SMITH.     H. William Smith, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was born September 12, 1831.  He was educated at the academy at Jamesville, Onondaga County, New York, at Amherst College, and he also studied at a normal training school.  He married, July 7, 1872, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Block.  Her father was a captain in the Confederate Army, and chief of police at New Orleans; he died at Guiton, Georgia.  Children of Benjamin and Mary Elizabeth Block:  1. Mary Elizabeth and 2. Emeline.  Child of H. William and Mary Elizabeth (Block) Smith:  H. William, referred to below.

          (II) H. William (2), son of H. William (1) and Mary Elizabeth (Block) smith, was born July 31, 1876.  He attended the public schools of New York City, and the Peekskill Military Academy at Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, for seven years.  In 1899 he graduated from the University of Missouri with the degree of LL.B.  In June, 1900, he was admitted to the Missouri bar, and in 1902 to that of New York State.  He served six years on the Supreme Court of Porto Rico.  After this he practiced law in New York City, and in 1908 he removed to White Plains, where he has a general law office.   august 1, 1911, he leased the Court Square Theater at White Plains, and has remodeled it, making it very attractive in appearance.  A month later he bought a theater in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in which he presents both vaudeville and drama.  He is a member of the Masons, Tabernacle Chapter, at White Plains; of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and the Knights of Pythias, and of Lodge No. 289, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Elizabeth, New Jersey.  He belongs also to the Phi Delta Theta, Kappa Delta Phi, and Dela Chi, the latter being a law fraternity, and is a member of the White Plains Club.  He married, November 25, 1909, Anna Minot (Mitchell) McGrath, daughter of Charles Halsey and Isabella (Hull) Mitchell (see Mitchell IX).

(The Mitchell Line.)

          (I) Matthew Mitchell, the founder of this family, was born in England in 1590, died at Stamford, Connecticut, in 1645.  The family is said to have been Scotch, but to have removed to Halifax, Yorkshire, England.  Matthew Mitchell embarked at Bristol, England, May 23, 1635, and arrived at Boston, August 17, of the same year.  He brought with him his wife and five children, also a considerable number of settlers.  The family first stayed at Charlestown, Massachusetts, then removed to Concord, thence to Springfield, Massachusetts, immediately to Saybrook, Connecticut, thence to Wethersfield, Connecticut, where they made their first permanent settlement.  Trumbull, the historian, declares him to have been "one of the principal characters who undertook the great work of settling Connecticut, and was the civil and religious father of the colony."  Finally he settled at Stamford, in the New Haven Colony.  In his travels he met many temporal losses, and his brother-in-law was killed by the Pequot Indians.  He married, April 16, 1616, Susan Butterfield, of Ovenden, in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.  Children and dates of baptism:  1. Abigail, April 26, 1618.  2. David, referred to below.  3. Sarah, October 14, 1621, married Hon. Samuel Sherman, ancestor of Senator and General Sherman.  4. Martha, October 26,. 1623, died November 22, 1623.  5. Rev. Jonathan, December 19, 1624, died July 9, 1668, married Margaret Shapard.  6. Susan, October 14, 1627.  7. Matthew, July 5, 1629, died October 4, 1629.  8. Hannah, June 26, 1631.

          (II) David, son of Matthew and Susan (Butterfield) Mitchell, was baptized at Southouram, Halifax, November 14, 1619, died July 9, 1668.  He settled at Stratford, Connecticut.  He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Wheeler.  Children:  1. Matthew, died in 1736, married Mary Thompson.  2. John, referred below.  3. Abraham.  4. Daniel, married Susanna Sherman.  5. Martha, married Nathan Baldwin.  6. Grace, married, in  November, 1701, William Pixley.  7 & 8. Two other daughters.

