Another source states that William married Abigail Bennett, born ABT 1611, of, Wiltshire, England, married ABT 1630, Hampshire, England, died 22 Feb 1687, W.P., Rehoboth, Bristol, Ma.

Per THE SECOND BOAT research notes dated May 1980 (vol.1 No. 1) page 15 by Harry Rogers suggests that Abigail was the daughter of William Bennett of Sway, whose will made in 1630 and proven in 1638 (he was buried 20 Aug 1638) names sons-in-law Ralph Carpenter and William Carpenter, but only Ralph served as an
executor, making some researchers believe the missing Carpenter was the William who sailed on the Bevis in 1638.

1. 2. Joseph CARPENTER   b. Abt 1626, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England; c. 8 Oct 1626, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England; d. 23 May 1695, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; bur. Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
2. 3. John CARPENTER   b. 1628.
3. 4. Abigail CARPENTER   b. 31 May 1629, Shelbourne, Wiltshire, England; c. 1643, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. 5 Mar 1709/1710, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
4. 5. William CARPENTER, @   b. Abt 1631, England; c. 22 Nov 1631, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England; d. 26 Jan 1703, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; bur. Rehoboth Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.
5. 6. Joseph CARPENTER   b. Abt 1634, Shalbourne, Whitshire/Berkshire, England; c. 6 Apr 1634, Shalbourne, Whitshire/Berkshire, England; d. 6 May 1675, Swansey, Bristol County, Massachusetts; bur. 8 May 1676, Barrington, near One-Hundred-Acre cove..
6. 7. Hannah CARPENTER   b. 3 Apr 1640, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1671, Mosquito Cove, Long Island; bur. Between 1670 and 1673, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York.
7. 8. Samuel CARPENTER   b. 1643, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; c. 1 Mar 1636/1637, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England; d. 20 Feb 1681/1682, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; bur. 20 Feb 1681/1682, Old Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Rhode Island.
8. 9. Ephraim CARPENTER   b. 25 Apr 1651, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. 30 Apr 1713, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
9. 10. Abiah CARPENTER   b. UNKNOWN; c. 9 Apr 1643, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1699, Pawtuxet, Rhode Island.
10. 11. Abraham CARPENTER   b. UNKNOWN; c. 9 Apr 1643, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. Bef 1650.

John came from England with his father and when young went to Connecticut; was there previous to 1646, when he must have been about 17 years old. It appears that he drifted about Connecticut several years working at the trade of a carpenter. He had some difficulty with one Gibbons and was assisted by Thomas Osborn. His brother Joseph appeared as plaintiff at Hartford, June, 1648. In the year 1660 John bought land in Hempstead, Long Island and in the deed he is called "John Carpenter of Huntington, Conn." He is mentioned in his fathers will of April 21, 1658, in which he gives him one mare, being the old white mare, etc, and to the grandson, (son of the aforesaid John) twenty shillings to buy him a calf. It appears that the name of the son was not known at the time or it would have been mentioned. John Carpenter was in Stratford, Conn., in the year 1646. Hinman says that the John Carpenter of Hempstead, Long Island, was accepted as a freeman by the General Court of Connecticut where he chose to be a freeman of that State, May, 1664, and with him were some twenty others. He was chosen Townsman of Hempstead, Long Island, in the year 1663. He bought land in Jamaica, Long Island, in the year 1665.

Captain John, Sr. and Captain John, Jr. received their titles by virtue of being Captain of Jamaica Fusileers, a military Company of that day. The first Captain John Carpenter (McDonald), was captain of a company of fusileers in the year 1673, and is also mentioned in the Doc. History of New York as being ordered in
1673, with his company, to defend Fort Jamaica, NY, against the fleet of the Prince of Orange. It was at the time of the re-capture of New York by the Dutch.

Captain John Carpenter was a resident of Jamaica, L.I. previous to the year 1664; was one of the patentees of the town under the "Dongan Patent" of 1680. John Carpenter and Nehemiah Smith were a committee to settle the Rev. John Pruden over the church at Jamaica, June, 19, 1681.

