Sometime ago someone inquired about the parentage for the above. I might have stumbled across her. I have an interlibrary loan book titled "A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America" by Amos B Carpenter, published in 1898. It lists afamily headed by Elias CARPENTER b. Jan 29 1786, married to Anna Lee DOYT , residense Sturbridge Mass who had 8 children - Abial (died young) ,Annie Marie, Elias , Alfred, Cordelia, CLARINDA,Lorinda, and Emily.Some of the children were born in Sturbridge some in Ashford, Conn. Elias 's father was Uriah who was born 1762 married Eliphal BRIGGS april 14,1785 in Taunton, Mass. His father was also Uriah, His was Benjamin and Benjamin's father was also Benjamin. Jessie Deith