JOHN JUNIOR was mentioned DECEASED in his step-brother's (ABRAHAM) will on
the date given above. Five pounds were given to each of his children.
SEE page 2 of Samuel Carpenter and his Descendants" 1912, which has Chr and
Burial information. He is listed as a "Householder." Page 34 says he remained in Horsham and left issue.
At least two sons (John and Samuel) and at least one daughter.
There is speculation of another son named Abraham but no further info
available. The daughter's name may have been Deborah, named after her aunt.
If so she may have been the Deborah that married Robert Coles, Jr. then
married Thomas Willetts on 16 July 1706.
An Abraham of Sussex, England died aboard ship (name not readable) in May 1793
returning from Boston. Temporary connection until further information
available.
NOTE:
JOSHUA WAS BORN 1 DAY AFTER HIS BROTHER'S CHRISTIANING.
AF has death date as birth date.
Joshua followed his brother to the new world and Philadephia in 1683. He
remained a member of the Church of England. Joshua was prominent as one of the
founders of Christ Church, Philadelphia. Buried in the center of Washington
Square. SEE the 1912 book, page 35 and 36. A brewer.
Will signed 7 Aug. 1720 and a codicil signed 23 Jul. 1722.
James as a son is not listed in the will. Only 2 children are listed which
indicates that other children died earlier, or received their inheritance
earlier or they did not exist.E-MAIL: Fri, 18 May 2001 From: Phoebe Cortez MzCortez@aol.com
CARPENTER, JOSHUA. Philadelphia. Brewer.August 27, 1720. August 2, 1722.
Codicil - July 23, 1722. D. 325.Daughter Sarah Story, her husband Enoch, son
Robert and daughter Patience. Sisters Mary Hogsflesh and Damaris Hunt near
London. Cousin Ann Busfill and her children William, Mary, Mercy and Joshua.
Cousins Abraham and Thomas Mitchell. Executrix: Wife Elizabeth.Witnesses:
Peter Evans, Philip Monckton, Thomas Nevell, Elizabeth Henmarsh and Mary
Butler.
SEE: Web Page at:
http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/pa/philadelphia/wills/willabstrbkd.txthttp://www.surnameguide.com/carpenter/samuel_carpenter_genealogy.htm
JOSHUA CARPENTER.So far as I have been able to ascertain, Samuel Carpenter was accompanied by but one of his family-a brother named Joshua when he came to Pennsylvania. Joshua was a member of the Church of England. His wife's name was Elizabeth. They. resided in Philadelphia, and left one or more children.
Some of his descendants resided near Dover, Delaware, one of whom had in his possession several old family portraits which had belonged to Joshua Carpenter. He _(Joshua) built that ancient house which until recently stood in the rear of Judge Tilghman's residence on Chestnut. Street, and was known as Graeme Hall. It was intended as Joshua Carpenter's summer residence. The Arcade was subsequently erected on the site of this mansion.
It is claimed by the Carpenters of Elsenboro, Salem Co., N. J., that William Carpenter, grandson of Joshua, removed to Salem County about the year 1750, where he married Mary, daughter of Jeremiah Powell, who left four children-Mary, William, Powell and Abigail. Mary married Job Ware; William, Flizabeth Ware; Powell, Eliza Slaughter (and secondly, her sister, Ann Slaughter); Abigail. married Edward Hancock. Powell was wounded at the massacre by the British, at Hancock's Bridge, Salem County, during the Revolution of 1776. William Carpenter, the head of this branch, was a n Episcopalian, and buried in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Salem.
....
Will of Joshua Carpenter.
It is called the Will of Joshua Carpenter, Brewer, and makes the following provisions:
A legacy to his grandson, Robert Story, the son of his daughter Sarah, to be paid him at twenty-one years of age.
A legacy to his grand-daughter, Patience Story, daughter of his daughter Sarah, -to be paid her at eighteen, or at her marriage.
A legacy of one shilling to his son-in-law, Enoch Story.
A legacy to each of his sisters Mary and Damaris, near London, in Great Britain, to be remitted to them, if they then be living.
A legacy to his cousin, Anne Busnl, and to her children, William, Mary, Mercy and Joshua Busfil, each to be paid when sons are 21, and daughters 18, or married.
A legacy to his cousins Abraham and Thomas Mitchell, and residue to his wife, Flizabeth.
