Person:Joseph Carpenter (3)

Occupation

'Miller and yeoman .... D. H. Carpenter states that Joseph had a corn mill at Warwick when he was an inhabitant there .... In fact, the mill was in the part of Pawtuxet village lying on the north side of the river of that name, in the township of Providence; John Sweet had the corn mill at Warwick (RILE 50-51; WarTR1 157, 160). At Musketa Cove, "Carpenter and his friends . . . constructed a saw mill and a gristmill across what is now known as Glen Cove Creek. The harbor was ideal for shipping lumber to New York City and the creek was dammed to provide power for the mills. Their goal was [to] furnish New York City with lumber for the construction of housing. The site for the saw mill had many congenial conditions--a fine stream, opportunity for a short dam, and easy access to navigable water at high tide. . . . The lumber produced by the saw mill found a ready market in New York City. By 1679, two years after Carpenter's purchase from the Indians was officially ratified by the colonial New York government, the mill was producing nine different thickness[es] of boards and timber, as well as tile laths, shingle laths, wainscot, 'feather-edged' boards for paneling, and custom-cut walnut for cabinet-making" (Glen Cove Hist).^[2]

Further Reading

Carpenter Sketches includes an article on Joseph Carpenter by Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, which the reader is referred to for more extensive information, as well as source citations. Zubrinsky periodically updates the article, and the reader is encouraged to check it for his latest research.

Amos B. Carpenter's book A Genealogical History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America, brought down from their English ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with many biographical notes of descendants and allied families also referred to as Carpenter Memorial also presents a sketch of Joseph Carpenter, but this book is full of misinformation and misinterpretation of data, and should be used only in consulation with the work of Zubrinsky.

Superseded Notes

The following notes consist of previously compiled data, some of which is incorrect. They are retained so that the reader may identify specific items contained in them that he or she might have thought worthy of inclusion in Gene Zubrinsky's notes ^[3] and will know that they were deliberately omitted for being erroneous or extraneous. For PAF and GEDCOM data files containing only his notes, see the "Gene Zubrinsky" folder of the CE 2009.

Number 2 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H. Carpenter, 1901.

In the Carpenter Chronicles, Vol 26, (Sept. 1996) a Signe. N. Parrish claims decent from this Joseph. From age of children et cetera, Amos as child to Joseph is probably wrong. He most likely was a grandchild, but by whom is unknown. Temporary connection.

The five purchasers of Musketa Cove were Joseph Carpenter, Nicholas Simpkins and the brothers Daniel, Robert and Nathaniel Coles, sons of Robert Coles of Pawtuxet, RI. A Map drawn in 1677 showed that the only Carpenters on Musketa Cove were the brothers Joseph and Ephraim Carpenter. Joseph owned the site of the first house built in Musketa Cove about 1668. Adjacent to his land was the land of Daniel Coles, son of robert Coles of Pawtuxet. Amos B. Carpenter stated in the Carpenter Memorial he was never ever able to substantiate any migration from Wales to Long Island in 1678, supporting the determination that the brothers had orginated in Providence. James Usher indicates in his 1883 record a Carpenter family that was descendant of Caleb Zimmerman of Prussia that went to England as a "Friend" and his descendants went to Wales then America to Long Island.

Sources: Also: Thomas C. Cornell, Adam and Anne Mott: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Poughkeepsie, NY 1890), p. 255; Mather, p. 287; Records of Louise Carpenter Licklider; Records of Ruth Carpenter Adair; William Wade Hinshaw, Encylopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Ann Arbor, MI, 1950), 6 vols., Vol. 3.; The Epistle, August 1975, p. 20.

A map drawn in 1718 shows a Survey of Westchester County, NY for a Joseph Carpenter and a Bennonah Merit. Joseph the largest landowner shown, had two tracts, the first and second purchases. Timothy Carpenter's land was shown below Joseph's last purchase, where the town of Armonk now is located. The land of William and Silas Carpenter was further south. If Joseph died in 1693 or 1695 it could not have been him who requested the survey above. His son Joseph died abt the same time period. It had to be his grandson Joseph (B. 1685) or another non-related Joseph Carpenter.

BOOK: See page 9-11 of the Mowrey 1997 book. See book information below: UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISH ORIGIN THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH CARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION. BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY. PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997. BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.

