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

Notes


258. John Carpenter

See "ThreeJohnCarpenters(NEHGRJan2005) by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky of Ojai, California, 2008. See the link at Carpenter immigrant sketches at:
http://carpentercousins.com/carplink.htm

THREE JOHN CARPENTERS: A CHAIN OF MISTAKEN IDENTITIES
Article by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky  From: NEHGRJan2005.

JOHN5 CARPENTER (BENJAMIN4, JOSEPH3, WILLIAM2–1) OF SWANSEA AND REHOBOTH, MASSACHUSETTS

Once the preceding John Carpenter and family of Connecticut is correctly identified, it becomes apparent that Amos Carpenter’s highly popular but seriously flawed Carpenter genealogy mistakenly incorporates them into an account of still another John Carpenter, son of Benjamin4 and Renew (Weeks) Carpenter of Swansea.[] Born at Swansea on 25 March 1691,[] this John Carpenter married first, at Rehoboth on 12 September 1717, Sarah Thurston (both then of Rehoboth),[] who was born at Medfield, Massachusetts, on 29 July 1691, daughter of John and Hannah (Cary) Thurston.[] By dating Sarah’s death in 1744, Amos Carpenter implies that she was the mother of all eleven children he attributes to Benjamin and Renew Carpenter’s son John.[] Only John’s first child, Hannah (born 16 July 1718),[] was born to Sarah Thurston, however. Though still living on 17 March 1718/9,[] Sarah had died by 6 May 1722, when John Carpenter of Swansea married at Tiverton, Massachusetts, a second Sarah, Sarah Hillard,[] who was born at Little Compton, Massachusetts,[] on 28 June 1692, and died, probably at Swansea (certainly not in Connecticut), on 24 October 1744, in her 53rd year (not age 53), daughter of William2 and Deborah (Warren) Hill(i)ard, formerly of Hingham, Massachusetts.[] Only three of the remaining ten children whom Amos Carpenter assigns to John and Sarah (Thurston) Carpenter are his, and none is hers: Barnard, John, and Warren are this John Carpenter’s sons with second wife Sarah Hillard; Mehitable, Huldah, Louis [sic, Lois], Sarah, and Elizabeth are daughters of John and Sarah (_____) Carpenter of Connecticut (see previous section); Eliphalet belongs with none of these families; and Harriet (given the same birth date as John’s first child, Hannah, and described as her twin) is non-existent.[]
All secondary sources but one (published in 2002) ignore the Carpenter–Hillard marriage.[] Amos Carpenter identifies this John Carpenter’s second wife as “Martha H— of Windham, Conn.,” and others follow suit.[] She, however, was undoubtedly Martha (Gould) Hibbard, identified in the previous section as the second wife of John Carpenter of Stafford. From the marriage intentions of John Carpenter of Swansea, published at Rehoboth on 19 March 1747/8, it is presumed that he married a third time, to widow Hannah Martin of Rehoboth (not Warwick, Rhode Island).[] Despite Amos Carpenter’s having this John Carpenter migrate to Connecticut (and acquire all the children and the second wife of the Connecticut man of that name), there is substantial evidence that he lived continuously at Swansea until at least 1754: his father’s estate inventory and distribution, both made at Swansea in 1727, mention the land and house there of John Carpenter;[] the record of his namesake son’s first marriage, in 1749, refers to the groom as “Jun.”;[] and he appears in Swansea church records periodically from 1731 to 1754.[] With this last of the three John Carpenters whose identities have been so thoroughly confused, we have come almost full circle: his father, Benjamin4 Carpenter, was the brother of John4 Carpenter of East Greenwich, with whom we began.
Child of John and Sarah (Thurston) Carpenter:
i. Hannah6 Carpenter, b. Rehoboth 16 July 1718;[] probably the Hannah Carpenter who m. Stafford, Conn., 7 Nov. 1750 Samuel Kent (not [Killingly, Conn.] 23 Nov. 1752 Thomas Ormsbee).[] Samuel Kent’s wife Hannah d. probably in the mid to late 1750s (almost certainly before 5 June 1786).[]
That John5 (Oliver4) and Sarah (_____) Carpenter were the only couple of that surname at Stafford when Hannah Carpenter married Samuel Kent makes them the logical choice as her parents. The births and baptisms of their seven known children, however, transpired with classic continuity from 1720 to 1733 and were systematically recorded (see above); Hannah is not among them. One might nevertheless suppose that she was an unrecorded daughter of the Stafford couple, born before 1720 (perhaps in Rhode Island). Consistent with this hypothesis is that Hannah (Carpenter) Kent’s second daughter was named Sarah.[] There is reason to believe, however, that Hannah’s daughter Sarah was the namesake of one or both wives of John5 (Benjamin4) Carpenter of Swansea. Hannah, daughter of Sarah (Thurston) Carpenter and the stepdaughter of Sarah (Hillard) Carpenter, had a connection with Stafford. Sarah (Thurston) Carpenter’s sister Bethiah married at Rehoboth on 7 Dec. 1721, Joseph Kent Jr., and their son Samuel [who would be Hannah’s first cousin] was born there on 17 Jan. 1724/5.[] In late 1744 the Kent family migrated to Stafford, where they were living when the Carpenter–Kent marriage occurred.[] In that Samuel Kent was twenty-five when he married, his having been six and a half years younger than his Carpenter cousin would have been relatively insignificant.
Children of John and Sarah (Hillard) Carpenter, born at Swansea:[]
ii. Barnard Carpenter, b. 26 June 1723; living at or near Dover, Dutchess Co., N.Y., in 1771;[] m. Swansea 30 Aug. 1744 [sic] Alse/Alice Lake.[]
iii. John Carpenter, b. 4 Jan. 1728/9; d. (probably Milton [not Stillwater]), Saratoga Co., N.Y., between 25 Jan. 1804 (will) and 13 March 1804 (probate);[] m. (1) Rehoboth 23 Oct. (int. 16 Sept.) 1749 Judah/Judith Horton of Rehoboth; m. (2) 16 July 1757, perhaps in Dutchess Co., N.Y., Ruth Horton; m. (3) Ann _____.[]
iv. Warren Carpenter, b. 26 Jan. 1731/2 (not June 1732);[] d. Russia, Herkimer Co., N.Y., between 16 Mar. 1813 (will) and 2 May 1815 (will recorded);[] m. Swansea 21 Aug. 1755 Rebecca Horton.[]

