Descendants of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, now part of Bristol County, MA
Notes
365.
Benedict Carpenter
Number 30 in the Carpenter Family in America, 1901 book.
WEB PAGE:
http://www.usgennet.org/~ahnydutc/oblongmarriages1.htm
Marriages from the Oblong Monthly Meeting, Dutchess, NY, Part I
LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost.
Benedict Carpenter of Scarsdale married Abigail Ferriss of Oblong.
Married, 15 of 12m, 1767, at Oblong, Dutchess, NY.
Benedict Carpenter (father of James) and James Carpenter (son-in-law of Benjamin) are listed as the bondsmen for settling Benjamin Townsend's estate in 1775, showing the families are interconnected.
Hannah Haviland
She died leaving 3 children.
Abigail Horton
Abigail may have been the daughter of Joseph Horton.
DEATH: Per minutes of the Friend's Meeting at Purchase indicate death and
burial dates.
1242.
Abigail Carpenter
Number 92 in the Carpenter Family in America, 1901 book.
Page 117 has additional information. She and her husband were farmers at North
Castle. The Purchase Meeting Record shows the following witnesses at the
marriage, viz: Joseph, Daniel, Samuel, Elizabeth, Abigail, Leah and Sarah
Carpenter.
1243.
Hannah Carpenter
Number 93 in the Carpenter Family in America, 1901 book.
Abigail Farris
Abigail married first William Ferris then Benjamin (should be Benedict)
Carpenter.
DEATH: Per minutes of the Friend's Meeting at Purchase indicate death and
burial dates. Also she was about 55 years of age.
Elizabeth Wanser
She married a "Wanser" of Musketa Cove and was a widow when she married
Benedict Carpenter.
367.
Joseph Carpenter Sr.
Number 32 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H. Carpenter, 1901.
Joseph Carpenter was in Brandon's Brook near Rye, Westchester, NY in 1718. In
1731, he sold 80 acres of land in North Castle including a grist mill, dwelling
and livestock. (See: Westchester County, New York Colony Records, Book G, p.5)
In 1746 he went to Covington, Augusta county, VA with his neighbor and cousin
Peter Wright. About 1752, his nephew Zophar Carpenter also came to Augusta
County, VA. In 1759 he served in Capt. Dickerson's Rangers. He was given
200 acres of land in 1774 for his services.
In 1769, Botetourt County was formed from part of Augusta County.
Joseph Carpenter's family built Fort Carpenter near Covington in the 1740s.
Joseph served in the French and Indian War, was a surveyor of land patents, a
road supervisor, served on juries, and served in the American Revolution as a
patriot. (See: Evelyn Harlow Carpenter, "The Carpenters of Fort Carpenter";
Mattie Belle Carpenter Ross, "My Ancestry" (1974); the records of the
State library in Richmond, VA; records of Botetourt County in Fincastle, VA);
and Lyman Chalkley, "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia,
Records of Augusta County, Virginia (Richmond, VA 1965) Vol. I, p. 116.
SEE: Carpenter and Related Family Historical Journal, Vol. 5, Winter 1994,
Number 8, page 519. Article by Raymond George Carpenter proving lineage of the
VA Carpenters to the New York Carpenters.
NAME: John L. Carpenter of NH indicates that Joseph's middle name was
"Covington." Other records show it as "Cole" or "Coles." However, no proof was
given anywhere of a middle name. A middle name once was added to distinguish him from another Joseph (IE by location) and it some how stuck. Go figure.
MARRIAGE: bef 29 Nov 1751. On that date Joseph was made legal guardian of
Judith Scott's three children. She was the widow of John Scott.
BOOK: See page 15 (for notes) of the Mowrey 1997 book. See book information
below:
UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISH
ORIGIN - THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH
CARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION.
BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997.
BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
!Page 35; Researching the Virginia / West Virginia Carpenters is a frustrating
undertaking. These were hardy, adventuresome pioneers who were subject to the
rigors of survival and too preoccupied with fighting Indians, wild animals and
the elements of nature to pursue the refinements of civilization such as
education, law, et cetera, to leave much in the way of written legacy. Census
information and other vital statistics including birth, death, marriage and
military are largely fragmentary or nonexistent. Traditional testimony and
county histories are frequently conflicting and a preponderance of common given
names (particularly in the same generation!) only adds to the confusion- yet
the effort must be extended if one is to know and success can be realized
through careful, objective and analytical examination of whatever data is
available. Such logical and conscientious reconstruction will accommodate any
previously unknown evidence, easily and without alteration.
The pioneering Joseph (Coles) Carpenter first sojourned in the Big Bend
country of the Jackson River in the early spring of 1746 accompanied by his
good friend, neighbor and cousin, Peter Wright. They claimed "tomahawk rights"
to two large tracts of land then cleared patches of ground, made brush fences
and planted corn in preparation for their families relocation in the fall. A
traditional account has Joseph's family finding a young buffalo in the fields
upon their return and the "bill of fare" for the approaching winter was "steak
rather than corn pone". They survived by hunting and fishing and whatever they
could trade for with the Indians of the area.
(NOTE: See also: ANNALS of BATH COUNTY VIRGINIA, By OREN F. MORTON, B. Lit., Chapter XXV. The Families of Greater Bath, page 191. This gives a similar story and notice of another Joseph Carpenter who had been an indentured servant from England - not related to the first Joseph Carpenter.)
Joseph was born about 1693 at Musketa Cove in New York Colony and died
before 1784 in Botetourt County, Virginia. He was a fourth generation
descendant of both the Providence, Rhode Island and the Rehoboth, Massachusetts
branches of the English Carpenter family in America. His line of descent was
Joseph (14) Carpenter,of Nathaniel (13), of Joseph (12), of William (11)
Carpenter of Providence, Rhode Island as per Raymond George Carpenter's updates
in The Carpenter and Related Family Historical Journal. Joseph (12) Carpenter
married Hannah (12) Carpenter, his second cousin. She was the daughter of
William (11) Carpenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts who was a first cousin of
William 0 1) of Providence, Rhode Island.
There were evidently four Carpenter settlements, all circa the early 1750's
and within thirty-five or so miles of each other. "Fort Carpenter", so-called,
was on the river. It was occupied by Joseph and his family- children, "mostly
grown and married before coming to Virginia". His wife, maiden name
undiscovered, was already deceased before the move to Virginia. Solomon
Carpenter had a homestead at Low Moor; Zophar Carpenter at Mallow and Nicholas
Carpenter at White Sulphur Springs.
Solomon Carpenter was one of Joseph's older sons and Zophar Carpenter was
(page 36) Joseph's nephew (son of Joseph's brother, Robert). The relationship
of Nicholas Carpenter (if any) to the Jackson River Carpenters has not been
determined.
Nicholas may have descended from German Carpenters (nee, Zimmerman) as did
another Nicholas and a Christopher Carpenter who settled in the northern part
of western Virginia at a little later date. More research is necessary to
identify Nicholas!
Boutwell Dunlap, a genealogist of considerable note in the area of
Covington, said that Joseph (14) Carpenter had the following issues; Joseph,
Frances Elizabeth, Solomon, Hannah, William, Jeremiah, Thomas, Benjamin and
John in his writings in two books. He also thought that Joseph (14) had a
brother, Solomon, who came with him from New York to Virginia. Dunlap
speculated that Zophar might also be a son (14), but this was proven not to be
the case. Jeremiah and John may have been sons-in-law of Joseph (14); namely,
Jeremiah Seeley and John Mann. Jeremiah Seeley was almost assuredly the
"Jeremiah" who came to Virginia in 1748. William is not found in any original
source record such as court decisions, land transactions etc.
Joseph (14) married Judith, the widow of John Scott, prior to 27 March 1752
when he was appointed guardian to her three young sons. Their names were John,
James and Benjamin. It is very likely that they were called "Carpenter" by name
and that some Carpenter lines are not Carpenter at all, but the descendants of
this John Scott!
Page 37: By 1752 several Carpenter families were pretty well established in the
vicinity of the Big Bend of the Jackson River from the present-day site of
Covington to White Sulphur Springs. Solomon (15) probably preceded his father,
Joseph (14), into the area by a couple of years- approximately 1744. Joseph
(14) arrived in 1746 as did his other children; Joseph (15), Thomas (15),
Nathaniel (15) and Frances Elizabeth (15)with her husband, John Mann. Hannah
(15) and her husband, Jeremiah Seeley, came in 1748. Nicholas (relationship
undetermined), his wife, Kate (maiden name unknown) and two young sons passed
through the Carpenter settlements seeking land for himself about 1748 also.
Zophar (15) Carpenter (nephew of Joseph (14) and his family (little has been
found on this group) were the last to relocate at Mallow in 1752.
The Carpenters lived in relative peace on their farms until the middle of
September 1756. There were the usual activities in firming up their homesteads
such as construction, clearing land, cultivating and harvesting. Food supplies
were supplemented by hunting, fishing and trapping. Trade and occasional
contact with the (Page 38) Indians was common and uneventful. The Augusta Court
summoned Joseph (Jr.) (14) on August 21, 1755 for selling munitions to the
Indians and found him guilty, although his punishment is not made clear. "Fort
Carpenter" was moved to higher ground at least once during this time period
because of flooding and Joseph (14) married again.
