JOhn, Have we written to each other before? We have to have some connections here. Moses Carpenter was my ancestor. He moved from Orange Co. NY to Onondaga Co. about 1797 or some such. My lines is through the Wisners and Melvins (Malvins) named in the will. Phoebe Moses CARPENTER, Liber E, page 10 Author: _Phoebe Cortessis_ (http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=author&r=rw&a=LpQHD&ee=uHgBTOlb3gNvhySqiTKLpDCs87 BdH9wm&onok=http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.no rtham.usa.states.newyork.counties.onondaga&m=8184) Date: 1 Feb 2000 12:00 PM GMT Surnames: CARPENTER, WISNER, MELVIN, REED, PERRY, MOREDOCK, GARDNER, WEASNOR, BROWN, MUNRO, REDMAN, MUNRO Classification: Will _Post Reply_ (http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=postmessage&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.onondaga&m=8184&onok=http://boards.anc estry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.coun ties.onondaga&m=8184&oncancel=http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r= rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.onondaga&m=8184) | _Mark Unread_ (http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?f=markmessage&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.onondaga&m=8184&v=0&onok=http://boards.ancest ry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties. onondaga) _Report Abuse_ (http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=requestobjection&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.onondaga&m=8184&ono k=http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa. states.newyork.counties.onondaga&m=8184) _Print Message_ (http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=printmessage&r=rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork. counties.onondaga&m=8184&onok=http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r= rw&p=localities.northam.usa.states.newyork.counties.onondaga) The people of the State of New York, by the Grace of God free and independent: To all to whom there present shall come, or may concern, Greeting: Know ye, that at Skaneatele in the County of Onondaga on the third day of March in the year one thousand Eight hundred and twenty nine, before Freeborn G Jewett Surrogate of our said county the last will and testament of Moses Carpenter deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proven and is now approved and allowed of by us, and the said deceased having whilst he lives and at the time of his death, goods, chattels or credit within this State, by means which the pro ing and registering the said will and granting administration of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits and also the auditing, allowing and final discharging the account thereof doth belong unto us, the administration of all and singular the good, chattels and credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his will is granted unto Timothy Brown and David Munro, Executors in the said will named they being duly sworn well and faithfully to administer the same and to make and exhibit a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said goods chattels and credits, and also to render a just and true account thereof when there unto required. In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness Freeborn G. Jewett Surrogate of the said County at Skaneatele the third day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine. F. G. Jewett The last will and testament of MOSES CARPENTER of the town of Camillus in the county of Onondaga and state of New York considering the uncertainty of the mortal life and being of sound mind and memory, Blessed be Almighty God for the Same, I do make and publish this my last will and testament in name and form following (that is to say) First I give and bequeath unto my blooded wife HANNAH CARPENTER one bed and bedding appertenant to the same and one cow all of which shall be such of the kind as she shall choose and select for herself from the beds bedding and stock which I may leave at my death - Item I give and bequeath to my daughter JOANNAH REED wife of JESSE REED of the town of Aurelius in the county of Cayuga and to certain of her children (to wit) JULYA, ANN PERRY, ELISA ANN MOREDOCK, JAMES C. REED, ABIGAIL MARIAH REED all my right title interest claim and property of in and to Lots Numbers Seventy three, Seventy four, Eighty four and Eighty five in the Town of Camillus aforesaid Supposed to contain and extend to two hundred and eighty one acres on said lots to have and to hold the same unto her the said JOANNAH REED and the aforementioned children and to their heirs and assigns forever as tenants in common in equal proportions subject nevertheless to a certain charge and bequest to the said JOANNAH and the above named children on the express condition that she and they in order to enjoy the same after my decease shall maintain and support my said beloved wife HANNAH in a suitable and proper manner for and during the term of her natural life it is however expressly