Alice SWITHEN

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Notes:

Husband William, having emigrated only three months after the death of Alice Carpenter, who was buried at Shalbourne on 25 January 1637; it is best indicated that she is the wife of William1 of Shalbourne. It should be remembered, however, that his relationship to the Alice Carpenter buried there is uncertain. If for argument's sake we accept that she was his wife, the only evidence pointing toward her having been the former Alice Swithen is matching forenames; relative proximity of Shalbourne and Warminster (36? 40 miles); and a marriage date compatible with the approximate birth year (1605) of William1 Carpenter's only known child This falls far short of the Genealogical Proof Standard (see BCG).

COMMENT: Over time there seems to be more leaning that she was the wife, but far from proven. JRC

MARRIAGE: 1605 - image
Name: Alice Swithen
Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage or Bann Date: 14 Apr 1605
Marriage or Bann Place: Warminster, St Denys with St Lawrence, Wiltshire, England
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map:
Spouse: William Carpenter
Source Citation
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 2144/1
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Wiltshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

Alice married William CARPENTER on 14 Apr 1605 in Warminster, Wiltshire, England. William (son of William Robert CARPENTER and Elinor READE) was born about 1575 in Newton, Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England; died before 13 May 1640 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William CARPENTER was born about 1605 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England; died on 7 Feb 1659 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in 1659 in Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
2. Eleanor CARPENTER