I have been trying to find out if there is a connection with the Madison Co., NY area Carpenters, or specifically John Carpenter b. 1797 in VT, and the Delaware Co., OH Carpenters. This is because John's son James had a son named Osmer Harold Carpenter, b. 1849 in Madison Co, NY, which was once part of Chenango County. The only other Osmer Carpenter I could find (besides Osmer S., my father) was an Osmer D. Carpenter who died from drowning as a boy in Delaware Co., OH in about the 1850s or 60s. I cannot find the email related to Osmer D. I had decided that this young Osmer must trace back to my family in NY or a step before, to VT. Anyone with information on this Nathan Carpenter's family who could help me out would be greatly appreciated. George --- George R. Carpenter Pinckney, Michigan carpgl@ismi.net ---------- > From: RICEYS5@aol.com > The first settlement in the county was made May 1, 1801, on the > east bank of the Olentangy, five miles below Delaware, by Nathan Carpenter > and Avery Powers, from Chenango county, N.Y. Carpenter brought his family > with him and built the first cabin near where the farm-house now stands. > Powers family came out toward fall, but he had been out the year before to > explore the country and select the location. In 1804 Carpenter built the > first mill in the county

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Hi I will be unsubscribing for a month or so. My husband has graduated Seminary and has received his first parish so we are moving at the end of May and taking a months holiday. Our e-mail address should remain the same for the next week. Hope to be connected again soon. Regards Ronnie

I recently found a listing of the "1698 Census of HEmpstead" (NY). Unlike the early U.S. census, it lists every individual by name (not just heads of household). The list includes about 3400 people, of whom exactly TWO are CARPENTERs; Joseph and Thomas. The list does not distinguish household from household clearly, but people at a given residence are listed sequentially. Joseph and Thomas Carpenter have adjacent listing, in the midst of 20 SEMAN (sometimes spelled Seaman) listings--12 before the 2 Carpenters, 8 after. (Many additional Semans are listed in the census, but separate from the particular sequence that includes the Carpenters.) Does anyone know who these Joseph and Thomas Carpenter were? Do they have some connection to the Seman family...or are they just (e.g.) two brothers residing in a Seman neighborhood? Are they likely of the Jamaica family (ex Rehoboth)?...or of the Musketo Cove family (ex Pawtuxet)? Any help with this? Robin C.

