *Hon. Capt. Peter Germon Tessier M. L. C. ³³ ^,141 ^,292 Marriage: 6 May 1858 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ¹⁴¹
Marriage Events
• Alt. Marriage: 6 Feb 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. PANL Vital Stats Vol. 23 - Congregational Records Marriages

1858 6 Feb. St. John'sPeter Germon Tessier, widower married Ann Catherine Weston
spinster -
Witness John Tessier, James C. Tessier, Lewis Tessier, Sarah Tessier
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• Witnesses: John Tessier, James C. Tessier, Lewis Tessier, Sarah Tessier, 6 Feb 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Pedley, 6 May 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• Alt. Marriage: 2 Jun 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This date most likely the date of the newspaper announcement. Marriage Notes

140621:

Note that Jean Carter Stirling's transcript had the marriage on 6 Feb 1858 instead of 6 May 1858 but I credit the Gert Crosbie transcript because she copied it from newspapers that appeared on 11 May 1858 and there would not have been such a long delay in posting the marriage announcement so I am sticking with Gert's transcript. It is possible that Jean took her information from the Vital Records which are notoriously rife with errors.

Here is Jean's transcript:
PANL Vital Stats Vol. 23 - Congregational Records Marriages

1858 6 Feb. St. John'sPeter Germon Tessier, widower married Ann Catherine Weston
spinster -
Witness John Tessier, James C. Tessier, Lewis Tessier, Sarah Tessier

Children: 1. Weston Gladstone Tessier 2. Anne Caroline Maria Tessier 3. Germon Tessier 4. Clara Jane Tessier 5. Fanny Tessier

Notes
General:

[Tessier.FTW]

180806:

BDM reports that marriage was announced on 11 May 1858 in: 1) Gazette (Royal Newfoundland Gazette) 1807- 2) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895 3) Courier (Morning Courier & General Advertiser, Morning Courier) 1844-1878 4) Public Ledger 1820-1882 (issues available begin 1827) 5) Express (Newfoundland Express) 1851-1876

Bride was the eldest daughter of Capt. Robert Carter, R.N.

261106: George LeMessurier's family tree shows the name Ann without an "e"

060910:

This Anne Carter is most likely the author of a number of harsh satirical poems/songs concerning the members of the merchant class in Ferryland whom she looked down upon, including the Morrys. I have transcribed two of these poems from the Carter papers in The Rooms -- The Motley Maggot Gang and The Grinder :

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Song - The Motley Maggot Gang Anne Carter (most probably Anne Catherine Weston Carter) ca 1850

From PANL MG 31 - The Carter Papers, File 30 Transcribed by C. Morry, July 13, 2003; revised Sept. 6, 2010

Editorial Note: This document was not signed and dated but was included among other poems and songs written by Ann(e) Carter in the 1840s-1850s. This could not be the Ann Carter who married Matthew Morry as she died in 1838. More likely it was Anne Catherine Weston Carter who married Peter Germon Tessier (there was also correspondence with the Tessiers in this file).

It seems clear that the "Motley Maggot Gang" to which she refers was the Morrys (the Christian names given in the last stanza are those of that generation of Morrys), though I have no idea why she judged them so harshly and apparently bore them so much ill will. In so far as Anne was concerned at least, the Morry family ill treated James "Costly" (Costello) and Alfred "Cannon" (Canning), the latter of whom was taken in when he was orphaned by Matthew III. They also apparently were thought to have been conspired against Sheriff Tree, even though she believed that they had been given light treatment by him for whatever crimes they are thought to have committed. These allusions are all clear, but the cause of her ire is not.

Willeen Keough, in her treatise The Slender Thread - Irish Women on the Southern Avalon, 1750-1869 mentions this song/poem and explains that the reference to James Costello would have had to do with an animal maiming, a common form of protest against the landowners by the Irish which was imported to Newfoundland.

A Song

A set of rogues are in this town Who truth and justice both disown They are a petty pygmy clan And named the motley maggot gang

Chorus Sing loud the motley maggot gang Sing ho the motley maggot gang Come join my chorus every one And echo loud the maggot gun

The poor they oft oppress and wrong And cloak it mong their giling throng They are a bandit wicked clan And named the motley maggot gang

Sing loud the motley etc. etc.

James Costly was nigh rob'd tis clear By lob the dog & sterile steer A mob they raised his case to bang Now named the motley maggot gang

Sing loud etc. etc.

Gainst sheriff tree those rogues conspire With wicked hate and savage ire He was too lenient to the clan The cozening motley maggot gang.

Sing loud etc. etc.

Poor orphan cannons they took in Oh what a cruel crying sin The cozening robers ought to hang The tyrant motley maggot gang

There's mathew, john, bill, tom and all With greedy hate they would make fall They're cruel neros every one Who form the motley maggot gang.

Sing loud etc. etc.

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Grinder Anne Carter (most probably Anne Catherine Weston Carter) ca 1850 From PANL MG 31 - The Carter Papers Transcribed by C. Mory, July 29, 2010

Editorial Note: This is another of the poems/songs written by Anne Carter criticising the members of the merchant class that she found to not meet her high moral expectations. In the poem/song called The Motley Maggot Gang she took aim primarily at the Morrys. Here the scope of her ire seems to have broadened to include the Stabbs. Underlying this tirade there appears to be an implication that someone took advantage of her and then wrote about it or otherwise spread rumours defaming her reputation. The mention of "Northside" where the Morrys were the principal, if not the only, merchant class family then in residence, and the allusion to "Harry" and his "scandal-proof homespun connections" seems to implicate John Henry Morry. He was likely the only Morry resident there at the time and had married a Windsor - one of the old merchant class families - giving him scandal-proofing to some extent. Two of his brothers married Carter women, which may explain the phrase "they say we are sons of one mother", since he now shared kinship with Anne.

