William Carpenter
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William Carpenter (bef. 1631 - 1703)

Deacon William Carpenter
Born before in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Husband of — married 5 Oct 1651 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MAmap
Husband of — married 10 Feb 1664 in Massachusetts Baymap
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Died after age 71 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

William Carpenter immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Birth

William Carpenter, son of William Carpenter (abt.1605-1658) and Abigail (Briant) Carpenter (1604-1687) was baptized Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England 25 December 1631[1][2] [3] Note that the research by Eugene Zubrinsky cited here lists Shalboure as "Berkshire"; while the parish does include both counties, the church of St. Michael & All Angels (dating from the 12th century) is in Shalbourne Town, which is Wiltshire and this christening record appears at findmypast.co.uk and at ancestry.com (original image here) as Wiltshire so that seems the most appropriate county to list.

Immigration

William Carpenter came to America with his father and grandfather on the Bevis 1638, the ship list shows William 62 of Wherwell, William Jr 33 of Wherwell, Abigail 32, 4 children under 10 and servant Thomas Banshott 14.[4][5]William settled in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA.

First Marriage

William married first, in Rehoboth, 5 Oct 1651, to Priscilla (Bennett) Carpenter (1631-abt.1663),[6][7] she died in childbirth 20 Oct 1663.[8] William and Pricilla's children were all born in Rehoboth:[1][7]

  1. John Carpenter
  2. William Carpenter
  3. Priscilla Carpenter
  4. Benjamin Carpenter

Second Marriage

He married, second, on Feb 10,1663/4 at Rehoboth,MA, Miriam Searles.[9][10][11] William and Miriam's children, all born in Rehoboth, were[7]:

  1. Josiah Carpenter
  2. Nathaniel Carpenter
  3. Daniel Carpenter
  4. Noah Carpenter
  5. Miriam Carpenter
  6. Obadiah Carpenter
  7. Ephraim Carpenter
  8. Hannah Carpenter
  9. Abigal Carpenter

Civil Service

He was a Deputy in the General Court of Plymouth Colony in 1656 and 1668,[9] A farmer, he was elected Town Clerk of Rehoboth 13 May 1668 and served in this position every year until his death with the exception of 1693.[9] He was deacon of church from 1668, and a member of various committees in the town. He was one of the purchasers of the north purchase 1685 and was chosen to be the surveyor of the 83 fifty-acre lots for the shareholders of the north purchase. He was a man of superior ability, accurate in all of his business transactions, and a reliable councillor in the colony; and he was noted also for his superior penmanship, as all of his writings show. His house stood on the left hand side of the road leading from the East Providence meetinghouse to Rehoboth, some 50 to 60 rods from the crossing of the "ten mile river", on a rise of land, which was one of the most pleasant spots for a house in the locality. His estate amounted to more than 215 pounds.[9]

William Carpenter was granted a coat-of-arms, May 4, 1683 [12]

