Abraham Carpenter
Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Nelson Hayes ← Rhoda Slaughter ← Lois Carpenter ← Amie Carpenter ← Abial Carpenter ← Abraham Carpenter
In brief
Born September 25, 1682, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He married May 1, 1705, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. He died April/22, 1758, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
Family
Children
- Abraham Carpenterb. September 8, 1705, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. October 21, 1730, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- Abial Carpenter · in this lineb. May 27, 1708, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- Simeon Carpenterb. February 1712, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. December 11, 1713
Siblings
- Samuel Carpenterb. September 15, 1661, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Patience Ide, January 8, 1682[1683] in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. January 1736, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- Sarah Carpenterb. January 11, 1663, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Nathaniel Perry, May 17, 1683, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. January 1747, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- Abiah/Abiel Carpenterb. February 10, 1665, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Mehitable Read, May 30, 1690, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Sarah Read, June 1702, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Mary Ormsby/Ormsbee, July 16, 1726, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. April 28, 1732, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- James Carpenterb. April 12/22, 1668, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Dorothy Bliss, June 26, 1690, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Grace Palmer, April 15, 1695, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. April 27, 1738, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- Jacob Carpenterb. September 5, 1670, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. Abt. September 1693 in Rhode Island
- Jonathan Carpenterb. December 11, 1672, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Hannah French, March 13, 1699, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. August 23, 1716, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- David Carpenterb. April 17, 1675, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Rebecca Ward, November 22, 1697, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. July 26, 1701, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
- Solomon Carpenterb. December 23, 1677, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Elizabeth Tefft in 1696d. 1750 in South Kingston, Rhode Island
- Zachariah Carpenterb. July 1, 1680, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsm. Martha Ide, November 8, 1705, in Rehoboth, Massachusettsd. April 8, 1718, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Life story
A Palmer's River Petitioner
Abraham Carpenter was born September 25, 1682, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, son of Samuel Carpenter, and inherited a third of his father's estate as a child in 1688. He farmed in Rehoboth and, in 1718, joined fellow members of the Palmer's River congregation in petitioning the town for funds promised to help finish their meeting house. In his January 1756 will, Abraham divided his estate between his son Abiel and his grandson Abraham, with his personal effects reserved for his wife Eleanor during her lifetime and afterward passed to his granddaughter and great-granddaughter Lois Carpenter. He died in Rehoboth on April 20, 1758.
Sources (2)
- 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, “Samuel Caprenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts,” Carpenter Cousins, 21 November 2017 (https://www.carpentercousins.com/Samuel3_Rehoboth.pdf : accessed 7 August 2026).