BIOGRAPHY OF HOPE CARPENTER, YATES CO., NY Copyright (c) 1999 by Susan Austin(susanaustin@hotmail.com). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots: Volume 1 CARPENTER Hope Hillside Cem, Dundee, Yates Co NY 69 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Early Settlers of Yates County", by Mrs. Fenton E. Bootes, G.R.S., Historian, Gu-Ya-No-Ga Chapter DAR, "Hope Carpenter" Hope Carpenter was an early settler of the Town of Starkey and Tyrone, as he and his wife Phebe, and son Jacob and (Jacob's) wife Mary were early members of the Tyrone Baptist Church in 1815. Also their children Sally, Ben, and Henry were on a church record. Deacon Lazarus Ellis of Tyrone, NY, was given as a character reference for Hope Carpenter when he applied for his pension as a Revolutionary soldier 28SEPT1832. However, he probably was a member of the Plainville, Starkey, or Dundee Baptist Church as he also gave Rev. Edward Martin of Starkey as a reference. Rev. Martin was pastor from 1832-42, and died in 1850 at age 62. His (Hope's) son, Jacob Y. Carpenter, was a deacon of the church in 1842 and also Lewis Lafever was a deacon in 1832 and 1850. Phebe Carpenter was living with her grandson Lewis Lafever and his wife in 1850. Hope Carpenter was born in Hunterdon Co., NJ on 16MAR1757 and married Phebe (or Abigail) Yost on 24FEB1788. Phebe was born on 8MAY1773. Phebe may have been a sister of Nicholas Yost who was born in NJ in 1779. However, this has not been proven by any records so far. Hope and Phebe had 11 children namely: (1) Henry, b. 1789, (2) Jacob Y.*, b. 1790 and d. 1851, (3) Joseph, b. 1792 and d. 1794, (4) Daniel, b. FEB1795 and d. AUG1795, (5) unnamed child (---day), b. 1796, (6) Sarah(Sally)**, b. 1799, (7) Benjamin, b. 1801, (8) James, b. 1803, (9) L(T)asa Ann/ Tacey Ann, b. 1807, (10) Elizabeth, b. 1809, (11) John D., b. 1812. *Jacob Y., b. 1790 d. 1851 m. Mary Helms of PA (and had 10 children. One of these sons, Edward Martin Carpenter, married Martha Disbrow, and they were the parents of Wortman Disbrow Carpenter, the father of our present Yates County Clerk, Lynn H. Carpenter) **Sarah(Sally), b. 1799 m. John DeWitt, son of John and Eleanor (Stull), and had nine children. Tacey Ann married, in 1826, Peter Swarts, who was born in 1796 in Wantaugh, NJ. They had two children, Elizabeth, who married Floyd Florance and had 6 children, and William, who married Mary Jane Raplee and had 4 children. Tacey Swarts died before 1850. Peter was the son of Tewalt Swarts and Elizabeth Corselius. Tewalt was a Revolutionary soldier, born in 1755 and died 8JUL1850. He was living with Peter in 1850, aged 94, according to the 1850 census. John D. Carpenter married Cornelia --- and had three children, Ellen, Amanda, and Albert. Hope Carpenter was living at Princeton, NJ, when he was drafted in February 1775 in the Hunterdon Co., NJ Militia as a private under Capt. Peter Gordon to Long Island against the Tories and served three to four weeks. Served again in April for one week. In June, he served again for five months and was in the battle of Long Island, in campaign around New York and were followed by the British to Trenton. He was discharged at New Brunswick, but reenlisted at once. According to his pension record, he said, "When we reached Trenton, General Washington walked the streets all night and it was said he wept". The next morning they crossed the Delaware and laid there till December 25, recrossed at Coryell's Ferry, went down to Trenton and took the Hessians. The night after New Year's, the army crossed the Delaware at Bordentown and marched up to Trenton and General Washington in the night placed a cannon in the street to prevent the British from crossing and firing on them at every attempt. Then he gave an account of the fires burning all night and marched into and took Princeton. The army spent the rest of the winter at Rocky Hill. He was discharged and went home to Princeton. After a week, he was drafted again by Capt. John Mott and kept guard near Philadelphia. He was in the Battle of Monmouth and described the battle. He served his country for a period of 2 years and four months. Hope Carpenter applied for a pension on Sept. 28, 1832 at age 75, while he was residing at Starkey, NY. His claim was allowed and issued Nov. 3, 1835 