(NOTE:
BOOK: ANNALS of BATH COUNTY VIRGINIA, By OREN F. MORTON, B. Lit.,
Of the Indian raids into Bath, the earliest we can locate took place near the middle of September, 1756. Within or very near the present county limits, and mainly along Jackson's River, nine men, one woman, and three children were killed, and two men were wounded. Among the slain were Ensign Humphrey Madison, John Byrd, Nicholas Carpenter, James Mayse, and James Montgomery. Joseph Carpenter, David Galloway, and a Mrs. McConnell were captured, but got away. Mrs. Byrd, Mrs. George Kincaid, Mrs. Persinger, and 25 boys and girls were taken to the Indian towns in Ohio. Among the children were six Byrds, five Carpenters, and two Persingers.)
Page 43: There weren't many Indians in the area when Joseph (Sr.)(13) made the
first settlement west of the Cowpasture River in Virginia. They were woodland
Indians; Mingo and Delaware and other families of the Shawnee. The area that
Joseph chose on the big bend of the Jackson River was considered part of their
hunting grounds and the mineral spring some thirty-five miles away was almost a
holy place. They did frequent the region on occasion for therapy for a myriad
of infirmities and to hunt. No great note was made of the first few
frontiersmen and settlers but as the encroachment increased they became alarmed
and, agitated by both the British and the French, hostile. With the beginning
of the French and Indian War, forays into the border regions of Virginia
increased. Homesteads in the outlying regions were raided, cabins were burned,
occupants were killed and scalped or taken prisoner for adoption into the
tribe, ransom or later torture and death. The following is a traditional
account of the mid-September Indian attack at Fort Carpenter on the Jackson
River.
The Carpenters had a fort or at least a very strong log house that was used
as a fort to protect them from the Indians when they first settled on the
Jackson River. It was about 16 by 20 feet and built something like a blockhouse
with a huge sleeping loft extending out over all four of the walls. Openings
were left in the chinks of the gable logs and holes drilled in the floors of
the overhang so the Carpenters could shoot out or down at Indians trying to
burn them out. There were two small windows or openings at either end of the
house that could be shuttered from the inside. A huge fireplace and chimney
made out of ledge stones and mortared with clay and wood ashes was directly
across from the front door. The rocks in the chimney were stepped off on one
side to make a ladder to the loft. The doorway was only five foot tall so that
anyone entering would have to duck their head. The door was oak, six inches
thick and could be heavily barred with a log from the inside. It was sturdy as
possible.
Some fifty or so Shawnee attacked the Carpenter fort when the French and
Indian War started. The settlers had been warned of a possible Indian intrusion
into the area and had gathered at the Carpenter cabin for mutual defense. The
house had been moved to higher ground because of flooding, and there was a
natural (Page 44) drainage ditch of sorts around it that had been converted
into an earthworks during previous threats. Several "shebangs" had been set up
in the yard to accommodate all of the people who had rallied there. Less than a
dozen men manned the fortifications.
There were about twenty-five women and children in the compound. Most of
the crops had been harvested and stored. Many of the more able men were out
hunting to add to the food stores for winter. There had been no sign of
Indians. Perhaps the defenders were too relaxed. Children were playing in the
fields. Nicholas (Carpenter - relationship unknown) and his two sons,
unapprised of the danger, arrived seeking someone to assist with his harvest.
Indians usually attack at dawn. The night had passed uneventfully, and it
was late morning. The Shawnee had used the darkness to get in as close to the
cabin as they could and were lying in the surrounding forest waiting for the
most opportune time to attack. There was some confusion- not panic- as the
battle began. Some men met the charge at the dirt wall. Others herded everyone
into the fort. The Indians came in from all directions.
The skirmish didn't last long. Those who weren't killed or captured in the
initial charge could only hold their position for a few hours. The stone
chimney was pulled down leaving a huge opening in the wall where the fireplace
had been. Nine men were killed, scalped and their bodies mutilated. Nicholas
Carpenter was among them- the only Carpenter man killed! Stephen Sewell, James
Mayse, James Montgomery, Nicholas Nutt, John Byrd, George Kincaid, a man named
Boyle and another named Fry were the other defenders killed. Everyone else,
including Joseph (14) Carpenter, was taken prisoner. Several children named
Byrd, five children called Carpenter and two Persinger children were among the
fifteen abducted by the Indians.
The captives were linked chain gang fashioned by ropes in four groups and
forced marched the rest of that day toward the Great Kanawah that would take
them west to Ohio country. Joseph (14) Carpenter supposedly escaped the second
night that the group camped. He had hidden a small pen knife in his hair,
managed to free himself and slip away under the cover of darkness. Some will
say that he bargained for his release (he had been tried and convicted of
selling guns, powder and shot to some Indians about a year previously), but by
the time he got back to the scene of the slaughter and rounded up a posse of
men, including some sons, it was too late to pursue the rapidly moving red men.
They had more than a two day head start.
A few of these captives were eventually repatriated during Colonel Boquet's
expedition into Ohio for that purpose in 1764. Jeremiah (16) and his brother
Solomon (16) Carpenter were among those so released. Most of them were never
heard of again, having been adopted into the tribes as sons and replacements
for fallen warriors as well as wives for the braves. Some may have been sold to
other Indians Page 45) and some were surely killed. For most, their fate
remains forever unknown!
MARRIAGE: Third Marriage to Damis Smith? See E-Mail forwarded below.
On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 John L. Carpenter writes:
John, Every since I have been researching the Carpenter's it says that
his wife probably died before he came to Virginia, name unknown. Later word of
mouth history, kept saying that the name of Damis was associated with his
wife. But no one knew just how. They assumed it was a surname. And I also
thought that might be the case. I searched for Damis in all states, and found
none. Then in the Scotch-Irish Chronicles I found where my John Mann's son,
John Mann, Jr. had married to Damis (_____) and she later married Joseph
Carpenter.
So there is the name of Damis that was connected with Joseph's unknown wife in
New York. But since this Damis married John Carpenter in ?Virginia and not in
New York, then he still must have a wife un-named who died in New York. Or
they married in New York and removed to Va. after. ???
1 John Mann, Jr. b: 1725 in Ireland d: 10 Oct 1774
+Damis Unknown m: in Botetourt Co. Va.
The only question here is since John died in 1774, they must have
divorced. Since he is not dead. His father John Mann, Sr. died 28 May 1749 do
not think she would have waited 15 yrs. to remarry so it must be a marriage to
John Mann, Jr. 20 Nov. 1764; John Mann, wife Damis, relinguished of dower.
Damis now married to Joseph Carpenter. John Mann, Sr. married Francis
Elizabeth Carpenter, his first cousin, their daughter, Elizabeth Mann,
married my Jeremiah Carpenter of Braxton Co. WV.
Until we can find something to change the Scotch-Irish Chronicles then we must
say Damis was the wife of Joseph Carenter, Sr. and fist wife of John Mann, Sr.
In the Early New York Marriages I found this Joseph Carpenter &
Darkis Smith m: 27 May 1767 in New York, perhaps someone copied the dates
wrong. and it was 1764 or 63, just guessing. But some descendants have
suggested that Damis's maiden name was Smith. But they never
showed any sources. The name could have been Darkis or Damis, you know
how it gets mis-typed, or was hard to read, and this is what they put down.
But this again is just a theory until I find some more information if ever.
Been looking for 30 years, but never had the net, and so much information
available before. Donna.
E-MAIL: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 From: "Paul & Lola Mowrey"
To: "John Carpenter"
Hey John,
I have reviewed and corrected the offerings of virtually all of the better
known, present day
Carpenter researchers at their request; however, your text file on the
descendents of
Joseph Carpenter of the Jackson River is rather voluminious (767 pages with
index
according to my printer) so that I must decline an immediate overview at this
time.
Genealogy is but one of my sundry avocations. I skimmed it as soon as it was
printed and
promise to comment on it in the future as time and circumstances permit. The
mundane
tasks of everyday living are my present preoccupations. I am currently cutting
firewood for
the coming winiter. Being a die- hard conservative, I refuse to pay the
ridiculous prices for
gas and fuel oil that are anticipatied for the approaching year.
I do not edit for Terry Lee Carpenter or Richard Llewellyn Carpenter. They
really don't
need it. Both are only interested in the truth- whatever that might be. Their
personalities are
quite different, but both are outstanding researchers and gentlemen in my
humble
estimation. I would like to think that I have contributed as much to their line
of thinking as
they have to mine. We differ but will alter our point of view upon the
presentation of original
source evidence to the contrary.
Anyone would be well advised to pay attention to these two! They are not
infallible. Do yo
know anyone who is? I can personally assure you that when in doubt they check
it out by
returning to the original source rather than plagerized repetitions of old
erroneous
conclusions of people who make up the history of our Carpenter progenitors as
they
proceed to fit their preconceptions rather than pursue the quest for truth and
objectivity.
I shall make some general observations that you should not percieve
adversely or
negatively. They are not tendered to be that way. One's "agenda" is of small
consequence
to me. If anything I say is helpful to you, I'm glad. If you choose to totally
disregard this
missive, so be it. Advice is always free.
Your report has to be very confusing to most ordinary people who are
interested in
researching the Carpenters. The average person has difficulty in sorting things
out when
there are so many diverse choices. I can't really see how this could be
remedied
considering what you are attempting to accomplish but fell that you need to be
aware of the
obvious situation.
Some of your major contributors are very prone to method error. I am not
questioning
their sincerity, effort or intentions, but if one commences with a flawed
premise, then
anything that follows is also flawed. To repeat a priven mistake numerous times
does not
make it a fact. To illustrate: If anyone can show me a middle name for Joseph
Carpenter of
the Jackson River, I will be very shocked, but appreciative. I have never found
any!
