Uriah Carpenter (1741 - 1821)

Born 6 Jan 1741 in Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Loomis) Carpenter — married 1762 in Stafford, Tolland, Ct

Husband of Martha (Bartlett) Carpenter — married 4 Sep 1768 in Rhode Island

Descendants

Died Jan 1821 at about age 79 in Warren, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Uriah Carpenter 6 JAan 1740/1 at Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, was a son of Sarah (Hayward) Carpenter (1718-1802) and Uriah Carpenter (1711-1762).

He married first, 1762, Nancy Loomis, with whom he had at least one child:

1. Frederick Carpenter (1766-1821)

Uriah married 2d, Martha Bartlett, daughter of Joel Bartlett of Attleboro, Sept. 4, 1768; she was b. April 11, 1746.

Uriah Carpenter was a farmer.

American Revolutionary War service: Uriah Carpenter, born at Ashford, Conn., and being at Oxford, Mass., enlisted for nine months in the Continental army; age 35; stature six feet; complexion light; hair light brown; eyes light; joined Captain Kingsbury's company, Colonel Hawes' regiment; enlisted about April, 1776. It appears that he enlisted again, residence given as Danvers, Essex county, Mass., March 29, 1781, for three years. (Carpenter.doc). Uriah, residence given as Westminster, Vt., enlisted as sergeant in Capt. John Grigg's company; was paid for services at Walpole, N. H.; had traveled 11 miles. Uriah enlisted for three years Feb. 4, 1777, under Capt. William Ellis, in company eight; received a bounty of 20 pounds; age 36 years.

Uriah Carpenter died in January, 1821.

Sources

• Loomis, Elias. Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America And His Antecedents in the Old World (1909)

• Carpenter, Amos. A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, Mass., 1898) Page 237