Ancestral Glimpses » William Carpenter (± 1600-1685)

Personal data William Carpenter 

• He was born about 1600 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, ENGLAND.
• He died on September 7, 1685.
• A child of Richard Carpenter
• This information was last updated on December 14, 2013.

Household of William Carpenter

He is married to Elizabeth Arnold.

They got married about 1634 at ENGLAND.

Child(ren):

1. Lydia Carpenter  ± 1638-????
2. Ephraim Carpenter  ± 1640-± 1703 
3. Timothy Carpenter  ± 1643-????
4. William Carpenter  ± 1645-????
5. Silas Carpenter  1650-1695 
6. Benjamin Carpenter  ± 1653-????
7. Joseph Carpenter  ± 1635-± 1683

Notes about William Carpenter

William Carpenter - TimeLine

WILLIAM,2 (Richard.1), b. Amesbury, Wilts Co., Eng. ; d. 1685, Sep. 7, Providence, E. I.
m.
ELIZABETH ARNOLD, b. 1611, Nov. 23; d.1683 +
of William & Christian (Peak) Arnold.

1637. Providence. He had land granted him.
1638. He was one of the twelve persons to whom Edger Williams deeded land that he had bought of Canonicus and Miantonomi.
1639. He was one of the twelve original members of First Baptist Church.
1640. Jul. 27. He was one of the thirty-nine signers to compact for good government.
1642. He and other Pawtuxet settlers subjected themselves to government of Massachusetts, the separation lasting sixteen years.
1658-60-62-63. Commissioner.
1660. He was on a committee to receive contributions for expenses of agents in England, viz : Roger Williams and John Clarke.
1660, Aug. 2. He deeded to cousin (i. e. niece), Joan Sheldon, wife of John Sheldon, 5 acres. He landed one anker of liquor this year.
1661, Feb. 5. He deeded cousin (i. e. nephew), William Vincent, 64 acres. He was on a committee to bridge the Pawtuxet, about this time.
1664-65-75-76-79. Deputy.
1665-66-67-68-69-70-71-72. Assistant.
1669. He gave 5s. "for the present," toward expenses of Mr. John Crandall's voyage to Connecticut, and the next year laid down 8*. for the present, to accommodate a committee who were going to Connecticut.
1670. Dec. 8. He deeded land to daughter Priscilla Vincent, and a house and land at Rocky Hill, to son Ephraim.
1671. He was authorized to make assessment on Providence, for arrears of taxes due colony.
1671, Mar. 31. In a confirmatory deed to certain parties, he mentions that it was procured of Indian sachems by himself and his brother Zachariah
Rhodes, deceased.
1671, Dec. 14. He deeded sister Fridga with Vincent, as a free gift, "my dwelling house with what land belongeth to me adjoining to the said house, the which said house is standing in the town of Amesbury, in Wiltshire, and in a street commonly called by the name of Frog Lane, my sister being inhabitant of said town ; the which said house did in the original belong to my father, Richard Carpenter, now deceased, but fell to my right, as I was the son and heir unto my aforesaid father," &c.
1673. Town Council.
1675, Feb. 8. "To the town now met the tenth of this instant: I understand that the Town is about the division of the land on the west side of the Seven Mile Line, and I not able to come myself, I thought good to signify unto you what rights, and of whom I bought them, and also to whom I give them ; that is to say, for five shares I have the deeds in my hands and are all in the
Town Records. That which was Robert Cole's I give to my son Timothy; that which was Edger Mowry's own, I give to my son Silas ; that which was Henry Neal's, which I bought of Roger Mowry, I give to my son Benjamin ; that which was Robert Colwell's, I bought of Roger Mowry also, and do give it to my daughter Smith's son Joseph; that which I bought of John Smith, Mason, I give to my son Joseph's son William ; and my own I give unto my son William. I do entreat, if the town so please, that this paper may be entered in the Town Records, lest I should fall before I can make another provision." The paper was granted by the town to be recorded, though William Carpenter lived to make a more formal will.
1676, Jan. 20. His house was attacked by about three hundred Indians, and was fired by them, but the flames were extinguished by the defenders.
He lost two hundred sheep and fifty cattle, and two of his household were killed.
1676, Apr. 4. It was voted by Assembly " that in these troublesome times and straits in this colony, the Assembly, desiring to have the advice and concurrence of the most judicious inhabitants, if it may be had for the good of the whole, do desire at their next sitting, the company and counsel" (of sixteen persons, among them William Carpenter).
1679, Jul. 1. Taxed £10, 5s., with sons Silas and Benjamin.
1683, Apr. 25. He made a confirmatory deed to the representatives of the thirteen original proprietors of Pawtuxet lands, he being the last survivor
and owning three shares, his own thirteenth and two shares that he had purchased.
1679, Feb. 10. Will — codicil 1683, Mar. 15 — proved 1685, Oct. 1. Exs. sons Silas and Benjamin.
To eldest son Joseph, 20s., and like amount to daughters Lydia Smith and Priscilla Vincent. To sons Silas, Benjamin, Timothy and Ephraim, land. To grandson Ephraim, eldest son of Ephraim, by his first wife, land, and if he died before twenty-one, then his sister Susanna to have. To grandson William, and grandson Joseph Smith, son of Lydia, certain land, and if Joseph died, Simon to have his share. To daughter Priscilla Vincent, land. To wife Elizabeth, all movable estate, and sons Silas and Benjamin, to take whole care of their mother, "to provide for her in all respects and conditions as a woman ought to be provided for, during her natural life." In codicil, as his son Joseph had died, he gave to grandson Joseph, son of Joseph, legacy intended for his father. As he had heard his son Ephraim was intending to sell, he revoked his legacy and gave to Ephraim, Jr. and Susanna.
Inventory, £22, including 5 night caps, 2 silk neck cloths, &c.

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