When Mary Carpenter was born on 13 December 1765, in South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Carpenter, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Greenman, was 33. She married Uriah Goodrich on 1 January 1789, in Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 22 August 1830, in Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Hancock, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.
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On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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