Comfort Carpenter

1729 - 1756  (27 years)

• Name	Comfort Carpenter  [1]
  Birth	12 Jan 1729	Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts   [4]
  Death	13 Sep 1756  [3]
  Burial	Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island   [3]
  Person ID	I41646	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Daniel Carpenter,   b. 9 Jun 1703, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 2 May 1748, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Mary Wiswell,   b. 1 Oct 1702, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 3 Mar 1757, Nasonville, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1728	Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts   [5, 6]
  Notes	Intentions recorded at both Rehoboth and Attelboro, 20 Jul 1728.
  Family ID	F24381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Lawrence,   b. 12 Jun 1733, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 20 Jun 1795, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Aft 19 Oct 1750  [7]
  Notes	Date of banns.
  Children	+ 1. Catherine "Caty" Carpenter,   b. 28 Dec 1751, Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 11 May 1834 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F24365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "Comfort was fifer in Capt. James Franklin's Company, in Col. Daggett's Regiment R.I.A.; enlisted Jan. 1, 1778 and served three months: enlisted again as fifer in Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter's, No. 607, Company, Col. Carpenter's Regiment in Rhode Island Alarm; July 20, 1777; served one month, five days and marched from Rehoboth to Bristol; he enlisted a third time as fifer in Capt. Jacob Fullers Company in Col. Jacobs Regiment; May 22, 1778, served seven months and six days; served in Rhode Island; he enlisted again as fifer in Capt. Nathaniel Ide's Company, Col. Thomas Carpenter's, No. 775, Regiment, in the Rhode Island Alarm; Aug. 16, 1779, served one month; he enlisted again as fifer in Capt. John Perry's Company, Col. Abiel Mitchell's Regiment; July 27, 1780, served three months and five days; marched to reinforce the Continental army in Rhode Island." [Amos B. Carpenter, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2717] Massachusetts births and christenings, 1639-1915, on familysearch.org. [S6016] A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America by Amos B. Carpenter. Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898., date only. [S7932] Find a Grave page for Comfort Carpenter. [S7875] Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony by J. B. R. Walker. Northampton, Massachusetts: Metcalf & Co., 1861. [S3431] Massachusetts, town clerk and town records, 1626-2001, on familysearch.org. [S7933] Find a Grave page for Daniel Carpenter., date only. [S6016] A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America by Amos B. Carpenter. Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898.