Individual Details
Abiah Carpenter
(9 Apr 1643 - Bef 26 Dec 1689)
Note: Someone penciled in the Usher book that Abiah had a twin Abigail who married John Titus in 1659. Abiah was the first member of his family to be born in New England, the earlier children born in England.
Occupation: yeoman and probably not a mariner
Marriage 1 Mary REDAWAY b: 27 MAY 1646 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA Married: BEF 1667
Children:
Oliver CARPENTER b: ABT 1668 in Pawtucket, RI
Rebecca CARPENTER b: BET 1669 AND 1677
Joseph CARPENTER b: BEF 1678
Marriage 2 Ann WICKES
He settled in Pawtuxet (now Warwick) between Jul 1,1661 and Jul 12,1663. He died there after Dec 14,1687, and probably before Dec 26,1689, and certainly before Mar 22, 1698/9.
He married, by 1667, probably at Rehoboth, MA, Mary Redway. According to NEHGR, Vol 159, pp.55-64, it is likely that Abiah remarried after Mary's death, but evidence has not yet been found. It has been said that he married a sister, Abigail, of Ann Wickes/Weeks, possibly at Musketa Cove, Long Island during a brief residence there in 1670, but no concrete evidence exists.
Children (by first marriage): Oliver Carpenter, and, almost certainly, Rebecca Carpenter.
Children (probably by a second marriage to an unknown wife): Joseph Carpenter.
Occupation: yeoman and probably not a mariner
Marriage 1 Mary REDAWAY b: 27 MAY 1646 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA Married: BEF 1667
Children:
Oliver CARPENTER b: ABT 1668 in Pawtucket, RI
Rebecca CARPENTER b: BET 1669 AND 1677
Joseph CARPENTER b: BEF 1678
Marriage 2 Ann WICKES
He settled in Pawtuxet (now Warwick) between Jul 1,1661 and Jul 12,1663. He died there after Dec 14,1687, and probably before Dec 26,1689, and certainly before Mar 22, 1698/9.
He married, by 1667, probably at Rehoboth, MA, Mary Redway. According to NEHGR, Vol 159, pp.55-64, it is likely that Abiah remarried after Mary's death, but evidence has not yet been found. It has been said that he married a sister, Abigail, of Ann Wickes/Weeks, possibly at Musketa Cove, Long Island during a brief residence there in 1670, but no concrete evidence exists.
Children (by first marriage): Oliver Carpenter, and, almost certainly, Rebecca Carpenter.
Children (probably by a second marriage to an unknown wife): Joseph Carpenter.
Events
| Birth | 9 Apr 1643 | Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 25 May 1660 | Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts - Mary Redaway | |||
| Death | Bef 26 Dec 1689 |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Redaway ( - 1729) |
| Child | Joseph Carpenter (1665 - ) |
| Child | Rebecca Carpenter (1667 - ) |
| Child | Oliver Carpenter (1668 - 1727) |
| Father | William Carpenter II (1605 - 1658) |
| Mother | Abigail Briant ( - 1687) |
| Sibling | John Carpenter ( - 1695) |
| Sibling | Abigail Carpenter ( - 1710) |
| Sibling | William Carpenter (1631 - 1703) |
| Sibling | Joseph Carpenter ( - 1675) |
| Sibling | Samuel Carpenter ( - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel Carpenter (1638 - 1682) |
| Sibling | Hannah Carpenter (1640 - 1673) |
| Sibling | Abraham Carpenter (1643 - ) |
Notes
Death
ID 182804933BURIAL Unknown. Find a Grave Memorial 41892601
Endnotes
1. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4P8-VBM : accessed 25 February 2015), William Carpenter in entry for Abia Carpenter, 09 Apr 1643; citing Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, pg 42; FHL microfilm 2,031,513..