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

Notes

2888. Royal Carpenter

He studied medicine with Dr. Isaac Fowler of Rehoboth, ,MA.

James Blanding

James was the third son of William.

Reuben Bowen

Of Rehoboth.

Nathaniel H. Avery

Of Boscawen, NH.

Elias W. Plympton

Of Providence, RI  No issue.

John G. Mattinger

Resided in Ottawa, ,IL

Ellen Cressey

Of Newark, NJ

Nancy Ooley

In 1850 US Census with son Peter.
In 1870 US Census with son John.
In 1880 US Census with son John.

6822. Elizabeth Carpenter

In 1850 US Census with brother Peter and mother Nancy.

6823. Melvina Carpenter

In 1850 US Census with brother Peter and mother Nancy.

2900. Joseph Carpenter

Number 1896 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 258.
Family on page 434 (# 619).  A cabinet maker.

MARRIAGE:  2 marriage dates given.  6 May 1770/71 in Milford, MA and
17 Feb 1771 in Jamestown, Providence, Westerly, RI.  One may have been an
annoucement or intention of mariage.

Descendants of Gersham Carpenter submitted by:
Charles A. Carpenter (b.1947) of St. Cloud, FL.

Joseph Carpenter of Uxbridge, private in Lt. James Chapman's company, served
15 days: enlisted again as private in Colonal Wade's regiment, RI
alarm, June 19, 1778; served one month; roll dated at Uxbridge.

Persis Rawson

DEATH: two dates given 3 and 8 July 1831, age 80.
Buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Uxbridge, MA.

6828. Joseph Carpenter

Information supplied on this line by:
Charles A. Carpenter (b. 1947) of St. Cloud, FL.

Number 4011 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 435.
A Printer.  No family listed.

6830. Sarah or Sally Carpenter

Number 4016 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 435.

Descendants of Gersham Carpenter submitted by:
Charles A. Carpenter (b.1947) of St. Cloud, FL.

Easman Taft Jr.

A farmer.

6831. Nancy Carpenter

Number 4016 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 425.

Descendants of Gersham Carpenter submitted by:
Charles A. Carpenter (b.1947) of St. Cloud, FL.

Alvin Carter

A manufactuer.

6834. Hannah Carpenter

Number 4018 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 425.
Descendants of Gersham Carpenter submitted by:
Charles A. Carpenter (b.1947) of St. Cloud, FL.

Calvin Spring

A farmer.

2901. Stephen Carpenter

Number 1897 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 258.  No family listed. He went to NC.  A Mariner.
DEATH: He died in Chowan County, NC per Terry Lee Carpenter in an E-Mail message dated 19 Mar. 1999.
Descendants of Gersham Carpenter submitted by: Charles A. Carpenter (b.1947) of St. Cloud, FL.  This family submitted by Terry Lee Carpenter.

E-MAIL: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 From: Terry Lee Carpenter of TX (NOW AT: Yahoo.com)
Stephen/6 Carpenter was born c1748 in Providence RI [ABC], died at age
57 in 1805 at Edenton, Chowan Co. NC [REB].  He was a descendant of the
Rehoboth branch of the English Carpenters in America:  Stephen/6 <
Gersham/5 < Stephen/4 < James/3 < Samuel/2 < William/1 Carpenter [ABC].
He was a ship's captain, homeported at Providence RI [REB].  About 1785
he married Mariam Miles, daughter of Stephen Miles who died in 1797 in
Chowan Co. NC.  They settled at Edenton, Chowan Co. NC, where Stephen
died c1805.  His will, dated 21 Jan 1805, names his wife Mariam and
their three children:
1. Hannah/7 Carpenter, born c1785, married on 28 Feb 1804 in Chowan Co.
NC to Martin Nixon [NCHGR1, NCHGR2]; no further information.
2. Mary/7 Carpenter, born c1788, married on 14 Apr 1818 in Chowan Co. NC
to Thomas Waff or Wolff [NCHGR1, NCHGR2]; no further information.
3. Thomas/7 Carpenter, born c1791, died a minor and unmarried at
Pointe-Piers, Guadaloupe, on 5 Oct 1811 [NCHGR2, SEL, LSN].
Sources:
ABC:  Amos Bugbee Carpenter:  A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth
Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Amherst, MA, 1898), p. 258.
LSN:  Lois Smathers Neal:  Abstracts of Vital Records from Raleigh,
North Carolina, Newspapers, 1799-1829 (Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC,
1979), Vol 1, p. 799.
NCHGR1:  North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1,
No. 3 (July 1900), pp. 395, 407.
NCHGR2:   North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1,
No. 4 (Oct 1900), p. 538.
REB:  Rosemary E. Bachelor (ed.):  The Epistle, Vol. IX, No. 5 (July
1983), p. 23.
SEL:  Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.:  Marriage and Death Notices from
Raleigh North Carolina Newspapers, 1796-1826 (Easley, SC, 1979), p. 27.

