Thanks for responding Tim: Theda was documented as being born in De Ruyter, N.Y., That is probably where she and Milton married, but no records found there for their marriage.? 1823 or so they moved to Chenango Co., NY and then on to Cattaragus county where with Milton's brother Sheffield founded the Main Settlement at East Portville New York.? A cousin has said that he found her parents being Joseph?Carpenter, and there is an H.C. Carpenter in the Main Settlement cemetery, which we believe is Harriett C. Carpenter, however no one can give me concrete documentation, or tell me anything about her family.? I do know she had a sister Anna or Keziah, (maybe Keziah Anna) who was one of the first teachers at Main Settlement or Portville.? There is also a Daniel Carpenter who served in the civil war, buried at Main Settlement who married a Mary Thompson, they had a daughter Anna, but I can't tie Theda to this family either.?? I have done all the reserach I can from here and have not been able to make the tri! p to Portville or De Ruyter to do one on one research there.? However, maybe some of our good Carpenter cousins can give me some clues as to where I can do further research.? Thanks so much, Always, Meralyn Ok, then let me rephrase - when did Mr. Main marry Ms. Carpenter and do you know where? That in itself may give a clue as to her parentage. Tim At 12:06 AM 8/14/07 -0400, you wrote: >Yes, Tim , he is, but the line I have as a brick wall is his wife Theda Carpenter.? The Mains are documented back to the Plymouth colony and the Boston, Maine areas in the 1600's.? Would appreciate anything anyone has one this Carpenter line.?? Thanks . > >Always, Meralyn > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tim Stowell <tstowell@chattanooga.net> >To: carpenter@rootsweb.com >Sent: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:05 pm >Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] List membership - Main > >At 11:57 PM 8/11/07 -0400, you wrote: >>My Carpenters came from New York and possibly Ct.? I'm still looking for >the parenage of Theda Carpenter, married to Milton Maxson Main. >> >>Always, Meralyn ------------------------------- 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 ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.