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William Carpenter

Male Abt 1605 - 1659  (~ 54 years)


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  • Name William Carpenter 
    Birth Abt 1605  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Alternate death 7 Feb 1658  Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 7 Feb 1659  Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Burial Old Rehoboth Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Person ID I2650  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2021 

    Father William Carpenter,   b. Abt 1575, of Newton, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 2 May 1638 (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Family ID F1652  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abigail Briant,   b. Bef 27 May 1604   d. 22 Feb 1687, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 82 years) 
    Marriage 28 Apr 1625  St. Michael and All Angels, Shalbourne, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5
    Children 
    +1. William Carpenter,   b. Bef 22 Nov 1631, Shalbourne, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1703, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 71 years)
    +2. Joseph Carpenter,   b. Bef 6 Apr 1634   d. Between 3 May 1675 and 6 May 1675, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 41 years)
    Family ID F1646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Zubrinsky: This William Carpenter "died at Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony (that part now Rumford, East Providence, Rhode Island)." His and his wife's burial place is also called Newman Cemetery.

      Note that before 1895, the parish of Shalbourne straddled the boundary between Wiltshire and Berkshire, and the Hampshire border was and still is only four miles away.

      Emigrated with his father, wife, and offspring on the Bevis, which departed Southampton before 2 May 1638.

      He was a carpenter and a planter. He was literate; his will mentions many books, including works in Latin and Greek. There exists no record of him undergoing higher education; Zubrinsky (citation details below) speculates that he may have been tutored by a local clergyman.

      At various times, deputy to the general court of both the Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Plymouth Colony. Many other offices listed by Zubrinsky, citation details below.

  • Sources 
    1. [S484] Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "William2 Carpenter (William1) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts," 2008, rev. 16 Oct 2012.

    2. [S597] Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "The Family of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts." The American Genealogist 70:193, October 1995.

    3. [S1853] Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and His Wife Frances Helen Miller by Mary Lovering Holman (vol. 1) and Winifred Lovering Holman (vol. 2). Concord, New Hampshire: The Rumford Press, 1948-1952.

    4. [S5881] Ancestral Lines, Fourth Edition: 232 Families in England, Wales, the Netherlands, Germany, New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by Carl Boyer III. Santa Clarita, California, 2015.

    5. [S483] Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "William3 Carpenter (William2-1) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts," 2008, rev. 18 Jan 2011.