(end Gene Zubrinsky notes)

Number 194 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Page 74
Family on page 124 (#93).
Residence Mansfield and Stafford, CT.


E-MAIL:          Sharilyn Whitaker
29 Oct 2001
Subject:         THANKS! and an update
    To:         "John R. Carpenter"
John,
I have not kept you entirely up to date on my research into the line of John son of Benjamin and Renew Weeks and the *other* mysterious contemporaneous John, Sr.
BUT so far I have established that there were two couples:
1. John Carpenter, Sr and Sarah Thurston, born 29 June 1691 to John and Hannah Carey Thurston, married 1717 in Rehoboth had son John, Jr. 30 April 1728 in Norwich, CT.
2. John Carpenter, Sr. and Sarah Hillard, born 28 June 1692, "Little Compton, Bristol, MA" to William Hillard and Deborah Warren. They were "of Swansea" and had the John, Jr. born 4 Januaty 1728 in Swansea.
Of the blended issue of these two marriages, Warren and Barnard definitely belong with the John born to John Carpenter, Sr and Sarah Hillard.
The John Carpenter, Jr., son of John Carpenter, Sr. and Sarah THURSTON is the John, Jr. that married Mary Loomis.
When an update and correction goes out on this it will be in the form of a MAJOR article, thoroughtly documented, and I want NOTHING to get out about this until I find that other John Carpenter, Sr. and knit this all together PERFECTLY.
Nevertheless, thought you should know.  MAKE NO CORRECTIONS YET!
Land and probate records pending, and I am still in the thick of this, and getting help from Gene Z. and others.
Regards, and thanks again for  your help.  Found somethig very helpful on that page you sent.
Sharilyn

MORE: E-MAIL
From: "John F. Chandler"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 12:16 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] John Carpenter of Holliston & Meday, MA c1705-1776
I have come across a John Carpenter who lived at Holliston, Mass., in
1730, at which time he married Margaret Leland of Sherborne.  They
ended up in nearby Medway, where he died in 1776, supposedly aged 71.
Does anyone know where he was born and who his parents were?  I note
that there was a John Carpenter born at Rehoboth in 1705, but I have
no way of knowing whether that's the same John.
                    John Chandler

From:
To:
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 1:01 AM
Subject: [CARPENTER] Re: John Carpenter of Holliston & Medway, c1705-1776
John,
I'm finishing up an article for the NEHG REGISTER that rectifies widely
accepted misidentifications of three John Carpenters, all descendants of
William of Rehoboth and born in the second half of the seventeenth century.
In the course of supporting my identification of the the wives of John5
Carpenter of Swansea (Benjamin4, Joseph3, William2-1), I mention in a
footnote that "in or near Swansea, almost fifteen years separated the birth
of John5 (Benjamin4) and that of the same-named person nearest his age (John
Carpenter, b. Rehoboth, 7 Feb. 1705, son of William Jr. and Elizabeth
[Robinson] Carpenter, and perhaps he who d. Medway, Mass., 17 Oct. 1776, in
his 72d yr.) (Rehoboth VR, 1:48, 61; VITAL RECORDS OF MEDFIELD,
MASSACHUSETTS, TO THE YEAR 1850 [Boston, 1905], 296)."  In that the latter
John Carpenter is a peripheral figure in the article, I had no need (and made
no effort) to resolve the issue of whether he and the Medway man were one and
the same.
As you've probably noticed, the names of three of Medway John's
children--Amos, Jesse, and Patience--are also those of some of Rehoboth
John's Carpenter cousins.  Although Medway John's daughter Elizabeth's name
is the same as Rehoboth John's mother, it's too common to draw any
conclusions.  Have you checked Bristol Co. land records to see if Rehoboth
John executed a grantor deed indicating a place of residence other than
Attleborough (his father died there in 1718/9) or vicinity?  If Medway John
had previously owned land at Holliston, perhaps the Middlesex Co. land record
of his initial purchase there gives his previous place of residence.  If
you've already investigated these possibilities, please let me know.  If you
haven't but plan to, please let me know what you learn.
Thanks.
Gene Z.


Sarah Thurston

NAME: Thursten or Thurston.

BIRTH: One AF record has her born in 1683 and dying in 1744.
AF has birth as 16 Jan 1689 Swansea, Bristol, MA Daughter of Daniel & Hanah (Miller) Thurston. AFN: HRJR-CS
Gene Zubrinsky research places her birth as: 29 Jul 1691 at Medfield,, MA and lists her as the daughter of John and Hanah (Cary) Thurston. This is the one I will follow.
Note:
By dating Sarah’s death in 1744, Amos Carpenter implies that she was the mother of all eleven children he attributes to Benjamin and Renew Carpenter’s son John.


966. Hannah Carpenter

Number 641 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Page 124
She probably married Thomas Ormsbee.

