Sixth Generation (Continued)
Mercy CARPENTER (Mercy BOORMAN5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 11 Mar 1778 in Frittenden, Kent, England. Christened on 11 Mar 1778 in Headcorn Baptist Church, Headcorn, Kent, England. Mercy died in Kent, England, abt 1802; she was 23. Buried on 5 Jun 1802 in Staplehurst, Kent, England. Religion: Baptist.
- 1778 birth: Mercy Carpenter, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
name: Mercy Carpenter
gender: Female
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 11 Mar 1778
birthplace: BAPTIST,HEADCORN,KENT,ENGLAND
father's name: James Carpenter
mother's name: Mercy Boorman
indexing project (batch) number: C09165-1
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 0596912 (RG4 932)
- 1797 marriage: Mercy Carpenter, "England, Marriages, 1538–1973 "
groom's name: William Crouch
bride's name: Mercy Carpenter
marriage date: 28 Nov 1797
marriage place: Staplehurst, Kent, England
indexing project (batch) number: I02149-7
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1737092
reference number: Dcb/BT1/224/213
- 1797 Canterbury Marriage Licenses for Staplehurst People – rootsweb
25 November 1797 (note this is in marriage licenses list, it may be the marriage was a bit later?)
William: CROUCH: of Marden, farmer, Ba. Mercy: CARPENTER: of Staplehurst, 19, dau. of James, farmer
- 1802 Staplehurst Burials 1793 to 1812 rootsweb freepages
Page 27 1802 5 Jun CROUCH Mercy 24 OTP(of this parish) - http://(freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/...t/Bur_Data_1793.htm)
- Mercy died before her father (1825)
RESEARCH NOTES
- interconnecting families here.
- Birth (General Baptist Congregation in Headcorn, Kent)
[parents] James Carpenter and Mercy Boorman was[sic] married at Staplehurst May 13 1777.
Mercy Carpenter daughter of James and Mercy Carpenter his wife born March 11 1778 at Frittenden; Charlotte born Sept 8 1779
- one source lists 8 children for Mercy: William, John, Edmund, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Mercy, Mary Ann and Eliza [but if Mercy died young, these are all likely the children of William Crouch’s second wife]
- another source references 9 children including a Sarah Osborne? Crouch. Also has Mercy dying in 1802 and husband remarrying a Mary, who would be the mother of alll or most of his children I wonder if Mercy and Mary were the same person? Need to validate Mercy’s date of death if possible
- from another researcher: I too haven't found Mercy Carpenter's death. [now found in Staplehurst in 1802] … I believe Mercy and Mary are two people. Mary's surname could be Simmon(d)s but I haven't proved it. - there is also a Thos. Crouch, son of William and Mary, baptised 20 Aug 1813, Ebenezer-independent, Sutton Valence, Kent
- from another researcher: I have also found a note of a Mercy Crouch born about 1802 Headcorn, a baptism 17 Jul 1803 Headcorn, again with familysearch. No parents named but dates fit in with William and Mercy Crouch if she died in childbirth or afterwards.
ref 100917-9, England-ODM, source film number 1751915.
On 28 Nov 1797 when Mercy was 19, she married
William CROUCH in Staplehurst, Kent, England.
Born ca 1775. William died abt 1845; he was 70.
RESEARCH NOTES
From another researcher:
- did he marry twice? If Mercy died young in 1802, his 2nd wife Mary may have been the mother of his children?
- I believe William Crouch and Mary married 1804 Maidstone. In 1841 census William is living with Edmund b.1819 and Eliza b.1823, presumably the rest have moved on.
- 1804 possible second wife for William Crouch - record is found on www.thegenealogist.co.uk:
Groom: William Crouch
Bride: Mary Simmonds
Date: 23 April 1804
Witness 1: John Knowlden (this is the interesting bit of info, family already connected with the Knowledens)
Witness 2: John File
Parish: Maidstone
Church: All Saints
County: Kent
Event: Marriage
FamilySearch.org has the same entry without witness info and gives it reference number
Index project (batch) number: M02007-9
system origin: England-ODM
Source film number 1736877
The dates certainly fit in with Charlotte Crouch being born 27.1.1805 nine months later. She appears to be the first child of Mary, several more follow with dates of baptisms, often a while after birth, but haven't established exactly which ones survived.
