Oliver Carpenter (1734 - 1809)

Born 8 Apr 1734 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (French) Carpenter — married after 5 Nov 1759 in Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1809 at age 74 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Oliver Carpenter b. 8 Apr 1734 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts^[1]

Oliver Carpenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts intentions to marry Sarah French of Attelboro, Massachusetts were published to at Attleboro on October 2, 1759. ^[2]

On 15 Nov 1750 (1759?) in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Oliver Carpenter married Sarah French^[3]

Children:

1. William Carpenter b. 29 Aug 1760 Attleboro, Massachusetts Bay
2. Anna Carpenter (8 April 1762 Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay - 9 April 1815 Langdon, Sullivan, New Hampshire)
3. Sarah Carpenter (4 Aug 1765 Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts - 3 Dec 1845 Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts)
4. Nathan Carpenter (1767 Attleboro, Massachusetts - )
5. Oliver Carpenter (30 Mar 1769 Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay - 31 Mar 1826 Massachusetts)
6. John Calven Carpenter (4 Nov 1771 Attleboro, Massachusetts Bay - )
7. Luther Carpenter (26 Jan 1775 Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay - Jan 1844)
8. Mary Carpenter (26 July 1777 Attleboro, Massachusetts - 16 JUN 1813 Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts)

Oliver died at Brookfield, Massachusetts on January 22, 1809. ^[4]

Oliver Carpenter, then of Brookfield, Massachusetts wrote his will on December 28, 1808. In it he names:

• wife Sarah
• son Oliver Carpenter
• son William Carpenter
• daughter Anna Walker, wife of Samuel Walker
• granddaughter Betsey ?Evens, wife of Randall
• granddaughter Sarah Walker
• grandchildren Aldin, Anna and Samuel Walker Jr.
• son Nathan Carpenter
• grand son Orville Carpenter
• granddaughter Adah Carpenter
• grandson Manning Carpenter
• granddaughter Catherine Carpenter
• son Calvin Carpenter
• son Luther Carpenter
• daughter Mary Bourn
• grand children Mary Anne, Willard Curtis and Roswell Bourn, children of Mary and Abram
• any residue to Amos Ide Jr. of Attleboro, my executor and Sarah, his wife ^[5]

His widow Sarah died at Brookfield on July 19, 1815. ^[4]

Widow Sarah Carpenter, of Brookfield, in her will written on September 9, 1809 and filed on August 18, 1815, also left bequests to: ^[6]

• son Oliver, executor
• son William Carpenter
• son Nathan Carpenter
• son Calvin Carpenter
• son Luther Carpenter
• daughter Anna Walker, wife of Samuel Walker
• daughter Sarah, wife of Amos Ide
• daughter Mary Bourn, wife of Abram Bourn ^[6]

Research notes

Attleboro Marriages

Carpenter, Oliver, of Rehoboth, and Sarah French of A., int. Oct. 2, 1759. (p. 365)

Carpenter, Nathan, and Lucinda Ingramam [Ingraham. int.], unm., Oct. 26, 1794. (p. 364)

Carpenter, Anna, and Samuel Walker of Rehoboth, int. Oct. 28, 1785. (p. 360)

Carpenter, Mary, and Abram Bourne [Bourn. CR2], Jan. 6, 1803. (p. 364)

Carpenter, Oliver [int.], jr., and Betty [Betsy. int.] Draper, Apr. 2, 1792. (p. 365)

Carpenter, Sally [unm. int.], and [Ens. int.] Amos Ide, jr., [both of A. int.], Dec. 17, 1795. (p. 366)

Attleboro Births

Carpenter, William, s. Oliver and Sarah (French), Aug. 29, 1760. (p. 68)

Carpenter, Anna, d. Oliver and Sarah (French), Apr. 8, 1762. (p. 62)

Carpenter, Sarah, d. Oliver and Sarah (French), Aug. 4, 1765. (p. 67)

Carpenter, Nathan, s. Oliver and Sarah (French), May 8, 1767. (p. 65)

Carpenter, Oliver, s. Oliver and Sarah (French), Mar. 30, 1769. (p. 67)

Carpenter, Calven, s. Oliver and Sarah (French), Nov. 4, 1771. (p. 61)

Carpenter, Luther, s. Oliver and Sarah (French), Jan. 26, 1775. (p. 65)

Carpenter, Mary, d. Oliver and Sarah (French), July 26, 1777. (p. 67)

Attleboro Deaths

Carpenter, Nathan, Sept. 3, 1814, in his 48th y. GR13 (p. 648)

Bourn, Mary, w. Abraham, June 16, 1813, in her 56th y. GR1 (p. 639) ^[2]

Brookfield Deaths

Carpenter, Oliver, Jan. 22, 1809. (p. 470)

Carpenter, Sarah, wid. Oliver, July 19, 1815. (p. 470)

Carpenter, Oliver, h. Betsey, Mar. 31, 1826, a. 57. (p. 470) ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-QJ7X : 18 October 2022), Oliver Carpenter, 8 Apr 1734; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Vital Records of Attleboro, Massachusetts to the End of the Year, 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1934, p. 365
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHY-7WS5 : 11 May 2022), Oliver Carpenter and Sarah French, 15 Nov 1750; citing Marriage, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009343.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, F. P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1909
5. ↑ Case10114:p. 1-14: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Case 10132: p. 1-19: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)

• A genealogical history of the Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter family in America, brought down from their English ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with many biographical notes of descendants and allied families by Carpenter, Amos B. (Amos Bugbee), b. 1818

Published 1898