"Child of John and Sarah (Thurston) Carpenter:
i. Hannah6 Carpenter, b. Rehoboth 16 July 1718;[] probably the Hannah Carpenter who m. Stafford, Conn., 7 Nov. 1750 Samuel Kent (not [Killingly, Conn.] 23 Nov. 1752 Thomas Ormsbee).[] Samuel Kent’s wife Hannah d. probably in the mid to late 1750s (almost certainly before 5 June 1786)."
See father's notes.
This continues with a note why she was confused with another Carpenter family.
"That John5 (Oliver4) and Sarah (_____) Carpenter were the only couple of that surname at Stafford when Hannah Carpenter married Samuel Kent makes them the logical choice as her parents. The births and baptisms of their seven known children, however, transpired with classic continuity from 1720 to 1733 and were systematically recorded (see above); Hannah is not among them. One might nevertheless suppose that she was an unrecorded daughter of the Stafford couple, born before 1720 (perhaps in Rhode Island). Consistent with this hypothesis is that Hannah (Carpenter) Kent’s second daughter was named Sarah.[] There is reason to believe, however, that Hannah’s daughter Sarah was the namesake of one or both wives of John5 (Benjamin4) Carpenter of Swansea. Hannah, daughter of Sarah (Thurston) Carpenter and the stepdaughter of Sarah (Hillard) Carpenter, had a connection with Stafford. Sarah (Thurston) Carpenter’s sister Bethiah married at Rehoboth on 7 Dec. 1721, Joseph Kent Jr., and their son Samuel [who would be Hannah’s first cousin] was born there on 17 Jan. 1724/5.[] In late 1744 the Kent family migrated to Stafford, where they were living when the Carpenter–Kent marriage occurred.[] In that Samuel Kent was twenty-five when he married, his having been six and a half years younger than his Carpenter cousin would have been relatively insignificant."


967. Harriet Carpenter Delete

Number 642 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Page 124
Per Gene Zubrinsky, this person is non-existant and should be removed from the family.


Sarah Hillard

Last name starts with "H" but rest of name not ledgible.


Hannah Martin A Widow

"From the marriage intentions of John Carpenter of Swansea, published at Rehoboth on 19 March 1747/8, it is presumed that he married a third time, to widow Hannah Martin of Rehoboth (not Warwick, Rhode Island)." - See husband's notes.


260. Job Carpenter

Number 196 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Page 74.
Family on page 125 (#94).
An Innkeeper


Anna Wilbore

AFN GTGX-KF and K7X5-35 are the same person.


971. Lydia Carpenter

Number 652 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Page 125.


Andrew Wheaton

A farmer.


973. Hannah Carpenter

Number 654 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Page 125.
She died young.


975. Anne Carpenter

Number 656 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Page 125.


Noah Doud

A farmer who resided in Warwick.


261. Kesiah Carpenter

Number 197 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Page 74.

AFN GTGW-RB (Kesiah) and BKX5-VK (Keziah) are the same person.
!AF has name has spouse name as HARKIN and HORTON.  Carpenter Memorial has it
has HORTON.  Published date is 29 Apr 1721 and AF marriage date is 22 Jun 1721.

NOTE: President George Bush and President George W. Bush are descendants of Keziah Carpenter and Thomas Horton who are the 7th great grandparents. Other relationships are given also.  See the following web pages:
http://hometown.aol.com/wreitwiesn/candidates2000/bush.html
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~addams/presidential/bush.html


Thomas Horton

AFN GTGX-MR (Thomas Harkin) and JTMS-8W (Thomas Horton) are the same person.
Published date is 29 Apr 1721 and marriage date is 22 Jun 1721.

AFN 229H-BW (Marriage date - 7 Nov 1700/1707) and BKX6-HS (marriage date -
17 Jun 1700) are the same person.  AFN JTMS-8W is the same person also.
One record has 1698 as birth year.


263. Edward Swanzey Carpenter

Number 199 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 74.
Family on page 125 (#95).

