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Descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, now part of Bristol County, MA

Notes

937. Richard Carpenter

Number 621 on page 122 of the Carpenter Memorial.
Family on page 233 (# 239). A storekeeper.

E-MAIL: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 From: Terry Lee Carpenter, TX at diluvius@flash.net .
Dear John R. --- Glad to hear the additions to the English lines CD
project are working out. Enclosed is the one I needed to work on before
sending. It is a very interesting line. I have over 30 pages of
information on them, published an article on them back in 1984 (cited
below), and have been gathering more as it becomes available. I kept it
brief for the CD, since most of the detail would not be of interest to
genealogists and can be accessed through the publication. --- Terry
REGARDING: Richard Carpenter or RI, British West Florida and the Natchez
District of Spanish West Florida
Richard Carpenter, born 3 Jul 1729 at Newport RI, died 24 Jul 1788 at
Natchez MS. He was a fifth-generation descendant of William Carpenter
as follows: William/1, Joseph/2, Joseph/3, Jabez/4, Richard/5 [ABC].
In 1765 Richard moved to West Florida, England's fifteenth American
colony. He was accompanied by his brother Caleb Carpenter and they were
later joined by their younger brother Joseph Carpenter. Richard married
first on 2 Dec 1750 at Newport, Rhode Island to Ruth Collins [ABC]. She
died c1776-1782 [TLC]. He married second in 1780 or 1782 to Mrs. Mary
(Fairchild) Lewis, a native of Sheffield, MA; after Richard's death she
married in 1804 to General George Mathews, Revolutionary War leader and
former Governor of GA [TLC]. Children [ABC, TLC]:
1. Richard Carpenter Jr., born in 1757, apparently died young.
2. Elizabeth Carpenter, born in 1759, died 23 Oct 1814 in Opelousas LA,
married first on 2 Oct 1783 to Charles Boardman, second on 8 Sep 1801 to
William Darby. Seven children, of whom are known:
       2a Charles Boardman Jr., nothing further.
       2b. Francis Boardman, nothing further.
       2c. Maryanne Boardman, married in 1808 to William B. Jackson.
       2d. Frances Darby, born in 1805, died in 1821 at New Orleans LA.
3. Mary Carpenter, born in 1761, died in West Feliciana Parish LA on 23
Dec 1812, married on 14 Jun 1777 in Baton Rouge LA to Dr. Samuel
Flowers. Children, not all known, of whom are:
       3a. Son Flowers, died young in 1780.
       3b. William Flowers, wounded and captured in the 22 Dec 1814 British
attack on New Orleans during the War of 1812.
       3c. James Flowers, married Sarah Mulholland.
       3d. Sarah Flowers, married Judge George Mathews, Jr.
       3e. Harriet Flowers, reportedly married George Mathews Jr. after her
sister's death.
4. Andrew Carpenter, born in 1762, died young.
5. Jabez Carpenter, born in 1764, apparently died young.
6. Samuel Carpenter, born c1767, died young.
7. James Carpenter, born 30 Nov 1780, died at St. Francisville LA on 4
Nov 1853, married on 20 Sep 1804 to Ann Somerville Marbury. He served
as a Sergeant in Captain Jedediah Smith's "Feliciana Troop of Horse" in
Hinds' Battalion of Cavalry, Mississippi Militia, during the War of
1812. Nine or more children, not all known, of whom are:
       7a. William Marbury Carpenter, born 25 Jun 1811, practiced medicine in
Jackson, West Feliciana Parish, LA, before joining the faculty of the
College of Louisiana as Professor of Botany and Geology; he was a noted
early scientist of LA. He married on 21 Nov 1837 in East Feliciana
Parish LA to Matilda King. The census of 1840 indicates they had a son
and a daughter born to them by that year.
       7b. Louis Carpenter, born c1820, resided in Pointe Coupee Parish LA; he
was unmarried in 1850.
       7c. Louisa Jane Carpenter, born c1828, married on 30 Oct 1848 in St.
Landry Parish LA to Edwin B. Scott.
8. Sarah Carpenter, born Aug 1787, may have married a man surnamed
Nelson before 1806, but nothing further has yet been found of her.
SOURCES:
ABC: Amos Bugbee Carpenter: A General History of the Rehoboth Branch
of the Carpenter Family in America (Amherst, MA, 1898).
TLC: Terry L. Carpenter: "Richard Carpenter, Pioneer Merchant of
British West Florida and the Natchez District of Spanish West Florida"
in The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 1 (Mar
1984), pp. 51-62. -- This source gives much more detail and cites the
many references from which I obtained the details summarized in this
brief outline.