Many of the sources quoted in your work are not very reliable. De Hass,
Sutton, House,
Bishop and others of their ilk are interesting and good for starting points,
but not very
factual. Does literary license permit excessive liberalism of fact and
repetition of proven
mistakes? I think not. These books aren't Bibles!
Here are just a few of the things that we do not know. Someone has yet to
prove them.
We cannot prove that Joseph of the Jackson River is connected to the English
Carpenters
of New York. Neither can we prove many of his children as listed by Boutwell
Dunlap. We
have not proven that Solomon was a son of Joseph. He could have been a brother.
The
North Carolina Carpenters cannot be traced to Joseph. That hasn't been proven
despite
what you or I or anybody else thinks.With all due respect to Raymond George and
James
Ausie Carpenter, I am becoming more and more convinced that they have not
proven
lineage to Joseph Carpenter of the Jackson River! Anyone of us should be able
to write a
small book on just the things that we don't know or can't prove about this huge
and much
discussed extended family.
We can prove Jeremiah Carpenter's parents (Chalkley's records). We can
prove that
Solomon was in what is now Hampshire County, West Virginia before Joseph (came
to the
Jackson River Solomon' marriage). We can prove Solomon's wife (will of William
Hughes).
We can prove the name of Jeremiah Carpenter's wife, Elizabeth Hamm (Alderson's
marriage
book/Virginia Archives). We can prove, without question, all of Jeremiah
Carpenter and
Elizabeth Hamm's children (Braxton County, West Virginia deed books). All of
the deeds
relating to the Partition of 1845 will hold up in any court of law. We can
prove that there was
one, and only one, Jeremiah Carpenter of the proper age and circumstance in
this period of
history to be our Jeremiah of Braxton County. Only he was captured by the
Shawnee,
remained a prisoner of them for several years and was later repatriated
(Colonel Henry
Bouguet's Papers, library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan). Read
them for
yourself. They were returned from England in1956! Do not be misled.
If there were more than one Jeremiah of the proper age and circumstance to
be our
Jeremiah of Braxton County, then why is the Jeremiah (and Solomon) who was
captured by
the Indains in mid-September of 1756 in the attack of so-called Fort Carpenter
and released
at Fort Pitt in 1764/65, ignored. Let's have some proof.
Jeremiah said that he was 12 years old (born 1752 or 1753 at the latest,
depending on
the month and day of his birth). Did he lie? Half of the people who were taken
prisoner in
1756 (original list of casualties and captives, circa 1757) were released by
Bouquet's
expedition into Ohio. Is this mere coincidence? Are some Carpenter tree
climbers
experiencing denial symptoms? Sorry- I had to say that. Please forgive?
I love oral tradition. My family has hundreds of stories handed down from
ancestors-
Mowrey, Carpenter and others. Most of these can be verified by fact; however,
some are so
ludicrous that they shouldn't be repeated! Virginia (Carpenter) Nine, a mutual
cousin of the
wife and me and a granddaughter of Squirrely Bill said it best, "Not all B.S.
degrees are
earned in college". She wasn't referring to Bachelors of Science. We all must
strive to
separate fact from fiction. Someone still has to prove to me that a William,
brother or
cousin of my Jeremiah, ever existed.
The German Carpenters (nee, Zimmerman) are giving me fits; however, Terry,
Dick, I and hopefully many others are working diligently to resolve these
problems. Hopefully, I can clarify or eliminate some of the other minor
discrepencies in your treatise at a future time.
Take care, Paul.
E-MAIL: From: "Deb Wake"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:47 AM
Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] Fw: Joseph Coles Carpenter Going from NY to VA
> ...
> Send her to:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/ volume 1
> It would appear that her Carpenters were in Augusta Co VA for at least a while:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~chalkley/volume_1/or10_130.htm
> Court Order Book X
> pages 130-133 16 September 1766 through 23 March 1767
> lists Carpenter surveyors in Fort Defiance to Handley's Mill
> page 130:
> NOVEMBER 19, 1766.
> (339) Road to be viewed from Wm. Elliott's to McCutcheon's Mill, thence
> thro' Buffalo Gap.
> (340) Joseph Carpenter, Sr., and Wm. Whooley appointed road surveyors from
> Fort Defiance to Handley's Mill, with these workers and their tithables:
> Peter Wright, Solomon, Thomas, Nathaniel Carpenter, John Umphries, Thos.
> Carpenter, Zopher Carpenter, Ezekiel Johnston, Edward and John McMullin,
> James Williams, Joseph Leeper, John Fieler, William Christian and Peter
> Whooley, Wm. McMurry, Thos. Wright, Rob. Galesby, Pat. Corrigan and Joseph
> Carpenter, Jr.
> (340) Wm. Herbert, gent., qualified administrator of Robert Andrew. George
> Forbes, appraiser.
> (341) Hannah Hoffman, a witness about to remove out of Colony.
> (342) Hook vs. John Ritchie.--Defendant delivered up to Sheriff.
> Deb Wake
> Richmond, VA
> swake@earthlink.net
> researching Zimmerman/ Carpenter in Rockingham Co VA
http://genealogytrails.com/vir/alleghany/history.html
Alleghany County A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia By Oren F. Morton, B., Lit. Dayton, Virginia, J. K. Reubush Company 1923 Transcribed by N. Piper and K. Torp for Genealogy Trails ...
When did the very earliest settlers come into the Alleghany area? It is possible to give a very close answer. Alexander Dunlap located near the site of Goshen about 1742. We are told he was the earliest settler on the Great Calfpasture, and that no one had yet located any father west. A few men had cabins on the Cowpasture in 1745. These settlers came in 1744, possibly in 1743. Joseph Carpenter came with Peter Wright from New York in the spring of 1746. We have no knowledge of any earlier permanent settlers on the lower course of Jackson's River. A number of homeseekers came in 1746, or very shortly afterward, and when the Indian war of 1754 broke out, there was quite a settlement on Jackson's River within the Alleghany area and on the lower course of Dunlap Creek. ...
The long survey of 782 acres taken by Joseph Carpenter began very near the railroad bridge at the south border of Covington, and extended down the river so as to include the ben beginning near the mouth of Potts Creek. The Carpenter holdings also took in the fine bottom on the south side of the railroad at Mallow Station. In 1764 the pioneer divided 464 acres equally between his sons, Joseph, Jr., and Solomon, each paying a consideration of ten pounds. But in 1773 Solomon sold 160 acres to his brother-in-law, John Mann, for 130 pounds. A year earlier this piece had been purchased at public sale by William Hughart for ninety pounds ($300). John Mann had already bought 230 in 1762 for seventy pounds. Jeremiah Seeley, another son-in-law, took a survey of 100 acres at the mouth of Dry Run in 1754. But Seeley left the neighborhood during the Indian war and the land was patented by Peter Wright. ...
The following particulars are from some of the early deeds recorded in Botetourt. Dennis Callaghan bought of Hugh McDonald and Mary, his wife, seventy acres on Ugly, surveyed 1773. Price, 100 pounds. Michael Cairns from Bedford bought of Jeremiah Seeley and Hannah, his wife, for 350 pounds, fourteen acres of the homestead adjoining Robert Shanklin, 1771. The high price is because of depreciated paper money. Jeremiah Carpenter of Greenbrier, for 300 pounds, bought of Moses Mann, son of John, deceased, and Fanny, wife of Moses, 160 acres, 1779. Thomas Carpenter bought of William P. Martin of Halifax county 115 acres on Potts Creek, 1787 for 100 pounds. In 1787 John Craig gave power of attorney to Moses Mann to sell his half interest in a place on Brush Creek, a branch of Dunlap. The other half interest belonged to Joseph Hunter, a tory. John Dickenson of Augusta bought of Jeremiah and Hannah Seeley, 1772, 200 acres on Falling Spring Run for 100 pounds. James Elliott bought of William Mann and Jean his wife, 1773, for fifty-five pounds, forty-nine acres on Jackson's River below the mouth of Back Creek. David Glassburn bought of Thomas Carpenter, 1784, fifty acres on Jackson's River for 100 pounds. William Griffith bought of James Milligan and Elizabeth his wife, 1776, for 103 pounds, forty-four acres on the Cowpasture, patented 1767. Aron Hughes bought of William Gillespie and Mary his wife, 1780, for 10,000 pounds (depreciated money), 320 acres on the Cowpasture. Andrew Kincade bought of William Hamilton of Grenbrier, 1780, for 400 pounds, 283 acres on Jackson's River. William Kincade bought of Andrew Kincade and Mary his wife, 1785, for 200 pounds, 110 acres of Jackson's River. William Larence bought of James Robison and Elizabeth his wife, 1775, ninety-five acres on west side Camp Mountain for ninety-five pounds. Michael Mallow bought of Zopher Carpenter and Mary his wife and David Glassburn and Elizabeth his wife, 1789, 130 acres on north side Jackson's River for 275 pounds. ...
We next mention the land patents in the Alleghany area granted prior to 1770. Names of patentee, position, acreage, and date of patent are given in consecutive order. Abercromby, Robert - East side Jackson's River at mouth Falling Spring - 320 - 1760. Armstrong, Archibald - Jackson's River - 254 - 1760 Armstrong, Robert - Jackson's River - 270 - 1760. Beard, James - NW side lower Pasture river - 24 - 1763. Carpenter, Joseph - Jackson's River - 782 - 1750. Carpenter, Zopher - NW side Jackson's River - 135 - 1763 ...
