Individual Details

Property

On 30 Nov 1769, James Carlton of Andover, yeoman alias cooper, with his wife Elizabeth, inconsideration of £100, conveyed to Samuel Phillips of Andover a 16-acre tract of pasture and woodland that had been willed to James by his uncle Benjamin Barker. On 21 May 1770, James Carlton cooper of Andover with his wife Elizabeth,in consideration of £50, conveyed to Josiah Long of Andover one acre of land with a dwelling house in Andover.[1][1] MassachusettsLand Records, Essex County, 123:187, 133:185On 13 May 1772, James Carlton yeoman of Rindge, for payment of £44, purchased 18 acres in Rindge from Joseph Worcester of Rindge. On 17 February 1813, James purchased a 60-acre tract in Rindge from Peter Perham for payment of one hundred dollars.[1] [1] NewHampshire Land Records, Cheshire County, 13:319, 64:61Deed index Cheshire Countyhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3L-33VD-L?i=156&cat=56152deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/56152?availability=Family%20History%20Librarygrantee indexhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3L-H9PB-Z?i=140&cat=56152On 1 April 1814, JamesCarleton of Rindge, in consideration of two thousand dollars and a bond toprovide support to James and his wife Elizabeth during their lives, conveyedthe entirely of his personal estate to David Carleton. This consisted of stockanimals, farming utensils, chaise, notes due to the estate, and any otherpersonal estate whatsoever. Also on 1 April 1814, the other children of Jamesand Elizabeth, for payment of $1,600, quitclaimed to David Carleton all theirinterest in the estate, both real and personal, of their honored father JamesCarleton. These were Amos Cutler and his wife Elizabeth or Rindge, Obediah Carletonof Rindge, Jacob Haskell and Susanna his wife of Harvard, Massachusetts, andLuther Page and Polly his wife of Weathersfield, Vermont. On 11 November 1814,in consideration of $100, John Streeter of Weathersfield, Vermont quitclaimedhis interest in the estate of his honored grandfather James Carleton to David Carleton.On 18 August 1815, Obadiah Streeter and Polly Streeter of Weathersfieldquitclaimed their interests in the estate to David Carleton for payment of$132.[1]70:526, 70:526, 70:537,71:267 64:383, 70:526, 70:527,70:537, 71:267, 69:152, 69: 526 [1] NewHampshire Land records, Cheshire County, 70:526, 70:526, 70:537, 71:267

Biography

In the History of Rindge; https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofr00stea/page/466/mode/2upOther mentions in the History of Rindge – signs theoath in 1776, tax collector, building on his farm was used for an early school,his wife worked as a teacher at the school prior to 1774, the Sherwins werealso early in Rindgehttps://archive.org/details/historyoftownofr00stea/page/122/mode/2up?q=%22james+carlton%22