at $20.00 per year. He gave for references his Captain Peter Gordon, who was living in Geneva, NY in 1831; Sylvanus Arnold who helped his father, John, as postmaster at Tyrone, Steuben County; General William Kernan and Rev. Van Rensellaer Wall of Steuben County, and Rev. Martin and Deacon Ellis of Tyrone. Among his pension papers is the affidavit of Peter Gordon who said that Hope Carpenter served under him as Captain in the NJ Militia and in regular service in the Continental Line. Hope died May 4, 1840, and his widow, Phebe, applied for a pension February 9, 1846, a resident of Starkey. At this time, John D. Carpenter, age 33, deposed he was the son of Hope and Phebe Carpenter and was the 11th child of his parents and presented the family record. On August 18, 1848, Phebe applied for an increase of pension which was allowed. src: History of Yates County, NY, S.C.Cleveland, vol. 1 Pension record of Hope Carpenter Hope Carpenter's Bible Record 1850 Census of Starkey, NY History of Tioga, Chemung, Tompkins and Schuyler Counties, NY, 1879. DAR Patriotic Index -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope Carpenter and Phebe Yost - Bible Record (appears at the end of the pension application) 1. Henry, b. 20JAN1789 2. Jacob, b. 11NOV1790, d. 1851 3. Joseph, b. 25SEPT1792, d. 15JUL1794 4. Daniel, b. 28FEB1795, d. 15AUG1795 5. -----day, b. 6AUG1796 6. Sarah(Sally), b. 8JAN1799 7. Benjamin, b. 18FEB1801 8. James H., b. 30JUN1803 9. Tasa Ann, b. 13OCT1807 10. Elizabeth, b. 15JAN1810 11. John D., b. 17MAR1812 Hope Carpenter, b.16MAR1757 m. 24FEB1788 Phebe Yost, b. 8MAY1773 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NJ Archives, Series 1, Vol. 40, Abstracts of Wills 11 - 1806-1809 - Relatives &c 6/1/1802 John Lum of the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co.; will of. Wife, Elizabeth... Son, John Clark Lum, all lands, buildings, salt meadows and residue of personal estate; he to pay my debts and legacies. Son, Stephen, $52.50 yearly, during his life; after his decease, his children, $750, the males double as much as the females. Daughter, Mary Harrison $50. Daughter, Elizabeth Osborn $100. Grandson, Moses Lum $250, in lieu of a debt I owe him. Executors - son, John Clark Lum, and friend, Capt. Matthias Potter. Witnesses - Hope Carpenter, Edward Carpenter, Caleb Halsted. Proved 3/22/1806. File 10424G. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Charlton K. Golding" Subject: A BOOK, 1808 NEW JERSEY SUBSCRIBERS "The CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER, or Short Reflections upon the Faith, Life, and Conduct, of A Real Christian. Of these things put them in remembrance. 2 Tim. III, 14. Newark, NJ Printed by John Austin Crane, 1808". The subscription list is in the back of the book and covers subscribers in Essex and Morris Counties only. Glad the book and I can be of some help. ESSEX COUNTY - Connecticut Farms, Elizabeth Township Hope Carpenter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fifteenth Virginia page 253 Gordon, Peter (N. J.). Captain New Jersey Militia in 1777; served subsequently as Major in Quartermaster's Department. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War Page 533 CARPENTER, HOPE. Captain Mott's company, First Regiment, Hunterdon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1820 CENSUS ONTARIO AND STEUBEN COUNTIES (PART) CARPENTER BARNET 136 REA CARPENTER ETHON 133a REA CARPENTER HARVEY 203 JER CARPENTER HENRY 134a REA CARPENTER HENRY 203 JER CARPENTER JACOB 134a REA CARPENTER JAMES 205 JER CARPENTER JOHN 133 REA CARPENTER WILLIAM 252 BEN http://www.linkny.com/~history/1820.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1825 CENSUS YATES COUNTY, NEW YORK CARPENTER HENRY 3 STA CARPENTER JACOB 3 STA CARPENTER JAMES 84 JER http://www.linkny.com/~history/1825.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1830 CENSUS YATES COUNTY, NEW YORK CARPENTER HOPE 94 STA CARPENTER JACOB Y 94 STA CARPENTER JAMES 18 MIL CARPENTER JOHN 18 MIL CARPENTER SAMUEL 162 BEN CARPENTER WILLIAM 14 MIL http://www.linkny.com/~history/1830.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1835 CENSUS: YATES COUNTY NY CARPENTER BENJAMIN 2 MID CARPENTER HOPE 26 STA CARPENTER JACOB Y 26 STA CARPENTER JAMES 2 MIL http://www.linkny.com/~history/1835.htm