COMPILER NOTES:  As of September 2000, I have over 210 Carpenters (B,D,etc.)
in Windham county, VT.  The following Carpenters are not matched.
!E-MAIL: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 From: Phoebe Cortez  MzCortez@aol.com
CARPENTER:
Christopher J., Dr. m. Mary Whitford, b. of Sterling, Jan. 7, 1828, by
Elder George W. Appleton; 1; 200
Mary, dressmaker, widow, d. Sept. 13, 1855, age 45; 2; 63
Solomon, wall layer, married, b. Canterbury, Ct., res. Sterling, d. Jan.
28, 1861, age 52; 2; 65
Town of Sterling
CARPENTER:
Abby, d. Richard & Cynthia, b. Feb. 5, 1816; 1; 100
Abby Y., of Mendon, m. Ezekiel S. Albee, of Shutesbury, May 2, 1838, by
Harvey Lamson, J.P.; 1; 114m
Abigail, m. George W. Shaw, b. of Thompson, May 21, 1843, by Rev.
Charles C. Barnes, Fisherville; 2; 42
Abigail, d. Mar. 4, 1849, age 34; 3; 31
Adah, m. Thomas Danielson, b. of Thompson, June 2, 1825, by Rev. Daniel
Dow; 1; 159m
Adeline Barstow, d. Richard & Cynthia, b. Dec. 13, 1828; 1; 100
Albert, of Thompson, m. Sarah Whitimore, of Burrillville, R.I., June 1,
1851, by Rev. Edward A. Lyon; 2; 248
Albert, shoemaker, age 21, of Thompson, m. Sarah Whitman, age 20, b.
Burrillville, R.I., res. Thompson, June 1, 1851, by Rev. Edward A. Lyon;
3; 49 Alfred, (of) Brookfield, Mass., m. Lucy Ann Draper (of) Sturbridge,
Mass., June 25, 1845, by Vernon Stiles, J.P.; 2; 92
Almira, m. Rhodes Allen, Mar. 25, 1844, by Rev. Benjamin Congdon, of
Pomfret; 2; 58 Almira Louisa, d. Elliott & Mariah, b. Oct. 17, 1821; 1; 127
Amanda M., of Central Falls, R.I., m. James H. Lundley, of Pawtuxet,
R.I., May 1, 1844, by Vernon Stiles, J.P.; 2; 61
Amasa, s. Samuel, Jr. & Dolle, b. Dec. 29, 1780; d. Apr. 19, 1782; 1; 1
Amasa, s. Samuel, Jr. & Dolle, b. Mar. 27, 1783; 1; 1
Asa, s. Samuel, Jr., & Sibble, b. Aug. 4, 1795; 1; 1
C.M., s. Lucian & Almir, b. June 21, 1850; 3; 35
Charles C., m. Mary A. Aldrich, b. of Thompson, May 30, 1847, by Rev.
G.W. Stearns; 2; 172
Cynthia, of Cumberland, (m.) Olney Mathewson, of Glocester, Dec. 7,
1841, (by George Larned, J.P.); 2; 279
D.W., m. Lydia A. Wood, of Auburn, Mass., June 13, 1847, by Vernon
Stiles, J.P.; 2; 176 Daniel, s. Elijah & Sarah, b. Mar. 5, 1781; 1; 7
Daniel, of Thompson, m. Olive Smith, of Holland, July 11, 1800; 1; 81
Daniel, s. Daniel & Olive, b. Dec. 2, 1807; 1; 81
Daniel, m. Chloe Darling, b. of Thompson, Sept. 6, 1830, by Rev. James
Grow; 1; 67m David, s. Elijah & Sarah, b. Nov. 10, 1786; d. July 15, 1789;
1; 7 David, d. Mar. 2, 1854; 2; 65
Dolle, w. Samuel, Jr., d. Mar. 9, 1785; 1; 1
Dole, d. Samuel, Jr. & Sibble, b. Nov. 27, 1789; 1; 1
Edmund, m. Barbara Aldrich, b. of Douglass, Mass., Nov. 29, 1846, by
Vernon Stiles, J.P.; 2; 150
Edward Shaw, s. Richard & Cynthia, b. Feb. 9, 1838; 1; 100
Elijah, m. Sarah Younglove, July 3, 1780; 1; 7
Elijah, s. Elijah & Sarah, b. Apr. 20, 1789; 1; 7
Eliza Ann, (of) Woodstock, m. Dexter Welling, (of) Burrillville, R.I.,
July 13, 1845, by Vernon Stiles, J.P.; 2; 94
Elizabeth J., of Thompson, m. Horace Capron, of Providence, R.I., May
10, 1840, by Rev. Silas Bailey; 1; 138m
Elizabeth Leavens, d. Elliott & Mariah, b. Nov. 9, 1819; 1; 127
Elliott, s. Samuel, Jr., & Sibble, b. Aug. 30, 1792; 1; 1
Emily, m. Dwight Kidder, b. of Thompson, Aug. 29, 1828, by Rev. James
Grow; 1; 53m Emily, m. Orrin Smith, Oct. 19, 1845, by Vernon Stiles, J.P.,
Recorded Mar. 3, 1880; 2; 274
Ephraim Walker, s. Richard & Cynthia, b. Apr. 6, 1824; 1; 100
Eugene, s. Cha(rle)s C., dresser tender, age 22, & Mary E., age 22, b.
June 27, 1848; 3; 16 Ezra Davis, s. Eliott & Mariah, b. July 30, 1833; 1; 127
Frances, of Glocester, R.I., m. Lucy Palmer, of North Killingly, Nov. 3,
1851, by Rev. Thomas Dowling; 2; 254
Frances C., of Meadeville, Mass., m. Mary A. Gilbert, of Holliston,
Mass., Oct. 6, 1844, by Rev. L. Geo(rge) Leonard; 2; 82
Harriet, m. George C. Tiffany, b. of Ashford, Jan. 29, 1839, by Rev.
Daniel Dow; 1; 123m Henry El(l)iott, s. Eliott & Mariah, b. Sept. 14, 1826; 1;
127 Hiram, merchant, age 24, of Killingly, m. Augusta Tourtellot,
