Excerpt from Carter: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, Sons of Rev. Samuel Carter, 1640-1886; A Contribution to the History of the First Carters of Lancaster, Lunenburg and Leominster, Massachusetts The following pages contain the result of our labors in behalf of one branch of the Carter Family in America. The work was undertaken at first to obtain the descent of our own families, from the first settler in this country; our interest and curiosity being aroused concerning others, we continued the work, until our records attained their present completeness. The labor of their collection and arrange ment has been performed amid the calls of many duties and occupations, and we are deeply sensible of its many imperfections. We are sure, however, that much concern ing the earlier generations has been gathered, which in a few years would have been lost beyond recall. Family, town and probate records, town histories, the genealogies of allied families, the gravestones in the old burying grounds, the memory of aged people and family traditions have each and all been examined to assist us in our work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.