Dated Aug. 27, 1720. Proved Aug. 2, 1722. Registered at Philadelphia in Book of Wills, D, p. 325.http://www.jansdigs.com/NewJersey/wcarpenter.html
William Carpenter
(page 415) The Carpenter family of Philadelphia and Salem County, N. J., trace their origin in this country to a period about the close of the seventeenth century. The Philadelphia branch are descended from Samuel Carpenter and the New Jersey family from Joshua, the brother of Samuel. Watson’s "Annals" informs us that Samuel Carpenter was one of the greatest improvers and builders in Philadelphia, and with the exception of his associate, William Penn, was at one time the wealthiest man in the province. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and on of Penn’s commissioners of property. His brother Joshua was also a prominent early resident of Philadelphia and an engraving of his elegant residence, which occupied a portion of the site of the Arcade building, is to be seen on page 376 of Watson’s "Annals."Joshua Carpenter subsequently removed to the State of Delaware, where he ended his days. His grandson William married Mary, daughter of Jeremiah and Jane Powell, and had four children, viz,: Mary, Powell, William and Abigail. Of these, William married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Ware, born March 2, 1763, and a few years after that event rented a large farm in Elinsboro Township, Salem Co., of Samuel Nicholson, Sr. There he passed the remainder of his life. His children were seven in number, viz,: Samuel, Mary (whom married Thomas Hancock, of Elinsboro), Abigail (who became the wife of John Goodwin, of Elinsboro), William (the subject of this memoir), Elizabeth (who married William Thompson), Powell and Sarah Carpenter.
William Carpenter, to whom these lines are dedicated, was born in Elinsboro Township, April 4, 1792, and died May 13, 1866. He received only a common school education, and was thrown upon his own resources early in life by the sudden death of his father. After experiencing the trials and privations incident to a life of hard labor and close attention to the arduous calling of a tenant farmer in those days, he finally located on the Thomas Mason property in Elinsboro, and resided thereon for the long period of twenty-one years. He then purchased, in 1846, the Samuel Brick farm, in the same township, now occupied by his son, William B. Carpenter, and lived there until his removal later in life to Salem, where he closed his days. He was a man of decided convictions, plain in his tastes and habits, straightforward in his dealings, of strict integrity and held in general respect throughout a long and busy life. He was a regular attendant upon the meeting of the Society of Friends. He married Mary, daughter of Abner and Mary Beasley, and had children, - Elizabeth W. (wife of Joseph P. Thompson), Powell (deceased), Anna M. (deceased), William B., Morris H., and John M. Carpenter.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0114.txt
WATSON'S ANNALS of PHILADELPHIA and PENNSYLVANIA
Vol. I Written 1830 - 1850
Chapter 50. WASHINGTON SQUARE
This beautiful square, now so much the resort of citizens and strangers,
as a promenade was, only twenty-five years ago, a "Potter's Field" in which
were seen numerous graves, generally the receptacles of the poor, and
formerly of the criminals from the prison. It was long enclosed in a post
and rail fence, and always produced much grass. It was not originally high
and level as now, but a descending ground, from the western side to a deep
gulley which traversed it in a line from Doctor Wilson's large church to the
mouth of the present tunnel on Sixth street below Walnut street. Another
course of water came from the north-west, from beyond Arch street, falling
into the same place. The houses on the street, along the south side of the
square, were but a few years ago as miserable and deformed a set of negro
huts and sheds as could be well imagined.
In the centre of the square was an enclosed ground, having a brick wall
of about forty feet square, in which had been interred members of Joshua
Carpenter's and the Story families, caused by the circumstance of a female
of the former family having been interred there for suicide -- a
circumstance which excluded her from burial in the common church grounds of
the city. There was an apple tree in the centre, under which Mr. Carpenter
was buried.
...
The place was originally patented in 1704-5, under the name of "the
Potter's Field", as "a burial ground for strangers", &c. The minutes of
Council, in September 1705, show that the Mayor, Recorder, and persons of
various religious denominations, were appointed to wait on the commissioners
of property for a public piece of ground for "a burial place for strangers
dying in the city". With a run of ninety years it was no wonder it looked
well filled !
That it was deemed a good pasture field, is evidenced by the fact of its
being rented by the council for such a purpose. A minute of council of 14th
April 1766, is to this effect : "The lease of Potter's Field to Jacob
Shoemaker having expired, it is agreed to lease it to Jasper Carpenter for
seven years, (to the year 1773) at ten pounds per annum".
...
Chapter 43. CARPENTER'S MANSION
This ancient structure was originally built as the residence of Joshua
Carpenter, the brother of Samuel. It was, in truth, in the early days, a
proper country seat, remote from the primitive town. Its respectable and
peculiar style of architecture has been a motive for preserving this brief
memorial; it has, besides, been sometimes remarkable for it occasional
inmates. The present marble Arcade now occupies a part of its former site,
and while the beholder is standing to gaze on the present expensive pile, he
may remember the former with all its inmates gone down to the dust. It was
taken down in April, 1826.http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0104.txt
EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF COUNCIL
These Minutes of Council I examined and made extracts from, down to the
year 1760; ...
5 of 5 mo., 1686 --- Joshua Carpenter is licensed for 3 mos. to keep an
ordinary in his brother Saml. Carpenter's house on the wharfe [above Walnut
street.]
She was willed 50 pounds by her brother-in-law Abrabham in 1708.
Her will was signed 5 July 1729.
Damaris was willed 50 pounds, by her brother Abraham in the the New World, in
1708 or to her children if she was deceased.
She was married to David Hunt at that time. Her children went to America.
Damaris is listed as Dameris in the IGI with a baptism date of 25 Nov. 1646.
Her children are not proven.
Probably of England.
