From the baptismal record of the Dutch Reformed Church of Bensalem, Buck
Co., PA
6/15/1714 Hezekiah, son of Abigail Carpenter of Maidenhead, NJ
This must be the "expected child" in Hezekiah Carpenter's will of 1713.
Mike Morrissey
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From: "Mike Morrissey" <mikemorr(a)hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:09 PM
Subject: [CARPENTER] expectant child of Hezekiah, 1713, Hopewell, NJ
>From the New Jersey Calendar of Wills
08 Jan 1713 Hope Carpenter of Jamaica, Queens Co., N. Y, will of. Wife
Mary.
Children--Hope, Aimon (Asmun), Hezekiah, John, Hannah (under age).
Farm and land in Hopewell, Burlington Co., [now Mercer Co.], and land in
Jamaica Township; personal property. Executors--the wife, sons Asmon,
Hezekiah, John, with Samuel Firl and Thos. Burrows as assistants. Witnesses:
Deborah Wood, Daniel Woolsey, Nehemiah Smith.
16 Aug 1713 Administration of the estate granted to John Muirhead,
[husband of his daughter Hannah born in 1696] of Hopewell, who has purchased
from the widow, Mary, and the three younger sons, Ashman, Hezekiah and John
Carpenter, their several rights in the estate under the will.
13 Oct 1713 Hezekiah Carpenter, Hopewell, Burlington Co. [now Mercer Co.],
blacksmith; will of. Wife Abigail and an expected child to inherit "All my
estate." Executors: the wife, Thos. Byris and Jonathan Roberts. Witnesses:
James Fitch, Edward Hart, Alexander Lockart. Proved 09 Dec 1713.
Hope Carpenter, Jr., settled in Elizabethtown, NJ. He had a daughter named
Hannah
or Nancy (both variations of Anne) born about 1741. The other family
members all settled in Hopewell. Neither John nor Asmun appear to have had a
daughter, Nancy. I think Nancy Carpenter, wife of William Updike, was the
"expected" child of Hezekiah and Abigail Carpenter. William was born in
Maidenhead, NJ, near Hopewell. William and Nancy Carpenter Updike had a son
named Hope.
Can anyone confirm this theory?
Thanks for your help.
Mike Morrissey