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

Notes

Mary or Polly Sayre

Unknown what "FI" is.

8459. Nehemiah Carpenter

He never married.

3676. John Decker Carpenter

He was a farmer and short but stout in stature.

http://www.minisink.org/hisdoor.html
A Typical Wedding

This was a typical wedding of those days full and jollity for several days and then the young couple settled down to the serious business of life. At the weddings the jokes at times were practical as in the case of the wedding of John D. Carpenter, great grandfather of Dr. C. N. Skinner. Mr. Carpenter was comparatively short in statute but what he lacked in height was made up in physical vigor and grit and when he and the bride took their places before the minister for the wedding ceremony a guest placed a sheet of paper on the floor for the groom to stand on, to equalize the height of the pair, the bride by -the-way, being about half a head taller. The wag made a serious error for the groom insisted on stopping the ceremony until he walloped the man who had insulted him. Friends intervened, the joker apologized and a half hour later the wedding went on.

These people, whose immediate ancestors had suffered so terribly from the Indian raids in the valley and many had fought in the war of the Revolution, were of the "Early to bed and early to rise etc." class and this wise saying of Poor Richard proved true with them for they were physically strong and active, wealthy considering their wants, and their business judgment was unexcelled.

They were unanimous in opinion for the proprieties and ceremonials. The minister was a most revered gentleman and at his pastoral visits all the members of the household gathered to give grave but most courteous greeting to the dominie, to hear a portion of the Scriptures read and the prayer invoking God's blessing on that household. A part of the ceremony, not to be overlooked was the offering of cake and wine or whiskey to the Dominie. I am speaking now of the days of 80 to 100 years ago.

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RIN 21082 is Number 918 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 156. Family on page 277 (# 321). A Farmer.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Analytix: RobinC"
To:
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 4:28 PM
Subject: 3 in Sullivan County
> Hello Carpenters:
> I have recently found intriguing reference to three Carpenters in Sullivan
> County NY in the early 1800s.   John Willard Johnston's Reminiscences says
> the tax roll of Town of Lumberland in 1816 lists a James Carpenter, John
> Carpenter, and Joseph Carpenter. A nearby passage says James was also
> assessed in 1814, but not in 1818. Also mentioned nearby are William
> Wells and Jesse Wells, which reminded me of James Carpenter ABC #308, son
> of Solomon in nearby Goshen (Orange County) NY, who ABC says married a Mary
> Wells. So maybe these three are familiar Carpenters from Orange County?
> Does anyone have any info that would either link or de-link these three
> Carpenters to the Orange County families?
> Robin
REPLY:
Hello Robin,
The John Carpenter appears to be RIN 21082 in the CE CD 2001. He was born 6 Feb 1796 in Minisink, Orange, NY.
His son Levi Carpenter-21099 is listed in the 1870 Census for Lumberland, Sullvan, NY. His father is Benjamin Carpenter-12760 and is number 309 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 84. His family is on page 156 (#134). His grandfather is Col. Solomon Carpenter-4738 who is Number 75 in the Carpenter Memorial on Page 61.
The above John Carpenter-21082 had a brother named James b. 6 April 1805 in Minisink. He would have been 11 in 1816.
The above John Carpenter-21082 had an Uncle James Carpenter-12759 b. 1752 in Goshen, Orange, NY d. April 1817.
               (NOTE: This would match with, "James was also assessed in 1814, but not in 1818."
James Carpenter-12759 had a son named James Carpenter-21074 b. 1788 in Goshen, Orange, NY but nothing more is known about him.
I found only 1 of Col. Solomon Carpenter's descendants named Joesph that even came close to being alive at the right time. This is Joseph S. Carpenter-23416 b. 19 May 1815 in Amity, Orange, NY who was son of Solomon Carpenter-23412 b. 24 March 1768.

OTHER POSSIBILES Joseph Carpenters ...
I have a Joseph Carpenter-26996 b. abt 1776 in Newburgh, Orange, NY who is Number 331 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H. Carpenter, 1901.No family listed.   Probably settled in Palmyra, NY.

I have a Joseph Carpenter-27042 b. abt 1765 in Newburgh, Orange, NY who is Number 333 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H. Carpenter, 1901. No family listed. He died in New York City, unmarried.

