Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner

Carpenter Fenner

[b 1793 at Hopkinton, RI; d 4 July 1881 in RI] Carpenter Fenner m Huldah Jacques [b ca. 1802; d 20 Mar. 1886] on 9 Apr. 1826 in Rockville, RI.

Carpenter’s parentage is not completely certain, but the most likely candidate is Bowen, because (1) Bowen’s mother’s name is Lydia Carpenter, (2) Bowen was old enough to be married with children in 1793, and (3) Bowen’s place of burial, the Kenyon Lot (HP005) on Fenner Hill Road in Hopkinton, is very near Carpenter’s place of burial, the Fenner Lot (HP008) on Fenner Hill Road in Hopkinton. Carpenter could also be the son of John Fenner [1742–1823]

  1. Gilbert B. [b Sept. 1827 at Hopkinton, Washington, RI; d 1904 at Hopkinton, RI] m 1st Martha A. Tucker; m 2nd Mary E. Field.

  2. Huldah A. [b 1828; d 13 June 1887 at Warwick, RI] m Rufus J. Johnson [b Apr. 1827 at Coventry, RI; d 27 Dec. 1905 at Coventry, RI] on 10 Apr. 1849 at Richmond, RI.

  3. Jerome B. [b 22 Feb. 1831 in RI; d 22 Sept. 1901 at North Centerville, Kent, RI] m Prudence A. Lewis [b 11 Nov. 1835 in CT; d 17 Aug. 1914] on 31 Jan. 1856 at Thompson, CT. They had Walter Sprague [b 18 July 1876; d 28 Nov. 1902] who m 1st Mary Emma Cornell [1870–1892], daughter of Rhodes and Mary, on 3 Feb. 1891 at Coventry, RI; he m 2nd Lizzie M. Niles, daughter of John Niles and Mary McKey, on 18 Mar. 1894 at Scituate, RI. Walter was listed as single in the 1900 census.

  4. Betsy Muriel [b ca. 1833 in RI; d 14 Aug. 1899] m 1st Benjamin Franklin Sweet; m 2nd Albert C. Holmes.

  5. Joseph [b ca. 1834; d after 1849].

  6. Zanna Ann [b ca. 1835 in RI; d 11 Aug. 1887].

  7. Alonzo Barber [b Apr. 1837 in RI; d 24 Apr. 1906 in RI] m 1st Phebe Ann [b ca. 1839; d 6 Aug. 1870]; they had Susan E. [b ca. 1860; d 15 Dec. 1861], Ella J. [b 1863; d 10 Dec. 1864], Joseph C. [b 16 Nov. 1864; d 7 Mar. 1870]; he m 2nd Mary Abby Nelson [b 1 Jan. 1855; d after 1909] on 4 June 1876 in Scituate, RI.


Lineage:
[ Arthur | Arthur | Edward | John | Bowen ] Carpenter

Sources:
1. Email from Richard Arthur Fenner 12 May 2020.
2. Carpenter’s memorial at FindaGrave, no. 26655265