The photos below do not appear in order so my direct line is as follows:

- Deacon William (Sailed to America with his father and son in 1638 and settled in Rehoboth, MA)
- William
- Noah
- Stephen
- Deacon Stephen (One of the founding families of Cheshire, Massachussetts; Near Pittsfield)
- Darius
- Daniel
- George Albert
- George Edgar
- Albert Edgar (Moved his family to Shelburne Falls/Buckland, Massachussetts)
- Harold Elliot (My grandfather moved the family south to Connecticut)

• Harold Carpenter with his wife b 1913 d 1983 (25 KB)
  Harold Carpenter was a quite man. He grew up in Buckland, Mass. and met his wife at the local Bruffee Auto Sales. He worked at New England Power Company with his father until he heard they were building airplanes at Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford, Connecticut. He commuted from Hartford on the weekends and retired at P&W after 25 years as a lead mechanic. After selling the house in Buckland in the 1970's, he and his wife settled in Manchester. Harold was a brilliant man, mechanically able to most anything. In his earlier days he had his own business repairing electric motors.
• William Carpenter of Rehoboth b 1605 d 1658 (153 KB)
  Photo of William Carpenter's gravesite on Newman Street in East Providence, Rhode Island - photo taken by John William Carpenter July 1999 Oldest marker in the cemetery.
• Albert Edgar Carpenter b 1886 d 1971 (71 KB)
  Albert was a resident of Shelburne Falls, Massachussetts 50 years, employed by the New England Power Co., as maintenance foreman until his retirement in 1952. He was a former member of the Mountain Lodge of Masons and attended the Congregational Church.
• Deacon William Carpenter b 1631 d 1703 (333 KB)
  Photo of Deacon William Carpenter's gravesite on Newman Street in East Providence, Rhode Island - photo taken July 2000 by John William Carpenter
• Noah Carpenter's Gravesite b 1672 d 1753 (215 KB)
  John William Carpenter standing at the gravesite of Noah. Taken at the Newell Cemetery in Attleboro, Mass. in July 2000. Stone is virtually unreadable - buried next to Ruth Follet - his second wife.
• Stephen Carpenter's Gravesite - unknown (387 KB)
  Carpenter Royal Crest - Greyhound
• Deacon Stephen Carpenter's Gravesite b 1740 d 1815 (127 KB)
  John William Carpenter standing at the gravesites of his 6G grandparents; Deacon Stephen and Amey Field Carpenter. Stephen moved from Attelboro to Cheshire or Adams, MA, his family was all born in Cheshire; he served in The Revolutionary War as a soldier; he was in the battle near Bennington, VT, August 16, 1777; he served as deacon in the Elder Warden's church; he gave public exhortations.
• Darius carpenter's Gravesite b 1783 d 1829 (319 KB)
  Darius Carpenter's gravesite on Washington Street in Cheshire, Massachussetts
• Daniel Carpenter's Gravesite b 1809 d 1877 (329 KB)
  Daniel Carpenter's gravesite on Washington Street in Cheshire, Massachussetts
• George Albert Carpenter Photo b 1840 d 1922 (21 KB)
  George Albert Carpenter was a bookkeeper at the tannery in East Cheshire as a young man. He played the fiddle with Warren Cole at the country dances in the neighborhood. He sold butter, eggs, and farm produce in Adams and Cheshire.
• George Edgar Carpenter with Family b 1861 d 1938 (70 KB)
  George Edgar Carpenter was a farmer on West Road in Adams, Massachussetts. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was highly respected by a host of friends. He possessed a quite, retiring nature, was a devoted husband, a kind father, always willing to lend a helping hand to a neighbor or friend.

John William Carpenter
jcarpenter@wirefreecnc.com

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