Individual Details
John Carlton
(6 Nov 1770 - 12 Aug 1847)
United States Naval Officer. He was the son of Samuel Carlton and Eunice Hunt. William Bainbridge him as master navigator for a cruise into the Southern Atlantic. Bainbridge would purchase Carlton's book, The Complete East India Navigator, or Oriental Navigator. (That book part may not be true -- someone else is listed as the author of that book.) He became the navigator and the pilot of the USS Constitution in 1812. He was commissioned as a Sailing Master, USN, on July 4, 1815.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13058439
John Carlton did not marry.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13058439
John Carlton did not marry.
Events
| Birth | 6 Nov 1770 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Will | 3 Sep 1841 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Death | 12 Aug 1847 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Residence | Salem, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Father | Samuel Carleton (1731 - 1804) |
| Mother | Eunice Hunt (1730 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Eunice Carlton (1754 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Samuel Carlton (1757 - ) |
| Sibling | Deborah Carleton (1759 - 1831) |
| Sibling | Hannah Carlton (1762 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Carleton (1765 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Mary Carlton (1767 - 1814) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Carlton (1773 - 1855) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Pennsylvania probate record; Probate Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).
3. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013).