I put in a bid for the Bible on eBay, and was immediately outbid. There appears to be some interest out there. Here's the link to the eBay listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/1832-Family-Bible-of-Hope-Phebe-Carpenter-MI-NJ-etc_W0QQ itemZ130179467346QQcategoryZ20926QQcmdZViewItemQQisPrinterFriendlyZ1QQpvZ2 It expires on Sunday, December 9th. I would suggest that this Bible deserves a place in a museum or other accessible institution that will care for it. I recommend the Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth, MA. They get a lot of Carpenter genealogy seekers, so it would be a useful resource there. It's on the Web, or I can post contact info. Best, John E. Carpenter -----Original Message----- From: carpenter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:carpenter-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of John R. Carpenter Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:41 AM To: carpenter@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] Carpenter bible Tim, Most of this line daughtered out. HOWEVER ... I was in contact with a Wayne Sidney Carpenter a few years ago who is a descendant. I have emailed him - I hope the e-address is still good. Thanks for sharing! John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm Hope Carpenter-20170 was born on 16 Mar 1757 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ. He died on 4 May 1840 in Starkey, Yates, NY and was buried in Feb 1775 in Dundee, Hillside Cem., Section 2, , Yates, NY. Hope married (MRIN:8364) Phebe Yost-41473, daughter of Jacob Yost-41474 and Mary-41475 (MRIN:16118), on 24 Feb 1788 in Elizabeth Twp., Essex, NJ. Phebe was born on 8 May 1773 in Newtown, Sussex, NJ. She died on 25 Nov 1854 in Starkey, Yates, NY and was buried in Dundee, Hillside Cem., Section 2, , Yates, NY. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <carpenter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:41 PM Subject: [CARPENTER] Carpenter bible >I ran across this Carpenter bible on Ebay. I suppose if it is one of > your family it may be worth it. > > The blurb about it says in part - > > an 1832 copy of THE HOLY BIBLE,containing; the OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS > together with THE APOCRYPHA,as published by H.& E.Phinney of > Cooperstown,NY. Cover is in very poor condition(back has come > unattached),and first few pages are torn. However,what caught my > attention was the fact that this bible must of belonged to a family > named "CARPENTER",as the pages for adding family information such as > births,deaths,marriages have been filled in with names such as; Hope > Carpenter,Benjamin Carpenter,Phebe Yost,Daniel Dewitt > Carpenter,Garner Carpenter, and others. Also found,stuffed within the > pages of the bible were; loose handwritten pages containing names & > dates of Carpenter marriages & deaths,and a copy of an obituary for > Daniel Dewitt Carpenter of Adrian Michigan. > > > Just thought someone would find it of interest. My apologies if this > is not listworthy. > > Tim Stowell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARPENTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
The last I heard the Carpenter Museum was storing Carpenter data and not wanting any more. There was some talk about sending it to the SAR Library in Louisville KY which does have an extensive amount of Carpenter genealogy material and is very accommodating to researchers. This would be a reasonable place to send that Bible. I hope that we aren't bidding against each other. -----Original Message----- From: carpenter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:carpenter-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Carpenter Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 6:59 AM To: carpenter@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] Carpenter bible I put in a bid for the Bible on eBay, and was immediately outbid. There appears to be some interest out there. Here's the link to the eBay listing: http://cgi.ebay.com/1832-Family-Bible-of-Hope-Phebe-Carpenter-MI-NJ-etc_W0QQ itemZ130179467346QQcategoryZ20926QQcmdZViewItemQQisPrinterFriendlyZ1QQpvZ2 It expires on Sunday, December 9th. I would suggest that this Bible deserves a place in a museum or other accessible institution that will care for it. I recommend the Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth, MA. They get a lot of Carpenter genealogy seekers, so it would be a useful resource there. It's on the Web, or I can post contact info. Best, John E. Carpenter -----Original Message----- From: carpenter-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:carpenter-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of John R. Carpenter Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 2:41 AM To: carpenter@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] Carpenter bible Tim, Most of this line daughtered out. HOWEVER ... I was in contact with a Wayne Sidney Carpenter a few years ago who is a descendant. I have emailed him - I hope the e-address is still good. Thanks for sharing! John R. Carpenter La Mesa, CA Carpenter Cousins Y-DNA Project http://members.cox.net/johnrcarpenter/index.htm Hope Carpenter-20170 was born on 16 Mar 1757 in Hopewell, Hunterdon, NJ. He died on 4 May 1840 in Starkey, Yates, NY and was buried in Feb 1775 in Dundee, Hillside Cem., Section 2, , Yates, NY. Hope married (MRIN:8364) Phebe Yost-41473, daughter of Jacob Yost-41474 and Mary-41475 (MRIN:16118), on 24 Feb 1788 in Elizabeth Twp., Essex, NJ. Phebe was born on 8 May 1773 in Newtown, Sussex, NJ. She died on 25 Nov 1854 in Starkey, Yates, NY and was buried in Dundee, Hillside Cem., Section 2, , Yates, NY. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> To: <carpenter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:41 PM Subject: [CARPENTER] Carpenter bible >I ran across this Carpenter bible on Ebay. I suppose if it is one of > your family it may be worth it. > > The blurb about it says in part - > > an 1832 copy of THE HOLY BIBLE,containing; the OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS > together with THE APOCRYPHA,as published by H.& E.Phinney of > Cooperstown,NY. Cover is in very poor condition(back has come > unattached),and first few pages are torn. However,what caught my > attention was the fact that this bible must of belonged to a family > named "CARPENTER",as the pages for adding family information such as > births,deaths,marriages have been filled in with names such as; Hope > Carpenter,Benjamin Carpenter,Phebe Yost,Daniel Dewitt > Carpenter,Garner Carpenter, and others. Also found,stuffed within the > pages of the bible were; loose handwritten pages containing names & > dates of Carpenter marriages & deaths,and a copy of an obituary for > Daniel Dewitt Carpenter of Adrian Michigan. > > > Just thought someone would find it of interest. My apologies if this > is not listworthy. > > Tim Stowell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARPENTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARPENTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message