- 1845: William Crouch's will was proved 4/4/1845, he names sons William and John Crouch as executors together with son-in-law John Boorman, husband of his daughter Charlotte. He mentions his late father William Crouch. Edmund gets £20 per anum for life providing he does not charge or mortgage the annuity in which case it would be forfeited !! I think he may have been 'unreliable' in some way! He names seven more children William, Charlotte, Betsy wife of Benjamin Boorman, Mercy the wife of Thomas Usborne, John, Mary Ann and Eliza so these presumably are the surviving children plus Edmund (8 children). He made the will in 1833 and adds husband John H?ickman for Mary Ann and William Munns for Eliza.
Sarah Osborne is John Boorman's second marriage, name of Osborne is not proved but Sarah and John lived out their old age together according to censuses, Charlotte died young, aged 51.
- baptism records don’t always list parents names. There seems to be another couple (Thomas and Sarah Crouch) who were having children about the same time in Headcorn, including a Mary baptised 14 Feb 1802).
Baptisms in Headcorn (batch I01573-1) without parents names:
Stephen Crouch, 11 Oct 1811
Mercy Crouch, 17 Jul 1803
Charles Crouch, 12 Jun 1809
Charles Crouch, 17 Nov 1809
Edmund Crouch, 23 Feb 1808
James Crouch, 11 Mar 1806
Anna Crouch, 14 Jan 1805
- baptisms for children of William and Mary Crouch are listed nearby in Sutton Valence Kent (a couple of miles north of Headcorn on the road to Headcorn from Maidstone) at an independent church, as many Boormans were often affiliated.
Charlotte CARPENTER (Mercy BOORMAN5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 8 Sep 1779 in Frittenden, Kent, England. Christened in Headcorn Baptist Church, Headcorn, Kent, England. Religion: Baptist.
- Birth (General Baptist Congregation in Headcorn, Kent)
daughter of James and Mercy Carpenter his wife; Charlotte born Sept 8 1779
Charlotte married KNOWLEDEN.
RESEARCH NOTES
- There was an Mercy Knowleden b 1720 who married a William Boorman - related with interconnections?
James CARPENTER (Mercy BOORMAN5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 8 May 1782 in Frittenden, Kent, England. Christened in Headcorn Baptist Church, Headcorn, Kent, England. James died aft 1861; he was 78. Occupation: Farmer.
- 1782 "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: James Carpenter Family Tree
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 08 May 1782
Birthplace: BAPTIST,HEADCORN,KENT,ENGLAND
Father's Name: James Carpenter
Mother's Name: Mercy
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C09165-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0596912 (RG4 932)
ALSO
"England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8)"
Name: James Carpenter
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 08 May 1782
Birthplace: Headcorn, Kent
Father's Name: James Carpenter
Mother's Name: Mercy Carpenter
Affiliate Publication Number: RG4_0932
- 1809 Staplehurst Kent Parish index - marriage:
1809 24 Nov CARPENTER James HEATH Elizabeth Lic. Both OTP
"England, Marriages, 1538–1973 "
Name: James Carpenter
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Heath
Event Date: 24 Nov 1809
Event Place: Staplehurst, Kent, England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02149-7 - also batch I02504-0
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1737092
Reference ID: Dcb/BT1/224/227
- 1841 England Census, High Halden, Blackbourne, Kent:
Household Members:
Name Age
James Carpenter 55, farmer, b. Kent
Elizabeth Carpenter 50, b. Kent
Nelson Carpenter 25, b. Kent
Caroline Carpenter 15, b. Kent
Esther Carpenter 15, b. Kent
George Carpenter 13, b. Kent
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 473; Book: 6; Civil Parish: High Halden; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 9; Page: 9; Line: 6; GSU roll: 306868.
