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riette, married Dr. Henry Perkins, of East Lyme, Connecticut.
(VII) Ezra (3). son of Ezra (2) Moore. was born in East Lyme, Connecticut, Janu- ary 1, 1809, and died in New London, Con- necticut. October 10, 1887. He was a farmer, and lived in East Lyme for the most of his life. The last ten years he resided in New London in order to educate his children. He taught school in early life. In politics he was a Democrat, and he was on the first board of selectmen of East Lyme when the town was incorporated in 1839. He was a representa- tive to the legislature of the state seven times. He was judge of probate, and justice of the peace from 1857 to 1877. He was deacon of the Baptist church. He married (first ). in 1832, Sarah A. Lewis, who was born Decem- ber II. 1811. He married ( second), (October 6, 1862. Juliette Beckwith, of East Lyme, Con- necticut, who was born June 14, 1825, and died August 10, 1887, daughter of Zadock Darrow Beckwith and Jedidiah ( Spencer ) Beckwith. Children by first wife: Ezra Lewis, died in Framingham, Massachusetts. August 12, 1911 ; at the outbreak of the civil war enlisted in Company G, Seventh Connecti- cut Volunteers, served as clerk of company and regiment, and subsequently as chief-of- staff of General Joseph R. Hawley ; married Elizabeth Bostwick. of Salisbury, Connecticut, and had children: Robert B. : Anna, and Jo- seph R. Flawley Moore : Elizabeth, married Allen Keeney, of East Lyme, Connecticut : Fannie, deceased : Ellen M .. married Nathan G. Stark : Sarah Anna, married (first) E. Ed- son Dart, ( second) G. A. Lester, deceased ; William G., of Fort Dodge, lowa, married Delia Haviland: children: Emeline. Ella, Ezra. Wilhemina : Emeline, deceased : Frank- lin Pierce, deceased, married Fannie Camp- bell. son, Merle: Children by second wife : Frederick Wightman, born October 8, 1863, died April 23. 1911, graduate of Yale Uni- versity in 1886, studied in Berlin and Paris. received degree of Ph.G. from Yale in 1800. instructor at University of Pennsylvania, dean of Academic Department of Vanderbilt Uni- versity, Nashville, Tennessee, professor of history, author of several important works on historical subjects, and on his death a bronze tablet was erected to his memory in Vander- bilt Chapel by the students of the University : Edward Steward, mentioned below.
(VIII) Edward Steward, son of Ezra (3)
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and Juliette ( Beckwith ) Moore, was born at East Lyme, Connecticut, July 21, 1867, gradu- ated from Bulkeley high school, New London, Connecticut, in the class of 1884, and from Sheffield Scientific Department of Yale Uni- versity with the degree of Ph.B. in the class of 1888. While in college he was on the edi- torial staff of the Vale Daily News for two years, and a member of the board of editors of the college class book. After graduation he was for two years on the staff of the New Haven Morning News and Evening Union. In 1890 he purchased a half interest in the Chenango Union, of Norwich, New York, es- tablished in 1816, in partnership with Gilbert H. Manning. In 1895 he purchased the in- terest of his partner and has been sole pro- prietor and editor since that time. The Union has a high reputation for enterprise, accuracy and reliability, and possesses a large influence and a substantial circulation throughout the county. Mr. Moore is an able editorial writer, and for several years has had charge of the editorial bureau of the Democratic state con- mittee. Ile has also, from time to time, con- tributed to the monthly magazines. He is past master of Norwich Lodge, No. 302, Free and Accepted Masons; past high priest of Harmony Chapter, No. 151, Royal Arch Ma- sons ; past commander of Norwich Command- ery, No. 46. Knights Templar, and the pres- ent district deputy grand master of the Twen- ty-eighth Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of the state of New York. He is an active member and trustee of the Congregational church. In politics he is a Democrat.
He married. January 28, 1891, Margaret Kelsey Strong, of New Haven, Connecticut, daughter of George W. and Susan M. (Ste- vens ) Strong. Children: Nathaniel Stevens, born December 8, 1891, Yale University, class of 1012; Harold Strong. December 26, 1896.
