Samuel Carpenter
b. September 15, 1661, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. January 17, 1736/1737, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
m. Patience Ide, January 8, 1682[1683] in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Sarah Carpenter
b. January 11, 1663, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. January 5, 1747/1748, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
m. Nathaniel Perry, May 17, 1683, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Abiah/Abiel Carpenter
b. February 10, 1665, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. April 28, 1732, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
m. Mehitable Read, May 30, 1690, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; Sarah Read, June 7, 17021/17032, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; Mary Ormsby/Ormsbee, July 16, 1726, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
James Carpenter
b. April 121/222, 1668, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. April 27, 1738, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
m. Dorothy Bliss, June 26, 1690, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; Grace Palmer, April 15, 1695, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Jacob Carpenter
b. September 5, 1670, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. Abt. September 1693 in Rhode Island
Jonathan Carpenter
b. December 11, 1672, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. August 23, 1716, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
m. Hannah French, March 13, 1699, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
David Carpenter
b. April 17, 1675, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. July 26, 1701, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
m. Rebecca Ward, November 22, 1697, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Solomon Carpenter
b. December 23, 1677, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. 1750 in South Kingston, Rhode Island
m. Elizabeth Tefft in 1696
Zachariah Carpenter
b. July 1, 1680, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts · d. April 8, 1718, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
m. Martha Ide, November 8, 1705, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts

In brief

Born Abt in Weymouth, Massachusetts. He married May 25, 1660, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts and worked as cooper. He died Abt in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.

Life story

A Rehoboth Cooper

Samuel Carpenter was born around 1638 near Weymouth, Plymouth Colony, and after his father's death jointly ran the family farm in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, with his mother, working as both a cooper and planter. He served Rehoboth for years as surveyor, way warden, and constable, became a freeman of Plymouth Colony in 1670, and donated generously to the colony's war effort during King Philip's War. Samuel died without a will and was buried in the Old Rehoboth Burying Ground on February 20, 1683; his estate, including 220 acres of land and his cooper's tools, was appraised at over 436 pounds.

At a glance

Work

Cooper, Planter

Lived

Weymouth, Massachusetts · Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Sources (3)

Amos B. Carpenter, A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898).
Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, “The Family of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 70 (October 1995): 193-204; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/13130/193/234370203 : accessed 6 August 2026).
Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, “Samuel Caprenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts,” Carpenter Cousins, 21 November 2017 (https://www.carpentercousins.com/Samuel3_Rehoboth.pdf : accessed 7 August 2026).