NOTE:
HUNT is married name. She was a widow of Ephraim Hunt. Her maiden name was Ward.
CARPENTER DAVID ( -1701, 1702) & REBECCA ? HUNT, W EPHRAIM; 22 NOV 1697, REHOBOTH
Note: This was from: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.COMMENT: Some claim she was not a Ward but a Paine by birth. But they cite the Millennium File which is notoriously wrong most of the time without any real documentation.
SEE: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/154555547/person/232049415522/factsBIRTH: image
Name: Rebecca Ward
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1655
Birth Place: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Father: John Ward
Mother: Hannah Ward
Source Citation
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
SEE ALSO: image
Name: Rebecca Ward
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1655
Birth Place: Newton, Massachusetts
Father Name: John Ward
Mother Name: Hannah Ward
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).MARRIAGE: to E. Hunt - not found
MARRIAGE: 1697 - image
Name: Rebeckah Hunt
Gender: Female
Spouse: David Carpenter
Marriage Date: 22 Nov 1697
City: Rehoboth
County: Bristol
Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0562559.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed.
SEE ALSO:
Name: Rebeckah Hunt
Marriage Date: 22 Nov 1697
Marriage Place: Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse: David Carpenter
Source: Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Marriages, Intentions, Births, Deaths, with Supplement containing the Record of 1896, Colonial Returns, Lists of the Early Settlers, Purchasers, Freemen, Inhabitants, the Soldiers serving in Philip's War and the Revolution.
Marriages
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Vital Records, 1642-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.
Original data: Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rehoboth, 1642-1896. Providence, RI, USA: Narragansett Historical Publishing, 1897.
SEE ALSO:
Name: Rebecca Hunt
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1687
Marriage Place: New England, USA
Spouse: Ephraim Hunt
Source Citation
Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
Source Information
Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.DEATH: USE CAUTION
Death of 14 Apr 1749 is suspicious because many cite a Death/Burial record with the exact date given but from England.GRAVE: no image - but cites inscription
Rebeckah Ward Wilson
Birth: 1664 Massachusetts, USA
Death: 14 Apr 1749 (aged 84–85) Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial: Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Memorial #: 141446698
Bio:
relict of John
in 85 yr
Birth year is based on age at death and is approximate.
Source: Newton Cemetery Transcriptions by Marion Pearce Carter, 1932 ("The Old Rehoboth Cemetery, sometimes known as the Newman Cemetery, The Ring of the Town") and by Mr. David Jillson, 1850 neither of which make any distinction between Newman Cemetery and Hunt Cemetery which are beside one another. Some of the stones no longer exist.
Find A Grave contributor nancy robison made a suggestion regarding the Find A Grave memorial for Rebeckah Wilson.
Their suggestion
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Married David Carpenter on 22 Nov, 1697
Married Ephraim Hunt in 1687
Married Samuel Willson on 25 Nov, 1706 Rohoboth, Mass.
Married Lt John Wilson on 25 March. 1713 Rohoboth, Mass..
Children by David, Ephraim and Samuel.
Inscription:
In Memory Of
Mrs Rebekah Willson
Widow & Relief Of
Lieut John Willson
Dec'd April
ye 14th 1749
in ye 85 Year
Of Her Age
Family Members
Spouses
Ephraim Hunt 1661-1694
David Carpenter 1675-1701
Samuel Wilson 1666-1731
John Wilson 1651-1735
Children
Daniel Hunt 1687-1739
John Hunt 1688-1751
Sarah Hunt Bowen 1690-1777
Hannah Hunt Willmarth 1693-1781
Created by: MacSwamp (46881955)
Added: 17 Jan 2015
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141446698/rebeckah-wilson
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 November 2019), memorial page for Rebeckah Ward Wilson (1664–14 Apr 1749), Find A Grave Memorial no. 141446698, citing Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by MacSwamp (contributor 46881955) .
Probably of England.
BOOK:
“SAMUEL CARPENTER AND HIS DESCENDANTS" complied by Edward Carpenter and his son, Gen. Louis H. Carpenter, and published in 1912.
THIS BOOK LISTS THE "PHILADELPHIA CARPENTERS" STARTED BY SAMUEL AND 2 BROTHERS. SAMUEL WAS A "FRIEND" (QUAKER).
AFN added had birth date of 1650 and death date as listed. This Samuel was the second child in his family named Samuel.SEE:
http://www.horsham.org/information/history.aspx
History of Horsham Township
Montgomery County, PA
(His father has a more complete listing in his notes of this article.)GENERAL: Samuel Carpenter the immigrant came to Philadelphia from Barbados in 1683. He was born 4 Nov 1649 in Horsham, Sussex, England and died 10 Apr 1714 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.
Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia (Meeting), 1682-1750
Name: Samuel Carpenter
Location: From MO. Mtg. At Bridge Town, Island of Barbadoes
Date: 23 Jun 1683
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Quaker arrivals at Philadelphia (Meeting), 1682-1750 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: Myers, Albert Cook. Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia, 1682-1750. Baltimore, MD, USA: Southern Book Co., 1957.
