In brief

Born November 26, 1725, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. She married October/3, 1745, in Providence, Rhode Island. She died July 1, 1803.

Family

Children

  • Asaph Carpenter
    b. July 22, 1746, in Warren, Rhode Island
    d. Hudson, New York
  • Joseph Carpenter
    b. February 24, 1749
    m. Tamer Carpenter
    m. Eunice ____
    d. May 1829
  • Lucinda Carpenter
    b. March 6, 1751
    m. Stephen Chase
    m. Judge ____ Wheeler
  • Lois Carpenter · in this line
    b. September 8, 1753, in Warren, Rhode Island
  • John Carpenter
    b. December 2, 1758
    d. October 25, 1759
  • Lydia Carpenter
    b. October 1760
    d. October 6, 1780
  • Amy Carpenter
    b. September 1763
    d. October 6, 1786, in Scituate, Rhode Island
  • Rhoda Carpenter
    b. May 1765, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    m. Samuel Nichols
  • John Benjamin Carpenter
    b. June 8, 1766, in Scituate, Rhode Island
    m. Anne Fisher, February 7, 1788
    d. 1832 in Henderson, Kentucky
  • Cyrus Carpenter
    b. September 12, 1769, in Killingly, Connecticut
    m. Betsey Barney
    m. Betsey Putnam, March 18, 1814
  • Eunice Carpenter
    b. Abt. 1771 in Guilford, Vermont
    m. Amos Gore

Siblings

Full siblings — children of Abial Carpenter and Prudence

  • Louis Carpenter
    b. September 25, 1727, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Sarah Carpenter
    b. September 10 ___, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Half-siblings — children of Abiel Carpenter and Charity Allen

  • Abraham Carpenter
    b. September 23, 1739, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    m. Elizabeth Bliss, February 28, 1759
    d. August 21, 1797
  • Abiol Carpenter
    b. August 3, 1743, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Simeon Carpenter
    b. January 7, 1751, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Nathan Carpenter
    b. April 12, 1757, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Rachel Carpenter
    b. February 9, 1759, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Allen Carpenter
    b. February 27, 1761, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    m. Mehitable ____
  • Lucy Carpenter
    b. January 19, 1763, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    d. January 8, 1764, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Comfort Carpenter
    b. July 18, 1764, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    m. Priscilla Howard, November 15, 1786
    d. January 1, 1822, in Eastford, Connecticut
  • Ephraim Carpenter
    b. August 29, 1766, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Noah Carpenter
    b. November 24, 1768, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    m. Charlotte Sharp, April 26, 1792
    d. March 1847 in Homer, New York

Life story

A Vermont Settler's Wife

Amie Carpenter was born November 26, 1725, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, daughter of Abiel Carpenter, and married Benjamin Carpenter in Providence, Rhode Island, in October 1745. The couple moved to Guilford, Vermont, in 1770, where Benjamin became a leading figure in the territory's fight for statehood. Amie died July 1, 1803.

Sources (2)
  1. Gail Lynde, Carpenter House Stories, 2 October 2022; privately held by a family member.
  2. Amos B. Carpenter, A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Amherst, Massachusetts: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1898).