Margaret ( Strong ) Moore is descended from a long line of noted Colonial settlers, be- ing ninth in descent from Elder John Strong, tenth in descent from Thomas Ford, ninth in descent from Rev. Ephram Hewitt, ninth in descent from Rowland Stebbins, ninth in de- scent from Robert Bartlett, eighth in descent from Captain John King, ninth in descent from Deacon William Holten,, ninth in de- scent from Eltwed Pomeroy, ninth in descent from Henry Woodward. eighth in descent from Lieutenant William Seward, eighth in descent from Captain Henry Crain, tenth in
(lescent from Vincent Meigs, eighth m de- scent from Jolm Daggett, seventh in descent from Noahdiah Grave, sixth in descent from James Wright, ninth in descent from John Stevens, ninth in descent from John Fletcher, ninth in descent from John Baldwin, tenth in descent from Abraham Pierson. tenth in de- scent from Rev. John Wheelwright, ninth in descent from Henry Tomlinson, ninth in de- scent from Lieutenant Thomas Munson, ninth in descent from John Cooper, eighth in de- scent from Thomas Morris, ninth in descent from John Stiles, ninth in descent from Henry Burt, eighth in descent from Samuel Bancroft, ninth in descent from Rev. Thomas Hooker, ninth in descent from Captain Thomas Wil- lett, tenth in descent from John Brown, eighth in descent from Captain Giles Hamlin, ninth in descent from John Crow, tenth in descent from Elder William Goodwin, seventh in de- scent from Richard Hubbell, ninth in descent from William Buell, tenth in descent from Matthew Griswol, seventh in descent from William Kelsey, ninth in descent from John Shethar, ninth in descent from William Well- man.
She is a member of the Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, and a charter member of the Captain John Harris Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a graduate of Hillhouse High School. New Haven, Connecticut, and also of the New Ha- ven Training School for Teachers.
This is one of the most
CARPENTER widely distributed names of the United States, as well as one of the oldest, and has been notable among the pioneers of New Hampshire and of many other 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 rep- resentatives. It has carried with it New Eng- land standards and has given its sons to the public service in many commonwealths.
(I) The first of the name of whom record is found was John Carpenter, born about 1303. who was a member of parliament in 1323.
( Il) Richard, son of John Carpenter, born about 1335, married Christina He
resided in London, was a "chaundeler," and possessed wealth for his day.
(III) and (IV) The succeeding generations in this line were represented by John Car-
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penter, second and third, about whom no par- ticulars can be learned.
(\') William, son of John (3) Carpenter. born about 1480, died 1520, was known as "William of Homme."
(\1) and (VII) James and John (4) fill in the sixth and seventh generations.
(VIII) William (2), son of John (4) Car- penter, had sons: James, Alexander, William and Richard.
(IX) William (3), third son of William (2) Carpenter, born in 1576, was a carpenter by trade and resided in London. He rented tenements and gardens in Houndsditch. Be- ing a Dissenter, he was driven to Whirwell to escape persecution, and took the opportun- ity to join his sons in emigrating to America. He was not contented on this side, however, and returned to England in the ship which brought him.
(X) William (4), son of William (3) Car- penter, was born May 25. 1605, and came to America on the ship "Bevis" from Southamp- ton. He was made a freeman in Weymouth, Massachusetts, in 1640, and was representa- tive to the general court from that town in 1041-43. He filled the same position in Reho- both in 1645, and died in that town, February 7, 1059. His wife. Abigail, passed away Feb- ruary 22, 1687. Three of their children were born in England, three in Weymouth and one in Rehoboth, namely: John, William, Joseph, Anna, Abiah and Abigail ( twins ) and Samuel. Mr. Carpenter was admitted as an inhabitant of Rehoboth, March 28. 1645, and was made freeman in the following June. He was town and proprietors' clerk from 1643 until his death, being one of the founders and pro- prietors, and the records show that he was a fine writer. He was a warm friend of Gov- ernor Bradford of the Plymouth Colony, whose wife was his relative, and was a man of affairs generally, possessed of much ability. Ilis estate was inventoried at two hundred and fifty-four pounds and ten shillings.
( XI) Samuel, youngest son of William (4) and Abigail Carpenter, was born about 1644. in Rehoboth, and died there February 20. 1683. Ile was one of the purchasers of the north division of that town and received land in the division of February 5, 1671. In 1680 he was a member of a committee chosen to lay out land. He married Sarah Readaway. of Rehoboth, who married ( second ) Gilbert Brooks. Children: Samuel. Sarah, Abiah.
James. Jacob. Jonathan, David, Solomon, Zachariah and Abraham.
( XII) Abraham, youngest child of Samuel and Sarah ( Readaway) Carpenter, was born September 20, 1682, in Rehoboth, and died April 22, 1758, in that town, where he was a farmer. Ile was active in the support of pub- lic worship and the building of a church at Palmer's River for which the town appropri- ated the sum of fifty pounds. In his will, made January 2, 1756, he left one-half his estate to his son Abiel. He married (first). May 1, 1705, Abigail Bullard, who died June 5. 1713, and he married (second), April 22, 1714, Eleanor Chord, born 1677, died Decem- ber 27. 1762. Children: Abraham, Abiel and Simeon.
