Person:Benjamin Carpenter (7)

On a large marble slab, in the cemetery in the western part of Guilford, is the following unique inscription:^S1

Sacred to the memory of the Hon. Benj. Carpenter, Esq. Born in Rehoboth, Mass., A.D. 1726. A magistrate in Rhode Island in A.D. 1764. A public teacher of righteousness, An able advocate to his last for Democracy, And the equal rights of man. Removed to this town, A.D. 1770. Was a field officer in the revolutionary war. A founder of the first Constitution and government of Vermont. A Councillor of Censors in A.D. 1783, A member of the Council and Lieut. Governor of the State in A.D. 1779. A firm professor of Christianity in the baptist church 50 years. Left this world and 146 persons of lineal posterity, March 29, 1804. Aged 78 year 10 months and 12 days, with a strong Mind and full faith of a more Glorious state hereafter. Stature about six feet--weight 200. Death had no terror.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Slafter, Rev. Edmund Farwell. Memorial of John Slafter: with a genealogical account of his descendants, including eight generations. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States|Boston: Press of Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1869)
   p. 55.

   at number 334.

2.   Find A Grave.

   Includes several photos of the gravestone. link