Joseph Arnold Carpenter
1635 - 1695 (60 years)
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Name Joseph Arnold Carpenter Born 14 nun 1635 Amesburry, Wiltshire, England 
Gender Male Buried 1695 one of the first settlers @ Musketa Cove ( now Glen Cove) L.I., NY Died 23 May 1695 Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States Person ID I1740 Alford Hathaway Last Modified 29 Aug 2021
Father William Carpenter, b. 23 May 1605, Nettlecombe, Somerset, England , d. 7 Sep 1685, Pawtuxet, Providence, Rhode Island, American Colonies (Age 80 years) Mother Elizabeth Peak Arnold, b. 23 Nov 1611, Ilchester, Somerset, England 11 r , d. 1 Jan 1682, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Age 70 years) Married 1635 England Family ID F561 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Hanah, b. 3 Apr 1640, Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 1673, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York (Age 32 years) Married 21 Apr 1659 Rehobouth, Massachusetts Colony Children 1. Joseph Carpenter, b. 1660, Pawtuxet, Saratoga, Rhode Island, United States , d. 1692, Musketa Cove, Livingston, New York, United States (Age 32 years)2. Hannah Carpenter, b. 1663, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, USA , d. 17 Mar 1720, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States (Age 57 years)3. Tamsen Carpenter, b. 1664, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States , d. May 1706, White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States (Age 42 years)4. Nathaniel Carpenter, b. 12 May 1667, Pawtucket, Rhode Island , d. 25 Feb 1730, Westchester, New York (Age 62 years)5. Hannah Carpenter, b. 1672, Oysetr By, Long Island, New York , d. 1728, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 Family ID F560 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Anna Elizabeth Weekes, d. 10 Dec 1692, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States Married 2 Sep 1674 Rhode Island, United States Children 1. Ann Carpenter, b. 1675, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States , d. 8 Aug 1710 (Age 35 years)2. Benjamin Carpenter, b. 1676, Musketa Cove, New York, United States , d. 1746, Red Springs Musketa Cove Oyster Bay, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 70 years)3. John Carpenter, b. 1683, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States , d. 4 Jun 1759, Long Island City, Queens, New York, United States (Age 76 years)Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 Family ID F643 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes The Town Records show that Joseph Carpenter was an inhabitant of the townof Warwick where he had a "corne Mill." "and where stood his dwellinghouse in the South side of the Pautexet River at the wading place nearthe falls on said river." This property was purchased by his father fromMatthias Harvey and given to him, probably at the time of his marriage.Here he appears to have remained until 1667, although as early as 1663 hewas at Long Island making negotiations with the Indians for the purchaseof land at Oyster Bay.
On May 24, 1668, the Indians sold about 3,000 acres at Musketa Cove toJoseph Carpenter - he having on November 5, 1667, obtained from GovernorNicholl's permission to occupy said land. This land was in much disputeas the settlers claimed ownership but on April 6, 1668, the followingorder was issued by Governor Lovelace to the constable and Overseers ofHempstead:
"Whereas request was long time made unto me on the behalfof Joseph Carpenter that he might have a certain piece of land on eachside of the river at Muskitoe Cove, where he proposes to settle two orthree plantations and to erect a saw mill and a fulling mill which mayprove very advantageous and be much to the welfare of the inhabitants ingeneral within this government, with which you have been made acquaintedand themselves have made some objections against it, yet have given me noreasonable satisfaction therein, and having ground to suspect that saidland thereabouts is not as yet within your bounds nor was ever reallypurchased by you, you having made no improvement thereupon though youpretend to have laid it out into lots for some inhabitants of your town.
These are therefore to require you that after the sight thereof with allconvenient speed you cause to be laid out for the use of the said JosephCarpenter a sufficient quantity of land on each side of the said Cove firfor the purposes and
intents proposed by him, and that you make immediate return of yourproceeding herein unto me which if you neglect to do I shall without moreado take care to dispose thereof for the pubic good as I shall seecause. Given under my hand the 6th
day of April, 1668.
On November 24, 1668, Joseph received as equal shareholders with himNathaniel Coles, Abia Carpenter (his brother-in-law), Thomas Townsend,and Robert Coles. Following the example of their Rhode Island people,they styled themselves "The Five
Proprietors of Musketa Cove Plantations,' which name and style continueduntil the Revolutionary War.
In 1677, official land patents were issued to the Proprietors forOyster Bay and Musketa Cove. The saw mill which Joseph built providedwood for the "fort" which stood at the lower end of Manhattan -FortAmsterdam.
SOURCES:
! Number 2 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.
Carpenter, 1901.
!PER "NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700": PAGE 135:
CARPENTER, JOSEPH ( -1684), ?SWANSEA & 1/WF HANNAH CARPENTER (-ABT1670-1673?); 21 APR 1659; /MUSKETA COVE, LI.
