Dear Linda, Amos Bugbee Carpenter in his Carpenter Memorial listed William (b. abt. 1520) as the father of the William born 1576. Amos dropped a generation out of his record, Robert should be after William (1520). (from my notes) !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. This William's father is listed as William born about 1540(/20) in the CM, but this is wrong. Wills and deeds prove Robert as the father. In various articles in Carpenter Chronicals, the Carpenter & Related Family Historical Journal cited the Will of Robert Carpenter as the father of William born in 1576. Raymond George Carpenter who was the author working with Harry Rogers provided... (from my notes) !WILL: His 1607 will lists his wife, who was his cousin Eleanor Carpenter, their children (William, Richard, John, Charles, Robert, Edith, and Alice. A grandson named William and a brother named Richard. He bequeathed money Salibury Cathedral (Old Sarum), which is added evidence for his descent from Vicar Richard Carpenter who had served as Vicar General to the Bishop of Salisbury. He also bequeathed certain lands to his oldest son William and grandson William as well as to his son Richard Carpenter. This Will, copy now at the Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth, MA, is the only one ever found in England that agrees with all the proven facts about the American Carpenter Family. The success in proving this lineage after 300 years of failure was achieved through the superlative work of English Genealogist Harry F. Rogers of Abington, England. The will of William Carpenter born about 1520 (the one Amos refers to) was found and indicates the line as follows: William (1520) Robert (1545), William (1576) then William (1605). !WILL: His will mentions his wife, and arranged for the division of his estate amoung his grandchildren. His children mentioned were Robert, John, Richard, William, Alice, Dyke, and Maud Welling. The majority of the estate was left to Robert and a special bequest was made to Robert's oldest son, William, proving that this son (this William's grandson), William born in 1576, was older than his brother Richard Carpenter. The Late noted genealogist Donald Lines Jacobus of New Haven, CT, after studying the English Carpenter Wills (copies), now at the Carpenter Museum, praised the expert ability of Harry F. Rogers in interpreting those wills and concurred in his belief that Harry had found the correct family in England. The Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth, MA is still cataloging all the papers submitted by Raymond George Carpenter several years ago (as of July 1998). It is a volunteer effort and they had no computer just 3 years ago! They are working with the Blanding Library to update the collection there. I hope this helps. John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA Linda Hannah wrote: > > Dear John R. > > I finally had to divide my file with yours and Bruces new research. > It was getting too big. So now you both have your own file! > > While going thru it I was reading and updating my FTM fgrp sheets. on > 7/29/99 12:42 pm Re Abigail Carpenter in response to Eleanor Adams you said > that it has now been found through wills and deeds that the father of > William II born 1576 was Robert not William born born 1520. Can you show me > the documents that prove this? Or point me to them? Please name the sources > if they are in a book. I don't want to change my data unless I have the > source of proof. > > Thank you for your last comments. They were very well said. > I'm home today-no substituting job! > Linda in Albuq. > Searching for: Acton, Bailey, Bartle, Carpenter, Hannah, Hertzog, Hillary, > Holland, Mackay, Matheson, Page, Reynolds, Ridenour/Reitenaurer, Shadwick, > Stoner, Wollet.