From the baptismal record of the Dutch Reformed Church of Bensalem, Buck Co., PA 6/15/1714 Hezekiah, son of Abigail Carpenter of Maidenhead, NJ This must be the "expected child" in Hezekiah Carpenter's will of 1713. Mike Morrissey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Morrissey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:09 PM Subject: [CARPENTER] expectant child of Hezekiah, 1713, Hopewell, NJ > >From the New Jersey Calendar of Wills > > 08 Jan 1713 Hope Carpenter of Jamaica, Queens Co., N. Y, will of. Wife Mary. Children--Hope, Aimon (Asmun), Hezekiah, John, Hannah (under age). Farm and land in Hopewell, Burlington Co., [now Mercer Co.], and land in Jamaica Township; personal property. Executors--the wife, sons Asmon, Hezekiah, John, with Samuel Firl and Thos. Burrows as assistants. Witnesses: Deborah Wood, Daniel Woolsey, Nehemiah Smith. > 16 Aug 1713 Administration of the estate granted to John Muirhead, [husband of his daughter Hannah born in 1696] of Hopewell, who has purchased from the widow, Mary, and the three younger sons, Ashman, Hezekiah and John Carpenter, their several rights in the estate under the will. > > 13 Oct 1713 Hezekiah Carpenter, Hopewell, Burlington Co. [now Mercer Co.], blacksmith; will of. Wife Abigail and an expected child to inherit "All my estate." Executors: the wife, Thos. Byris and Jonathan Roberts. Witnesses: James Fitch, Edward Hart, Alexander Lockart. Proved 09 Dec 1713. > > Hope Carpenter, Jr., settled in Elizabethtown, NJ. He had a daughter named Hannah or Nancy (both variations of Anne) born about 1741. The other family members all settled in Hopewell. Neither John nor Asmun appear to have had a daughter, Nancy. I think Nancy Carpenter, wife of William Updike, was the "expected" child of Hezekiah and Abigail Carpenter. William was born in Maidenhead, NJ, near Hopewell. William and Nancy Carpenter Updike had a son named Hope. > > Can anyone confirm this theory? > > Thanks for your help. > > Mike Morrissey > >