NOTE:
Samuel Carpenter had a certificate dated "23rd day of the 6th month 1683" and was subscribed by Oliver Hovteer, Edward Hunt, John Chase, Thomas Pilgrim, and several others including Henry Cuner as a Friend not belonging to the aforsaid Meeting. This certificate was accepted in the Monthly Meeting in Philadelphia and was accepted as noted in their records.
Arriving about the same time was Hannah Hardiman, Samuel Carpenter's future wife. Her certificate was from Haverford West Meeting in Wales. It was dated the "2nd day of the 6th month 1683." That is documented in the Race Street Meeting.
Samuel and Hannah declared their intention of marriage at the Monthly Meeting of Friends in September 1684. They were married December 12, 1684.COMMENT:
Samuel signed the historic document "The Declaration of Fealty, Christian Belief and Test" dated 10 Sept. 1695. The orginal is in The Historical Society of PA. Samuel was also the First Treasurer of Pennsylvania and a partner
to William Penn.FOUNDER: Samuel Carpenter is considered the founder of the Philadelphia PA Branch of the Carpenter Family. Samuel the son of John the Sheriff of Robert, of Stephen of Robert (als. Whelan) of William the son of William of Homme. (MAYBE)
SEE: The Carpenter Family Magazine, October 1939 No. 1 Issue.MISC: Philadelphia Wills:
Will of John Parsons of Philadelphia signed 7 mo 1699 proved August 1705 Wife Anne sole executrix. Brother Thomas and his children John, Thomas, James and Sara. Brother in law William Tyler and his children William, John, Mary and Joan Tyler. Wife's nephew Samuel Powell and Samuel Carpenter overseers.
Witnesses Samuel Carpenter, Abraham Hooper and Elizabeth Badcock.
Will of Ann Parsons City of Philadelphia, widow of John Parsons Carpenter. April 5, 1705 August 26, 1710: Only daughter of my sister Susannah in Great Britian. Thomas Parsons, My brother Parsons, his son by his second wife. My husband's sister's daughter Mary, ----Wadington, sister of Mary, my sister in law Mary Parsons. William Sylor, my husband's sisters son. John Tylor, William Alloway son of William Alloway. Friend Elizbeth Griffith, Friend Margaret Paul---daughter Anne, friend John Salbel and wife Agnes.
Thomas Story, Richard Scill, Elizabeth Griffith, Susannah Gail, Israel Preston, Samuel Carptenter. Witness: Isaac
Pemburton, Ralph Cross.
NOTE: NO reference to which book of Wills these came from and the wording seems as if it has been copied incorrectly. JRC May 1992E-MAIL: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 From: MzCortez@aol.com
PENNSYLVANIA PERSONS MENTIONED IN COUNCIL at PHILADELPHIA in 1718 PERES, Samuel 4 July 1718 Phila Co CARPENTER, Samuel 4 July 1718 Phila Co
http://www.rootsweb.com/~GENHOME/p1720a.htm
MORE:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~GENHOME/lnd1682.htm
PENNSYLVANIA LAND PURCHASERS--1682
1682 LANDS Granted by PENN to Purchasers of Eng.,Ire.,Scotland,etc.:
39-Samuel Carpenter, Abraham Park, Richd Amor - Wm Amor, Wm. Bryon - John Wisdom, Richard Worrel, Robert Knight.E-MAIL: Fri, 18 May 2001 From: Phoebe Cortez MzCortez@aol.com
CARPENTER, SAMUEL, the elder. Philadelphia. Merchant.February 6, 1714. April 15, 1714. D. 1.Son Samuel and Hannah his wife and son John and Ann his wife. Isaac Norris and Richard Hill, both of Philadelphia, merchants. Brother Joshua Carpenter and George Painter mentioned. Son William Fishbourn and Hannah his wife. On his wife's decease (Hannah) sons Samuel and John Carpenter and William Fishbourn and Hannah, his wife, to be the Executors.
Executrix: Wife Hannah.Coadjutors: Brothers Joshua Carpenter, Samuel Preston and friends Isaac Norris and Richard Hill, Caleb Pusey of Chester County.Witnesses: Richard Anthony, George Painter, Charles Brockden.STANTON, ABIGAIL. Philadelphia. Widow.May 10, 1714. May 31, 1714. D. 3.Son Daniel,
but should he die to the three children (whose names are not given), her sister whose name is not given and brother Thomas Spicer.
Executors: Brother-in-law Daniel Cooper and friend Elias Hogg. Witnesses: Thomas Chalkley, Christian Broadgate, Joshua Lawrence.
SEE: Web Page at:
http://searches1.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/pa/philadelphia/wills/willabstrbkd.txthttp://www.surnameguide.com/carpenter/samuel_carpenter_genealogy.htm
Samuel Carpenter Genealogy
DESCENT OF SAMUEL CARPENTER, JUNIORSAMUEL CARPENTER, JR., was a merchant of Philadelphia, and employed in the affairs of Provincial Government. He married Hannah Preston, 1711. and left five children-Samuel, Rachel, Preston, Hannah and Thomas.
