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       George/1 Fowle was born in England.¹ An early settler at Concord, MA, he was admitted freeman 14 Mar 1638/39.^2,1 22 May 1639, he was sworn as surveyor of arms for Concord.³ 2 Mar 1640/41, a "difference between" William Tyng and Robert Thompson "is referd to the arbiterment of M^r Foule & Capt Gibons."⁴ He removed to Charlestown, where he was an inhabitant, 1648.¹ There he died 15 Feb 1676 or 19 Sep 1682 (differing gravestone inscriptions), aged 63 or 72.¹ See Wyman's Charlestown, 1:367.¹

       Mary/3 Carter was born 8 Mar 1646 at Woburn, MA.¹ She married Peter/2 Fowle, son of George/1 Fowle.² Admitted to the church at Charlestown, 30 Jan 1669/70.² Both died at Charlestown, she on 2 Jul 1714.³

       Hannah/3 Fowle was baptised 16 Jul 1671 at Charlestown, MA.¹ She married, 31 Jul 1690 at Woburn, as his 2d wife, Cornet Jonathan/2 Wyman of Woburn, son of Lt. John/1 Wyman and Sarah Nutt. She was a 1st cousin of his 1st wife.² He died at Woburn 15 Dec 1736.³ There she died his widow 17 Aug 1743 at age 72.⁴

       Peter/2 Fowle was born 2 Dec 1641 at Concord, MA.^1,2 He married Mary/3 Carter, daughter of Capt. John/2 Carter and Elizabeth (–?–).³ He removed to Charlestown with his father, then was at Woburn 1680–90, where he was a tanner.⁴ He returned to Charlestown, where he died at the house of Benjamin Johnson.⁴ His widow died at Charlestown 2 Jul 1714.⁴
     See Wyman's Charlestown, 1:368–69.⁴

       Capt. John/2 Carter was born in England circa 1616.² He married (1), by 1643, Elizabeth (–?–).³
     "In the suit of Captain Johnson vs. Ensign John Carter, Dec., 1658, Henry Tottingham, aged 50, testifies. Other witnesses were: William Simonds, aged about 47, Robert Peirce about 38, Joseph Knight about 34, William Locke about 30, William Johnson about 30, Matthew Johnson about 26 (?), Richard Holden, about 50, Thomas Dutton about 39, Francis Kendall about 38, Edward Converse about 68, John Mousall about 63, James Thompson about 65, Josiah Converse about 40, James Converse about 38, Henry Brooks about 66 and Richard Gardner about 39. The following account of this suit is taken from the Court Record:—"
     Captain Edward Johnson plaintiff, against Ensign John Carter, for slanderous speeches against him, upon attachment, on file, dated Dec. 22, 1658, both parties appeared personally in Court, and joined issue in the case, the which being fully heard, with the witnesses presented by both parties which are on file with the records of this Court, the jury…brought in their verdict, finding for the plaintiff in manner following, (i.e.) that the defendant both publicly and solemnly in the front of the military company at Woburn, upon their next training day, in the former part of the day, as soon as the clerk of the band hath called over the list, shall make this following acknowledgment, in these following words, viz.:—
     I, John Carter do acknowledge that I have wronged, slandered & defamed, Capt. Edw: Johnson in saying that he the said Capt. Johnson, did falsify the Town Records, for which I am sorrowful.
     And in case the defendant shall refuse or neglect to make the said acknowledgment in manner as is above expressed, he the said defendant shall pay unto the plaintiff or his assigns, five pounds sterling in current pay of New England. Also the defendant is to pay unto the plaintiff costs of Court, two pound eighteen shillings and nine pence.'—County Court Records, Vol. 1, page 161. Dec. 1658.^4,5
     John Carter's election as lieutenant of the Woburn military company was presented to the Court in Oct 1663.⁶ He was a selectman, and "The selectmen were accustomed to meet statedly on the first Monday of every month, for the transaction of public business. … they agreed, March 11, 1674, that if any Selectman should fail to make his appearance at the place of meeting, by 9 o'clock of the morning, their appointed hour, he should pay three shillings to ths use of the town, unless he were detained by some providence of God, which the majority present should account a sufficient excuse. And at their very next meeting, it is recorded, that they fined Capt. John Carter, one of their number, sixpence, for 'being nere an hour to [too] late;' and shortly after, Francis Kendall, another member of their body, for a like omission of duty, was fined the same sum."⁷ John Carter was admitted a freeman 23 May 1677.⁸
     "In Dec. 1677, George Polly, the wife of John Wilson, Senior, John Wilson, Junior, Timothy Brooks, Francis Wyman, Aaron Cleveland and Hopestill Foster are admonished and sentenced to pay costs of court for 'frequent absenting themselves from the public worship of God on the Lord's days.'—Middlesex County Court Records, Vol. III., page 205…In Dec. 1677, Capt. John Carter and Lieut. William Johnson are allowed ten shillings apiece for attending the courts to give in evidence against the 'Anna baptists.'—Middlesex County Court Records, Vol. III., page 207. Several of these persons were again summoned to court and fined for similar violations of law in 1679."⁹
     John Carter's 1st wife Elizabeth died at Woburn 7 May 1691.¹⁰ There he married (2), 1691, Elizabeth Grose.¹¹ There he died 14 Sep 1692, aged 76.² Buried with his 1st wife in the First Burial Ground.¹²
     "Capt. John Carter, an early inhabitant of Woburn, subscribed the 'town orders,' 1640; styled ensign, 1653, and lieutenant, 1664; was captain in 1675, the time of Philip's War; was selectman 1664, and 1672 to 1679; commissioner 'to end small causes,' 1664, 1674; and commissioner 'of the rate,' 1653, 1658, and 1668. Ensign, 1651; lieutenant, 1664; captain, 1672. Ordered that Lieut. John Carter be captain, 1672. (See Colony Records.) (Vide notice of his family, Sewall's History, 578, and further of him, ibid., 38, 39, 79, 112.)."¹³

       Thomas/1 Carter married, in England, Mary (–?–).¹ Emigrated to Charlestown, MA, where he was admitted to the church 8 Jan 1636/37.¹ A blacksmith, he took the oath of office as constable of Charlestown 2 Mar 1640/41.^1,2 7 Sep 1641, "Thomas Carter, Senio^r, cunstable of Charlstowne, is fined 6. 3^d, for warning the iury men too late, & for a rong day, w^ch was two dayes too late.."³ He died after 1652.¹ His widow Mary died 6 Mar 1664/65, "mother of the Carters in town."¹ See Wyman, 1:186–87; NEHGR, "Carter Genealogy," 17:51.^4,1