A few weeks ago, I was able to spend most of a week in Winchester, Berryville and Leesburg
looking up information on my ancestors William Sr and William Jr Carpenter. I am still
piecing through all of the photocopies that I made, but I've run across some
information that I hope someone out there can help me with. My William Carpenter, Sr had
the following children: James, William Jr, John, Mary Carpenter Thomas, and Nancy
Carpenter Keen. They lived in the area of Snickersville/Bluemont and TImber Ridge.
William Sr was born in 1750 and died in 1825 and is buried in the Ebenezer Baptist Church
cemetery at Bluemont (Loudoun county). In my research I've found some other Carpenter
ladies who could be William Sr's sisters. (I'm not sure where William Sr was
originally from.) These other Carpenters are:
Elizabeth Carpenter who married John Ash in 1787
Mary Carpenter who married John Pickering in 1795
Nancy Carpenter who married Henry Schofield in 1789
Mary Carpenter who married George Wright in 1789
Sarah Carpenter who married Samuel Gilpin in 1800.
Does anyone know the parents of any of these Carpenter ladies? All of the marriages were
in Frederick County, VA.
Thanks in advance!
Les Carpenter