I came across a Benjamin CARPENTER who was the Representative from Guilford (along with John Barney) at the 4 Jun 1777 Convention at Windsor, VT created to a form a state government. Who is this Benjamin CARPENTER? Parents? Siblings? My source is page 273 of the following: Peter Blood Main Author: Vermont. Office of Secretary of State. Title: A list of the principal civil officers of Vermont from 1777 to 1918 : being a revision and enlargement of "Deming's Vermont officers." / edited by John Comstock under the direction of the secretary of state. Published: St. Albans, Vt., St. Albans messenger co., publishers, 1918. Description: 411 p. 23 cm.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Blood" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 2:31 PM Subject: [CARPENTER] Benjamin CARPENTER of Guilford , VT >I came across a Benjamin CARPENTER who was the Representative from >Guilford (along with John Barney) at the 4 Jun 1777 Convention at >Windsor, VT created to a form a state government. Who is this Benjamin >CARPENTER? Hi Peter He was a son of Edward & Elizabeth Wilson CARPENTER b 1725/6 ,eldest of 5. He married his cousin Amie CARPENTER ......... See page 125 of the Carpenter Memorial book . They had 12 children He has quite an impressively worded headstone on his grave that was still standing as of some 6 years go Born in Rehoboth 1726, Magistrate of Rhode Island 1764 A public teacher of rightousness An able advocate to his last for democracy Removed to this town ( Guilford VT) 1770 A fiels officer in the Revolutionary War A founder of the first constitution and government of Vermont A councillor of Censors 1783 A member of the Council and Lieutenant Governor 1779 Left this world and 146 descendants 20 Mar 1804 aged 78 yrs, 10 months and 2 days Stature 6' weight 200 Death had no terror And is my husbands 5 x gt grandfather Bye MargM Carpenters of Rehoboth Down -under Beautiful Central Coast of NSW Australia