NOTE: Regarding TLC above: See: BOOKS\
RIN 20424 Richard Carpenter b. 1729 RI TLC_NGSQ_72_1_Mar1984.pdf

MISC: Refers to this Richard Carpenter
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Carpenter
To: Donna Cuzze ; John R. Carpenter 2 ; John L Carpenter
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: SC Archives for Carpenters

SC (South Carolina) was involved in trade with New England and several New England Carpenters established merchant or mariner outposts in the southern port cities. The Oliver mentioned in the SC archives was a mariner, possibly ABC #208.
**** The Richard was a merchant from Rhode Island who traveled throughout the southeast -- you can read more about him in my article "Richard Carpenter, Pioneer Merchant of British West Florida and the Natchez District of Spanish West Florida," in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 1 (March 1984), pp. 51-62. He is ABC #621. ****
The Dan Carpenter in Camden SC is ABC #1525, pp. 216, 370. (His brother Timothy #1527 was an itinerant Methodist preacher who settled in Tennessee.) Lucy (Blanding) Carpenter, widow of Phanuel Carpenter ABC #2028, also lived in Camden SC. The Abiah Carpenter may be ABC #719, who is unaccounted for in ABC. Margaret and husband George Carpenter lived near Abiah and were probably related, but again, not enough evidence to prove anything. The later Carpenters in the piedmont counties were from PA, VA, and NC lines. Lots of interesting possibilities in the South!

Terry

Donna Cuzze wrote:
Attached is an excel spreadsheet of early SC Carpenters starting in 1719 that I condensed from the SC Archives.
I was interested in the Edgefield group, but noticed a Daniel Carpenter mentioned with a location of Goshen NY and reference to a SC will. Maybe you know someone who may be interested it that.
Donna

2541. Richard Carpenter

Number 1593 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.
No family listed. Probably died young.

2544. Andrew Carpenter

Number 1596 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.

2545. Jabez Carpenter

Number 1597 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.
No family listed. Probably died young.

2546. Samuel Carpenter

Number 1598 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.

2548. Sarah Carpenter

Sarah Carpenter, born Aug 1787, may have married a man surnamed
Nelson before 1806, but nothing further has yet been found of her.

Mary Fairchild

Mrs. Mary (Fairchild) Lewis, a native of Sheffield, MA; after
Richard's death she married in 1804 to General George Mathews, Revolutionary
War leader and former Governor of GA [TLC].

939. Caleb Carpenter

Number 623 on page 122 of the Carpenter Memorial.
Family on page 233 (# 240).

2549. Elizabeth Carpenter

Number 1599 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.

2550. Jabez Carpenter

Number 1600 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.

2551. Joseph Carpenter

Number 1601 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.

2552. Mary Carpenter

Number 1602 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.

2553. Hannah Carpenter

Number 1603 on page 233 of the Carpenter Memorial.

942. Joseph Carpenter

Number 626 on page 123 of the Carpenter Memorial.

944. Dan or Daniel Carpenter

Number 631 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 123.
Family on page 235 (# 242).
He married a Sarah, no last name in the CM. Another record indicates she was a
Carpenter. This may be questionable. See below.
He moved from Swansea, MA to Ashford, CT. He is called "Daniel" by some
members of his family, but on record it was recorded as "Dan."

