Priscilla Bennett was born October 5, 1631, in Weymouth, Dorset, England, presumably a daughter of Edward Bennett and his wife Elizabeth Edgington, who immigrated from England and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1636. Her father resided in Weymouth for seven years and then became one of the original proprietors of Rehobath, Massachusetts. [1] On October 5, 1651, in Rehoboth, Bristol county, Massachusetts, Priscilla married William Carpenter, christened on Christmas Day, 1631, in the parish of Shalbourne, Berkshire (that part now in Wiltshire), England, a son of William Carpenter, born about 1610, probably in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, who was a co-founder of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. [2] Priscilla and William were the parents of at least four children:
Priscilla (Bennett) Carpenter, died October 20, 1663, in Rehoboth, Bristol county, Massachusetts and is buried in the Newman Cemetery, in East Providence, Providence county, Rhode Island. In 1664, William Carpenter took, as his second wife, Miriam Sale(s) a daughter of Edward Searle/Sale(s) of Rehoboth.
From Find A Grave: She was possibly the daughter of Edward Bennett and Elizabeth ?Edgington? Bennett. (There is a marriage of an Edward Bennett and Elizabeth Edington at Weymouth, Co.Dorset on Oct 27,1622) The connection has not been proven with certainty, though it was reported in Descent from 79 Early Immigrant Heads of Families (Elston, 1962-1971). For now, I have entered links to these possible parents, but this may not be correct. [3]
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