Person:John Carpenter (103)

Heisterkamp's Annotated Landis Ferree Tree (as of 30 April 2004)

Genealogy Notes of the Carpenter Family, page 174 -

John Carpenter, M.D. practiced in Lancaster County from 1762 to 1810.

Genealogy Notes of the Carpenter Family, page 39 -

John served in the American Revolution as a private in the company that Lieutenant John Carpenter commanded. He fought at the Battle of Long Island and escaped capture. He developed health problems and left the service. He later married his cousin Mary Ferree, daughter of Mary Carpenter and David Ferree. Mary was the sole survivor of this branch of the Ferree family and her inheritance was large. John, by marriage, became the richest of all the Carpenters. He owned farms, mills, and city property. On the old Ferree homestead, about 8 miles outside of Lancaster in Paradise he built "Carpenter Hall", a stately mansion.

An Outline of George Ferree's Charts (refers to P.A. Ser. 5, Vol. 7, pages 58, 94, and 655 and Ser. 5, Vol. 3, page 589) - 1777 - 1st Lieutenant in Capt. John Kendrick's company, 7th Battalion commanded by Col. John Boyd: 1782 - Pvt. 7th. class, 3rd County, 1st Battalion, L.C.M. under Capt. Mathias Slaymaker and Pvt. under Capt. Jacob Forney, 6th Company 8th. Bat. comd. by Col. Joseph Jenkins.

From DAR Lineage books Vol 28 page 142. He served in the Lancaster county militia, 1777, as a lieutenant in the Eighth company, under Capt. Henry Kendrick and Col. John Boyd.

The Pennsylvania-German, Vol. XI, No. 2, February, 1910 - A Carpenter Family of Lancaster by A. Y. Casanova, Philipsburg, Pa.

Dr. John Carpenter was a Revolutionary soldier and is noted in our annals as the proprietor of a famous botanical garden, founded by his father, and which contained fine exotic plants which he introduced for the first time into this country; he married his cousin Mary Ferree, a wealthy heiress, daughter of Daniel Ferree and Mary Carpenter, and of the last named we shall speak below. Dr. John lived in affluence at "Carpenter Hall," a few miles distant from Lancaster city; his son Abraham married Salome Smith and was in the Legislature; Mary, the daughter, married John Smith, a brother of Salome Smith. Dr. John Carpenter married, secondly, Susan Hartman, and their daughters Susan and Salome married Frederick Yeiser and Joseph LeFevre respectively. The will of Dr. John was probated on March 27, 1798 and that of his second wife on November 9, 1822.

2. Dr. Henry Carpenter Jr., married Catharine Carpenter, granddaughter of Gabriel Carpenter, and their children were Mary, John, Henry, Isaac, Susanna wife of John McClery, Salome, Daniel and Christian.

3. Barbara Carpenter married John Dehoff.

4. Susan Carpenter married, first, Christian Reigart, proprietor of the "Fountain Inn" of Lancaster city, where sessions of Court were held from 1781 to 1785; he was a brother of the above-named Adam Reigart. After her first husband's death, Susan married Colonel Thomas Edwards of the Revolutionary Army, a man of considerable prominence,who became Sheriff of the county, and who, according to the Lancaster Moravian records, was born in the Parish of Bellemony, county of Antrim, Province of Ulster, Ireland, and died on February 7, 1794.

5. Mary Carpenter married John Smith.

6. Abraham Carpenter, of Earl township, married Esther Hafer, and his will was probated on April 28,1829; their children were Abraham, Henry, Elizabeth, Susannah wife of David Trimble, Rebecca wife of Andrew Howlett, Leah wife of Paul Johns, Ester, and Polly wife of John Riley.

7. Salome Carpenter married John Offner.

Abstracts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Wills - 1786-1820 -

His will lists his wife, Susanna Carpenter and his children: Abraham, Susanna wife of Frederick Yeiser, Mary wife of John Smith, Salome wife of Joseph Lefever. Grandchildren listed are Susanna, John, and Joseph Lefever.

Executors: Abraham Carpenter, John Smith, Christian Hartman. Strasburg Township.

1. ↑ Jessie A. Landis nee Witmer. Ferree - du Bois Family Tree. (1913).
2. ↑ Edwin S. Walker. Genealogy Notes of the Carpenter Family. (Illinois State Journal County, Springfield, 1907)
   page 174.
3. ↑ kamp3genealogy@@netscape.net. Heisterkamp, Charles, III, M.D..

   1949 Pine Drive, Lancaster, PA, 17601, ckamp3@@netscape,net, 717-392-0562

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Charles Heisterkamp, III, M.D. Annotated Landis Ferree Tree. (30 April 2004).

   Date of Import: Jul 14, 2004

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Edwin S. Walker. Genealogy Notes of the Carpenter Family. (Illinois State Journal County, Springfield, 1907)
   page 195.
6. ↑ WorldConnect Project. (RootsWeb)
   George F. Moyer - 8 February 2001.
7. ↑ WorldConnect Project. (RootsWeb)
   Sherlynn Jones Family Tree - 8 March 2002.

   RootsWeb, WorldConnect Project, "Electronic," Sherlynn Jones Family Tree - 8 March 2002. adds Month, Day,

8. ↑ WorldConnect Project. (RootsWeb)
   Sherlynn Jones Family Tree - 8 March 2002.

   RootsWeb, WorldConnect Project, "Electronic," Sherlynn Jones Family Tree - 8 March 2002. adds Month, Day.

9. ↑ WorldConnect Project. (RootsWeb)
   The Cameron & Paige Report - 05-04-2004.
10. ↑ Estimated date.
11. ↑ Eleanor Jane Fulton and Barbara Kendig Mylin. An Index to the Will Books and Intestate Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - 1729-1850. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore 1994)
    page 7.
12. ↑ ^12.0 12.1 F. Edward Wright, Editor. Abstracts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Wills - 1786-1820. (Willow Bend Books, Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland 2001)
    page 36.
13.   Charles Heisterkamp, III, M.D..

    1949 Pine Drive, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 17601-5529, kamp3genealogy@netscape.net