Judge Morgan Carpenter, now deceased, of Poughkeepsie, NY, had among his papers the sale dower dated 1704, in which Hannah Carpenter, of Jamaica, L.I., sells her rights in houses and lands, left by her late husband, Captain John Carpenter, to her son, William Carpenter.

A tract of land was bought by John Carpenter 1st, in Jamaica and occupied by him and three generations after him, each named John; the last one died young and was not married.

The tax of Captain John Carpenter 1st, in 1683, was on 186 pounds sterling; the list on which the above rate was made up stood as follows: Two horses, two oxen, five cows, eleven yearlings, 10 swine, fifty-two acres of land, and two heads, valued as above. His will of Nov. 10, 1694, stated "Now ancient, crazy in body, but sound in mind," etc. The names in the will are Hannah, his wife; John, Hope, Samuel, and William, his sons; Ruth, his daughter; Solomon, a grandson; Abigail and Hannah, granddaughters. He leaves his carpenter tools to his sons. He appeared to have been a man of superior judgment who did much to assist in building up the community. His brother-in-law, Joseph, a son of William of Providence, settled at Musceta Cove, L.I. at about the same time; the relationship
probably had much to do with the settlement of the families in that locality.

1. 12. Samuel CARPENTER   b. 1643, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; c. 1 Mar 1636/1637, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England; d. 20 Feb 1681/1682, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; bur. 20 Feb 1681/1682, Old Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Rhode Island.

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William was elected Town Clerk of Rehoboth May 13, 1668 and held the office until his death with the exception of one year, namely, 1693. He was sent to the General Court of Plymouth as deputy in the year 1668; was chosen Deacon of the church in the same year; was one of the committee to settle bounds between
the Town of Taunton and the north purchase in the year 1670; and Clerk of the community of the north purchase in the year 1680; and one of the committee to sell the meeting house in the year 1683; and was defendant in Court of Plymouth in the year 1668. He was sent as deputy to the Plymouth Court in the year 1690;
and was one of the purchasers of the North Purchase, and drew his lot in the meadow May 16, 1668.

At a meeting of the Purchasers of the North Purchase,Feb. 18, 1685, it was voted that there should be a division of fifty acres to each shareholder. William Carpenter was the chosen surveyor. At this time he surveyed out 83 fifty-acre lots.

He was a man of superior ability, accurate in all of his business transactions, and a reliable councellor in the colony; and he was noted also for his superior penmanship. His house stood on the left hand side of the road leading from the East Providence meeting house to Rehoboth, Mass., some fifty to sixty rods from the crossing of the "ten mile river," on a rise of land, and was one of the pleasantest spots for a house in that locality. His estate amounted to 215 pounds, 5 shillings and four pence.

The stones that marked the graves of William Carpenter and his wife, Miriam have been taken up and removed and now lie at the foot of Daniel Carpenter and his wife Susanna's graves, with the letter side up, the lettering apparently as perfect as when first made, and plainly readable.

INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM CARPENTER LATE OF REHOBOTH DECEASED

Presented the 5th of February, in the year 1702 or 1703 By,
John Butterwork
Moses Read
John Willmarth lb sh P

Item (1) - His wearing apparel Woolen and Linnen 10
(2) - In Money 2 13 4
(3) - Four Beds and furniture to them 21
(4) - Tablecloth Napkin, and sheets 7
(5) - Linen Yarn and Woolen yarn and wool 2 6
(6) - Pewter Farthen and Glass Bottles 2 10
(7) - Brass Kettles and Pans and Skillet 3
(8) - Iron pots, Andirons Frying pan and longs and Spi
(9) - Books 3 10
(10) Cross cut saw and other tools and Bells 1 11
(11) Compass to lay out land 2
(12) 2 Guns and Swords and Amunition 2 10
(13) A Saddle and Bridle, and old iron 1 5
(14) A Box Iron and Grindstone, and Hour glass 12
(15) In (pet hakes) Spinning Wheels and ods 1 2
(16) " Chests, Boxes, Tables and Chairs 2 10
(17) " Corn, Indian and English 10
(18) " Pork and Beef, Butter and 1 allow, 4 10
(19) " Wooden ware and Lumber 3 5
(20) " Tobacco, Flax, and Flax seed and salt 19
(21) " Neat Cattle, Sheep, and in Hay 28 10
(22) " Horse King, Swine, two cow hides 5 16
(23) " Housing and lands 96 12
Sum Total 215 4 4

John Butterwork
Moses Read
John Willmarth
Granted Coat of Arms in 1663.