declared that the aforesaid bequest of bed and bedding and cow and her maintenance and support thus charged up the lands described to the said JOANNAH and the aforementioned children, I do hereby declare that the said maintenance and support of my said wife shall be and is hereby charged upon the lands so to the said JOANNAH and the aforementioned children devised is and shall be in lieu of the said HANNAH's wright of Dower of in and to any part of my estate, Item I do give and bequeath to my grand daughter JOANNAH FAY, five dollars Item I do give and bequeath unto my grand daughter BETSY GARDNER five dollars Item I do give and bequeath unto my grand children (to wit) SALLY PARDY, MOSES CARPENTER WEASNOR, JOHN WEASNOR, JELINE WEASNOR, ELISA MALVIN, HENRY WEASNOR and JAMES WEASNOR JUNIOR one dollar each, Item I do hereby nominate and appoint TIMOTHY BROWN and DAVID MUNRO of Camillus aforesaid executors of this my last will and testament Item I do order that after my decease my said executors shall sell and dispose of all and singular my good, chattels and personal estate of every description first however suffering my said wife to select her bed and bedding and cow, and from the available of such sales they shall pay all and singular my debts wheresoever and whomsoever due and owing and whatsoever sum if any shall be left after paying said legacies and said debts they shall divide into equal parts one of which they shall pay to JOANNAH REED and the aforementioned children of the said JOANNAH REED and one of which to SUSANNAH REDMAN and her children and one of which to ABIGAIL MUNRO and her children in equal proportion In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Moses Carpenter Signed, Sealed published and declared by the above named Moses Carpenter to be his last Will and testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator Jacob Gunsalus Reuben Spalding Rachel Ann Taylor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- Moses Carpenter first married Elizabeth Runyon b. 14 December 1751 of Morris Co., N.J., daughter of Richard and Jane (Van Court) Runyon. She died ab. 1775 after the birth of their daughter Elizabeth Runyon Carpenter who married James Wisner son of John Wisner, Jr. and Mary Thompson of Orange Co. N.Y. Moses Carpenter married June 26, 1777 Hannah Smith daughter of Henry and Joanna Smith. Their daughters were Susannah m. Michael Redman; Joanna m. Jesse Read, and Abigail m. David Munro. Moses tombstone in the Elbridge Rural Cemetery reads d. Feb 23, 1829 in the 78th year and Hannah tombstone in the Elbridge Rural Cemeter reads d. Aug. 30, 1838 ae 83 year. Many of their descendants are also listed in the Elbridge Rural Cemetery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- My line was thru his daughter Elizabeth Runyon (her middle name) Carpenter and James Wisner who apparently went to Onondaga Co. with Moses. My Wisner line was thru James daughter Eliza Wisner who married Joel Melvin, who was from the Jonathan Melvin family that had come down from Conway, MA to Wayne/Ontario Co. after the Rev. War. In a message dated 11/4/2005 3:16:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Still searching for any information regarding the ancestry of a Henry Carpenter or Jonathan Fay in New York, Illinois or perhaps in between. I’m still trying to connect into any known lines of Carpenters. Henry Carpenter was born in New York about 1795 and died about 1837. He married Roxana Fay in Salina, New York, about 1820. He died early, probably before the birth of the last two children (twins Augusta and Byron) b. Sep 23, 1837 in Illinois. They evidently moved to Ottawa, Illinois and I am presuming he was somehow involved with the building of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In 1840 she is referred to as a widow living in DeKalb Co., Illinois. Henry Carpenter and Roxana Fay had the following family: 1 Charlotte Carpenter. Married ( ? ) Skelton and had four children. 2 Marion Carpenter was born about 1822 (in NY?). 3 Jerome Bonaparte Carpenter was born Sep 16, 1824 in NY. 4 Thaddeus B. Carpenter was born in Apr 1829 in NY. 5 Wallace Fay Carpenter was born in Feb 1832 in NY. 6 Henry Carpenter Jr. was born Aug 27, 1834 in Onondaga, Co., NY. 7 Augusta Melissa Carpenter was born Sep 23, 1837 in Sandwich, Illinois. 8 Byron Fay Carpenter was born Sep 23, 1837 in Sandwich, Illinois. Details and descendants at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jcmosher_ ma&id=I26 Roxanna Fay's father Jonathan Fay (b. 4/28/1774 in Hardwick, MA) and his family moved to DeKalb Co., Illinois in 1836-1837. But Jonathan died January 12, 1837. Tradition has it that he died in Chicago on his way to the "Great West". If I can find Jonathan Fay I may also find a record of Henry Carpenter. Jerome Carpenter says he grew up in Syracuse and Salina, New York but moved in 1837 to Illinois with his mother and family. I am descendant from Augusta M. Carpenter who married Henry Augustus Adams in Sandwich, Illinois. John Carpenter Mosher