          (III) John, son of David and Sarah (Wheeler) Mitchell, died January 3, 1732.  He settled at Woodbury, Connecticut.  He married Elizabeth, born in May, 1653, died in 1730, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Newman (Knowles) Knell, of Stratford.  Children:  1. David, baptized in November, 1679.  2. David, baptized in April, 1680-81.  3. Elizabeth, baptized in November, 1683.  4. Elanthan, baptized in October, 1686.  5. John, referred to below.  7. Knell, baptized in April, 1690-91, died in 1746, married Martha ---------.  8. Elizabeth, baptized in May, 1694, married ----------- Squire.  9. Martha, baptized in March 1696-97, married, February 11, 1720, Abraham Hurd. 

          (IV) Lieutenant John (2) Mitchell, son of John (1) and Elizabeth (Knell) Mitchell, was baptized in February, 1688-89, died April 22, 1748.  He married (first), January 7, 1716-17, Elizabeth, baptized in September, 1697, died may 14, 1738, daughter of Ensign John and Johannah Curtiss.  Married (second) Mary ------------, who died January 14, 1745.  Married (Third) Sarah ------------, who died September 3, 1749.  Children, all by first wife:  1. Joanna, born November 18, 1718, married, in June, 1744, Aaron Mallory.  2. John, , born October 12, 1720.  3. Asahel, referred to below.  4. Elanthan, born February 9, 1728, married Sarah Tenny.  5. Reuben, born in September, 1733, died in January, 1737.

          (V) Captain Asahel Mitchell, son of Lieutenant John (2) and Elizabeth (Curtiss) Mitchell, was born October 6, 1723, died at Woodbury, May 1, 1797.  He married, January 21, 1747, Olive, born March 4, 1726, died October 1, 1813, daughter of Joseph and Susanna Root.  Children:  1. Reuben, baptized December 25, 1748, died November 9, 1822, married ------------ Judson.  2. Daniel, baptized august 19, 1750, died May 13, 1824; married -------------- Root.  3. Susanna, baptized October 15, 1752, married ----------- Sanford.  4. Justus, referred to below.  5. Asahel, baptized October 7, 1756, died September 21, 1819, married Lucy Judson.

          (VI) Rev. Judson Mitchell, son of Captain Asahel and Olive (Root) Mitchell, was baptized September 8, 1754, died September 24, 1806.  He graduated at Yale in 1776, and in 1783 was settled over the congregational Church at New Canaan, Connecticut, where he remained until his death.  He married, September 7, 1779, Martha, born December 8, 1752, died at White Plains, Westchester County, New York, October 24, 1829, daughter of Rev. Josiah and Martha (Minot) Sherman.  Her father was the brother of the celebrated Roger Sherman, the only man who had a part in all the four documents of initial American History, the Declaration of Rights in 1774, the Declaration of independence in 1776, the Articles of Confederation in 1777, and the Constitution in 1789.  A brother of Martha (Sherman) Mitchell was Hon. Roger Minot Sherman, one of the most brilliant lawyers whom Connecticut has produced.  Children of the Rev. Justus and Martha (Sherman) Mitchell:  1. Elizabeth, born August 28, 1780, died June 10, 1825; married Charles Thompson.  2. Sherman, born July 2, 1782, died in 1823; married Hannah Fitch.  3. Minot, referred to below.  4. Chauncey Root, born January 25, 1786, died in February, 1811; married, in 1807, Anna Johnston, and had Martha, who married Isaac Depew, and was the mother of Senator Depew.

          (VII) Minot, son of Rev. Justus and Martha (Sherman) Mitchell, was born September 24, 1784.  He was a lawyer at White Plains, having his office near the court house, and he had an extensive practice, employing eleven clerks.  He was also noted for having a fine cook, who remained with him for thirty years.  He married Eliza Leeds Silliman.  Children:  1. Joseph Sherman, born February 11, 1809.  2. William Minot, May 29, 1811.  3. Chauncey Leeds, November 10, 1813.  4. Josiah Sherman, February 2, 1816.  6. Ann Eliza, October 28, 1818.  7. Charles Halsey, referred to below.  8. Caroline Minot, May 12, 1829, married David M. Anderson, and had David Minot Anderson, of

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Watertown, New York.  9. James Minot, born May 12, 1829, twin of Carolina M.

