Carter and Murphy

I am looking for some information on John Carter married to Betsey Murphy, they had a daughter Mary J. Carter who married Robert Fossett. The only information I can find on John & Betsey is in Dodges Vitals of Old Bristol, it simply lists names and relationship to thier daughter and vice versa. I cannot find any detailed information on death,birth ir marriage by looking through all the Carters' and Murphys'.

Comment by Ben York on May 25, 2011 at 7:22am: I believe this is the Mary J Carter Fossett That Dwayne is looking for more info on.

Comment by Dwayne Jones on May 25, 2011 at 9:51am: Thanks Ben. I am very familiar with this document. The trail for information on John Carter and Betsey Murphy, unfortunately, ends at Mary Jane Fossett's death certificate. I am thinking that Betsey had a first marriage to a Murphy and then married a Carter, because the only previous information I can find is a Betsey Richards who was born and died in Bristol. In looking through the census records I find some very close similarities with names from Enoch Carter and Erastus Carter's children to Mary Jane Fossett's children, so I am thinking that Betsey Richards (Murphy/Carter) who is a mother to Enoch, Erastus Carter may be Mary Jane's mother as well. If anyone has an additional informaiton, it is greatly appreciated.

Comment by Chris Dunham on May 25, 2011 at 4:04pm: I have no idea if there is a connection, but the probate record of Samuel Bailey offers a link between the McMurphy and Richards families of Bristol.

Comment by Ben York on May 25, 2011 at 5:09pm: I actually thought you had probably seen this document, but I thought this might get you better results in your search. At least for researchers to have some idea of dates or possible locations etc. I personally did not find any additional info based on this death record, other than census data.

Ben

Comment by Dwayne Jones on May 26, 2011 at 11:50pm

Ben, thanks! That is a great idea! And thank you Chris for the probate record, that only confirms my suspicions. I have attached what I know from census records of the 1850s and 1870s and it certainly looks like the Mary J. Fossett was indeed the sister of Enoch and Erastus Carter based upon the similarities of childrens names. So this leads me to believe that Betsey Carters maiden name (Murphy) listed on the death certificate may very well be her first marriage name. As you can see below, Betsey is listed as 80yrs old in 1850 living with Enoch, her son. I believe this is the Betsey (Richards) then (Murphy) then (Carter).

Relationship	First Name	Last Name	Est. Birth	Census Year	Born	Died	Comments

Father	Robert	Fossett	1811	1850	Bristol	Bristol	Lived next door to the Sprouls and Yates
Mother	Mary J.	Fossett (Carter)	1815	1850	Bristol	Bristol
Children	Thomas	Fossett	1835	1850	Bristol	????
	Enoch	Fossett	1837	1850	Bristol	????
	Martha	Fossett	1839	1850	Bristol	????
	Rosella	Fossett	1841	1850	Bristol	????
	Mary V.	Fossett	1842	1850	Bristol	????
	John	Fossett	1844	1850	Bristol	????
	Delia	Fossett	1846	1850	Bristol	????

Father	Erastus	Carter	1805	1850	Bristol
Mother	Margaret	Carter	1805	1850	Bristol
Children	Nelson	Carter	1835	1850	Bristol
Children	Rosella	Carter	1837	1850	Bristol
Children	Albert	Carter	1842	1850	Bristol
Children	Roscoe	Carter	1844	1850	Bristol
Children	Charles	Carter	1847	1850	Bristol
Children	Clara	Carter	1850	1850	Bristol

Father	Enoch	Carter	1800	1850	Bristol
Mother	Rhoda	Carter	1802	1850	Bristol
Children	Gustavius	Carter	1827	1850	Bristol
Children	John	Carter	1829	1850	Bristol
Children	Orin	Carter	1831	1850	Bristol
Children	Enoch	Carter	1835	1850	Bristol
Children	Mary	Carter	1837	1850	Bristol
Children	Betsey	Carter	1838	1850	Bristol
Children	Thomas	Carter	1841	1850	Bristol
Grandmother	Betsey	Carter	1770	1850	Bristol

Father	Robert	Fossett	1811	1870	Bristol
Mother	Mary J.	Fossett (Carter)	1815	1870	Bristol
Children	John	Fosset	1840	1870	Bristol
Children	Orin	Fossett	1851	1870	Bristol
Children	Rhoda	Fossett	1854	1870	Bristol