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Descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, that part now in Bristol County, MA

Notes

10. Capt. John Carpenter Jr.

NOTE: See father's notes for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.
NOTE: There is no evidence that John was ever married to Abigail Rhodes. This started as a typo and the mistake has acquired a life of its own. This marriage should be dismissed.

Number 24 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 50.
Family is number 13 on page 61.   He resided at Jamaica, LI.
His will was dated 10 Jun 1732 and proved 30 Jul 1732. His will names his wife Mary, sons Nehemiah, John and Solomon "belonging to Goshen" to whom he gives his musket, sword, etc. Daughters Mary, Hannah, Susanna, and Phebe. Also mentioned was Increase who with Nehemiah were executors to the will of their father. (NOTE: Gene Zubrinsky states that this John died on the day his will was written.)
He took the oath as Captain of Troops, Nov. 22, 1703 at Jamaica. Of Huntington, RI. He also was a Captain of Militia in 1715.

MARRIAGE1: The first given marriage to Abigail Rhodes is wrong per Gene Zubrinky. He writes: "..., you attribute to John4 a previous marriage, to Abigail Rhodes, dau. of John. But you give the year of her death as 1684, which is four years AFTER his marriage to Mary, his only known wife. There is, moreover, no record of an Abigail Rhodes, certainly not a daughter of John. Someone apparently began substituting Abigail's name for Mary's, and the mistake has acquired a life of its own." This marriage should be dismissed.

MARRIAGE:
!PER NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700;
CARPENTER, John (1658±-1732) & Mary [RHODES?]; by 1685; Jamaica, LI {Carpenter 50, 61; Messenger (ms) 20}.
NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES is by Clarence Almon Torrey (974.0 v25t).
GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING CO., INC. Baltimore, MD 1985.
NEHGS and GPC had cooperated on producing the work above. The printed version is like an index to the microfilmed version which cites sources with the marriage.
How can you gain access to the microfilmed version? Maybe you can go online and ask the question at the NEHGS (New England Historical & Genealogical Society web page ...
SEE: Colonial Families of Long Island by Seversmith.
http://www.channel1.com/users/nehgs/
Or the GPC (Genealogical Publishing Company) who has moved to (12/99) ...
http://www.genealogybookshop.com/genealogybookshop/index.html

BOOK: Herbert Furman Seversmith, Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut: Being the Ancestry & Kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith, 5 vols. (Washington D. C., 1939–1958), 2:536–38. The passage relevant to the subject of your message (the alleged marriage of John5 Carpenter [John4-3, William2 of Rehoboth] and Ruth Coe) is on p. 537, beginning about the middle of the page.
See RIN 12521 John Carpenter Jr Seversmith.jpg (and b & c)

E-MAIL: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 From: Robin Carpenter .
I finally received from the NYS Archives a photocopy of John Carpenter's 1732 will (Jamaica LI NY). [This is John #24 in Carpenter Memorial, 1658-1732.] The copy quality of the will is very bad--so bad that the state
declined to cash my check--and a number of words are undecipherable.
This will was abstracted in the NY Gen & Biog Record, Vol 65 p.38, transcript of which abstract I have from "The Ancestry & Descendant of Col. Solomon Carpenter of Goshen NY" of 1974. I'm sure the abstract has appeared elsewhere as well.
Overall, the abstract is a pretty good representation of the will (although it omits all the introductory pieties). My interest in seeing the actual will was to clarify a confusion over the number and sequence of John's sons. The abstract refers to sons Nehemiah, John of Goshen, Solomon of Goshen, Joseph, Increase, Nehemiah (again). The abstract THEN paraphrases the will's reference to "my three sons." HUH? Is it three sons (reference), five (name count), or conceiveably six (if there were two Nehemiahs)?
The will makes it all pretty clear. One item bequeaths to wife (Mary) and son Nehemiah. Another item bequeaths to son "John Carpenter belonging to Goshen." Another item bequeaths to "Solomon Carpenter belonging to Goshen." Then an item bequeaths "...unto three sons Joseph Increase & Nehemiah Carpenter after the end of my Wifes Widdowhood all my meadow lying on Nether East Neck and my lot of land lying down(?) the Neck joining to the land of Jeremiah Denton to be equally divided between them to them and their heirs and assigns forever."
(The will literally says "Item" initiating each bequeathal statement separately.)
Later reference is made to "...equal charge with my three sons Joseph Increase & Nehemiah in sharing(?) my building as long as my Wife & I shall live." Finally, after the homestead is (later) to be sold, there is reference to "...my three sons and four daughters Joseph Increase & Nehemiah & Mary Hannah Susanna & Phebe..." to split the proceeds equally.
Very clearly there are five sons. Almost as clearly, John and Solomon are eldest and gone off on their own. Finally, the sequence of the three youngest sons is pretty surely Joseph-Increase-Nehemiah. (The sequence in ABC's Carpenter Memorial has Nehemiah first--which I would guess is because he is named first in John's Item #1, as described above, but which sequence I conclude is plainly wrong.)
Genealogist Raymond George Carpenter says that John #24 was married twice, 1st to Abigail Rhodes and 2nd to Mary who is named in the will. John is 74 yrs old at his death, with one daughter (Hannah) who is unmarried although there are two younger sisters, and with three sons living at home.
Presumably they are all young adults. It adds up, in my view, to wife Mary likely being the mother of these offspring, and Abigail Rhodes the mother of John & Solomon of Goshen.
Does anyone wish to concur with me in this?
Robin Carpenter.

