Daniel Carpenter Jr. (1695 - 1763)

Born 8 Nov 1695 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Lyon) Carpenter — married 29 Dec 1720 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Jan 1763 at age 67 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Daniel Carpenter Jr. was born at Rehoboth, Massachusetts on November 8, 1695, son of Daniel and Bethiah Carpenter. ^{[1] [2]}

He married Susanna Lyon on December 9, 1720. ^[1] Susanna was born at Woodstock, Connecticut on September 29, 1699, daughter of John and Elizabet (___) Lyon. ^[2]

In the 1722 settlement of his father Daniel Sr.'s estate, as eldest son, Daniel received property valued at L59 4s, including 30 acres already given by his father, half right in the sawmill and adjoining lands, rights of commonage in Rehoboth, rights in the cedar swamp, rights in Attleborough, and 2 shares of the moveable estate. ^[3]

Susanna's father John Lyon died at Reboboth in 1725. The Suffolk County Massachusetts probate record on March 22, 1726, mentions his wife and children including daughter Susanna Carpenter. ^[2] John Lyon's heirs, including Daniel Carpenter and Susannah Carpenter were among the petitioner's to the both the court at Bristol and the court at Suffolk, requesting a specific division of John Lyon Sr's. land in Bristol County and Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and Providence County, Rhode Island between the eldest and two younger sons and daughter. ^[4] The request specified that Daniel and Susannah were willing to take their portion from the lands at Roxbury, rather than divide the each of different land holdings into several parts. ^[5]

On January 18, 1726, Daniel Carpenter was appointed guardian to Susanna's younger brother Caleb Lyon. ^[2]

Daniel died at Rehoboth on January 26, 1763 aged about 67 years. ^{[1] [2]}

In his will written on February 25, 1760/1, he names: ^[6]

• wife Susannah
• eldest son Elisha
• son Asahel
• daughter Elizabeth Atwood
• daughter Susannah Carpenter
• daughter Hannah Carpenter, when she reaches age 18
• son Daniel, sole executor
• First Church of Rehoboth
• apprentice Anna Lyons^[6]

On March 5, 1763, Daniel Carpenter, John Lyon and Ebenezer Walker posted bond of L100, and Daniel was confirmed as administrator of his father's estate. ^[7]

His widow Susannah died there on July 7, 1790, aged 99 years 10 months. ^[1]

Children

1. Elisabeth born on October 25, 1721/2 ^[2]; married Joseph Atwood of Dighton, January 17, 1754. ^[1]
2. Daniel born on December 8, 1724 ^[2]; died May 15, 1735. ^[1]
3. Bethiah born on November 25, 1726; died on December 16, 1726. ^{[1] [2]}
4. Elisha born on June 18, 1728. ^{[1] [2]}
5. Asahel born on March 5, 1731. ^{[1] [2]}
6. Susanna born on February 21, 1733; died on May 15, 1735. ^{[1] [2]}
7. Susanna born on June 29, 1736. ^{[1] [2]}
8. Daniel born on July 27, 1738. ^{[1] [2]}
9. Benjamin born on January 8, 1743; died April 7, 1743. ^{[1] [2]}
10. Hannah born on May 9, 1746. ^{[1] [2]}

Rehoboth Births

Carpenter, Daniel of Daniel and Bethiah, Nov. 8, 1695. (p. 572)

Capenter, Elizabeth of Daniel and Susanna, Oct. 25, 1721. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Daniel of Daniel and Susanna, Dec 8, 1724. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Bethiah of Daniel and Susanna, Nov. 25, 1726. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Elisah of Daniel and Susanna, June 18, 1728. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Asahel of Daniel and Susanna, Mar. 5, 1731. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Susanna of Daniel and Susanna, Feb. 21, 1732/3. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Susanna 2d of Daniel and Susanna, June 29, 1736. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Daniell of Daniel and Susanna, July 27, 1738. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Benjamin of Daniel and Susanna, January 8, 1742/3. (p. 574)

Carpenter, Hannah of Daniel and Susanna, May 9, 1746. (p. 574)

Rehoboth Marriages

Carpenter, Daniel Jr. and Susanna Lyon, both of Rehoboth, Dec. 29, 1720. (p. 79)

?Carpenter, Elisha and Esther Greenwood, both of Reboboth, married by Rev. John Greenwood, Nov. 7, 1752. (p. 83)

Carpenter, Elizabeth of Rehoboth and Joseph Atwood of Dighton, married by Rev. John Greenwood, Jan. 17, 1754. (p. 83)

Rehoboth Deaths

Carpenter, Bethiah of Daniel, Dec. 16, 1726. (p. 809)

Carpenter, Susannah, of Daniel, May 15, 1735. (p. 810)

Carpenter, Daniel of Daniel, May 15, 1735. (p. 810)

Carpenter, Benjamin of Daniel, April 17, 1743. (p. 810)

: carpenter, Hannah, of Daniel, Dec. 27, 1763. (p. 811)

Carpenter, Daniel, Esq, in his 67th year, Jan. 26, 1763. (p. 811)

Carpenter, Susannah, widow Col. Daniel, 99 yr 10 mo., July 7, 1790. (p. 811)

Carpenter, Elizabeth of Daniel, Sept. 3, 1778. (p. 811) ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14} Arnold, James N. Editor, Vital record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896 : marriages, intentions, births, deaths : with supplement containing the record of 1896, colonial returns, lists of the early settlers, purchasers, freemen, inhabitants, the soldiers serving in Philip's war and the revolution, Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, 1897
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} Lyons, Albert Brown. Lyon Memorial: Massachusetts Families, Including Descendants of the Immigrants William Lyon, of Roxbury, Peter Lyon, of Dorchester, George Lyon, of Dorchester, with Intro. Treating of the English Ancestry of the American Families, W. Graham Printing Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1905, p. 33-4
3. ↑ Case 4904:p. 11: Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
4. ↑ Case 16499: p. 1-10 : Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
5. ↑ Case 5215: p. 1-17: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Case 4905: p. 1-7: Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
7. ↑ Case 4906: p. 1-3: Bristol County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1880. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)