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.