Bethiah (Carpenter) Salisbury (1685 - aft. 1738)

Born 1685 in Swansea, Bristol County, Plymouth Colony

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Died after 1738 after age 53 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island

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Biography

Bethiah was born probably around 1685 in Swansea in Plymouth Colony, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Carpenter.

She married William Salisbury.

Research Notes

This profile, like most online trees, places Bethiah Carpenter as the daughter of Daniel and Bethiah and stated she was born in 1690 in Swansea. The probate record of Daniel shows that his daughter was still unmarried in 1722. Also, Daniel recorded a daughter Bethiah with his second wife in 1706, so it is highly unlikely he already had an older daughter of that name stil living.

The probate record of Joseph Carpenter proves conclusively that Bethiah has his daughter, with a share of the real estate in the division taken up by William Salsbury in the right of his wife Bethia.

This profile said that Bethiah married Benjamin Lyon as a second husband in 1724. The problem with this is that the record calls that bride "Bethiah Carpenter," while a widow would almost certainly have been recorded under her married name. This Bethiah was probably the daughter of Daniel mentioned above.

The death date originally given in this biography of December 31, 1767, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts is flagrantly wrong, since the Rehoboth record records Bethiah as the daughter of Asahel and the gravestone in East Providence shows that she was, in fact, the eldest daughter and was only 2 years old when she died.

Sources

• Profile for Bethiah Salisbury & children Family Search [1]

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• "Ancestry Member Trees submitted by members" [2] For Bethiah Salisbury