I have a Joseph Carpenter-49408 b. 15 Dec 1790 in Goshen, Orange, NY. E-MAIL: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 From: "Marcia Buffett" To: "John R. Carpenter" CC: "Ken Warkentine"
Dear John and Ken:
Do either of you have anything on a Joseph C. Carpenter of Northville? He had a daughter Libbie who was married on March 31, 1880 to Harmon Fisher a barber in Northville.Thanks, Marcia
NOTE: This Joseph had a sister named Rebecca whose first husband died in Northville. Was the Joseph C. above a descendant of this Joseph?

I have a Joseph Carpenter-88893 b. 30 Sep 1783 in Chester, Orange, NY d. 21 May 1829 in Goshen, Orange, NY. He was the son of Jesse Carpenter-2688 who was Number 340 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 88.

I hope this helps.

John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA

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1880 United States Census (NOTE: Inmates in poor house)
Household:
(Continued from Ellen MANSIAN)
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
...
John CARPENTER   Other   W   Male   W   86   NY      NY   NY
...
(Continued)
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Source Information:
Census Place Pamelia, Jefferson, New York
Family History Library Film   1254839
NA Film Number   T9-0839
Page Number   339B

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NOTE: PLEASE SEE the wife's birth date!!!

Family Group Record FamilySearch™ Ancestral File v4.19
Husband's Name
John D. CARPENTER (AFN:10Q0-5CF)
Born: 1795 Place:
Died: 1886 Place:
Married: 1817 Place: , Orange, New York
Father: Benjamin (M.Decker) (M.Decker) CARPENTER (AFN:10Q0-6X4)
Mother: Margaret DECKER (AFN:10Q0-51C)

Wife's Name
Catherine WESTFALL (AFN:10Q0-5DM)
Born: 6 Feb 1796 Place: Minisink, Orange, New York
Died: 1885 Place:
Married: 1817 Place: , Orange, New York

Father: Simon WESTFALL (AFN:VNS1-0V) Family
Mother: Cynthia CUDDEBACK (AFN:1X72-CSS)

8464. Asanath Carpenter

She Married Nathan Skimmings, a wheelwright, and lived at Deer Park, N.Y.

8466. Eleanor Carpenter

She Wed and lived in Sullivan Co., N.Y.

8472. Amanda Carpenter

SAME PERSON? or related to RIN 21102?
CENSUS: 1880 United States Census
Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Robert HUTSON   Self   M   Male   W   53   NY   Painter   NY   NY
Amanda HUTSON   Wife   M   Female   W   50   NY   Keeping House   NY   NY
Minnie HUTSON   Dau   S   Female   W   16   NY   At School   NY   NY
Lizzie HOLMES   Other   S   Female   W   19   NY   Servant   NY   NY
Norah HOLMES   Other   S   Female   W   12   NY   Servant   NY   NY
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Source Information:
Census Place Brooklyn, Kings (Brooklyn), New York City-Greater, New York
Family History Library Film   1254841
NA Film Number   T9-0841
Page Number   377A

3678. Benjamin Carpenter

BENJAMIN CARPENTER JR. -- Born at Minisink, N.Y. Jan. 17, 1803, he
was the son of Benjamin Carpenter and a farmer at Deer Park, N.Y.; wed
Catherine Westfall (another account says his wife was Margaret Westphal.)

Bible info has:
Benjamin Carpenter was born Jan. 17, 1803, on Monday,
in the morning. He married Catherine Westbrook (child of
Severyne & Blandina Westbrook, as mentioned in father's
will) - See father's notes on Bible information.

Banjamin Carpenter, Junr.; was born Jan. 17, 1803
Katherine Westbrook, wife of Benjamin Carpenter, was born
31st of ____ (We omitted to copy month ) 1807 - the Church
record says July.
Lydia Carpenter was born April 27, 1827.
Margaret Carpenter was born Jan. 27, 1829.
John Carpenter was born Dec. 12, 1834.
Soveryne W. Carpenter was born Aug. 7, 1836.
Mary Emma Campbell was born Dec. 4, 1852.
Benjamin Manley Gibbs was born Oct. 17, 1861, Thursday.