Enid O'Brien also elaborates on the obvious allusion to the Stabb family and amplifies: "I was wondering if she was speaking about the Stabbs? As you know, Ewen Stabb was married to Ann Carter Tessier, daughter of Joan Carter/Peter Tessier and they had fishing rooms in Ferryland as early as 1823 (Ref Encyclopedia of NL). I was wondering if the "intinerant quack" might refer to Ewen's brother, Dr. Henry H Stabb. Ewen came out in support of Henry John Boulton who was supposed to be a very "bad' judge and I thought the reference to "vicar and moses" might refer to the clergy being asleep while the judge did what he wanted (see the figurine of Vicar and Moses)." The allegorical and satirical figure of Vicar and Moses was popular at the time as it had been produced in Staffordshire pottery and was a commonly available household ornament. It referred back to Hogarth's engraving of a vicar asleep in his pulpit while his clerk "Moses" delivered his sermon to as sleeping congregation. In other words, Anne was saying that the people of Ferryland were asleep at the switch while all of these wrongdoings were going on around them. The reference to "ballanamoni" is curious. Ballinamona House is in County Waterford, Ireland. This seems to refer to someone from that area, but who that could be is a mystery at this time.

The first person to come under her attack is identified only by his initials "L. B.". At the moment this person remains anonymous. Suffice it to say, there were few members of the merchant class that came up to the high standards of Anne Carter!

The Grinder

1 In this isle many places we'll find where there's love, friendship, union and concord but ferryland what shame and disgrace we see nothing but disunion and discord attackting [sic] defenceless females unmanly and beasts we do find them in union let honest men join and the venomous scribblers we'll grind'em chorus) L.B. first as many supposes some folks at the northside come next sir the author of vicar and moses and ballanamoni nix sir

2 The manie do not stop here some folks imitating their betters stabb private characters we here though not knowing much about letters then note-taking harry beware drop your scandal-proof homespun connections to lash you i mean to forbear its meerly for want of reflection chorus) come neighbours join in the cause the scribbling trash - we will bind them who act against morals and laws O damn their eyes we will grind'(em)

3 Few words to the intinerent quack who absconded some years since for scandal if dissention he means to beat a reformer of messina we'll handle let folks their own business mind in harmony join one-another by allusions they see I'm not blind they say we are sons of one mother chorus) come neighbours join in the cause &

4 Men and women in this place its no lie who daily traduce each other not seeing the beam in their eye but enlarging the mote in another hypocritical canting elves no honour they have none are blinder the first I find out in protest I'll give them a task of my grinder

NB. done in the harbour of Ferryland by a philanthrophist [sic] who holds in detestation the infamous proceedings of people - some of good abilities but yet to men of sense most appear silly who delight like assassins in the dark contemplating their dire deeds with delight! shame! oh! shame to the thing called man! for man he cannot be called who wantonly attacks defenceless women and exults behind the scenes, at the thought of his infamous lying [missing word] …tions!

[Editor's Note: unfortunately the bottom of the page is frayed and one line is partially missing]

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180319:
Peter Germon Tessier came into lands that originally formed a part of the vast Judge William Carter estate by virtue of his first marrying Jane and then her sister Anee Catherine Weston Carter, both daughters of Commander Robert Carter, one of three heirs of Judge William Carter. Evidently he had initially set aside some or all of this property as a Trust for the children he had by his first and second wife but with the proviso that they could sell some or all of the lands if they deemed this was best for the Trust and their children.
On December 20, 1884 an Indenture recorded at the Southern District Court (now at the Registry of Deeds), SDC Vol 6 Fol 242-244 Indenture Peter Germon Tessier Anne Catherine Weston to James Carter 20-12-1884, was signed by Tessier and his wife by which for $50 they sold to Sheriff James Carter the land known as the "Flagstaff Room" adjacent to the Pool, which lay between two other pieces of land he had by that time acquired.

Ann Catherine Carter was an older sister of Jane Caroline; Peter Tessi er married her several years after Jane's death. It is interesting to note that t he
witnesses at Jane's marriage included Carter family members: the secon d
marriage, which took place in a methodist setting, had Tessiers as wit nesses,
including Peter's stepmother Sara and half-brother John Gladstone Tessier.

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: John Robert Carter ¹⁰ ^,2978 Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living

Anne Vivien Carter

Sex: F

Individual Information

Birth Date: 11 Jan 1924 ³⁷⁵ Christening: Death: 26 Mar 1986 - ( at age 62) ³⁷⁵ Burial: Cause of Death:

Parents

Father: Frederic Baird Carter ¹⁶⁰⁵ Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living 2. Living 3. *Douglas Cameron ³⁷⁵ Marriage: 19 Jul 1949 - St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ³⁷⁵ Children: 1. Living

Living

Sex: F

Parents

Father: Stephen Joseph Carter ⁴⁰⁶ Mother: Living

Spouses and Children

1. Living Children: 1. Living

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