Eliphalet Carpenter
b.9 Nov 1747
m. 1 Nov 1727 - Eliphalet Carpenter1747 - 1820
Facts and Events
BIOGRAPHY: A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family
Amos B. Carpenter
Amherst, Mass.
Press of Carpenter & Morehouse
1898 - Page 98
He enlisted in the Revolution, Sept. 7, 1776, in Captain Isaac Sargent's Company. Major Backus Light Horse Regiment. This command was ordered to the army near New York, in September or November, 1776. Washington issued the following general order; "A relief being come for his light Horse under Major Backus that corps is now dismissed with the hearty thanks for their faithful services and the cheerfulness and alacrity they have shown upon all occasions."
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