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Descendants of Samuel Carpenter

Generation No. 4

11. HANNAH⁵ ALLEN (HANNAH⁴ CARPENTER, PRESTON³, SAMUEL², SAMUEL¹)²². She married JAMES SMITH²².

Children of HANNAH ALLEN and JAMES SMITH are:

SARAH ANN⁶ SMITH²², b. March 3, 1809²²; d. April 7, 1883²²; m. DR. DAVID M. DAVIS²², May 7, 1833²²; d. August 1886²².

Notes for DR. DAVID M. DAVIS:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

of Woodstown, New Jersey

ii.

MARY SMITH²², b. April 1812²².

12. JOHN⁵ ELLET (HANNAH⁴ CARPENTER, PRESTON³, SAMUEL², SAMUEL¹)²² was born February 3, 1769 in Salem, New Jersey²², and died May 10, 1824²². He married (1) SARAH ENGLISH²². He married (2) MARY SMITH²² 1792²².

Children of JOHN ELLET and SARAH ENGLISH are:

HENRY THOMAS⁶ ELLET²², b. March 8, 1812²²; m. (1) REBECCA CHAMPNEY SEELEY²²; b. March 5, 1817²²; m. (2) KATE S. COLEMAN²²; b. February 11, 1836²².

Notes for HENRY THOMAS ELLET:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

a distinguished lawyer, removed to Fort Gibson, Mississippi, in 1837, where he became judge. Member of Congress in 1846, State Senator, declined Postmaster-Generalship of the Confederate States. Removed to Memphis after the civil war and was chancellor of Shelby County, Tenn.; was judge of Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi.

	ii.		SARAH ENGLISH ELLET²², b. unmarried²².
	iii.		JOHN R. ELLET²², m. JEANE DOBSON²²; b. , Philadelphia²².
	iv.		JOSEPH REEVE ELLET²².

Children of JOHN ELLET and MARY SMITH are:

HANNAH CARPENTER⁶ ELLET²², b. November 22, 1793²²; d. April 20, 1862²²; m. (1) GEORGE WISHART SMITH²²; d. 1821²²; m. (2) JOSEPH E. BROWN²²; d. 1844²².

Notes for GEORGE WISHART SMITH:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

of Virginia, then resident of Talbot Co., Maryland. He served in the Maryland Line in the War of 1812.

vi.

MARIA CHAMLESS ELLET²², b. unmarried²².

13. WILLIAM⁵ ELLET (HANNAH⁴ CARPENTER, PRESTON³, SAMUEL², SAMUEL¹)²² was born July 3, 1775²², and died July 12, 1836 in New York²². He married ELIZABETH TAGGERT²².

Children of WILLIAM ELLET and ELIZABETH TAGGERT are:

SARAH ANN⁶ ELLET²².

Notes for SARAH ANN ELLET:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

died unmarried; resided many years in the family of Dr. James S. Carpenter, at Pottsville, Pa., and was greatly beloved and admired

ii.

WILLIAM H. ELLET²², d. January 26, 1859²²; m. (1) ANNIE W. PADGETT²²; m. (2) ELIZABETH FRIES LUMMIS²².

Notes for WILLIAM H. ELLET:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

graduated A.B. Columbia College, M.D. Rutgers College 1828, professor of chemistry in Columbia College 1835, and of physics in the College of South Carolina

Notes for ELIZABETH FRIES LUMMIS:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

a lady of extraordinary intellectual ability, one of the most popular and voluminous writers of America

iii.

CHARLES ELLET²², d. 1868, New York²².

Notes for CHARLES ELLET:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

resided some years in California, returned to New York in 1859

14. CHARLES⁵ ELLET (HANNAH⁴ CARPENTER, PRESTON³, SAMUEL², SAMUEL¹)²² was born March 4, 1777²², and died 1847²². He married MARY ISRAEL²² 1801²², daughter of ISRAEL ISRAEL. She died November 3, 1870²².

Notes for CHARLES ELLET:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

resided in Bucks County; his wife survived him many years; died Nov. 3, 1870, aged 91.

Children of CHARLES ELLET and MARY ISRAEL are:

	i.		HANNAH⁶ ELLET²², b. Abt. 1805²²; d. December 19, 1847²²; m. GEORGE C HALE²².
	ii.		CHARLES JR. ELLET²², b. January 1, 1810, Penn's Manor, Bucks County, Pennsylvania²²; d. June 21, 1862, from wounds in the Battle of Memphis²²; m. ELVIRA A. DANIELS²²; d. June 29, 1862²².

Notes for CHARLES JR. ELLET:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

He completed his education in Paris; civil engineer, chief engineer of James River and Kanawha Canal, built the first suspension bridge over the Niagara River, the wire bridge at Philadelphia (the first of the kind on this continent), the great suspension bridge at Wheeling; president of the Schuylkill Navigation Co.; author of many books and pamphlets; suggested the use of steam rams on the Mississippi River during the civil war; mortally wounded at the Battle of Memphis, in action with the ram fleet under his command as colonel of volunteers, June 6, 1862; died June 21, 1862, at Cairo; buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.

More About CHARLES JR. ELLET:
Burial: Laurel Hill Cemetary, Philadelphia²²

Notes for ELVIRA A. DANIELS:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

of Lynchburg, Virginia

	iii.		ADALINE ELLET²², d. Bef. March 26, 1822²².
	iv.		ISRAEL ELLET²², d. Bef. March 26, 1822²².
	v.		MARTHA ELLET²², d. Bef. March 26, 1822²².
	vi.		MARGARETTA ELLET²², d. Bef. March 26, 1822²².
	vii.		MARY ELLET²², d. November 8, 1834²²; m. JAMES BAILEY²².
	viii.		SARAH ELLET²², d. Bef. March 26, 1822²².
	ix.		JOHN ISRAEL ELLET²², m. (1) LAURA SCARETT²²; m. (2) MARY SKILLMAN²².
	x.		ELIZABETH ELLET²², m. GEORGE S. BRYAN²², June 18, 1841²².
	xi.		EDWARD C. ELLET²², m. LYDIA LITTLE²².

Notes for EDWARD C. ELLET:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

of Bunker Hill, Illinois, graduate M.D.

Notes for LYDIA LITTLE:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

of New Jersey

xii.

ALFRED WASHINGTON ELLET²², d. January 9, 1895²²; m. (1) SARAH JANE ROBERTS²², Philadelphia, Pennsylvania²²; d. October 8, 1875²²; m. (2) ABIGAIL ROBERTS²².

Notes for ALFRED WASHINGTON ELLET:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

Colonel Ninth Missouri Vol. and brigadier-general U.S. Volunteers in the civil war; appointed Nov. 1, 1862, resigned Dec. 31, 1864; succeeded his brother in command at the Battle of Memphis and afterwards commanded the Marine Brigade on the Mississippi

Notes for SARAH JANE ROBERTS:
[Samuel Carpenter.FTW]

of Philadelphia