While looking through Bliss I discovered the following, which may in the end be the only epithet used for William Carpenter. "In the year 1655 the 22nd of the 1st mo. [March] at a town meeting lawfully warned, it was agreed upon by vote that the new highway towards the bay shall be perfected, and that it should be done under the inspection of Goodman Payne and Goodman Carpenter." (Bliss, p. 45) I do not have my OED in my Puget Sound house, but my small desk dictionary suggests 'goodman' as a "title of respect used for those below the rank of gentleman, esp. a farmer or yeoman." The Bliss material shows one other instance of 'goodman' and thus it was not used for everyone. A yeoman designation for anyone in the 1600s had specific meanings. A yeoman was a farmer, but a farmer who was independent and financially solvent, and possibly educated. I like the sound of 'Goodman' Carpenter. It might be useful to refer to him as such. BC