Myers-Snell Family

Savage p336:
CARPENTER, William, Weymouth, came in the Bevis 1638, from Southampton, aged 62, a carpenter from Horwell, says the clearance at custom ho. with William, 33, prob. his s. and Abigail, w. of the latter, 32, and four gr.ch "of ten yrs. old orless," and not nam. in that document was freem. 13 May 1640, rep 1641, and 3, and d. in the winter of 1659,60. His will, of 10 Dec pro. 7 Feb. foll. names s. John and his s. but of this br. nothing is seen after; William and his s. John; Joseph,and his s. Joseph; Abijah; Samuel; Hannah and Abigail; and gives to s. of John Titus, wh. had m. testator's d. But I fear some incongr. of time will harldly be reconcil./

William, third of four sons born to William CARPENTER, was a carpenter by trade. His brothers were James, Alexander and Richard. He rented certain tenements and gardens in Houndsditch in 1625 to him devised for forty=one years with a covenantto build within five years, which tenements and gardens were heretofore conveyed to the city's use for the support of the Carpenter Free School by John Carpenter, Town Clerk of London. This William, the progenitor of the rehoboth family, cameover in the ship[ BEVIS with his son, William, son's wife Abigail and their foure children. The earliest record of unquestioned authenticity appears in the ship's records of their departure from "Southampton--The list of the names of apssengersintended to ship themselves, in the Bevis of Hampton of CL. Tounes, Robert Batten (Mr.) of Newengland, And thus by vertue of the Lord Treasurers warrant of the second of May w/ was after the restraynt and they some Dayes gone to sea before theKinges Matters Proclamacon Came unto South'ton No. of persons (8)" including William age 62, William age 33, Abigail age 32, Thomas Banshott, servant, age 14 and fower children 10 & under. " William (b.1576) returned in the same vessel inwhich he came over" Nothing further s known of this elder William--only of his son, William (b.1605). He died in England.
REFERENCES:
CARPENTER & ALLIED FAMILIES by A.I.CARPENTER 1936, p.9.
REHOBOTH BRANCH OF THE CARPENTER FAMILY by Amos Carpenter, p.38.
SHIPS & PASSENGER RECORDS-Complete Book of Imigrants 1607-1660,by Coldham
New England History & Genealog. Register VOL XIV, p.336; VOL LXXIII (1919) P.lii; VOL LXXVIII (1924), p.105.
Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England VOL I (1860), p.337. /NKC/

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From ANCESTRAL LINES: At the age of 62 he came to America in the
Bevis, sailing
from Southampton 16 May 1638 with his son William's family and a
servant, Thomas
Bransholt, age 14. Horwell Hampshire given as place of origin
apparently to con
fuse the authorities. He apparently returned to England aboard the
Bevis, and
nothing more is know of him or his family.
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Came fro London on ship "Bevis" with son, daughter-in-law and grandson. Returned on same ship in 1638[]

As per info from Helen Carpenter Burns, 1990.....

William, the progenitor of the Rehoboth, Mass. family of Carpenters, came over in the ship Bevis with his son William, and son's wife Abigail and their children. He was registered at Southampton at the time of emigration as a carpenter by tradeand as coming from Wherwell, but it is evident that he was a resident of London. It appears that all of the family were dissenters and consequently were obliged to leave the city of London for a more quiet place. It is a well known fact thatWilliam who came to America in 1638 returned to England leaving his son and family in Weymout

The Bevis sailed in May of 1638 from Southampton with 61 passengers. Among them were William Carpenter of Horwell, age 62; William, his son age 33; his son's wife Abigail age 32; and four of William Sr.'s grandchildren ages 10 and under who'snames are not mentioned in the ship's list. A servant accompanied the, Thomas Bansholt age 14.

The ocean crossing was long and hardships were suffered in cramped quarters in a ship probably less than 50 feet in length. It is believed that William, Sr. returned to England on the Bevis, deciding not to stay in the new world.

There are two branches to the early Carpenter families in America. Both are headed by William Carpenters who were cousins, and both stem from Wiltshire, England originally. The William here is the progenitor of the Rehoboth Branch, and the otherWilliam [cousin] is progenitor of what is called the Providence, R.I. Branch.

!Notes: The Wiltshire branch of the English Carpenter family is the ancestral family of the early New England Carpenter settlers in America. The American immigrant William Carpenter of Providence,
RI, and Capt. William Carpenter of Rehoboth, MA were first cousins. The father of William of Providence was Richard of Amesbury, Wiltshire. The father of William of Rehoboth, MA was William of Horwell, Hampshire, who came with his son on theship Bevis in 1638.
(Source: Gen. History of the Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family in America (Amherst, MA, 1898) with corrections and updates by Raymond George Carpenter.)

all info from corres. w/Helen Carpenter Burns 1990

The following is extracted from the "Ancestry and descendatns of Colonel Solomon Carpenter of Goshen, New York", Researched, Compiled and issued by the Carpenter Association in 1974: The Bevis Shipping list, located at the British Museum inLondon, contains the following: "Southampton. The List of the Names of Passengers Intended to ship themselves, in the bevis of Hampton of C> Tounes, Robert Batten Mr for Newengland, And thus by vertue of the Lord Treasurers warrant of thesecond of May wch was after the restraynt and they some Dayes gone to sea Before the Kinges Mates Proclamacon
Came unto South'ton.
No of persons(William Carpenter) of Horwell Carpenters . . . age 62
(William Carpenter, JR.) 32
8 (Abigail Carpenter and fower children 10 and under 32
(tho. Banshott, servent .......................... 14
Endorsed: "Southton, 1638, The Cert. and list of the Passengers names gone for New England in the Bevis of Hampton, in May 1638.

