Individual Details
Silas Carpenter
( - 25 Dec 1695)
Silas and Sarah were first cousins.
Last Will & Testament dated 22 Dec 1695. Eldest son, Silas. Youngest son, William. Daughters, Phebe and Sarah. Wife Sarah to be Executrix. Father-in-law Stephen Arnold & Capt. William Hopkins Executors. Proved 8 Apr 1701. Timothy Carpenter and Stephen Arnold, Junr, appraised estate.
Recorded following entry for 11 Jan 1714. Widow Sarah never posted bond nor took letter of Administration. Both Will & Inventory put on Record.
Genealogical & Historical Record of the Carpenter Family, by James Usher, New York, 1883
Silas died in Providence, 25 Dec 1695.
Children were Silas, William, Mary, Ephraim, Joseph, Israel, and Jacob. [This differs from another list which says he had daughter Phebe and Sarah]
His widow married as her second husband, Edward Potter.
Events
| Death | 25 Dec 1695 | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island | |||
| Marriage | Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island - Sarah Arnold |  |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Arnold (1665 - ) |
| Child | Silas Carpenter ( - ) |
| Child | Phebe Carpenter ( - ) |
| Child | Sarah Carpenter ( - ) |
| Child | William Carpenter ( - ) |
| Father | William Carpenter ( - 1685) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Arnold (1611 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Carpenter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Carpenter ( - 1711) |
| Sibling | Lydia Carpenter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Priscilla Carpenter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Timothy Carpenter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Ephraim Carpenter ( - 1698) |
Endnotes
1. The Early Records of the Town of Providence. 21 Volumes commissioned by the City Council to be collected and printed from the early records of the town. (Snow & Farnham City Printers), Book VI, Will Book 1 p.156-159.
2. Edwin M. Snow, M.D. City Registrat, Alphabetical Index of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Recorded in Providence RI From 1636 to 1850 (Sidney S. Rider. Providence: 1879) , p.83 from Vol 1: p.86.