Inscription
AGE 75 YRS HUSBAND OF ANNA
In Memory of I NEHEMIAH CARPENTER, I who Died Feb.
24, 1832; I Aged 74 Y'rs 7 Mo's & 25 Da's. I also i In Memory
of ANN, I Wife of Nehemiah Carpenter, I Who Died July I
22, 1834, I Aged 71 Y'rs 3 Mo's & 21 Days. I
Collamer cemetery. Mr. Carpenter was born in Queens
Co., N. Y., June 29, 1757, and settled in Dutchess Co., going
to Manlius in 1816, according to Clayton. The name occurs
in four regiments of the N. Y. Line, and also in Pawlett's
Levies. Three of the name were heads of families in N. Y.
in 1790. He was born at Jamaica, L. I., June 29, 1757, and
married Ann Bookout, Feb. 13, 1782. She was born April
1, 1763. The Carpenter Memorial says: "He died Feb. 24,
1832, at Dewitt or Manlius, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and was
buried on the farm of his son Vliet, now the center of East
Syracuse. His remains were removed to the burying ground
of Collamer. He is recognized as a veteran of the Revolution." He enlisted several times. After the war he removed
to Dutchess Co., and then to Manlius in 1816.
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Gravesite Details
Mr. Carpenter was born in Queens Co., N. Y., June 29, 1757, and settled in Dutchess Co., going to Manlius in 1816, according to Clayton. The name occurs in four regiments of the N. Y. Line, and also in Pawlett's Levies. Three of the name were heads
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