          (VIII) Charles Halsey, son of Minot and Eliza Leeds (Silliman) Mitchell, was born February 13, 1828, and died in 1873.  He graduated from the New York University, and went abroad for three years with a tutor to complete his education.  He made twelve visits to Europe.  He was a member of the Union League Club of New York City.  He married, in 1860, Isabella Hull, whose father was a judge in New Jersey.  Children:  1. Margaret Hull, born in 1866, died January 1, 1896.  2. Eliza Leeds, born in 1868, died young.  3. Anna Minot, referred to below.

          (IX) Anna Minot, daughter of Charles Halsey and Isabella (Hull) Mitchell, married (first) Webster McGrath, of Philadelphia, who died in 1904, and (second) November 25, 1909, H. William Smith (see Smith II).  Children, by first marriage:  1. Mitchell Hull, born March 17, 1897.  2. Roger Sherman Minot, October 19, 1902. 

WARREN.     The surname Warren is derived from Garenne or Varenne, a small river in the old county of Calais or Caux in Normandy, which gave its name to the neighboring commune and is only a few miles from Dieppe.  There is at present a village called Garenne in the same district and it is here that the origin of the family has been fixed by historians.  On the west side of the river Garenne was the ancient baronial seat of the de Warrennes and some of the ruins were standing in 1832.  The surname has assumed different forms from time to time, Gareyn, Wareyn, Waryn, Warin, Warynge, Warying and Warren.  The ancestors of perhaps all the English, Scotch and Irish families, who came to England with William the conqueror, and was related to him both by marriage and descent.  He had a considerable command at the battle of Hastings and on account of his fidelity and valor obtained immense grants of land from the conqueror.  He had lands in Shropshire, Essex, Suffolk, Oxford, Hants, Cambridgeshire, Bucks, Huntington, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Lincoln and Yorks, amounting in all, according to Hume, at three hundred lordships.  He became the first Earl of Warren and surrey.  His wife Gundreda, daughter of William I., and a descendant of Charlemagne, died May 27, 1085, and was buried in the chapter-house of the Priory of Lewes, county Sussex.  Her tombstone is still in existence.  The earl died June 24, 1088.  His epitaph has been preserved though the gravestone is lost or destroyed.  In 1845 the coffins containing bones of the earl and countess were disinterred, and are now in the church of St. John the Baptist, Southover.  The history of the Warren family has been written and is exceeded in interest and antiquity by none in England.

          It is presumed that the Warren family here under considerations is of the same ancestral stock with General Joseph Warren who fell in the battle of Bunker Hill, at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, but most diligent search has failed to established immediate connection. 

          (1) John Warren, born in England in 1585, came from Nayland to Massachusetts with Governor Winthrop in the ship "Arabella," arriving at Salem, June 12, 1630; thence he went with the rest of the company to Charlestown, and after a brief stay removed to Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman, May 18, 1631.  His homestead in Watertown was between those of John Biscoe, Isaac Stearns and William Hammond, and besides this he had seven lots amounting to one hundred and seventy-six acres.  From 1636 to 1640 he was a selectman of Watertown, and also served on the committee to lay out highways.  Because of his sympathy with the Quakers he was at odds with the Puritan Church, though he retained his membership.  In October, 1651, he and Thomas Arnold were fined for an offence against the laws concerning baptism.  He was fined April 4, 1654, for not attending church fourteen Sabbaths at five shillings each, three pounds, ten shillings.  He was warned march 14, 1659, for not attending church and on May 27, 1661, his house was searched for Quakers, along with that of his neighbor, Goodman Hammond.  His wife, Margaret, died November 6, 1662, and he survived her five years, dying December 13, 1667, aged eighty-two years.  His children were all born in England:  1. John, made a freeman May 18, 1645.  2. Mary, mar-

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ried, October 30, 1642, John Bigelow.  3. Daniel, mentioned below.  4. Elizabeth, married, about 1654, John Knapp. 

