<< Could anyone tell me if WARREN CARPENTER 1743-abt.1815 in Russia, Herkimer
County, New York is related to any of The Williams Carpenter's that's being
discussed? >>
As it happens, the main focus of the not-yet-published NEHG REGISTER article
I've mentioned in my last couple of postings concerns the interrelated
misidentifications of three John Carpenters, one of whom is the father of
your Warren. I would prefer not to let the cat completely out of the bag
before the article is published but will tell you this much now: WARREN6
CARPENTER was born at Swansea, Mass., 26 Jan. 1731/2, and died at Russia,
N.Y., between 16 March 1813 and 2 May 1815, son of John5 Carpenter and Sarah
Hill(i)ard (they married at Tiverton, R.I. [then Mass.], on 6 May 1722; Sarah
was the daughter of William2 and Deborah [Warren] Hill[i]ard of Hingham,
Mass., and Little Compton, R.I. [then Mass.]); Warren married at Swansea, 21
Aug. 1755, Rebecca Horton. Warren's father John is the great-grandson of
William2 and Abigail (Briant) Carpenter, formerly of Shalbourne,
Wiltshire/Berkshire, England, and ultimately of Rehoboth, Mass. Sorry, but
you'll have to get the intermediate generations, supporting evidence, source
citations, etc., from the article, which has a good chance of appearing in
January 2004. In the meantime, to learn more about the immigrant family of
Rehoboth Carpenters, see THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST 70(1995):193-204.
Gene Z.