1. 13. John CARPENTER   b. 19 Oct 1652, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
2. 14. William CARPENTER   b. 20 Jun 1659, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 10 Mar 1718, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
3. 15. Priscilla CARPENTER   b. 24 Jul 1661, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
4. 16. Benjamin CARPENTER   b. 20 Oct 1663, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 18 Apr 1738, Coventry, Conn..

1. 17. Josiah CARPENTER   b. 18 Dec 1664, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 28 Feb 1727.
2. 18. Nathaniel CARPENTER   b. 12 May 1667, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
3. 19. Daniel CARPENTER   b. 8 Oct 1669.
4. 20. Noah CARPENTER   b. 28 Mar 1672, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
5. 21. Mariam CARPENTER   b. 16 Oct 1674; d. 21 May 1706.
6. 22. Obadiah CARPENTER, @   b. 12 Mar 1677, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 25 Oct 1749.
7. 23. Ephraim CARPENTER   b. 25 Apr 1681, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
8. 24. Ephraim CARPENTER   b. 25 Apr 1683/1684, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 20 Apr 1743.
9. 25. Hannah CARPENTER   b. 10 Apr 1685, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
10. 26. Abigail CARPENTER   b. 15 Apr 1687, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 15 Jan 1781.

1. 13. John CARPENTER   b. 19 Oct 1652, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
2. 14. William CARPENTER   b. 20 Jun 1659, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 10 Mar 1718, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
3. 15. Priscilla CARPENTER   b. 24 Jul 1661, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
4. 16. Benjamin CARPENTER   b. 20 Oct 1663, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 18 Apr 1738, Coventry, Conn..

1. 27. Joseph CARPENTER   b. 15 Aug 1656, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; d. 26 Feb 1717/1718.
2. 28. Benjamin CARPENTER   b. 19 Jan 1657/1658, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; d. 22 May 1727, Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts; bur. Knockum Hill Cemetery, Barrington County, Rhode Island.
3. 29. Abigail CARPENTER   b. 15 Mar 1658/1659, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
4. 30. Esther CARPENTER   b. 10 Mar 1660/1661, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
5. 31. Martha CARPENTER   b. 1662, Swansea, Massachusetts; d. 22 Mar 1734/1735, Swansea, Massachusetts.
6. 32. Hannah CARPENTER   b. 21 Jan 1670/1671, Swansea, Massachusetts.
7. 33. John CARPENTER   b. 21 Jan 1670/1671, Swansea, Massachusetts.
8. 34. Solomon CARPENTER   b. 27 Apr 1673, Swansea, Massachusetts; d. 25 Oct 1674, Swansea, Massachusetts.
9. 35. Margaret CARPENTER   b. 4 May 1675.

He bought land in Jamaica in 1696. He and his father bought lands at several different times about this date.

He bought land in Jamaica in 1696. He and his father bought lands at several different times about this date.

He moved to Woodstock, Conn., about 1690. By a vote of the Town of Woodstock in 1692, he was allowed two acres of land for every acre wanted in completing his home lot. He was employed in finishing the meeting house about 1692, by a vote of the Town of Woodstock. He had an estate amounting to two hundred and
thirteen pounds. It was this John who served during King Philip's War, and advanced money to carry on the same to the amount of Å“1, 18s., 6d. He was also in the Narragansett expedition in 1675. He was made Captain of a company in the French and Indian War from Woodstock, Conn.

There is no doubt but that his first wife, Rebecca Readaway, was a sister to Sarah Readaway, the wife of Samuel Carpenter and that they were the daughters of James Readaway. James Readaway gives by will to his grandson Eliphalet Carpenter, terming himself his grandfather, 16 acres of land more or less.
Eliphalet was an orphan proprietor of land in Rehoboth, Feb. 7, 1689 and inherited his proprietorship by will of his grandfather.