I.-SAMUEL CARPENTER (3d), died in Jamaica, 1747, leaving three children Samuel, Hannah and Thomas. He was a merchant, residing in Kingston. His two sons were educated in Edinburgh, and died in Kingston. Thomas left nine children-four boys and five girls.
II RACHEL CARPENTER, born 1716, died 1794; unmarried.
III.-PRESTON CARPENTER, born 1721; died October 20th, 1785. He married, 1742, Hannah, daughter of Samuel Smith, of Salem County, N. J. She was born 1723. He married, secondly, Hannah Mason.
IV.-HANNAH CARPENTER, married Samuel Shoemaker, 1746, and died 1766. V.-THOMAS, died 1770, unmarried.
ADDENDA TO THE CARPENTER FAMILY
According to J. Smith's collection of Memorials, " Samuel Carpenter came to Philadelphia from Barbadoes in 1683. The tradition among the oldest of his descendants is that he came from England. It is therefore probable that he was a native of that country, but had resided awhile in Barbadoes, for the purposes of trade. Of his parentage and early history nothing is now known. His papers appear to have been entirely lost, and the few facts relating to his life which are here collected have been gleaned from the MSS. of his contemporaries.
John R. Carpenter, in his MSS. collection, says:
"The following particulars, few and imperfect. are all that I have been able to obtain, after much research and inquiry, of the life of my ancestor Samuel Carpenter."
The " Globe Tavern;" owned by Samuel Carpenter, was in aftertimes called "Peg Mullins' Beef Steak House." It was oh the west side of Water Street, corner of Wilcox's Alley. The late aged CoL Morris says it was the fashionable house of his youthful days. Gov. Hamilton and other Governors held their Clubs here, and here the Freemasons met, and most of the public parties and societies.
Samuel Carpenter (2d) was born 9th February, 1688, and died Nov., 1748, aged 60 years.
Preston Carpenter, second son of Samuel Carpenter 2d, married Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Hannah Smith, and granddaughter of John Smith, of Hedgefield, Salem County, New Jersey.
In 1693 Samuel Carpenter was one of the members of the Provincial Assembly, but when elected, or how long he served, is uncertain.
In 1697 he was one, of the. Governor's Council of State, and continued to serve in that capacity until his death, 1714. At that time, and for several years previous, he was Treasurer of the Province. Gov. Penn and his deputies for many years sustained a violent and able opposition from a numerous party in the Provincial Assembly, who demanded a .more democratic form of Government than the Executive thought proper to allow.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0106.txt
Charter 14. SLATE-ROOF HOUSE, PENN'S RESIDENCEThis house, still standing at the southeast corner of Norris' Alley and
Second Street, and now reduced to a lowly appearance, derives its chief
interest from having been the residence of William Penn. The peculiarity of
its original construction, and the character of several of its successive
inmates, will enhance its interest to the modern reader. The facts
concerning the premises, so far as may now be known, are generally these, to
wit:
The house was originally built, in the early origin of the city, for
Samuel Carpenter --- certainly one of the earliest and greatest improvers of
the primitive city. It was probably designed for his own residence,
although he had other houses on the same square, nearer to the river. His
portrait is owned by Isaac C. Jones.
It was occupied as the city residence of William Penn and family, while
in Philadelphia on his second visit in 1700; in which house was born, in one
month after their arrival, John Penn, "the American", --- the only one of
the race ever born in the country.
...
After William Penn had left this house, on his intended return with his
family to England, he, while aboard his return ship, the Messenger, (an
appropriate name for the message and business he was proposing!) writes on
the 3d of September 1701, to James Logan saying, "Thou may continue in the
house I lived in till the year is up".
James Logan, in reply in 1702 says, "I am forced to keep this house
still, there being no accommodation to be had elsewhere for public
business". In fact, he retained it as a government - house till 1704, when
he and his coadjutors moved to Clark Hall in Chestnut Street, afterwards
Pemberton's Great House. In a letter to William Penn of 5th December 1703,
he says, "Samuel Carpenter has sold the house thou lived in to William
Trent" (the founder of Trenton in 1719) for £ 850.*
[*William Trent began his settlement at Trenton, in 1719, by erecting
mills there. He died there in 1724, in the office of Chief Justice of New
Jersey.]http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0104.txt
PRIMITIVE COMMERCE --- Isaac Norris, in a letter to William Penn, in 1707
says, the province consumes annually, of produce and merchandise of England,
14 to £15,000 sterling. The direct returns were in tobacco, furs and skins.
The indirect are in provisions and produce, via West Indies and the
southern colonies. In 1706, about 800 hogsheads of tobacco went from
Philadelphia, and about 25 to 30 tons of skins and furs.