Death and Burial

William died in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, 26 Jan 1702/3.[13][7] His will was dated 10 November 1702 and proved 20 April 1703, only his widow and son Daniel who were exexutors are mentioned on the main page. There is a note attached where Benjamin Carpenter aknowledges reciept of his portion as son of William.[14] William is buried in Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA[15] This is the burying ground for old Rehoboth Massachusetts, state borders have moveed many times since William's death.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "William3 Carpenter of Rehoboth Massachusetts" (2008; rev 25 February 2018, viewed online at https://www.carpentercousins.com/Wm3_Rehoboth.pdf. Accessed Dec 2021
  2. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21S-76FY : 22 July 2021), William Carpenter and Priscilla Bennett, 05 Oct 1651; citing Lewiston, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.>
  3. ↑ Baptism: "Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
    Wiltshire and Swindon History Centry; Chippenham, Wiltshire; Wiltshire Church of England Bishop's Transcripts; Reference Number: BT/Shal/Bdl. 1
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61187 #3133295 (accessed 1 October 2023)
    Willim Carpenter baptism on 25 Dec 1631, son of Willim Carpenter & Abigall Carpenter, in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England.
  4. ↑ Peter Colham, The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660 pub 1987 Genealogical Pub.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640: A Concise Compendium (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2015) page 167 entry is like for his father
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-914H : 29 November 2018), William Carpenter and Prescilla Benet, 5 Oct 1651; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Rehoboth_VR marriages p. 78, births p. 571, deaths p. 808
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-SCLZ : 29 November 2018), Prescilla Carpenter, 20 Oct 1663; citing Death, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Carpenter, Amos. A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America. Press of Carpenter and Morehouse, Amherst, MA, 1898 https://archive.org/details/genealogicalhist00carp/page/44/mode/2up?q=Berkshire page 44 viewed Dec 2021
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-MX45 : 29 November 2018), William Carpenter and Meriam Saile, 10 Dec 1663; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
  11. ↑ Committee on English Research, Emigrants from England. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. LXV, January 1911, #257. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1911. pp. 63-75. https://books.google.com/books?id=cihAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA64&lpg=PA64&dq=1563+%22Edward+Sale%22&source=bl&ots=CMRmfLUx5t&sig=M2MX2cb0FIzRk_9Wem3EGatMCLo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAjgeahUKEwiym72Ms5zIAhUFbD4KHRAXCOk#v=onepage&q=1563%20%22Edward%20Sale%22&f=false. Accessed Sept 29, 2015.
  12. ↑ James Usher. Genealogical and historical record of the Carpenter family : with a brief genealogy of some of the descendants of William Carpenter of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., William Carpenter of Providence, R.., Samuel Carpenter of Penn., and Ephraim, Timothy and Josias Carpenter, of Long Island : including a full, complete and reliable history of the Carpenter estate of England. New York, NY: 1883; FHL film #63, p. 17
  13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-S2G1 : 29 November 2018), William Carpenter, 26 Jan 1702; citing Death, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
  14. ↑ 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)Administration Bond
  15. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15383213/william-carpenter : accessed 13 December 2021), memorial page for William Carpenter (1631–26 Jan 1703), Find A Grave: Memorial #15383213, citing Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by as (contributor 46814607) .
  • Bowen, Richard LeBaron Title: EARLY REHOBOTH Publication: Name: Vol I, Privately published. Rehoboth, MA. 1945; Repository: NOTESource Medium: Book Documented Historical Studies of Families and Events
  • Arnold, James Title: VITAL RECORD OF REHOBOTH Publication: Name: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co. 1897; Repository:
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls
  • Massachusetts Applications of Freemen, 1630-91 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Paige, Lucius R.. List of Freemen of Massachusetts. Boston, MA, USA: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1849.Original data: Paige, Lucius R.. List of Fre; Repository:




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Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
This person immigrated to New England between 1621-1640 as a Minor Child (under age 21 at time of immigration) of a Puritan Great Migration immigrant who is profiled in Robert Charles Anderson's Great Migration Directory (or is otherwise accepted by the Puritan Great Migration (PGM) Project).

Please feel free to improve the profile(s) by providing additional information and reliable sources. PGM encourages the Profile Managers to monitor these profiles for changes; if any problems arise, please contact the PGM Project via G2G for assistance. Please note that PGM continues to manage the parent's profile, but is happy to assist on the children when needed.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Bill Pease
There was no Jedediah Carpenter, son of William Carpenter in this generation. Jedidiah Carpenter (1697-1731) is the correct Jedidiah to connect to the death record used on Jedediah Carpenter (abt.1655-1731). The easiest solution is to disconnect Carpenter-523 (Jedediah) from these parents, change his birth to match Carpenter-333 and merge him with Carpenter-333.
posted by Bill Pease
Carles-4 Scott Carles
Bio says birth: Shalbourne, Berkshire

Data field says birth: Shalbourne, Wiltshire

Apparently Shalbourne is on/near the border of the two? Could someone verify/fix either the data field or bio?