In 1762 the Carpenter brothers were credited four shillings (sixty-seven cents) a pound for their beaver skins. To make and nail 100 clapboards cost $1.46 in our money in 1767.
...
Chapter V TWENTY YEARS OF INDIAN TROUBLE ...
Carpenter's fort was probably no more than a fortified house. It stood on a low bluff near the mouth of Potts Creek. The abundance of arrowheads and the fine specimens of stone implements found in the vicinity indicate a flint quarry, or more probably an aboriginal village. But according to Hugh Paul Taylor, who should be excellent authority, another Carpenter's fort stood on the bottom at Low Moor that was afterward the Karnes place. At the McKinney farm on the Cowpasture is a remnant of a fortified stone(?) house. On the bluff above the mill of McAlllister and Bell at Coavington was a blockhouse, which is distinctly remembered by John W. Bell. ...
In its session of August 21, 1755, the Augusta court summoned Joseph Carpenter to answer the charge of selling ammunition to the Indians. He replied that he did not know the natives he thus supplied were hostile. Yet within one month, Captain John Dickinson had a "scrimmage" with nine Indians, killing one of them and losing one of his own force. This collision probably took place on the Greenbrier. If we follow the document known as the Preston Register- and its authority is very high-the most destructive raid upon Jackson's River occurred near the middle of September, 1756. On the 11th or 12th of that month, Ensign Madison was killed, probably near Fort Dinwiddie, which stood northwest of Warm Springs. Two days later, nine persons were killed. These were Nicholas Carpenter, Stephen Sewell, James Mayse, James Montgomery, Nicholas Nutt, John Byrd, George Kincaid, Mr. Boyle, and a man named Fry. Joseph Swope and a man named Wilson were wounded. The captives were Mrs. Byrd and six children, Mrs. Kincaid and three children, Mrs. Persinger and two children, and five children of Charles Boyle; also a young son of Swope, and two boys named Brown. Joseph Carpenter, David Calloway, and Mr. McConnell, and a Carpenter boy were captured, but escaped. ...
According to the narrative by Taylor, three men, named Pitman, Swope, and Pack, were trapping beaver on New River. Here they detected a war party of fifty Delawares. The band divided, about twenty proceeding in the direction of Jackson's River, the others toward Catawba Creek. To give warning to the settlements, Swope and Pack ran in the latter direction and Pitman in the former. The first band came down Dunlap Creek, crossed Jackson's River above Fort Young, and went on by night to Solomon Carpenters' place on the Low Moor bottom, the blockhouse being in charge of a man named Brown. The attack was made in the daytime. All the white people were in the fields except two of Brown's sons, young Jeremiah Carpenter, and a woman. The three boys were captured. Brown carried the news to Fort Young, but as only a few men were there, a messenger hurried to Fort Dinwiddie, where Captain Audley Paul was stationed. That officer gave pursuit with twenty men, and on Indian Creek in Monroe he met Pitman, who had been running all night, and now joined the pursuers. The band that committed the havoc on Jackson's River was not overtaken. The other band, however, was found encamped at the mouth of Indian Creek. Paul and his men waited until daybreak and then fired a volley, not knowing the Indians had three prisoners. The attack would have had better success but for the impetuosity of a soldier named John McCollum, afterward killed in the battle of Point Pleasant. He yelled out, "Take steady aim and send them to hell." The Indians were thus given notice, and though several were killed most of them got away. A captive taken on the Roanoke was rescued, as was also Catharine Gum, a servant to Captain Paul. After this disaster, a council of war was advised that forty men be stationed at Fort Breckenridge. ...
Chapter VI BEFORE 1822 ...
This region seems to have been nearly free from tory disturbances, such as took place on the South Branch to the northward or in Montgomery county to the southward. In fact, the only exception of which we have documentary knowledge is related by Colonel George Skillern, whose plantation was about two miles above Buchanan. In a letter to the governor of Virginia, dated June 26,1781, he states that about four years earlier, Captain Lapsley had taken Solomon Carpenter and Samuel Lyons as recruits, telling them they were to have three and one-half shilling a day as members of General Washington's bodyguard. On their arrival at army headquarters in New Jersey, the men found this representation untrue. They then deserted, came home, and hid in the mountains. At the date of the letter it was supposed there were forty to fifty of the refugees. Attempts to disperse them and capture their leader had failed. Carpenter and Lyons came to Skillern's house under a flag, offering to serve two years in the militia, subject to call, or to join George Rogers Clark for two years. Skillern recommends that the terms be accepted. Carpenter, a bold, daring, active man, had lived among the Indians, and intimated that if his proposition was not accepted he would go back to them. His comrades were active woodsmen, well armed with rifles, and might be a source of danger. The writer adds that there were parties of tories and deserters in the counties of Montgomery and Washington, and that they were probably in correspondence with one another. ...
Items from the order-books of Botetourt, in 1770-1780, are these: ...
Thomas Carpenter recommended as ensign, 1779.
Frances Elizabeth Dames
NAME: Possibly "Francis Elizabeth Dames" per the Carpenter and Related Family
Historical Journal, Vol. 5, Winter 1994, Number 8, page 519.
Per AF: "Elizabeth".
1245.
Thomas Carpenter
SEE NOTE BELOW. The information in the next paragraph MIGHT indicate a mixing
of 2 Thomas Carpenters;
Thomas served in Captain William Preston's Company of Rangers in 1759 or
earlier during the French and Indian Wars. He probably was living in Augusta
(Boteourt) County, VA in 1755 where his son was born. There is a Land Bounty
in 1759 in Amherst County for what is believed to be for service in the French
and Indian War 1759 or earlier than 1756 in Botetourt (then Augusta) County.
In 1765, August 21, Thomas Carpenter bought land in Amherst County, Virginia.
In 1773 he sold property to Samuel Woods in Amherst County. Thomas carpenter to
James Carpenter and d. (G. p. 177) Amherst County.
He was a Patriot. Thomas Carpenter signed the Pettition of Dissenters of
Albemarle, Rockingham and Amherst Counties, Virginia on Oct. 25, 1776.
To Thomas Carpenter for 136 pounds of bacon, pr. cert. if. on Januaray 12,
1781. Militia on duty. Five pounds 25 shillings teste William E. Sandidge,
clerk, with seal.
SEE: Deeds, Amherst County, VA, Courthouse; Judge Lyman Chalkey's records of
Augusta County, VA, Vol. 1,2,3, page 272; Kegley's Virginia Frontier;
letters--Hope Mathews and Richard Charles Carpenter.
NOTE: Terry Lee Carpenter, of San Antonio, TX (Carpenters of the South)
indicates that Sudna (Sudney) was definately NOT a daughter of this Thomas.
(The Thomas, the son of Joseph (b. 1693).
He also states very clearly that Kegley's Virginia Frontier does not
support this Thomas being born Long Island, NY. Terry Lee Carpenter indicates
that alot of confusion has arisen due to James Ausie Carpenter's Carpenter &
Related Family Historical Journal speculations on the ancestry of this family
line. Until further research clarifies this line, take this Thomas's
descendantcy as very tenative.
SPECULATION: Did this Thomas (b. abt. 1713) have a son, Thomas (b. abt.
1729)? Book note below helps this speculation. Listed as this pending
clairification.
BOOK: See page 37 (for notes) and page 39 (cited below) of the Mowrey 1997
book. See book information below:
UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISH
ORIGIN - THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH
CARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION.
BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997.
BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
Page 39: Children of Thomas Carpenter (15), of Joseph (14), of Nathaniel (13).
Thomas was married, but his wife and children are presently undiscovered. It is
possible that some Carpenter lines that trace their ancestry directly to Joseph
may eventually discover that they must first go through a son of Thomas and
Thomas to arrive there. Thomas was one of the older sons and could have been
born as early as 1713. Where there are few records and children die before
parents, there is much speculation as to the actual line of descent-
particularly, in some Carpenter families.
Letter dated 25 Jan. 1998: "John, perhaps Benjamin, sons of Thomas, Joseph's
oldest son, also lived there for nearly thirty years before moving on to
Indiana." (..." removed to Green county, Kentucky at an undetermined date.")
Per Paul T. Mowrey.
1248.
Hannah Carpenter
She and her husband moved to Virginia in 1748.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Carpenter"
To:
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] Joseph m. DAME & SCOTT
Chalkley's Chronicles does not state that
Jeremiah Seeley married Hannah Carpenter in 1746.
What it does state is "Jeremiah Seely married
the daughter of Joseph Carpenter, lately of the
Province of New York. Joseph, in 1746, and after
above marriage, moved to Jackson's River, where
he and most of his children, then unmarried,
settled. Jeremiah came in 1748" -- this is on
page 339 of Chalkley's Chronicles, which can be
read at
.
There is disagreement in the original documents
as to the names of the sons of John Scott. On 29
Nov 1751, Joseph Carpenter was appointed guardian
of James, Benjamin, and John Scot, orphans of
John Scot [Vol. III, p. 24(405)], but on 21 Nov
1764 Joseph Carpenter was cited as guardian of
Joseph, James, and Jacob Scott, orphans of John
Scott [Vol. I, p. 116(162)]. The only one cited
in both is James Scot(t).
Terry Carpenter
Jeremiah Seely
Jeremiah is probably a descendant of Captain Robert Seeley of Mass. and of
Hunington, Long Island, New York.
1250.