William Penn himself was concerned in a great many shipments to and from
Pennsylvania. For the most part they were intended as measures for best
conducting his remittances. The letters between him and James Logan are
numerous on this subject. Specie was too scarce to procure it. Penn was at
first averse from insurance, saying, "I am tender (in conscience) as to
insurance. If the vessel arrives I shall consider it an engaging
providence". In after times, however, he admitted his partners to insure
for him. In 1704, James Logan, speaking of their joint losses, says, "thy
success at sea is so very discouraging, that I should never be willing to be
concerned more this way : --- and William Trent, who has hitherto been a
partner in most of thy losses, almost protests against touching with any
vessel again where a proprietary holds a part !"
Samuel Carpenter, in a letter of 1708, to Jonathan Dickinson, thus speaks
of their embarrassments of trade, saying, "I am glad thou didst not come
this summer, for craft from Martinico and several vessels here have been
detained some time in fear of the enemy, and now by this conveyance to
Jamaica, they are hurrying off 16 vessels to join convoy at the capes under
the York man of war".
It was usual then to have several owners in one vessel and cargo, so as
to divide, as much as possible, their risks. I give here a specimen, from a
bill of outfits of a Philadelphia vessel in 1708-9, in which sixteen
distinct and separate divisions of eight ownerships in the "ship Mary
Galley", --- her total expenses were £ 415, and William Poole (the ship
carpenter, who dwelt by, and built ships at Poole's bridge) held a sixteenth
share. I abstract the following prices, to wit: --- negroes, for day's work
in clearing the hold, two shillings and six pence per day, --- board of cook
and others, per week, 9 shillings, --- a barrel of pork, 70 shillings, ---
staves, 60 shillings per thousand, --- wood, at 9 shillings per cord.http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0103.txt
Samuel Carpenter's lot is from Front to Second street and is the second
lot above Walnut street, No. 16.
...
Items of Olden Time, extracted from the Minutes of the Assembly of Pennsylvania
1696 --- The Assembly met at the house of Samuel Carpenter, in
Philadelphia. [This house was presumedly, in Water Street, above Walnut Street.]http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0101.txt
These remarks, already over long, have been elicited by so often
noticing the terms of despondency in which the early settlers of
Philadelphia were accustomed to speak of their condition and prospects.
There was a constant cry of want of money, where little existed, --- of bad
markets, -- where heaven had most "blest their store", --- of little value
of lands and improvements, --- where so much abounded, &c. They feared to
invest capitals if they had them, even while the properties they actually
held were progressively rising in value to their zenith. Thus, as late as
the year 1700 to 1705, &c., we such a man as Samuel Carpenter, who made the
first and most numerous important improvements in Philadelphia and the
country, selling them out in vexation and disappointment.http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/philadelphia/areahistory/watson0105.txt
Chapter 7 The Landing at Penn at Chester
The original mill is all gone; but
the log platform under water still remains at the place where the original
road to Philadelphia once passed. The iron vane of that mill, curiously
wrought into letters and dates, is still on the premises, and is marked thus:W. P.
S. C. C. P.
1699The initials express the original partners, to wit: William Penn, Samuel
Carpenter, and Caleb Pusey.MISC:
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Image Caption: Samuel Carpenter, member of the Provincial Council, 1687 to 1714.
In:Emmet Collection of Manuscripts Etc. Relating to American History. > The pictorial field-book of the Revolution. > Volume 2 (Chapters 12-13).
Library Division:Humanities and Social Sciences Library / Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Description:78 prints : etching, engraving, mezzotint, lithograph, wood engraving, some col. ; 35.6 x 35.3 cm. or smaller.\1 drawing : pen & ink ; 18.9 x 15.4 cm.
Medium:Lithographs
Specific Material Type:Prints
Subject(s):Carpenter, Samuel, 1649-1714
Additional Name(s):Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 -- Author
Emmet, Thomas Addis, 1828-1919 -- Collector
Standard Reference(s):EM5819
Collection Guide:A New Nation: The Thomas Addis Emmet Collection of Illustrations Relating to the American Revolution and Early United States HistoryBOOK:
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Carpenter Family of PennsylvaniaThe persecution of Friends in England commenced about the year 1648, and reached its height during the reign of Charles II, when the prisons were filled with victims, without regard to sea, age or condition, and shiploads were banished from the Kingdom. The large accession of an industrious and thrifty population to the Island of Barbadoes, through this cause, speedily developed its natural resources, and induced others voluntarily to repair thither. Among them, it is believed, was Samuel Carpenter.
The time of his arrival can only be conjectured. He was born in 1650, fifteen years prior to the general banishment of 1664-5. According to Besse, in 1673, he suffered (in Barbados) considerably in distraints for refusing to bear arms.
He had then reached his twenty-third year; and it is quite probable that this difficulty with the authorities occurred soon after his arrival. The opinion that he voluntarily repaired to Barbados is fortified by the circumstance of his possessing ample wealth; for had he been proscribed (as in the case of Charles Lloyd and others) his property, most likely, would have been placed under praemunire.
Praemunire: Introducing or acknowledging a higher power in the land, and creating imperium in imperio, by paying that obedience to Papal authority which belonged to the Ring. It was charged that Friends acknowledged allegiance to spiritual convictions, rather than kingly authority. The penalty placed the offender out of the King's protection, his possessions were forfeited to the King, and his body remained in prison at the King's pleasure, or during life.
