In a message dated 10/27/2010 3:45:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
carpenter-request(a)rootsweb.com writes:
John lists the first three American generations of his and his father's
Carpenter ancestry as follows:
William Carpenter (of R.I. ) 1605 - 1685 / m. Elizabeth Peake Arnold
Joseph (of L.I. , N.Y.) 1635 - 1695 / m. Hannah Carpenter (of Rehoboth
Branch)
Nathaniel 1668 - 1729/30 / m. Tamra Wright Coles
While William2 of Rehoboth was born "about" 1605, the best estimate of the
birth year of William1 of Providence is "say" 1610 (see
http://members.cox.net/jrcrin001/Wm1-Providence.pdf). As has been stated several times
on
this list, while Elizabeth Arnold's mother's maiden name was Peake, it is
inappropriate to use it to create a middle name for Elizabeth. Throughout the
seventeenth century and most of the eighteenth, middle names were almost
nonexistent.
Thanks for the correction Gene
John L. Carpenter
PO Box 912
Walpole , N.H. 03608-0912