After reading further,I see that Benjamin and wife Margaret Decker were married April 9th 1787, so if we look to see a Benjamin who married margaret Decker we can find his father,he had a son Benjamin also who is part of this pension app. It also has a letter from the Reformed Dutch Church of Orange Co New York, this was 1839 when the letter was written by Pastor Cornelious C Etting----- Original Message ----- From: <Mzzcortezz@aol.com> To: <CARPENTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 12:58 PM Subject: [CARPENTER] Rev. War: Orange Co. NY land bounty: Carpenters > >>From "THE MILITIA (LAND BOUNTY RIGHTS) - ORANGE COUNTY, > > FIRST REGIMENT > Major Zachariah Du Bois > Enlisted men: > (includes) > Colvil and Elijah CARPENTER > > > 3rd regiment > > CARPENTER: Anthony, Benjamin, Carmen, Daniel, Isaac, James, Jesse, > Michael > > > This is Rev. War - Orange Co., NY > > from Phoebe in CA > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >