Individual Details

William Carpenter was sent as deputy to the Plymouth Court in 1656. He was town clerk of Rehoboth from 1668 to 1703 except 1693. He was often employed in town business. William was granted a coat-of-arms May 4, 1663. He was one of the purchasers of the north purchase, and drew his lot in the meadow on May 26, 1668. He was clerk of the community of the north purchase in 1682, and the following year was one of a committee to sell the meeting house. He was a man of superior ability. He was also noted for his superior penmanship. His house stood on the left hand side of the road leading from the East Providence meetinghouse to Rehoboth, Massachusetts, some 50 to 60 rods from the crossing of the "ten mile river," on a rise of land, which was one of the most pleasant spots for house in that locality. His estate amounted to more than 215 pounds. 1 2
Birth: 1631 _SDATE: 1 JUL 1631 in England 1 3
Death: 26 JAN 1703 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA 2 3
Father: William CARPENTER b: 1605 in England
Mother: Abigail BRIANT b: 1606 in England
Marriage 1 Priscilla BONNETT\BENNETT b: in England
Married: 5 OCT 1651 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Note: They apparently had children John, William, Priscilla, and Benjamin. She died at the birth of the last child. 1 4 5
Children:
John CARPENTER b: 19 OCT 1652 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
William CARPENTER b: 20 JUN 1658 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Priscilla CARPENTER b: 24 JUL 1661 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Benjamin CARPENTER b: 20 OCT 1663 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

Marriage 2 Miriam SALE b: ABT 1644 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA possibly
Married: 10 FEB 1663/4 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Note: William and Mariam had children Josiah, Nathaniel, Daniel, Noah, Mariam, Obadiah, Ellphriam, Hannah and Abigail between 1664 and 1684. the latter Abigail married a Daniel Perrin. One source gave 10 Dec 1663. 1 6 7 3 8
Children:
Josiah CARPENTER b: 18 DEC 1664 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Daniel CARPENTER b: 8 OCT 1669 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Noah CARPENTER b: 28 MAR 1672
Miriam CARPENTER b: 16 OCT 1674 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Obadiah CARPENTER b: 12 MAR 1677 in Rehoboth, MA
Ephraim CARPENTER b: 25 APR 1681 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Ephraim CARPENTER b: 25 APR 1683 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Hannah CARPENTER b: 10 APR 1684/5
Abagail CARPENTER b: 15 APR 1687 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Sources:
1. Abbrev: Carpenter - A circular relating to the genealogy of Carpenter FamiliesTitle: Clark, Will C. of Cincinnati, OH, A Circular relating to the genealogy of the Carpenter families in America and a request for aid in obtaining information regarding the same. Cincinnati, OH, not dated (1899 from card catalog)Page: p. 3 (unnumbered pages)
2. Abbrev: Carpenter and Allied FamiliesTitle: Carpenter, Annie I., Carpenter and Allied Families; genealogical and biographical (New York, American Historical Society, Inc., 1930)Page: p. 17
3. Abbrev: Carpenter, Hist. of the Rehoboth Carpenter FamilyTitle: Carpenter, Amos B., A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America brought down from their English ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with many biographical notes of descendants and allied families (Amherst, Mass., Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898)Page: p. 44
4. Abbrev: Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700Title: Torrey, Clarence Almon with a revised introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985)Page: p. 136
5. Abbrev: History of Woodstock ConnecticutTitle: Bowen, Clarence Winthrop, History of Woodstock Connecticut; Genealogies of Woodstock Families (Norwood, MA, privately printed by the Plimpton press, 1930)Page: v. 23, p. 148
6. Abbrev: Torrey - New England Marriages Prior to 1700Title: Torrey, Clarence Almon with a revised introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1985)Page: p. 136 (10 Feb 1663/4)
7. Abbrev: English Origins of New England FamiliesTitle: Roberts, Gary Board, English Origins of New England Families from the New England Genealogical and Historical Register (Baltimore, MD, Genealogical pub. co., 1984)Text: Series, 1, Volume 1, Gibson, Sale of Chesham, etc.... p. 102
8. Abbrev: Great Migration 1634/5, v.6, R - STitle: Anderson, Robert Charles, compiler, The Great Migration; Immigrants to New England 1634-5; v. VI, R-S (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2009)Page: p. 144

Source:
THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM CARPENTER OF REHOBOTH, MASSACHUSETTS: With the English Origin of the Rehoboth Carpenters
Citation: The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .), "THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM CARPENTER OF REHOBOTH, MASSACHUSETTS: With the English Origin of the Rehoboth Carpenters" by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, - vol. 70, October 1995, pp. 193-204

Source text: Research on William Carpenter and his family, who immigrated to America on the "Bevis" in 1638.

Birth	21 Nov 1631	Compton Bassett, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England
Christen	25 Dec 1631	Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England
Marriage	5 Oct 1651	Bristol County, Massachusetts - Priscilla Bennett
Marriage	10 Dec 1663	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts - Miriam Sales
Death	26 Jan 1703	Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Burial		Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Spouse	Miriam Sales (1646 - 1722)
Child	Josiah Carpenter (1664 - 1728)
Child	Daniel Carpenter (1669 - 1721)
Child	Hannah Carpenter (1684 - 1767)

Spouse	Priscilla Bennett (1632 - 1663)
Child	John Carpenter (1652 - 1695)
Child	Priscilla Carpenter (1661 - 1739)
Child	Benjamin Carpenter (1663 - 1738)

Father	William Carpenter II (1605 - 1658)
Mother	Abigail Briant ( - 1687)
Sibling	John Carpenter ( - 1695)
Sibling	Abigail Carpenter ( - 1710)
Sibling	Joseph Carpenter ( - 1675)
Sibling	Samuel Carpenter ( - )
Sibling	Samuel Carpenter (1638 - 1682)
Sibling	Hannah Carpenter (1640 - 1673)
Sibling	Abiah Carpenter (1643 - 1689)
Sibling	Abraham Carpenter (1643 - )

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