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From: "Peter Blood" <peterblood666(a)joimail.com>
To: <CARPENTER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] Benjamin CARPENTER of Guilford , VT
I came across a Benjamin CARPENTER who was the Representative from
Guilford (along with John Barney) at the 4 Jun 1777 Convention at
Windsor, VT created to a form a state government. Who is this Benjamin
CARPENTER?
Hi Peter
He was a son of Edward & Elizabeth Wilson CARPENTER b 1725/6 ,eldest of
5. He married his cousin Amie CARPENTER ......... See page 125 of the
Carpenter Memorial book . They had 12 children
He has quite an impressively worded headstone on his grave that was still
standing as of some 6 years go
Born in Rehoboth 1726,
Magistrate of Rhode Island 1764
A public teacher of rightousness
An able advocate to his last for democracy
Removed to this town ( Guilford VT) 1770
A fiels officer in the Revolutionary War
A founder of the first constitution and government of Vermont
A councillor of Censors 1783
A member of the Council and Lieutenant Governor 1779
Left this world and 146 descendants 20 Mar 1804
aged 78 yrs, 10 months and 2 days
Stature 6' weight 200
Death had no terror
And is my husbands 5 x gt grandfather
Bye
MargM
Carpenters of Rehoboth Down -under
Beautiful Central Coast of NSW
Australia