Comfort Carpenter Genealogy

Capt. Comfort Carpenter (5), son of Josiah (4), and Elizabeth, b. at Rehoboth, May 8, 1709; m. Huldah Bowen, Nov. 12, 1730. He graduated at Harvard College, 1730, and is said to have been a lawyer and a merchant in Rehoboth. Tradition reports he was killed by the Indians at Charleston, N. H., Sept 13, 1739, a. 31. His children were:

Chloe (6), b. Aug. 20, 1731; d Nov- 5, 1741, a. 11.

Cynthia, b. Sept. 21, 1733; m. Reynolds 2-Mayo.

Cyril, b. April 4, 1736; m, about 1759, Freelove Smith; d. December 9, 1816, a. 81. Freelove d. 1813, a. 76. Their children were:

Comfort A (7), b. 1760; physician at Pawtucket, R. L; father of Gent. Thomas Carpenter (8), of Providence, who was some years Democratic candidate for Governor of Rhode Island;

Cynthia A.,

Cyril L.,

Benjamin B.,

Phebe T.,

Huldah H., b. Nov. 26, 1768,

Christopher S.,

Polly S.,

Thomas O. H., b. 1777;

Betsey M.

Orinda, b. March 13, 1738; m., April 19, 1759, Nathan Dresser. Their children were:

Elfreda, b. October 16, 1759; m Nathaniel Carpenter.

Huldah, b. October 18, 1761; m. (Abel ?) Jackson. She d. October 4, 1820.

Serena, b. February 26, 1764; m. Thomas Holmes; 2-Smith, of Ashford, February 13, 1841.

Esther, b. April 1, 1766; d young.

Thomas, b. August 18, 1767; d. September 11, 1788.

Nathan, b. August 11, 1769; m Rebecca Leffingwell. He d. May 13,

Mary, b. February 7, 1772; m. Ephraim Hyde. Abel, b. January 26, 1775; m. Sally Brown.

Comfort, b. May 4, 1717; m. 1802 Celia Wade, born 1782.

Sally B., b. February 21, 1779; m. - Sheller, of N. Y. Jonathan, b. January 8, 1782; m. -; d. October 30, 1826.

Comfort, b. Jan 26, 1739-40. (Posthumous.) M.- Smith.