"We will never know exactly when or why Alexander Carpenter decided to leave his home, traveling across the full southern width of England and eventually crossing the Channel to settle in a foreitn land. But it must have been a motive of weight and consequence, because Alexander did not travel alone - he was accompanied by his wife Prescilla and their five girls - Juliann, Agnes, Alice, Mary and Priscilla - the oldest in her early teens, the youngest only a toddler."