It is a matter of history that many Friends accumulated great wealth, with which came influence and social position. They became, not infrequently, the associates and rivals of nobles and statesmen; they found themselves in great assemblies, sitting at the side of dignitaries of the Church, who had seats in the House of Lords, and participated in national legislation.
Their property was in real estate, or such personal effects as attracted the eye of the tax-gatherers, and easily subjected to distraint. The Friends by their principles were bound to resist the payment of tithes and the performance of military duty, and did so to the damage of their worldly estates, and too often personal liberty. Samuel Carpenter joined William Penn, in Philadelphia, 1682, where, in addition to many responsible official duties, he engaged largely in foreign commerce. He died at his original mansion, (This house was subsequently occupied by his son Samuel) in King (now Water) Street, April 10, 1714, in the 64th year of his age. Samuel Carpenter is referred to in terms of regard by William Penn, in a letter addressed, in 1684, to Thomas Lloyd, President of Council of State. He was one of the Trustees of Public Schools, established by Friends in Philadelphia, in 1689, and also a Member of the Provincial Assembly. In 1701 Penn appointed him Member of the Council of State. He appears to have been constantly employed with public affairs, either as member of the General Assembly, Council of State, or Treasurer of the Province. The following notice of his death is taken from " PROUD'S HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA."
" In the year 1714, died Samuel Carpenter, the Treasurer of the Province, who was succeeded in office by Samuel Preston. Samuel Carpenter arrived early in the Province, and was one of the most considerable traders and settlers of Pennsylvania, where he held for many years some of the greatest offices in the government, and throughout great variety of business preserved the love and esteem of a large and extensive acquaintance. His great abilities, activity and benevolent disposition of mind in divers capacities, but more particularly among the `Friends, ' are said to have rendered him a very useful and valuable member, not only of that religious society, but also of the community in general."
There is no way of ascertaining the extent of his possessions, but the following items are incidentally alluded to in Watson's Annals.
1. A large property now covered by the town. of Bristol, Pa., with extensive saw and grist mills.
2. The " Slate Roof House " on Second Street, Philadelphia. Governor Penn resided in this house in 1700, and it was afterwards owned by William Trent, the founder of Trenton. John, the eldest son of William Penn, was born here. In 1696 the Assembly of the Province met in this house. It was subsequently occupied by the officers of the 42d Highlanders, and also by those of the Royal Irish. Baron de Kalb, who fell at the battle of Camden, S.C., during the Revolution, was an inmate. Governor Forbes, the associate of General Braddock, died here. In 1868 the old mansion was demolished, and its site occupied by the Commercial Exchange.
3. Certain lots on the north side of Market Street, Philadelphia, and reaching half way to Arch Street, bounded at extremities by the Delaware River and Wood Street.
4. He was joint proprietor, with William Penn, of a grist mill on the site of Chester-the third mill in the province.
5. A lot extending from the river to Second Street, and from Norris Alley to Walnut.
6. A crane, bakery. and mansion house on the wharf. Also a store-house and grocery, and a tavern called the " Globe."
7. Half of a mill at Darby, and a saw-mill, with a pond covering 300 acres.
8. Five thousand acres in Poquassing Creek, fifteen miles from Philadelphia.
9. The island in Delaware River, opposite Bristol-350 acres.
10. An estate of 380 acres, called " Sepviser Plantation, " a part of Fairhill, at the north end of Philadelphia.
11. One thousand acres of land in Pilesgrove, Salem County, N. J., part of which he sold in 1700 to John Wood.
12. Fifty acres in New Jersey, opposite Philadelphia.
19. Six hundred acres in New Jersey, on the river, bounded in part by south branch of Timber Creek.
14. Eleven hundred acres in Elsinborough, Salem County, N. J., situated near the Swede's Fort. The farm now owned by Clement Hall is part of this tract. The original purchase was made in 1696.
15. Three-sixteenths of five thousand acres of land, and a mine, called Pickering's Mine.
16. A coffee house (at or near Walnut and Front Streets, Philadelphia, ) and scales.
He was actively engaged in foreign commerce, and owner in full or part of numerous vessels trading to the West Indies, and various parts of the world.
On the 12th October, 1684, Samuel Carpenter, Sen., married Hannah Hardiman, a native of Haverford, West South Wales, Great Britain. She was born in 1646, and having joined the Society of Friends, emigrated to Pennsylvania, where she became a minister of that persuasion. She died May 24, 1728, aged 82 years. A memoir of her character and services, published in Bevan's Collection of Memoirs, Speaks of her as a most exemplary woman.
"Hannah Carpenter was born in Haverford-West, South Wales, where she was convinced of the principles of Friends, and where, it is said, she became very serviceable to those who were in bonds for Christ's sake. After her settlement in Pennsylvania, she was united in marriage to Samuel Carpenter, of Philadelphia, a Friend of considerable influence in the Province. Her Gospel ministry was attended with much Divine sweetness, and was truly acceptable and she was a tender, nursing mother in the Church, and a bright example of Christian meekness. Her decease took place in 1728, at the advanced age of eighty-two years."-BOWDENS HISTORY OF FRIENDS IN AMERICA
The following extract from an article in Philadelphia Commercial List, published a few years since, speaks more particularly of Samuel Carpenter as a merchant:
SAMUEL CARPENTER.