WILL:
1732 Will of John Carpenter of Jamaica
Transcribed from imperfect photocqpy by Robin L. Carpenter Hanover NH, Nov 1999
143 In the name of God Amen. I John Carpenter of Jamaica in Queens
County in Nassau Island and in the Colony of New York yeoman(?)
being at the present time of perfect memory & sound of mind &
understanding blessed(?) by God (but not knowing how many days?)
may come do make this my last will & testament hereby revoking and
annulling all former Wills made or by word or writing before the
day hereof and only to stand(?) as my last will and testament.
I commit & bequeath my Soul immortal to God who
gave it my body made
of the dust corruptible & mortal(?) & whenever it shall please the
Lord to call out of this life to be decently buried in hopes of a
glorious resurrection to eternal life through Jesus Christ my only
redeemer lord and Savior that in being(?) perfectly justified &
sanctified by his free (pure?) grace I may glorify him in soul &
body forever and have an (initiation?) in heaven among those that
are sanctified by the spirit of the Lord Amen. my guide(?) &
worldly estate that I shall of (?) & I will dispose &
settle as followeth all just & due debts being honestly paid with
funeral charges by my executor hereafter appointed.
  Item I will and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Mary Carpenter
after debts & funeral charges are paid the whole use & benefit of
my whole estate both real & personal(?) as long as she shall continue
my Widdow only I give unto my son Nehemiah Carpenter all my Carpenters
and turning to him heirs & assigns forever.
John Carpenter 1732 Will - p. 2
  Item I will & give & bequeath unto my loving son John Carpenter
belonging to Goshen my Muskett & sword & send (?) to him his heirs &
assigns forever.
  Item I will & give & bequeath unto my loving son Solomon Carpenter
belonging to Goshen a five acre right being in the little plains
lying in the South West quarter(?) unto him & to heirs & assigns
forever.
  Item I will & give & bequeath unto three(?) sons Joseph Increase
& Nehemiah Carpenter after the end or my Wifes Widdow- hood all my
meadow(?) lying on Nether (Further?) East Neck & my lot of land lying
dam(?) the Neck joining to the land of Jeremiah Denton to be equally
divided between them to them their heirs & assigns forever.
  Item I will & bequeath after the end of my Wifes Widdowhood of what
moveable estate shall be left that first my daughter Hannah of the
same a(s) much as to make her equal with one of her sisters when
they married and if she should happen to marry before my Wifes death
then she shall have the aforesaid share(?) out of some moveables to
her & to her assigns forever & at the end of my Wifes Widdowhood of
what moveables shall be left I give unto my four daughters equally
between them Mary Hannah Susanna & Phebe to them their helm & assigns
forever they being at an equal charge with my three sons Joseph
Increase & Nehemiah in sharing(?) my building as long as my wife &
I shall live.
John Carpenter 1732 Will - p. 3
  Item _______ my willis that after my wifes Widdowhood my homestead(?)
shall be sold by my executor & my daughter Hannah shall have(?) of
the money in the first place twenty
______ current money of New York
to her & to her helm and assigns forever.
And the remainder of the money
shall be equally divided between my three sons and four daughters Joseph
Increase & Nehemiah & Mazy Hannah Susanna & Phebe equally to them & to
their heirs & assigns forever.
  And lastly I do hereby nominate & appoint my two Loving(?) sons Increase
Car- penter & Nehemiah Carpenter my whole(?) & sole Ex. of this my last
Will & testament author- izing & (expecting?.) of them to do all & every
thing that is necessary to the due executing of the (promises? premises?)
of this my last Will & testament to see that all things be done as near
as may be according to the mind of the testator.
  In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & fixed my seal this
10th day of June and in the year Anno D 1732.
John (JC mark) Carpenter
Signed Sealed & Delivered
in the presence of us Henry Ludlum   Garvin Nisbit   Nehemiah Smith
RIC Notes:
1. "________" represents an undecipherable word.
2. "(?)" indicates a word transcribed as closely as possible.
3. "(word?)" indicates a less certain guess at a word.
4. ADCSC abstract from NYG&BR gives the 2nd witness as "Nesbit" but
   my reading of the document quite clearly favors "Nisbit."
5. Words hyphen- ated here were carried from end of one line to start
   of next line in the original text.
6. Single indentations are added by RLC for clarity; double indentations are
   as in text.

