Thank you Gene, for your tremendous research, attention to detail and civil discourse in advancing our knowledge of Carpenter ancestry. Your dedicated scholarship is most appreciated and provides much new information. Having made a significant error in my own Carpenter genealogy, I found some comfort in starting anew with my NEHGS Register. Carpenter researchers will benefit for years to come from your careful look at these mistaken identities and you are to be commended----surely it was yeoman's work. Sharyn Carpenter Herian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 2:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [CARPENTER] Re: James. As I recall, this entire, tortuous, pedantic debate evolved from my having said that I favor referring to William Carpenter (b. ca. 1605; formerly of Shalbourne, England) not as Goodman William Carpenter (in that goodmen/yeomen were a dime a dozen) but as William2 of Rehoboth. It's time to let it go. Gene Z.