Simeon Carpenter (1759 - 1847)

Born 13 May 1759 in Town of Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Blanchard) Carpenter — married 25 Nov 1784 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 2 Oct 1847 at age 88 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Simeon Carpenter served with 4th Regiment, Bristol County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Simeon Carpenter is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A019521.

Simeon Carpenter is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-129025
Rank: Private

Simeon Carpenter served extensively in the Revolutionary War. He signed up with Col John Daggetts 4th MA Regiment in 1776, at the age of 17, and served under various commanders throughout the next few years. He named his son, Tyler, after Lt. Moses Tyler, his unit commander in 1778.

After his service in the Revolutionary War, Simeon Carpenter and his friends Levi and Jonathan Fuller moved from Attleboro, MA, to Sutton, MA, and began a comb-making business there. Simeon married Sally Blanchard there.

"Comb making was introduced to town about 1780 by Simeon Carpenter, who came from Attleboro, and continued by him until 1815. Levi and Jonathan Fuller, who came from Attleboro about the same time with Mr. Carpenter, were also comb-makers by trade and carried on the business for many years, These combs were made from horn, bone, ivory, tin, and lead." ^[1]

Partial transcript of Simeon Carpenter's Will, probated 1 Feb, 1848: "... I give my beloved wife Sally Carpenter all my household furniture, to be at her own disposal forever, except my brass fire sett and clock. I give my five sons, John Carpenter, Simon Carpenter, David Carpenter, Leonard Carpenter, and Tyler Carpenter all my wearing apparel to be equally divided between them. I give my daughter Sally Larnard my brass fire sett. Having made provision for the payment of the residue for my said sons (except for Tyler and my daughters Matilda, Prudy, Sally, and Lynda, shares of my estate (were) paid to them by me in (...) one certain mortgage given me by my son Tyler. Therefor it is my will that nothing more be paid my said sons and daughters out of my estate than what is herein before named and named in said Mortgage and payable to them except my said son Tyler. I give unto my said son Tyler Carpenter all the rest, residue and remainder of my personal estate. I hereby nominate, constitute, and appoint my said son Tyler sole executor of this my last will and testament ..."

Sources

1. ↑ Rev. William A. Benedict and Rev. Hiram A. Tracy, History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts From 1704 to 1876: Published by Sanford and Co., Worcester, Mass., 1878

Birth: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Marriage: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.

Military Service: Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23 rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Record Group 217; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Death: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts

Vital Records of Attleborough MA to 1849, Attleborough Births, 67

More than 30 pages of documents exist regarding Simeon Carpenter's wartime service in the National Archives.

Acknowledgements

• Dee Christophel D'Errico. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dee and others.