This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carpenter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/286.3.3 Message Board Post: Thank you Penny and Gene for the information. While I believe this Benjamin is an ancestor of mine, it is not the Benjamin Carpenter I am looking for information on. The Benjamin I am looking for had a wife named Mary and several children: George and Elvira (believed to be twins), John, Barnard, Amelia, Irena, William and Ellen. They came to Waukesha probably from Dutchess County, New York c 1850.