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Rehoboth Carpenter Family
The Rehoboth Carpenter family is an American family that helped settle the town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts in 1644. Note: This book has been reprinted and duplicated by many organizations in print, CD, DVD, & digital formats. This 900-plus page tome was remarkable for its day, but many corrections has been made in the genealogies it contains over the last century. The best compiled corrections to this work and related lines is in th"Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2009" data DVD format. William Carpenter The first immigrant and founder of this line was William Carpenter (generation 1) (b. c1575 in England), his namesake son, William Carpenter (Generation 2) (c. 1605 in England -1658/9 Rehoboth, Bristol, MA), and the son's wife and children (then numbering four) arrived on the ''Bevis (ship), Bevis'' from Southampton, England, in 1638. Nothing more is known of the father, William (Gen. 1), in Massachusetts and he is presumed to have perished either in passage, shortly after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevis Passengers 1638
Bevis (sometimes spelled ''Beavis'' or ''Bevys'') is a given name of Old French origin, meaning someone coming from Beauvais, in the Oise region, or after the Norman French “belfils” or “beufitz”, meaning fair or lovely son. It was not recorded in England until after the Norman Conquest in 1066. People * Andrew Bevis, an Australian actor * Arch Bevis (1955–), Australian politician * Bevis Hillier (1940–), art historian and biographer of Sir John Betjeman * Bevis Longstreth, novelist and former Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission * Billy Bevis (1918–1994), British football player * Fred Beavis, 57th mayor of Toronto * Howard Landis Bevis (1885–1968), president of Ohio State University * John Bevis (c.1664–1771), English astronomer, known for discovering the Crab Nebula * Leslie Bevis (born 1954), American former model and actress * Marie-Louise Bévis (1972–), French athlete * Michael Beavis (1929 – 2020), Royal Air Force offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newman Congregational Church
Newman Congregational Church is a United Church of Christ congregation in East Providence, Rhode Island. The church is a two-story wood-frame structure on a high brick basement. It was built in 1810 for a congregation that was gathered in 1643. Newman Church is the oldest Congregationalist organization in Rhode Island. Historically located at the center of the Rehoboth "Ring of The Green," the church today is located between the historic Newman Cemetery and Carpenter, Lakeside, and Springvale Cemeteries. History The Newman Congregational Church was established by the Rev. Samuel Newman (1602–1663) of Weymouth, Massachusetts. In 1641, he and members of his congregation purchased a tract of land from Pokanoket leader Massasoit Ousamequin located east of Providence, Rhode Island and the Seekonk River. Newman named the new town ''Rehoboth'', and soon afterwards he formed his congregation there. In 1812, the town of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, was divided in two, and the church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |