Hi Robin!
The Carpenter Memorial has him "probably not married" but the Ancestor
File has a family.
In reviewing the file I found his family was also listed in the serial
update of the Carpenter family by Raymond George Carpenter, American
Genealogist for the Carpenter and Related Family Association.
None of these cite their source.
Keep up the good work!
John R. Carpenter
La Mesa, CA
INDIVIDUAL DATA RIN:12762
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Name:Nehemiah CARPENTER Sex:M ID No:10Q0-2JX
Birth: 1730/1750 Place:Goshen,Orange,NY
Chr: Place:
Marr: Spouse:Phebe-23419
Marr: Spouse:
Marr: Spouse:
Death:Aft 1 Dec 1789 Place:Goshen,Orange,NY
Burial:Bef 17 Jul 1790 Place:Goshen,Orange,NY
Father:Solomon CARPENTER Col.-4738 Mother:Hannah-29086
Notes -----------------------------------------------
!Number 307 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 84
He resided in Walkill and Goshen in Orange county, NY. Probably not
married per the above record. Ancestor File lists a family for him
though.
!WILL: Will dated 1 Dec 1789 and proven 17 Jul 1790. Wills to sister
Hannah, brothers Michael, William, James and Bejamin, nephew Solomon,
eldest son of Michael and William son of William. NOTE: Does not
mention wife or children!
!He enlisted from Goshen in the Revolutionary war, was appointed by Gen.
James Clinton in 1776 as Quartermaster of his regiment. He was in the
assault of Fort Montgomery in 1777. was taken prisoner and exchanged 25
Oct 1780, and was appointed an Ensign. He was honorably discharged 3
Nov 1783.
He was a member of the "Society of the Cincinnati"; his signiture was
on the roll. In a letter from John Schuyler, Secretary of the NY State
Society of the Cincinnati he says:
"While he was a prisoner, being a good writer, he made money in writing
for the British officers. On one occasion he was called upon to get a
drink of water for one of the officers: the officer asked him if the
water was poisoned, and being very thristy himself he asked for the the
cup, and he drank a very heavy drink himself."
It is claimed that the foregoing record belongs to Nehemiah b. 29 June
1757, the son of Nehemiah of Jamaica. The compiler of the Carpenter
Memorial thinks this is a mistake and that it belongs to Nehemiah, son
of Solomon of Goshen, b. abt 1750. It is evident that the latter served
in the war and the State Records refer to him when they speak of
"Carpenter, Nehemiah, Ensign: appointed 29 June 1781, to date from 5
June 1779 when mustered as Ensign: late Quartermaster of the 5th NY
returned from captivity." From official records Nehemiah Carpenter,
Ensign in 2nd NY Regiment: Phillip Cortland, Colonel:Robert Cockran, Lt.
Col., and Nicholas Fish, Major, 1777 to 1780.
The "Revolution Pledge Association" of the Goshen Precinct which
contained Goshen, Chester, Warwick, and a part of Blooming Grove, was
signed by the folowing named CARPENTERs: James, Moses, Benjamin,
Daniel, Samuel, Solomon, Michael and William in 1775. In Cornwell
precinct were the signitures of John, Benjamin, Timothy, Joseph Jr,
John, Elijah, William and John - three Johns. There can be added those
that signed in Salisbury.
!DEATH: Goshen Western Division.
!BIRTH: AF has birth as 1730 and the Carpenter Memorial has 1750.
END NOTES.
Robin Carpenter wrote:
Hi John:
Yes, I will send the full transcript of the NYHS abstract of Nehemiah's
1783 will, maybe over the weekend if I can get to it.
Meanwhile, you asked about when it was proved; the 1783 will was executed
June 16, 1783, and proved July 25 1783. So for once we know pretty darned
closely just when was the death. You can change your 1821 death straight
away. (Not only does the will show he died in 1783, but it is clear that
the a8321 death is another case of confused Nehemiahs; the odds against two
Nehemiah Carpenters in the same town dying on the very same date is
astronomical.)
There is a general Nehemiah confusion, that am confident is an outgrowth
of the general Solomon confusion. I'm going to soon be re-reading ABC and
Seversmith and ADCSC, and whatever (AGAIN!) to try to piece together what
seems most probable among the various accounts. Any suggestions or
assertions most welcome.
Meanwhile, please try to answer me this: If the "other" Nehemiah
(ABC's
#307) was "later found to have married a Phebe," what then is the source of
the later finding?
Robin