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Jack A. Schoedinger
Description: Looking for the ancestors of the "allusive" BENJAMINl CARPENTER , born abt. 1774 in Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island, and died bef. November 12, 1844 in Carpenter Hollow, Clinton Twp., Wyoming Co., Pennsylvania. He married FREELOVE BAILEY Abt. 1798, daughter of SAMUEL BAILEY and ROBE WEBB. She was born January 05, 1778 in Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island.
There are vary few records to verify Benjamin's information or ancestry. However, most information indications that he may be a direct descendant of William Carpenter of Providence, Rhode Island. Tradition states that Benjamin was born in Coventry, Rhode Island, as was his wife Freelove and settled in South Kingston where there first child, Peleg was born. Benjamin and his family departed Rhode Island in the Summer of 1801 to colonize new land in northeast Pennsylvania known as Beech Woods or "The Beech" as it was called until it's incorporation in 1806 as Abington Township. Upon arrival in northeast Pennsylvania, Benjamin took claim to land at the west end of the Lithia Valley near ,what is now, the town of Factoryville and established his homestead of approximately 200 acres. This area became known as "Carpenter Hollow" and is still known by that name to this date.
Note: The town of Bailey Hollow (now Dalton) in Abington Twp. Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania was settled by Benjamin's brother-in-law George Anson Bailey
Children of BENJAMIN CARPENTER and FREELOVE BAILEY were:
PELEG CARPENTER, b. April 16, 1801; d. June 25, 1863; m. Lydia Colvin
GEORGE CARPENTER, b. March 24, 1802; d. April 25, 1861m. Sarah Capwell
MARY CARPENTER, b. Abt. 1804; d. September 30, 1893; m. Stephen Whitman
OLIVER C. CARPENTER, b. Abt. 1806; d. Abt. 1848; m. Cylinda Wight
SAMUEL CARPENTER, b. August 29, 1808; d. October 14, 1869; m. Minerva Wall
WILLIAM W. CARPENTER, b. May 01, 1809; December 03, 1895; m. (1) Catherin E. Shaw, (2) Fannie McKown
SARAH CARPENTER, b. August 07, 1811; d. February 19, 1879; m. Bartholomew Capwell
BENJAMIN CARPENTER, b. April 23, 1813; d. February 18, 1884; m. Elizabeth M. Brown
FREELOVE CARPENTER, b. May 24, 1815; d. August 30, 1885; m. (1) John Bailey, (2) Elder Mason Jaycox
Surnames: Cartpenter, Bailey, Colvin, Capwell, Whitman, Wight, Wall, Shaw, McKown, Brown, Jaycox
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Karl-Michael Sala, Ancestral Genealogist since '79
Description: Lynell & I are professional Germanic genealogists who have found thousands of individuals for our clients. We now would like to devote some time to our own ancestral surnames. For just one example, we have a good lead on a few Sala families in pre-1800 Germany, but need to know about any pre-1800 Sala data or documents you might know about.
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