(XIII) Abiel, second son of AAbraham and Abigail ( Bullard ) Carpenter, was born May 27. 1708, in Rehoboth, where his early life was spent. As previously noted, he received one- half of his father's estate, and made a will De- cember 15, 1759, as recorded in Rehoboth. He subsequently removed to Connecticut, where he was living as late as July 2. 1781. when he willed land in Willington. Connecti- cut, to his son, Nathan, in consideration of three hundred pounds. Ile was a school offi- cer in Tolland county, in 1774, and appears to have resided in Pomfret, same county. His first wife bore the name of Prudence, and he married (second ) Charity Allen, of Pomfret, their intentions being published February 3. 1753. Children: Amy, Louis, Sarah (died young ). Abraham, Abiel, Simeon, Sarah, Na- than, Rachel, Allen, Lucy, Comfort, Ephraim and Noah.
(XIV ) Noah, youngest child of Abiel and Charity ( Allen ) Carpenter, was born No- vember 25. 1768, in Pomfret, died in Homer, Cortland county, New York, in March, 1847. His home in Pomfret was near that of General Israel Putnam, and his wife's father accom- panied Putnam on the historical wolf hunt. He settled in Homer about 1800. in what was then a dense forest, where he cleared up the land and built a house, which is still stand- ing.
He married. April 26, 1792. Charlotte Sharp, of Pomfret. Children : Elijah Sharp, who resided at Homer ; Ephraim, died in Ho- mer : Lorenzo, lived most of his life in Ho- mer, and was drowned in the Ohio river; Asaph Homer, mentioned below : Sarah, mar- ried Gurdon Goodell, and resided in Homer ;
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Lois, wife of Eleazer Segar, a blacksmith of Homer.
(XV) Asaph Homer, fourth son of Noah and Charlotte (Sharp) Carpenter, was born June 20, 1800, on the road between Pomfret and Homer, and died in the latter town in 1882. He was educated in the district schools and followed farming upon the homestead settled and cleared by his father in Homer. At the age of seventy years he retired from his labors and moved to the village of Homer, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was an intelligent and prosperous citizen, actively engaged in the upbuilding of his town and community, and contributed largely to the construction of the Syracuse & Binghamton railroad, now a part of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western system. He contributed liberally of time and means toward building the brick church in Homer and was actively instrumental in the success of the enterprise. His interest in social and political matters was keen and timely and he was proud of the progress of his country. He married Almira Clark, born May 26, 1800, in Connecticut, died in Homer, in 1885. She was left an orphan when a small child. Children : 1. Helen Marr, born May 17, 1828, married (first) George Carpenter and (second) Rufus S. Ells, and is now deceased. 2. Francis Bick- nell, mentioned below. 3. DeWitt, mentioned below. 4. Henrietta Leavenworth, wife of Isaac Hawley, of Homer, is now deceased. 5. William Wallace, was a member of the Fif- ty-seventh Regiment, New York Volunteers, and was killed in battle at Gettysburg. 6. Mary Elizabeth, deceased. 7. and 8. Daniel Webster and Henry Clay (twins). The lat- ter died at the age of two years. The former now resides in Pitman, New Jersey.
(XVI) Francis Bicknell, eldest son of Asaph Homer and Almira ( Clark ) Carpen- ter, was born August 6, 1830, in Homer, where he received some education in the com- mon schools and attended the local academy one term. He very early manifested an artis- tic talent, which was not considered of much value by his family. His father was a hard- headed business man, who hoped to rear his son as his successor on the homestead, and early directed his efforts toward making of the son what he considered a practical man. The latter, however, could not be repressed, and found means of practicing on artistic subjects by the use of chalk, brick dust, white lead
and lamp black, at such opportunities as he could find, with a smooth board upon which to work. About this time one of the mer- chants of Homer returned from New York with a very handsome sign, which he placed on the front of his store. Other merchants and business men sought to emulate this ex- ample, and soon various public places were ornamented with handsome and appropriate signs. One day Asaph Il. Carpenter took his horse to the blacksmith shop to be shod, and there his attention was attracted by a hand- some new sign recently hung out by the smith, which was admired by many. It not only ex- hibited the name of the proprietor, but the figure of horse and smith, and some accom- paniments of his art. On examining the sign closely. Mr. Carpenter found the name of his son in the corner, as the author of the artistic sign. He at once hastened home to lecture his son upon the folly of wasting time in this sort of labor. However, the boy persevered, and presently prevailed upon his mother to sit for a portrait. When the picture was com- pleted, its life-like and natural character was impressed upon the father, who thereafter op- posed no objections to "the boy's nonsense," and was himself the next sitter for a portrait. When about fifteen years old, the boy entered the studio of Sanford Thayer at Syracuse, where he remained five months, and gained much by the instruction there received. Dur- ing this time, Mr. Thayer's studio was visited by the great artist. Elliott, of New York, who encouraged the youthful student, and gave him some advice as to the use of coloring.
