David Carver's early years were in Canterbury, Connecticut but at age 5 years his family moved to Bolton, Tolland, CT. He met and married Amy Fyler there on the 13th of March in 1749. Shortly thereafter he and Amy moved to Hebron, CT. He bought land in Hebron in December 1750 and started his own farm. The photograph above is of the old Hebron Town Hall.
David and Amy had eight children and raised them on this farm:
1750 Amy
1753 David, Jr.
1756 John
1759 Joseph
1761 Aldrick, our ancestor
1763 Jonathan
1766 William Warren
1769 Aaron
The 1790 census list shows that the David Carver household had 3 males ages 16 and over and 2 males under 16. There were 7 females [probably some were wives of the older sons plus female grandchildren.]
Wife, Amy, died in April 1794. Then David moved to Granby, Massachusetts with his daughter, Amy, and his three youngest sons, Jonathan, Warren, and Aaron. He purchased two acres of the land and a mill from Joseph Munger for 60 pounds, leased the water rights for the term of 900 years, but in 1803 he transferred his rights to his sons. He then bought some other land in the area and farmed it for the rest of his life. The farm was later acquired by his great-grandson, Henry Ingalls Carver, who built a fine home on it.
DAVID CARVER
BORN: 05 Jan 1730 in Canterbury, Windham, CT:
MARRIED: 13 Mar 1749 in Bolton, Tolland, CT
DIED: 1805 in Ludlow, Hampden, MA
AMY FYLER
BORN: 16 Oct 1728 in Hartford, Hartford, CT
DIED: 11 Apr 1794 in Grandby, Hampshire, MA
SOURCES: Connecticut Marriages 1640-1939 via FamilySearch.org; Connecticut Births and Christenings 1649-1906 via FamilySearch.org; Hebron Vital Records 0002972, page 25. 1790 Federal Census of the State of Connecticut.
