Nathan Carpenter (1700 - 1770)

Born 26 Sep 1700 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Tower) Carpenter — married 26 Dec 1723 in North Attleborough Center, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Abigail (Sabin) Carpenter — married after 16 Jun 1732 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut

Husband of Sarah (Powers) Carpenter — married 8 Jun 1738 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1770 at age 69 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts

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Biography

Nathan was born on September 26th, 1700 to Samuel Carpenter and Patience Ide.

November 9th, 1723 a marriage intention was recorded and on December 26th, 1723 he married Patience Tower, the daughter of Benjamin Tower and Deborah Whipple. They had the following children: ^[1]

• Gideon, born on 24 May 1725
• Freelove, born on 28 Mar 1728
• Nathan, born on 9 Oct 1731

After her death, Nathan married:

Abigail (Sabin) Rand born about 1700, their marriage intention was recorded on 16 Jun 1732, she died about 1737 and they are the parents of: ^[1]

• Abigail, born on 6 Apr 1733
• Isaiah, born on 18 Mar 1734-5
• Benjamin, born on 8 Apr 1737

Abigail (Sabin) Rand is the daughter of James Sabin and Abigail Brazier and was married to Benjamin Rand. They had three children:

• Benjamin Rand, born on 3 Oct 1725 ^[2], died on 17 Sep 1736
• Thomas Rand, born on 2 Apr 1727 ^[3]
• John Rand, born on Feb 1729/30 died on 11 May 1736 ^[4]

Abigail died in 1737 and Nathan married the third time to:

Sarah Powers- marriage intention of 8 June 1738 and they became parents of eight children: ^[5]

• Susannah, born on 29 Feb 1740
• Patience, born on 14 Apr 1744
• Sarah, born on 10 Aug 1746, died before Aug 1747
• Sarah, born in Aug 1747
• Joseph, born on 7 Sep 1748
• Lydia, born on 16 Oct 1750
• Dinah, born on 15 Apr 1754, married David Nutting
• Hepzibah, born on 21 Nov 1757

Nathan passed away on August 12th, 1770. ^[6]

The will of Nathan Carpenter: ^[7]
In the name of God Amen
I Nathan Carpenter of Hardwick in ye county of Worcester & Providence of ye Massachusetts Bay Husbandman make, publish & declare my last will & testament in manner & form following viz.
1. My will is that my beloved wife Sarah have her lawfull Dower out of my estate ~ ~ ~
2. I give to my son Gideon Carpenter ye sum of one shilling lawfull money ~ ~
3. I give to my Daughter Freelove Chandlers children viz, Hannah, Stephen & Nathan ye sum of one shilling each ~ ~
4. I give to my son Isaiah Carpenter ye sum of one shilling lawfull money
5. I give to my daughter Abigail Searls ye sum of one shilling lawfull money ~ ~
6. I give to my daughter Susanna Benjamin ye sum of one shilling lawfull money ~
7. I give to my daughter Patience Nye ye sum of one shilling lawfull money ~ ~
8. I give to my daughter Sarah Washburn ye sum of one shilling of lawfull money ~
9. I give to my son Joseph Carpenter ye sum of one shilling lawfull money ~ ~ ~
10. I give to my daughter Lydia Carpenter ye sum of six pounds thirteen shillings & four pence lawfull money to be paid her by my Executor herein after mentioned when she shall arrive to ye age of twenty one years or at her marriage either of which shall first happen.
11. I give to my daughter Dinah Carpenter ye sum of six pounds thirteen shillings & four pence lawfull money (to be paid her by my sd executor) when she shall arrive to ye age of twenty one years, or at her marriage either of which shall first happen ~
12. I give and devise to my son in law Silas Nye all ye rest of my Estate real & personal to have & to hold to him & his heirs forever
13. and I do hereby constitute & appoint ye sd Silas Nye to be ye sole Executor of this my last Will & testament ~ ~
In testimony of all which I have here- unto set my hand & seal at Hardwick aforesaid on this twentieth day of May anno domini one thousand seven hundred & sixty nine ~ ~ ~
.....................................................................Nathan Carpenter
Sign'd Seal'd Publish'd
& declar'd in Presence
of us ~ ~ ~ ~
Game Arnole
Hannah Arnole
Dan Oliver

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Woodstock Conneticut, Vital Records of Woodstock 1686-1854 (Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914), page 29, 36, 46.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (13 July 2016), Middlesex > Weston > Births, marriages, deaths 1711-1749 > image 17 of 81; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (13 July 2016), Middlesex > Weston > Births, marriages, deaths 1714-1850 > image 20 of 158; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (13 July 2016), Suffolk > Charlestown > Births, marriages, deaths 1629-1843 > image 197 of 447; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
5. ↑ Baldwin Thomas W., A.B., S.B., complier, Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts: to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass: NEHGS, 1917), page 152.
6. ↑ Baldwin Thomas W., A.B., S.B., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts: to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass: NEHGS, 1917), page 293.
7. ↑ 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.)

See Also:

• Carpenter Amos B., 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 (Amherst, Mass: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898), page 134.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Marie Chantigny for creating Carpenter-4022 on 6 Nov 13.