Son Jonathan married Rebecca Howard they had 3 or 4 children.
Dan moved from Swansea mass. to Ashford Conn. He is called Daniel by some members of his family, but on record it was recorded Dan.

Sarah Howard

Carpenter maybe her married name. See husband's notes.

945. Uriah Carpenter

Number 633 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 123.
Family on page 236 (# 243).
For some time Anna and Anne were thought to be the same person, but they
are now known as twins.
He enlisted in the service of his goverment and he bought land in Ashford, CT.

MARRIAGE: There were TWO Uriah Carpenters in this time period. According to
my records they both married a Sarah Hayward with the same birth date?
This makes it interesting since they both have a similarity of children!
Name:Uriah CARPENTER-18940   Name:Uriah CARPENTER-4685
Sex:M       ID No:           Sex:M       ID No:L46P-J5
Birth:12 Jun 1711            Birth:25 Dec 1694
Place:Swansea,Bristol,MA     Place:Rehoboth,Bristol,MA
Chr:                         Chr:
Place:                       Place:of Ashford,Windham,CT
Death:       1762            Death:
Place:Havana,,Cuba           Place:
Burial:                      Burial:
Father:Benjamin CARPENTER-561Father:Samuel CARPENTER Jr.-110
Mother:Mary BARNEY-562       Mother:Patience IDE-120
Spouse:Sarah HAYWARD-18941   Spouse:Sarah HAYWARD-18941

I believe the Uriah Carpenter born in 1711 is the correct Uriah for Sarah
Hayward. Billie Floyd listed only one child with descendants. Anna born about
1746. A correction was made placing the Sarah of Uriah born 1711 was done
for her descendants. JRC 1/2000.

Did he leave an unborn child?
AMOS CARPENTER
Birth: 12 JAN 1762
Christening:
Marriage: 1804 Of, Granville, Washington, New York
Death:
Burial:
Wife
MRS. DEBORAH CARPENTER
Birth: 11 JUN 1775 Of, Granville, Washington, New York
Christening:
Marriage: 1804 Of, Granville, Washington, New York
Death: 08 MAR 1861
Burial:

Amos B. Carpenter, The Carpenter Memorial, Carpenter and Morehouse, Amherst, MA, 1898; - # 633.

Submitter: (Pedigree File)
Gina A ROWE
4254 Windergate Drive, Jacksonville, FL 32257

Joyce CANTU
619 SE 79th ST , Oklahoma City, OK, United States of America 73149

Elizabeth Crosby SIMPSON
134 Tanglewood Drive Greenville, SC 29611

Beulah SPRAGUE
356 S. 600 W. Manti,Utah 84642

Submitter: (Ancestral File)
Uriah CARPENTER (AFN: WWPK-SF) M

ALLIN D. KINGSBURY Microfilm: NONE
1658 ELMAR WAY
SAN JOSE CA Submission: AF92-108252
USA 95129

ALLIN D. KINGSBURY Microfilm: NONE
1658 ELMAR WAY
SAN JOSE CA Submission: AF93-100136
USA 95129

HAROLD F MORGAN Microfilm: NONE
101 RAINBOW DRIVE   APT 1261
LIVINGSTON TX Submission: AF96-102196
USA 77351

Sarah Hayward

After Uriah Carpenter died, she married a Mr. Eaton, he was the father of Gen.
Eaton who was consul to Algiers in 1811, and was a Major General of the U.S.
Army and who was made famous in the seige of Tripoli.

MARRIAGE: There were TWO Uriah Carpenters in this time period. According to
my records they both married a Sarah Hayward with the same birth date?
My guess is that this Sarah was born earlier than 1718.
I merged the two Sarah's together - I'll let someone else figure this one out!
JRC 4/1998

947. Anne Carpenter

Number 627 on page 123 of the Carpenter Memorial.
No family or spouse listed in the CM.
NAME: Ann in CM and Anne in other records.