age 22, b. in Thompson, res. Killingly, May 23, 1848, by Rev. Mr.
Baldwin; 3; 12 Horatio, of Eastford, m. Rebeckah W. Knox,
of Thompson, Oct. 23, 1849, by Rev. Daniel Dorchester; 2; 234
Horatio, manufacturer, age 24, b. Eastford, Ct., res. Eastford, m.
Rebecca W. Knox, age 22, b. Fryburgh, Me., res. Eastford, Oct. 24, 1850,
by Rev. D. Dorchester; 3; 36
Ira W., m. Ann E. Randall, b. of Thompson, May 30, 1841, by Nicholas
Branch; 2; 11 James, s. Daniel & Olive, b. Mar. 14, 1805; 1; 81
James, m. Mary Ann Weaver, b. of Thompson, Jan. 4, 1829, by Rev. James
Grow; 1; 55m John, s. Richard & Cynthia, b. Jan. 16, 1827; 1; 100
John, m. Hulda A. Blanchard, b. of Worcester, Mass., Nov. 8, 1846, by
Vernon Stiles, J.P.; 2; 147 John, m. Emily A. Chandler, b. of Thompson,
Jan. 1, 1852, by Edward A. Lyon; 2; 255 Joseph, m. Sabra Miller, b. of
Oxford, Mass., Nov. 12, 1837, by Rev. James Grow; 1; 110m Laura, d. Elijah
& Phebe, b. Mar. 14, 1819; 1; 118 Lewis, s. Lucien & Almira, b. Feb. 20,
1836; 1; 141 Lucetta L., of Thompson, m. Jeremiah Lewis, of Dighton,
Mass., Dec. 29, 1835,by Rev. Hezekiah L. Ramsdell; 1; 99m
Lucian, m. Almira Burlingham, b. of Thompson, Jan. 4, 1835, by Rev. Bela
Hicks; 1; 92m
Lucien, m. Almira Burlingham, Jan. 4, 1835; 1; 141
Lucy, m. Loren Bates, b. of Thompson, ( 1850?), by Rev. Allen Darrow; 3;
51 Lucy Mariah, d. Elliott & Mariah, b. Nov. 18, 1823; 1; 127
Lycytte [sic], m. Alvin Burlingame, b. of Thompson, Nov. 21, 1830, by
Rev. Daniel Dow; 1; 69m
Mary, m. William R. Goolds, b. of Thompson, Oct. 13, 1839; 1; 138m
Mary, m. William R. Gould, Oct. 13, 1839; 1; 150
Mary Jane, m. Thomas Bailey, b. of Thompson, Oct. 15, 1837, by Rev. H.
Fitts; 1; 109m  Mary Walker, d. Richard & Cynthia, b. Apr. 24, 1821; 1; 100
Nancy, Mrs., of Webster, m. William Anderson, of Dudley, Mass., Oct. 14,
1832, by Jesse Ormsby, J.P.; 1; 78m
Newel, m. Elizabeth Mackfield, b. of Oxford, Mass., Feb. 21, 1847, by
Vernon Stiles, J.P.; 2; 161
Olin B., of Pomfret, m. Silvanus H. Lampson, of Thompson, Aug. 21, 1843,
by Rev. C.C. Barnes, Fisherville; 2; 46
Orinda, m. John Thompson, June 2, 1849, by Silas N. Aldrich, J.P.; 2;
231 Phebe E., m. John C. Hathaway, b. of Cumberland, R.I., Nov. 24, 1844, by
Vernon Stiles, J.P.; 2; 77
Phebe M., of Thompson, m. George Delabar, of Woodstock, Jan. 22, 1835,
by Rev. H. Brownson; 1; 94m
Richard, m. Cynthia Walker, May 24, 1812; 1; 100
Ruth, of Killingly, m. Lucian Randall, of Thompson, Oct. 9, 1842, by
Rev. Daniel Dow; 2; 30
Sally B., d. Richard & Cynthia, d. Dec. 5, 1829; 1; 100
Sally Barsto (?), d. Richard & Cynthia, b. Aug. 12, 1813; 1; 100
Samuel, Jr., m. Dolle Alton, Apr. 27, 1780; 1; 1
Samuel, s. Samuel, Jr. & Dolle, b. Mar. 6, 1785; 1; 1
Samuel, Jr., m. Sibbel Alton, May 4, 1786; 1; 1
Samuel, s. Richard & Cynthia, b. Dec. 23, 1830; 1; 100
Samuel, m. Lurena Bracket, b. of Thompson, Mar. 28, 1849, by Rev. Daniel
Dow; 2; 222 Sarah, d. Aug. 9, 1850, age 34; 3; 53
Simon, s. Elijah & Sarah, b. Dec. 13, 1783; 1; 7
Stephen, m. Hannah Smith, b. of Milford, Mass., Nov. 6, 1842, by Rev.
Daniel Dow; 2; 31
Vernon Eaton, s. Richard & Cynthia, b. May 15, 1833; 1; 100
William, m. Caroline Briggs, b. of Thompson, Sept. 27, 1842, by Rev.
Charles C. Barnes; 2; 27
William H., m. Ann M. Briton, b. of Thompson, Sept. 6, 1854, by Rev. B.
Mathewson, of East Thompson; 2; 270
William Walker, s. Richard & Cynthia, b. Dec. 23, 1817; 1; 100
Younglove, s. Elijah & Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1792; 1; 7
Town of Thompson  same county still
CARPENTER:
Allen, farmer, age 20, of Windham, m. Mary M. Munsear, age 23, Mar. 12,
1847, by Alfred Brewster; 4; 111
Elizabeth, d. John & Sarah, b. May 16, 1733; 1; 107
Huldah, m. John Silsbury, May 12, 1746; 1; 257
Lois, m. Zeb(ulon) Palmer, Apr. 25, 1746; 1; 258
Orra, m. Sarah Gurley, b. of Willimantic, Sept. 24, 1838; at
Willimantic, by
Rev. Philo Judson; 3; 187
Sarah, d. John & Sarah, b. Mar. 20, 1730; 1; 107
_____, child of John D., age 37, & Catharine, age 38, b. Nov. 25,
(1848); 4; 6
