When Capt. Mathias "Zimmerman" Carpenter was born on 25 December 1752, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Matthais Zimmerman, was 27 and his mother, Susanna Christina Schuh, was 27. He married Elizabeth Miller in 1768, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 17 October 1835, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Warrensville, Ashe, North Carolina, United States.