E-MAIL:   Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001   From:  Phoebe Cortez -  MzCortez@aol.com
Subj:    Re: [B-NE] 1732-1800 RI Newspapers
VOLUME 1
Page 41: "WHEREAS Rebecca, the Wife of the Subscriber, hath eloped from my Bed and Board: I hereby give Notice that I will not Pay any Debts of her contracting from the Date hereof; and I also forbid any Person or Persons keeping or entertaining her, on Pain of suffering the Penalty of the Law.
STEPHEN CARPENTER
Attleborough, April 20, 1776
Providence Gazette April 27, 1776"

E-MAIL:   Sun, 20 May 2001  From:  Terry Lee Carpenter
To:  "John R. Carpenter" Stephen Carpenter of Massachusetts and North Carolina
Stephen\6 Carpenter was born c1748 in Providence RI [ABC], died at age 57 in 1805 at Edenton, Chowan Co. NC [REB].  He was a descendant of the Rehoboth branch of the English Carpenters in America:  Stephen < Gersham < Stephen < James < Samuel < William Carpenter [ABC].  He was a mariner and a ship's captain, homeported at Providence RI [REB].  During the American Revolution, he commanded the privateer ship "Jenny."  The "Jenny" was captured by the British HMS Charleston on 30 Dec 1780 in the James River of VA [PRO].  Among the documents captured aboard the ship was a letter of marque from John Jay, President in Congress, to Stephen Carpenter, commander of the "Jenny," dated 13 May 1779 that described the ship as a brigantine of 80 tons, mounting eight guns and with a crew of 25 men, belonging to Joseph Westmore and John O'Conner; records documented that she was running American goods between Petersburg, VA; Norfolk, VA; Portsmouth, VA; Edenton, NC; Roanoke, NC; Teneriffe, Canary Islands; and St. Eustatia, West Indies, in the period May through Dec 1780 [PRO].  Also preserved in this collection is a letter from Jershom Carpenter to his son Captain Steven Carpenter in Petersburg VA, mentioning that Gershom had recently visited Uxbridge MA and sharing news on the family [PRO].  About 1785 Stephen Carpenter married Mariam Miles, daughter of Stephen Miles who died in 1797 in Chowan Co. NC.  They settled at Edenton, Chowan Co. NC, where Stephen died in 1805.  His will, dated 21 Jan 1805, names his wife Mariam and their three children:
1. Hannah Carpenter, born c1785, married on 28 Feb 1804 in Chowan Co. NC to Martin Nixon [NCHGR1, NCHGR2]; no further information.
2. Mary Carpenter, born c1788, married on 14 Apr 1818 in Chowan Co. NC to Thomas Waff or Wolff [NCHGR1, NCHGR2]; no further information.
3. Thomas Carpenter, born c1791, died a minor and unmarried in Pointe-Piers, Guadaloupe, on 5 Oct 1811 [NCHGR2, SEL, LSN].
Sources:
ABC:  Amos Bugbee Carpenter:  A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Amherst, MA, 1898), p. 258.
LSN:  Lois Smathers Neal:  Abstracts of Vital Records from Raleigh, North Carolina, Newspapers, 1799-1829 (Reprint Co., Spartanburg, SC, 1979), Vol 1, p. 799.
NCHGR1:  North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1900), pp. 395, 407.
NCHGR2:   North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct 1900), p. 538.
PRO:  Public Records Office, London, England.
REB:  Rosemary E. Bachelor (ed.):  The Epistle, Vol. IX, No. 5 (July 1983), p. 23.
SEL:  Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.:  Marriage and Death Notices from Raleigh North Carolina Newspapers, 1796-1826 (Easley, SC, 1979), p. 27.

Thomas Wolff

NAME: Thomas Waff or Wolff.

6837. Thomas Carpenter

Died a minor and unmarried.

2911. Samuel Carpenter

Number 1903 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 258.
Family on page 435 (# 620)

6838. Betsey Carpenter

Number 4020 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 435.

6839. Dexter Carpenter

Number 4019 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 435.

E-MAIL: Fri, 18 May 2001  From:  Phoebe Cortez  MzCortez@aol.com
This Dexter?
CARPENTER, Dexter, died intestate.  Letters of administration granted to Julia
M. Carpenter, and Allen NOURSE appointed administrator.  3 January1839, P. 160
SEE: Web Page at:
http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/ny/allegany/court/letttest.txt

6840. William Carpenter

Number 4021 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 435.

6841. Lydia Carpenter

Number 4022 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 435.

6842. Chloe Carpenter

Number 4023 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 435.
She married Abel Bliss, see page 259.

2913. Asa Carpenter

A Farmer and shoemaker.  He Resided in Putney,,VT.

6845. Elizabeth Read Carpenter

She went from ,VT in 1855 to Lakeland, L.I.

Barney

NAME: Barney or Barnes.

6849. Peter Carpenter

He went to Leon, Monroe Co., Wis.

Abigail Moore

Of Dummerston, ,VT

2914. Abel Carpenter

Number 1906 in the Carpenter Memorial.  Family is number 622.  See page  insert.   Resided in Brattleboro,,VT.
Page insert from Mrs. N. M. P. Akeley of 224 Canal street, Brattleboro, VT.  No date given.  This data is copied from "Old Burial Plot, near town line of Brattleboro via Marlboro.
Abel Carpenter d. 8 Aug. 1862 Age 95 Y.
Lucy Carpenter d. 21 Feb 1858 Age 58. Wife of Abel Carpenter.
(NOTE: Lucy died age 85 not 58!!!)
Mila Carpenter dau. of Abel & Lucy d. 26 Sept. 1840.
Lucy Carpenter dau. of Abel & Lucy d. 22 Aug 1834 age 23.
Palmer Carpenter d. Mar. 13, 1866 Age 59.Y.
Lois Carpenter d. 12 Mar. 1847 age 38. Wife of Cromwell Carpenter.
Patty Carpenter dau. of Abel & Lucy d. 20 Dec. 1833 Age 33.

Lucy Martin

She was the sister of Deborah Martin, the wife of Samuel.

6852. Polly Carpenter

Polly had six or seven children.

6854. Samuel Carpenter

Samuel supposedly born about 1785.  If there was a Samuel born about 1785 it had to come from another marriage!  Something to look for!

David Haliday

Resided near Northampton, MA.

Rebecca Carpenter

Number 1880 on page 256 in the Carpenter Memorial.