E-MAIL: (MISC) Wed, 30 Aug 2000 From: "Dorothy"
Have Emma & Margaret Ostrander.
The John Carpenter was a Captain, had a company of militia in 1715 and Samuel Skidmore was in this militia
Charles Skidmore b. 18 Feb 1823 m. Margaret P. Ostrander (1826-1883) on 4 Dec 1851.    Nothing carried forward in the book for Charles. He was living with his father, a farmer, in 1870. He died at Hollis on 20 Dec 1891. Buried Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica.
Richardson Porter Scidmore b. 10 Apr 1842 m. Emma Ostrander (1845-1909)
Moved by 1900 to Chicago, cook C. Ill where he was living at 1637 Carroll Ave. He lived later at Elwood, Madison Co. IN where he died 14 Jan 1921. Buried Elwood City Cemetery. Nothing carried forward in my edition of the genealogy book for him. Dorothy.
NOTE: This was in response to a queery regarding: "John Carpenter married to Sarah Ostrander January 21, 1812 at the Reformed Dutch Church, Wynantskill, Township of Greenbush, Rennselear Co., New York."

From: GeneZub@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: John Carpenter of the Hempstead L.I., NY area
...
Herbert F. Seversmith (one of the most respected genealogists of the first half or so of the 20th century) did an extensive revision of Amos B. Carpenter's work on John3 Carpenter of Rehoboth, Mass., and Huntington, Hempstead, and Jamaica, L.I., and some of his descendants (_Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut, _ 5 vols. [Washington, D.C., 1939-1958] 2:535-551; see also _The American Genealogist_ [TAG] 70[1995]:197n27, par. 2). John3, incidentally, was baptized in the parish of Shalbourne, Wiltshire/Berkshire, England, 8 Oct. 1626, son of William2 and Abigail (Briant [not Bennett, Searles, etc.]) Carpenter (TAG 70:194, 203).
Seversmith presents evidence that John3's widow (and only known wife) Hannah was not a Hope but was the daughter of William1 Smith of Weymouth and Rehoboth, Mass., and Huntington and Jamaica, L.I. (2:549-50). The widow (and only known wife) of John4 Carpenter (b. probably Huntington, L.I. [not Conn.], ca. 1655, son of John3) was not Abigail but Mary (as named in his will), presumably the daughter of John1 Rhodes, "who in his will named his daughter wife of John Carpenter" (Seversmith, 2:536, 550). Seversmith estimates that their daughter Susannah--she is named in her father's will, which fails to mention a daughter Sarah--was born at Jamaica, L.I., about 1699 and says that she "is considered to have married Joshua Pettit of Hempstead" (2:543).
...
Gene Z.

MISC:
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0014391
Carpenter, John
Released 19 July 2003
Genealogy and Biography of Ontario County, New York
(XII) John (6), son of John (5) Carpenter, was born in Connecticut, in 1658. His will was proved July 30, 1732. He lived in Jamaica, and took the oath as captain of troops there, November 22, 1703. He married Mary - . Children; born at Jamaica: Nehemiah, about 1685; John, about 1685; Solomon, about 1685; Joseph, about 1687; Increase, about 1688, mentioned elsewhere; Mary; Hannah; Susanna; Phebe.
Source: Genealogy and Biography of Ontario County, New York

Mary Rhodes

AFN CVG1-23 (Elizabeth or Mary Rhodes) and NXGL-2V (Mary Rhodes) are the same
person.

NAME:
Mary Elizabeth Rhodes (abt 1663 of Long Island, NY - d. aft 1731), daughter of John Rhodes, Sr. married Captain John Carpenter, Jr. (b. abt 1655/1656 - d. 10 Jun 1732 Jamacia, Queens, LI, NY). While she is often referred to as Mary, her father used her middle name. This leads credance to her mother being named Mary.

67. Joseph Carpenter

Number 76 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 61.
He bought land in Jamacia in 1718; he bought land of his father in 1709, which
indicates he was born previous to 1668; he also buys and sells land in Jamacia
in 1720. No family listed. Probably married Phebe, daughter of Wait Smith.
RECORDS: All the following from Hempstead Town Records of LI, NY.
Vol. IV - Joseph Carpenter reference.
Dec 25 1756 Earmarks
Vol V again I do not have.
Submitted by Phoebe Cortesis of CA via E-Mail on 6-8-98.
Ancestral File has him "of Newton," LI, NY.

71. Mary Carpenter

Number 78 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 61.

72. Hannah Carpenter

Number 79 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 61.

74. Susanna Carpenter

Number 80 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 61.
"Seversmith estimates that their daughter Susannah--she is named in her father's will, which fails to mention a daughter Sarah--was born at Jamaica, L.I., about 1699 and says that she "is considered to have married Joshua Pettit of Hempstead" (2:543)." See father's notes submitted by Gene Zubrinsky.

75. Phoebe or Phebe Carpenter

Number 81 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 61. Rehoboth Carpenter branch.
!Born abt 1701 in AF. Phoebe = Phebe.