The Bevis sailed in May of 1638 from Southapton, England with 61 passengers aboard. Among them were one WILLIAM CARPENTER of Horwell, age 62; William, his son, age 33; his son's wife, Abigail, 32, and four grandchildren of age 10 or under. The grandchildren's names are not mentioned in the ship's clearance papers. The Carpenters were also accompanied by a servent, Thomas Bansholt, age 14.

The ocean crossing in 1638 was a long journey and passengers suffered many hardships within the cramped quarters of ships which were usually less than 50 feet in length. Sleeping facilities were less than comfortable and the selection of foodextremely limited. The incidence of disease and shipboard
death may not have been as prevalent as on some of the voyages of the pervious 18 years, but we can be certain the trip to the New World, even in favorable weather, was not a pleasurable one for these adventuresome travelers. Their days at seawere probably fraught with anxiety even though we know they had high hopes for their future in the Colony. It is believed the the elder William Carpenter left his son and family at Weymouth, MA and returned to England on the Bevis.

The younger William Carpenter was admitted a freeman of Weymouth May 13, 1640 and was named constable in 1641. He also served as representative of Weymouth in 1641 and 1643. Although records indicate William Carpenter was admitted as aninhabitant of Rehoboth on March 28, 1645, it is possible he lived there before that date. It is certain that he served as town clerk and one of the Rehoboth proprietors as early as 1644.

HISTORY:
Willliam was a carpenter by trade. He rented certain tenements and gardens in Houndsditch in 1625 to him devised for forty-one years with a covenant to build within five years, which tenements and gardens were heretofore conveyed to the city'suse for the support of the Carpenter Free School by john Carpenter, Town Clerk of London 1300's. This William, the progenitor of the Rehoboth family, came over in the ship "Bevis" with his son William, son's wife Abigail and their four chiren. The earliest record of unquestioned authenticity: "Southampton.--The list of the names of Passengers Intended to shipe themselves, in the Beuis of hampton of CL. Tounes, Robert Batten (Mr.) of Newengland, And thus by vertue of the LordTreasurers wraant of the second of May w(hich) was after the restraynt and they some Dayes gone to sea Before the Kinges Mat(ters) Proclamacon Came unto South'ton. NO. of personss (8)
Wiliam Carpenterof Horwell Carpent(ers)62
William Carpenter, Junof Horwell Carpent33
Abigail Carpenter and fower children 10 & under 32
Tho: Banshott, servt......14"
Endorsed: "Southton, 1638, The Cert. and list of the Passeng(ers) names gone for New England in the Bevis of Hampton, in May, 1638."
The statement was made, in 1860, that Horwell, above, probably should be horil, and that "there is a Horil in Hamshire, near Linington."
That the aforesaid William Carpenter, aged sixty-two in 1638, and therefore born about 1576, was identical with William Carpenter, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, and that eh aforesaid William Carpenter, Jun., aged thirty-three in 1638, andtherefore born about 1605, was identical with William Carpenter, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, is a genealogical fact of general acceptance. There is, however, a disagreement of opinion regarding the elder of the Williams. Mr. Savage, in his"Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," states that he died in 1659-60, leaving children, John, William, Joseph, Abijah, Samuel, Hannah, Abigail, but the compiler of the "Rehoboth Branch of the Carpenter Family" states,nearly twoscore years after the publication of Mr. Savage's work, that William, the elder, born in 1576, "returned in the same vessel in which he came over." This author also, after many years of search and inquiry, assigns the will of 1659-60to the younger William Carpenter, born in 1605, and gives his children as John, William, Joseph, hannah, Abiah, Abigail, Samuel. According to the latter, and probably correct version, nothing further is known of the elder William or hisdescendants in the New World with the exception of his son William and the latter's descendants.

NOTE: Mr. Savage has father and son data mixed in some of his references...
@NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES:
"CARPENTER, William (1st) (1576- ) and ---- ---- in England, b. 1605; Weymouth"
@ SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS; Index of Ancestors, p.87:

"CARPENTER, Capt. William, Sr., 1576-1660, Rehoboth, mass., Weymouth, Mass. Deputy 1641-43.
Capt. 1642: BARTLETT, Joseph G. MUNROE, Wilfred H.
BUSCH, MiersRUMRILL, frank
CAMP, Edw. N.STEVENS, John A.
CARPENTER, Wm, Sr.STEWART, Jeremiah C.
CARPENTER, Wm. M.STOWELL, Wm H.H.
FARR, marvin A.
HAWKES, Edw Stephen
<NOTE: this Capt. Wm. Carpenter is the son (1605-1660) -- NOT the father...>
@ DIRECTORY OF ANC. HEADS OF NE FAMILY by Holmes:
"William, in 9th generation from John, b. England 1576, came with a son William, b. 1605 to new England 1637, returned on same ship (Bevis) leaving his son William in Amer; he latter a freeman at Weymouth, MA, 1640, was one of the founders ofRehoboth, a carpenter by trade."

REFERENCES:
CARPENTER & ALLIED FAMILIES by A.I.Carpenter 1936; p.9.
DIRECTORY OF ANCESTRAL HEADS OF NE FAMILIES 1620=1700 by Frank R. Holmes 1964.
GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, VOL I (1860) by Savage, p.337.
NEW ENGLAND HIST & GENEA. REG. VOL XIV, p.336 & VOL LXXIII (1919) P.lii; VOL LXXVIII (1924) p.105.
NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700; p.136.
REHOBOTH BRANCH OF THE CARPENTER FAMILY by Amos Carpenter; p.38.
SHIPS & PASSENGER RECORDS-Complete Bk of Imigrants 1607-1660 by Coldham. /

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