Hello,
Does anyone know who the following Benjamin Carpenter is?
He is listed as the son of Joseph Carpenter and Rebecca ______.
One of the QMRs shows Rebecca as a widow of Joseph with children.
Any help appreciated.
John R. Carpenter
Carpenter Cousins Project
http://carpentercousins.com
QMR: 1797 - INDEX - Shows Rebecca (with a comment that looks like Removable?) and
Benjamin
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 ----> See Note below for date found
Name: Benjamin Carpenter
Residence Place: Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Event Type: Index
Monthly Meeting: Abington Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly
Meetings Index'
Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Title: Men's Minutes, 1797-1811, Vol. 7
Meeting State: Pennsylvania
Meeting County: Montgomery
Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Quaker Meeting Records;
Call Number: MR Ph 5.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data:
Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College,
Greensboro, North Carolina.
Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives,
Richmond, Indiana.
Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Description:
This collection of Quaker meeting and vital records is one of the first of its kind. These
records from monthly meetings have been brought together to form the most extensive
searchable online database.
Note: On page 8 - after the name index & on a page listed as 1 - Abington Monthly
Meeting held at Oxford the 30th of the 10th month 1797.
QMR: 1803
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994
Name: Benjamin Carpenter
Residence Place: Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Father: Joseph Carpenter
Mother: Rebecca Carpenter
Event Type: Admittance
Monthly Meeting: Abington Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly
Meetings Index'
Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Title: Women's Minutes, 1794-1813
Meeting State: Pennsylvania
Meeting County: Montgomery
Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Quaker Meeting Records;
Call Number: MR Ph 9.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data:
Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College,
Greensboro, North Carolina.
Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives,
Richmond, Indiana.
Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Description:
This collection of Quaker meeting and vital records is one of the first of its kind. These
records from monthly meetings have been brought together to form the most extensive
searchable online database.
Note: Certificate read for Rebecca wife of Joseph and children Phoebe, Benjamin, Hannah,
William, Harriet and Mary. This is on page 95 of the QMR and image 51 of 151 images. On
page 94 is the following date 31th of the 10th month 1803.
QMR: 1808 - WARNING - This Rebecca is listed as the wife of Joseph with minor children.
She is requesting a certificate for herself and children Phoebe, Benjamin, Hannah,
William, Harriet and Mary.
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994
Name: Benjamin Carpenter
Residence Place: Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Father: Joseph Carpenter
Mother: Rebecca Carpenter
Event Type: Removal
Monthly Meeting: Abington Monthly Meeting
Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly
Meetings Index'
Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Title: Men's Minutes, 1797-1811, Vol. 7
Meeting State: Pennsylvania
Meeting County: Montgomery
Source Citation: Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Quaker Meeting Records;
Call Number: MR Ph 5.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1994 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Note: On page 357 of the record (page 187 of the images) is the date 1 mo. 7th 1808
AGBI: Same person ?
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
Name: Benjamin Carpenter
Birth Date: 1710
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Volume: 25
Page Number: 152
Reference: Ten "Series" of "Pennsylvnia Archives" have been so far
published in from 5 to 31v. Ea. Philadelphia and Harrisburg. 1852- ( We have indexed
Series 2, v.2 and v.8 ( early Pa. marriage recds.) And all the v. of SeriesV. Which
contain nearly complete Pa. Rev. War recds.)s.2, v.2:40
Source Information:
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index.
Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.