The curious view of Philadelphia, by Peter Cooper, which hangs in the Philadelphia Library, and is supposed to have been painted about the year 1714, contains, as a conspicuous object, the storehouse of Samuel Carpenter, situate upon the wharf, below Chestnut Street.
"Carpenter's Stairs, " nearly opposite, was a passage from Front Street to what was then called King Street, but which, since the Revolutionary war, has been called Water Street. Carpenter's Wharf was a well-known landmark among the drab-coated men who came over with Penn, and Samuel Carpenter has literally the distinction of having been one of our first merchants. It is impossible at this time to give much information in relation to the state of our commerce during the period between the settlement of the city, in 1682, and the death of Samuel Carpenter, in 1714; but ail accounts agree that Carpenter was the most successful merchant of his time. Commerce was then most confined to coasting trade, with greater voyages occasionally to the English West India Islands. Barbadoes and Jamaica were the principal points of intercourse, and from these islands came many of the settlers, whose blood still courses through our Philadelphia families.
Our exports were mostly agricultural products, in which grain, flour and tobacco held a large proportion.
Skins and furs were important articles of trade also. Ships were then more plentiful than they are now; but these ships were small craft of from one hundred to two hundred tons burthen. There was much danger from pirates, even in the short voyages which those vessels made, and the names of Kidd and Blackbeard are yet remembered
Joshua, brother of Samuel Carpenter, built Gimme Hall, where, in 1856, stood the Philadelphia Arcade.
He was one of Penn's commissioners for the sale of property, and in 1708 represented the city of Philadelphia in the Provincial Assembly. He was also one of the first Aldermen appointed under - the charter of 1701. His burial place was the centre of what is now known as Washington Square. Joshua was an Episcopalian. He is said to have removed to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Some of his descendants settled in Western Pennsylvania, and others in Kent County, Delaware.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND HANNAH CARPENTER.I-Hannah Carpenter, born 1686, married William Tishbourne, 1701, and died 1742. Her husband was mayor of Philadelphia, 1719-1720.
II-Samuel Carpenter (2d), born in Philadelphia, February 9, 1688; married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Preston (and granddaughter of Thomas Lloyd), 1711. She was born 1693 and died 1772.
III-Joshua Carpenter; died in infancy.
IV.-John Carpenter; born 1690; married Ann Hoskins, 1711, and died 1724. His wife died 1719. Anne was daughter of Richard and Esther Hoskins, 11 mo. 11, 1710.
Richard Hoskins was " an eminent physician and minister of the Gospel". He died in England on a visit, about 1700. His wife died in Philadelphia, in 1698. He left several daughters.
Martha Carpenter, daughter of John and Anne, married in Philadelphia, Reese Meredith, March 23, 1738. Reese was the son of Reese, of Radnorshire, Wales. He produced a certificate dated 2d mo., 1730, from the monthly meeting in Leominster, Hereford County, Great Britain, of his right of membership among Friends. Died in Philadelphia, November 17, 1778, aged about 70. His wife died 8 mo. 26, 1769. He was a shipping merchant largely in trade. Their children were: Samuel, married Margaret Cadwallader. Anne, married Henry Hill, merchant. Flizabeth, married George Clymer.
George Clymer was born in Philadelphia, June 10, 1739.
V.-Rebecca Carpenter, born 1692, died 1713.
VI.-Abraham Carpenter, died 1702.
HANNAH SURVIVED HER HUSBAND BY ABT 16 YEARS. "HER MOTHER (JANE HARDIMAN) WAS A WIDOW WHO CAME FROM HAVERFORD WEST, IN WALES TO PHILADELPHIA." HER BROTHER, ABRAHAM H. MARRIED A ? AND HAD MARY WHO MARRIED GEORGE FITZWATER, SON THOMAS F. AND ELIZABETH PALMER IN 1684. PER SAMUEL CARPENTER AND HIS DESCENDANTS. P.8&9. See also page 39. Died age 83.
AFN number added had birth date as abt 1650 and death date as listed. NFD 1991.E-MAIL: Fri, 18 May 2001 From: Phoebe Cortez MzCortez@aol.com
LANGDALE, JOSIAH. Late of Bridlington Key, Yorkshire.February 14, 1723.
June 28, 1723. D. 359.Joseph Bond, HANNAH Carpenter relict of Samuel
Carpenter, deceased, mentioned. Will signed on board the ship London Hope
laying at anchor in the Downes near Deale in Great Britain, where he died.
Proved at Philadelphia. Executrix: Wife Margaret (daughter of William and
Isabel Burton, yeoman, late of Yorkshire, deceased).Witnesses: John Annis,
Senior, Commander of the Ship London Hope, Sarah Dinsdale, John Estaugh and
Isaiah Cardel.
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