I just this week received some excerpts from James Usher's "GENEALOGICAL
and HISTORICAL RECORD of the CARPENTER FAMILY" of 1883. Its title page says
it's about the descendants of both the Rehoboth and Providence Williams.
But on pp 30-32, Usher describes a line of Carpenter I've not heard of
before. Briefly:
Ezra (1570 - ?) Wales, England
Richard (? - ?)
Ephraim (1623 - ?)
Timothy (1665 - ?) Immigrant to America 1678
m. Mercy Coles of Glen Cove NY
John C. b. 1690
Huldah b. 1692
Jephtha b. 1693
Benjamin b. 1696
Timothy(2) b. 1698 m. Phoebe Carpenter (desc R.I. Carpenters)
...and so on. What I'm wondering is this: (a) is this an entirely
separate line of immigrant Carpenters? Up to now I've only known of three
immigrant lines...William of Rehoboth, William of Pawtuxet, and the
German-Swiss Zimmerman/Carpenters of Lancaster PA. And then (b) if Usher is
describing a 3rd and distinct line (distinct, i.e., aside from intermarriage
with other lines as for Timothy(2) above), am I the only one in the dark
about this?
I do recognize some familiar names in the Usher tree, as with Zeno
Carpenter (b.1672) and Seaman Carpenter (b.1760), but these names are
familiar (to me) because they also show up in the Mosketo Cove (ex.
Pawtuxet) line...via Timothy(2)'s marriage to Hannah Carpenter of Mosketo Cove.
Any help out there?
Robin