In Eber Carpenter's will dated March 19, 1856 he specifies his deceased wife
Alsia (Platt), his new wife Louisa ((Waterbury) and the following children:
Omar Asa Carpenter, Aurelia Carpenter Beach, Oscar Carpenter, Galusha
Carpenter, Ann Carpenter Sheffield, and Eben (Elon?) who is just 15. Eber
had already set up sales of his land to Galusha. The executor was his son
in law Harvey Sheffield. Eber died August 2, 1856. Oscar, in a biography
from a history of Kent Co., MI, claims his Carpenter grandfather was a
Revolutionary patriot. Galusha's family claims that the Carpenter ancestor
was Daniel. Winnie Sihon
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From: <GeneZub(a)aol.com>
To: <CARPENTER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: Eber Carpenter born in 1799
In a message dated 3/18/2005 10:00:47 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
wsihon(a)comcast.net writes:
My Eber Carpenter was a different man. All I know for sure is that he
was
born in CT in 1799 or 1800, lived in Hanibel NY, and then Lima, NY before
going to Michigan in 1832.
Hannibal, Oswego Co., N.Y., is only about 40 miles due west of Rome and
Vienna, Oneida Co., where your Eber's possible father, Daniel Carpenter,
lived in
1818 and 1820, respectively. Have you checked (1) Oswego Co. land
records
to see if Eber's initial grantee deed indicates his previous residence,
or if
it doesn't, (2) Oneida Co. deeds to see if he had owned land there?
Also,
since you seem to know the names of Eber's children, can any of the more
distinctive ones be matched up with a particular family of Connecticut
Carpenters?
Gene Z.
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