!Subject: Short history of Joseph Carpenter Date: 99-05-03 18:58:16 EDT From: LMORE@worldnet.att.net (Lawrence Gordon More) To: JRCRIN001 (John R. Carpenter) John, I have a number of unanswered questions about the establishment of the Long Island Quaker colonies myself. I have read several versions that vary, hopefully some day a person, unbiased, will set down with a good translation of the Dutch records, and pertinent genealogical records, and set the story to pen. There seem to be quite a number of players in the story, such as John Bowne, a number of passengers of the Woodhouse, Roger Williams, Captian John Underhill, at least two Dutch Govenors, both Dutch and English soldiers and the Indians of the Island, and still many more, but I have as yet to hear the whole sotry told. Larry More. Here is a short history of Joseph Carpenter and a few decendants, refferences are at the end. (II) Joseph, eldest son of William and Elizabeth (Arnold) Carpenter, was born at Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, about 1635. The first mention made of him is at Providence, Rhode Island, where on May 3, 1656, he is witness to a deed from his uncle, Stephen Arnold, to his father, which indicates that he was then of legal age. The town records of Warwick, Rhode Island, show that he had a "corne mill" at the wading place near the Falls on the Pawtuxet river. Here he remained until 1677, although as early as 1663 he was at Long Island making negotiations for the purchase of land from the Indians at Oyster Bay. The Hempstead colony on Long Island resisted the attempts to settle at Oyster Bay, but finally allowed them to remain in peace. Joseph Carpenter is recorded as having purchased 3000 acres of land at Musketa Cove. Associated with him were Nathaniel Coles, Abia Carpenter, Thomas Townsend and Robert Coles. They styled themselves "The Five Proprietors of Musketa Plantations," which name and style was continued until after the revolution. Each proprietor had a "home lott" of five acres set off on which to erect a dwelling. These home lots were situated on a street or highway that they called "The Place." The site of these homes on this street, which still bears the name, are very readily identified. On the "lott of Joseph Carpenter" the first house was built after the erection of a saw mill. It was occupied by him all his lifetime, was the birthplace of nearly all his children, and continued in the family for several generations. The plantation prospered, although its growth was retarded by King Philip's war. Following the erection of a saw mill he burt a grist and fulling mill, agreeing with the other proprietors to grind their grain in return for the use of water power. In a few years the Oyster Bay settlement had its own town government, constable, overseers, justice of the peace and recorder. They held their own town meetings and elected their own officers until the organization of Queens county in 1683. They had many industries, and the records show Joseph Carpenter to have been the prime mover in their establishment, and that his energy and ability had made a thriving community from an humble beginning. He died during the "sickly season" of 1683. The place of his burial is not known. He married (first) April 21, 1659, Hannah, daughter of William Carpenter, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts; she was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, February 3, 1640, died about 1673. He married (second) Ann (or Anna), baptized in the Dutch Church at New York in 1647, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Luther) Weeks. Francis Weeks was with Roger Williams in the canoe when he first landed at Providence. He and his wife were early settlers of Hempstead, Long Island, where they were heavily fined for "entertaining Quakers," and soon after removed to Oyster Bay. Children by first wife: 1. Joseph, "the eldest son," inherited the estate and title of his father. 2. A daughter, married William Thornecraft, 3. Tamsen, married John Williams. 4. William, born about 1666. 5. Nathaniel, said to have been the first white child born at Musketa Cove, Oyster Bay, Long Island; married Tamar, eldest daughter of Robert and Mercy (Wright) Coles. 6. Hannah, married Jacob Hicks. Children of second wife: 7. Ann, married Joseph Weeks. 8. Benjamin, married Mercy, daughter of Robert and Mercy (Wright) Coles, sister of the wife of his half brother, Nathaniel. 9. John (posthumous child), married Martha Feake. These children were all prominent in the plantation, and some of them joined in the exodus from Oyster Bay to "the Main," as Westchester county was then called, and were among the first settlers at Rye, North Castle, Bedford, Harrison and Mamaroneck. Other families leaving about 1700 were the Coles, Weeks, Lallings, Wrights, Townsends, Cocks and many others. (III) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph (1) and Hannah (Carpenter) Carpenter, was born about 1660, at Pawtuxet, and inherited the paternal estate, operating a mill and the plantation. There is a tradition that he was drowned trying to save the mill in a freshet. At any rate he died between September 9, 1687, and 1692. His wife Ann was probably a daughter of Thomas Thornycraft. Record of two sons is found: Joseph, mentioned below; Thomas, born August 15, 1687. (IV) Joseph (3), eldest son of Joseph (2) and Ann Carpenter, was born October 16, 1685, at Pawtuxet, the date being recorded at Oyster Bay, New York, probably to authenticate his heirship to one-fifth of the Musketa Cove patent. Five days after he came of age he deeded to his uncles, William and Nathaniel, farms in that section. His adult life was passed at Oyster Bay, and in 1707 he instituted suit to recover property in Rhode Island formerly belonging to his greatgrandfather, William Carpenter. This suit was successful. He resided on the homestead at Pawtuxet until about 1715, when he sold out and moved across the Cove to Lot No. 1, in the division of 1681, which is now in the village of Sea Cliff. His house was burned by lightning in 1747-8, after which he sold the land for o225 and retired to the