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  Birth	Abt 1631	England   [1]
  Christened	22 Nov 1631	Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Jan 1703	Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts   [1]
  Buried	Rehoboth Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island   [2]
  Person ID	I4580	Wanicki/Rozhon and Kapusta/Jemiola
  Last Modified	16 May 2005 20:03:10
  Father	William CARPENTER, @, b. 23 May 1605, London, Co. Middlesex, England
  Mother	Abigail BRIANT, c. 27 May 1604, Shalbourne, Whitshire/Berkshire, England
  Family ID	F1709	Group Sheet
  Father	William CARPENTER, b. 23 May 1605, Whirwell, Wiltshire, England
  Mother	Abigail BRIANT, b. 27 May 1604, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England
  Family ID	F2372	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Priscilla BENNETT
  Married	5 Oct 1651
  Children	1. John CARPENTER, b. 19 Oct 1652, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   2. William CARPENTER, b. 20 Jun 1659, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   3. Priscilla CARPENTER, b. 24 Jul 1661, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   4. Benjamin CARPENTER, b. 20 Oct 1663, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F1721	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Miriam SEARLES, b. Abt 1629
  Married	10 Dec 1663
  Children	1. Josiah CARPENTER, b. 18 Dec 1664, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   2. Nathaniel CARPENTER, b. 12 May 1667, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   3. Daniel CARPENTER, b. 8 Oct 1669   4. Noah CARPENTER, b. 28 Mar 1672, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   5. Mariam CARPENTER, b. 16 Oct 1674 > 6. Obadiah CARPENTER, @, b. 12 Mar 1677, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   7. Ephraim CARPENTER, b. 25 Apr 1681, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   8. Ephraim CARPENTER, b. 25 Apr 1683/1684, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   9. Hannah CARPENTER, b. 10 Apr 1685, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts   10. Abigail CARPENTER, b. 15 Apr 1687, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F1719	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Priscilla BENNETT, b. 1578, Wiltshire, England
  Married	5 Oct 1651  [1]
  Children	1. John CARPENTER, b. 19 Oct 1652, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   2. William CARPENTER, b. 20 Jun 1659, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   3. Priscilla CARPENTER, b. 24 Jul 1661, Rehoboth, Massachusetts   4. Benjamin CARPENTER, b. 20 Oct 1663, Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F2362	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Town Clerk William was elected Town Clerk of Rehoboth May 13, 1668 and held the office until his death with the exception of one year, namely, 1693. He was sent to the General Court of Plymouth as deputy in the year 1668; was chosen Deacon of the church in the same year; was one of the committee to settle bounds between the Town of Taunton and the north purchase in the year 1670; and Clerk of the community of the north purchase in the year 1680; and one of the committee to sell the meeting house in the year 1683; and was defendant in Court of Plymouth in the year 1668. He was sent as deputy to the Plymouth Court in the year 1690; and was one of the purchasers of the North Purchase, and drew his lot in the meadow May 16, 1668. At a meeting of the Purchasers of the North Purchase,Feb. 18, 1685, it was voted that there should be a division of fifty acres to each shareholder. William Carpenter was the chosen surveyor. At this time he surveyed out 83 fifty-acre lots. He was a man of superior ability, accurate in all of his business transactions, and a reliable councellor in the colony; and he was noted also for his superior penmanship. His house stood on the left hand side of the road leading from the East Providence meeting house to Rehoboth, Mass., some fifty to sixty rods from the crossing of the "ten mile river," on a rise of land, and was one of the pleasantest spots for a house in that locality. His estate amounted to 215 pounds, 5 shillings and four pence. The stones that marked the graves of William Carpenter and his wife, Miriam have been taken up and removed and now lie at the foot of Daniel Carpenter and his wife Susanna's graves, with the letter side up, the lettering apparently as perfect as when first made, and plainly readable. INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM CARPENTER LATE OF REHOBOTH DECEASED Presented the 5th of February, in the year 1702 or 1703 By, John Butterwork Moses Read John Willmarth lb sh P Item (1) - His wearing apparel Woolen and Linnen 10 (2) - In Money 2 13 4 (3) - Four Beds and furniture to them 21 (4) - Tablecloth Napkin, and sheets 7 (5) - Linen Yarn and Woolen yarn and wool 2 6 (6) - Pewter Farthen and Glass Bottles 2 10 (7) - Brass Kettles and Pans and Skillet 3 (8) - Iron pots, Andirons Frying pan and longs and Spi (9) - Books 3 10 (10) Cross cut saw and other tools and Bells 1 11 (11) Compass to lay out land 2 (12) 2 Guns and Swords and Amunition 2 10 (13) A Saddle and Bridle, and old iron 1 5 (14) A Box Iron and Grindstone, and Hour glass 12 (15) In (pet hakes) Spinning Wheels and ods 1 2 (16) " Chests, Boxes, Tables and Chairs 2 10 (17) " Corn, Indian and English 10 (18) " Pork and Beef, Butter and 1 allow, 4 10 (19) " Wooden ware and Lumber 3 5 (20) " Tobacco, Flax, and Flax seed and salt 19 (21) " Neat Cattle, Sheep, and in Hay 28 10 (22) " Horse King, Swine, two cow hides 5 16 (23) " Housing and lands 96 12 Sum Total 215 4 4 John Butterwork Moses Read John Willmarth Granted Coat of Arms in 1663.

• Sources

  [S41] Don Ryan, Cushing/Carpenter Families and Family Search; Family Search, Amos B. Carpenter, (Carpenter Memorial). [S44] Ken Warkentin.