12. Capt. Hope Carpenter

NOTE: See father's notes for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Number 25 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 50.
Family is number 14 on page 61. He resided at Jamaica, LI.

His will was dated 8 Jan 1712 and proved 23 Mar 1712. An abstract of his will reads as follows: "Hope Carpenter, second son of first Captain John, by will gives to his wife Mary; and to his son Hope, five shillings, because he hath done so much for him already. Sons Ashman, Hezekiah and John, land at Hopewell, near Burlington, NJ and also land in Jamaica. Daughter Hannah."
Hope had in his family from 1671 to 1688, one christianing and one burial. Hope and his brother Samuel, among others refused to pay a tax in support of the Episcopal church and were arrested Feb. 25, 1703 and the matter kept in court till March 31, 1705 when it was dismissed.
Hope and Samuel were both Captains of the Militia in 1700, and appointed Ensigns by the Lt. Gov. on 10 Jan 1690.

AF has death date as 23 May 1712 but this is incorrect. Also AF has father as Joseph but this is incorrect.

E-MAIL: From: "Mike Morrissey"
To:
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:09 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] expectant child of Hezekiah, 1713, Hopewell, NJ
From the New Jersey Calendar of Wills
08 Jan 1713 Hope Carpenter of Jamaica, Queens Co., N. Y, will of. Wife Mary. Children--Hope, Aimon (Asmun), Hezekiah, John, Hannah (under age). Farm and land in Hopewell, Burlington Co., [now Mercer Co.], and land in Jamaica Township; personal property. Executors--the wife, sons Asmon, Hezekiah, John, with Samuel Firl and Thos. Burrows as assistants. Witnesses: Deborah Wood, Daniel Woolsey, Nehemiah Smith.
16 Aug 1713 Administration of the estate granted to John Muirhead, [husband of his daughter Hannah born in 1696] of Hopewell, who has purchased from the widow, Mary, and the three younger sons, Ashman, Hezekiah and John Carpenter, their several rights in the estate under the will.
13 Oct 1713 Hezekiah Carpenter, Hopewell, Burlington Co. [now Mercer Co.], blacksmith; will of. Wife Abigail and an expected child to inherit "All my estate." Executors: the wife, Thos. Byris and Jonathan Roberts. Witnesses: James Fitch, Edward Hart, Alexander Lockart. Proved 09 Dec 1713.
Hope Carpenter, Jr., settled in Elizabethtown, NJ. He had a daughter named Hannah or Nancy (both variations of Anne) born about 1741. The other family members all settled in Hopewell. Neither John nor Asmun appear to have had a daughter, Nancy. I think Nancy Carpenter, wife of William Updike, was the "expected" child of Hezekiah and Abigail Carpenter. William was born in Maidenhead, NJ, near Hopewell. William and Nancy Carpenter Updike had a son named Hope.
Can anyone confirm this theory?
Thanks for your help.
Mike Morrissey

From:
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:53 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] Re: expectant child of Hezekiah, 1713, Hopewell, NJ
> Mike,
> Sorry I can't confirm your hypothesis (message dated 2/2/04), but you may or
> may not be aware that, according to Herbert F. Seversmith, the elder Hope
> Carpenter's will appears in New York Wills, 8:196 (see Seversmith, COLONIAL
> FAMILIES OF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT, Volume 2 [Washington, D.C.,
> 1939], 545). Seversmith has Hope Sr.'s will as dated 8 January 1712 (rather than
> 1713) and proved 13 May 1713 (ibid.). He cites the New Jersey Calendar of
> Wills for the will of Hope Jr. (ibid.).
> Seversmith identifies Hope Carpenter Sr.'s wife, Mary, as the daughter of
> Robert Ashman (ibid.); this, as you know, is the forename of one of Hope's sons.
> Seversmith also concurs with a fellow genealogist's argument (which he
> presents) that Hope Sr.'s father John3 Carpenter's widow--though not necessarily the
> mother of some or any of his children--was not Hannah HOPE (as Amos B.
> Carpenter proposes) but Hannah SMITH, daughter of William1 Smith of Weymouth (and
> Rehoboth), Mass. (and Huntington and Jamaica, Long Island) (ibid., 544, 549-50,
> 1012). You'll note that one of the witnesses of Hope Carpenter's will is
> Nehemiah Smith; William1 had a son of that name. It was Nehemiah2 Smith who on 22
> February 1699/1700 was grantor to "my Loving cussen [i.e., nephew] John
> Carpenter." In that John3 Carpenter had died ca. 10 November 1694, this would have
> been his son John4 (whose wife was Mary Rhodes/Roads) (ibid., 545, citing
> Jamaica, New York, Wills, A:98). Nehemiah2 Smith was thus the brother-in-law of
> John3 Carpenter.
> Incidentally, confirming Herbert Seversmith's stature as one of the
> outstanding genealogists of the first half of the twentieth century is his having been
> named a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists (FASG) in 1942, two
> years after the organization was founded. The society has always limited the
> number of living FASGs to 50.
> Gene Z.

