| Birth: | May 17, 1725
Swansea
Bristol County
Massachusetts, USA | | Death: | Mar. 29, 1804
Guilford
Windham County
Vermont, USA | 
Family links:
Parents:
Edward Carpenter (1700 - 1778)
Elizabeth Wilson Carpenter (1706 - 1791)
Spouse:
Amie Carpenter Carpenter (1725 - 1803)
Children:
Joseph Carpenter (1749 - 1829)*
Rhoda Carpenter Nichols (1755 - 1837)*
Cyrus Carpenter (1769 - 1840)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
"Sacred to the Memory of the Late
HON BENJAMIN CARPENTER ESQ
Born in Rehoboth, Mass A.D. 1726
A Magistrate in Rhode Island inA.D. 1764
A public teacher of righteousness,
An able advocate to his last for Democracy,
And the equal rights of man.
Removed to this town A. D. 1770
Was a field officer in the Revolutionary War,
A founder of the first constitution and government of Vermont,
A counsellor of Censors in A.D. 1783
A member of the Counsil and Lieutenanet Governor of the state in A.D. 1779
A firm professor of Christianity in the Baptist church 50 years. Left this world
and 146 persons of lineal posterity March 29, 1804, aged 78 y 10m 12d;
with a strong mind and full faith of a more glorious state hereafter. Stature
about 6 feet, weight 200. Death had no terror."
Note: Burial and death information from Guilford Town Clerk's office - given on a Carpenter Cemetery information card. | | | Burial:
Carpenter Cemetery
West Guilford
Windham County
Vermont, USA |
Created by: Denise Crawford
Record added: Oct 13, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 43069243 |
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