William Carpenter, s/o William, m. abt 1711 Elizabeth Prior, d/o John Prior and Elizabeth Bowne. "She apparently became estranged from her husband on account of their different religious beliefs, which so affected his after life that in 1730 he gave to his daughter (and probably his only child) the one half of all his estate, having previously sold the other half to his daughter's husband." Cites Friends Meeting, Westbury, dated Matinecock "15 of ye 11th mo, 1715/16" [15 Jan 1715/16] where Elizabeth confessed that she went "contrary to the good councill and Advice of my mother and family and took a husband and was marrayed by the priest".
