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she died August 19, 1856. He married
(second) Marcia J. Chandler. To Mr.
Carpenter's first marriage two children
were born: i. Nancy Jeanette, born Oc-
tober 9, 1853, died March 26, 1854. 2.
Byron Williams, born May 13, 1856, the
namesake of his maternal grandfather; he
married (first) Maria Louisa Aldrich,
February 15, 1876; she died July 5, 1884;
he married (second) Mrs. Emma M. Good-
speed, August 16, 1885 ; she died May 22,
1890; he married (third), December 20,
1890, Mary A. Moffitt ; he has one daughter,
Elizabeth W. (Carpenter) Roedel-
heim. By his second wife, Marcia J.
(Chandler) Carpenter, Mr. Carpenter had
three children, all now living in Putnam:
I. Jane Elizabeth, born March 10, 1866,
married Edgar Morris Warner, clerk in
the Superior Court for Windham County ;
they are the parents of three children, all
now living in Putnam, CoVinecticut, name-
ly: Frances Lester (Warner) Hersey,
born July 19, 1888; Gertrude Chandler
Warner, born April 16, 1890; John A.
Carpenter Warner, born July 12, 1893. 2.
Annie Chandler, born December 28, 1867;
she married, November 8, 1895, Chester
Elisha Child, previously mentioned, a
lumber dealer, and they are the parents
of four children, namely : Ruth Carpenter
Child, Bertha Elizabeth Child, Edith
Whitney Child, Donald Ezra Child. 3.
John Frederick, born April 9, 1870, a
lawyer; he married (first), December 27,
1893, Alice M. Sharpe, and they were the
parents of three daughters, namely :
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Paul-
ine S. Carpenter, Alice Maud Carpenter,
Mary Carpenter; he married (second)
Elizabeth L. Cornwell.
The statements in Playfair, Burke, and
Davis and Owen, in regard to the descent
of the Tyrconnel Carpenters from John
Carpenter, of 1303, and also from William
Carpenter, of Homme, establishes the fact
that the Homme Carpenters are all de-
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scended from John Carpenter, of 1303.
William Carpenter, the great-grandson of
William Carpenter, of Homme, was the
direct ancestor of the Tyrconnel Carpenters
; and his third son, William Carpenter,
was the progenitor of the Rehoboth
branch of the family.
The following list will show the line of
Tyrconnel Carpenters, commencing with
John Carpenter, of 1303.
John Carpenter, born about 1303, member
of Parliament.
Richard Carpenter, son of John Car-
penter, born about 1335, a goldsmith.
John Carpenter, St., son of Richard and
brother of John Carpenter, town clerk of
London.
John Carpenter, son of John Carpenter,
St., born about 1410.
William Carpenter, son of John Car-
penter, born about 1440, died in 1520.
(The William of Homme.)
James Carpenter, son of William Car-
penter.
John Carpenter, son of James Car-
penter.
William Carpenter, son of John Car-
penter.
William Carpenter, son of William Carpenter,
born in 1576, a resident of London,
who came over in the "Bevis" in 1638
with his son William and wife Abigail,
and returned in the same vessel in which
he came over.
William Carpenter, the American pro-
genitor.
From : ''A genealogical history of the
Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter fam-
ily," 1898.
MILLER, Frank,
Bnsiness Man, Financier, Philanthropist.
Civic, financial, industrial, fraternal and
social circles were irremediably invaded
by a severe loss in the passing of Frank