--part1_2fdacce.2471a643_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 5/16/99 9:07:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 73777.25@compuserve.com writes: << The following historical sketch of Delaware County and its noted characters was written for the first edition by Dr. H.C. Mann: The first settlement in the county was made May 1, 1801, on the east bank of the Olentangy, five miles below Delaware, by Nathan Carpenter and Avery Powers, from Chenango county, N.Y. Carpenter brought his family with him and built the first cabin near where the farm-house now stands. Powers family came out toward fall, but he had been out the year before to explore the country and select the location. In 1804 Carpenter built the first mill in the county, where the factory of Gun, Jones & Co. now stands. It was a saw-mill, with a small pair of stones attached, made of boulders, or "nigger heads," as they were commonly called. it could only grind a few bushels a day but still it was a great advantage to the settlers. >> I wasn't sure if anyone has this line but I hope it might be of some help to someone. It unfortunately is not my line! Betsy McGee Rice Riceys5@aol.com --part1_2fdacce.2471a643_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <OHDELAWA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (rly-zc04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.4]) by air-zc05.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sun, 16 May 1999 21:07:03 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-zc04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id VAA02962; Sun, 16 May 1999 21:06:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA28031; Sun, 16 May 1999 18:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 18:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:59:37 -0400 From: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman <73777.25@compuserve.com> Sender: Maggie Stewart-Zimmerman <73777.25@compuserve.com> Old-To: Blind.Copy.Receiver@compuserve.com Message-ID: <199905162105_MC2-75E2-8B36@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [OHDELAWA-L] DELAWARE COUNTY - PART 1 Resent-Message-ID: <y3x_kD.A.R1G.Vu2P3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: OHDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OHDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: OHDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OHDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/395 X-Loop: OHDELAWA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OHDELAWA-L-request@rootsweb.com HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF OHIO, By Henry Howe, LL.D., 1898 DELAWARE DELAWARE COUNTY was formed from Franklin county, February 10, 1808. It lies north of Columbus. The surface is generally level and the soil clay, except the river bottoms. About one-third of the surface is adapted to meadow and pasture, and the remainder to the plough. The Scioto and branches run through north and south -the Olentangy, Alum creek, and Walnut creek. Area, 450 square miles. In 1885 the acres cultivated were 108,277; in pasture, 98,488; woodland, 43,371; lying waste, 1,009; produced in wheat, 279,917 bushels; corn, 1,410,875; wool, 606,665 pounds; sheep, 107,895. School census 1886, 8,487; teachers, 196. It has 72 miles of railroad. TOWNSHIPS AND CENSUS 1840 1880 Berkshire 1,407 1,656 Berlin 827 1,388 Brown 908 1,178 Concord 1,185 1,478 Delaware 1,917 8,091 Genoa 1,193 1,045 Harlem 963 1,144 Kingston 657 562 Liberty 811 1,481 Marlborough 1,182 360 Orange 789 1,227 Oxford 774 1,266 Porter 678 925 Radnor 1,174 1,209 Scioto 877 1,667 Thompson 660 851 Trenton 1,188 899 Troy 838 954 The population of the county in 1820 was 7,639; in 1840, 22,060; in 1860, 23,902; in 1880, 27,381, of whom 21,890 were Ohio-born. The name of this county originated from the Delaware tribe, some of whom once dwelt within its limits, and had extensive corn-fields adjacent to its seat of justice. John Johnston says: "The true name of this one powerful tribe is Wa-be-nugh-ka, that is, 'the people from the east,' or 'the sun rising.' The tradition among themselves is, that they originally, at some very remote period, emigrated from the West, crossed the Mississippi, ascending the Ohio, fighting their way, until they reached the Delaware river (so named from Lord Delaware), near where Philadelphia now stands, in which region of country they became fixed. About this time they were so numerous that no enumeration could be made of the nation. They welcomed to the shores of the new world that great lawgiver, William Penn, and his peaceful followers, and ever since this people have entertained a kind and grateful recollection of them; and to this day, speaking of good men are Quakers. In 1823 I removed to the west of the Mississippi persons of this tribe who were born and raised within thirty miles of Philadelphia. These chiefs with a subject of reproach against the whites, pointing to these of their people and saying to us, 'see how you have spoiled them,' meaning they had acquired all the bad habits of the white people, and were ignorant of hunting, and incapable of making a livelihood as other Indians. In 1819 there were belonging to my agency in Ohio 80 Delawares, who were stationed near Upper Sandusky, and in Indiana 2,300 of the same tribe. Bockinghelas was the principal chief of the Delawares for many years after my going into the Indian country; he was a distinguished warrior in his day, and an old man when I knew him. Killbuck, another Delaware chief, had received a liberal education at Princeton College, and retained until his death the great outlines of the morality of the Gospel." In the middle of the last century the Forks of the Muskingum, in Coshocton county, was the great central point of the Delawares. There are yet fragments of the nation in Canada and in the Indian Territory. The following historical sketch of Delaware county and its noted characters was written for the first edition by Dr. H.C. Mann: The first settlement in the county was made May 1, 1801, on the east bank of the Olentangy, five miles below Delaware, by Nathan Carpenter and Avery Powers, from Chenango county, N.Y. Carpenter brought his family with him and built the first cabin near where the farm-house now stands. Powers family came out toward fall, but he had been out the year before to explore the country and select the location. In April, 1802, Thomas Celler, with Josiah McKinney, from Franklin county, Pa., moved in and settled two miles lower down, and in the fall of 1803 Henry Perry, from Wales, commenced a clearing and put up a cabin in Radnor, three-fourths of a mile south of Delhi. In the spring of 1804 Aaron, John and Ebenezer Welch (brothers) and Capt. Leonard Monroe, from Chenango, N.Y. settled in Carpenters neighborhood, and the next fall Col. Byxbe and his company from Berkshire, Mass., settled on Alum creek, and named their township Berkshire. The settlement at Norton, by William Drake and Nathaniel Wyatt; Lewis settlement, in Berlin, and the one at Westfield followed soon after. In 1804 Carpenter built the first mill in the county, where the factory of Gun, Jones & Co. now stands. It was a saw-mill, with a small pair of stones attached, made of boulders, or "nigger heads," as they were commonly called. it could only grind a few bushels a day but still it was a great advantage to the settlers. When the county was organized, in 1808, the following officers were elected, viz.: Avery Powers, John Welch and Ezekiel Brown, commissioners; Rev. Jacob Drake, treasurer; Dr. Reuben Lamb, recorder, and Azariah Root, surveyor. The officers of the court were Judge Belt, of Chillicothe, president; Josiah M'Kinney, Thomas Brown and Moses Byxbe, associate judges; Ralph Osborn, prosecuting attorney; Solomon Smith, sheriff, and Moses Byxbe, Jr., clerk. The first session was held in a little cabin that stood north of the sulphur spring. The grand jury sat under a cherry-tree, and the petit jury in a cluster of bushes on another part of the lot, with their constables at considerable distance to keep off intruders. BLOCK-HOUSES. -This being a border county during the last war, danger was apprehended from the Indians, and a block-house was built in 1812 at Norton, and another, still standing on Alum creek, seven miles east from Delaware, and the present dwelling of L.H. Cowles, Esq., northeast corner Main and William streets, was converted into a temporary stockade. During the war this county furnished a company of cavalry, that served several short campaigns as volunteers under Capt. Elias Murray, and several entire companies of infantry were called out from there at different times by Gov. Meigs, but the county never was invaded. Continued in Part 2 ==== OHDELAWA Mailing List ==== This list is for anyone with an interest in Genealogy in Delaware County Ohio. To search this list go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter OHDELAWA for the list name. --part1_2fdacce.2471a643_boundary--