In 1846, before the completion of his six- teenth year, young Carpenter opened a studio in Homer. llis neighbors were not very lib- eral patrons of art, and as is usual in those cases were reluctant to recognize talent in a youth who was raised among them. "The prophet is not without honor, save in his own country." The first home patron of the youthful artist was the Hon. Henry S. Ran- dall, who was preparing a book on agricul- tural topics, and paid young Carpenter ten dollars for some drawings of sheep to be em- ployed in the forthcoming book. The artist completed portraits of the nine original trus- tees of Cortland Academy who were then living, and these attracted some attention at home because of their faithfulness as por- traits, which even the uncultured neighbors could largely appreciate. About this time,
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Mr. Carpenter sent ten of his pictures to the American Art Union in New York, and one of these was selected from several hundred pictures submitted for purchase, by the Art Union, and the others were disposed of at satisfactory prices. In 1850 Mr. Carpenter removed to New York City, where he soon gained a high standing in art circles, and was ultimately engaged to paint portraits of many conspicuous citizens, including ex-Presidents Tyler, Fillmore and Franklin Pierce, Hon. William L. Marcy, Lewis Cass. William H. Seward, Sam Houston, Salmon P. Chase, Ca- leb Cushing and Henry Ward Beecher. This last was considered a masterpiece, and the New York Evening Post said of it: "The por- traits of this artist are remarkable, chiefly for their subtle mentality; for their faithful ren- dering of the inmost life and disposition. His studio is hung around with statesmen and men of power, whose characters can be read as if the men themselves, in their most impressive moods, stood before you, and among them all, this face of Beecher shines like an opal among dull and hueless stones, like a passion flower among bloomless shrubs." Mr. Carpenter was a man of amiable disposition, who made and retained strong friendships ; was impulsive and generous, and became widely known through- out the nation. He was also the author of an interesting work, entitled "Six Months at the White House." This was the result of his labors while painting various works of national character, including the signing of the "Emancipation Proclamation," and the noted "Arbitration" picture which was later presented to Queen Victoria. He was inti- mately associated with President Lincoln, and was highly esteemed by that noble patriot. Mr. Carpenter died in New York, March 23. 1900.
He married. January 6, 1853, Augusta Her- rick Prentiss. Children: I. Florence Trum- bull, born March 10, 1854; married, May 12, 1877, Albert Chester Ives, of New York City, and has a son, Emerson Ives, born October 3. 1882, in New York. 2. Herbert Sanford, mentioned below.
(XVI) DeWitt, second son of Asaph Ho- mer and Almira (Clark) Carpenter, was born May 30. 1832, on the paternal homestead in Homer, which he still owns, the only place in the section still held by a descendant of the original settler. He attended the local schools of the town until the age of seventeen years,
when he went to Boston and learned the en -. gravers' trade. After an apprenticeship of four years he continued two years as journey- man with the same employer and later formed a partnership with Mr. A. F. Pollock, with whom he conducted business under the firm name of A. F. Pollock & Company for two years. During his residence in Boston in going to and from over the Mill Dam road he frequently met the poet Longfellow, who was wont to take outdoor exercise on horseback. He was also thrown in contact with the his- torian, William H. Prescott. On account of ill-health, Mr. Carpenter was obliged to aban- don his business in Boston and return to Ho- mer. Having recuperated, he went to North- port, Long Island, and in company with his brother, Francis B. Carpenter, conducted a farm for some time. Again returning to the homestead in Homer, he was actively engaged in agriculture until 1907. when he removed to the village of Homer, his present place of residence. He was known as a progressive, industrious, up-to-date farmer, and has con- tributed extensively to agricultural magazines and other public prints. He has recently com- pleted a treatise on farming. entitled, "Facts for Farmers: to the Farmers, by a Farmer, for the Farmers." and this has been widely distributed by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroad. This has been warmly en- dorsed by acting director, H. J. Weber, of the State College of Agriculture, Cornell University. and many others. Mr. Carpenter is a member of the Congregational Church of Homer, which his father assisted in found- ing. He has never been an office seeker, but has always been actively interested in the con- duct of public affairs and is an apostle of clean living for the home, state and nation.
