Lewis Carpenter (1752 - bef. 1786)

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Townsend) Little — married 1775 in Hempstead, LI

Descendants

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Biography

"142 LEWIS CARPENTER son of JOSEPH(IV) was born about 1752. The record of marriages of St George's Church, Hempstead, L I has this entry: LEWIS CARPENTER of New York (city) married ELIZABETH TOWNSEND of Oyster Bay, August 27, 1775; and the record of the First Presbyterian Church, New York city, shows that ELIZABETH CARPENTER, widow, was married to Robert LITTLE, Oct 7, 1786. And "The TOWNSEND Memorial" says that __________________________________________________ 134 "The CARPENTER FAMILY in America" ___________________________________ she had three children by her husband LEWIS CARPENTER, and named them as 396 TOWNSEND, born 1778 (?) 397 THOMAS, born in New York city, Jan 5, 1780 398 HENRY, born 1782(?), died at Horse Heads N Y, 1865 HENRY had a son named TOWNSEND 399 PHEBE,* probably born about 1784. She married Nathaniel WRIGHT of Cornwall, N Y

Sources

• History and genealogy of the Carpenter family in America, from the settlement at Providence, R.I., 1637-1901 by Carpenter, Daniel Hoogland, b. 1828
• New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600 - 1800s, pg 72.
• "The TOWNSEND Memorial"