Town of Windham, Windham, VT.
CARPENTER:
Albert M., s. Amasa, merchant, age 43, & Mary, age 33, b. Jan. 4, 1848;
254-5
Cynthia, housekeeper, b. Pomfret, res. Woodstock, married, d. July ( ),
1854, age 40; 310-1
Ira, farmer, b. Sturbridge, res. Woodstock, married, d. Sept. 13, 1863,
age 42; 412-3
Jonathan M., farmer, married, d. Aug. 14, 1854, age 39; 310-1
Mary E., d. Nov. 11, 1848, age 14; 268-9
Moses, farmer, widower, d. Feb. 23, 1853, age 84; 296-7
Nancy Eliza, twin with Rufus Scott, d. Horatio, farmer, age 42, &
Cynthia, age 30, b. Aug. 15, 1848; 250-1
Orlo B., student, b. Stafford, res. Woodstock, single; d. May 5, 1855,
age 18; 322-3
Rufus Scott, twin with Nancy Eliza, s. Horatio, farmer, age 42, &
Cynthia, age 30, b. Aug. 15, 1848; 250-1
Saloma, d. May ( ), 1848, age 14; 246-7
Samuel, age 41, b. Woodstock, res. Thompson, m. Lurena Brackett, age 31,
b. Dudley, Mass, res. Thompson, Mar. 27, 1849, by Rev. D. Dow; 262-3
Woodstock partial list, explanation on web site:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/4791/barbourcollectionwoodstockpart2
all.html
CARPENTER, CARPENDER, CARPINTER:
Abby; 457
Abial; 496
Abigail; 44, 46, 49, 50, 54, 82, 88, 91, 94, 96, 103, 111, 118, 124,
131,
183, 221, 224, 255, 285, 313, 361, 496
Albert M.; 497
Alford; 392
Alice; 200, 336
Amasa; 88, 156, 150, 154, 157, 165, 224, 302, 325, 497
Amasa T.; 497
Amos; 35
Anna; 4, 22, 23
Asa; 196
Bemsley; 81, 145, 160, 325
Benjamin; 27
Betsey; 377, 392, 429
Chester; 351
Chloe; 475
Cynthia; 146, 150, 154, 157, 291, 302
Cyril; 118, 124, 146, 221, 224, 239, 255, 374
Daniel; 54, 263, 267
David; 263, 399
Davis; 165, 166, 177, 181, 182, 186, 196, 200, 210, 211, 217, 307, 336,
345,
496
Deliverance; 31
Dorcas; 16, 40, 42, 92
Dorothy; 2, 30, 86, 328
Ebenezer; 89
Edward R.; 497
Electa; 408
Elias; 117, 496
Elijah; 83, 262, 266, 299, 300
Eliphalet; 10, 13, 14, 16, 19, 25, 30, 35, 40, 42, 44, 46, 49, 50, 54,
59,
64, 72, 83, 89, 92, 96, 98, 104, 128
Eliza Ann; 267
Elizabeth; 66, 67, 70, 72, 81, 102, 165, 295, 327
Ellen; 485
Ephraim; 59, 117, 123, 128, 133, 142, 145, 148, 155, 161, 165, 180, 300,
325,
331
Eunice; 86
Ezra Child; 497
Freelove; 36
Gideon; 32
Hannah; 19, 21, 98, 104, 177, 299, 300
Harriet; 399
Harvey; 155
Henry; 38
Huldah; 286
Irene; 131, 262
Jason; 429, 499
Jesse; 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 38, 44, 82, 88, 91, 94, 103, 111,
118,
124, 131, 183, 285, 313, 496
Joanna; 91, 303
Joel; 105
John; 3, 4, 9, 19, 66, 67, 70, 81, 102, 104, 294
Jonathan M.; 485
Jonathan May; 255
Joseph; 19, 102, 142, 165, 211, 305, 331, 339, 353
Lucia; 423
Lucian Carpenter; 263
Lucy; 211, 221, 408
Luetta La Rue; 266
Margaret; 18, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 35, 38, 44
Martha; 35, 160, 165, 211, 288, 339
Mary; 10, 28, 40, 42, 46, 49, 59, 64, 72, 83, 89, 92, 96, 98, 104, 294,
496,
497
Mary E.; 497
Miriam; 165, 166, 177, 181, 182, 186, 196, 200, 210, 211, 217, 307, 336,
345
Nabby; 239, 374
Nancy; 150, 211, 374, 417
Nathan; 29, 32, 36, 46
Nellie; 325
Olive; 25, 263, 267
Patience; 29, 32, 36
Patty; 305
Phebe; 262, 266, 361
Phebe Maria; 262
Polly; 161, 186, 380
Priscilla; 2, 118, 154, 313, 373
Prudence; 420
Prudence May; 239
Rebecca; 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 19, 25, 30, 32, 35, 44, 64, 105, 331
Ruth; 166
Sally; 210
Salona; 499
Samuel; 19, 21
Sarah; 25, 67
Stephen; 496
Sullivan; 180
Susan; 497
Susan P.; 497
Sylvester; 182
Sylvia L.; 456
Tabitha; 17, 123, 128, 133, 142, 145, 148, 155, 161, 165, 180, 300, 325
Walter; 181
Willard; 133
William; 49, 104, 263, 417
Barbour VR " Woodstock " Part 1 1686 " 1744
Index to oVital Records of Woodstock 1686 " 1854 by Lucius Barnes
Barbour,
published 1914.
Because the book was made up of different sections, and in chronological
rather than alphabetical order; plus the fact that many of the entries
contained whole documents rather than just names and dates; I am
submitting the index only. Please check our look up volunteer
section and ask for a look up if your ancestor appears in the index.


