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Monday, February 23, 2026

Briant Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget

Briant Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget by Ruth Paget 

Ruth and Florence Paget are related to the Briant Family through their ancestor George Robert Carpenter. 

G1 refers to Generation 1 and so on. 

Mother Lines 

G1 – Florence Paget 

G2 – Ruth Pennington (Married Name: Paget) 

G3 – Beatrice May Sawle (Married Name: Pennington) 

G4 – Daisy May Bardsley (Married Name: Sawle)

-daughter of Edward Charles Bardsley and Etta Pearl Carpenter 

G5 – Etta Pearl Carpenter 

-daughter of George Robert Carpenter and Phoebe Throop 

G6 – George Robert Carpenter 

-son of Benjamin Carpenter and Elizabeth Eaker 

G7 – Benjamin Carpenter 

-son of Barnard Carpenter and Phoebe Avery

G8 – Barnard Carpenter 

-son of John Charles Carpenter and Ruth Horton 

G9 – John Charles Carpenter, Jr. 

-son of John Carpenter, Sr. and Sarah Thurston 

G10 – John Carpenter, Sr.

-son of Benjamin Carpenter, Jr. and Renew Weeks 

G11 – Benjamin Carpenter, Jr. 

-son of Joseph Carpenter I and Margaret Sutton 


G12 – Joseph Carpenter I 

-son of William Carpenter and Abigail Briant 


G13 – Abigail Briant 

-daughter of John Briant and Mary Alice Briant 

Born: about May 27, 1604 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England 

Died: February 22, 1687 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts – buried in East Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, US


G14 – John Briant  

-son of Mr. Briant (first name unknown) and Mrs. Briant (name unknown at this time) 

Born: about 1580 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England 

Died: August 20, 1638 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England, UK 


G15 – Mr. Briant (first name unknown at this time) 

Born: Estimated birth between 1515 and 1575 


By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games