Eleanor Olin(626)7 m: August 13, 1741 to Benjamin Carpenter b: October 5, 1719 d: 1759. Their children:
Sarah Carpenter(1695) b: 1743
Jane Carpenter(1696) b: 1744
Elisha Carpenter(1697) b: 1748
Mary Carpenter(1698) b: 1751
Elizabeth Carpenter(1699) b: 1756
Benjamin Carpenter(1700) b: 1759
From mroberts@chanute-ks.com:
The son of Elisha I am descended from is Stephen Decatur
Carpenter. Anyways, the two people you showed me as children
to Elisha are both daughters I believe. So then both would lose
their Carpenter name.
A intersting fact for you might be about where the Carpenters
move to from New York(As I know). Stephen, son of Elisha(Revolutionary
Veteran), served in the War of 1812 where he was granted a tract
of land in Illinois. It was 160 acres. From my Gr Grandpa's
scribbling, who passed away in 1987, right before Stephen's family
was to move to Illinois he became ill. So my next descendant,
gr gr gr gr grandpa, the oldest son of Stephen, O.D. or Ormal
Decatur(Captain of the Illinois 103rd in the civil war) took charge
and traveled covered wagon to the unsettled land. In fact their
were two or three squatters on the land when they got there...
Enough about that. My great grandpa who did this research lived
on this farm(oldest one still in the same family name in Illinois)
and his wife, my gr grandma still lives on the farm in an old
farmhouse. She still drives and use to be a school and music
teacher and is just now starting to lose her short term memory
a bit. I know she has quite a bit of information on our history.
As you can see Decatur was a popular name, wonder if it was passed
down. A county pioneer book of Fulton County, Illinois says that
Elisha was born in 1748(we know) and died in 1808... If this
turns out there is a relation, my gr grandma still has a clothes
dresser and some other furniture that came covered wagon from
New York.
This is getting interesting. I know of another cousin of the
carpenter family I met through the internet who has much more
info than me. I believe she is also trying to get through this
Elisha block. She may have names of siblings that I don't. She
is descended of Stephen also but the sister of O.D I believe.
I have her e-mail if you would like to contact.
