Susanna (Trevelyan) Carpenter (1587 - aft. 1627)

Born 1587 in Nettlecombe, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Carpenter DD — married 1 Sep 1606 in Nettlecomb, Somerset, England

Died after 1627 after age 40 in Shirwell, Devon, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Susan was baptised on 24 April 1587 in Nettlecombe, Somerset, England.^[1] She was the daughter of John Trevelyan of Nettlecombe.

Her marriage to Richard Carpenter took place on 1 September 1606 at Nettlecombe, Somerset. ^[2] Their known children were:

1. Susanna Carpenter
2. John Carpenter
3. Mary Carpenter
4. Richard Carpenter
5. Ann Carpenter
6. Elizabeth Carpenter
7. Edward Carpenter
8. Sarah Carpenter
9. Thomas Carpenter

Their first child Susanna was baptised in her mother's home parish of Nettlecombe; John and Mary the next two children were baptised at Shirwell, Devon where their father was the rector. Sarah was baptised at Loxhore, Devon; another of her father's parishes. The other baptisms have not yet been located.

1625 Will of Richard Carpenter, Pastor of Shirwell

Richard left a detailed will dated 9 August 1625 describing himself as Richard Carpenter, professor of Divinity and pastor of Shirwell in the county of Devon.^[3] He made bequests to and mentioned:

• my wife Susan Carpenter, daughter of John Trevelyan of Nettlecombe, Somerset, dec
• my son John, a student at Exeter College, Oxford
• my eldest daughter Susan
• my daughter Mary
• my second son Richard
• my third daughter Ann
• my fourth daughter Elizabeth
• my third son Edward
• my fifth daughter Sara
• my fourth son and youngest child Thomas
• my brother John Carpenter of Salisbury
• my three sisters Jane, Ann and Agnes
• Sir Robert Chichester

Susan was still living in 1625 when her husband made his will. ^[4]

Research Notes

Carpenters of Rehoboth and Providence

In the January 2005 issue of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 159, pp. 43-68, are the following articles revising the Carpenter genealogy:

1. Three John Carpenters: A Chain of Mistaken Identities, pp. 43-53. This pertains to: - John Carpenter of Swansea, 1691-c1754, son of Benjamin, grandson of Joseph Carpenter & Margaret Sutton. - John Carpenter of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, c1667-1753, son of Joseph Carpenter and Margaret Sutton. - John Carpenter of Connecticut, c1694-1768, son of Oliver Carpenter, grandson of Abiah Carpenter of Warwick.

2. Abiah Carpenter of Warwick, Rhode Island and His Family, pp. 55-68. Abiah was a son of William Carpenter of Rehoboth and Abigail Briant. Abiah was the father of Oliver Carpenter, 1667-1727, and the grandfather of John Carpenter of Connecticut, c1694-1768.

3. (chart) The Two William Carpenter Families, p. 54. This is a brief diagram of the families of: - William Carpenter of Rehoboth, c1605-1658/59, m. Abigail Briant; and - William Carpenter of Providence, d. 1685, m. Elizabeth Arnold.

The NEHGR summary at the beginning of Vol. 159, p. 4, says: "Author Gene Zubrinsky gives us two related articles straightening out certain problems with the published genealogies of the descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Both articles are complex, but the chart on page 54 will help readers understand the solutions. "In the first article... pieces of the lives of three related men named John Carpenters had been wrongly linked; the author assigns the correct records to each man. "In the second article... the author corrects and augments the previous accounts of Abiah Carpenter and his children.... The second appendix to this article demonstrates that William Carpenter of Providence married Elizabeth Arnold in 1637, after he arrived in New England. ^[5]

Zubrinsky, Eugene "Carpenter Sketches" - A collection of 12 sketches providing the best documented information on the two William Carpenters families who immigrated in the mid 1630s to America. They are not brothers, they are not the same person, and they are not first cousins. They are genetically related per Y-DNA testing.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812"
   Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\net/2/1/2
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 60856 #4344914 (accessed 14 April 2024)
   Susan Trowelian baptism on 24 Apr 1587 in Nettlecombe, Somerset, England.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812"
   Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\net/2/1/2
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 60856 #4345436 (accessed 12 April 2024)
   Richard Carpender marriage to Susannah Trevelyn on 1 Sep 1606 in Nettlecombe, Somerset, England.
3. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 153
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #814576 (accessed 13 April 2024)
   Will of Richardi Carpenter, granted probate on 16 Feb 1627. Died about 1627 in Devon.
4. ↑ Will of Richard Carpenter: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 153
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 5111 #814576 (accessed 13 April 2024)
   Will of Richardi Carpenter, granted probate on 16 Feb 1627. Died about 1627 in Devon.
5. ↑ http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.carpenter/2134.1.1.1/mb.ashx

• Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Three John Carpenters: A Chain of Mistaken Identities. New England Historical and Genealogical Magazine, p. 43. See https://www.carpentercousins.com/ThreeJohnCarpenters(NEHGR159%5bJan2005%5d).pdf. Accewssed 13 April 2024 jhd

Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. "Three John Carpenters: A Chain of Mistaken Identities," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 159 (Jan. 2005):43-54; (Oct. 2005):361-62 (a&c); 163 (Oct. 2009):297 (a&c).