It appears that John remained in Rehoboth and Swansea and worked at his trade in different townships, as we find him in Rehoboth, Attleboro, Swansea, and Dedham, Mass., Woodstock, Conn., and other towns. He is called "John Carpenter of Dedham, Mass." He was in Swansea In 1689 when he sold out his real estate to John Butterworth, Sr., and it appears the next year, 1690, he went to Woodstock, Conn. John Carpenter Housewright) of Dedham, Suffolk Co. Mass., bought land in Woodstock, Conn., in 1708.

There is no doubt but that it is this John of Woodstock who married the widow Sarah Day. relict of Ralph Day who died Oct. 21, 1694. She was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Fowler Fuller of Dedham, Mass. John Carpenter and his wife Sarah Day Carpenter were the administrators of the estate of Ralph Day. as
will be seen by the following order from the Judge of Probate of Suffolk County, Mass., to" John Carpenter of Dedham in the County aforesaid and Sarah his wife, (late Sarah Day and wife of Ralph Day, late of Dedham, bricklayer) administrators of the estate of Ralph Day, Suffolk County, Mass."

Sarah Fuller was born in Dedham, May 7, 1659 and was married to Ralph Day, Dec.6, 1682. John Carpenter's wife Sarah survived him and after his death married for her third husband Samuel Ward.

(The Woodstock Records state that Eliphalet Carpenter of Woodstock, Conn., was a son of John Carpenter of Dedham, Housewright.)

The following is a copy of a deed of sale of real estate willed to Miriam Carpenter by her late husband, William Carpenter, sold to Daniel Carpenter No.37, her son, and signed by her and John Carpenter, No. 31, her eldest son:

"That whereas William Carpenter, late deceased, did by his late Will and Testament give to his beloved wife, Miriam Carpenter, twenty pounds estate of commons, the Proprietors of the Town of Rehoboth both ordered and granted divisions of land to be laid out and surveyed by virtue of an order and agreement made by the Town of Rehoboth, bearing date the 4th of January, 1702 or 1703.
Know all men by these presents that I, Miriam Carpenter of the Town of Rehoboth, in the County of Bristol in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, and John Carpenter of the Town of Woodstock in the County of Suffolk in the Province aforesaid -Know ye that we, the said Miriam Carpenter and John Carpenter do for our souls, our heirs, executors, administrators, bargain, sell, make over, and confirm unto Daniel Carpenter of the Town of Rehoboth and Province aforesaid, a lot of land that is now due to be laid forth by virtue of an order before mentioned; namely, four acres of land being in the first division, the
first lot is No. -; and that the said Daniel Carpenter, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns shall have good right and lawful authority to survey and lay out the said four acres of land when the turn comes and to record it to himself, his heirs and assigns as a good, perfect estate of inheritance; and we, the said Miriam and John Carpenter acknowledgeth our souls fully satisfied and contented and fully paid, and do, therefore, acquit and discharge the said Daniel Carpenter, his heirs and assigns forever. To the only proper use of the said
Daniel Carpenter, his heirs and assigns forever.

In witness whereof the said Miriam Carpenter and John Carpenter both set their hands and seal this twenty-first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and three.

The mark of Miriam Carpenter - "M"
2(Signed) JOHN CARPENTER.

Farmer









A QUIT CLAIM DEED FROM BENJAMIN CARPENTER, then residing in Northampton, Mass., to a portion of the estate left him by his honored father, William Carpenter of Rehoboth, to his brother, Nathaniel Carpenter:

Dated, June 22, 1708, and in the seventh year of the reign of our Soverign Lady Anne, by the grace of God, Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, etc.

(Signed) BENJAMIN CARPENTER.

A QUIT CLAIM DEED from the aforesaid Benjamin Carpenter, "now of (Coventree) Coventry, in the colony of Connecticut, late of Northampton of the county of Hampshire, and formerly an inhabitant of the Town of Rehoboth in the county of Bristol, in New England: (Housewright) sells the remaining interest in real estate that fell to him by the Will of his honored father, William Carpenter, to his brother, William Carpenter, of Rehoboth.

Dated, July 1, "Anno Domini" 1700.
(Signed) BENJAMIN CARPENTER.