Katherine Westbrook

NAME: In bible record it is Katherine, other places show Catherine and even in the bible a shakey hand wrote "Cateham (aka Katherine) Carpenter deid Nov. 13, 1876."

8477. Margaret Carpenter

Margaret Carpenter was born Jan. 27, 1829

8478. John Carpenter

John Carpenter was born Dec. 12, 1834.
Number 2162 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 277.
An unnamed son. Bible record lists 2 more children. John and Soveryne.

Catherine Westfall

MARRIAGE: Marriage to Benjamin Carpenter seems less likely with new information. However, I will list the marriage until further information comes forth. Please note Benjamin & John Decker Carpenter's death dates and children dates. JRC
SEE: Web page at:
http://www.cuddebackfamily.org/genealogy/aqwg19.htm#12692

3683. John Decker Carpenter

NOTE: This John Decker Carpenter was not the son but a first cousin or brother to Benjamin b. 1755. Please note that there are 2 Benjamin Carpenters born 15 April 1755.

NOTE: Children after death date!?

Catherine Westfall

MARRIAGE: Marriage to Benjamin Carpenter seems less likely with new information. However, I will list the marriage until further information comes forth. Please note Benjamin & John Decker Carpenter's death dates and children dates. JRC
SEE: Web page at:
http://www.cuddebackfamily.org/genealogy/aqwg19.htm#12692

8486. Benjamin Carpenter Dr.

Benjamin was employed in Physician of Port Jervis, NY

8491. William Carpenter

NOT IN THE CARPENTER MEMORIAL.
WILLIAM CARPENTER In memory of William son of John [DAR transcript. " William, son of John
D. & Catherine Carpenter, who d. Oct. 2, 1839, ae. 5 m., 22 d."]
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~now1/portjerviscemetery.html
Machackemech Burying Ground, Cemetery, Port Jervis, Orange Co, NY

3686. John Carpenter Dr.

NEHGS - Marriage Notices from the New York Evening Post, 1801-1890
Thursday 5th inst. Narrows, L.I. by Rev Mr Smith, DR JOHN CARPENTER USA to MARGARET SMITH of that place dau of late Hugh. Dated:1817 6/11

BOOK: Moffat Genealogies: Descent from Rev. John Moffat of Ulster County New York by R. Burnham Moffat, Privately printed 1909 by the Press of L. Middleditch Co., New York 1910. See page 92, number 21.
On line at: http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/moffat.pdf

E-MAIL:
From: "Dennis Carpenter"
To:
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] Check out NEHGS - Marriage Notices from theNew York Evening Post, 1801-1890
> Dr. John Carpenter, who married Margaret Smith is mentioned in Moffat
> Genealogies, by R. Burnham Moffat, 1910 (Google Books)
> pages 76, 77, a son of Anthony and Mary (Moffat) Carpenter (p.68, 69),
> this would make Dr. John Carpenter number 8376 in the Carpenter
> Memorial, page 787. Moffat sources A. B. Carpenter for parents of
> Anthony, but I believe he may be repeating an error, since there appears
> to be just one Anthony Carpenter in Orange county at this time, he may
> have been a son of John Carpenter, Number 369 in the Carpenter Memorial,
> page 91, Family #162, page 166.
> His will dated 03 Oct 1760, proved 08 Nov 1760.
> Mentions wife Elinor, children Anthony (not 21), Hannah, Eunice and
> Elinor.
>
> Anthony Carpenter was one of the executors of the will of Benjamin Gale,
> of Goshen, NY, dated 28 Feb 1782, proved 22 Mar 1786. Mentions wife
> Eleanor, daughter Keziah, brother Coe Gale and others.
>
> Benjamn Gale married Elenor Carpenter, 02 Jun 1763 in NY. (possibly
> widow of John) source: Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were
> issued by the secretary of the province of New York, previous to 1784,
> published 1869, page 147.
>
> Coe Gale, married Hannah Carpenter. (possibly his brother's step
> daughter) source: The early records of the First Presbyterian Church at
> Goshen ..., Charles C. Coleman, 1934, page 103. Hannah probably died
> before 27 Jul 1789 when Coe Gale married Elizabeth (Waters) Wisner.
>
> Keziah Gale married David Mandeville Westcott. (ibid, p.122)
>
> Miss Eleanor Carpenter died 23 Jun 1829 at the house of Col. David M.
> Westcott. (possiby his wife's half sister)
> source: GOSHEN, ORANGE CO., NY - MARRIAGES & DEATHS 1828-1831 FROM ORANGE COUNTY PATRIOT
> http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/goshen_marr_1828-31.htm
> Dennis F. Carpenter