He married, September 25. 1855. Adeline Ball. born June 28, 1832, in Pompey, New York, daughter of Stephen C. and Patty (Johnson ) Ball. Stephen C. Ball, son of Libbeus Ball. was a soldier of the war of 1812. Children: I. Cora Almira, born at North- port, Long Island, in 1860, resides at home with her parents. 2. Violette Augusta, born in Homer, December 30, 1861. is the wife of Orren Bugbee, of Cortland, New York, now principal of a public school in Buffalo, New York. They have a son. Kenneth Carpenter Bugbee, born in 1893. 3. Helen Marr. born in Homer, May 25, 1866. married Clarence Knapp. of Homer, and resides on the paternal
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homestead, having three sons: Lawrence Car- penter, Leslie Edward and Harold Clarence.
(XVII) Herbert Sanford, only son of Francis Bicknell and Augusta Herrick (Pren- tiss) Carpenter, was born May 22, 1862, in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the pub- lic school in New York City, and started in the paper business with the firm of Wool- worth & Graham. In 1881 he went into Wall street as a clerk with the firm of Charles Head & Company, and in 1890 was admitted as a parner to this firm. In 1895 the Stock Ex- change firm of Thomas L. Manson & Com- pany was organized with offices in New York City. Mr. Carpenter retired from the firm of Head & Company and became a member of this firm. In January, 1910, Mr. Carpenter retired from the firm of T. L. Manson & Com- pany and started a new firm of Carpenter & Company, members of the New York Stock Exchange, with offices at 115 Broadway. He was elected a member of the Boston Stock Exchange in 1903. He is a member and direc- tor of the New England Society and member of the following clubs: Metropolitan, Union I.eague (of which he was a member of the executive committee), New York Athletic, Automobile, Ardsley (of which he was gov- ernor), Sleepy Hollow Country. His city home is at 56 West Fifty-fifth street, Man- hattan, and his country seat is Fairlight Cot- tage. Ardsley-on-Hudson. He married, Feb- ruary 13, 1884, Cora Anderson, of Louisville, Kentucky, and has one daughter, Cora, born January 19, 1885, now the wife of George A. Legg.
The Thompson pioneers in THOMPSON this country were very nu- merous. They came from England with the earliest settlers of New Eng- land and continued to come from England from time to time to the present. There were Scotch pioneers also from the north of Ire- land.
The Thompson family of Orange county, New York, is descended from William Thompson, who settled in the south part of Goshen about two miles from Florida town- ship. He possessed considerable means and bought six hundred acres of land. Whether he came direct from the old country or from one of the New England provinces we have been unable to determine, lacking the records and handicapped by the great number of
Thompson families. A daughter of William Thompson married Dr. Nathaniel Elmer, and Judge William Thompson, son of the pioneer, had sons Morris. William and Thomas Thompson, and a daughter who married Col- onel John Cowdrey. The census of 1790 ap- pears to show that the pioneer and his son and grandson of the same name all had families in Goshen. The only Thompson families in Goshen in 1790, according to the federal cen- sus, were three, of which the heads were Will- iam without the distinguishing marks of "Jr." or "2d." One William had four males over sixteen, three females and three males under sixteen. Another William had in his family two males over sixteen, four under that age and five females, also two slaves. The third William had two males over sixteen, three un- der that age and three females.
(I) Henry Thompson, grandson of the pio- neer, William Thompson, was doubtless a son of one of the William Thompsons mentioned in the census report described above. He was born at Goshen, May 15, 1788. He was edu- cated in Goshen and lived there until 1825, when he came to Owego, New York. For some fifteen years he was proprietor of a hotel at Campville. Afterward he followed the trade of blacksmith, having a shop in the vil- lage of Owego. He married (first), Novem- ber 3, 1810, Abigail ---. He married ( sec- ond ) Children by first wife: Sally Maria, born April 16, 1812; Eleanor, Febru- ary 15, 1814: Julia H., February 11, 1816; William Gale, April 4, 1818 ; James Lawrence, July II, 1820: Anthony Dobbin, mentioned below; Phebe Ann, April 24, 1824; James Lawrence, April II, 1826; Abigail Frances, April 9, 1828. Children by second wife : Henry, born July 6, 1831 : John, March 13, 1833: George Franklin, March 30, 1835 ; Mary Bacon, April 27, 1842 ; Prentice Ransom, Sep- tember 12, 1844.
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