Carpenter Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
My great-grandmother Etta Carpenter owned property in her own right in Wisconsin. This information can be found on platte maps in the Wisconsin Historical Society. Her family history illustrates westward European settlement of the United States.
G1 refers to generation 1.
G1 – Florence Paget
-daughter of Laurent Paget and Florence Paget
G2 – Ruth Pennington
-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle
G3 – Beatrice May Sawle
-daughter of Frank Henry Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley
G4 – Daisy May Bardsley
-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter
Born: April 25, 1905
Died: April 4, 1984, buried in Arena Cemetery, Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin
G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter
-daughter of George Robert Carpenter and Phoebe Throop
Born: April 29, 1866
Died: September 10, 1928
G6 – George Robert Carpenter
-son of Benjamin Carpenter and Elizabeth Eaker
Born: September 7, 1841
Died: July 8, 1887, buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin
G7 – Benjamin Carpenter
-son of Barnard Carpenter and Phoebe Avery
Born: May 4, 1803, in Great Nine Partners, Duchess, New York
Died: October 18, 1866, buried in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin
G8 –Barnard Carpenter
-son of John Charles Carpenter and Ruth Horton
Born: December 21, 1756, in Great Nine Partners, Duchess, New York Colony, British Colonial America
Died: May 8, 1843, in Boonville, Boonville County, Oneida, New York
G9 – John Charles Carpenter Jr -son of John Carpenter and Sarah Thurston Born: January 4, 1728, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Died: 1804, in Milton, Saratoga, New York Note: He lived in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island in 1728
G10 – John Carpenter Sr
-son of Benjamin Carpenter Sr and Renew Weeks
Born: March 25, 1692, in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Died: 1766 in Massachusetts
G11 – Benjamin Carpenter Sr
-son of Joseph Carpenter I and Margaret Sutton
Born: January 19, 1658
Died: May 22, 1727, buried in Knockum Hill Cemetery, Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island
G12 – Joseph Carpenter I
-son of William Carpenter and Abigail Briant
Born: April 6, 1534, in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England
Died: May 3, 1675, buried in Knockum Hill Cemetery in Barrington, Bristol, Rhode Island
G13 – William Carpenter
-son of William Carpenter and unknown name mother
-Immigrant to the US
Born: 1605, in England
Died: 1659, buried in Newman Cemetery, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