          (II) Daniel, second son of John and Margaret Warren, was born 1628, in England, and was a small child when he accompanied his parents to America.  He was a farmer residing in Watertown, and died there .  Through King Philip's War he served in defense of the colony; took the oath of fidelity in 1652, and was selectman of Watertown from 1682 to 1698.  He married, December 10, 1650, Mary Barron.  Children:  1. Mary, born November 29, 1651, died May 1, 1734; married, May 29, 1668, John Child.  2. Daniel, October 6, 1653, admitted freeman, April 18, 1690, selectman and deputy.  4. Elizabeth, December 6, 165-; married Jonathan Taintor.  5. Samuel, born July 4, 1658.  6. Susanna, December 26, 1663, died 1678.  7. John, mentioned below.  8. Joshua, July 4, 1668, died January 30, 1760.  9. Grace, March 14, 1671-72; married, January 20, 1690-91, Joseph Morse, Jr., of Watertown.

          (III) John (2), third son of Daniel and Mary (Barron) Warren, was born March 5, 1666, in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was admitted a freeman, May 16, 1690.  He held various town offices and the rank of ensign in the military company.  His death occurred at the age of thirty-seven years.  he married, may 25, 1683, Mary Brown, who was admitted to full communion in the church, August 19, 1688, and who married (second) Samuel Harrington.  Children of John (2) Warren:  1. John, mentioned below.  2. Jonathan, born April 26, 1688.  3. Daniel, 1689, baptized September 1.

          (IV) Ensign John (3) Warren, eldest son of John (2) and Mary (Brown) Warren, was born march 15, 1685, in Watertown, Massachusetts, died March 25, 1745.  He resided in Weston, formerly a part of Watertown; was deacon of the church, elected 1733, and was also given the title of ensign for military service.  He married (first), May 26, 1704, Sarah Jones, who died July 9, 1705.  Her married (second) June 2, 1708, Abigail Livermore, born October 9, 1683, died October 31, 1740, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Bridge) Livermore.  He married (third), June 20, 1744, Lydia Bond, widow of Thomas Bond, of Watertown, and daughter of Henry and Lydia (Cutting) Spring, born August 12, 1686.  The first wife was the mother of a daughter Sarah, born June 25, 1705.  Children born of the second wife were;  1. Mary, baptized 1710.  2. Anna, born February 3, 1712.  3. John, March 2, 1713.  4. Josiah, baptized February 17, 1715.  5. Isaac, born January 1, 1717.  6. Elijah, baptized April 13, 1718.  7. Ebenezer, mentioned below.  8. Abigail, born September 5, 1720.  9. Abijah, November 17, 1721.  10. Prudence, August 22, 1724.  11. Beulah, August 22, 1726.  12.  Lydia, August 7, 1728. 

          (V) Ebenezer, son of Ensign John (3) and Abigail (Livermore) Warren, was born June 23, 1719, in Weston, Massachusetts, died in 1800, and was buried in the Rawson Cemetery at Leicester.  He settled in Leicester, Massachusetts, where he purchased three acres of land with a dwelling house, bark house, mill house, beam house, and tan yard.   This comprises a portion of the farm now or recently owned by his descendant, Edward Warren.  Previous to settling in Leicester, he resided a short time in Medford.  He was evidently quite successful in business as he added largely to his possessions, and a few years before his death owned about one hundred acres of land besides the buildings above described.  His dwelling house originally on the farm was on the south side of the road to Spencer, a short distance east of the road to Paxton, and the tan yard was on the opposite side of the road, a short distance eastward.  About 1780 he built a new house which was inherited by his son, Elijah, and grandson, Henry Elijah, who demolished it about 1860.  He married, in Brookfield, Massachusetts, October 22, 1745, Lydia Harrington, of the town.  She died in 1795.  The records of Brookfield show the births of five children, all of whom were baptized in Spencer.  They were:  1. Lydia, born November 24, 1746, baptized April 26, 1747, died 1748.  2. Ebenezer, December 27, 1748, baptized in February following, died 1753.  3. Jonathan, November 27, 1750, baptized December 16, the same year.  4. Lydia, December 6, 1752, baptized in January following.  5. Ebenezer, mentioned below.  Other children were:  Esther, married in 1782, Daniel Newhall, of Brookfield, and resided in Lasted, New Hampshire.  2. Hannah, married, 1781, Levi Chilson,

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settled in Leicester, and have seven children.  3. Elijah, born 1758.  4. Sally, married, in 1786, Thaddeus Upham, and resided in Watertown.

