Saturday, March 5, 2011

Surname Saturday - CARPENTER (England > Massachusetts > Rhode Island)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 187,  who is Elizabeth CARPENTER (1741- ????), one of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back through five generations of CARPENTER families is:

1.  Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-....)
 
2.  Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3.  Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
 
4.  Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5.  Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
 
10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1912)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-before 1870)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)
47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92.  Joseph Oatley (1756-1815)
93.  Mary Hazard (1765-1857)
 
186. Stephen Hazard, born about 1730 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died 24 October 1804 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. He was the son of 372. Thomas Hazard and 373. Hannah Slocum. He married  about 1760 in Rhode Island, United States.
187. Elizabeth Carpenter, born 02 October 1741 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.

Children of Stephen Hazard and Elizabeth Carpenter are:  Thomas Hazard (1760-????); Mary Hazard (1765-1857); Martha Hazard (1767-????); Rouse Hazard (1767-????); Sarah Hazard (1775-????); Elizabeth Hazard (1775-????); Elizabeth Hazard (1783-1870).

374. Daniel Carpenter, born 18 December 1712 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died in . He married 29 April 1733 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
375. Renewed Smith, born 08 May 1717 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died in . She was the daughter of 750. Ephraim Smith and 751. Margaret Pearce.

Children of Daniel Carpenter and Renewed Smith are: Jeremiah Carpenter (1734-????); Sarah Carpenter (1736-????); Jonathan Carpenter (1739-????); Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????); Daniel Carpenter (1744-????); Renewed Carpenter (1746-1810); Margaret Carpenter (1749-????); Mercy Carpenter (1752-????); Hannah Carpenter (1754-????); James Carpenter (1756-????); Mary Carpenter (1759-1823); Stephen Carpenter (1763-1835).

748. Solomon Carpenter, born 23 December 1677 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died before 08 October 1750 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. He married  about 1702 in probably South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
749. Elizabeth Tefft, born 29 September 1687 in Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States; died before 1750 in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. She was the daughter of 1498. Samuel Tefft and 1499. Elizabeth Jenckes.

Children of Solomon Carpenter and Elizabeth Tefft are: Elizabeth Carpenter (1703-????); Solomon Carpenter (1706-1743); Joseph Carpenter (1708-????); Daniel Carpenter (1712-????); Samuel Carpenter (1714-????); Sarah Carpenter (1716-????).

1496. Samuel Carpenter, born about 1638 in probably Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 20 February 1683 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 25 May 1660 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
1497. Sarah Redway, born about 1642 in probably Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died 15 July 1717 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 2994. James Redway.

Children of Samuel Carpenter and Sarah Redway are:  Samuel Carpenter (1661-1737); Sarah Carpenter (1663-1748); Abiah Carpenter (1665-1732); James Carpenter (1668-1758); Jacob Carpenter (1670-1693); Jonathan Carpenter (1672-1732); David Carpenter (1675-1701); Solomon Carpenter (1677-1750); Zachariah Carpenter (1680-1718); Abraham Carpenter (1682-1758).

2992. William Carpenter, born Bef. 23 May 1605 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England; died 07 February 1659 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 5984. William Carpenter and 5985. Alice. He married 28 April 1625 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England.
2993. Abigail Briant, born Bef. 27 May 1604 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England; died 22 February 1687 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 5986. John Briant and 5987. Alice.

Children of William Carpenter and Abigail Briant are: John Carpenter (1626-1695); Abigail Carpenter (1629-1710); William Carpenter (1631-1703); Joseph Carpenter (1634-1675); Samuel Carpenter (1637-1637); Samuel Carpenter (1638-1683); Hannah Carpenter (1640-1673); Abiah Carpenter (1643-1689).

Several books and journal articles have been written that discuss the
English ancestry and biography of William Carpenter, the settler of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, including:

1)  Charles Lorain Carpenter, The Descendants of William Carpenter, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1988.

2)  Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "The Family of William Carpenter2 of Rehoboth, Mass.", The American Genealogist, Vol. 70 no 4, p 193ff.

3)  Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "William Carpenter (William1) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts," published online (http://members.cox.net/jrcrin001/Wm2-Rehoboth.pdf), revised 23 January 2009. 

The Carpenter book and the Zubrinsky articles don't agree on the parents of William Carpenter, the immigrant.  The Zubrinsky work is the most authoritative, I believe.

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