The following biographical sketch was published in Amos B. Carpenter's A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter Family in America (published 1898), page 65. It is now in the public domain and is transcribed below.
"Eliphalet was born Nov. 29, 1703 ; m. ist ElizabetJi Andrews, xNov. i, 1727 ; she was b. Feb. 17, 1705 or 1706. She d. May 6, 1773, aged 67 years ; he m. 2d, Abigail Ladd, Oct. 26, 1773 ; he d. Feb. 22, 1792. His father, soon after his birth in 1703, removed to Coventry, Conn. Eliphalet's wife Elizabeth was daughter of John and Hannah Gilett Andrews, His residence was Coventry, Conn where he died Feb. 22, 1792. In his will dated Dec. 1, 1775, probated April 3, 1792, he was called by the commissioners, Capt. Eliphalet Carpenter, which title justly belonged to him as he held a captain's commission under the King.
His name is on the muster roll of a large Mass. Company under the command of Capt. Thomas Cheney in General Dwight's Regiment, (which was raised in 1746 for the expedition to Canada and dismissed from service Oct. 31, 1747.) He was called a very old man at his death. He married twice, his second wife surviving him and he mentions his children and grandchildren. He speaks in his will of " my granddaughter Anne, daughter of Eliphalet," and gives her a gold necklace that belonged to his former wife. He renewed his baptismal faith at West Hartford Conn., March 17, 1728. His daughter Hannah was baptized at West Hartford, March 27 1728. The inscription on his tombstone in an old burying ground in Coventry. Conn., reads as follows:
"This monument is sacred to the memory of Captain Eliphalet Carpenter who died February 22d' 1792, after 10 weeks' illness, with great composure of mind, in full hope of a glorious resurrection and in the 89th year of his age.
An honest man, rare to be found
Iies buried here beneath this ground;
Whose soul we trust is now above
Where all is joy, where all is love.''
"Eliphalet was born Nov. 29, 1703 ; m. ist ElizabetJi Andrews, xNov. i, 1727 ; she was b. Feb. 17, 1705 or 1706. She d. May 6, 1773, aged 67 years ; he m. 2d, Abigail Ladd, Oct. 26, 1773 ; he d. Feb. 22, 1792. His father, soon after his birth in 1703, removed to Coventry, Conn. Eliphalet's wife Elizabeth was daughter of John and Hannah Gilett Andrews, His residence was Coventry, Conn where he died Feb. 22, 1792. In his will dated Dec. 1, 1775, probated April 3, 1792, he was called by the commissioners, Capt. Eliphalet Carpenter, which title justly belonged to him as he held a captain's commission under the King.
His name is on the muster roll of a large Mass. Company under the command of Capt. Thomas Cheney in General Dwight's Regiment, (which was raised in 1746 for the expedition to Canada and dismissed from service Oct. 31, 1747.) He was called a very old man at his death. He married twice, his second wife surviving him and he mentions his children and grandchildren. He speaks in his will of " my granddaughter Anne, daughter of Eliphalet," and gives her a gold necklace that belonged to his former wife. He renewed his baptismal faith at West Hartford Conn., March 17, 1728. His daughter Hannah was baptized at West Hartford, March 27 1728. The inscription on his tombstone in an old burying ground in Coventry. Conn., reads as follows:
"This monument is sacred to the memory of Captain Eliphalet Carpenter who died February 22d' 1792, after 10 weeks' illness, with great composure of mind, in full hope of a glorious resurrection and in the 89th year of his age.
An honest man, rare to be found
Iies buried here beneath this ground;
Whose soul we trust is now above
Where all is joy, where all is love.''
The following biographical sketch was published in Amos B. Carpenter's A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter Family in America (published 1898), page 65. It is now in the public domain and is transcribed below.
"Eliphalet was born Nov. 29, 1703 ; m. ist ElizabetJi Andrews, xNov. i, 1727 ; she was b. Feb. 17, 1705 or 1706. She d. May 6, 1773, aged 67 years ; he m. 2d, Abigail Ladd, Oct. 26, 1773 ; he d. Feb. 22, 1792. His father, soon after his birth in 1703, removed to Coventry, Conn. Eliphalet's wife Elizabeth was daughter of John and Hannah Gilett Andrews, His residence was Coventry, Conn where he died Feb. 22, 1792. In his will dated Dec. 1, 1775, probated April 3, 1792, he was called by the commissioners, Capt. Eliphalet Carpenter, which title justly belonged to him as he held a captain's commission under the King.
His name is on the muster roll of a large Mass. Company under the command of Capt. Thomas Cheney in General Dwight's Regiment, (which was raised in 1746 for the expedition to Canada and dismissed from service Oct. 31, 1747.) He was called a very old man at his death. He married twice, his second wife surviving him and he mentions his children and grandchildren. He speaks in his will of " my granddaughter Anne, daughter of Eliphalet," and gives her a gold necklace that belonged to his former wife. He renewed his baptismal faith at West Hartford Conn., March 17, 1728. His daughter Hannah was baptized at West Hartford, March 27 1728. The inscription on his tombstone in an old burying ground in Coventry. Conn., reads as follows:
"This monument is sacred to the memory of Captain Eliphalet Carpenter who died February 22d' 1792, after 10 weeks' illness, with great composure of mind, in full hope of a glorious resurrection and in the 89th year of his age.
An honest man, rare to be found
Iies buried here beneath this ground;
Whose soul we trust is now above
Where all is joy, where all is love.''
"Eliphalet was born Nov. 29, 1703 ; m. ist ElizabetJi Andrews, xNov. i, 1727 ; she was b. Feb. 17, 1705 or 1706. She d. May 6, 1773, aged 67 years ; he m. 2d, Abigail Ladd, Oct. 26, 1773 ; he d. Feb. 22, 1792. His father, soon after his birth in 1703, removed to Coventry, Conn. Eliphalet's wife Elizabeth was daughter of John and Hannah Gilett Andrews, His residence was Coventry, Conn where he died Feb. 22, 1792. In his will dated Dec. 1, 1775, probated April 3, 1792, he was called by the commissioners, Capt. Eliphalet Carpenter, which title justly belonged to him as he held a captain's commission under the King.
His name is on the muster roll of a large Mass. Company under the command of Capt. Thomas Cheney in General Dwight's Regiment, (which was raised in 1746 for the expedition to Canada and dismissed from service Oct. 31, 1747.) He was called a very old man at his death. He married twice, his second wife surviving him and he mentions his children and grandchildren. He speaks in his will of " my granddaughter Anne, daughter of Eliphalet," and gives her a gold necklace that belonged to his former wife. He renewed his baptismal faith at West Hartford Conn., March 17, 1728. His daughter Hannah was baptized at West Hartford, March 27 1728. The inscription on his tombstone in an old burying ground in Coventry. Conn., reads as follows:
"This monument is sacred to the memory of Captain Eliphalet Carpenter who died February 22d' 1792, after 10 weeks' illness, with great composure of mind, in full hope of a glorious resurrection and in the 89th year of his age.
An honest man, rare to be found
Iies buried here beneath this ground;
Whose soul we trust is now above
Where all is joy, where all is love.''
Inscription
This monument is sacred to the memory of Captain Eliphalet Carpenter who died
February 22d, 1792, after 10 weeks' illness, with great composure of mind, in full hope
of a glorious resurrection and in the 89th year of his age.
An honest man, rare to be found
Lies buried here beneath this ground;
Whose soul we trust is now above
Where all is joy, where all is love.
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