(VI) Ebenezer (2), third son of Ebenezer (1) and Lydia (Harrington) Warren, was born June 9, 1754, in Leicester, Massachusetts.  Hew resided in that town, subsequently in Rutland, and finally in Hubbardston, where he died, September 17, 1819.  He followed the trade of tanner, as did his father before him.  He married, in Spencer, March 30, 1780, being then a resident of Leicester, Phebe (Worster) Garfield, widow of Samuel (2) Garfield, of Leicester.  Their intentions of marriage were published in the latter town, August 28, 1779.  Mrs. Warren survived her husband nearly ten years, dying August 18, 1829.  Children:  1. Ebenezer, born January 21, 1781.  2. Phebe, January 25, 1783.  3. Increase, April 7, 1785.  4. Walter, May 28, 1787.  5. Sally, February 13, 1790.  6. Nathan, mentioned below.  7. Samuel, February 19, 1795.  8. Oliver, May 7, 1797.  9. Elijah, August 7, 1800.

(VII) Nathan, fourth son of Ebenezer (2) and Phebe (Worster-Garfield) Warren, was born October 3, 1792, in Hubbardston, Massachusetts, died there April 9, 1841.  He followed the occupation of tanner.  He married, December 17, 1815, dolly, Brigham Howe, born April 17, 1793, died December 11, 1821, daughter of Artemas and Abigail Howe, of Templeton, Massachusetts.  He married (second), May 20, 1822, Betsy Davis, of Templeton, born March 14, 1795, after her father's death, died August 23, 1874, having survived her husband more than thirty-three years, daughter of Silas and Rachel (Gay) Davis.  Children of first marriage:  1. Jane H., died young.  2. Dolly Howe, born May 24, 1823.  Of the second marriage:  3. Walter, mentioned below.  4. Leander W., born September 11, 1825.  5. Jane H., august 20, 1828.  6. Hudson, May 1, 1830.  7. Betsy Davis, February 27, 1836.

(VIII) Walter, eldest child of Nathan and Betsy (Davis) Warren, was born June 5, 1824, in Hubbardston, Massachusetts.  He was educated in the public schools of that town.  he followed the calling of his father and grandfather, and was very successful as a tanner and business man; foremost as a citizen; of strong and excellent character, and held in high esteem by his contemporaries.  In 1868 he disposed of his tanning interests and removed to Worcester, Massachusetts, where he dealt in real estate until his death in 1886, at the age of sixty-two years.  He married, February 6, 1849, Lydia Rice Read, of Rutland, Massachusetts, born May 1, 1829, baptized August 21, 1842, at Rutland Church, a daughter of Jacob Read, a native of Rutland, Massachusetts, a stone mason, contractor and builder, son of Abel and Hannah Read.  He married, December 5, 1826, Hannah Maynard, of Rutland, and they had children:  1. Hannah A., died young.  2. Lydia R.  3. Mary J.  4. Isabella S.  5. Eunice A. and 6. Hannah A.  Soon after this he purchased a two hundred acre farm in Rutland, on which he lived until about 1860, when he sold out and moved to Worcester, where he engaged in contracting and building several years.  His last days were spent in retirement and he died at the age of ninety-two years. Children of Walter and Lydia R. Warren:  1. Nathan Alonzo, of whom further.  2. Eleanor Amelia ( or Nellie) died at the age of three years. 

