The following is titled "Personal Histories" and is from a page in the 1876 Historical Atlas of Defiance Co., Ohio: SAMUEL CARPENTER, son of Caleb, and Radia (Phelps) Carpenter of New York, was born in New York, October 28, 1804. He . . . (one line did not print) . . . 1838, died September 25, 1852; Jeremiah J., born June . . .; Lucretia, born March 30, 1842; Simon A., born February 10, 1 . . .; . . . H., born February 18, 1846; Anna N., born May 5, 1848; . . . born October 15, 1851; infant daughter, born April 3, 1854, . . .; Eunice, born January 30, 1956. Mr. Carpenter had four sons i . . . army, in the war of 1861-5. He settled in Defiance coun . . . . Post-office, Defiance. Business, farmer, section II. Apologies for the missing pieces -- I photocopied this page for another surname -- just happened to be going over this material when your message arrived. My own connection with Carpenters -- John and Eunice (Carpenter) Preston lived in Lenawee Co., MI. John was born in Vermont in 1775, and Eunice was born in Massachusetts in 1774. Both are buried in Lenawee Co., MI. I know their children and am willing to share, if this info. would help anyone. Does anyone know who Eunice's parents were? Doris (Preston) Simons dmsimons@juno.com On Sun, 2 May 1999 14:48:18 EDT LGroup2220@aol.com writes: >This has been a very difficult family line. I'll share what I know, >hoping >someone has more information. Sometime in this Carpenter's history >they >migrated from France to England. Three brothers - William, John and >Unknown >came to America - RI. John and William moved on to New York and >bought >land from the Holland Land Purchase (have no dates thus far except for >the >fact that one of John's sons was born in RI in 1774). John's children >were >Caleb, John, and Sophia (Caleb the one that was born in 1774). Caleb >married Rhoda Dyer (perhaps in l795) and had the following children: >John, Dyer (b 1799 in Batavia NY), Samuel, Daniel, Jeremiah, Nettie, >Anna and >Mary. Then Rhoda dies. Caleb marries a widow, Rebecca Olds probably >in Genesee County NY. The family moves to Ohio in the area of Huron, >Richmond, Seneca Counties. Caleb and Rebecca had three children: >Amasa Green, Charles and Rebecca J. I have names of all the children >of these people. Was hoping this little line would slip neatly into >one >of the established Carpenter families from RI or MA - but so far I >can't find a fit. Any help appreciated and will gladly share all my >information. PS: in some information I found, someone had put >the following migration pattern in their records: RI; VT; NY; OH > Penny from Nebraska > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]