Jeremiah Carpenter Dr.
Jeremiah was a doctor and a Patriot. He moved to Augusta County, Virginia in
1748 then removed to Greenbrier County. He was a private in Captain John
Lewis's Company, Botetourt County Regiment.
SEE: The Carpenter Family News-Journal, Dec. 1972, page 130; 1779 Jeremiah
Carpenter from Moses Mann Deed Book, 2, pages 430 and 431, Botetourt County
Deeds and Index; letter 9 Oct. 1983 by Richard Charles Carpenter.
BOOK: See page 36-37 of the Mowrey 1997 book. See book information
below: This Jeremiah is not listed as child in that record.
UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISH ORIGIN - THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH CARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION.
BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997.
BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
1252.
Benjamin Carpenter
NOTE: SEE below for WARNING on linkage to the New England Carpenters.
FAMILIES SPLIT - See RIN 5457 and RIN 127830.
Children moved to 127830.
BOOK: UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISH ORIGIN - THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH CARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION.
BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997.
BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
Page 35; "Researching the Virginia / West Virginia Carpenters is a frustrating
undertaking." And Y-DNA research is reporting some are Group 2 and many are Group 7. See the Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project.
http://carpentercousins.com/
Benjamin was married twice. Once in 1770 to Mary then to Sarah. Sarah was
the second. AF lists Sarah with 8 children (b. 1770 to 1780).
AF lists Mary with 2 children (1776 & 1778). Children are duplicative.
"The Carpenter and Related Family Historical Journal" Vol. 5, Winter
1994/1995, Number 8, page 535-536, Article by Frank Masterson Carpenter
(born 1931) were used to clarify which child went to which family.
WILL: Will of Benjamin Carpenter, 1825, did not contain names of several
children, who probably were died before 1825.
On March 1, 1779 Benjamin Carpenter bought 140 acres from Samuel Woods and his
wife Mary Woods. Was his wife Mary a Woods?
He was a Patriot. He was drafted in 1781 and served in Amherst County, VA
Militia at Yorktown surrender of Cornwallis.
SEE: Shenandoah Valley in the Revolution by Boutwell Dunlap which puts this
Benjamin and Thomas in this family. See: Deeds, Amherst County, VA,
Courthouse, page 318, BKE 1778-1785, Benjamin Carpenter and Ux, Sarey, A.C. to
James Littrell L40 70 acres on branch of Short Creek and joining Littrill
lines: Chiswell Witt: Abner Witt, Charles Endes, John Witt, Jr., in March of
1789 Benjamin Carpenter owned property near branches of Thresher's Creek and
near land of John T. Wilsford.
BOOK: See page 36-37 of the Mowrey 1997 book. See book information
below: This Benjamin is not listed as child in that record.
UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISH
ORIGIN - THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH
CARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION.
BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997.
BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
WARNING:
E-MAIL: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 From: Alton Carpenter
To: John Carpenter Hi John:
I have unwittingly published what I now believe to be
erroneous information concerning the origins of my ancestor Benjamin
Carpenter, of Amherst Co., Va.. I used information which I have traced
back to Raymond Carpenter in an article which was published in the
Carpenter and Related Family Journal. I have examined all of the
available evidence and am in agreement with Terry L. Carpenter that
there is more information to declaim than to support the premise that
Benjamin was a member of the Joseph Carpenter family from New York.
Also, I believe, based upon his will, that my Benjamin had only one
wife, Mary (?), as his will states. The first wife, Sarah, attributed
to him by prior historians was in truth the wife of the Benjamin who
died in Ill.. Eaton and Enoch were full brothers to my Hensley Sr..
As far as I can determine, my Benjamin arrived in America from England
while he was in his teens, resided in Queen and King Co., Va., and later
moved to Amherst Co. Recollections of near kin of Austin Carpenter
recorded by Elsie (Drummond) Carpenter and other descendants of James,
although anecdotal, are weighted heavier than the unsupported
connections to the N.Y. Carpenters.
As soon as I correct a few dates, I will put revised files on my web
sites. I wanted to let you know this as early as possible so you can
consider changes in Carpenters 2000 release. Please accept my apology
for any inconvenience this may have caused. Again, thanks for your
help and participation.
Best Regards, Alton D. Carpenter
MARRIAGE: The above E-MAIL indicates two Benjamin Carpenter families merged
together. When further information comes forth they will be split.
JRC 9/2000.FAMILIES SPLIT - See RIN 5457 and RIN 127830 - 4/2009 JRC
Mary
AFN T7KP-3H (Mary) and MTLD-JM (Mary CARPENTER) are the same person.
1253.
Nathaniel Carpenter
BOOK: See page 37 #6 (for notes) of the Mowrey 1997 book. See book information
below:
UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISH
ORIGIN - THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH
CARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION.
BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997.
BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY. Per the book on page 37:
Nathaniel was a tithable in Botetourt county, VA in 1770 and 1771 and died
circa 1779 when his estate was inventoried in Botetourt county. His father,
Joseph, had a brother named Nathaniel who had a will dated 17 Nov. 1758, but
not proven until 8 Dec. 1785 in Newcastle, New York. The Nathaniel in
Virginia appears to be a son. No family known.
NOTE: Not everyone is happy with the above, believing that this Nathaniel was
the son of Nathaniel, not Joseph. jrc 1/98.
Judith
MARRIAGE2: Joseph (14) married Judith, the widow of John Scott, prior to 27 March 1752
when he was appointed guardian to her three young sons. Their names were John (John Scott, Jr),
James and Benjamin. It is very likely that they were called "Carpenter" by name
and that some Carpenter lines are not Carpenter at all, but the descendants of
this John Scott!
Listed as Judith Scott, a widow in the AF. She had 3 children by John Scott
and they were raised by her second husband who became their legal guardian.
I received this msg from Gordon on the Judith (______)
>Scott that married to Joseph Carpenter. Many have speculated
>that John Scott's children went by the name of Carpenter. I
>think this might expell this idea, since he says he descends
>from John Scotts son. I have heard others state that
>Juidth's maiden name might be Smith. I have Smith's in my
>West Va. family names, so it might be possible.
>Thanks again for thinking of me.
>I have trouble keeping you and John Carpenter R. Carpenter
>apart. Only way I know is the email address.
>JRCRIN001@HOME.com (@cox.net now)
>Need some kind of nickname to keep you seperated. Ha Ha.
>Donna
>
>
>
> Re: Judith Smith Scott
> Date:
> Sat, 12 Sep 1998 22:16:05 -0500
> From:
> abonnet@clarityconnect.com
> To:
> dtivener
> References:
> 1
>I have Judith Scott Carpenter's maiden name as Smith -- but
>no parents
>listed for her. This is not documented in primary sources,
>so I can't
>speak to its correctness. I've certainly never found any
>information
>about her which ties her to any known Smith family.
>
>I descend from her child John Scott Jr. who m. Catherine
>Hamilton, who
>went to Greene Co., PA. They had a son John III who m.
>Susannah
>Nyswanger. From there, it goes to Elias Scott m. Harriet
>Kent --> Hiram
>Scott m. Mary Iams --> Thomas Iams Scott m. Nancy Elizabeth
>Donahoo -->
>Bertha Viola Scott m. Alfred Joseph Bonnet --> Gordon Paul
>Bonnet Sr. m.
>Marguerite Bridget Ayo --> Gordon Paul Bonnet Jr. (me) m.
>Anne Marie
>Wahler.
>
>Thanks for the information you sent. I will check out the
>Chalkley
>source and see what I can find.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Gordon abonnet@clarityconnect.com
Here's what I know about John Scott and Judith Smith:
They had children John (b. 1748 in Rockfish Gap, Augusta Co., VA, m.
Catherine Hamilton), James, Judith, Jacob, Joseph, David, Abraham. I
have no information on the other children, but I know that John Jr.
relocated to Greene Co., PA, with his wife Catherine Hamilton, where he
had ten children: George, Robert (m. Mary Roseberry), James (b. 1774,
m. Mary Sellers), William (b. 1778 m. Elizabeth Lippencott), Mary (m.
Thomas Courtwright), John (m. Susannah Nyswanger, my line), Peggy (m. a
Roberts), Thomas, Nancy, and Cassie (m. Robert Stockdale).
Mike Mann reasearch:
William lived at Fort Home on Jackson River, Falling Springs, Va. He served in
Militia at Battle of Point Pleasant.
William Mann built a log structure (house) in 1761 in Falling Spring area near
the
Jackson River. It is the oldest structure in Alleghany County and is owned by
Rodney
Kyle. Covington Va. by Vance High, pulb. 4 Jul. 1976,
A William Mann served as a sgt. in the war. Moses Mann claimed his 200 acres
and
aslo 50 acres a Thomas Mann was entilted to, as a soldier during the French &
Indian War. Moses then assigned these acres to William HAMILTON. Thomas acres
were
warrant #1175. Botetourt Co. Va. Court 1780 No. 581 awarded John , son of
Thomas
Carpenter and heir and son of Solomon Carpenter [this is how it is worded],
deceased
[Solomon] 50 acres of land. John proved thru discharge papers that Solomon
Carpenter had served as a soldier in CPT Dickenson's Company of Rangers
1758-59.
368.
Robert Carpenter
Number 33 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901. A miller and farmer. 1722 found in North Castle.
