Josiah CARPENTER

Birth:
18 Dec 1664
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Death:
28 Feb 1727
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Notes:
                   SOURCE:  ARCHIVE RECORD FOR WILLIAM CARPENTER AND MIRIAM SEARLES;  REHOBOTH
            TOWN MEETINGS, BOOK II, p.209;  JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL 
            SOCIETY, JAN. 1943, p.37;  LDS ANCESTRIAL FILE;  "EARLY REHOBOTH", VOL.1, p.87, by
            Richard LeBaron Bowen, Privately Printed, Rehoboth, MA, 1945;
           

Sealing to parents LDS ordinance date as per "STATUS REPORT OF NAMES SUBMITTED FOR TEMPLE ORDINANCE WORK," dated Jan 2, 1992.

JOSIAH CARPENTER WAS ELECTED AS ONE OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYORS IN 1720.  AT THE
TOWN MEETING HELD 27 OCT. 1721, MR. JATHNIEL PECK, MR. JAMES BOWEN AND MR.
JOSIAH CARPENTER WERE CHOSEN A COMMITTEE TO HANDLE THE TOWN'S PART OF THE
50,000 POUND ISSUE OF PROVIDENCE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY BILLS OF CREDIT.
Elizabeth READ
Birth:
25 Jan 1668/69
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Death:
8 Oct 1739
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Notes:
                   SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, JAN. 1943. p.37.

LDS Temple Ordinance dates taken from Temple Ready Report print out.
Children
Marriage
1
Comfort CARPENTER
Birth:
8 May 1709
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Death:
13 Sep 1739
Huldah BOWEN 
Marr:
12 Nov 1730
Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachuset 
Notes:
                   SOURCE: JOURNAL OF THE NEW ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, JAN. 1943. p.37; "EARLY  
                 REHOBOTH", VOL.1, p.90, by Richard LeBaron Bowen, Privately Printed, Rehoboth 
                 MA, 1945;

DR. COMFORT CARPENTER GRADUATED FROM HARVARD 1730.  ON THE COVER OF A BOOK HE
USED AT COLLEGE, IS WRITTEN:  "CYRIL CARPENTER, BORN 1736".  ALSO THERE IS A
CARPENTER COAT OF ARMS.  THESE SAME COAT OF ARMS ARE CUT ON THE REHOBOTH
TOMBSTONE OF HIS COUSIN DANIEL CARPENTER, WHO DIED AT REHOBOTH IN 1763, AND ARE
THE ARMS OF WILLIAM CARPENTER, ESQUIRE OF COBHAM CO., SURRY, GRANTED 4 MAR 1663
BY SIR EDWARD BYSSHE, KNT CLARENCEUX, TO "WILLIAM CARPENTER & YE SEVERAL
DISCENDANTS OF HIS BODY LAWFULLY BEGOTTON."

There is an interesting letter to Comfort Carpenter found in the notebook of James Bowen --
"providance septr the 11th AD 1736, Sr the time is out that you promised me pay for that Rum and I Bag you would assiste me with (n)otes or money for I am in spedey nesesety for it. from yours, James Bowen . . . to Cumforte Carpenter."
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Josiah Carpenter - Elizabeth Read

Josiah Carpenter was born at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States 18 Dec 1664. His parents were William Carpenter and Miriam Searles (Saile).

He married Elizabeth Read . Elizabeth Read was born at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States 25 Jan 1668/69 daughter of Thomas Read and Elizabeth Clarke .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Comfort Carpenter born 8 May 1709.

Josiah Carpenter died 28 Feb 1727 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States .

Elizabeth Read died 8 Oct 1739 at Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States .