 Thomas Carpenter married on December 26, 1754, Elizabeth Moulton (born 1736 Bristol County, Massachusetts, died May 17, 1804 in Rehoboth) and they moved into the then newly built house (now on 77 Bay State Road) before it was fully finished in September 1755.On December 22, 1755 their first daughter Elizabeth was born in their new home.By August 1776 they would have twelve children born in their house.