Thanks! ~Scott

posted by Scott Carles
Brad Stauf
Well, the cited source (an article researched by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, FASG) says Shalbourne, Berkshire. Findmypast.co.uk says Shalbourne, Wiltshire and includes the record in it's collection "Wiltshire Baptisms Index 1530-1917" but does not include an index. Ancestry.com (image free here https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26770548?h=95951f) says Wiltshire, unfortunately the first few pages are gone followed by badly damaged ones. The parish does cross both counties; Shalbourne Town is (and has always been per British History Online) in Wiltshire https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4/pp228-234.

The church, St. Michael's All Angels has been in Shalbourne, Wiltshire for about 900 years now so I'm going with "Wiltshire" for the win.

posted by Brad Stauf
Bill Pease
What is meant by source 4 "Ancestral Lines"? Can it be deleted if it doesn't refer to anything?

Also, s56 and s86 are generic (don't specifically refer to William in any useful way), do they need to be retained in the source list?

posted by Bill Pease
edited by Bill Pease
Brad Stauf
Bill, this whole thing could use massive cleanup, children are reported in more than one section including after his death and they conflict, it hurts my eyes to see this...and the sources really really need cleanup, it looks like some of it is leftover gedcom junk. Several of these are not acceptable for pre-1700 sources (findagrave, generic SAR, "Ancestry.com" as a source...yikes). If you have time to do the world of WikiTree a favor and clean this up it would be great.

Oh I see now that you posted a few hours ago that you're working on it. Awesome! Please delete span tags too while you're at it :)

And furthermore, way way way way too many level 3 headings, those dates and events should just be lines of text, not headings. If you'd like to use more standard PGM headings like "Birth & Baptism", "Immigration", "Marriage & Children" and "Death & Estate" with the grab-bag of something like "Colonial Life" to handle elected office, court appearances, yada yada it would be so much simpler and easier to find key data. If you like the "Timeline" approach at the bottom under it's own heading, I wouldn't argue against it since that's also a very valid way to understand his life.

posted by Brad Stauf
edited by Brad Stauf
Bill Pease
On the job here. Looks like most of the information was from Amos Carpenter's Book on the Carpenters. Still not sure why it is called "Lines" but "lines" will be gone soon. There are FS sources and E C Zubrinsky's Carpenter Cousins project to supplement and confirm. I am descended from William's son Benjamin Carpenter so have a personal interest, but there must be many other Carpenter descendants out there, this was a very prolific family so I started with some comments here.
posted by Bill Pease
Watts-8451 Raymond Watts PhD
Bill, thank you for your profile improvement work. Let me suggest that the URL in reference 1 be replaced with its equivalent at FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/205629-redirection. It would be helpful to add page references within this work, too. Its author, Gene Zubrinsky, told me of its availability on FamilySearch. What is unknown is stability of the online resource in either place. It is public domain, and Gene says that we can copy the current document onto the Wayback Machine at Archive.org and cite the URL there, which will be stable. I’d be happy to help with that. Brad, do you think that’s a good move for preservation?
posted by Raymond Watts PhD
Brad Stauf
URL stability is an interesting question. Archive.org will automatically get copies of (amost) everything anyway, but there is nothing wrong with copying something ahead of time. However, following my Prime Directive of "do as little work as possible at all times", I don't do that myself. I do fully qualify sources with the author, publication date, page etc for exactly that reason so if a website shuts down, it can be found somewhere else. And if you really want to worry about sites disappearing, who says familysearch.org or wikitree or archive.org will be around in 50 years or that their URLs will be the same? Do we WT volunteers have an obligation to make backups for familysearch or ancestry.com or wherever? But I digress...so go for it, nothing wrong with belt & suspenders.
posted by Brad Stauf
Day-1904 Jack Day
I arranged the narrative material in chronological order. There is still an immense amount of duplication, which I will come back and eliminate, always going with the most credible sources.
posted by Jack Day
Bill Pease
I will begin work improving this profile now. William has many children from two wives that are listed many times here, so elimination of duplications will be the main focus. Also there are similar named people living in nearby Providence RI at the same time and I will double check that the biographical facts are connected to the correct William Carpenter.
posted by Bill Pease

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