Person:Joseph Carpenter (2)

Notes

Joseph was one of the founders of the first Baptist church in Massachusetts in 1666. Rev. Mr. Miles formed the fourth Baptist church in America, at Swansea, consisting of seven members. Joseph was one of the seven members who contributed to the building of the house in, consequence of which he was fined five pounds and prohibited from worship for the space of one month. The variance that appeared in their religious belief did not disturb his business relations with the family or settlers of Rehoboth, as he was one of the company of the North purchase and drew one share.

Will

His will was dated the 3d of May, 1675; he gives land to this three sons, namely, Joseph, Benjamin and John. He also gave unto them his rights in common of Rehoboth, likewise his rights in common in Swansey. His will also reads -"than now my wife is with child, shall have his part in the rights of lands before described." He gives his three sons his tools, excepting an ax and a hoe; these he wills to his wife. He gave his wearing apparel to Joseph and Benjamin. To his five daughters he gave ten shillings apiece, to be paid them by his wife. He gives his wife his housing, house, lot, and all his lands and goods, but if she married again, she was to give up one half , and the rest she was to enjoy while she lived, and was to be at her disposal to "some or one of my children" as was most dutiful to her. He gives her all the rest of his real estate, and she was to pay his daughter's legacies and debts. He appointed his wife the executrix; and he desired his loving brothers William and Samuel to be his overseers.

Further Reading

Carpenter Sketches includes an article on Joseph Carpenter by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, which the reader is referred to for more extensive information, as well as source citations. Zubrinsky periodically updates the article, and the reader is encouraged to check it for his latest research.

1. ↑ The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
   69:193-204.

   Bishop's Transcripts Shalbourne Parish, Wiltshire.

2. ↑ Joseph3 Carpenter (William2-1) of Rehoboth and Swansea, Massachusetts, in Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors. (Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters, 2008).
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Rounds, H. L. Peter. Vital records of Swansea, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992)
   409.

   Joseph Carpenter was buried the 6th of May 1675.

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Joseph3 Carpenter (William2-1) of Rehoboth and Swansea, Massachusetts, in Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors. (Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters, 2008)
   page 1.

   'Joseph Carpenter ... died at Swansea, Plymouth Colony, between 3 May 1675 (date of will [not 1676]) and 6 May 1675 (date of burial). He is said to have been buried near the “100-acre cove,” in that part of Swansea now Barrington, Rhode Island.'