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Personal data Thomas Carpenter 

• He was born on October 25, 1733 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, VS.
• Profession: landbouwer - kolonel.
• He died on April 26, 1807 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, he was 73 years old.
• He is buried in Rehoboth Village Cemetery, Rehoboth, MA.
• A child of Thomas Carpenter and Mary Barstow

Household of Thomas Carpenter

He is married to Elisabeth Moulton.

They got married on December 26, 1754 at Rehoboth, Bristol, MA, he was 21 years old.

Child(ren):

1. William Carpenter  1763-1763
2. Stephen Carpenter  1765-????
3. James Carpenter  1767-1812
4. Elisabeth Carpenter  1755-1791
5. Nathan Carpenter  1772-1773
6. Nathan Carpenter  1776-1789
7. Rebecca Carpenter  1769-1837
8. James Carpenter  1764-1764
9. Thomas Carpenter  1758-1837
10. Peter Carpenter  1773-1814
11. Sarah Carpenter  1760-1775

Notes about Thomas Carpenter

COL. THOMAS CARPENTER

Also designated as Thomas Carpenter 3d, was born in Rehoboth Oct. 25, 1733. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Barstow) Carpenter. He married Elizabeth Moulton of Rehoboth, Dec. 26, 1754. They had twelve children, serveral of whom died young.
He lived on the Bay State Road, nearly opposite the town house, on the farm now owned by George Nichols. He was prominent in town affairs, and in the Revolutionary War commanded a regiment which included many Rehoboth men. He was on duty at White Plains, N.Y., and for several months was stationed on Rhode Island. He was a firm patriot and was opposed to Shay's Rebellion.

He was a man of large size and mental capacity and highly esteemed. He became an extensive owner of real estate, and in 1784 purchased of Abraham and Eleazer Bliss, sons of Abraham (1697 - 1787), their property at "Bliss's Mill," since known as Rehoboth Village. On this privilege, where the Blisses had operated a grist-mill and saw-mill, four son of Col. Carpenter in 1809 built the Village Factory. They were James, Thomas, Stephen and Peter. Their father is said to have given each of them a farm:
To James he gave the homestead at the mill, afterwards owned by William Marvel and his descendants.
To Thomas he gave the home on Carpenter Street, which descended to his son Christopher and his granddaughter Delight R., who married Harvey G. Reed 3d of Taunton. The property is now owned by W.B.H. Dowse.

To Stephen he gave the so-called "Carpenter Homestead," located on the Bay State Road, opposite the Grange Hall, and still occupied by his descendants.
To Peter he gave his own home place, where Peter's four daughters were born: Caroline, who married Dea. Asaph Carpenter; Nancy, who married Col. Cyrus M. Wheaton; Rosella, who married James Perry; and Alice, who married Bradford Horton.

Col. Carpenter died April 26, 1807.
Thomas Carpenter was born October 24, 1733 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and died April 26, 1807 in Rehoboth. He married on December 26, 1754, Elizabeth Moulton (born 1736 Bristol County, Massachusetts, died May 17, 1804 in Rehoboth) and they moved into the newly built house now on 77 Bay State Road before it was fully finished in September 1755. On December 22, 1755 their first daughter Elizabeth was born in their new home.[2][3]
By August 1776 they would have twelve children born in the now historic house. Unfortunately, several children would also die within the walls of their home. These were an unknown child in 1759, Sarah in 1775 who was age 15, William in 1763 as an infant, James in 1764 as an infant, and Nathan in 1772 who died as an infant. Another Nathan, age 12½, in 1789 may have died due to an accident outside the house. Those children who reached maturity were Elizabeth (born 1755), Thomas (born 1758), Stephen (born 1765), James (born 1767), Rebecca (born 1769), and Peter (born 1772).[2][3]

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