Elizabeth Louise Wilson

NAME: Middle name probably Louise.


979. Lucinda Carpenter

Number 659 on page 128 of the Carpenter Memorial.


980. Comfort Carpenter

AF has this person as a female, but at this time period it was a male name.
!Number 660 on page 128 of the Carpenter Memorial.
No family listed.  Probably a female.


266. Diadema Carpenter

Number 663 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 128.

Martin and Stafford of New York (in the 1880s) wrote that Diadema was born in
East Greenwich on July 25, 1725.  When she married her name was recorded at
East Greenwich as "Diadema".  At Conventry where they resided after their
marriage, her name was recorded "Deiahdema" and of the records of births of her
children it was recorded as "Deiahdema".


Thomas Stafford

Descendants provided by Don Fauss in Sept. 1997.  A sampling is recorded in
this record.


268. Cornell or Colonel Carpenter

Number 664 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 128.
Family on page 244 (# 253 1/2).

NAME: Cornell is sometimes listed as Colonel.
BIRTH: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850.  First Series - Birth,
Marriages and Deaths.  By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 - Kent County:
Page 107.  1-55 Carpenter, Colonel, of John and Elizabeth, Apr. 10, 1723.
Born 10 April 1723 in the above and 18 April 1723 in the CM.


993. Thomas Carpenter A Twin

Number 1706-a in the Carpenter Memorial with no birth date or family listed.
Birthdate listed below is the same as his brother Cornell, indicating Twins.
BIRTH: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850.  First Series - Birth,
Marriages and Deaths.  By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 - Kent County:
Page 107. 2-22 Carpenter, Thomas, of Colonel and Elizabeth, Mar. 13, 1748.

NOTE: Some researchers think Thomas and Cornel are the same person.


996. Abigail Carpenter

BIRTH: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850.  First Series - Birth,
Marriages and Deaths.  By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 - Kent County:
Page 107. 1-94,2-22 Carpenter, Abigail, of Colonel and Elizabeth, Jul. 5, 1756.


281. Samuel Carpenter 3rd

Number 234 in the 1898 Carpenter Memorial book.  On page 78.
Family on page 132 (#106)

HE MARRIED HANNAH JOHNSON 4 FEB 1714.  SHE DIED 13 FEB 1747/48 AT REHOBOTH.
HE WENT TO POMFRET, CT PREVIOUS TO HIS MARRIAGE.  HE WAS A FARMER.
Some records show 9 Aug. 1684 as birth date but this is incorect.

E-MAIL: 9 Aug 2015 Thanks, John. Incidentally, while poking around for someone else, I came across some items at wc-584-desc - aqw14.htm that you might want to correct.
281. Samuel Carpenter, born Rehoboth 9 Nov. 1684, lived well past 1721; he’s named in his father’s will, dated 16 Dec. 1736 (Abstracts of Bristol County, Mass., Probate Records, 1687-1745). But more to the point, he’s recorded at Pomfret, Conn., as having died there on 3 Aug. 1753 (Pomfret VR (Barbour Collection). That date of death is erroneously attributed in your database to his namesake son, who, with his wife, Keziah (Carpenter) Carpenter, had his namesake son in 1757.
Samuel Carpenter of Pomfret married Hannah Johnson, of adjacent Woodstock at the latter place (as you have it). The event is recorded in both towns but with differing dates; combining them, we get 3 or 4 Feb. 1713/4 ((Pomfret VR [Barbour Coll]); Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686–1854). I haven’t researched Hannah’s background to ascertain whether the birth date and place you have for her is correct, but the absence of parents’ names makes me suspicious. It is certain, however, that the date and place of death your database presents for her—13 Feb. 1747/8, in Rehoboth—belongs to another Hannah Carpenter. Hannah (Johnson) Carpenter, wife of Samuel, died at Pomfret on 23 Jan. 1752 (Pomfret VR [Barbour Collection]). That date of death is erroneously attributed in your database to the aforementioned Keziah.
Best, Gene


999. Hannah Carpenter

Number 731 on page 133 of the Carpenter Memorial.


282. Timothy Carpenter A Twin

BOOK- GENEALOGY: Amos B. Carpenter, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE REHOBOTH
BRANCH OF THE CARPENTER FAMILY IN AMERICA.  Also known as the CARPENTER
MEMORIAL. Published 1898 By: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, MA
TIMOTHY is listed as # 235 on page 78.  A Farmer.  His family is on page
133 (#107).

TIMOTHY MARRIED EXPERIENCE CHAFFEE ON 21 JUL 1714. SHE DIED 19
APRIL 1763 AT 72 YEARS.  HE DIED AGE 83 YEARS.

AFN L46P-C9 and C233-86 are the same person.
!IN IGI TWICE: 1)  7104915 86 BATCH AND SHEET NUMBER - SEALED TO SPOUSE
                  1235154 SOURCE                      24 OCT 1972 LA
              2)  SAME                                SEALED TO SPOUSE
                                                      31 JAN 1973 LG
BIRTH YEAR ON TOP IS 1686 AND BOTTOM 1668. MOTHER NAME ON BOTTOM LISTED AS
"ODE".


Experience Chaffee

One record has death year as 1763 and AF has 1754.  Birth day and month the
same.  Carpenter Memorial has 1763 and that she died age 72.

NAME: CHAFE (E)


1000. Althea Carpenter

Number 732 IN 1898 CARPENTER MEMORIAL BOOK.


1002. Experience Carpenter

Number 734 IN 1898 CARPENTER MEMORIAL BOOK
!SHE MARRIED A SAMUEL SMITH, JAN 31, 1739 AT REHOBOTH. A FARMER.


1003. Dorothy Carpenter

Number 735 IN 1898 CARPENTER MEMORIAL BOOK


1005. Samuel Carpenter A Twin

Number 737 IN 1898 CARPENTER MEMORIAL BOOK.  INFANT DEATH.


1006. Patience Carpenter A Twin

# 738 IN 1898 CARPENTER MEMORIAL BOOK.  A TWIN TO SAMUEL.
SHE MARRIED A DAVID THURSTON, SHE WAS HIS SECOND WIFE.
HANNAH CARPENTER, # 192, DAUGHTER OF BENJAMIN, # 46, WAS
HIS FIRST WIFE.  HANNAH WAS BORN 3 MAY 1688, MARRIED 23 OCT 1725 AND DIED 2 OCT
1766, AGED 80 YEARS.


285. Patience Carpenter

Number 238 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 78.
Patience was appointed administratrix to her husband's estate on 18 Jun 1734.


Martha Carpenter

Number 785 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 139.