Mary Ashman

NAME: Mary Ashman is sometimes listed as Mary Mills. Mary was an Ashman and not a Mills before any marriages. While there has been some argument about this (AF & PRF, & IGI), I will use Ashman as her maiden name until proven otherwise. See notes below.

FATHER: Was her father ALEXANDER MILLS, of New York, peruke maker? Not per Gene Zubrinsky's comment that ROBERT ASHMAN is her father.

Gene Zubrinsky writes:
"Seversmith identifies Hope Carpenter Sr.'s wife, Mary, as the daughter of
Robert Ashman (ibid.); this, as you know, is the forename of one of Hope's sons."

80. Hannah Carpenter

Number 86 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 62

13. Ruth Carpenter

NOTE: See father's notes for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Number 29 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 50.
BIRTH: Some records indicate birth about 1664.

John Ludlam

NAME: LUDLUM or LUDLAM.

14. Capt. Samuel Carpenter

NOTE: See father's notes for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

BOOK- GENEALOGY: Amos B. Carpenter, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE REHOBOTH BRANCH OF THE CARPENTER FAMILY IN AMERICA. Also known as the CARPENTER MEMORIAL. Published 1898 By: Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, Amherst, MA
Page 50, number 27. Family listed as # 16 on page 62,63.

Samuel bought land in Jamacia in 1696. He and his father bought lands at several different times about this date.
His descendants include the DuPont-Carpenter line.

From: "frank bradner"
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 Supplies a third marriage for Samuel to a Rebecca.

85. Timothy Carpenter

Number 94 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 63
No family listed. No further data. Did he move west?
AFN SCS1-JX (abt 1699) and AFN NXGC-33 (1700) are the same.

15. William Carpenter

NOTE: See father's notes for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Number 26 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 50.
Family is number 15 on page 62. He resided at Hempstead, Jamaica, LI, New York.
He was a farmer and carpenter by trade. He married twice 1) Sarah alive in March 1715 and 2) Elizabeth.

William Carpenter and Sarah, his wife sells 40 acres to Benjamin Wiggins in Jamaicia where the said William now liveth and which formerly belonged to his father John Carpenter near the Great Creek, etc., March 14, 1715 - Jamaica Records.

The will of William Carpenter states: "aged, of Hempstead, LI, to my great grandson, William Smith, son of John Smith and to my sons, John and Daniel, my carpenter tools: to my daughter, Elizabeth Bedell, etc." In that will he frees his slaves. The will WAS DATED 21 Feb. 1749.

WILL: Database: Full Context of New York City Wills, 1744-1758:
Page 205.--In the name of God, Amen, February 21, 1748/9, I, WILLIAM CARPENTER, of Hempstead, yeoman, being aged and weak. Makes arrangements for having two of his negro slaves set free, and leaves them small legacies. I leave to my grand son William, son of John Smith, "5. I leave to my sons, John and Daniel, my carpenter tools and my wearing apparel. I leave to my son Daniel my plow and tackling. I leave to my sons John and Daniel my wagon irons. All the rest of my movable estate to my daughter, Elizabeth Bedell, and to my sons, and I make them executors. Witnesses, John Linninton, James Wood. Proved, August 31, 1750.

17. John Titus Jr.

NOTE: See notes (immediately below) for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Children of John and Abigail3 (Carpenter) Titus, all born at Rehoboth (RVR 1:19):
i. JOHN TITUS, b. 18 Dec. 1650, d. Rehoboth 2 Dec. 1697; m. (1) Rehoboth 17 July 1673, LYDIA REDWAY, b. Rehoboth 30 May 1652, bur. there 25 Nov. 1676, dau. of James1 Redway and unknown wife (not Mary Whipple [2nd wife of James3 Redway]); m. (2) Rehoboth 3 July 1678, SARAH MILLER(D), b. there 15 Oct. 1655, d. probably Rehoboth, perhaps before 31 March 1722 (on 10 March 1731/2? after 4 April 1736?), dau. of John1 and Elizabeth? (______) Miller(d) [subsequently Millard]. A Sarah Titus m. Rehoboth 16 Aug. 1716, as his third wife, John Garnsey Sr. In 1717, his daughter Waitstill and son John married John and Sarah (Millard) Titus's son Timothy and daughter Elizabeth, respectively; another of Garnsey's sons, Seth, married a Millard. A Bristol Co. probate record dated 22 June 1723 indicates another Titus-Garnsey connection: Sarah Titus, widow, declares herself "fully Satisfied [with unspecified compensation from Seth Garnsey, administrator of the estate of his father, John Sr.] for Taking Care of my mother [presumably mother-in-law] Sarah Garnsey the Last year of her Life." (The subscriber of this statement [also signed by David and Martha Chaffee] was perhaps the widow Sarah Titus who died at Rehoboth on 10 March 1731/2.) Sarah (Millard) Titus thus appears to have taken John Garnsey as her second husband and to have died by 1723. Additional evidence implies that she predeceased Garnsey, who died on 31 March 1722: his widow, also named Sarah, received a series of forty-shilling payments from Seth Garnsey "for my yearly Rent for my Dower in the Real Estate of my Late Husband John Garnsey Deceased"; the last recorded of these is dated 4 April 1736 (RVR 1:30, 38, 45, 46, 54a, 55a, 90 [not 91], 159, 161 [not 167], 167 [not 163], 2:133, 234, 241, 266; MilVR 27; SwVR A:27, 62, B:99/217; NEHGR 64:27-28; MD 21:110; BrCoPR 8:432-34; BrCoPR [abstr] 1:85, 307).

