Cyril CARPENTER

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Cyril Carpenter was born 27 Aug 1743 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, the eldest child of Josiah Carpenter and his wife, Huldah (Walker) Carpenter (Rehoboth, MA VR, p. 576). Josiah Carpenter died in 1747 when Cyril was a small child. His mother, Huldah, was remarried to Lieutenant Dan Wilmarth (died 1769) and following his death was married to Ebenezer Walker. Although Cyril Carpenter?s birth is recorded in Rehoboth, most of the other significant events of his life took place in Attleborough. It should be noted that the town of Attleborough, in which he resided, was reincorporated in 1914 as the city of Attleboro.

Cyril Carpenter, of Attleborough, was married 28 Nov 1765 to Lucy Lane, of Norton. The marriage intentions were published in Attleborough, 18 Oct 1765 (Attleborough, MA VR, p. 481), and also in Norton, MA, 19 Oct 1765 (Norton, MA VR, p. 267). The actual marriage date is derived from Amos B. Carpenter?s 1898 work, A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family, p. 117, reportedly taken from a family source of Miss Abbie Frances Carpenter (1851-1923), a great-granddaughter of Cyril Carpenter and Lucy (Lane) Carpenter.

Lucy Lane was born 3 Feb 1747/8 in Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elkanah Lane and his wife, Hannah Tingley (Norton, MA VR, p. 92). She died 10 Apr 1793 in Attleborough, Bristol County, Massachusetts (Attleborough, MA VR, p. 647). Following her death he was married 16 Apr 1795 (intentions) in Attleborough to Mary Andrews, widow, of nearby Taunton (Attleborough, MA VR, p. 360).

Cyril Carpenter served on Attleborough?s Committee of Safety in 1777 (John Daggett, Sketch of the History of Attleborough: From Its Settlement to the Present Time, published 1834, page 75). He also served on active duty in the militia during the American Revolution. He was involved in two incidents where the militia was called into duty upon alarms of British incursions into neighboring Rhode Island. He served in Captain Alexander Foster's Company, Colonel John Daggett's Regiment, marching to Rhode Island on the alarm of 8 Dec 1776, serving twenty-two days. He also served in Captain Moses Willmarth's Company, Colonel Isaac Dean's Regiment, enlisting 31 Jul 1780, being discharged 7 Aug 1780 (Massachsuetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, volume 3, p. 115).

Cyril Carpenter was an active member of the Second Congregational Church in Attleborough, serving as a deacon, reflecting the high esteem in which he was held by his church and in the greater community at large. He was known and referred to as Deacon Cyril Carpenter.

Deacon Cyril Carpenter died 23 Nov 1811 in Attleborough (Attleborough, MA VR, p. 646). He died testate, his will outlining bequests to his eleven children and his second wife (Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate, Volume 47, pp. 164-166).

The Reverend Nathan Holman, minister of the Second Congregational Church, delivered a sermon, "...occasioned by the death of Deacon Cyril Carpenter," in which he stated:

"More than thirty years ago, he professed his faith in Christ, and united with the church of God in this place. - For nearly twenty years he has filled the office of deacon with great reputation. You yourselves are witnesses that his walk has been upright, and his dealings with men irreproachable. Neither his Christian nor moral character have been impeached." (Nathan Holman. ?Memoirs of Deacon Cyril Carpenter.? Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, and Religious Intelligencer, Volume 5 (1812), pages 383-385.)

Cyril Carpenter was originally buried at the churchyard of the Second Congregational Church, next to his first wife, Lucy (Lane) Carpenter. The Boston and Providence Railroad was constructed through the cemetery in 1834 dividing it into two unequal parts and required the removal of approximately one hundred fifty individuals interred in it. The graves of Deacon Cyril Carpenter and Lucy (Lane) Carpenter were moved to Woodlawn Cemetery in Attleborough.


Researched and written by Charles Martin Ward, Junior. The biography is adapted from a portion of an article published by him, "Huldah (Walker) Carpenter Willmarth Walker (1721-1815), of Rehoboth and Attleborough, Massachusetts: Matriarch of the Carpenter Family." The Mayflower Quarterly, volume 76, number 3 (September 2010), pages 258-274.

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Cyril married Lucy LANE on 28 Nov 1765. Lucy was born on 14 Feb 1748 in Norton, Bristol Co, Massachusetts; died on 30 Apr 1793 in Attleborough, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nathan CARPENTER was born on 21 Oct 1777 in Attleboro, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 01 Jan 1816.

Cyril married Mary PADELFORD on 16 Apr 1795 in Attleborough, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Zachariah PADELFORD and Martha ALLEN) was born in 1749 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 10 Sep 1836 in Ashfield, Franklin Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Baptist Corner Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin Co.,Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]