949. William Carpenter

Number 629 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 123. A Farmer.
Family on page 233, 234 & 235 (#241). He moved fron Swansea, MA to Ashford, CT
and later resided in Stafford, CT where he died.

William Carpenter of South Brimfield enlisted in the Lexington scare in
Anthony Neeham's company, serving 11 days; 2nd as a private in Captain Jos.
Thompson's company, Col. Danielson's regiment, April 29, 1775 for 8 months.
William Carpenter of the Continental army, Col. Mixon's regiment served from
April 1, 1777 to Dec 31, 1779; credited to Brimfield. Again in the Continental
Army in March 1779 and joined Capt. Toogood's company, Col. Mixon's regiment;
enlisted for 3 years. William Carpenter, Sergeant, in Captain James Browning
company, Col. Murray's regiment, July 15, 1780; served 3 months and 3 days to
reinforce the Continental Army.

MARRIAGE: William Carpenter and Hannah Needham were married on Apr 17, 1743 in Brimfield, Mass.. Another record shows April 28, 1743 as the marriage date. One may have been a date printed or posted type date.

Hannah Needham

BIRTH: PLACE South Brimfield (Now Wales), Hampden, MA

2590. Zebulon Carpenter

Died at age 18 year of birth and death estimated.

950. Benjamin Carpenter

Number 634 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 123.
Family on page 237 and 238 (#244)

This Benjamin and his son Benjamin were on the military roll of a company
formed mostly in the town of Gilsum, under Col. Ashley, in the American
Revolution. Benjamin enlisted in Elijah Week's Company, raised out of Col.
Ashley's Regiment of Militia in June 1777 to reinforce the Continental Army at
Ticonderoga. They marched 50 miles there and returned home, so ordered on July
3rd and 4th 1777.
Benjamin went a second time and marched to Col. Moody's Regiment at Otter Creek
and returned with the retreating army. Benjamin of Surrey (probably this
Benjamin) enlisted July 28 (1777?) and was discharged (or his son was) Dec. 17
to recruit the Continental Army and both father and son served 6 months at this
time.

Joanna Hayward

Per a corrective note of page 837 of the Carpenter Memorial, her last name was
not Howard but Hayward.

951. Jotham Carpenter

Number 635 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 123.
His family is on page 238 (#245).
He was constable of Rehoboth in 1735. A Farmer.
He served as Deacon of the Baptist Church in Rehoboth for a number of years,
and on removing from Rehoboth he was deacon of the Baptist Church in Cumberland until his death.
A petition to the inhabitants of Rehoboth made by Jotham Carpenter and others:
"WE THE SUBSCRIBERS, inhabitants at Palmer's River and other parts of the
township of Rehoboth, doth crave that favor of this town - that you would be so kind to grant us a piece of land for a burying place, school house and pound, there to set up a meeting-house where we may attend the worship of God in our way which we look may be more for our ease and convenience than now it is: and in doing so you will oblige your ever loving friends, -friends, we have paid our part to your meeting house which you did desire of us willingly, and we hope you will be as kind to us in this small request.
The land we desire is an angle of land lying between three cart roads at
the north end of Ebenezer Bullock's land, and containing of about a quater and
a half of an acre." Dated June 20, 1720.
It was signed by Jotham Carpenter and others, and the same day it was read at the town meeting.
He mentions in his will: Wife freelove, sons Jotham, and Oliver, daughters,
Dorcas Bullock, Sybil Ingalls, Mehitable Mason, Elizabeth Carpenter, Freelove
Whipple and Desire Ballou.

