Solomon Carpenter (1677-1750) is #748 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #749 Elizabeth Tefft (about 1683-before 1750) in about 1702 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
I am descended through:
* their son #374 Daniel Carpenter (1712-1763), married #375 Renewed Smith (1717-after 1763), in 1733.
* their daughter #187 Elizabeth Carpenter (1741-????), married #186 Stephen Hazard (1730-1804), in 1760.
* their daughter #93 Mary Hazard (1765-1857), married # 92 Joseph Oatley (1756-1815) in 1781.
* their son #46 Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872), married #47 Amy Champlin (1798-1865) in 1813.
* their daughter #23 Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864), married #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married in 1844.
* their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913), married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
* their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Solomon Carpenter[1–4]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Samuel Carpenter 1638-1683
* Mother: Sarah Redway 1642-1717
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 23 December 1677, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1-3]
* Death: before 18 October 1750 (before age 72), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1,4]
* Probate: 18 October 1750 (age 72), will proved; South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[4]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Elizabeth Tefft 1683-1750
* Marriage 1: about 1702 (about age 25), South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States[1–2]
* Child 1: Elizabeth Carpenter 1703-
* Child 2: Solomon Carpenter 1706-1743
* Child 3: Joseph Carpenter 1708-
* Child 4: Daniel Carpenter 1712-1763
* Child 5: Samuel Carpenter 1714-
* Child 6: Sarah Carpenter 1716-
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Several books and journal articles discuss the biography and ancestry of Solomon Carpenter, including:
1) Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "The Family of William Carpenter(2) of Rehoboth, Mass.", The American Genealogist, Volume 70 number 4, page 193ff.
2) Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors," online articles, Carpenter Sketches.
3) Amos B. Carpenter, A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Amherst, Mass. : Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898), page 81 (Solomon Carpenter sketch) and page 141 (Daniel Carpenter sketch).
Solomon Carpenter was born 23 December 1677 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel and Sarah (Redway) Carpenter[1-3].
He married in about 1702 in South Kingstown to Elizabeth Tefft (1687-before 1750), the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Jenckes) Tefft[1-2]. They had six children, all born and several recorded in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
* Elizabeth Carpenter (1703-????), married 1722 James Braman (1679-1741).
* Solomon Carpenter (1706-1743), married 1732 Deborah Reynolds (1708-1778).
* Joseph Carpenter (1708-????).
* Daniel Carpenter (1712-1763), married 1733 Renewed Smith (1717-after 1763).
* Samuel Carpenter (1714-????).
* Sarah Carpenter (1716-????), married 1730 William Cahoon (1701-????).
Solomon Carpenter was made a Freeman in 1696 at South Kingstown, and he exchanged land with Ephraim Bull of Kingstown on 10 May 1705[2].
Solomon, yeoman of South Kingstown, died after 30 April 1750 when he wrote his will, and before 18 October 1750 when his will was proved[4]. The will reads (transcribed by the author from the clerk's copy in the South Kingstown (Rhode Island) Probate and Town Council Records.
Solomon Carpenter, yeoman of South Kingstown, died testate, having written a will dated 30 April 1750, which was proved 18 October 1750. The will reads (transcribed by the author from the clerk's copy in the South Kingstown (Rhode Island) Probate and Town Council Records, Volume 4, Pages 318-320, on FHL Microfilm 0,931,834):
"In the Name of God Amen the Thirtyeth Day of April Anno Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred fifty. I Solomon Carpenter of South Kingstown in the County of Kings County in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England yeoman. Being ancient but Perfect in mind and memory Thanks be therefore given to Almighty God and Calling unto Mind the Mortality of My body and Knowing that it is Appointed for men once to Dye do make and Ordain this to be my Last will and Testament That is to Say"Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that Gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a Decent Christian Like manner at the Discrestion of my Executor hereafter Named And as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith It hath Pleased God to bless me with in this Life I Give Demise and Dispose of the Same in the following manner and form (Viz)"Imprimis my Will is That my Just Debts be Duly Paid by my Executor herein and hereafter Named."Item I Give and Bequeath unto my well beloved Daughter Elizabeth Braman the Sum of Fifty Pounds in good and Passable Bills of Publick Credit of said Colony to be paid by my Executor hereafter Named with in Twelve Months Next after my Decease."Item I Give to my Grandaughter Joanna Rogers the Sum of fifty Pounds in good and Passable Bills of the Colony before said to be paid by my Executor hereafter Named at his Discrestion and as he shall think she the said Joanna hath agreed thereof."Item I Give to my GrandSon Samuel Carpenter the sum of Twenty Shillings in good and Pasable Bills of Publick Credit in the Colony aforesaid to be paid by my Executor hereafter named when the said Samuel shall Arrive to the Age of Twenty one years and the reason why I Give him no more is because his Deceased Father had received his Part of my Estate in his Lifetime."Item I Give and bequeath unto my GrandSon Joseph Carpenter the sum of twelve Pounds in good and Passable Bills of Publick Credit in said colony to be Paid by my Executor hereafter Named when the said Joseph shall Arrive to the Age of Twenty one years."And as to the rest and Residue of my Estate both Real and Personal be it of what Kind or Nature soever or Where soever the Same is or may be found I do Give Demise and Bequeath the same unto my well beloved Son Daniel Carpenter to him and his Heirs and Assigns for Ever And I do hereby Nominate Constitute make and ordaine my said Well beloved Son Daniel Carpenter my whole and Sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament and I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke and Disannull all and Every other Former Testament Wills Legacies and bequeaths and Executors by me in any wise before Named Willed and bequeathed Rattifying and Confirming this and No other to be my Last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have herewith Set my hand and Seal the Day and years first before Writen."Signed Sealed Published Pronounced and Declared by the said Solomon Carpenter as his Last will and Testament in the presence of us the SubscribersSolomon Carpenter {Locus Sigillus}Rouse HelmeJob GardnerOliver Helme"
On 8 October 1750, the subscribers personally appeared before the South Kingstown town council and declared that they witnessed Solomon Carpenter sign, seal and declare this instrument to be his last will and testament and that they signed as witnesses in his presence, and that Solomon Carpenter was in his perfect mind and memory at the time.
No inventory of the estate, executor's account or distribution of the estate was found in the town probate records.
5. SOURCES
1. Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors," online articles, Carpenter Sketches ( revised 22 January 2022), https://www.carpentercousins.com/carplink.htm : accessed 8 March 2023), "Samuel Carpenter (William2-1) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts," family sketch.
2. Amos B. Carpenter, A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Amherst, Mass. : Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898), page 81 (Solomon Carpenter sketch) and page 141 (Daniel Carpenter sketch).
3. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Rehoboth > Vital Record Transcripts, Births, page 571 (image 603 of 956), Solomon Carpenter (son of Samuell and Sarah), birth entry, 23 December 1677; citing original data from Massachusetts town and city clerk records in Jay and Delene Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records (Provo, Utah : Holbrook Research Institute), Microfiche collection.
4. South Kingston (R.I.) Town Clerk, "Town Council Records, 1704-1943," (South Kingston, R.I.), on 8 microfilm reels (Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah), Volume 4, Pages 318-320, Solomon Carpenter will (accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,931,834).
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