Myers-Snell Family

John Carpenter was born about 1300 (1303?) in Dilwyn, Austerfield, England (according to Slaught Pedigree Chart.
This John Carpenter is found in English historical records was born about 1303 and was a member of Parliament in 1323 (Family History News 1988).
ASSUMPTION: John b. 1303 was head of the ancentral line in Hereford family of Carpenters. He was very prominent in affairs and took an active part in all matters relating to the interests of the crown. This English line of Carpenters becameextinct in about 1853 and it is in America that continuation of the family must be sought.
We do know that John married in England and had at least one child--a son named Richard who was born about 1335.

REFERENCES:
CARPENTER MEMORIAL-OUR FAMILY 1303-1638-1896 by Amos B. Carpenter, copyrighted 1896, West Waterbury, NJ. p.
FAMILY HISTORY NEWS 1988, P.2.
SLAUGHT PEDIGREE CHART (Carpenter)./

First of name found in English Records. In 1323, served as a Member
of Parliament for the Borough of Leskard, Cornwall.

Was a member of parliament in 1323 during reign of Edward I. Represented the borough of Lescard.[]

!Notes: Lineage researched by: Raymond G. Carpenter (Amer. Genealogist)
and Harry F. Rogers (English Genealogist). Sources: Wills in Playfair's
British Antiquities (London, 1810.); Davis' and Owen's New Peerage
(London, 1778) Vol. III, p108; L.G. Pine, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and
Knightage (London 1956); History of the County of Hereford; The Life
of Lord George Carpenter (London, 1736); Thomas Brewer's Memoirs and
History of the City of London School for Boys (London, 1856); Amos B.
Carpenter's "The Carpenter Family": Records of The British Museum,
London; Records of The National Library of Wales.

WFT # 945
"of Leskard, Cornwall, born prior to 1300; was a member of Parliament in 1323,
during reign of Edward I, was from borough of Leskard. John believed of Norman
descent as Leskard, a charter town, was settled by Normans; the Celts were not
urban settlers." from corres. w/Helen Carpenter Burns 1990

Note: Some question as to year of birth.[]

HISTORY: From Family History News 1988 p.2:
This first John Carpenter found in English historical records was born about 1303. He was a member of parliament in 1323.
"The Homme & Tyrconnel Carpenters:" The Noble family of Carpenters from which the EArl fo Tyrconnel is descended, is of great antiquity in the County of Hereford and other parts of England. In 1303 (the 20th year of the reign of Edward I), JohnCarpenter appeared. He was a member of Parliament in 1323, for the borough of Leskard in Cromwell, as two years afterwards was Stephen Carpenter, for Credition, in the county of Devon, in 1325, (the 19th year of the reign of Edward II).
Henry Carpenter served, in 1418, for the town of Derby, in the 35th year of Henry V... Playfair's British Antiquities. London, 1810...who resided in the parish of Dilwyne, in Herfordshire. he died in 1520. He had a son, james, who died in1537. %This James had a son John who died in 1540 and left a son William, the most prominent ancestor of the Tyrconnel Carpenters, who died 1550. From this William our family also claims descent. The family now remained country gentlemen forsix generations, 'Till the birth of Thomas, who bequeathed his estate on his death in 1773, to a second cousin George, who became the first Lord Carpenter. In 1761, the Earldom of Tyrconnel in Ireland, was given to a 3rd George Carpenter. Thisbranch finally became extinct in 1853...See DAVIS AND OWENS NEW PEERAGE, VOL III., p.108; London; also BURKE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE."
ASSUMPTION: John b. 1303 was head of the ancestral line in herford family of Carpenters. he was very prominent in affrairs and took an active part in all matters relating to the interests of the Crown. This English line of Carpenters becameextinct in abaout 1853 and it is in America that continuation of the family must be sought.

REFERENCES
FAMILY HISTORY NEWS by marjorie Thatcher-Speer 1988 p.2.
REHOBOTH BRANCH OF CARPENTER FAMILY by Amos B. Carpenter 1898
SLAUGHT PEDIGREE CHART - Carpenter. /

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