Felix Carter
Yeoman of Claydon, Oxfordshire, who probably married Margaret there in 1570 and owned his land outright, the first of the two men taxed on land there in 1610. Probably the father of Elizabeth (Carter) Boreman and of Julian, who married Christopher Boreman. He made a nuncupative will and was buried at Claydon on 29 May 1619, not far from 70.
Life
- 1570Married Margaret Carter28 July 1570, Claydon, Englandcompiledprobable
- 1619Buried29 May 1619, Claydon, England
Goldthwaite, "not far from 70 years old." His nuncupative will bears the same date.
compiledprobable
Family
- Parents
- Spouse
- Margaret Cartercompiledprobable
2 children
Pedigree
Notes
Yeoman of Claydon, Oxfordshire; Mollie, following Goldthwaite, calls him “one of the richest men in the village.” Nuncupative will, 29 May 1619 (Goldthwaite). Father of Elizabeth (Carter) Boreman and of Julian, wife of Christopher Boreman.
As “a young man, not long married,” he was one of the appraisers of Thomas Boreman the elder’s estate in 1580. In the Claydon Lay Subsidy of 1610 he is the first of only two men named, taxed “in terris,” on land; Goldthwaite concludes he owned his land outright, unlike the Boremans, who held theirs by lease from the lord of the manor. His own inventory (31 May 1619, as “yeoman”) was largely in money: “a debte in the hands of Franncys Ward by specialty” (Goldthwaite pp. 83, 131-132). Through Felix and Margaret, Harriet Low and George W. Cable were roughly seventh cousins.
Mollie's typescript
Mollie dates the Carters at Claydon from Felix's marriage to Margaret on 28 July 1570, and calls him one of the richest men in the village.
The first mention of Carter in Claydon was the marriage of Felix and Margaret, July 28, 157o, and the baptism of his son Peter. ... He had a large property in his own right and was one of the richest men in the village.
p. 88 →
Checked against the records
- ProvenGeorge W. Cable descends from Samuel Boreman, Thomas's cousin
The novelist's mother, Rebecca Boardman, descended from Samuel Boreman of Wethersfield, son of Christopher Boreman and Julian Carter and first cousin of Thomas Boreman of Ipswich (Goldthwaite, 1895). Their common ancestors are Felix and Margaret Carter of Claydon, so Cable and Harriet Low were roughly seventh cousins.
Read it in the book, p. 91 →
Connections
- Famous kin
- George Washington Cable
Novelist of New Orleans, author of The Grandissimes
George Washington Cable is the seventh cousin, four times removed, of the centre of this tree.
- George Washington Cable