As previously promised I have the Plymouth Colony Records before me in their 1968 photo reproduction in six volumes. My wife's university library (Doshisha University) had them. There are a number of points in Amos Carpenter that are doubtful re. court and administrative appointments. Looking through all the years of appointments from 1633 one can see that they were rotational to a great extent. Most people had their turn as constable for example. The fact that William Carpenter performed these duties seems meaningless. What is meaningful however is a court case that Amos Carpenter, or anyone else, made any mention of. In 1649 William Carpenter had to pay a court bond of ten pounds with Obadia Hullme (Holmes) and Joseph Tory (Vol. 2, p. 147).. On pages 150-1 (vol. 2) and a year later in 1650, this matter is clarified. Holmes and his associates had basically broken away from the Newman church in Rehoboth and were conducting new Baptist meetings in the town. Holmes later took Newman to court for slander with William Carpenter as his witness. William won a modest settlement. A good deal of information re. Holmes can be gleaned from the net. William Carpenter of Rehoboth seems to have been a central figure in his activities and the Baptist foundation in America。 From the time of these court actions William of Rehoboth seems to have kept a small profile. In 1654 he became constable and surveyor of highways. In 1656 he served as court committee member with Stephen Payne. His last appointment was in 1645 when he was made freeman and court committee member. In 1646 he was a member of the Grand Enquest. Bruce Carpenter Nara, Japan