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| North & Southampton Reformed Church Photo by Susan Brubaker Knapp taken Sept. 11, 2013 |
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| Headstone of Andrew and Mary Carter at North & Southampton Reformed Church. Photo by Susan Brubaker Knapp taken Sept. 11, 2013 |
Andrew and Mary Carter are my maternal great-great-great grandparents.
Andrew Carter
Born 1806 (probably in Northern Ireland)
Died August 1, 1886
Mary Fitzpatrick
Born 1805 in Ireland (probably Northern Ireland)
Died June 19, 1885.
Children:
Margaret
William (about 1842-1926)
Richard D. probably born about 1830. Murdered 1869.
Andrew (1834-1902)
Thomas Fitzpatrick (1842-1913)
Robert 1849
According to family sources, they came to America in the 1830s, and lived in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
Andrew and Mary are buried in the North and Southampton Churchyard in Churchville (also known as the Dutch Reformed Cemetery), Bucks County, PA, at 1380 Bristol Road, Churchville, PA. The Dutch Reformed Church was a Christian denomination in the Netherlands that grew out of the Roman Catholic Church in the 1570s.
My great-great-grandfather Thomas was Presbyterian, so I was curious as to whether or why Andrew and Mary would have attended this church. When I visited in September 2013, one of the pastors told me that in the early 1800s in this part of Bucks County, there would have only been four options for them: Lutheran, Catholic, Quaker, and Dutch Reformed. The Dutch Reformed was closest in theology to Presbyterianism, and many Presbyterians coming from Scotland or Northern Ireland were members.
Andrew is noted in Find A Grave Memorial# 53722688 and Mary in Find A Grave Memorial# 53722689 (www.findagrave.com).
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| Headstone of Andrew Carter, Sr. at North & Southampton Reformed Church. Photo by Susan Brubaker Knapp taken Sept. 11, 2013 |
His headstone reads:
Andrew Carter Sr.
Died August 1st 1886
In his 80th year
Mary is buried next to him:
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| Headstones of Andrew and Mary Carter (lower right) at North & Southampton Reformed Church. Photo by Susan Brubaker Knapp taken Sept. 11, 2013 |
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| Headstone of Mary Carter at North & Southampton Reformed Church. Photo by Susan Brubaker Knapp taken Sept. 11, 2013 |
Her headstone reads: Mary
Wife of Andrew Carter Sr
in her 80th year
died June 19, 1885
in her 80th year
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| North & Southampton Reformed Church Photo by Susan Brubaker Knapp taken Sept. 11, 2013 |
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| North & Southampton Reformed Church. Photo by Susan Brubaker Knapp taken Sept. 11, 2013 |
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