William CARPENTER b. 12 May 1666 Pawtuxet, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America d. 2 Feb 1749 North Castle, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America: Our Family History

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Name	William CARPENTER [1]
Christening	1666	Nassau, Richmond, New York Colony, British Colonial America [1]
Birth	12 May 1666	Pawtuxet, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America [1]
Gender	Male
FamilySearch ID	LHRR-1ZR
Occupation	[2]
Occupation	Blacksmith
Death	2 Feb 1749	North Castle, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America [1]
Burial	21 Feb 1749	Long Island, New York Colony, British Colonial America [1]
Person ID	I594765659	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
Last Modified	14 Dec 2024

Father	Joseph Arnold CARPENTER, b. 1638, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America d. 1683, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 45 years)
Mother	Hannah CARPENTER, b. 3 Apr 1640, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. Abt Jun 1673, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York (Age 33 years)
Marriage	25 Nov 1655	Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America [3]
Family ID	F536728510	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth MUDGE, b. 1675, Nassau, Richmond, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 1742, Nassau, Richmond, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 67 years)

Marriage Jamaica, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America [4]

Children

	1. William CARPENTER, b. 1688, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island d. 29 Jan 1774, United States (Age 86 years)
	2. John CARPENTER, b. 1689, Jamacia, Queens, New York d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Daniel CARPENTER, b. 1689, Long Island City, Queens, New York d. 1753, , Dutchess, New York (Age 64 years)
	4. Elizabeth CARPENTER, b. 10 Mar 1690, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, 11550 d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Benjamin CARPENTER, b. 25 Mar 1696, Glen Cove, Nassau, New York d. 26 Mar 1779, Westchester, New York (Age 83 years)
	6. Timothy CARPENTER, b. 1 Apr 1698, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 21 Jul 1763, North Castle, Westchester, New York (Age 65 years)
	7. Elizabeth CARPENTER, b. 1699, Musketa Cove, Nassau, New York d. Aft 1757 (Age 59 years)
	8. Hannah CARPENTER, b. 1700, Musketa Cove, Nassau, New York d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Ruth CARPENTER, b. 1702, Musketa Cove, Providence, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown
	10. Mary CARPENTER, b. 1704, d. Yes, date unknown
	11. Benedict CARPENTER, b. 7 Jun 1717, Nassau, Richmond, New York, British Colonial America d. 22 Jun 1791, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut (Age 74 years)

Family ID F536728505 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 15 Dec 2022

Notes

Biography

William Carpenter was born in 1666 at Pawtuxet, Rhode Island. He was the son of Joseph Carpenter and Hannah Carpenter. William married Elizabeth — birth name unknown, see research below. William died after 5 Aug 1734 at Oyster Bay, New York.[1]

"WILLIAM CARPENTER, b. by 3 Sept. 1666 (freeholder by 3 Sept. 1687), living Oyster Bay Township 5 Aug. 1734; m. ELIZABETH _______ (OBTR 2:337, 3:429– 31, 5: 623– 25; Carpenter [1901] 49n, 73).

On 13 May 1720, William sold his 81-acre Musketa Cove farm, "Reserveing to my Self Three Acres" (OBTR 3:429– 31). On 8 May 1722, with son Silas (about whom more below), William purchased 375 acres on the Byram River at North Castle and Rye, Westchester Co., N.Y., of which William was then "in possession" (Carpenter [1901] 49n, 73, both citing WeLR G:215– 17). Subsequent records put William on Long Island in 1728/9 and in Oyster Bay Township from 1730/1 to 1734 (NYWills 11:85 [William Jr. of Long Island (implies presence at same place of Wm. Sr.)], 3 Jan. 1728/9]; OBTR 4:366– 68 [William Jr., 5 March 1730/1], 5:75 [William Jr., 5 Aug. 1734], 623– 25 [William Sr., 2 April 1734]).