Mildred CHERRYMAN possibly from Benzonia, Benzie County, Michigan married _____Carpenter. They had a son James CARPENTER who lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Also from IGI Priscilla CARPENTER b1598 Wrington, Somerset, England d 29 Dec 1689. Her parents were ALEXANDER CARPENTER b 1546 Wrington, Somerset, England d 1612 Lyden, South Holland, Netherlands and PRISCILLA DILLEN. ALEXANDER CARPENTER is theson os WILLIAM CARPENTER b 1520 Wrington, Somersetshire, England d 1550 and ABIGAIL____? WILLIAM CARPENTER is the son of JOHN CARPENTER b 1495 Wrington, Somersetshire, England John CARPENTER is the son of JAMES CARPENTER b 1460 Dilwym,Hereford, England d 1537. JAMES CARPENTER is the son of WILLIAM CARPENTER (1440-1520) Homme, England. WILLIAM CARPENTER isthe son of John CARPENTER b about 1390. Happy hunting, Claudia

The Michael Shoemaker Book cites a marriage of John M. Harris to Abigail Elizabeth Carpenter on 12/31/1835 in Pennsylvania. John was the son of Isaac Harris (1788-1854) and Anne (Wickes) Harris (1785-1857). Abigail Elizabeth (Carpenter) Harris moved to Peoria IL in 1859. Can anyone help to identify what Carpenters this Abigail Elizabeth sprang from? Robin C.

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Hi I'm new to the list, have much to ask. First does anyone know of the lady who submitted the following??????? I have writen to the below address and she has moved. Would dearly love to get in contact with her. This is a bible record found an Ark. periodical of Lawrence Co. Ark Submitted by Mrs. Helen Carpenter Davenport, P.O. box 10285, Springfield, Mo 65808 . The following is a transcription of all entries in a bible handed down from Robert Carpenter, A pioneer settler of Sharp Co, Ark. Number in parentheses in right margin refer to numbered notes below.......... First Page A very large RC Second page Thomas M. CARPENTER b. 15 Jan 1831 (2) Sarajain CARPENTER b. 19 Jan 1833 (3) James Hardin CARPENTER b 6 March 1835 (4) Rodise CARPENTER b. 15 Feb 1837 (5) Edmon CARPENTER b.22 Jan 1839 (6) Marthy Jain CARPENTER b. 9 Mar 1842 (7) Mary CARPENTER b. 13 June 1844 (8) Henry CARPENTER b. 27 Oct 1846 (9) Third Page Mary Jain DEVENPORT b. 21 April 1852 (10) Stepen Robert b. Dec 9 1853 (11) James Clayto SHIRLEY b.19 March 1862 (12) James Hardin CARPENTER Left Arkansas October the 6 Went to Texas with (illegible) Childress County Childress October the 7 1870 NOTES: 1. The earliest record of Robert Carpenter found by this researcher is in the 1840 census for Henderson Co. Ten, where he appears as head of a household consistant with the above bible record. He is also listed in the 1850 census in henderson Co. with his wife Matilda and all of the children appearing on the seconc page of the bible record. Only one book of land record survived the Civil war days in Henderson co. it contains a record where Robert Carpenter sold 250 acres of land to Edmond Gawf; withnessed John a Criner and Elias Goff. This deed is dated 8 Oct 1851 and recorded 8 Jan 1856. Adjoining property owneres wer Stephen Hefley, Jackson Petty, Daniel Mayberry, EdmonGawfs, and James Long. I believe Robert Carpenter ws running a store at the time of the 1840 census as his occupation was categorized as "trade or Manufacturing". Evidently he left Henderson County after 1851 and before 1865. By the beginning of the Civil War the entire family had settled at Maxville in Lawrence (now Sharp )Co. Ark. Where theyand many of their descendants remained. Now I have a Stephen Robert Davenport born the exact same day as the Stephen Robert above and he also has a sister Mary Jane. I believe that Sarah Carpenter md a William C Daveport of Lawrence co Ark and had the 2 children and William C. died when Stephen Robert was only a few years old. Sarah Carpenter's sister also married a Davenport and I find her in Ark Census Sarah also married a Robinson and then when he died she married a Fry. Any info on this family will be greatly appreciated. Will exchange other material I have with those interested. Thanks Glenda Brothers gbrothers@syix.com Jeannie Hale was a Davenport . She was the daughter of John Henry Davenport (son of Stephen Robert Davenport) and Ada Brothers (daughter of John Lewis Brothers). She was a double cousin to Odie Brothers (my father in law) as John was his mothers brother and Ada his fathers sister.

