Priscilla Carpenter

Disputed Origins, Parents, Spouse and Children

According to The Great Migration Edward Bennett has no wife or children and was not father to Priscilla Bennett. Priscilla Bennett's origins and parents are unknown. (see citation below).

• Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011), 1:253-54. link

Find A Grave Memorial# 21485488

Priscilla Bennett Carpenter

• Birth: 1632 Unknown
• Death: Oct. 20, 1663 Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
• Burial: Newman Cemetery East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
  • Inscription: "P. C.
• She was not daughter of Edward Bennett
  • The connection has not been proven with certainty, though it was reported in Descent from 79 Early Immigrant Heads of Families (Elston, 1962-1971).
• First wife of William Carpenter.
• Children: John Carpenter, William Carpenter, Priscilla Carpenter Sweet, and Benjamin Carpenter. 
• Family links: 
  •  Parents:
    •   Edward Bennett (1615 - ____)
    •   Elizabeth Edington Bennett (1604 - 1674) 
  •  Spouse:  William Carpenter (1631 - 1703)* 
  •  Children:
    •   John Carpenter (1652 - 1695)*
    •   William Carpenter (1659 - 1718)*
    •   Priscilla Carpenter Sweet (1661 - ____)*
    •   Benjamin Carpenter (1663 - 1738)*

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Children by Priscilla Bennett:

• 1. John Carpenter –
  • B. 19 Oct 1652, Rehoboth, Massachusetts;
  • D. Woodstock, Connecticut;
  • M. (1) Rebecca Readaway; (2) Sarah _______
• 2. William Carpenter –
  • B. 20 Jun 1659, Rehoboth, Massachusetts;
  • D. 10 Mar 1719, Attleboro, Massachusetts;
  • M. Elizabeth Robinson (1657-?), 8 Apr 1685
• 3. Priscilla Carpenter –
  • B. 24 Jul 1661, Rehoboth, Massachusetts;
  • D. after 1744, East Greenwich, Rhode Island;
  • M. Richard Sweet
• 4. Benjamin Carpenter –
  • B. 20 Oct 1663, Rehoboth, Massachusetts;
  • D. 18 Apr 1738, Coventry, Connecticut;
  • M. Hannah Strong (1671-1762)

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http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Priscilla_Bennett_%282%29
Name: Priscilla Bennett

• Gender: Female
• Birth[5]: est 1631
• Marriage: 5 Oct 1651 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States to William Carpenter
• Death[2][1]: 20 Oct 1663 Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
• Cause: in childbirth
• Burial[3] Old Rehoboth (Newman) Cemetery, Rumford, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
• Parents and Siblings
  • F.  Edward Bennett1615 - aft 1645
  • M.  Unknown Unknown
  • m.
    • * 1. Priscilla Bennettest 1631 - 1663
• Spouse
  • H.  William Carpenter1631 - 1702/03
  • W.  Priscilla Bennettest 1631 - 1663
  • m. 5 Oct 1651
• and Children
  • 1. John Carpenter1652 - 1713
  • 2. William Carpenter1659 - 1718/19
  • 3. Priscilla Carpenter1661 - 1745
  • 4. Benjamin Carpenter1663 - 1738

References

• Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011), 1:253-54. link
• 1. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. (Providence, RI: Narragansett Historial Publishing Co., 1897), page 808, Deaths.
  • 'CARPENTER ... Prescilla, wife of William, Oct. 20, 1663'
• 2. ↑ William3 Carpenter (William2-1) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors. (Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters, 2008), page 1.
  • 'He married first at Rehoboth on 5 October 1651, PRISCILLA BENNETT, who died there on 20 October 1663, ...'
The date is the same as the birth date of her last child, Benjamin.
• 3. ↑ William3 Carpenter (William2-1) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors. (Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters, 2008), page 1.
  • 'All [William and his 2 wives] are buried in Old Rehoboth (Newman) Cemetery, in that part of Rehoboth now East Providence, Rhode Island ...' [followed by several citations].
• 4.   William3 Carpenter (William2-1) of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors. (Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters, 2008), pages 1, 6-7.
  • 'He married first at Rehoboth on 5 October 1651, PRISCILLA BENNETT, ...'
  • 'Priscilla Bennett is often said in electronic databases to have been born at Weymouth, England, on 5 October 1631, and her mother's name is sometimes given as Elizabeth/Alice Egington; never, however, do primary-source citations accompany these claims. That the date is exactly twenty years before that of Priscilla's marriage to William Carpenter raises suspicion that it originated from an estimate of her age on the latter date. It is not certain, moreover, what Priscilla's relationship to Edward Bennett was ... And in any case, his origin and the identity of his wife are unknown.'
• 5. ↑ Birth year is estimated based on marriage date (assuming age 20 at marriage) and baptismal year of her husband (1631).

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William married, first, on Oct 5,1651 at Rehoboth,MA, Priscilla Bennett.

She was possibly the daughter of Edward Bennett and Elizabeth ?Edgington? Bennett. (There is a marriage of an Edward Bennett and Elizabeth Edington at Weymouth, Co.Dorset on Oct 27,1622) The connection has not been proven with certainty, though it was reported in Descent from 79 Early Immigrant Heads of Families (Elston, 1962-1971). For now, I have entered links to these possible parents, but this may not be correct. The birthdate is also unsourced, and could be 1632.Edward Bennett came to New England with his wife Elizabeth and four niños, and settled in Weymouth,MA in 1636 where land was given to him. He was made a Freeman at General Court held in Boston, May 26, 1636. He resided in Weymouth seven years, when he joined the Rev. Newman's Company, and became one of the original proprietors of that part of Rehoboth, MA called Seekonk, moving there with his family in 1643. He died there about 1645-6. First wife of William Carpenter.Children: John Carpenter, William Carpenter, Priscilla Carpenter Sweet, and Benjamin Carpenter.