Captain
Nehemiah
Carpenter
Born in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Obadiah Carpenter II
and Bethiah Carpenter
Brother of
Bethia (Carpenter) Thatcher, Sybil (Carpenter) French, Hulda (Carpenter) Read, Deliverance (Carpenter) Walker, Hannah Carpenter, Obadiah Carpenter III, Daniel Carpenter, Lucy Carpenter and Ezra Carpenter
Husband of
Elizabeth (Sweet) Carpenter
— married
16 Sep 1752 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Husband of
Sarah (Day) Carpenter
— married
27 Apr 1773 in Wrentham, Sharon, MA
Descendants 
Father of
Ezra Carpenter, Rachel (Carpenter) Pratt, Nehemiah Carpenter, John Carpenter, Peter Carpenter and Sinthe Carpenter
Died
at age 67
in Foxborough, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Apr 2016
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Contents |
Biography
Birth
Nehemiah Carpenter was born 20 October 1731 in Foxborough, Massachusetts[1]
Military
Captain Nehemiah Carpenter, born 20 October 1731 in Attleborough, Massachusetts died 14 May 1799 in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and his wives Elizabeth Sweet and Sarah Hartshorn, are honored for serving Massachusetts by the Daughters of the American Revolution: 1) ALSO SGT, 1ST LT; CAPTS ISRAEL SMITH, JOSIAH PRATT, SAMUEL FISHER; 2) COLS GILL, JONATHAN TITCOMB; MILITIA. Their son Peter Carpenter married Esther Belcher of Foxborough, Ma.[2]
Family
Children born to Elizabeth & Nehemiah Carpenter in Stoughton, Massachusetts:
- Ezra Carpenter, born 21 March 1753[3]
- Rachel Carpenter, born 31 March 1757[4]
- Nehemiah Carpenter, born 02 August 1750[5]
- John Carpenter, born 25 April 1763[6]
Death
Deacon Nehemiah Carpenter, husband to Elizabeth Sweet, died 14 May 1799, at age 78 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The record notes that his previous wife was Sarah Hartshorn. He was the Foxborough's first settler, dating to 1750.[7]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCKD-4X4 : 5 January 2021), Nehemiah Carpenter, 1731.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 28, 2022), "Record of Nehemiah Carpenter", Ancestor # A019500.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSK-N4G : 5 January 2021), Nehemiah Carpenter in entry for Ezra Carpenter, 1753.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSX-2ZB : 5 January 2021), Nehemiah Carpenter in entry for Rachel Carpenter, 1757.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSK-5YR : 5 January 2021), Nehemiah Carpender in entry for Nehemiah Carpender, 1760.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSV-WVR : 5 January 2021), Nehemiah Carpenter in entry for John Carpenter, 1763.
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7702/204/142259231
- Carpenter, Amos. A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, Mass., 1898)
- Norfolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1793-1877. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) Case 3265: Will.
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