E-MAIL:
From: Brian Kasler
To: jrcrin001@cox.net
Cc: 'Charles Hutson' ; 'Barbara'
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:31 AM
Subject: Amanda Malvina Carpenter Hutson

I believe that John and Mary Carpenter belonged to the New Utrecht Dutch Reformed Church in Brooklyn. There are burials noted as follows:
This could be the missing John, Amanda’s father or not. There are two John Carpenters that belonged to the church, one with a wife named Mary and another name Margaret Smith.
CARPENTER, John, "the beloved physician",
b. 17 April 1791,
d. 13 September 1864
Also listed:
CARPENTER, John, son of John & Mary CARPENTER,
d. 19 June 1826, aged 4 mos, 15 dys

CARPENTER, John, son of John & Mary CARPENTER,
d. 19 August 1831, aged 4 mos, 17 dys

CARPENTER, Helen, daughter of John & Marg. CARPENTER,
d. 19 September 1819, aged 5 mos, 25 dys

SMITH,
CARPENTER, John SMITH, son of Hug SMITH & Louisa CARPENTER,
b. 17 August 1846,
d. 6 February 1847

SMITH,
CARPENTER: Margaret SMITH, wife of John CARPENTER,
b. 7 March 1795,
d. 24 Agu 1864

SMITH,
CARPENTER: Hugh SMITH, son of Hugh SMITH & Louisa CARPENTER,
b. 4 December 1849,
d. 7 October 1853

CARPENTER,
THOMPSON: Mary Alexander THOMPSON, wife of Alexander Ramsay THOMPSON,
b. 29 October 1821,
d. 15 August 1887

The church is doing some looking into the Carpenter Connection with them for me. Regards,

Brian Kasler
518-225-6011

Follow-up:
From: Brian Kasler
To: 'John R. Carpenter'
Cc: 'Charles Hutson' ; 'Barbara'
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 1:55 PM
Subject: RE: Amanda Malvina Carpenter Hutson
Just so everyone knows, I spoke today with the Historian of the New Utrecht Reformed Church and he said those children buried in their cemetery were not of John and Mary Carpenter. They belonged to John and Margaret Carpenter. This appears not to apply to our family. Someone along the line took the abbreviation for Margaret as meaning Mary.
Brian

8493. Helen Smith Carpenter

CARPENTER, Helen, daughter of John & Marg. CARPENTER,
d. 19 September 1819, aged 5 mos, 25 dys

8499. John Carpenter

CARPENTER, John, son of John & Mary (Margaret!) CARPENTER,
d. 19 August 1831, aged 4 mos, 17 dys

3690. Noah Smith Carpenter

Number 2335 in the Carpenter Memorial. Family is Number 712 in CM.
He was a relative of Samuel, probably of Ridgebury, NY and Benjamin of
Brookfield, NY and Noah the lame man.

SEE: Carpenter Chronicles, Vol. 3, 1990 by Bette Butcher Topp.
She cites: Ancestry and Descendants of Col. Soloman Carpenter, printed by
Rosemary Bachelor of Machias, ME.

Noah was a church member for over 60 years and a veteran of the War of 1812.
He served at Brooklyn Heights, New York City.

