Daniel Carpenter Genealogy

Daniel Carpenter (5), b. Nov. 8, 1695, son of Daniel Carpenter; m. Susannah Lyon, of Woodstock, Vt., Dec. 29, 1720. " She was born at Woodstock, Sept. 29, 1699, and died at Rehoboth, July 7th, 1790, aged 90 years, 9 months and 2 days, " as her gravestone, "In memory of Mrs. Susannah Carpenter, Widow of Daniel Carpenter, Esq., " reads. Daniel, d. Jan. 25, 1753. During his life he held town or other public office almost constantly.His children were:

Elisha (6), b. dune 18, 1728.

Asabel (6), b. -; m. Mary Shorey. Their children:

1, Susannah, m. Medbury;
2, Mary, m. Bliss;
3, Matilda, am. Tucker;
4, Sophia, unm.;
5, Asenath, unm.;
6, Christina Amelia, who m. Israel Droun;
7, Caroline Augusta, unm.;
8, Bethia, unm.;
9, Wooster, m. Lovina Brown.

Elizabeth (6), m. Atwood.

Susannah (6), m. Nathaniel Chaffer.

Hannah (6), unmarried.

Daniel (6), b. August 4, 1739; m. 1, Anna Lyon, by whom he had three children: 2d, married Olive Ide, by whom he had eight children. He d. April 18, 1823; buried in Providence Cemetery, and on his gravestone the family coat-of-arms is cut. His children were:

1. Elizabeth;
2. Abigail, m. James French;
3, Daniel, m. Rachel Lyon;
4, Drayton, m. Sally Peck;
5, Darivus, m. Anna Carpenter (daughter of Caleb Carpenter);
6, Betsy, m. Simeon Daggett. (Betsy, when 85 years of age, from memory painted a picture of her dead father, which her brother Davis now possesses);
7, Draper, m. Caroline Bassett;
8, Davis, b. March 25, 1794, m. Elpha French (she being descended from a family, of Carpenters whose ancestor two generations before was Abiah Carpenter). Davis is the only surviving child of Daniel 3. All that is known of his family is the names of three of his children-Sarah F., Amelia, m. to Solon Carpenter (son of Wooster Carpenter,) living in Providence, R. I., and Davis, Jr., living in St. Joseph, Mo.
9, Calvin, m. Abigail Tisdale;
10, Olive, in. Phanuel Jacobs.