Film shows others in same household / address:
Thomas Pound, 45, Ag Lab, b Kent
John Holt, 20, Ag Lab, b. Kent
James Oliver, 15, Ag Lab, b. Kent
Caroline Holt, 20, F S, b. Kent
- 1851 England Census
Name:James Carpenter
Age:68
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1783
Relation:Head
Spouse's Name:Elizabeth Carpenter
Gender:M (Male)
Where born:Frittenden, Kent, England
Civil Parish:Frittenden
Ecclesiastical parish:Charing
County/Island:Kent
Country:England
Registration District:Cranbrook
Sub-registration District:Cranbrook
ED, institution, or vessel:1b
Household Schedule Number:12
Household Members:
Name Age
James Carpenter 68
Elizabeth Carpenter 69
Elizabeth Carpenter 5
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1619; Folio: 22; Page: 4; GSU roll: 193520. [no image]
RESEARCH NOTES
- the 4 children listed by another researcher (Caroline, Henry, Esther Ann, and George Edward - 3 of these probably came from 1841 census) - do not seem a good match for this couple who were married in 1809. These children were born 1821 - 1828, and their mother’s maiden name was listed as Worsley (not Heath).
- another researcher on rootsweb lists 1 child: Mercry Sabina Carpenter, 1812 Staplehurst, although I found christening occurring in 1834 in Halden Kent according to:
"England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Mercy Sabina Carpenter
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 06 Feb 1834
Christening Place: Halden, Kent, England
Father's Name: James Carpenter
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00876-6
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1786506
Reference ID: item 1
[wikipedia says: High Halden is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, England [just east of Biddenden]. The village is located on the A28 road between Ashford town and Tenterden, 3miles north of the latter. [Biddenden is south of Headcorn; Headcorn is east of Staplehurst] - so High Halden is probably about 20+ km SE of Staplehurst by road.]
- 8 Children listed for James Carpenter and Elizabeth in "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" (familysearch.org, batch I000876-6)
Name Christening Date Christening Place Batch
Mercy Sabina Carpenter ** 06 Feb 1834 Halden, Kent, England
Nelson James Carpenter 06 Feb 1834 Halden, Kent, England
William Carpenter 06 Feb 1834 Halden, Kent, England
Esther Ann Carpenter 06 Feb 1834 Halden, Kent, England
George Edward Carpenter 06 Feb 1834 Halden, Kent, England
John Carpenter 06 Feb 1834 Halden, Kent, England
Charlotte Elizabeth Carpenter 06 Feb 1834 Halden, Kent, England
Harry Thomas Carpenter 06 Feb 1834 Halden, Kent, England
[this was a mass baptism - wonder when they were all born? Did the family just move to Halden in 1834?]
[** must have been christened as an adult because she was married the same year:
"England, Marriages, 1538–1973 "
Name: Robert Widower Mercer
Spouse's Name: Mercy Sabine Spinster Carpenter
Event Date: 25 Feb 1834
Event Place: Halden, Kent, England
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00876-6
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1786506
Reference ID: item 1 ]
>> 1841 census in High Halden lists a number of children for James and Elizabeth (Nelson, Caroline, Esther, George) - some names from both groups, so does this mean it's a mixed family?
- why is his death listed as after 1861? Perhaps because of this census (but is this him? - age and location of birth is right):
"England and Wales Census, 1861"
Name: James Carpenter
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1861
Gender: Male
Age: 78
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Frittenden, Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Cranbrook
Sub-District: 1 Cranbrook
Ecclesiastical Parish:
Parish: Frittenden
Residence County: Kent
[couldn’t view others in household, but all Carpenters indexed in Frittenden in 1861 are:
James Carpenter, b 1783 Frittenden Kent
Elisabeth Carpenter, b 1847 Holden Kent
George E Carpenter, b. 1829 Frittenden Kent
Jane Carpenter, b 1835 Boughton Sussex
Thomas Carpenter, b 1853 Frittenden Kent
Elizabeth Carpenter, b 1855 Frittenden Kent
George Carpenter, b 1857 Frittenden Kent
Horace Carpenter, b 1861 Frittenden Kent
- The only death registration for a James Carpenter in Cranbrook Dist, Kent between 1861 and 1881 is:
Deaths Dec 1861
Carpenter James Cranbrook 2a 311
[there are numerous other listings in other Kent districts]
On 24 Nov 1809 when James was 27, he married Elizabeth HEATH in Staplehurst, Kent, England. Born abt 1782 in Maidstone, Kent, England.