WILL: Will dated May 17, 1751 and proved May 7, 1751 per records. The dates
probably reversed. Will mentions wife Mercy (Mary perbelow), children Jacob,
Zophar, Zenas, Barsilla, Bethial, Josiah and Rufus Carpenter.
The will was witnessed by Thomas Wright, Anthony Woodhouse, and Deliverance
Brown. Per New York Wills, No. 17, p.300. SEE WILL DATA BELOW.
!MARRIAGE: Per St. George's Church Record.
WILL:
Re: Fw: carpenters Date: 1/19/99 5:40:21 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: dpowers@cmc.net (dpowers) To: JRCRIN001
John: I have typed the will in order that it reads better.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROBERT CARPENTER
In the name of God Amen the Twenty fifth Day of February in the year of our
Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty or fifty one, I Robert Carpenter of
North Castle in ye County of Westchester in ye provence of New York, yeoman
being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be given
unto God therefore calling unto mind the Mortality of my body and knowing
that it is appointed for all men once to Dye, To make and ordain this my last
Will and Testament that is to say principaly and first of all I give and
recommend ye Soul into the Hand of God that gave it and for my body I Recommend
it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian like and
decent manner at the discretion of my Executors. Nothing doubting but at the
general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God
and as touching such
worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this life I give
and devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form:
IMPRIMIS it is my will and I do Order that in the first place all my debts and
Funeral expenses be paid.
Item: I give and bequeath unto Mary my dearly beloved wife Twenty pounds a
year to be paid her yearly out of my estate as long as she Continues my widow
and all ye whole use of my Dwelling house and one third part of the orchard
whereon I now live during her widowhood as first said and my will is that my
Estate keep her a horse and
a cow during the whole time of being my widow and my will is that if my wife
marreys that She Shall Carry and have all ye goods and Chattels that She
brought with her own proper Estate forever and Likewise my will is that
She Shall receive them into her hands and Care immediately after my Death.
Item: I give to my beloved son Jacob Carpenter five pounds Currency out of my
Estate and Division.
Item: I give to my well beloved Daughter Mary Carpenter One feather bed VIS:
with a striped Cotton tick and a bollster and two pillows and two blankets and
a green Rug and six Silver Tea Spoons and a Silver Tumbler all out of my
Estate before Division.
Item: I order and my will is that as soon as my widdow marreys or moves off
from ye AforeSaid house and orchard that all my farm Lands, houses, and mill be
sold at public venue and all the moneys so sold for to be Equally divided
between all my children VIS: Jacob Carpenter, Zopher Carpenter, Berzillia
Carpenter, Bethel Carpenter,
Zeno Carpenter, Jarias Carpenter, Ruphas Carpenter and my Daughter Mary
Carpenter that is to Say they shall every one of them have an Equal share as
they come to ye age
of Twenty One years.
Item: My will is and I do order all my moveable Estate to be Sold within Ten
Days after my burial at public Vendue and all of ye money or sums of money that
my said or moveables is so sold for to be Equally divided amoungst all of my
Children when to age as above said, but if Either of they Dye before they
arrive to age
as above said then the whole Estate to be divided amoung all the rest of my
Children that is alive at ye time.
Item: My will is and I do order my Estate to bring up my two youngst Children
VIS: Ruphas and Mary until such time as they are fit to be put to Trades.
Item: I constitute, make, and ordain my well beloved wife and my two sons,
VIS: Jacob Carpenter and Zopher my Executors to this my Last Will and testament
and I do hereby utterly disallow and revoke and Disanull all Veill and every
other former testaments, wills, legacys and Executors by me in any ways before
named, willed and bequeathed, ratified deed, confirming this and no other to be
my Last will and Testament In wittness whereof I have here unto signed, sealed
published and pronounced and declared and seal ye day and year above written
by ye said Robert Carpenter as his last will and testament before us the
subscribers.
Robert Carpenter /signed/
(Witnesses) Deliverance Brown, Anthony Woodhouse, Thomas Wright
Elizabeth Carpenter A Twin
Number 41 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
1257.
Zenas or Zeno Carpenter
Number 96 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
1259.
Bethial or Bethuel Carpenter
Number 98 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
1751 - Bethuel Carpenter was a witness to the sale of the Red Springs farm,
1751-1759. See page 59.
1262.
Jairas Carpenter
Number 99 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
Probably died young.
1263.
Mary Carpenter
Number 101 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
Probably died young.
Mary or Mercy
NAME: Mary per Vide New York Wills, No. 17, p.300.
369.
Benjamin Carpenter
Number 34 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
Residence: Duck Pond, a 3 acre lot, per Oyster Bay Records, Col. 7, p. 282.
Duck Pond was within the limits of the Musketa Cove Patent.
He died at Cedar Swamp, LI. It is not known where this was.
!WILL: Will dated 12 May 1749 and proven 5 Jan 1769 (See; New York Wills,
Vol. 26, p. 521). Inventory done 21 Oct. 1768. He was a weaver by trade.
1264.
Rachel Carpenter
Number 102 in the Carpenter Family in America book (1901).
On page 118 & 119 is a detailed history of marriages, disownment and partial
redemtion by her third marriage.
First marriage was against her parents wishes and she married an employee of
her father and was disinherited.
Second marriage, little is known.
Third marriage was by 1749 with two children.
Whether there were any children from her first two marriages is not known.
Rachel was named after her grandmother, Rachel Hopkins Coles.
Jonadab Townsend
See page 82-83 in the Carpenter Family in America book (1901).
First marriage recorded in Records of St. George's Church, Hempstead.
E-MAIL: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 From: "John Carpenter"
In a note to the queens,NY gen Forum you stated that Solomon Wheeler married
Rachel Townsend d/o Jonadab Townsend & Martha Carll rin #26809.
below is what I have I havea Rachel Carpenter as his wife.
Descendants of Johnadab Townsend
Generation No. 1
1. JOHNADAB2 TOWNSEND (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1721 in of Byram, Conn..
He married RACHEL CARPENTER
Abt. 1742 in NY, daughter of BENJAMIN CARPENTER and DEBORAH COLES. She was born
Abt. 1721 in Duck Pond, Musketa Cove, QUEENS, LI, and died Abt. 1800.
Notes for JOHNADAB TOWNSEND:
!See page 82-83 in the Carpenter Family in America book (1901).[Rhode
IslandY2K.FBK.FTW]
!See page 82-83 in the Carpenter Family in America book (1901).
Notes for RACHEL CARPENTER:
!Number 102 in the Carpenter Family in America book (1901).
In her early youth she married ,much against her family's wishes,a man employed
on her fathers farm. His name was "Blotchiel" and for this act she was
disinherited. For her second husband She marraied a Fickett, and for her
third husband Johnadab son of John Townsend ( he was called "Mill John ").
All these marriages occured before 1749/ Ahey wer of Byron, Conn. this marriage
seemed to pleased her
father,but he did not alter his will. Children from first two marriages are
unknown.
SOURCE : Daniel H. Carpenter-1901,Carpenter family in America ,from the
settlement at Providence, RI,
pgs 118-119[Rhode IslandY2K.FBK.FTW]
Number 102 in the Carpenter Family in America book (1901).
In her early youth she married ,much against her family's wishes,a man
employed on her fathers farm.His name was " Blotchiel " and for this act she
was disinherited. For her second husband She marraied a Fickett, and for her
third husband Johnadab son of John Townsend ( he was called "Mill John ").
All these marriages occured before 1749/ Ahey wer of Byron, Conn. this
marriage seemed to pleased her father,but he did not alter his will.
Children from first two marriages are unknown.
SOURCE : Daniel H. Carpenter-1901,Carpenter family in America ,from the
settlement at Providence, RI, pgs 118-119.
Children of JOHNADAB TOWNSEND and RACHEL CARPENTER are:
i. RACHEL3 TOWNSEND, m. SOLOMON WHEELER.
2. ii. ESTHER TOWNSEND.
Generation No. 2
2. ESTHER3 TOWNSEND (JOHNADAB2, JOHN1) She married HENRY HAWKSHURST.
Child of ESTHER TOWNSEND and HENRY HAWKSHURST is:
i. TOWNSEND4 HAWKSHURST, m. REBECCA SEARING; b. Searingtown , LI, NY.
370.
John Carpenter
Number 35 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
WILL: Will dated 31 Oct. 1777 and proven 21 Dec. 1781.
John McLean was appointed administrator on May 5, 1776. See vol. 1, p. 73,
of New York Wills. PLEASE NOTE: Anna B. Kerker is not mentioned!
>Abstracts of Wills Vol IX 1777-1783
>Page 298.--"In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN CARPENTER,
>of Fredericksburgh, in Duchess County, yeoman, being weak in body. I leave
>to my wife Hannah all my estate, both real and personal, during her widowhood.
>I leave to my grandson, Caleb Carpenter (son of Gabriel Carpenter), "50. To
>my grandson, Benjamin Carpenter (son of Ame Carpenter, wife of Caleb
Carpenter),
>"50. To my grandson, Joseph Crane (son of Thamar, wife of John Crane),
"100.
>To my grandson, Joseph Lewis (son of Sarah, wife of Henry Lewis), "100. I
>leave all the rest to my daughters, Ame, wife of Caleb Carpenter, Thamar,
>wife of John Crane, and Sarah, wife of Henry Lewis. I appoint my trusty
>friends, Caleb Carpenterand John Crane, executors."
>Dated October 31, 1777. Witnesses, Caleb Carpenter, John Crane, HenryLewis.
>Proved, December 21, 1781, before Gilbert Livingston, Esq.
