Individual Details
Abigail Briant
( - 22 Feb 1687)
Biographical note on Find-a-Grave memorial 17793532:
She was baptized May 27, 1604 at St. Michael's and All Angels Church, then in the Berkshire Co. section of Shalbourne, England, the daughter of John Briant and Alice ____ Briant.
Some older sources give wife Abigail's maiden name as Bennett or Searles. The first represents unwarranted linkage to a Bennett family of Sway, Co. Hampshire, and the second reflects apparent confusion with the maiden name of William Carpenter Jr's second wife, Miriam Sale(s).
She married William Carpenter at St. Michael's and All Angels Church, then in the Berkshire Co. section of Shalbourne, England on Apr 28, 1625. The family resided in the Wiltshire Co. section of Shalbourne.
She and her husband arrived in New England on the "Bevis" in 1638, settling first at Weymouth, MA and then, by 1645, Rehoboth, MA. Abigail was buried in the Newman Cemetery in Old Rehoboth (now East Providence, RI) on Feb 22, 1686/7.
http://home.comcast.net/~jwstonge/html/fam01407.htm
The site above gives her name as Abigail Searles.
Children:
John CARPENTER b: ABT 1628 in England
William CARPENTER b: 1631 in England
Joseph CARPENTER b: ABT 1633 in England
Hannah CARPENTER b: 3 APR 1640 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
Abiah CARPENTER b: 9 APR 1643 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
Abigail CARPENTER b: 9 APR 1643 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
Samuel CARPENTER b: ABT 1644 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Ephraim CARPENTER b: 25 APR 1651 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
She was baptized May 27, 1604 at St. Michael's and All Angels Church, then in the Berkshire Co. section of Shalbourne, England, the daughter of John Briant and Alice ____ Briant.
Some older sources give wife Abigail's maiden name as Bennett or Searles. The first represents unwarranted linkage to a Bennett family of Sway, Co. Hampshire, and the second reflects apparent confusion with the maiden name of William Carpenter Jr's second wife, Miriam Sale(s).
She married William Carpenter at St. Michael's and All Angels Church, then in the Berkshire Co. section of Shalbourne, England on Apr 28, 1625. The family resided in the Wiltshire Co. section of Shalbourne.
She and her husband arrived in New England on the "Bevis" in 1638, settling first at Weymouth, MA and then, by 1645, Rehoboth, MA. Abigail was buried in the Newman Cemetery in Old Rehoboth (now East Providence, RI) on Feb 22, 1686/7.
http://home.comcast.net/~jwstonge/html/fam01407.htm
The site above gives her name as Abigail Searles.
Children:
John CARPENTER b: ABT 1628 in England
William CARPENTER b: 1631 in England
Joseph CARPENTER b: ABT 1633 in England
Hannah CARPENTER b: 3 APR 1640 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
Abiah CARPENTER b: 9 APR 1643 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
Abigail CARPENTER b: 9 APR 1643 in Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
Samuel CARPENTER b: ABT 1644 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Ephraim CARPENTER b: 25 APR 1651 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA
Events
| Christen | 27 May 1604 | Shalbourne, Berkshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 28 Apr 1625 | Shalbourne, Berkshire, England - William Carpenter II |  | ||
| Death | 22 Feb 1687 | Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts | |||
| Burial | Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island |  |
Families
| Spouse | William Carpenter II (1605 - 1658) |
| Child | John Carpenter ( - 1695) |
| Child | Abigail Carpenter ( - 1710) |
| Child | William Carpenter (1631 - 1703) |
| Child | Joseph Carpenter ( - 1675) |
| Child | Samuel Carpenter ( - ) |
| Child | Samuel Carpenter (1638 - 1682) |
| Child | Hannah Carpenter (1640 - 1673) |
| Child | Abiah Carpenter (1643 - 1689) |
| Child | Abraham Carpenter (1643 - ) |
| Father | John Briant (1580 - 1640) |
| Mother | Alice Sanger (1570 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Before 1895, about half of the parish of Shalbourne (including its church) lay in Berkshire. Now it is in Wiltshire.Endnotes
1. Find A Grave Memorial# 17793532.