Hello again, Looking for info on Elias Carpenter who married Laura Friskney in Noble, Indiana on 5 Jan 1880. Was this Elias from NY and was his parents David and Lucy Carpenter?Thanks for any help you can give. Also, does anyone have any info on Abner Carpenter who married Abigail Hughes and lived in Westchester County, NY in the late 1700s to early 1800s?

One of the earliest bits of information concerning the English Carpenters, and predating slightly John the Town Clerk, is interesting note that his father was a "chaundeler" or someone in the candle business. The meaning of this always escaped me, until I found an important book, Alien Merchants in England in the High Middle Ages by T.H.Lloyd, which provides lists of commodities imported into London. Remember that the all important export item was English wool to the Low Countries. Exports back the other way were first, finished cloth, and then secondly in importance, "WAX"! Sincerely, Bruce E. Carpenter

Looking for information about Jacob Carpenter, who is said to have a brother, John W. Carpenter. Both said to have been born in Dutchess County, NY ca 1790 to 1800, and to have migrated to FL and than John to Washington Co, AL and Jacob to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA. Jacob was in LA in 1830, married to a "Patience" from SC. Children of Jacob and Patience: Mary, Phillip, Lydia, Thomas, and Josiah.

Dear Jeff, Thanks for your reply. I don't have much more information then I had already posted but a researchers gave me some information. Once shared with me that Jesse Carpenter (John's son) married a Margaret "Peggy" Wallace from Mud Bridge District. She shared with me that this area is now know as Milton. You probably knew that but is this the same area your working on? As you may very well know that this borders Mason County. John's daughter married a Matthew Bright from the neighboring county and lived in that county too. Another researcher from Huntington gave me some information regarding the spouses of John's children. Some of the surnames she gave me was WALLACE, CLAGG, CHAPMAN, ERWIN, MEADOWS, TRIPLETT, BUSH. Do you have any of these surnames? She also checked a 1820 Cabell county census and found a John living with a Thomas. I don't know if this is him or not. Please keep in touch as you research and I am willing to share any information I find. I live in Nebraska so researching Cabell from here is kind of limited and so I appreciate your help. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Thornton To: brights@inetnebr.com Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 6:22 PM Subject: Carpenter Connection Hello Josette My name is Jeff Thornton from Milton,WV and I saw your request for help with information on John Carpenter. I started to research the Trace Fork of Mud River Carpenters a few months ago.My mother's grandmothers were both Carpenters and I thought I would try to find some connections. I am currently looking for the parents of John D. Carpenter born circa 1840 and Samuel Carpenter born 1810. >From the land grants in Kanawha and Cabell counties in the 1820s and 1830s, I would guess there were about four Carpenters settled in that area - Alexander A. , Thomas, Joseph and John F. or John Jr.. I'm guessing that John F. and John Jr. are the same person because the land grants are in the same area - Straight Fork of Sugar Tree Creek. I don't know if any of this will help but I wanted to make contact with you and possibly you might have some information for me. I working on the Lick Creek and Martins Branch - Carpenters. Thanks - Jeff Thornton

