Noah Carpenter (1672 - abt. 1756)

Born 28 Mar 1672 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Johnson) Carpenter — married 3 Dec 1700 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts

Husband of Ruth (Foster) Carpenter — married 15 Apr 1727 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about Apr 1756 at about age 84 in Attelboro, MA

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Biography - Noah Carpenter

Noah was born in 1667. He was the son of William Carpenter and Miriam Searles. He passed away in 1727.

He married, first, on Dec 3,1700 at Dorchester,MA, Sarah Johnson. She was the daughter of Matthew Johnson and his second wife Sarah Wiswall Johnson, and she died Sep 29,1726.

He married, second, at Rehoboth,MA on May 22,1727, Ruth Follett.

He married, third, Mrs. Tabitha (Hadley) Bishop, the widow of William Bishop.

• • See transcript of Noah Carpenter's Will, bottom of this window: also pef of original document in 'images"

Family links: Parents: William Carpenter (1631 - 1703) Miriam Sale Carpenter (1645 - 1722)

Spouses: Ruth Follet Carpenter (____ - 1745)* Sarah Johnson Carpenter (1680 - 1726)*

Children: Sarah Carpenter (____ - 1807)* Noah Carpenter (1701 - 1753)* Marian Carpenter (1702 - 1743)* Sarah Carpenter Chaffee (1704 - ____)* Sarah Carpenter Follett (1704 - 1759)* Stephen Carpenter (1706 - ____)* Asa Carpenter (1707 - 1733)* Mary Carpenter Alverson (1709 - 1753)* Elisha Carpenter (1721 - 1789)*

Siblings: John Carpenter (1652 - 1695)** William Carpenter (1659 - 1718)** Priscilla Carpenter Sweet (1661 - 1739)** Benjamin Carpenter (1663 - 1738)** Josiah Carpenter (1664 - 1728)* Nathaniel Carpenter (1667 - 1727)* Daniel Carpenter (1669 - 1721)* Noah Carpenter (1672 - 1753) Miriam Carpenter Bliss (1674 - 1706)* Obadiah Carpenter (1678 - 1749)* Ephraim Carpenter (1681 - 1743)* Hannah Carpenter Chaffee (1684 - 1767)* Abigail Carpenter Perrin (1687 - 1781)*

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Burial: Newell Burying Ground Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA

Birth

Birth:

Date: 28 MAR 1672

Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, MA^[1]

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #15383256
• WikiTree profile Carpenter-2471 created through the import of Carp-1_2011-12-15.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Lyman Carpenter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lyman and others.

• Source: S00243 Title: Ibid. Arnold
• Source: S00410 Author: Arnold, James Title: VITAL RECORD OF REHOBOTH Publication: Name: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co. 1897; Repository: #R00023 NOTESource Medium: Book CONT CONT 1642-1896. Marriages, Births, Deaths CONT
• Repository: R00023 Name: NEHGS lending library Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Vital Records of Attleborough Massachusetts to 1849, Births, 67.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCQH-KM3 : 9 February 2018), Noah Carpenter and Sarah Johnson, 03 Dec 1700; citing Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts; reference ; FHL microfilm 0982348 IT 1.
• History of the Town of Sutton, Mass. from 1704 to 1876, by Hiram Averill Tracy and William Addison Benedict, p. 615 (Harvard College Library 1878), available at: https://archive.org/details/historytownsutt00benegoog/page/n646 .
• D. Hamilton Hurd, History of Bristol County, Mass., J.W. Lewis & Co. (1883), at pp 524, 529, avail. through Harvard College Library, and at: https://archive.org/details/historyofbristol00hurd/page/n6. (references to Noah Carpenter as one of the Proprietors of the Rehoboth North Purchase).

Note

Note: Sources:

1. Name-birth-death-marriages-(3)spouses: Ancestral Lines, p102. Note:

Marriage place for Sarah Johnson marriage Rehoboth or Rochester [Rehoboth VR,

1:168] or Dorchester [7:4].

Elisha is mentioned in Noah Carpenter's will. Noah complicated matters by marrying three times.

• Noah Carpenter Will

Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records 1690-1881; Author: Bristol County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Bristol, Massachusetts

• • Transcript of Noah Carpenter's Will:

.. as touching such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life, I give, demise, and dispose of the same in he following manner and form – Imprimis I give & Bequeath to Tabitha my Dearly Beloved Wife all her Household goods which She Brought with her of all Sorts, Likewise I give her a yearling Heifer also I give a fire Room in my House, and Let her have a table that stands in the chamber, and also three Chairs and a Little kettle during her Life, and after her Decease my Grand Child Sarah Carpenter Isaiah's Daughter to have said table & chairs and kettel.

Item I give my son Noah Carpenter, as an addition to what I have formerly given him one half Share of Commons in Attleborough to him, his heirs and assigns for Ever, also I give him my Cane and Best Hat – and also my great Book of Dr May's works and a spoon mold –

Item I give to my Son Stephen Carpenter, as an addition to what I have formerly given him, that Lot of Land adjoining to his House Lot and a quarter of a Share of Commons in Attleborough to him, his heirs and assigns for Ever and also my Saddle – Item I give to my son Simon Carpenter as an addition to what I have formerly given him thirty pounds out of my Estate within one or two years after my Decease, to be paid by my Executor hereafter named according to the value of the old tenour. Item I give to my Son, Elisha Carpenter as an addition to what I have formerly given him (whom I likewise constitute, make and ordain my Sole Executor in this my last will and testament) all my Home Lot with the Housing in it Excepting what I have allowed my wife a fire room in my said House, likewise I give him all my Husbandry tools, excepting my Iron Bar, which I give to my son Noah. Likewise I give him my Herd Cattle with my mare and sheep, and all my Credits, upon the consideration of what I have formerly and Now given him I further oblige my said Son Elisha Carpenter , his heirs, Executors or Administrators to do or Cause to be done as followeth in Every particular for his mother as long as she remains my widow, first he shall keep her Heifer Winter and Summer and Likewise to take Care of his Said mother to provide Sufficient provision for her Comfortable Livelyhood of meat & Corn & Cider and all other things of provision for her Comfortable Subsistence, and fire wood at the door cut fit to Burn in the Chimney this finding at the Door is to be understood if she live in my House, Likewise to allow her yearly Six pounds of good wooll and Ten pounds of flax, and also to Carry his Mother to meeting when she wants to goe, further I give my said wife all the provision that is in my House a my Decease and --- if there be any –

Item I give to my Grandson John Carpenter my gun –

Item I give to my Grandson Jonas Carpentere Twenty Shillings New Tenour to be paid by my Executors when he shall come to Lawfull age

Item I give to my Daughter Priscilla Brown as an addition to what I have formerly given her the remainder of what was her mothers and also my great Iron pot –

Item I give to my four Daughters Namely Sarah Follet, Mary Alerson, Margaret Richardson and Amy Whitaker as an addition to what I have formerly given them all my housrhold goods to be divided Equally amongst them,

Item I give the remainder of my Books to be divided Eaqually amongst all my Children, and Isaiah Children one share of them, and I appoint my Son Noah to take care of said Books for said Isaiah Children to give them as he shall think best –

Item I give my Shop tools Eaqualy amongst my four sons, and also the Rest of my Wearing apparel Eaqually amongst them --- And I do thereby utterly Disalow, Revoke, and Dismiss allways and Evermore other former Testaments, Wills, Lagices and Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before Named, Willed and Bequethed (..etc.)

Footnotes

1. ↑ Source: #S00243

Acknowledgements

• Imported by Kathleen Chaffee, Friday, September 12, 2014.