 He was born at Boston, second son of Malachy Salter and Sarah Holmes.He married Susanna Mulberry, on 26 July 1744 in Boston, and they had at least 11 children.He died at Halifax, Nova Scotia and is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (His son Malachi Salter (d.1752) has the oldest grave marker in the burying ground).