SEE: The Descendants of Col. Soloman Carpenter Book.
Noah was born in Orange Co., N.Y. Jan. 14, 1782 and
died near Middletown, N.Y. July 19, 1864; a profess
ional gardener, he married Mary L. Millspaugh of Mont
gomery, N.Y. He was also kin to Samuel Carpenter of
Ridgebury, N.Y., Benjamin Carpenter of Brookfield (or
Slate Hill), N.Y., and to Noah, the lame man, a post
rider and mail carrier who lived at the two-mile stone
on LaGrange Road and carried mail from Goshen to
Bloomingburgh, N.Y., according to the History of
Orange Co. Noah Smith Carpenter lived in Minisink,
N.Y., 1800-1845, in Paterson, N.J., 1845 -1855, then as
a widower returned to Orange County and owned a farm
and garden field house near Middletown.
On July 20, 1814, Noah Smith Carpenter answered the third call for
volunteers in the War of 1812. He enlisted as a private at Minisink Aug. 15,
1814 in Capt. Benjamin Dunning's Co. of Col. Berrian's regiment. They went
to Newburgh, then by sloop down the Hudson River to Haarlem and Brooklyn
Heights to guard New York City against the British. Noah was discharged Dec.
1, 1814. His service is documented in a land bounty claim on file in the
National Archives.
Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Ridgebury,
N.Y. show he and his wife Mary joined the church in
1809. His obituary, which appeared in the Aug. 10, 1864
edition of The Whig, an Orange Co., N.Y. newspaper,
said he had been active in church activities more than
60 years, noted he was "beloved by all who knew him for
all those amiable qualities which tend to constitute
the gentleman and the Christian," and paid tribute to
his long life with a poem in his honor.
PAGE 62.
NOTE: The Noah Henry Carpenter baptized at the First Presbyterian Church in
Ridgebury, N.Y. on July 5, 1845 was probably a grandson of Noah Smith
Carpenter. By whom is the question!

3695. William Carpenter

Number 2338 in the Carpenter Memorial.
No family listed.

BIRTH:
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name: William W Carpenter
SAR Membership: 40018
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1793
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 3 Jan 1850
Death Place: Middletown, New York
Father: Nehemiah Carpenter
Mother: Elizabeth Thompson
Spouse: Mary Stamp
Children: John Stamp Carpenter
Source Citation: Volume: 201; SAR Membership Number: 40018.

Mary Stamp

BIRTH:
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Name: Mary Stamp
SAR Membership: 40018
Birth Date: 23 Apr 1794
Spouse: William W Carpenter
Children: John Stamp Carpenter
Source Citation: Volume: 201; SAR Membership Number: 40018.

3697. Wilkins Carpenter

Number 2340 in the Carpenter Memorial.
No family listed.

From: Heather
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 9:33 AM
To: jrcrin001@cox.net
Subject: Carpenter
...
Wilkins Carpenter….. this was the last of our line to stay in the New York area. He died fairly young and his widow (Mellisant Watkins) remarried a Nathaniel Lockwood – they moved to Wisconsin (Concord, Jefferson, WI). Mellisant had three children with Wilkins before his death; Pheobe (married and stayed in New York), Charles Carr (settled in Pepin, Pepin CO., WI), and Verdine E (who also went to WI, but later died at Lake Providence, Louisiana during the Civil War).
...

3705. Nelson B. Carpenter

Number 2349 in the CM. No family listed.
Residence: New York City.

E-MAIL: Submitted Tue, 4 Apr 2000 From: Phoebe Cortez at MzCortez@aol.com.
She cites: http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/orange/cemetery_hill.htm .
Cemetery Hill Road Cemetery Middletown, Orange County, New York.
Contributed by Maude Conklin [mec@warwick.net].
Rte 17, to Orange County Fair grounds exit, make left at light, under next
light and make left on Cemetery road. Large well maintained cemetery on your
right. Recorded by Maude Conklin. (partial listing)
Carpenter, Caroline J., w/o Nelson B. Carpenter 125/9/1883 - 56 yrs 2 mos 1 ds
Carpenter, Nehemia, 7/9/1790 - 40 yrs
Carpenter, Solomon, 6/24/1794 - 82 yrs (b. 1712 3rd great uncle to Nelson)

Query: by Lisa Keeley ... asilkee@aol.com ... 18 Feb 2002.
Nelson B. Carpenter b. abt 1820 married Caroline Cory (Corey, Correy)b. abt. 1827 and m. abt. 1846 and had the following children:
Samuel V. abt. 1849
Josephine abt. 1851
William abt. 1853
Nelson abt. 1855
Isabell V. abt. 1858
He is listed in the 1860 census as being a master builder in NYC.
In 1850 he is listed as a carpenter. I can't find him in 1870!

