JRC,
Thanks for the great information!
The William Updike I mentioned in my query is the William Opdyck, son of
Albert Opdyck you list as marrying Hannah or Nancy Carpenter, daughter of
Hope Carpenter, Jr. (it was his descendants who changed the name to Updike).
The data is different from the Opdyke Genealogy which shows that William
Opdyck was born about 1715 (William Opdyck's parents were Albert Opdyck and
Elizabeth Unknown).
Subsequent research has shown that William Opdyck and Nancy Carpenter's
first child was probably born in 1740, though possibly as late as 1752.
If that is true, Nancy would have to have been born considerably earlier
that 1741.
Do you have any idea how reliable Nancy's birthdate of 1741 is? What is the
likelyhood that Hannah/Nancy was born earlier than 1725, i.e. as Hope
Carpenter, Jr.'s oldest child?
Thanks for your help.
Mike Morrissey
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From: "jrcrin001" jrcrin001(a)cox.net
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Second Generation
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2. Hope Carpenter Jr.-12768 (Hope) was born about 1685 in Jamaica, LI, NY.
He died after 1730 in Elizabethtown, , NJ. Number 82 in the Carpenter
Memorial. Page 61 Family is number 45 on page 85.
...
15 F ix. Hannah or Nancy Carpenter-21890 was born about 1741 in Jamaica, ,
LI.
Not listed in the Carpenter Memorial, but is listed in the Carpenter and
Related Family Historical Journal, Vol. 5, Winter 1994, Number 7, on page
416. Article by Raymond George Carpenter. There might have been two children
one dying young. This person is most likely named Hannah.
Hannah married (MRIN:9031) William Opdyck-21893, son of Albert Opdyck-21894
and Ann Johnson-21895 (MRIN:9032), about 1762 in , , NY. William was born
about 1741 in NY.
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From: "Mike Morrissey" <mikemorr(a)hotmail.com>
To: <CARPENTER-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:09 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