When Joseph Carpenter was born on 21 August 1763, in Kingston, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Joseph Carpenter, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Greenman, was 31. He married Lydia Greenman about 1780, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 28 September 1848, in Rensselaer, New York, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States.
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New York is the 11th state.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island becomes the last of the original 13 colonies to become a state.
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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