OLD NOTES:
DEATH: 2 Dec or 12 Dec.

Lydia Redway

REDWAY = READAWAY

REDWAY = READAWAY

Sarah Miller or Millard

DEATH: AF has 10 Nov 1752.
Gene Zubrinsky writes the following:
SARAH MILLER(D), b. there 15 Oct. 1655, d. probably Rehoboth, perhaps before 31 March 1722 (on 10 March 1731/2? after 4 April 1736?), dau. of John1 and Elizabeth? (______) Miller(d) [subsequently Millard].

Gene Zubrinsky writes:
A Bristol Co. probate record dated 22 June 1723 indicates another Titus-Garnsey connection: Sarah Titus, widow, declares herself "fully Satisfied [with unspecified compensation from Seth Garnsey, administrator of the estate of his father, John Sr.] for Taking Care of my mother [presumably mother-in-law] Sarah Garnsey the Last year of her Life." (The subscriber of this statement [also signed by David and Martha Chaffee] was perhaps the widow Sarah Titus who died at Rehoboth on 10 March 1731/2.) Sarah (Millard) Titus thus appears to have taken John Garnsey as her second husband and to have died by 1723. Additional evidence implies that she predeceased Garnsey, who died on 31 March 1722: his widow, also named Sarah, received a series of forty-shilling payments from Seth Garnsey "for my yearly Rent for my Dower in the Real Estate of my Late Husband John Garnsey Deceased"; the last recorded of these is dated 4 April 1736 (RVR 1:30, 38, 45, 46, 54a, 55a, 90 [not 91], 159, 161 [not 167], 167 [not 163], 2:133, 234, 241, 266; MilVR 27; SwVR A:27, 62, B:99/217; NEHGR 64:27-28; MD 21:110; BrCoPR 8:432-34; BrCoPR [abstr] 1:85, 307).

19. Silas Titus

NOTE: See notes (immediately below) for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Children of John and Abigail3 (Carpenter) Titus, all born at Rehoboth (RVR 1:19):
iii. SILAS TITUS, b. 18 May 1656, d. Rehoboth before 15 Dec. 1741 (will proved); m. (1) Dedham, Norfolk Co., Mass., 23 8th mo. [Oct.] 1679, SARAH BATTLE/BATTELLE, b. Dedham 8 6th mo. [Aug.] 1654, bur. Rehoboth 8 April 1689, dau. of Thomas1 and Mary (Fisher) Battell(e); m. (2) Rehoboth 4 July 1689, HANNAH (MILLER[D]) THURSTON (widow of Daniel of Medfield), b. Rehoboth 23 Dec. 1653, d. before 24 Jan. 1716/7, dau. of John1 and Elizabeth? (______) Miller(d) [subsequently Millard]; m. (3) Rehoboth 24 Jan. 1716/7, MEHITABEL (BOYDEN) ORMSBEE (widow of Joshua of Rehoboth), b. Medfield 31 Jan. 1679/80, living 21 Oct. 1729 (Joshua Ormsbee estate settlement), dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Clark) Boyden (BrCoPR [abstr] 174, 177, 314-15; DVR 1:6, 17, 126; RVR 1:30, 47, 49, 55a, 87 [not 89], 166 [not 162], 2:133; MVR 22, 120, 161, 237; MD 21:110. Thanks to Jim Bullock of Littleton, Colo., for Mehitabel Boyden's maiden name and related data and sources).

109. Martha Titus

Died unmarried.

21. Samuel Titus

NOTE: See notes (immediately below) for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Children of John and Abigail3 (Carpenter) Titus, all born at Rehoboth (RVR 1:19):
v. SAMUEL TITUS, b. 1 June 1661, d. Attleborough 12 July 1726, aged 65; m. Rehoboth 21 or 27 Nov. 1693, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, b. Rehoboth 19 May 1673, bap. there (as adult) 11 June 1699, d. Attleborough 5 Sept. 1726, dau. of John and Mary (Ammidown) Worrell/Johnson (AVR 732; RVR 1:39, 163 [not 95]; NEHGR 15:68; WVR 1:2:2, John Worrell, alias Johnson, m. Mary "Anna Downe," 15 Dec. 1668; PCR 5:138-39, John Johnson named in Roger1 Amnadowne/Annadowne estate distribution).

