He was living in 1881. He resided in Charlton and Southbridge,
,MA. and afterwards removed to Genoa Bluff, Iowa
Of Southbridge,,MA.
Resided in Worcester, ,MA.
Resided at South Royalton, VT
possibly died in PA.
AFN HF8D-BL and GR96-ZS are the same person.
AFN HF8D-9F and 99HJ-JF are the same person.
AFN PBQV-1F and PZJT-XM (Sarah Read THATCHER) are the same person.
AFN PBQV-1F (Sarah Read) and PZJT-XM (Sarah Read Thatcher) are the same
person.
Mary probably married a TIFFANY (son of Noah) and her maiden name was READ.
However until proven, this record stands as is.
Number 1476 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 210.
A Farmer. He was an observer at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Was actually near
enough to get grazed by a ball whgich killed a cow. He was with Washington
crossing the Delaware. See notes in book.
His father is Number 575 in book.1 MILI He was a soldier in the Revolution between three and four years;
he was with Washington in crossing the Delaware and participated
in many of the important battles of the war. April 19, 1775,
the battle of Lexington was fought, and about four o'clock in
the afternoon of the 21st, the news of the battle reached
Foxboro with the call to the "minute men" to march at once to
the assistance of the American troops near Boston. Ezra was in
the field ditching, when he received the news; leaving his spade
in the ditch he hastened home and with his step-mother's
assistance packed his knapsack and at sunset on that April
night, started on food for the seat of war. He walked as far as
Walpole where he halted to rest, turned in but didn't sleep a
wink as he says "I was so excited and anxious to fight the
red-coats." In the morning he pushed on to Dedham where the
regiment was stationed and in two days marched to Boston.
Although not a participant, yet he was a witness of the Battle
of Bunker Hill, and so near that a stray bullet cut his
underclothing grazing the skin, and killed a cow. In all the
after years of his life it was a source of regret that he could
not have been one of the immortal patriots engaged in that
famous battle. When age came with its infirmities, nothing
pleased him more than to have us boys gather around him while he
repeated over and over the stirring scenes of the war. He told
of his sufferings with his sore feet from wearing worn-out
shoes.
1 MILI He enlisted in Capt. Oliver Pond's company, in Col. J.S. Read's
regiment, May 1, 1775; served eight months; Wrentham company.
Ezra Carpenter enlisted again as private in Samuel Crowell's
company, Col. Hawes' regiment, Sept. 25, 1777; served one
month, five days; marched on a secret expedition; Ezra
Carpenter enlisted again as private in Samuel Crowell's
company, Col. Hawes' regiment, Sept. 25, 1777; served one
month, five days; marched on a secret expedition;
1 MILI
1 MILI
2 SOUR S203
3 TEXT pg 210http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840/1840ma_a.html
SOURCE: 1840 Census of Pensioners Revolutionary or Military Services;
With the names, ages, and places of residence
Returned by the marshalls of the several judicial districts; under
The Act for Taking the Sixth Census
Typed and Reformatted By: Kathy Leigh, January 16, 2001
MASSACHUSETTS
GIVEN NAME SURNAME AGE HEAD/HOUSEHOLD CITY/TOWN COUNTY
Ezra Carpenter 88 --Foxborough Norfolk
Resided in Dorchester and Wrentham, ,MA.
No parents given.
Number 1480 on page 211 in the Carpenter Memorial. His family is #483.
Number 1482 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 211.
Family on page 361. He married twice.
"his eight sons with their wives followed him to his grave."His eight sons with their wives followed him to his grave. The
eight sons of this family resided within one-quarter of a mile
from the home of their father near the center of Foxboro
village. From his door he could see the smoke ascending from
the chimneys of the houses of his eight sons.2 SOUR S203
3 TEXT pg 211
BIRTH: 1757 or 1775.
Number 1479 in the CM. See notes. He was with General Washington when the Hessians were taken.
Number 3148 in the CM. He died young.
Number 2018 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 266. A farmer.
Family is number 650 in the CM.
Number 1549 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 229. She married a farmer.