>[NOTE.--Fredericksburg is the eastern part of Putnam County.--W. S. P.]
AFN MTL7-TH (b. abt. 1698 on Long Island) and AFN FRDJ-2S (b. abt. 1700 & d.
in VA) are the same person. AFN FRDJ-2S was listed as a Zimmerman along with
another AFN but this is incorrect.
NOTE: Some confusion of which John this person is with which children.
CHILD: John Jr. is speculative based on time and local. John Jr had a son named Samuel wh married Margaret Blankerbaker in Culpepper county, Va on 26 March 1793.
SEE: "OUR FAMILIES Shuck, Fleshman, Sydenstricker, Smith, Lewis, Kincaid, Keister, et.al., of West Virginia" by Larry G. Shuck.
1266.
Joseph Carpenter
Number 106 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901. See page 123 for more notes.
SEE: Early Wills Westchester County, NY (1664-1784) by Pellettreau, 1898
Page 370. Will dated 30 Dec. 1775 and proved 10 April 1776. Joseph Carpenter,
Manor of Cortlandt, Westchester, NY. Leaves to wife Sarah "all my improvments."
Legacies to "nephew Joseph, son of John & Tamer (Carpenter) Crane."
"My nephew Carpenter Lewis, son of Henry & Sarah (Carpenter Lewis."
"Benjamin Carpenter, son of Caleb & Amy Carpenter." See New York Wills, vol.
36, p. 290.
372.
Anne Carpenter
Number 36 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H. Carpenter, 1901.
Caleb Fowler
WILL: Will dated 4 Sept. 1769 and proved 8 Sept. 1784.
They had 12 children. Children order uncertain. Birth dates based on names listed.
1275.
Caleb Fowler
WILL: Dated 4 Sept. 1769 and proven 8 Sept. 1784. (Vide New York Wills, Vol.
37, p. 189)
373.
Abigail Carpenter
Number 37 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
Caleb Green
WILL: Will dated 8 May 1785 and proved 23 Apr. 1786.
New York Wills, Vol. 39, p. 52.
374.
Nathaniel Carpenter
Number 38 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901. Children order and ages are approximate.
WILL: Will dated 17 Nov. 1758 and proven 8 Dec 1758. Executors
were his brothers-in-law Caleb Fowler and Caleb Green.
He was a merchant (store keeper) at North Castle.
1290.
Mirriam Carpenter
Number 110 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
Birth date given (26 Feb 1753) is probably for the daughter of Willett
Carpenter.
1292.
Tiler Carpenter
Number 112 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H. Carpenter, 1901.
Nothing found in the IGI or AF for a "Tiler" or tyler Carpenter in the US or Canada during that time period.
(JRC 2/2003) The IGI has North Castle, Westchester, NY
378.
Solomon Carpenter [Ignore or delete this entry]
MUCH CONFUSION on him. Gene Zubrinsky writes: Oliver Sr.'s will mentions sons _____ [burned] Carpenter, who had already received "considerable estate" (this would have been John; elder son Oliver hadn't received any land from his father, who probably expected to bequeath it to him, and in any case, he had died a couple of months before his father made his will); Christo[pher Carpenter]; and Abia[h Carpenter], Thomas Carp[enter], Joshua Carpenter, and Oliver [Carpenter] (youngest), the last four under 21. Daughters named are Sarah Carpenter and _____ [Car]penter [burned]. We therefore have the sons' birth order as Oliver; John; Christopher; Abiah; Thomas, Joshua, and Oliver. Son William was born in Warwick on 9 June 1701; he's not named in his father's will, and there's no known record of him as an adult. The only "evidence"that Oliver had a son Solomon is that three children were born in South Kingstown to a Solomon Carpenter and his wife, Deborah: Samuel, b. 4 April 1733; Joseph, b. 22 June 1736; and Elizabeth, b. 10 May 1741. That's hardly enough to pronounce him a son of Oliver Carpenter, particularly since he's not named in the latter man's will.
Old notes follow:
He was listed as Number 203 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 75.
Family on page 130 (#99). Number 718 on page 132 is incorrect.
CM has a child born in 1703 listed to him. Others in the 1712/1716 range.
AF has birth abt 1721, but this could be his son.
In the CM are two children, Mary (XII) and Meribah (XIV) which are duplicated
with the same birth dates. Possible duplication, however naming other children
after the death of an earlier child was not uncommon then.
RESIDENCE: Possible residence for this or another Solomon Carpenter in
Kingston: House, 144 South Rd., KINGSTON, Washington County, RI.
Sarah
Born abt 1695 not 1721. See husbands notes.
1293.
Elizabeth Carpenter
Number 684 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 130.
1294.
Soloman Carpenter
Number 685 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 130.
No family listed. Birth year about 1706 or there-abouts.
1295.
Daniel Carpenter
Number 686 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 130.
No family listed.
1296.
Sarah Carpenter
Number 687 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 130.
1297.
Samuel Carpenter
Number 688 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 130.
No family listed.
1298.
Joseph Carpenter
Number 689 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 130.
No family listed.
379.
Christopher Carpenter in WILL
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
Number 201 on page 75. Per the book they resided in East Greenwich. In 1737
they went to Maryland. A blacksmith. Christopher built the first house on
the Carpenter Farm in West Greenwich, RI which still remains in the family
(1898). There is some question of whether or not they went to MD in 1737 by
several researchers!
BIRTH: Birth date of 1718 does not fit facts of him having a child in 1715.
1696 seems a better birth date. This matches with wife and children age ratios.
WILL: Washington county, R.I. Marriages from Probate Records 1685-1860.
Editor: Alden G. Beaman of East Princton, MA 1978.
West Greenwich Wills, Vol. 2, 1760-1790 by Nellie M. C. Beaman: Carpenter,
Christopher, of West Greenwich, yeoman, Will dated 7 April 1762. Proved 1 Feb.
1763, pages 28-30. Mentions: Sons Jeremiah Carpenter & Robert Carpenter.
Daughter Sarah Greene, wife of Elizer Greene. Grandsons Jonathan Carpenter,
William Carpenter under 16, Joshua Carpenter under 21, & Ezekiel Greene under
21. Granddaughters Mereby Carpenter, Mary Carpenter, Elizabeth Carpenter,
Esbil Carpenter, Sarah Carpenter, Rosanna Carpenter under 18, Jemima Carpenter
under 18, & Mercy Greene.
Will data faxed on 27 June 1999 by John L. Carpenter of NH.
FAMILY: Only the first six children are listed in the following record:
Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. First Series - Birth,
Marriages and Deaths. By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 - Kent County.
Page 107.
Carpenter, Jeremiah, of Christopher and Mary, June 18, 1715
" Jonathan Sept. 4, 1719
" Robert Mar. 25, 1722
" Mercy Mar. 25, 1724
" William Apr. 5, 1727
" Sarah Mar. 5, 1729-30
Mercy Roberts Taylor
NAME: Last name either TAYLOR or ROBERTS. First name either Mercy or Mary.
1300.
Jonathan (See Notes) Carpenter
Number 670 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 129.
No family listed.
WILL: Jonathan was not mentioned in his father's will. Only the
married children were listed in the will dated 7 April 1762.
Was he deceased by 1762?
BIRTH: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. First Series - Birth, Marriages
and Deaths. By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 - Kent County:
1-7 Carpenter, Jonathan, of Christopher and Mary, Sept. 4, 1719.
NOTES:
CHILDREN: Children of this Jonathan are speculative and based on the data below.
MARRIAGE: Marriage is speculative and based on the data below and the IGI to Jane Ball born About 1727
of, , Louisa, Virginia and married about 1749. Other IGI records indicate her birth as early as 1710.
QUESTION: Did he have a son named Jonathan who went to Virginia b. abt 1740?
OR WAS THIS A ZIMMERMAN LINE?
Jonathan Carpenter Sr., born c1710-1720, died c1763 in
Spotsylvania Co. VA -- son:
- Matthew Carpenter, born before 1760 in VA -- son:
-- William H. Carpenter, born c1794 -- son:
--- John Samuel Carpenter, born 22 Dec 1844 -- son:
---- James Samuel Carpenter, born 27 Feb 1872 -- son:
----- James Linwood Carpenter, born 7 Mar 1903 -- son:
------ Living {James Linwood Carpenter Jr., born 6 Jan 1925} (March 2003)
1302.
Mercy Carpenter
Number 672 on page 129 of the Carpenter Memorial.
WILL: Mercy was not mentioned in his father's will. Only the
married children were listed in the will dated 7 April 1762.
BIRTH: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. First Series - Birth,
Marriages and Deaths. By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 - Kent County:
1-7 Carpenter, Mercy, of Christopher and Mary, Mar. 25, 1724.
1303.
William Carpenter
Number 673 on page 129 of the Carpenter Memorial.
No family listed. Did he go South into the Carolinas from Virginia instead of
West with other members of his family?
WILL: William was not mentioned in his father's will. Only the
married children were listed in the will dated 7 April 1762.
Since he would have been about 34, it is assumed that he died prior to 1762.
BIRTH: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. First Series - Birth,
Marriages and Deaths. By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 - Kent County:
1-7 Carpenter, William, of Christopher and Mary, Apr. 5, 1727.
1307.
Christopher Carpenter
Number 677 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 129.
No family listed. However, a Anne Carpenter and Gabriel Allen were appointed
executors of an estate on March 15, 1802 which probably was this Christopher's.
WILL: Christopher was not mentioned in his father's will. Only the
married children were listed in the will dated 7 April 1762.