Elizabeth Johnson

She was baptised on the same day as her two daughters. Her daughters were
probablt not twins. She was an adult when baptized.

22. Joseph Titus (twin)

NOTE: See notes (immediately below) for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Children of John and Abigail3 (Carpenter) Titus, all born at Rehoboth (RVR 1:19):
vi. JOSEPH TITUS (twin), b. 17 March 1665, living Rehoboth 16 June 1741, aged 76; m. Rehoboth 19 Jan. 1687/8, MARTHA PALMER, b. Rehoboth 6 July 1666, dau. of Jonah2 and Elizabeth (Grissell/Griswold) Palmer [Martha's death data unknown; not Rehoboth 18 Sept. 1762: that Martha Titus b. 1 April 1689, d. in 74th year, unmar. dau. of Silas and Sarah (Battle/Battelle) Titus (no. iii above)] (Early Rehoboth 2:13-14; NEHGR 114:169; RVR 1:13, 44, 49, 51, 3:362; GMB 3:1382).

Martha Palmer

Daughter of Jonah Palmer in Rehoboth.

See husband's notes regarding her death date of 18 Sep 1762 which is listed in the AF.

24. Experience Titus

NOTE: See notes (immediately below) for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Children of John and Abigail3 (Carpenter) Titus, all born at Rehoboth (RVR 1:19):
viii. EXPERIENCE TITUS, b. 29 Oct. 1669, d. after 14 Sept. 1723 (husband's will); m. Rehoboth 12 June 1692 or 18 July 1693, LEONARD NEWSOME, d. there (by 25 Aug.) 1724 (RVR 1:162 [not 94], 163 [not 95], 2:235; BrCoPR [abstr] 105, 106).

OOLD NOTES:

MARRIAGE: 2 dates given: 18 July 1693 and 12 June 1692.

25. John Carpenter

NOTE: See father's notes for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

NOTE: Child listed as John Carpenter who married Ruth Inman has been removed as he is a duplicate to another John Carpenter whose father is Joseph Carpenter. The John Carpenter who married Ruth Inman was b. abt 1738 Pawtuxet, Providence, RI d. 15 Apr 1806 Smithfield,, RI and m. 20 Nov 1763 in Cranston,, RI. He was the son of Joseph Carpenter b. abt 1690 Pawtuxet,, RI, of Benjamin Carpenter b. abt 1653 Pawtucket,, RI, of William Carpenter b. abt 1610. That John Carpenter resided in Smithfield, RI in 1755." (Joseph Carpenter's father-in-law, Zachariah Rhodes, made his will in 1755. It names grandson John Carpenter but does not indicate that he was then of Smithfield [see NEHGR 114:283])."
That John Carpenter was married twice. First to Ruth Inman in 1763 by Joseph Randall. Second to either Mercy Angell, widow of Daniel Angell on March 12, 1796 (she married 3rd Seth Hunt after being widowed by John Carpenter) OR Mary Angell widow of Daniel Angell on Feb. 13, 1796. John and Mary or Mercy has one son.
SEE: "The Epistle", Vol. 6, Number 3, (March 1980).

NOTE: Gene Zubrinsky wrote regarding this John Carpenter:
"A namesake son, said to have married Ruth Inman, has been attributed to this John Carpenter (see Carpenter [1901] __). There is no record that this man had a son John, however. The man of that name who married Ruth Inman (at Cranston, R.I., 20 Nov. 1763) was born at Pawtuxet, R.I., about 1738 and died at Smithfield, R.I., 15 April 1806, son of Joseph4 (Benjamin3, William2 of Rehoboth) and Elizabeth (Rhodes) Carpenter. For more-complete information about him, see his entry in this database." See Providence Carpenters.

DEATH: "probably on 9 Apr 1713"; the death of _____ Carpenter is recorded for that date at Dedham, where this John Carpenter was living. It's only because the forename is missing that a qualifier of any kind is appropriate.

ID NUMBERS GJ4M-KJ & 1TGD-RS ARE THE SAME PERSON
!Number 31 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 51. Family on page 63.

PER NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700: JOHN (1652- ) & 1/WF REBECCA [REDWAY/READAWAY] (1654- ) B 1677; REHOBOTH/SWANSEA/WOODSTOCK, CT.
JOHN (1652- ) & 2/WF SARAH (FULLER) DAY, W RALPH, M/3 SAMUEL WARD/[?WEARE]; AFT
21 OCT 1694; WOODSTOCK, CT.

He moved to Woodstock, Ct about 1690. He served during King Phillip's War.
He was also in the Narragansett expedition in 1675. He was made Captain of a
company in the French and Indian War from Woodstock, CT.
He bought land in Woodstock in 1708 and transfered title to his step mother
Miriam in May 1703. The death date in the AF of 23 May 1695 seems incorrect.
Death date aft 1708 is thus adjusted.
See extensive note on page 51 and 52.

BIRTH: 10 Oct 1652 in one record.