Hi Bruce, The Carpenter line in my family through my Grandmother came to Fall River for work in the textile mills. Her father, however, was a "carpenter" by talent. He had built the house they lived in on Gondola Point, NB. and it was said "Jud" could look at a piece of furniture in a store window and if my greatgrandmother liked it he would go home and build the exact same thing. You could not tell the difference between his and the original when he was done. That also sounds like a skill passed down. Gail

Since there is no place to post obits for Rhode Island, I thought I would share this with you. I've been looking for info on this gentleman (my grandmother's grandfather) for over 30 years. I sincerely hope this information will help someone else find a link. Jan Robison Casselberry, FL The Westerly Sun -- ca. May 1914. MR. CARPENTER FAILING Doubtful if Ashaway Man Can Recover from Injuries. Little hope is being entertained for the ultimate recovery of George B. Carpenter of Ashaway, who was thrown from a carriage which collapsed as one of the wheels came off, and hurled him headlong with such force against a rock by the roadside that he received an ugly cut just above his left eye, a fracture of the skull, besides suffering hemorrhages of the ears and nose. The unfortunate man was taken to his home in an unconscious condition, from which he has failed to rally, and is being attended by Dr. A. B. Briggs, but as his left side is paralyzed and his condition still grave, it is quite doubtful if he recovers. Mr. Carpenter, who is moderator for the town of Hopkinton, was on his way in company with Henry J. Wheeler, a member of the town council, to Hopkinton City to attend the annual financial town meeting. The accident happened near the Hopkinton town farm as the two gentlemen were driving along the highway and was without the least warning. The Westerly Sun -- DIED. CARPENTER -- In Ashaway, May 23, 1914, Hon. George B. Carpenter, in the seventy-second year of his age. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock to be followed by interment at the First Hopkinton cemetery. No flowers. The Westerly Sun -- ca. May 1914. G. B. CARPENTER PASSES AWAY Prominent Ashaway Man Fails to Recover from Accident CIVIL WAR VETERAN Made Brilliant Record While Fighting in Defense of Country -Wounded in Battle -- Served in Many Public Offices -- Six Years in State Legislature Hon. George B. Carpenter of Ashaway, a prominent citizen of Hopkinton and well and favorably known in this section, who received fatal injuries Thursday afternoon when he was hurled from the carriage in which he was riding as one of the wheels came off, died at his home Saturday morning. Mr. Carpenter, in company with Henry J. Wheeler, a member of the town council, was on his way to Hopkinton Coty, where he was to act as moderator at the annual financial meeting, when the carriage collapsed and the unfortunate man was thrown so violently against a rock in the highway that he failed to regain consciousness after the accident. Although his decease came as a shock to the community it was not entirely unexpected as little hope was entertained for his ultimate recovery. George Bradford Carpenter was born in Westerly, November 8, 1842, and was taken into the Potter family at Potter Hill, his father having been killed in the winter of 1847 while engaged in taking down the frame of the Potter Hill mill which had been burned. At the age of nineteen years with 10 classmates he left the academy at his home where he received his early education, and responded to the call of Abraham Lincoln for volunteers, enlisted in Company D, 4th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry, September 23, 1861, being promoted to corporal June 20, 1862, and then sergeant on Nov. 1, of the same year. Mr. Carpenter participated in many skirmishes. He was wounded at the battle of Petersburg at the explosion of the mines, July 30th, 1864, and sent to the field hospital where his right arm was amputated. Even though in a very weakened condition, he desired to come back to his home, in order to cast his first vote for Lincoln, which permission was granted, when he returned for the election that fall. On September 26, 1861, before departing for the front with his regiment he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Covey in Ashaway. The winter after his return from the army Mr. Carpenter engaged in the general mercantile business in his home town until 1869. From 1866 until 1872 he was postmaster at Ashaway and then went to Philadelphia where he represented some Rhode Island and Connecticut woolen manufacturers, and until 1880 was engaged in the woolen business. For twenty-two years he was treasurer of the Ashaway Line and Twine company, resigning in 1902, but still retaining a financial interest in the concern. For over thirty years he has been moderator of the town of Hopkinton and overseer of the poor. Besides having served on the town council and board of assessors, he was representative of his town in the state legislature from 1879 to 1884, refusing to accept a nomination as senator. He belonged to the John A. Logan post, G. A. R., was president of the First Hopkinton Seventh-day Baptist church, a member of the board of managers of the Seventh-day Baptist Missionary society and for several years president of the Ashaway Free Library and Reading Room association, besides having held other offices. Mr. Carpenter is survived by a widow, and four children, Mrs. Harriet Wells Van Horn of Dodge Center, Minn., Edwin G. Carpenter of Georgetown, S. C., Mrs. Frances Adell Randolph of Alfred, N. Y., and Miss Ruth Marion Carpenter, who made her home with her parents, as immediate relatives. The funeral is to be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will be followed by interment at the First Hopkinton cemetery.

