-- Actually William of providence came over 2 yrs earlier in 1636 His Genealogy writer lack the enthuiasm of Amos JohnR in Ca & myself are trying to update that book also. 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 http://homepages.msn.com/PicnicPl/jcarp45 >, > Rehoboth (pronounced Re-HO-baath) is in Mass. just east of East >Providence Rhode Island about 7-8 miles if I stand corrected. It is what is >considered the main birthplace of the Colonial Carpenters who emigrated from >England on the ship Bevis in 1638 and landed in Weymouth.