Don Ryan, Cushing/Carpenter Families

Farmer

1. 36. Edward CARPENTER   b. 5 Oct 1705, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 24 Feb 1771.
2. 37. Obadiah CARPENTER   b. 16 Feb 1707, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 6 Jan 1764, Attleboro, Massachusetts; bur. Attleboro, Massachusetts.
3. 38. Nehemiah CARPENTER   b. 28 Sep 1708, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 19 Mar 1711/1712, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
4. 39. William CARPENTER, @   b. 26 Jun 1711, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 23 Aug 1768.
5. 40. Nehemiah CARPENTER   b. 24 Jun 1714, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; d. 19 Oct 1715, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
6. 41. Deliverance CARPENTER   b. 29 May 1717.
7. 42. Josiah CARPENTER   b. 8 Oct 1719; d. 1746, Cumberland, R.I..
8. 43. John CARPENTER   b. 7 Mar 1726/1727; d. 26 Apr 1754, Rehoboth, Massachusetts.

Resided in Rehoboth and Swansea. The value of his estate was £513, 7s, 6d.

1. 44. Jotham CARPENTER   b. 1 Jul 1683, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 1760, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
2. 45. Renew CARPENTER   b. 14 Apr 1684, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
3. 46. Elizabeth CARPENTER   b. 18 Feb 1685/1686, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. Bef 1759, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
4. 47. Hannah CARPENTER   b. 3 May 1688, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 2 Oct 1768, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
5. 48. Jane CARPENTER   b. 31 Mar 1690, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 15 Jun 1690, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
6. 49. John CARPENTER   b. 25 Mar 1691, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 1766, Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut.
7. 50. Submit CARPENTER   b. 22 Jun 1693, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 9 Feb 1740/1741, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
8. 51. Job CARPENTER   b. 16 Mar 1694/1695, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.
9. 52. Keziah CARPENTER   b. 26 Mar 1697, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 26 Aug 1763, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts.
10. 53. Hezekiah CARPENTER   b. 27 Mar 1699, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 19 Mar 1750/1751; bur. Common Burial Ground, Newport, Rhode Island.
11. 54. Edward CARPENTER   b. 8 Dec 1700.
12. 55. Benjamin CARPENTER   b. 27 Jan 1679/1680, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Farmer

Farmer

Baptist minister

1. 56. William CARPENTER   b. 7 Nov 1735, Attleboro, Massachusetts; d. 5 Apr 1736.
2. 57. William CARPENTER, II @   b. 21 Jan 1736/1737, Attleboro, Massachusetts; d. 1784.
3. 58. Samuel CARPENTER   b. 21 Apr 1739, Attleboro, Massachusetts; d. 22 Apr 1739, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
4. 59. John CARPENTER   b. 6 Jun 1740, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
5. 60. Ebenezer CARPENTER   b. 4 Jun 1742, Attleboro, Massachusetts; d. 15 Mar 1743.
6. 61. Peter CARPENTER   b. 4 Mar 1743/1744, Attleboro, Massachusetts; d. 1807, Norton.
7. 62. Ebenezer CARPENTER   b. 22 Jun 1746, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
8. 63. Samuel CARPENTER   b. 20 Oct 1748, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
9. 64. Abigail CARPENTER   b. 8 Jun 1750, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
10. 65. Isaac CARPENTER   b. 23 Sep 1752, Attleboro, Massachusetts.
11. 66. Sarah CARPENTER   b. 28 Sep 1754, Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Farmer

According to "Savage," he was baptized at Dorchester, Mass. June 1, 1683. Administration papers were taken out on Jotham Carpenter's estate as residing in Rehoboth, by his son, Jotham of Rehoboth at the Probate office at Norton, Mass., dated Aug. 14, 1760. By George Leonard, Jr., Register.

1. 67. Jotham CARPENTER, , Jr.   b. 1 Aug 1709, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 10 May 1777, Cumberland, Rhode Island; bur. Elder Ballou Meeting House Cemetery, Cumberland, Rhode Island.
2. 68. Amos CARPENTER   b. 1 Sep 1710.
3. 69. Hannah CARPENTER   b. 6 Jun 1712, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. Between 1751 and 1807, Tiverton, Rhode Island.
4. 70. Renew CARPENTER   b. 6 Jun 1714, Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts.