When Betsey Carpenter was born on 14 November 1787, in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Daniel Carpenter, was 49 and her mother, Olive Ide, was 28. She married Simon Daggett on 16 August 1826, in Seekonk, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States in 1860 and Osborne Cemetery, Alford, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1870. She died in 1874, in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Newman Cemetery, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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