Carpenter Families from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: CARPENTER
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 227-228

CARPENTER, ZACHARIAH, was from Rhode Island, and was born in 1766. He m. Lydia, 
daughter of Samuel and Amy Wightman, and settled in this town early in the present century. He was 
for many years a tavern-keeper near the railroad station at the mouth of Cold river. He had a family of 
eight children, as follow:
I. Albert, b. June 10, 1814; d. Oct., 1879; m. first, Mary Wilder of Keene, N.H., and had seven 
children, four of whom are living; viz., 1st, Edward, lives in South Royalston, Mass. 2d, Emily, 
lives in Rutland, Vt. 3d, Henry, lives in Rutland, Vt. 4th, Thomas, lives in the city of New York, 
m. second, a widow Gage of Westminster, Vt.
II. Amanda, m. Capt. Elijah Holbrook, of Surry, N.H.
III. Caroline, m. Warren Daniels of Keene, and lived for a while in this town; but subsequently 
removed to Rutland, Vt.
IV. Amy, m. a Gaskell of Clarendon, Vt.
V. Frances, m. a Pettis, and settled at Bellows Falls, Vt.
VI. Elmira, m. Thomas Heaton of Drewsville, Oct. 30,1821, and d. June 6, 1823, aged 24.
VII. Thomas K., d. young.
VIII. Samuel, of whom nothing is known.
Zachariah Carpenter died Feb. 22, 1837; his wife died July 28, 1847, aged 73.

CARPENTER, DAVIS. There were two families by the name of Carpenter living in town about the 
year 1800. The one of which the following account is given lived on the elevation of land in the southeast 
part of the town known as "Carpenter’s hill." He purchased the place once owned by Josiah Goldsmith. 
The mainly traveled road through Walpole to Boston passed by his door. He kept a public house there 
for a score or more of years, and brought up a numerous family, many of whom were persons of 
respectability. The date of birth of three of his children is not known, two of whom are supposed to be 
the oldest members of the family. Abigail, his mother, died in town, Nov. 30, 1816, aged 94. Ch.
I. Amasa, d. March13, 1838; m. Rebecca Mason, March 21,1798. Ch. 1st, Calvin, b. May 14, 
1798; m. Laura, dau. of Levi Fay. 2d, Sally, b. June 10,1800; m Joseph L. Fay. 3d, Althea, b. 
April 7,1802; never married. 4th, Elsie, m. W. H. Scovil.
II. Sylvester, m. Lydia Bowker, second wife, Aug. 23, 1826. Ch. 1st; Walter, b. June 12, 1808; 
studied medicine and went west.
III. Walter, m. Abigail Bowker, Oct. 18, 1812.
IV. Ruth, m. William Kingsbury March 3, 1820.
V. Sally, b. June 26, 1796, and d. the next year.
VI. Lucy, b. Oct. 1, 1797; m. Charles Bugbee, in 1822.
VII. Davis jr., b. Dec. 25, 1799; became a physician and went north.
VIII. Cyril, b. Oct. 29, 1801; went north.
Miriam, Davis Carpenter’s wife, died June 11,1803, aged 43. He m., the same year, the widow 
Lucy Bowker of Westmoreland, who had the following children: Cushing, Lucy, Sally, and, it is 
said, two others. 
IX. Miriam, b. Oct. 8, 1804; m. Charles E. Chase of this town, Nov. 17, 1825.
X. Nancy Cushing, b. Sept. 6, 1806; m. Dr. Foster Hooper of Fall River, Mass.; d. July 29, 1834.
XI. Sophia, b. Dec. 16, 1808; m. Luther Proctor; d. Oct. 12, 1836.
XII. Louisa, b. Aug. 10, 1810; had bad luck in her marital relations. She went north among 
her friends.
XIII. Eliza, b. Dec. 29, 1812; m. William Barron, and lives at Bellows Falls.