Dorothy Whittaker

Dorothy married Stephen Carpenter on 28 Nov 1734 in Rehoboth,Bristol,MA-by Rev. John Greenwood. Stephen (son of Noah Carpenter and Sarah Johnson) was born on 23 Jul 1706 in Attleboro,Bristol,MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CARPENTER FAMILY - REHOBOTH BRANCH - page 107 and 202.

Stephen #533 of Stephen #153 of Noah #38 of William #18 of William #16.

Stephen was married three times:
1) Amy Field, of Providence, RI, m. 15 May, 1763, b. 8 June 1741,
d. 16 Sept. 1785.
2) Ruth Fisk of Scituate, MA, m. 21 Sept. 1786, b. 9 Oct 1752,
d. 1 Apr 1789.
3) widow Esther Greene, of Leicester, MA, dau. of Jonathan
Newhall, m. 7 Mar 1790, b. 7 Aug 1742.

Stephen moved to Cheshire or Adams, MA; his family was born in Cheshire, MA; he served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier; he was in the battle near Bennington, VT., Aug. 16, 1777; he served as deacon in the Elder Warden's (Werden) church; he gave public exhortations.

BERKSHIRE HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, VOL. 1, 1892,
Early Settlements in Cheshire, page 83:
List of conveyances recorded in the first ten books of the Pittsfield
Registry of Deeds running to persons named as residents of Rhode
Island.
Stephen Carpenter, Providence, R.I., April 11 1769/
Land lying between East Hoosuck and Williamsburg
and is Lot No. 16, 100 acres. B.7, p. 450.

Early Settlements in Cheshire, page 102:
Copied from Elder Peter Werden's writings, pages 319-321.
(Cheshire cemetery) Lot 32 E.
"This monument is erected in memory of Stephen Carpenter, who
died Feb. 5th, 1815, in ye 75th year of his age. He was ordained
Deacon of the First Baptist Church in Cheshire, July 1st 1783, and
continued to fill the office with honor to himself and to the Christian
religion.

Stephen married Amy Field on 15 May 1763 in Providence, RI ??. Amy was born on 08 Jun 1741 in Providence, RI; died on 16 Sep 1786 in MA ??. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CARPENTER GEN -- REHOBOTH FAMILY
Rufus (8) # 1389, of Stephen #533, Stephen 153, Noah 38, William 18. Family #451.

Rufus was b. March 13, 1764 in Providence, RI or Cheshire, MA, and d. June 24, 1837. A farmer.

Rufus Carpenter of Adamstown, enlisted in the Continental Army, June 30, 1780; served five months and 23 days. Rufus appears among a list of men raised for six months and returned by General Putnam as having passed muster, a return dated "Camp ----- Oct. 25, 1780." He enlisted again as corporal in Lieutenant Jerry Brown's company, in Col. Asa Barnes' regiment, Oct. 13, 1781, and served 16 days in a Berkshire county regiment, ordered on alarm to join General Stark at Saratoga.

Berkshire Co., Cheshire, MA: Estate inventories and valuation reported to the Court on s17 April 1837.
Amount of real estate, $1585.00
Amount of personal property, $338.95

Inventory list with values is in Bonny's Carpenter folder.

Rufus married Margaret "Peggy" Barker on 14 Mar 1786 in Lanesboro,, MA. Margaret (daughter of John Barker and Lucretia Newhall Newell) was born on 14 Dec 1767 in Lanesboro,, MA; died on 07 Apr 1845. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Notes from James Helms Lincoln, quoted from his father, Burr Buchanan Lincoln (grandson of Milton Lincoln).

My father (Burr B. Lincoln) said the Lincolns came from Connecticut. He listed his grandfather, Milton Lincoln, as being born in "Lanesborough." (No state after his name.) There does not appear to be a Lanesborough in Connecticut. There is a "Lanesville" in Connecticut. My father may have been in error on the name of the town. However, Sarah Carpenter, the wife of Milton, is listed as being born in Cheshire, Connecticut, on April 2, 1800. There is a Cheshire, CT. The records there, or in the County Court House, might give the address of Milton, if they were married in Cheshire. There is a good chance that they would have been married in the bride's home.

Notes from LDS library: Sarah Carpenter is listed as a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Ithaca, NY, 1821.

US Federal Census:

1825-- New York, Thompkins County, Groton.
Milton Lincoln is listed as head of the family with wife and one daughter.

1850-- New York, Thompkins County, Groton.
Milton Lincoln, age 54 - farmer; does not list Sarah (his wife).
Six children - Edgar, age 7, is youngest.

Notes from Phi(Lura) Lincoln Cook: Sarah Carpenter was born April 2, 1800, Cheshire, MA.

A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE REHOBOTH BRANCH OF THE CARPENTER FAMILY IN AMERICA, BROUGHT DOWN FROM THEIR ENGLISH ANCESTOR, JOHN CARPENTER, 1303, WITH MANY BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES OF DESCENDENTS AND ALLIED FAMILIES, by Amos B. Carpenter,
--- reference families 7, 9, 24, 78, 210, 451, and #2952 Sarah; m. a Lincoln.

Sarah married Milton Lincoln on 04 Mar 1823 in Cheshire,,MA. Milton (son of Jonathan Lincoln and Amy Anne Diane Northrup) was born on 19 Nov 1795 in Lanesborough,,MA; died in in Groton,Thompkins,NY. [Group Sheet]