The 17th century Dutch historian and genealogist Jean le Carpentier maintained the Dutch Carpentiers, the Paris Charpentiers and the English Carpenters were of the same origins, in Cambray, of what is now France; and tracable to the early 1000s. The descendants of Godefroy de Carpentier went to England about 1300 he maintained. Cambray was at that time a separate kingdom called Hainaut. In the late 1200s and early 1300s close relations existed with England. In 1328 the Queen of England was Philippa of Hainaut who brought with her to England a whole colony weavers and related people to form a colony in Norfolk. She took a personal interest in these people and visited them several times suggesting financial ties between the crown and Hainaut. The area of Norfork had even older ties to Hainaut through Alix de Avesnes, the Countess of Norfork. John Carpenter the Town Clerk of London can be connected to these events in two ways. First John was a lay member of the Charterhouse, a religious organization begun by Sir Walter de Manny, from Hainaut, who arrived in England with Philippa. Sir Walter was an important individual in events dealing with the English crown and events in te Low Countries and France.Secondly, in the civil unrest that took place in the later 1300s John the Town Clerk was asked to intervene in Norfork, where he apparently had great influence and interests. The great mystery of the English Carpenters is where was their source of wealth, enough means to produce a Town Clerk of London and a personal chaplain to a King and important Bishop. Were the Carpenters connected to the wool trade between Low Countries were they came and England where they settled? The tradition of wool is one that is central to the later Carpenter family in Wiltshire and on into America itself. Both Rehoboth and Providence Williams had extensive sheep holdings. The Carpenter family was central in the development of large scale wool processing in the Blackstone River Valley (see Early Rehoboth. vols 1-4).In my own line of Carpenters there was a tradition of weaving that lasted a century and a half and ended only with automation in the early 1800s. I suspect there were a good many other Carpenter cloth makers in Rehoboth than the we know of. A thousand year tradition? Sincerely revised, Bruce E. Carpenter Nara Japan and Clinton Washington

I am looking for the father of John Carpenter born around 1802 and died about 1880 in Cabell County, West Virginia. John was a blacksmith and a stone mason. He lived in Cabell as far as I know 1820-40, Mason County 1850-1860, and then back to Cabell 1870-188? until his death. He married Frances Smith, father of her is also unknown, in 1841 in Cabell County. They had many children that lived in and around Cabell. They are: Perry b. 1834 d. 185? Mary b. 1838 d. November 23, 1858 Martha Frances b. 1841 d. ? Rebecca b. 1843 Micke? b. 1847 d.? Jesse b. 1849 d. April 30, 1930 Nancy Jane b. August 2, 1851 Mason Co, (WV) VA and d. December 23, 1855 Fannie b. 1856 d. ? Maheley Susan b. 1859 d.1935 Matilda b. Feb 1862 d. 1929 A researcher who found information regarding the Carpenter's in Cabell believes John's father to be a Jesse Carpenter. I have also written to Paul Thomas Mowrey who wrote the book on the descendants of Joseph Carpenter, Pioneer of the Jackson River. He has not come across my John as of yet but believes there might be a possibility him being a descendent of Solomon Jr., John who married Sara Ratcliff, and Joseph. I wonder what your thoughts are? Any suggestions? Josette Bright brights@inetnebr.com

I am looking for information on Adam H. Carpenter, born in Mississippi in (1847?). He later moved to Tennessee and married Margurette Churchman. They moved on to Oklahoma. I would really like to find any information on siblings or parents. Glenice

