Sharilyn,
The JOHN CARPENTER listed as a Rehoboth inhabitant in 1689 would have been
the son of William and Priscilla (Bennett) Carpenter. He and his family
didn't migrate to Woodstock, Conn., until 1692.
JOHN CARPENTER JR. is among those listed as "Proprietor not Inhabitants."
Listed immediately after Joseph and Benjamin Carpenter, he, like them, was
the son of Joseph and Margaret (Sutton) Carpenter of Swansea. He's "Jr." as
the younger of the two John Carpenters on the Rehoboth list.
Eliphalet, Priscilla, and Amos Carpenter were among the eight Rehoboth-born
children of the aforementioned John Carpenter (Sr.) and his wife, Rebecca
(Redway); two more are recorded at Woodstock. Despite Amos B. Carpenter's
claim (p. 64) that a son John was born at Woodstock, there is absolutely no
evidence of it in Woodstock records or elsewhere.
Gene Z.