When Elizabeth Carpenter was born on 2 October 1741, in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Daniel Carpenter, was 28 and her mother, Renewed Smith, was 24. She married Stephen Hazard on 7 October 1759, in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died from 1769 to 1835.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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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