Looking for information on Henry or William CARPENTER who married Mary HACKETT in 1845 probably in Boone County, IL and had 9 known children born in IL, MN, and WI. Children include: William Mary Unknown James A. William T. Delilah E. Mary Annie Densie Jane Parshall T. Judy Martin nanajudy1@uswest.net

--part1_b0285de5.24670c89_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 99-05-09 11:38:09 EDT, MzCortez@aol.com writes: << Abstract of will Allette Douw of NY, wid. Dau Sarah w of John Therould if Island of St Christophers; Dau CATHARINE CLOWES, w of SAMUEL CLOWES of Queens Co., Gent. and Grand daughter, JOHANAH BLAGGE wife of EDWARD BLAGGE of New York. son in law SAMUEL CLOWES and grandson in law, EDWARD BLAGGE, exec. Dated Mar 29, 1709. Witness G. Vielle, Davide Mandeville, Jacob Sowman proved 1722/23 Remember John Everet and Samuel Clowes were agents that sold so much of Wawayanda pat. to LI folks. Also Edward Blagg early on owned property in this area, i.e. B187 1723 Johannes Hey Haverstraw to Edward Blagg, Esq NYC 200 acres Haverstraw, b S Florus Crom, dec'd, N run of water called Dutch hit, E Huydson River; Wit Albert Mineli, Louis Van Ditmartsea. Blagg's Clove sold to John I. Carpenter (we sometimes see that J or L), Mr. Woodhull, Sylvanus White, Hugh Gilston, Hezekiah Howell. James Jaynes. This deed was too dark on the film for me to read. I believe there was also a Sayer involved in the early settlement of this area. Does anyone know what this was all about. I have tried to piece this information together, as my research indicates that the Jaynes and Woodhulls were related to the Orange Co. Wisners. Phoebe My interest and question is if anyone knows who the parents of the above John Carpenter, who married Jane or Jean Howell, dau of Hezekiah Howell were. >> --part1_b0285de5.24670c89_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <NYULSTER-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-ya02.mx.aol.com (rly-ya02.mail.aol.com [172.18.144.194]) by air-ya04.mail.aol.com (v59.4) with SMTP; Sun, 09 May 1999 11:38:09 2000 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com ([204.212.38.27]) by rly-ya02.mx.aol.com (vx) with SMTP; Sun, 09 May 1999 11:37:56 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA01041; Sun, 9 May 1999 08:37:00 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 08:37:00 -0700 (PDT) From: MzCortez@aol.com Message-ID: <87d3f394.24670511@aol.com> Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 11:34:41 EDT Subject: Will of interest to early Or, Ul, Rockland Co. settlement Old-To: NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com Old-CC: jjreedy@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 for Windows 95 sub 18 Resent-Message-ID: <ytaum.A.FQ.cuaN3@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/714 X-Loop: NYULSTER-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: NYULSTER-L-request@rootsweb.com Abstract of will Allette Douw of NY, wid. Dau Sarah w of John Therould if Island of St Christophers; Dau CATHARINE CLOWES, w of SAMUEL CLOWES of Queens Co., Gent. and Grand daughter, JOHANAH BLAGGE wife of EDWARD BLAGGE of New York. son in law SAMUEL CLOWES and grandson in law, EDWARD BLAGGE, exec. Dated Mar 29, 1709. Witness G. Vielle, Davide Mandeville, Jacob Sowman proved 1722/23 Remember John Everet and Samuel Clowes were agents that sold so much of Wawayanda pat. to LI folks. Also Edward Blagg early on owned property in this area, i.e. B187 1723 Johannes Hey Haverstraw to Edward Blagg, Esq NYC 200 acres Haverstraw, b S Florus Crom, dec'd, N run of water called Dutch hit, E Huydson River; Wit Albert Mineli, Louis Van Ditmartsea. Blagg's Clove sold to John I. Carpenter (we sometimes see that J or L), Mr. Woodhull, Sylvanus White, Hugh Gilston, Hezekiah Howell. James Jaynes. This deed was too dark on the film for me to read. I believe there was also a Sayer involved in the early settlement of this area. Does anyone know what this was all about. I have tried to piece this information together, as my research indicates that the Jaynes and Woodhulls were related to the Orange Co. Wisners. Phoebe My interest and question is if anyone knows who the parents of the above John Carpenter, who married Jane or Jean Howell, dau of Hezekiah Howell were. --part1_b0285de5.24670c89_boundary--