24 Facts About Samuel Carpenter

Samuel Carpenter was a Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania.

In 1671, when Samuel Carpenter was twenty-one years old, his father was murdered.

Samuel Carpenter apparently embraced the doctrines of George Fox and the Quaker faith about this time before leaving England for Barbados about 1673.

Samuel Carpenter then joined himself to a colony of Quakers on the island of Barbados, where he stayed about ten or eleven years.

Samuel Carpenter is known to have enslaved Alice of Dunk's Ferry, toll collector and oral historian.

In early 1683, Samuel Carpenter was fined for not sending men with arms for military service.

Samuel Carpenter availed himself of the opportunity with other Quakers to sail to Pennsylvania.

Samuel Carpenter was well known for her intellectual ability and influence in the Society of Friends.

Two of Samuel Carpenter's half-brothers arrived, it is believed but not proven, on different ships in Philadelphia in 1683.

Joshua, Samuel Carpenter and Abraham were each born of a different mother, but they remained close throughout their lives.

Joshua Samuel Carpenter was the son of Mary Somervale, the first wife of Sheriff John Samuel Carpenter.

Samuel Carpenter had at least two children and two grandchildren by the time he died.

Samuel Carpenter was one of the founders of Christ Church in Philadelphia.

Samuel Carpenter was a brewer whose Philadelphia Ale was well known.

Samuel Carpenter made several trips back to England and kept in contact with the family there.

Samuel Carpenter bought a lot in Philadelphia extending from King Street to Front Street and on to Second Street.

Not far from Carpenter's Wharf on King Street, Samuel built one of the first brick mansions for himself and his family.

On "No 16" Second Street, Samuel Carpenter subsequently built the historic "Slate Roof House," the first of its kind and which was occupied by many notables in Philadelphia's history.

Samuel Carpenter was a man of great force in every sense of the word, and being a Quaker of the most pronounced views, he, of course, proved to be of the greatest value and assistance to Penn during the latter's enforced absence in England.

In various letters Samuel Carpenter seems embarrassed and was obliged to sell much of his properties.

Samuel Carpenter was not only involved in multifarious transactions and endeavors in building up his beloved adopted city, but was an early philanthropist toward all things public in Philadelphia.

Samuel Carpenter departed last night about 11, at his daughter Fishbourn's where he lodged when taken ill.

Samuel Carpenter lay about twelve days ill of a violent rheumatism and fever, in great pain, but just before his departure he took leave of all his friends about him and went quietly away.

Samuel Carpenter was a loving affectionate husband, tender father and a faithful friend and brother.