David, It could tie in, but first I need to find out what siblings my John CARPENTER, b. 1797 in VT had. I suspect once we find his parents and siblings, a lot of connections may fall into place. Meantime, all I can do is speculate and/or guess. I'll keep you informed as I find my John C. George ---------- > From: David Hacking <dhacking@novell.com> > To: carpgl@ismi.net; CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: Carpenter family history > Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 12:00 PM > > Penny and George: > > I have a John Carpenter who was born in 1822 somewhere in NY according > to Census records. He had many children who were born in NY, Wisc and > Minn. The last child born in MN (probably Fairbault County) in Mar 1869 > was Warren A. Carpenter. Could this line link into the line being > discussed? > > David H. > > >>> "The Carpenters" <carpgl@ismi.net> 05/02/99 07:55PM >>> > Penny, > > This could tie into my family. My GGGgrandfather is John CARPENTER, > born > in 1797 in Vermont. The date is pretty firm, as he died and was buried > in > Sheds or DeRuyter, NY, and is on a cemetery list there; the VT is > family > tradition. Also, tradition has it that John had French in his > background. > I think that my John may be the son of Caleb CARPENTER and Rhoda DYER. > If > their John was born first, and the second one was 1799, that fits > about > perfectly the fairly natural 2-year time between children. At two > years > apart, John would have been fourteen when the last sibling was born. > It > wouldn't have taken much to make him old enough to go out on his own > when > (or even before) Caleb moved to Ohio. > > My John ended up married to an Irish girl, moved from VT to DeRuyter, > NY, > and had a family there. His son, James, ended up in Plainview, > Wabasha > Co., MN. James' son, Osmer Harold CARPENTER, and some of his brothers > and, > for a short time, James himself, homesteaded in the Arlington and > DeSmet > areas of Kingsbury Co., SD. Thus, our route would be (RI); VT; NY; > MN; > SD. > > Please send me whatever other information you might think will fill in > the > blanks. I will be glad to share my material with you, too. Do you > have > any dates such as when the second marriage occurred, or the move to > Ohio? > This could be paydirt for me, and then we can push it back together, > maybe-cousin. Besides, I have had the same disappointment in getting > a > tie-in to the Big Two families, so maybe we can begin the Big Three. > > George > --- > George R. Carpenter > Pinckney, Michigan > carpgl@ismi.net > > ---------- > > From: LGroup2220@aol.com > > To: CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Carpenter family history > > Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 2:48 PM > > > > 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 > > > > >