Benjamin Carpenter
1719 - 1760 (40 years)
Generation: 1
1. Benjamin Carpenter was born 5 Oct 1719; died 28 Jan 1760. Notes:
Benjamin & Eleanor had at least six children: Sarah, Jane, Elisha, Mary, Elizabeth, & Benjamin.
"Benjamin Carpenter died while defending Lake Champlain from the French and Indians."
(source: Three Hundred Years of Joseph Olin and his Descendants, Vol. II, p. 18)Benjamin married Eleanor Olin 13 Aug 1741, East Greenwich, RI. Eleanor (daughter of John OLIN, I and Susannah SPENCER) was born 1721, East Greenwich, RI; died 1797. [Group Sheet]