William sold his farm (see above) "with ye ffree will and Consent of my Wife Elizabeth Carpenter," who added her signature (by mark) to his (OBTR 3:431). D. H. Carpenter calls it "a possibility amounting to a probability" (his emphases) that Elizabeth was the daughter of William's uncle Ephraim Carpenter and says that she died about 1743 (Carpenter [1901] 50); he fails to support either assertion, however. G. W. Cocks says that Elizabeth's parentage is "not certainly known, but may have been Moses and Elizabeth (Weeden) Mudge, then of Musketa Cove, who had a dau. Elizabeth, b. 28/12 mo. (Feb.) 1674" (Cock– Cocks– Cox 358, 385). Note that this is expressed as no more than a possibility. There is, moreover, no known basis for the assertion that Moses and Elizabeth Mudge had a daughter Elizabeth, let alone that she was born on the date stated (which is not to say that either is necessarily false). An Elizabeth Mudge was born at Northampton, Mass., 10 Oct. 1673 and another at Charlestown, Mass., 12 March 1674, but their respective parents and husbands are not those of the same-named woman mentioned by Cocks (see Mudge Gen 46, 49; TAG 81:25; Charlestown Gens 2:693). In the most recent and authoritative account of Moses Mudge and his family, Gale Ion Harris, FASG (citing an unpublished type- script by Harry Macy Jr., FASG) presents Mudge's issue as consisting of two sons and no daughters (see TAG 81:18– 30, at 24 [24n38 corrects Mudge Gen 48]). Elizabeth (Mrs. William) Carpenter's maiden name is unknown. And in any case, since the one known record in which her forename appears as William's wife is dated in 1720 (see above), it is not certain that she was the mother of his children.

The will of William's son Silas Carpenter of North Castle, dated 3 Jan. 1728/9 and proved 13 Feb. 1728[/9], names wife Jane [his cousin, dau. of William and Hannah (Carpenter) Thornycraft; daughters Hannah and Phebe; sons William, Timothy, and Silas; and executors [brother-in-law] William Craft [formerly Thornycraft], [brother] William Carpenter Jr., both of Long Island, and wife Hannah [sic]; witnesses include [uncle] Nathaniel Carpenter (NYWills 11:80, 85 [Silas transcr. as Giles]). The will of William's son Joseph Carpenter of Oyster Bay, dated 25 Feb. 1727[/8?] and proved 21 March 1727/8, names wife Abigail [nee Robbins]; sons Joseph and John; and executors "my wife and her brother, John Robbins" (NYWills 11:101)."
Research Notes

From the excellent research of Eugene Cole Zubrinsky (see sources).

"William Carpenter3 (Joseph2 William1) was born by 3 Sep 1666 probably in Pawtuxet (Warwick), Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (that part now Kent Co., RI). He died after 5 Aug 1734 probably in Oyster Bay, Nassau Co., NY.

William acted as one of the Proprietors after the death of his brother Joseph until 1706, when his nephew Joseph reached legal age. The Town Records show very clearly that he was a large land-owner and prominent in the affairs of the plantation. He was a blacksmith by trade, and had his homestead and shop in that part of town known as "Duck Pond." He sold this property in 1720, and probably moved to Westchester county, though he still had landed interests at Musketa Cove as late as 1734."
Sources

? Descendants of William Carpenter of Providence http://carpentercousins.com/wc-662-desc/aqwg03.htm#97

Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, "Joseph2 Carpenter (William1) of Warwick, Rhode Island, and Musketa Cove, Long Island, New York (2008; rev. 26 February 2013; last revised 9 June 2017), online at http://carpentercousins.com/Joseph2_RI&NY.pdf.
Carpenter Cousins http://carpentercousins.com/carplink.htm
Carpenter [1901] - Daniel Hoogland Carpenter, History and Genealogy of the Carpenter Family in America, from the Settlement at Providence, R.I., 1637– 1901 (Jamaica, N.Y., 1901)

William appeared in the will of his grandfather and by the advice of his family, in Deed on 2 September 1674, his estate at Providence, Rhode Island, he sold to his Uncle Stephen Arnold.

In the DH Carpenter's book on the R.I.Branch
"William acted as one of the proprietors after the death of his brother Joseph until 1706 when his nephew Joseph reached legal age. The Town Records shows very clearly that he was a large land owner and prominent in the affairs of the plantation.
He was a blacksmith by trade, and had his homestead and shop in that part of town known as "Duck Pond." He sold this property in 1720, and probably moved to Westchester county, though he still had landed interests at Musketa Cove as late as 1734."
William Carpenter was born about 1662/1666 in Pawtuxet, Bristol, RI. He died 2 February 1749 in NY. Number 13 in the book "The Carpenter Family" by Daniel H Carpenter. Pg 66

Sources

[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Benedict Carpenter, person ID L5KR-QH2. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for William Carpenter, person ID LHRR-1ZR. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Joseph Arnold CARPENTER, person ID LTM9-B1V. (Reliability: 3).
[S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Dec 2022), entry for Elizabeth Mudge, person ID LY4Y-CRJ. (Reliability: 3).