Mayflower Society indicates ...
Copies of pp. 108-110 of a book called The John Billington Family were enclosed. A footnote on p. 109 says "Contrary to the account in CARPENTER (REHOBOTH) GEN p. 238, 398-9, there is no indication that the sons Isaiah (Isaack in birth record) and Nathan lived to maturity. The adults described as these sons of Jotham Carpenter do not belong to this family. The adult "son" Nathan is a composite of two other men named Nathan Carpenter, one of Connecticut and one of Rhode Island; and son Isaack, as 'Isaiah' is mistakenly identified as an adult Isaiah Carpenter of Vermont. " NEITHER NATHAN OR ISAIAH ARE MENTIONED IN THE WILL!

E-MAIL: 30 Oct 2001 Per Sharilyn Whitaker at sharilyn@northcoast.com
In the Carpenter genealogy the wife of Jotham Carpenter, Jr.is given as Mehitable THOMPSON, with the marriage date of May 11, 1728 (245)*, however the record below says that *intentions* were posted 6 April 1728, between Jotham Carpenter, Jr, and Mehitable THURSTON which would indicate a marriage would have taken place the next month.
Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths, with Supplement containing the Record of 1896, Colonial Returns, Lists of the Early Settlers, Purchasers, Freemen, Inhabitants, the Soldiers serving in Philip's War and the Revolution. Intentions
**Intentions**
Groom: Mehitable Thurston
Groom Residence: Rehoboth
Bride: Jotham Carpenter, Jr.
Bride Residence: Rehoboth
Int Date: 06 Apr 1728
There was a Mehitable Thurston born to John Thurston and Hannah Carey, the parents of the Sarah Thurston that married John Carpenter in Rehoboth in 1717. The Thurston genealogy gives her as having been married to a Nathaniel Huntington, but with no date given, and I found no other information on this marriage.
What does the (245) mean after this marriage record given in "A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America"? If is a number relating to any kind of documentation, I couldn't figure it out by using the on-line version of the book.
Regards, Sharilyn

Mehitable Thompson

NOTES: From IGI and AF and my data files.
**********************
Isaack CARPENTER   Sex: M
Birth: 8 Jan 1734 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Father:     Jonathan CARPENTER
Mother:   Mehitable
Film Number:   183601
Page Number:
Reference Number: 15759
***********************
Freelove HAILE (AFN: 229D-PD)   Sex: F
Birth:        3 Apr 1712 Swansea, Bristol, Ma
Death:                 1801 Swansea, Ma
Father:    John HAILE (AFN: 229D-5M)
Mother: Hannah TILLINGHAST (AFN: 229D-6S)
Marriage(s):
Spouse:        Oliver KINGSLEY (AFN: BKX3-RR) [one child b. Oct 1730]
Marriage:     31 Dec 1729 Of, Bristol, Massachusetts
Spouse:        Jotham CARPENTER (AFN: BKX3-SX) [no children]
Marriage:     17 Mar 1748
Spouse:        Oliver KINGSLEY (AFN: LSVN-WC) [no children]
Marriage:
Spouse:        Jonathan CARPENTER (AFN: XZGN-HQ) [b. abt 1708 - no children]
Marriage:      [abt 1733]
*************************
Jonathan CARPENTER     Sex: M
Birth: Abt. 1719 [1709] Of Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
Spouse:   Mehitable
Film Number:   1239532
Page Number:   1101
Reference Number: 23117
*************************
Jotham CARPENTER    Sex: M
Spouse: Mehittabell THOMPSON
Marriage: 11 May 1728 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Source Information:
7105708   - 1235160 Film sheet 45
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The Jotham Carpenter who married Mehitable Thompson in the ABC book was
born 1 Aug 1708 in Rehoboth and died 10 May 1777 in Cumberland,Providence,RI.
Number 635 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 123.
Mehitable is listed as being born on 17 May 1701 in Rehoboth.
***************************
POSSIBLY:
Jonathan Carpenter born about 1701 to 1709 of Rehoboth
married Mehitable (various spellings) Thompson (likely)
on 11 May 1728 in Rehoboth and had ....
Isaack CARPENTER born 8 Jan 1734 Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts
***************************
SO FAR I can only find one Jonathan Carpenter b. 9 April 1701 in Rehoboth
BUT he supposedly died about 1720 per the ABC book!
Number 266 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 80.
***************************
I THINK that the Mehitable Thompson married Jonathan and not Jotham Carpenter.
JRC