1009. Joseph Peck

He married three times.
He sold land to Joseph and Gardner Carpenter all of her (Elizabeth Carpenter's)
rights to her father's estate in Woodstock, CT in 1770 and also in Norwich, CT.
He was a prominent man.  See page 167 of the CM.


Elizabeth Carpenter

Number 1056 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 167.


286. Andrew Carpenter

Number 239 on page 78 in the CARPENTER MEMORIAL.
!His family is on page 133 (#108).
!AFN L46P-H0 and LSPP-Q4 are the same person.


Marian Carpenter

Number 151 on page 70 in the CARPENTER MEMORIAL.
Married, but no children.


287. Uriah Carpenter

Number 240 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 78.
BIRTH: 25 Sept. 1694 in another record but that was a different Uriah.
Information provided on his descendants by Billie Floyd, of Ft. Smith, AR in
Feb. 1998.

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.


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


Phineas Crouch

His father or descendant was William Crouch, born 1627 Charlestown, MA who
died 1677 and Hannah Glover.


288. Jedediah or Jediah Carpenter A Twin

Gene Zubrinsky comments on this person and the confusion with another Jedediah.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/carpenter/messages/7687.html
Two Jedediah Carpenters: One of Coventry, Conn., the Other of Rehoboth, Mass.
Posted by: Gene Zubrinsky (ID *****9842) Date: April 15, 2005 at 15:53:20

I recently found in Amos B. Carpenter (hereafter ABC), _A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America_ (1898), another cluster of errors that have been uncritically accepted and repeated by virtually everyone who has posted anything online about the family in question.
...
The Jedediah Carpenter who married Mercy/Marcy/Mary Brown (of Barrington, Mass. [now R.I.]); had children Amy, Rebecca, Caleb, and Patience; and died at Rehoboth in 1731 is a different man. Jedediah Carpenter of Rehoboth never lived anywhere else: he was born there on 15 December 1696, the son of Samuel and Patience (Ide) Carpenter (see Rehoboth Vital Records, 1:48, 56, 2:65, 144, 241). ABC lists him among Samuel and Patience Carpenter's children but gives no information about him except his birth date (see _Rehoboth Carpenter Family_, 78).
...
The data and sources cited above are sufficient to validate the distinction between Benjamin and Hannah (Strong) Carpenter's son Jedediah, on the one hand, and Samuel and Patience (Ide) Carpenter's son Jedediah, on the other. They do not, however, represent thorough research of land, probate, church, cemetery, and other records of Coventry and vicinity or Stafford. Such research (which I do not plan to undertake) will undoubtedly add precision and breadth to the former Jedediah's biography and perhaps identify his wife and provide direct, documentary evidence of more children (including Daniel) than the six baptized at Bolton.

That the Jedediah Carpenter born at Northampton and the one (Jedediah) who died at Rehoboth were the same man was unlikely on its face: What are the odds that a young man born in western Massachusetts, who had moved with his family to central Connecticut, would migrate northeastward, back to the town of his father's birth--the son had no direct connection to Rehoboth and no inheritance there--when population pressures, soil depletion, and primogeniture were pushing people westward? But even if the online repeaters of ABC's inaccuracies failed to see that this scenario deserved further investigation, one would have thought that at least a few might observe standard principles of genealogical research and, as a matter of course, check secondary-source data (particularly that from a nineteenth-century genealogy such as ABC's) against primary sources; lamentably, none did. If anyone had bothered, he or she would have found the whole thing to be a "no-brainer." How many times does the lesson have to be repeated before it is learned? There are no shortcuts to reliable genealogical data!

Gene Z.

Certain of the corrections above have since been confirmed by Ann S. Lainhart and Neil D. Thompson in their "Mercy Brown's Husband Jedediah Carpenter," _The Mayflower Quarterly_ 73 (2007):289-91. And as recently discovered, the remaining corrections had been published previously by Kendall P. Hayward in his "Jedidiah [sic] Carpenter of Coventry, Conn.," _The American Genealogist_ 53 (1977):116-18. See them for additional information.

The same confusion leading Amos Carpenter to attribute the marriage and death data of Jedediah Carpenter of Rehoboth to the Coventry and Stafford man of that name (see above) also causes him to ascribe to the latter the occupation of the former (see _Rehoboth Carpenter Family_, 65). Jedediah Carpenter of Rehoboth was a blacksmith (Bristol Co. Probate, 7:313-14); there is no evidence that Jedediah Carpenter of Coventry and Stafford was anything other than a yeoman farmer.

End Gene Zubrinsky notes and comments.
Old notes follow.

BOOK- GENEALOGY: Amos B. Carpenter, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE REHOBOTH BRANCH OF THE CARPENTER FAMILY IN AMERICA.  Also known as the CARPENTER MEMORIAL. Published 1898 By: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, MA. Jedediah is listed as number 122 on page 65.  His family (#65) is listed on pages 96 and 97.  A blacksmith.
Compare to:
BOOK- GENEALOGY: Amos B. Carpenter, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE REHOBOTH BRANCH OF THE CARPENTER FAMILY IN AMERICA.  Also known as the CARPENTER MEMORIAL. Published 1898 By: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, MA.
Number 241 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 78. No family listed.  He is believed to have died young.


Corrections to his family has been found and corrected as per the information above in the Gene Zubrinsky notes section above.


Mary Brown

Gene Zubrinsky note.

Mary was a direct descendant of _Mayflower_ passenger John Howland.

Old Notes:

BIRTH: Possibly born in MA.
NAME:  Mercy/Marcy/Mary Brown


1024. Rebecca Carpenter

Number 432 on page 97 of the Carpenter Memorial.


Ichabod Barrows

A farmer.


1026. Patience Carpenter

Number 434 on page 97 of the Carpenter Memorial.