1308.
Barbara Carpenter
Number 678 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 129.
WILL: Barbara was not mentioned in his father's will. Only the
married children were listed in the will dated 7 April 1762.
381.
John Carpenter in WILL
See "ThreeJohnCarpenters(NEHGRJan2005) by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky of Ojai, California, 2008. See the link at Carpenter immigrant sketches at:
http://carpentercousins.com/carplink.htm
THREE JOHN CARPENTERS: A CHAIN OF MISTAKEN IDENTITIES
Article by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky From: NEHGRJan2005.
JOHN5 CARPENTER (OLIVER4, ABIAH3, WILLIAM2–1)
OF NORWICH, WINDHAM, AND STAFFORD, CONNECTICUT
The aforementioned confusion of John Carpenter of East Greenwich with the son of Oliver4 Carpenter[] undoubtedly stems in part from the former man’s having been nearly sixty when his last child was born. Probably more influential, however, is John Osborne Austin’s assertion (repeated by Amos Carpenter and later by the de Forests) that on 23 November 1724 Oliver Carpenter deeded 160 acres at East Greenwich to his son John “of Warwick.”[] It is easy to picture the grantee’s moving across the Warwick town line, establishing himself on the East Greenwich property his father had given him, and remaining there. But while Oliver was then of Warwick, the deed depicts his son John as “of Norwich in the Colony of Coneticut in the County of New London.”[] He was again described as being of that place when on 6 January 1727/8 he sold to Thomas Bra(i)ton the East Greenwich property his father had conveyed to him little more than three years before.[] Having settled at Norwich by 1720, when the first of five children recorded there to him and wife Sarah was born, they migrated to Windham in 1728/9 and to Stafford in 1738.[] Based on the eldest known child’s birth year and the twenty-five years’ average age at which an early New England man first married, we may estimate that this John Carpenter was born say 1694, probably at Warwick. Sarah died at Stafford on 12 December 1751, and John married secondly at Stafford on 8 December 1752 Martha (Gould) Hibbard of Windham, widow of Joseph Hibbard.[] Oliver4 Carpenter’s son John died, apparently intestate, at Stafford on 23 February 1766,[] never having lived at East Greenwich—or Swansea (see next section).
Children of John and Sarah (_____) Carpenter, i–v born and baptized at Norwich, vi–vii at Windham:[]
i. Sarah6 Carpenter, b. 5 May 1720, bp. 3 July 1720; d. Norwich 10 Dec. 1724.[]
ii. Lois (not Louis) Carpenter, b. 30 July 1722, bp. 16 Sept. 1722; m. Windham 25 April 1746 Zebulon Palmer.[]
iii. Mehitabel Carpenter, b. 22 June 1724, bp. 30 Aug. 1724; d. unm. Stafford 3 Nov. 1798 age 74.[]
iv. Huldah Carpenter, b. 4 April 1726, bp. 22 May 1726; m. Windham 12 May 1746 John Silsb(ur)y (not [Rehoboth] 21 March 1744/5 Peter Perrin).[]
v. John Carpenter, b. 30 April 1728 (not 4 Jan. 1728/9), bp. 2 June 1728; m. Stafford 5 June 1755 Mary Loomis.[]
vi. Sarah Carpenter (again), b. 20 March 17[29/]30, bp. 5 July 1730; d. unm. Stafford 12 April 1761.[]
vii. Elizabeth Carpenter, b. 16 May 1733, bp. 24 June 1733. She is said to have married [at Woodstock, Conn.] 26 April 1759 Hezekiah May, but this is almost certainly wrong.[]
(End of Gene Zubrinsky notes)
Old Gene Zubrinsky notes follow.
Note: Spouse and children corrected. Notes per Gene Zubrinsky.
HIS JOHN CARPENTER'S WIFE WAS SARAH _______; THEIR CHILDREN--SARAH, LOIS, MEHITABEL, HULDAH, JOHN, SARAH (AGAIN), AND ELIZABETH--WERE ALL BORN IN CONNECTICUT BETWEEN 1720 AND 1733. THE DETAILS ABOUT THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY (WITH SOURCE CITATIONS) APPEAR IN NEHGR 159(2005):47-49.
GENE Z.
2007
When John received land from his father in 1724, he was of Norwich, Conn. (not Warwick, R.I.).
THIS IS NOT THE JOHN WHO DIED 25 Aug. 1753 in his 87th year!!!
That John Carpenter was born about 1667!
SEE: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. First Series -
Birth, Marriages and Deaths. By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 -
Kent County: Page 107. 1-94,2-22 Carpenter, John, died in his 87th year,
Aug. 25, 1753.
Old notes below - All New notes above.
Number 200 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 75.
Family on page 128 (#96) He married sisters.
John received land from his father in 1724. AF has birth as abt 1724/1725.
John had to be of age (21) to hold land. This means his birth had to be prior
to 1703. John was married and had a child in July 1721 which furthers the
early birth date.
DEATH: THIS IS NOT THE JOHN WHO DIED 25 Aug. 1753 in his 87th year!!!
That John Carpenter was born in 1666!
SEE: Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. First Series -
Birth, Marriages and Deaths. By James N. Arnold (1891) - Volume 1 -
Kent County: Page 107. 1-94,2-22 Carpenter, John, died in his 87th year,
Aug. 25, 1753.
1309.
Sarah Carpenter
Gene Zubrinsky corrected the parents of this individual. See father's notes.
The parents listed in the Carpenter Memorial are wrong.
Children of John and Sarah (_____) Carpenter, i–v born and baptized at Norwich, vi–vii at Windham:[]
i. Sarah6 Carpenter, b. 5 May 1720, bp. 3 July 1720; d. Norwich 10 Dec. 1724.[]
Old notes follow.
Number 648 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 125.
No family listed.
1310.
Lois Carpenter
Gene Zubrinsky corrected the parents of this individual. See father's notes.
The parents listed in the Carpenter Memorial are wrong.
Children of John and Sarah (_____) Carpenter, i–v born and baptized at Norwich, vi–vii at Windham:[]
ii. Lois (not Louis) Carpenter, b. 30 July 1722, bp. 16 Sept. 1722; m. Windham 25 April 1746 Zebulon Palmer.[]
Old notes follow.
Number 645 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 124
1311.
Mehitable Carpenter
Gene Zubrinsky corrected the parents of this individual. See father's notes.
The parents listed in the Carpenter Memorial are wrong.
Children of John and Sarah (_____) Carpenter, i–v born and baptized at Norwich, vi–vii at Windham:[]
iii. Mehitabel Carpenter, b. 22 June 1724, bp. 30 Aug. 1724; d. unm. Stafford 3 Nov. 1798 age 74.[]
Old notes follow.
Number 643 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 124
1312.
Huldah Carpenter
Gene Zubrinsky corrected the parents of this individual. See father's notes.
The parents listed in the Carpenter Memorial are wrong.
Children of John and Sarah (_____) Carpenter, i–v born and baptized at Norwich, vi–vii at Windham:[]
iv. Huldah Carpenter, b. 4 April 1726, bp. 22 May 1726; m. Windham 12 May 1746 John Silsb(ur)y (not [Rehoboth] 21 March 1744/5 Peter Perrin).[]
Old notes follow.
Number 644 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 124
1314.
Sarah Carpenter
Children of John and Sarah (_____) Carpenter, i–v born and baptized at Norwich, vi–vii at Windham:[]
vi. Sarah Carpenter (again), b. 20 March 17[29/]30, bp. 5 July 1730; d. unm. Stafford 12 April 1761.[]
382.
Thomas Carpenter in WILL
Number 205 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 75.
Family on page 131 (#101). Number 721 on page 132 is incorrect.
He moved to Somersworth, NH aft 1761 to be near his son Nicholas.
He was of age in 1727. Birth then was about 1706 not 1709.
Per notes on page 131 of the CM.
"John Whitelow deeded to Beriah Carpenter in 1784. Beriah Carpenter, wife
Elizabeth Tinworth, VT, deeded land in 1788. Joseph Carpenter, wife Bethiah,
sold land to son Thomas Carpenter. Beriah, son of Thomas had a brother Joseph,
sister Elizabeth who married Samuel Tefft, and sister Mary, wife of Christopher
Bull and sister Margaret who married Aaron Bull." Taken from Records of Deeds,
etc. (Margaret's name should appear on the family record, but does not.)
Joseph Carpenter, (wife Bethiah) was said to be a very fine man: he owned a
very large farm at Huntington Center: he gave the land for the cemetery where
he is now buried. His grave is marked by a brown stone. The house he built is
still standing (in 1885) at Huntington Center.
If Margaret was a daughter of Thomas Carpenter, she might have been from his
second marriage.
Elizabeth Page
Listed as Elizabeth Rye on page 132.
1318.
Mary Carpenter
Number 704 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 131.
She married a Christopher Bull of Wellingford, VT. They resided in Danby, VT
and they were the third family in that town.
1320.
Elizabeth Carpenter
Number 705 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 131.
She married a Samuel Tefft of Wellingford, VT. They moved to Huntington, VT.
He was a farmer.
1321.
Deborah Carpenter
Number 709 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 131.
1323.
Hannah Carpenter
Number 710 in the Carpenter Memorial on page 131.
Mollie Ricker
NAME: Some records have last name as RICH.
1324.
Margaret Carpenter
Not in the Carpenter memorial. However she is mentioned in notes of family
number 101 on page 131.