village of Jericho, where he died June 3, 1776, at the house of his grandson, Joseph Carpenter. He was a sincere member of the Friends Society, often occupying places of trust and responsibility in the town and was noted for his charitable character. To his benevolence many worthy persons were indebted for substantial aid at the proper time. He married (first) in 1707, Ann, daughter of Captain Andrew and Ann (Coddington) Willett. She died February 9, 1709, and he married (second) in 1711, her sister Mary, born September 21, 1691. She was a granddaughter of Colonel Thomas Willett, born 1610, at Borley, Hertfordshire, England, and came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1629. Later he was at New Amsterdam, and was the first English mayor appointed over the city of New York, 1665. The Dutch soon after reoccupied New Amsterdam, and he retired to Swansea, Massachusetts, where he died August 4, 1674. He was a man of much character and ability and still has numerous descendants in the vicinity of New York. He married (third) in 1636, Mary, daughter of John Brown, a pioneer of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Andrew, son of Thomas and Mary (Brown) Willett, was born at Plymouth, and was a merchant at Boston, whence he removed about 1680 to Rhode Island. As early as 1692 he returned to Boston and occupied a residence on Boston Neck which was built by his brother-in-law, John Saffin, speaker of Massachusetts assembly. While residing in Rhode Island he represented Westerly in the general court. He married Ann, daughter of Hon. William Coddington, of Newport, and among their children were daughters Ann and Mary, who married successively Joseph Carpenter, as above noted. (V) Ann, daughter of Joseph (3) and Mary (Willett) Carpenter, born September 24, 1716, died 1803, married October 8, or December 23, 1737, at Oyster Bay, Samuel Underhill of that town (see Underhill IV). SEE: New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV Author: William Richard Cutter, 1913 Page 2032, 2033, 2034. !SEE: The following data is from a web page on Glen Cove. (submitted by John L. Carpenter of NH. A bit of the Hamlet of Musketa Cove, Town of Oyster Bay (now known as the City of Glen Cove) early history concerning a young Rhode Island inhabitant named Joseph Carpenter who purchased 2,000 acres of land on May 24, 1668 in the then northwest section of the Town of Oyster Bay from the Matinecock Indians in order to erect a saw mill. "On May 24, 1668, a young Rhode Island inhabitant named Joseph Carpenter purchased 2,000 acres of land to the northwest of the Town of Oyster Bay from the Matinecock Indians. His intention was to erect a saw mill and furnish New York City with lumber desperately needed for the construction of housing. Carpenter took in as partners in his venture three brothers: Robert, Daniel and Nathaniel Coles, who were also former inhabitants of Rhode Island living in Oyster Bay; and Nicholas Simkins, also of Oyster Bay. These five businessmen chose to retain the place-name by which the Matinecock Indians had known the area, and therefore styled themselves "The Five Proprietors of Musketa Cove Plantation." Musketa (also spelled "rnusquito") translates from the Matinecock's language to roughly mean "the place of rushes." Within a rather short time, the "Five Proprietors" had dammed a small stream that ran through the valley, whose course is roughly paralleled by Glen Street today. This dam was located near the foot of Mill Hill, slightly northeast of the present fire department on a spot marked by a memorial plaque. On the dam was erected the saw mill, which by an early. covenant between the "Five Proprietors" was jointly owned by each of them, and a small grist mill which was constructed by Joseph Carpenter under the condition that he grind the grain of the other proprietors "well and tolle free for ever." (Millers were remunerated for their services by receiving a percentage of the finished flour as payment... usually about 10 per cent). The lumber produced by the saw mill found a ready market in New York City, which had used up most of the indigenous trees on Manhattan Island rather quickly. By l679, just two years after Carpenter's purchase from the Indians was officially ratified by the colonial New York govemment, the mill was producing nine different thicknesses of boards and timber, as well as tile laths, shingle laths, wainscott, "feather-edged" boards for panelling, and custom-cut walnut for cabinet-making. A small portion of the mill's accounts were recorded in the "Musketa Cove Proprietor's Book," a hand- written record of the early settlers' land transactions and agreements. The accounts indicate that one of the major purchasers of Musketa Cove lumber was Jacob Leisler, a prosperous New York City merchant who would, in 1689, overthrow the colonial government of the colony and, in 1691, would be executed for treason. However, it appears that Leisler did not forget his acquaintances in Musketa Cove during his reign as ad-hoc governor in New York, he appointed Robert Coles as Captain in the Oyster Bay Militia." Early History of Glen Cove - City of Glen Cove Web Site. The above information obtained from the City of Glen Cove web site:

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Joseph2 Carpenter (William1) of Warwick, Rhode Island, and Musketa Cove, Long Island, New York, in Zubrinsky, Eugene Cole. Carpenter Sketches: Links to Sketches And Articles Representing the Most Current and Reliable Scholarship Concerning Early Generations of the Carpenter Families of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island and Their Ancestors. (Carpenters' Encyclopedia of Carpenters, 2008).

   'JOSEPH2 CARPENTER (William1 of Providence, RichardA) was born about 1638 (aged 26 in 1664), probably at Providence Plantation (not 1635, in England), and died intestate between 15 or 17 February 1682[/3] and 15 March 1683/4 at Musketa Cove (then a plantation in Oyster Bay Township; now the town of Glen Cove, Nassau County), Long Island, Province of New York.'

2. ↑ Zubrinsky page 4, see article for citations
3. ↑ Zubrinsky