Daughter of Josiah 4 and Hannah (Sparrow) Cook of Middle Haddam and East Hampton, a desendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower line and problably from others in the Sparrow and Doane families.
Baptised May 14, 1769. Died young.
Dismissed from East Hampton Church to Burton, Ohio 1840. James is the son of Benjamin and Prudence (Johnson) Goff.
Johns residence was Chatham (East Hampton) as late as 1801 when he sold his land to Richard Carrier, probably his brother.
John owned the covenant at the chusrch in Westchester in 1759. John fought in the campaign of 1758.
As of January 7, 1760 Hannah was granted letters of administration on his estate and was made the guardian of their son John. No other children are mentioned. Hannah married Daniel Jones of Hebron March 22, 1763.
Amariah settled on the west side of Chautauqua Lake in Chautauque Co., N.Y.. The archives in Crawford Co. finds two deeds for Amariah Carrier. On November 18, 1836 he bought 200 acres of donation land in the eighth district, No. 1643 northeast Centerville, from James White, no wife mentioned. Then on May 19, 1842 he sold the land to Peter Day of Rome Township. Amariah was then living in Randolph Township, and in the body of his deed is mentioned in Quotes, "and Annor his wife" four different times. Apparently Amariah and Amaziah are twins. Only a single birth was recorded. Amariah died in 1847 at age 93 while Amaziahs petition for war pension, S12438, gives his date of birth as July 17, 1754.
Samantha and John moved down on the Ohio river, somewhere near Cinncinatti. They had ten children.
Rachel and Joseph had nine children. They moved down the river with the Jacobs near Cinncinatti. They would only write when they had an addition to their family.
Amariah and Barbary had three boys when they left and settled somewhere in Michigan.
These dates agree with DAR Patriots entry on Page 116, with Abiah's declaration for a pension, and with the tombstone in the Carrier Family Lot, White Church Cemetery, West Stephentown. The Index of Revolutionary War Applications, Page 200, shows that Amaziah Carrier, Conn., Mass and N.Y., Number S12438, M. (1ST) Hannah Dodd, widow of Guy Dodd who also served in the Revolutionary War. Amaziah enlisted in 1775 and served three years with Mass. and N.Y. troops. He was in the battles of Harlem Heights, Trenton and Princeton.
Mavert was unmarried.
The will of Deacon Joseph Carrier, dated 8/27/1800, probated 10/17/1800, mentions wife Deborah and surviving children. To sons Ebenezer and David he bequeathed lands at Millbury, Susquehanna, problably Susquahanna Co., Pa. Joseph died in Westchester Society, Colchester. (BT-1935-HWB). Joseph is buried in Marlboro Cemetery.
There were five children from Ruth and Joseph.
Deborah and Joseph had ten children. The last child, not listed in family page is Ruth Carrier. Ruth is mentioned in fathers will dated 8/27/1800 is problably the Ruth of 1st marriage.If second of name she would be too young to have married Hubbard of Haddam before 1800.
Deborah married Newell before the date of her father's wll 8/27/1800. They moved to Hamilton, Madison County., New York. (Brainard Genealogy)
Erastus and Celinda had ten children.
Celinda is of Easthampton, Conn
Samuel was born in Colchester and then settled in East Haddam. Samuel was a quartermaster general in the revolutionary war. At one time he went to Massachusetts on horseback with pay in silver for the soldiers. Being obligated to stop over-night at a tavern, to avoid suspicion he threw his saddle bags and saddle on a woodpile in the woodshed, and no one detected his mission.
Rebecca is the daughter of Elisha and Tabitha (miller) Sears of the Long Island family. Both Rebecca and Samuel are buried in Ponemah Cemetery, Westchester Society.
Elisha is also listed as Eli and Eliser.
Both Rebecca and David are buried in Howland Cemetery, Conway, Mass..