This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/286.3 Message Board Post: Is this the Benjamin Carpenter referred to in the "Little House in Brookfield"? I imagine you could start with the plat maps for this time period -- I seem to recall that Carpenters are listed early on. Mine are put away for now and I'm not in a position to pull them out, but I am sure the Waukesha County Historical Society would look them up for you. "The Carpenters lived two houses away from the Quiners, and they were Caroline's favorite neighbors. Father and Mr. Carpenter had settled in Brookfield at the same time and helped clear each other's land and build their log cabins and frame houses..." This family had a son Charlie -- Mrs. Carpenter was named Sarah, according to the book. I feel pretty certain, just from my recollection, that Quiners lived off of Brookfield Road not far north of Calhoun Road. My family lived up the road aways, farther north in Brookfield, starting in 1858.