E-MAIL: 31 Oct 2001 From:      Sharilyn Whitaker
Subject:      [CARPENTER] Mehitable Tompson w/o Jotham Carpenter, Jr.
In response to a recent question I posed to this list, I
received some wonderful information about Mehitable Tompson and
her family. I thought that there might be others on this list
that would find this interesting and useful.
Regards, Sharilyn
PS The marriage of Jotham Carpenter, Jr. to Mehitable THURSTON
that appears in VR of Rehoboth on Ancestry.com, was IN ERROR.
<<"Order for Div. of 1/3 of Est. of JOHN TOMPSON of Reho. dcd
intest. which was set off to his widow Hannah Tompson who is
also dcd., dtd. 4 Apr 1749. [12:35]
Div. of Est. of JOHN TOMPSON of Reho. that was set off to his
widow Hannah Tompson, div. to his childn.: Hannah (dau.) who was
wife to John Smith dcd., George Tompson (eldest son), heirs of
Elizabeth (dau.) now dcd. who was wife of Ezekiel Fuller,**
heirs of Mehittable (dau.) now dcd. who was wife of Jotham
Carpenter,** Sarah (dau.) of Ebenezer Finch, heirs of Judah
(dau.) now dcd. who was wife of Eleazer Bowen, & Mary (dau.)
wife of Robert Abell, pres. 5 Aug 1749. Comm: John Willmouth,
Daniel Barney, Thomas Carpenter, Aaron Kingsley & Phillip
Wheeler. [12: 36/7/8]."
I then found the information on John Tompson. He was married
twice, Elizabeth & Hannah. He first lived in Reading, Middlesex Co.,
MA and then Rehoboth. His parents were George & Sarah
Tompson. George was probably a Scots prisoner from the Battle
of Dunbar who was sent to Massachusetts in 1652 and settled at
Lynn. I have to do some more verifying on this point.   But it
would explain why info on this family is hard to find. Many
histories have been done on the pilgrims and Puritans and other
early immigrants, but only recently has anything been collected
on deportees.>>

2598. Oliver Carpenter

Number 1637 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 238.
No family listed. First of two Olivers in family.

2600. Lydia Carpenter

Number 1639 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 238.

2604. Anne or Hannah Carpenter

Number 1642 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 238.

Freelove Kingsley

Her will was dated 12 Oct. 1801.

2607. Freelove Carpenter

Number 1646 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 238.

2610. Desire Carpenter

Number 1649 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 239.
She married two farmers.
BIRTH: 1755 in one record and 1765 in another!

952. Amos Carpenter

Number 636 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 124.

954. Renew Carpenter

Number 638 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 124.
Married to Jabez Rounds, April 26, 1733.
Per corrections at the end of that book, page 837: Jabez Rounds should read
Jabez Read. However - DAR records has him as Jabez Round.

Jabez Rounds

NAME: MAYBE READ instead of ROUNDS. See wife's notes.

955. Desire Carpenter

Number 639 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 124.
Married Hezekiah Hix, April 15, 1738.
Married Jacob Carpenter about Sept 1753.
!The Desire Carpenter who married Jacob Carpenter was probably a widow who had
been married to Hezekiah Hix in 1738. The children of Jacob and Desire were
born in July 1754 and 1756. The marriage date assigned on page 80 was probably
for Jacob's first marriage.

Hezekiah Hicks

Probably married twice. First to a Sarah or Sally abt 1734. Information suggests this only.
NAME: HIX or Hicks. Hicks is correct.

Jacob Carpenter

Number 258 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 80
Family on page 138 (#116).