Dear Jan, Your Welcome! A piece here and there can do wonders for the puzzle. Remember - There are several Charles in that line also. I look forward to your sharing. Sincerely, John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA Gumpysfarm@aol.com wrote: > > I am so impressed!...and grateful... I have just glanced over (the ENTIRE) > document. Yes, I think there is a link I can follow. I need to digest this > information! Yes, I think one of them might fit. Also, there were several > family names that are interesting, like Goodell, Kellogg, and Bennett. > Those surnames are in my lines, but not the same as given names as your > chart. It does tell me they were probably working the same dirt somewhere! > > > I don't have a LOT on the Carpenters. What I do have is the Genung family > line from which my Thomas Carpender (b. c. 1826) springs from, when he > married Almeda Maria Genung. They had children Alice Carpenter/der and Henry > T. Carpenter/der. I can bring at least some of the family forward to > present. It appears there may be a connection in your records at first > glance, but I will study your work again more closely and get back to you. > Thomas is buried in Madison, Ohio, as is Bemsley and Olive. Bemsley would > have been about 51 at the time of Thomas Carpender/ter's birth. He could > have been Thomas's grandfather or father, etc. I need to check this out. I > will share everything I find with you. > > The second Carpenter I have in my line is Charlts Carpender/ter b. c. 1785. > I began his line in another document on my Lewis line printed in 1895, with > LOTS of decentness, etc., but absolutely NO dates! > > Both of these Carpenter lines produced females who married a > Moak/Moke/Mook/Mauch. Lewis, Genung, and Moak surnames do not appear in your > work, but again, you have a Kellogg, Bennett, and others that are common with > my lines, so I think we have some digging to do. Again, as I find anything, > I will share with you. > > I have a distant cousin I met online named Donald Wilkerson who is also > digging in the Carpenter lines. His ancestors are common on the Lewis line, > and married a Goodell. You have several of those in your work, so again, I > think there is a possible relationship along the way. > > I will post possible links I may find to the list so that if anything can be > added or corrected by others...they will have the welcomed opportunity! > > Thank you again for sharing your wonderful work. > > Jan Skinner > Lyman, SC > gumpysfarm@aol.com