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Descendants of William Carpenter

26. Hope⁴ Carpenter (John³, William², William¹, Robert^A, Willam^B, Robert^C, Richard^D, William^E, John the younger^F, John the Elder^G, Richard^H, John^I Carpenter, Maurice^J, Jean^K) was born in Jamaica, LI, and died Aft. January 08, 1711/12 in JAMACIA, QUEENS, LI. He married Mary Mills Abt. 1685 in JAMACIA, LI. She was born Abt. 1660.

Notes for Hope Carpenter:
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!Number 25 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 50.
Family is number 14 on page 61. He reside at Jamaica, LI
His will was dated 8 Jan 1712 and proved 23 Mar 1712. An abstract of his will
reads as follows: "Hope Carpenter, second son of first Captain John, by will
gives to his wife Mary; and to his son Hope, five shillings, because he hath
done so much for him already. Sons Ashman, Hezekiah and John, land at
Hopewell, near Burlington, NJ and also land in Jamaica. Daughter Hannah."
Hope had in his family from 1671 to 1688, one christening and one burial.
Hope and his brother Samuel, among others refused to pay a tax in support of
the Episcopal church and were arrested Feb. 25, 1703 and the matter kept in
court till March 31, 1705 when it was dismissed.
Hope and Samuel were both Captains of the Militia in 1700, and appointed
Ensigns by the Lt. Gov. on 10 Jan 1690.

!AF has death date as 23 May 1712 but this is incorrect. Also AF has father
as Joseph but this is incorrect.

Children of Hope Carpenter and Mary Mills are:

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Hope⁵ Carpenter, born Abt. 1685 in Jamaica, LI; died Aft. 1730 in Elizabethtown, NJ.

Notes for Hope Carpenter:
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!Number 82 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 61
Family is number 45 on page 85.
It appears that the family left Jamaica about the time or soon after the father
died as land was sold there in Jamaica, that formerly belonged to Hope Carpenter
deceased in 1721. And Joseph Carpenter bought land that formerly belonged to
Capt. John Carpenter (the 1st), which he gave by will to his son Hope in 1718.
Hope or his father, sold land at 12 different times from 1699 to 1712.
From 1681 to 1688 there was one birth and one burial in the family of Hope
Carpenter. Hope, Sr. and Hope, Jr. bought land at White Plains, NY July 5,
1700. Hope, Jr. and Elizabeth his wife sold this land April 8, 1715.
It appears that he had his portion of his father's estate as he went along, as
the will states: "I give my son Hope, 5 shillings, because I have done so much
for him already."
His residence was in Elizabethtown, NJ, in 1720: he probably moved there about
1712. The rest of the family went to Hopewell, near Burlington, NJ.

!SOURCES: Page 86, New Jersey, Wilk, Calendar of Wills, New Jersey Archives,
First Series, Vol. 30, and the Carpenter Memorial by Amos Bugbee Carpenter.

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ii.

John Carpenter, born Abt. 1690 in JAMACIA, LI; died Aft. October 01, 1744 in Hopewell Twp., Gloucester, NJ.

Notes for John Carpenter:
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!Number 85 in The Carpenter Memorial on page 62. Family on page 86 #48.
!Per PA Marriages before 1699, page 278:
1743, May 2. Carpenter, John, and Sarah Driver, area II.

!He made his will 1 Oct. 1744: it was admitted to probate 2 Apr 1745.
He paid a tax in Hopewell on 90 acres of land in 1722 and in 1731 was one of
the subscribers for the purchase of a parsonage for the pastor of the
Presbyterian church of what is now Lawrence and Hopewell. This does not refer
to the village of Hopewell, but the township of Hopewell.

We find a John Carpenter, probably a son of the above named John, a subscriber
to the Pastor's salary in 1769. We find another John Carpenter, probably a
grandson of the first named John who resided in Pennington and kept a hotel
there between 1820 and 1830. He married the daughter of Joseph M. Phillips of
Hopewell; He died probably about 1835; He had a daughter who married a
Beknan; He was also Township clerk and a member of the Township Committee in
1820 and 1822. This is no doubt the same John Carpenter who kept the hotel at
Pennington. The Committee met at his house. The old hotel is still standing
at Pennington (in 1898).

!SEE: Hart Family Chart in possession of Raymond George Carpenter in 1994.

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iii.

Hezekiah Carpenter, born Abt. 1690 in Jamaica, LI.

Notes for Hezekiah Carpenter:
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!Number 84 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 61
His family was dropped in the above record.

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iv.

Ashman Carpenter, born Abt. 1691 in Jamaica, LI.

Notes for Ashman Carpenter:
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!Number 83 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 61
Family is number 46 on page 85.

!By his father's will, land was given him and his two brothers Hezekiah and
John in Hopewell, NJ. The estate of Hope Carpenter, Sr. was settled by John
Muirhead of Hopewell, late deceased May 13, 1713. By this it appears that his
son Hope, Jr. had nothing to do with the settlement of his father's estate; as
it seems he had been fully paid his share of the estate before his father made
his will.

!SEE: Letter of Betty Schuler Smalley, Revolutionary War Pension Record of
Henry Carpenter, Letter of Wayne S. Carpenter and the Carpenter Memorial by
Amos Bugbee Carpenter.

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Hannah Carpenter, born Abt. 1696 in Jamaica, LI; died in Hopewell Twp., NJ.

Notes for Hannah Carpenter:
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!Number 86 in the Carpenter Memorial. Page 62

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