They had the following children:
William CARPENTER (Mercy BOORMAN5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born on 8 Mar 1784 in England. William died in Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, USA, in 1848; he was 63. Buried abt 1848 in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, USA.
- 1848 memorial for William Carpenter
Birth: 1784
Death: 1848
Will: p. 142, William Carpenter age 64 of town of Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, signed 7 Sep 1848.
One-half use of farm in lieu of dower to wife Sophia Carpenter. $50 to son George Carpenter. $5 each to son William Carpenter and son Philip Carpenter. $50 each to daughters Sophia Carpenter, Mercy Angeline Bekin, Eliza Carpenter, Rachael L. Ellis, Mary Ann Carpenter, Emily Carpenter, Adelaide Carpenter, to be paid within a year to those over 21 and to the others when they become 21. Everything else including land in Sherman to son Edmond Carpenter.
Executors: Wife Sophia Carpenter and brother-in-law Benjamin Boorman
Witnesses: Benjamin Boorman of Sherman, John Kingsworth or Sherman, and Isaac Relf of Mina
from contributor Dolores Davidson
Burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Created by: MSue
Record added: Sep 23, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42297187
RESEARCH NOTES
- from another researcher:
A Sophia Boorman (1788-1875), married to William Carpenter, arrived on the Quebec from England on 18 May 1840 with William and their 11 children, and also went to Sherman NY. A Find-a-Grave posting of William Carpenter’s will lists the above Benjamin Boorman as William’s brother-in-law – and thus Sophia Boorman Carpenter is Benjamin’s brother. They could be siblings of Rachel, but the discrepancy about Benjamin Boorman’s parents makes this questionable.
On 7 Feb 1811 when William was 26, he married
Sophia BOORMAN (96) , daughter of
James BOORMAN (36) & Mary WOOD, in East Sutton, Kent, England.
Born on 3 Mar 1788 in Ulcombe, Kent, England. Sophia died in Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, USA, in 1875; she was 86. Buried abt 1875 in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, USA.
- 1788 Sophia Boorman, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
name: Sophia Boorman
gender: Female
baptism/christening date:
baptism/christening place:
birth date: 03 Mar 1788
birthplace: Ulcomb, Kent, England
father's name: James Boorman
mother's name: Mary
indexing project (batch) number: C14621-4 [the only one in this batch]
system origin: England-ODM
source film number: 815937
- 1811 Sophia Boorman, "England, Marriages, 1538–1973 "
groom's name: William Carpenter
bride's name: Sophia Boorman
marriage date: 07 Feb 1811
marriage place: East Sutton, Kent, England
indexing project (batch) number: I01717-6
system origin: England-EASy
source film number: 1752236
reference number: 226
ALSO
Kent, England, Extracted Parish Records
Text: Wm Carpenter of Staplehurst bach & Sophia Boorman of E Sutton sp, at E S. 01 Feb 1811.
Book: Volume 34
Collection: Kent, Surrey, London: - Canterbury Marriage Licences, 1810-1837 (Marriage)
ALSO
Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874
Name: Wm Carpenter
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 7 Feb 1811
Marriage Place: Kent
Spouse Name: Sophia Boorman
- 1840 New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Sophia Carpenter
Arrival Date: 18 May 1840
Birth Date: abt 1788
Age: 52
Port of Departure: London, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Quebec
From image
Wm Carpenter, 56, farmer … Wife & children of William Carpenter: All Great Britain, UStates:
Sophia Carpenter, 52
Sophia, 27
Elizabeth, 25
Edmund, 22
Angelina Mercy, 220
Eliza, 19
Rachael, 15
George, 15
Mary Ann, 14
Philip, 10
Emily, 9?