E-MAIL: From Gene Zubrinsky dated 02/04/2002 - excerpt
JOHN4 CARPENTER, born 19 October 1652--also a son of William3 Carpenter but
by his first wife, Priscilla Bennett--had married probably at Rehoboth, by 19
December 1677 (birth date of first child), REBECCA2 REDWAY, with whom he had
10 children, 8 recorded at Rehoboth, 2 at Woodstock (no John among them).
Rebecca's father is invariably identified correctly as JAMES1 REDWAY--though
his date of burial (31 March 1684) is often confused with that of his son
James2 (28 Oct. 1676). But sloppy research has caused some accounts
(including that on John R. Carpenter's CD) to misidentify James1's wife
(i.e., Rebecca's mother) as MARY WHIPPLE. The facts are these: Mary Whipple
married at Rehoboth, 14 April 1748, as his second wife, CAPT. JAMES3 REDWAY (
John2, James1) (orig. Rehoboth VR, 2:266); the identity of James1 Redway's
wife is unknown.

Rebecca Redway or Redeway

Old Notes:
REBECCA REDWAY/READAWAY MARRIED A CAREPENTER,JOHN (1652-); b 1677; REHOBOTH/SWANSEA/WOODSTOCK, CT. . . . PER PAGE 135 OF NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700.

BIRTH: Rehoboth VR give Rebecca's birth date as the "middle" of February 1654. The 3 April 1657 birth date belongs to John4's brother William's wife, Elizabeth Robinson. GZ

Gene Zubrinsky of Ojai, CA wrote:
JOHN4 CARPENTER, born 19 October 1652--also a son of William3 Carpenter but by his first wife, Priscilla Bennett--had married probably at Rehoboth, by 19 December 1677 (birth date of first child), REBECCA2 REDWAY, with whom he had 10 children, 8 recorded at Rehoboth, 2 at Woodstock (no John among them).
Rebecca's father is invariably identified correctly as JAMES1 REDWAY--though his date of burial (31 March 1684) is often confused with that of his son James2 (28 Oct. 1676). But sloppy research has caused some accounts (including that on John R. Carpenter's CD) to misidentify James1's wife (i.e., Rebecca's mother) as MARY WHIPPLE. The facts are these: Mary Whipple married at Rehoboth, 14 April 1748, as his second wife, CAPT. JAMES3 REDWAY (John2, James1) (orig. Rehoboth VR, 2:266); the identity of James1 Redway's wife is unknown.
SAMUEL3 and ABIAH3 CARPENTER, sons of William2 and Abigail (Briant) Carpenter, also married daughters of James1 Redway: Samuel m. 25 May 1660, SARAH REDWAY, and Abiah m. say 1667, MARY REDWAY. As above, the identity of the Redway sisters' mother is unknown.

127. Amos Carpenter

NAME: Amos - not Aaron or a variation of the two. Listed as AMOS in the Carpenter Memorial. #97.
Page 63. Death date may be confused with another Amos in family or a cousin.

130. Amos Carpenter Delete - See notes

Number 100 in the Carpenter Memorial.
Death date may be confused with another Amos birth in family or a cousin.
Gene Zubrinsky confirms this. See father's notes. This person should be deleted.

133. Ruth Carpenter

Number 103 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 64.

134. Amos Carpenter

Number 104 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 64.
Death date may be confused with another Amos in family or a cousin.

135. Martha Carpenter

Number 105 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 64.

136. Rebecca Carpenter

Number 106 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 64.
Marriage date in that record is 29 Jun 1730 in Woodstock, CT.

137. Anna Carpenter

Number 107 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 64. No family or spouse listed.
MARRIAGE: Gene Zubrinsky comments: "She died unmarried. Unlink ... marriages."

Sarah Fuller

PER NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES . . .; SARAH (FULLER) DAY, W RALPH, M/3 SAMUEL WARD/[?WEARE]; AFT 21 OCT 1694; WOODSTOCK, CT.

26. William Carpenter

NOTE: See father's notes for Gene Zubrinsky's data on this individual.

Number 32 on page 52 of the Carpenter Memorial. Family on page 64.
See notes in that record. Married 8 April 1685 per same record.
He was chosen clerk of the North Purchase May 17, 1682. His will was dated
Aug. 7, 1717. The value of his estate was estimated to be worth 299 pounds.
He was a man of good means, and invested largely in real estate for those
times. See extensive notes on page 52 and 53.

ID NO. GJ4M-LP & 2PN2-BK ARE THE SAME PERSON.

Elizabeth Robinson

DEATH: Living 17 April 1725.

138. Elizabeth Carpenter

Number 109 on page 64 of the Carpenter Memorial.

140. Miriam Carpenter

Number 111 on page 64 of the Carpenter Memorial.

141. William Carpenter

Number 112 on page 64 of the Carpenter Memorial.
This was the sixth William or William the sixth.

143. Priscilla Carpenter

Number 114 on page 64 of the Carpenter Memorial.