Dear Betty, You are probably right. I got the will data from Donna Tivener. She is at: dtivener@richnet.net If you get a corrected copy, please pass it on to the forum. The information regarding the Bennington Museum by your cousin from Hoosick, NY (SEE BELOW) may help researchers who are related to that line. Can you supply a basic descendancy chart for the forum? It is always nice to know the hard work of Carpenter Genealogists don't wind up in hidden spots. I encourage everyone to share data and sources. Also to donate to their local Genealogical or Family History Libraries. It helps everyone! Take care! John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA Liztho77@aol.com wrote: > > I am fascinated by the will of William Carpenter, of Rehoboth. I am a > descendent of that William Carpenter. > > In reading the Will you have just posted I think there is a deletion in the > part about the items he is giving his wife. It says . . . .and one skillet, > and half of the pewter- - - > then it goes to "her lifetime, and then to give it up to the children." > There must be something between pewter and lifetime. > > There is quite a collection of family information, bibles, wills, receipts > and much more that has been donated to the Bennington Museum by Rachel > Wilkins Baker > Cottrell, my cousin, who was a genealogist and last resident member of that > Carpenter family of Hoosick, New York. > > Betty Thomas > San Jose, CA