Caroline J. Cory

BIRTH & DEATH: Death listed as 125/9/1883 - 56 yrs 2 mos 1 ds. If this is 9
Dec. 1883 then the birth works out to be about 8 Oct 1827.

3725. Nehemiah Carpenter

Number 2082 in the Carpenter Memorial. Family is number 666 on page 463.

8532. Vliet Carpenter

SEE:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyononda/DEWITT/EARLYSET.HTM
EARLY SETTLERS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF DEWITT
Submitted by Kathy Crowell
Source: Onondaga's Centennial by Dwight H. Bruce (ed.). Boston History Co., 1896, Vol. II, pp. 1017-1037.
Carpenter excerpts ...
1)
The first town meeting for the town of Dewitt was held at the tavern of George F. Grinnell in Orville on April 7 and 8, 1835; Elijah C. Rust, justice of the peace for the old town of Manlius, presided and William Eager acted as clerk, and $250 were voted for the support of common schools. The following officers were elected:
Zebulon Ostrom, supervisor; William Eager, town clerk; David G. Wilkins, and Adam Harroun, justices of the peace; Jacob I. Low, Joseph Yarrington, and Aaron Chapin, assessors; William Wheeler and John Furbeck, commissioner of highways; Vliet Carpenter, Edmund D. Cobb, and George Richardson, commissioners of common schools; ...
2)
Turning again to the prominent settlers of the town it is pertinent and add the names of John B. Ives, Amos Sherwood, Nathaniel Gillett, Dr. Smith, Dr. E. E. Knapp, Smith Hibbard, George W. Holbrook, B. S. Gregory, Joel Kinne, Thomas and Jacob L. Sherwood, Robert Dunlop, Enos K. Reed, John Jones, Gorton Nottingham (father of Jacob A. and Benjamin C., of Syracuse), Van Vleck Nottingham, Henry Nottingham, Charles Hiscock, Joel Knapp (died May 15, 1864, aged seventy-one), Dr. D. A. Sherwood (died in 1864 at the age of sixty-four), and Vliet Carpenter, son of Nehemiah, of Manlius.
3)
The village of East Syracuse is the growth of the last twenty-five years of less. In October, 1872, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company purchased from Rufus R. Kinne, Elijah Clark, Eugene Bogardus, and the Carpenter estate 150 acres of land upon which to locate freight yards, round houses, and shops, and there established a division termini station between Albany and Rochester.
4)
The First Presbyterian Society of East Syracuse was organized in the district school house on March 8, 1875, under the direction of Edmund S. Walker, then a missionary of the Presbytery of Syracuse. Elijah Clark was chairman of the meeting, J. Q. Baker acted as clerk, and five trustees were appointed, viz.: John Jones, Eugene Bogardus, John A. Henry, E. J. Evans, and Vliet Carpenter.

8533. Nehemiah Carpenter

Born about 1810 per the CM on page 463. See number 4328-a - per numbering
indicates an add on to the record. This may mean he is from another family or
birth year estimated wrongly. Sequence should be about 1824.

8534. William Carpenter

Born 1 May 1806 per the CM on page 463. See number 4328-b - per numbering
indicates an add on to the record. This may mean he is from another family or
birth year is wrong. Sequence should be 1826.
If birth date is correct William would have been born when his
father was only 8.
He was a prosperous New York farmer. He early became an
abolitionist. The Prespyterian church of which he was a member,
was not as ready as he was to oppose slavery, and he expressed
his opinion of its tardiness. As a result, he was expelled from
the church.

Mary Hollister

Mary was a descendant of Lieut. John Hollister, of Wethersfield,
Conn., and his wife Joanna Treat-Hollister, daughter of Hon.
Richard Treat Sr. Both Hollister and Treat were among the first
settlers and most prominent men of Connecticut colony. Robert
Treat, brother of Mrs. John Hollister, was a famous indian
fighter and for many years was governor of Connecticut. It was
he who engineered the hiding of the colony's charter in the oak
tree when Sir Edmund Andros came after it.