(IX) Nathan Alonzo, only son of Walter and Lydia R. (Read) Warren, was born April 8, 1857, in Hubbardston, Massachusetts.  He attended the public schools of that town until twelve years old, when he removed with this family to Worcester, where he finished the grammar school.  He was graduated from Wilbraham Academy in 1875, and subsequently entered the Medical School of Harvard University.  He finished his medical education at Bellevue Medical School, New York, in 1879, and after taking a special course in New York he was house physician at St. John's Hospital, Yonkers, New York, from 1970 t0 1882.  In the latter year he made an extended tour through the West and returned to Yonkers where he opened an office for the general practice of medicine and surgery, and for a period of thirty-four years has maintained it in the same block.  Dr. Warren is a member of the American Medical Association, State Medical Association, Westchester County Medical Association, the Jenkins Medical Association, a local organization more than fifty years old, which included the member of the profession in West-

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chester County, but now confined to Mount Vernon and Yonkers.  He has been president, secretary and treasurer of the last named organization, and vice-president of the Westchester County Medical Association.  Since the construction of St. Joseph's Hospital in 1885, Dr. Warren has been a member of its medical staff, of which he is secretary and treasurer and attending surgeon. 

          He has taken an active part in the social and political life of the community; is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; Royal Arcanum, Independent Order of Foresters, and of the Yonkers, Corinthian and Yonkers Boat Clubs.  For ten years he has been president of the Yonkers City Club, and for twenty years one of the trustees of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, of Yonkers; and president of the Chamber of Commerce.  He is a staunch Republican, but taking no active part in party management.  Because of his great popularity among all citizens, Dr. Warren was chosen by his party as its leader in wresting the city government from its opponents in 1907.  Dr. Warren was elected and served as mayor of Yonkers in 1908 and 1909, the first mayor after it became a city of the second class, and in this capacity laid the cornerstone of the new city hall; aided in the building of a number of new schoolhouses and fire houses; the widening of Dock Street; the purchase of two parks and the enlargement of a third.  During is administration land was purchased for a new trade school to be built from a fund of one million dollars, left by the late Irving Saunders, for its construction and endowment.  In 1909 he was appointed postmaster of Yonkers and still holds this position.  He was chairman of the Lower Hudson-Fulton Celebration from New York City to Peekskill in 1909.  For eight years he was president of the United States Pension board located at Tarrytown, and is a member of the Scenic and Historic Society, an organization formed for the preservation of the natural beauties and ancient and historical landmarks.  He has been for a number of years trustee of the Yonkers Savings Bank.

CARPENTER.     This is one of the most widely distributed names of the United States, as well as one of the oldest, and has been notable among the pioneers of many states.  It is traced to an early period in England, and is conspicuous in the annals of the American Revolution, and also in civil life through many generations and representatives.  It has carried with it New England standards and has given its sons to the public service in many commonwealths.  There were three families of this name among the pioneer settlers of America, the most numerous being that founded by William Carpenter, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts.  Another large new England family was founded by William Carpenter of Providence, Rhode Island, and a third Family was established early in Philadelphia.  A fourth pioneer was David Carpenter, who died at Farmington, Connecticut, in 1651.

          (I) William, heir of Richard Carpenter, of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, was the founder of the Providence family Amesbury is seven and one-half miles south of Salisbury, England, and seventy-eight miles west of London.  William Carpenter's wife Elizabeth, born November 23, 1611, in Cheselbourne, Dorsetshire, England, was a daughter of William and Christina (Peek) Arnold.  They were married shortly before sailing for America, and on Friday, May 1, 1636, set sail from Dartmouth, England, and arrived at Hingham, Massachusetts, June 24, of the same year, having had a very prosperous voyage, which consumed less than two months, an unusual thing in those days.  They settled at Providence, April 20, 1637, and William Carpenter became one of the original proprietors of that town, holding equal rights with Roger Williams.  The entire plantation was held by Williams, who gave provisional deeds to his associates, and on December 23, 1661, William Carpenter received a confirmatory deed.  His home lot was on what is now Meeting Street, where the Friends' meeting house stands, which gave to the street its name, and his residence was used as a block house for defense against the Indians.  He was one of the original members of the First Baptist Church, of Providence, organized 1638-39, and his name appears frequently in

