Searching for information on Henry Carpenter or Jonathan Fay in New York, Illinois or perhaps in between. 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. There is conflicting information as to whether Henry even made the trip with his wife Roxanna to Illinois and whether he died in New York or Illinois or somewhere in between. She is referred to as a widow upon her arrival 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. 3 Jerome Bonaparte Carpenter was born Sep 16, 1824. 4 Thaddeus B. Carpenter was born about 1829. 5 Wallace Fay Carpenter was born about 1832. 6 Henry Carpenter Jr. was born in New York about 1835. 7 Augusta M. Carpenter was born in Sandwich, Illinois September 23, 1837. 8 Byron Fay Carpenter was born in Sandwich, Illinois September 23, 1837. Roxanna Fay's father Jonathan Fay (b. 4/28/1774 in Hardwick, MA) and his family moved to 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". With his date of death being given as January 1837, perhaps he was traveling with his daughter Roxanna and this could also be an explanation to what happened to Henry Carpenter who also seems never to have made it to Illinois. If I can find Jonathan Fay I may also find 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