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?J18	Robert Carver and Some of His Descendants [Oct
ried HxtutAfc?who died at Taunton 7 Feb. 1810, agrf 60 years (&.)?'
In the Revolution he served as a private in 1775 and a* ? lieutenant from 1776 to 1780 (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors bf the Revolutionary War).
Children, bom at Taunton (from Carver manuscript gen?* ogy at TauntGn, described under No. 15) :
i	WnxiAit,* b. 7 Sept 1768; d.	17 Apr. 1807	(Taunton Vital	Rf?;
ords); In. 5 Feb. 1795 (ib.) Sally Barstow, who	d. 9	F?'
1824,	56 year* (ib.). No record of children.	-	?
IL	Polly, b. ll Aug. 1770; m. 15 Nov. 1792 Dr. Samuel AW?
. (ArrtofcTt Vital Records of	Rhode Island,	vol. 16, p.	42).
HL	Lucy, b. 25 Apr. 1773; <L 12	July 1776.
iv.	Simeon T, b. 2 May 1775; d. 19 Feb. 1815.	'
v.	Datw, of TaufltotL b. 30 May 1777 (Taunton Vital Record*/}
d. at Taunton 25 Apr. 1842, aged 65 yean (ib.): m. theit, 1 Feb. 1801 (ib.), Lydia Df.an, b. there 30 Mar. 1776 (*M? daughter of Rufus and Lydia (Hodges) Dean of Taunton. Children, b. at Taunton (ib.) :
1.	Rttfus Dean,' b. 9 Nov. 1801; m. 7 Apr. 1837 Sarah *?
Spooner of Dighton.
2.	Simeon T.. b. 20 Sept 1803; d. 18 July 1804.
3.	Sally D., b. 21 Aug. 1805; d. 11 Sept 1806.	^.
4.	Soflv, b. 24 July 1807; d. m March 1874; m. 21 Sept 1**
Philip K. Porter.
5.	Rev. Robert, b. 22 Apr. 1810; d. 28 Feb. 1863. He
chaplain of the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment in ?* Civil War, and compiled the manuscript genealogy of Carver family described under No. 15.
6.	David, b. 11 June 1811.
7.	Lydia Aim, b. 30 Sept 1815.
vi.	Hannah, b. 17 Apr. 1779; m. 1 Mar. 1801 (ib.), Elias Fisk?-
viL	Lucy, b. 4 Feb. 1781.	^
vili.	Henry, of Taunton, b. 22 Feb. 1783 (?&.); d. at Taunton *
Aug. 1820, in his 38th year (ib.) ; m. there, 3 July 1803 (ib.)-Olive Stephens of Taunton, b. there 27 Apr. 1783 (ib.).
Children, b. at Taunton (ib.):
1. Mary Ann Angierb. 30 Dec. 1803; m. 16 Apr. 1823 PbA* ander Williams Dean.
Z Lydia, b. 18 Mar. 1806.
3. Hornet Harlow, bapt 1 Aug. 1820.
Perhaps others.
ix.	Sally, b. 9 Dec. 1785; m. 8 May 1806 Thomas G. Brown (Ar-
nolds Vital Records of Rhode Island, vol. 17, p. 171).
x.	Roiett, b. 23 Sept. 1788; d. 19 June 1807.
xi.	Frederick A. M., b. 6. Apr. 1790; d. 16 Aug. 1822; m. 29 Oct
1816 (Taunton Vital Records) Mary Atwood.
Child:
1.	Caroline Boylies,' d. 29 Sept. 1819, aged 9 months, 7 day* (*b.).
xiL	Ruth, b. 6 Sept 1793; m. 10 Jan. 1814 William B. Leonard ?
Plymouth (ib.). On 20 Apr. 1818 they moved to Fishlrill, N. Y.
31.	Nathan* Cabvek (Nathaniel,* Dca. ElcaserJohn * Robert1), of Taunton, bom, probably at Taunton, about 1745, died before his wife. He married at Taunton, 8 Apr. 1773 (Taunton Vital Records), Joanna Godfrey, bom at Taunton 5 Nov. 1747, died there 21 Feb. 1827, aged 80 years (ib.),
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daughter of George and Bethiah (Hodges) Godfrey. In the record she is called widow of Nathan.*
In the Revolution Nathan* Carver served as a private. Children, bom at Taunton:
i.	Nathan * of Taunton, b. 9 Mar. 1776 (Taunton Vital Records); m. at Taunton, 17 Oct 1802 (ib.), Sarah Dean, b. at Taunton in 1777 (ib.), d. there in 1855 (ib.), daughter of Rufus and Lydia (Hodges) Dean of Taunton.
Children, b. at Taunton (ib.) :
1.	George C.,' b. 24 July 1803; d. tmm.
Z A daughter, b. 28 Dec. 1804; d. 7 Jan. 1805. il. Abigail, probably b. 16 July 1778.
iiL Rufus, of Taunton, b. 1 June 1783; d. at Taunton 18 May 1855; m. there, 6 Dec. 1820 (ib.), Nancy Dean, b. at Taunton in 1787, daughter of Rufus and Lydia (Hodges) Dean of Taunton. Child:
1.	Charles Henry? b. at Taunton in 1823 (ib.) ; tn. at Taunton,
8	Mar. 1847 (ib.). Sarah Deborah Bliss, b. in 1829, daughter of George ana Lois M. Bliss. They had a son, Rufus Hobart* Carver, b. at Taunton 22 Jan. 1849 (ib.), and probably other children.
iv.	James A., of Taunton, b. in 1784; d. at Taunton 12 Apr. 1839,
aged 55 years (ib.); m. Mary------------
Children, b. probably at Taunton (ib.) :
1.	Charlotte' d. 24 June 1833, aged 23 year*.
2.	Abraham, bapt 19 Mar. 1832 (church records).
Perhaps other children.
v.	Joanna, m. 20 Aug. 1812 (Taonton Vital Records) John Paul
Dennis.
32.	Joseph' Carver (Joseph* Dea. Eleazer* John* Robert1), of Bridgewater and of Rhode Island, bom at Bridgewater 23 Mar. 1727 (Bridgewater Vital Records), died at Foster, R. I.,
23	Dec. 1786 (Arnold?s Vital Records of Rhode Island, vol. 15, page 486). He married at Bridgewater, 25 Sept. 1746 (Bridgewater Vital Records), Sarah Hartwell, probably daughter of Samuel Hartwell of Bridgewater; and perhaps he married secondly (intention recorded at Walpole, 9 May 1756, Walpole Vital Records) Sarah Lyon, although the Joseph Carver who married Sarah Lyon may have been his father, whose wife had died about a year before. Mrs. Sarah Carver, widow of Joseph, died at Scituate, R. I., in June 1817, in her 93d year (The Providence Gazette of 27 June 1817, in Arnold, op. cit., vol. 13, page 255).
Joseph* Carver left Bridgewater at Some time after the birth of his fourth child and settled near Providence, R. I., where the last child given below may have been bom, although no record of his birth or parentage has been found.
In the record of Joseph* Carver?s death it is stated that he was a soldier in the Revolution.
Children, probably all by his first and perhaps only wife
*tn the Carver manuscript genealogy at Taonton this yoanfest ton of Nathaniel4 Carrer U called Nathaniel; hut this must be an error, (or Nathaniel?s seventh child, Nathaniel, who died at the a*e of 16 years, coutd hardly have been of that ace when this child was born. Moreover, Nathan,* in the record of bis marriage, la called Nathan, Jr.


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