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the records of the colony.  He was a member of the committees on boundaries, to lay out roads and build bridges, and served as selectman.  He was elected representative to the general court, March 10, 1658, and served also in 1659-60-61-62-63, was assistant in 1665-66-67-68-69-70-71-72, and was deputy to the general court in 1679.  During King Philips' War he lost two hundred sheep, fifty cattle and fifteen horses.  In May of that year his house was attacked by three hundred Indians and set on fire, but the fire was extinguished, although two person in the garrison were killed in action.  He left houses and lands to his heirs, was the last survivor of the thirteen original proprietors, and as commissioner gave deeds to their heirs, April 25, 1683.  He made his will January 10, 1680, to which he added a codicil, march 18, 1684, on account of the death of a son, and died September 7, 1685, having divided his estate among his heirs.  His property, after his death, was valued at Twenty-two pounds.  His wife survived him.  Children;  1. Joseph.  2. Lydia.  3. Ephraim.  4. Timothy.  5. William.  6. Priscilla.  7. Silas.  8. Benjamin. 

          (II) Joseph, eldest child of William and Elizabeth (Arnold) Carpenter, was born about 1635, in England, and appears in providence records as witness to a deed, May 3, 1656, being then of age.  He resided in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he had a corn mill, his house being on the south side of the Pawtuxet River at the ford near the falls, on land received from his father.  As early as 1663, he was on Long Island negotiating with the Indians for the purchase of lands, and in 1667 moved to Hempstead.  The following year he purchased from the Indians three thousand acres at Musketa Cove, which was granted in 1667 by Governor Nichols, and thus his title was made secure.  He was very kind to his Indian neighbors, who were always his friends.  With four associates, he was the proprietor of the Musketa Cove plantations, which continued under that name until the Revolution.  He built his first house on his home lot in 1668, and this stood until 1835.  The settlement of the district was rapid and he built grist and saw mills about halfway between the present upper and lower dams at Musketa Cove by contrast with the town he built the mill house, which was finished in 1679, and he died in 1684.  He married (first) April 21, 1659, Hannah Carpenter, of Rehoboth, daughter of William and Abigail Carpenter, pioneer settlers of that town.  She was born February 3, 1640, in Rehoboth and died at Hempstead in 1673.  She was a woman of rare intelligence and culture for her day, and besides inheriting land from her father at Pawtuxet, she also received many of his books.  He married (second) in 1674, Ann, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Luther) Weekes, baptized in 1647 in the Dutch Church of New York.  Francis Weekes was one of the five who came in canoe with Williams to Providence, and settled early at Hempstead, where he was fined on account of kindnesses to the Quakers, and moved on this account to Oyster Bay.  Children by his first wife:  1. Joseph, born in 1660, at Pawtuxet, had a daughter who married William thornicraft.  2. Tamsen, born 1664, married John Williams.  3. William, 1666.  4. Nathaniel, 1668, the first white child born at Musketa Cove.  5. Hannah, 1673, married Jacob Hicks in 1690.  Children of second wife:  6. Ann, born in 1676, married Joseph Weekes.  7. Benjamin, born 1680.  8. John, 1683.

          (III) William (20, second son of Joseph Carpenter and third child of his first wife, Hannah Carpenter, was born in 1666, probably in Warwick, Rhode Island.  He received land from his grandfather at Pawtuxet which he sold in 1692.  It was probably at this time that he moved to Hempstead, where he was a large owner of land and a prominent and useful citizen.  By trade he was a blacksmith, and had his home and shop near Duck Pond, and was reckoned as a proprietor of the town until 1706.  He probably removed soon after that date to Westchester County, where he died about 1735.  He sold lands at Hempstead, 1720, and still owned land on Long Island in 1734.  His wife, Elizabeth, is supposed to have been his cousin, a daughter of Ephraim Carpenter.  She died about 1743.  Children:  1. William.  2. Joseph.  3. Sylvester.  4. Benjamin.  5. Timothy.  6. Elizabeth.  7. Hannah.  8. Ruth.  9. Mary.  10. Benedict. 

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