Ancestry of
Edward Norton

Movie Actor

John Carter

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• • 11th Great-grandfather of Edward Norton — 14th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10472 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Carter 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1574 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1630 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Bridget Benion
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  George Carter

  William Carter

  Maj. Thomas Carter

  (probable) John Carter (Ahnentafel No:5236 )

  Robert Carter

  Anne Carter

  Elizabeth Carter

  Mary Carter

  Sylvester Carter

  Isabel Carter

  • Notes: 

  • John and Briget (Benion) Carter are believed to be the parents of Col. John Carter and Thomas Carter, both of whom emigrated to Virginia, but this is not proven.

• Sources for John Carter

  • ¹ The American Genealogist, 1995, Vol. 61, p. 179.
  • ² Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 105.
  • ³ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 344-345.
  • ⁴ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 724.
  • ⁵ Carter, Jeff, Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. (2012), 9-10.

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