In the Carpenter Memorial page 101 Greenwood Carpenter ( #488) son of Ezra Carpenter of Swanzey,Cheshire NH It stated he moved to Swanzey NH prob ably " After the Death of his first wife Sarah ( Sally) Leathers of Charlestown ,Mass. The truth is she walked out on him and the children ,Married with someone and had a child with him .In 1771 ,Greenwood ,Petitioned the General Assembly of NH for a a Divorce and on April 5th was granted . " The said Greenwood Carpenter, is hereby Declared to be at liberty to Marry again as tho' the said Sarah was Deceased . " Must been passed on that sally had died. further text avail if anyone interested. This was the 2 nd such divorcee in the colonial colony of New Hampshire the other was in 1703 Not a Carpenter. John in NH Breaking up Was hard to do then John L. Carpenter Searching for Carpenter family decendants of William Carpenter of Providence, RI check my home pages at the following URL's http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/a/r/John-L-Carpenter/index.html http://expage.com/page/carpenterlinks