John Adams Carter

1802 - 3rd Dec 1870

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

John Adams Carter was a 'silversmith, jeweller and hardwareman' as partner in Glover, Shelley and Carter (q.v.) of 144 Leadenhall Street until its dissolution in 1841: he corresponded with the Commissoners from this address in 1835 and was shown there in 1838. He was born in Jamaica, was on the island in the early 1830s, and possibly returned there later.

  1. Dorothy Simes Carter, age 7 years 6 months, and John Adams Carter (no age given), both children of William and Sarah Carter, were baptised in St Ann, Jamaica, 04/06/1807.

  2. John Adams Carter's son, Godfrey Downes Carter (Australian politican and merchant), was born in Jamaica in 1830, and John Adams Carter is described as 'merchant and planter' and his wife as Selina Grace née Adams in the entry for Godfrey Downes Carter in the Australian Dictionary of Biography.

  3. John Adams Carter and Selina Grace Clark Adams were married at St Marks Kennington 22/09/1829. They were living at Woodville Hall, Forest Hill, in the census of 1851, when John Adams Carter (aged 45 [sic] born Jamaica) was described as 'Magistrate of Jamaica, merchant of London'. John Adams Carter is shown dying 03/12/1870 in Bromley aged 68.


Sources

T71/857 St Ann claim no. 931; T71/856 St Mary claim no. 399; T71/1593 letter from Commissioners to John A. Carter 144 Leadenhall Street; Pigot's 1838.

  1. Dorothy Simes Carter, age 7 years 6 months, and John Adams Carter (no age given), both children of William and Sarah Carter, were baptised in St Ann, Jamaica, 04/06/1807.

  2. Henry Rosenbloom, 'Carter, Godfrey Downes (1830–1902)', Australian Dictionary of Biograph (National Centre of Biography, Australian National University) http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carter-godfrey-downes-3174/text4753 [accessed 1008/2012]. 

  3. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]. 1851 census online. FreeUKGen, England and Wales Free BMD Database, Deaths, 1837-1983 [database online].

 


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Spouse
Selina Grace Clark Adams (1829)
Children
Godfrey Downes (1830-1902), Selina Letitia Helen (1840-), William Alfred (1841-)

Associated Claims (2)

£126 13s 11d
Awardee
£352 6s 7d
Awardee (Trustee)

Associated Estates (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1826 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Owner
1826 [EA] - → Legatee
1834 [EA] - → Trustee

Legacies Summary

Commercial (1)

Name partner
Glover, Shelley and Carter
Hardwareman & Ironmonger  
 

Imperial (1)

Other
Australia: South Australia 
notes →
Father of Godfrey Downes Carter (q.v.), politician and merchant in South...
sources →
See separate entry for Godfrey Downes...

Relationships (4)

Father → Son
Brother → Sister
Son → Father
Son → Mother

Addresses (1)

Woodville Hall, Forest Hill, Kent, London, England