Adelaide, 7
- 1844 New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Arrival Date: 30 Nov 1844
Port of Departure: London, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Westminster
from image: M237, 1820-1897, roll 056,
A Sarah Boorman, 48, female, farmer and
Sophia Carpenter 56, farmer, Great Britain, UStates seem to be traveling together without spouses and without other Boormans.
[a Sophia Boorman b 1788 married a William Carpenter; Sophia was Benjamin Boorman’’s sister. Benjamin married a Sarah Hosmer, so I think this is a match]
- New York, Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1850
Name: Sophia Carpenter
Arrival Date: 30 Nov 1844
Age: 56
Gender: F (Female)
Port of Arrival: New York
Port of Departure: London
Place of Origin: Great Britain
Ship: Westminster
Family Identification: 30164938
Microfilm Serial Number: M237
Microfilm Roll Number: 56
- 1860 "United States Census, 1860"
name: Sophia Carpenter
residence: , Chautauqua, New York
ward: Sherman
age: 73 years
estimated birth year: 1787
birthplace: England
gender: Female
page: 29
family number:
film number: 803731
dgs number: 4235215
image number: 00280
nara number: M653 [household members not listed]
Other Carpenters listed on page 29:
Edward Carpenter, 41, b 1819 England
Eliza Carpenter, 38, b 1822 England
Emily Carpenter, 27, b 1833 England
ALSO
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Sophia Boorman
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 3 Mar 1788
Christening Place: Ulcomb, Kent, Eng
Father's Name: James Boorman
Mother's Name: Mary
Maternal Grandfather's Name: William Wood
Source Citation: Place: Ulcomb, Kent, Eng; Collection: Dr. William's Library; Nonconformist Registers; Date Range: 1788 - 1790; Film Number: 815937.
- 1870 USA census: Sophia Carpenter in household of Philip Carpenter, "United States Census, 1870" - enumerated 24 Jun 1870
name: Sophia Carpenter
estimated birth year: 1788
gender: Female
age in 1870: 82y
color (white, black, mulatto, chinese, indian): White
birthplace: England
home in 1870: New York, United States - Sherman, Chautauqua
Household Gender Age Birthplace
page 1:
Philip Carpenter M 39y England - farmer $4650 real estate, $1607 personal estate, father & mother of foreign birth
Eliza Carpenter F 47y England - keeping house, father & mother of foreign birth
page 2:
Sophia Carpenter F 82y England - retired, father & mother of foreign birth
Mercy Beken F 48y England - at home $4000 personal estate, father & mother of foreign birth
Frederic Terry M 8y Illinois - attended school
Isaac Gardner M 52y Connecticut - farm laborer
- 1875 memorial (no photo of gravestone):
Sophia Carpenter
Birth: 1788
Death: 1875
Spouse:
William Carpenter (1784 - 1848)
Children:
George Carpenter (____ - 1853)*
William Carpenter (1815 - 1896)*
Edmund Carpenter (1818 - 1867)*
Mercy A Carpenter Bekin (1819 - 1903)*
Eliza Carpenter (1821 - 1906)*
Philip Carpenter (1829 - 1926)*
Emily Carpenter (1832 - 1861)*
Adalaide Carpenter (1833 - 1849)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Sherman,Chautauqua County, New York, USA
Created by: MSue
Record added: Sep 23, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 42297205
They had the following children:
John CARPENTER (Mercy BOORMAN5, William4, William3, Thomas2, William1).
Born abt 1787 in Staplehurst, Kent, England. John died in Staplehurst, Kent, England, on 14 Feb 1839; he was 52. Buried on 21 Feb 1839 in Staplehurst, Kent, England.
- 1839 monument inscription:
302. John CARPENTER of this parish died 14 February 1829 aged 52 years.
- 1839 burial, Staplehurst Kent:
679 1839 21 Feb John CARPENTER 52