CARPENTER, JOSEPH (1635-1687) & 2/WF ANN/ANNA WEEKS/SIMKINS (1651- ); B1674;OYSTER BAY, LI.
!PER "160 ALLIED FAMILIES", 1893 REPRINT 1977, AUSTIN: PAGE 56:
SON OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH ARNOLD CARPENTER. SECOND WIFE LISTED AS ANNWICKS DAUGHTER OF FRANCIS AND ALICE WICKS
. JOSEPH DIED 1683 AND ANN WICKS DIED 1692+.
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Later a grist mill for grinding corn was added "for all the Proprietors
families without charge so long as the said stream was owned by all of
them."
Musketa Cove-the Indian name meant "place of rushes"-began to flourish in
the next decade as ships navigated the creek at low tide, and it was
reported in an early journal that "fifteen hundred foote of plank of two
inch thick was prepared and shipped to New Cork (from Musketa Cove in1678)
for use in the construction of Fort James, at the lower end of Manhattan."
The population of the tiny settlement began to swell as New Englanderscame
south, and in less than a decade after its first settlement the community
of Musketa Cove had among its population weavers, tailors, sawyers,
carpenters, millers, millwrights, shipbuilders, and many tradesmen who had
their own town government, constable, overseers, Justice of the Peace and
Recorder.
By 1699 a second dam was built further upstream on what is now Pulaski
Street. Besides lumber and flour, smuggling was apparently the third
industry, for in 1699 one-third of all goods imported into New York was
contraband brought in through Setauket, Southhold, Oyster Bay, and Musketa
Cove---rum being the chief item of trade. Favored by clear springs, good
farming soil, and a harbor, Musketa Cove grew through trade with boatsused
to carry goods to the city. In 1725 the first place of worship, the
Matinecock Friends Meeting House, was erected near the present day site of
Friends Academy. However, through the next few decades the increasing
diffiiculties with Britain concerned others of a less pacifist nature, and
by the outbreak of the Revolutionary War "a company of 80 men from Musketa
Cove joined General Woodhull's brigade" to fight the British. The
population of Musketa Cove in the decade following the Revolutionary War
was 250 with names like "Valentine, Pearsall, Craft, and Downing" amongthe
well-known in the area.
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Text and Research by Jeanne Henderson
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!Will made out in 1683. One record gives 1695 as death date.
Some 20 children are credited to him by at least two possibly three wifes.
Which child is which and which is duplicated is unknown at this time.
!In the Carpenter Chronicles, Vol 26, (Sept. 1996) a Signe. N. Parrishclaims
decent from this Joseph. From age of children et cetera, Amos as child to
Joseph is probably wrong. He most likely was a grandchild, but by whom is
unknown. Temporary connection.
!AFN 30Z7-PN and RJSH-H1 are the same person. AF has him dying in OysterBay,Nassau, NY.
The 1898 book also indicates he died at Musceta Cove, an indian word for
Mosquito Cove, in 1693 and that his wife Hannah died there too.
The five purchasers of Musketa Cove were Joseph Carpenter, NicholasSimpkins
and the brothers Daniel, Robert and Nathaniel Coles, sons of Robert Coles
of Pawtuxet, RI. A Map drawn in 1677 showed that the only Carpenters on
Musketa Cove were the brothers Joseph and Ephraim Carpenter. Josephowned the
site of the first house built in Musketa Cove about 1668. Adjacent to
his land was the land of Daniel Coles, son of robert Coles of Pawtuxet.
Amos B. Carpenter stated in the Carpenter Memorial he was never ever ableto
substantiate any migration from Wales to Long Island in 1678, supportingthe
determination that the brothers had orginated in Providence. James Usher
indicates in his record a Carpenter family that was descendant of
Caleb Zimmerman of Prussia that went to England as a "Friend" and his
descendants went to Wales then America to Long Island.
!Sources: Also: Thomas C. Cornell, Adam and Anne Mott: Their Ancestors and
Descendants (Poughkeepsie, NY 1890), p. 255; Mather, p. 287; Records ofLouise
Carpenter Licklider; Records of Ruth Carpenter Adair; William WadeHinshaw,
Encylopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (Ann Arbor, MI, 1950), 6 vols.,
Vol. 3.
!A map drawn in 1718 shows a Survey of Westchester County, NY for a Joseph
Carpenter and a Bennonah Merit. Joseph the largest landowner shown, hadtwo
tracts, the first and second purchases. Timothy Carpenter's land wasshown
below Joseph's last purchase, where the town of Armonk now is located. The
land of William and Silas Carpenter was further south.
If Joseph died in 1693 or 1695 it could not have been him who requestedthe
survey above. His son Joseph died abt the same time period. It had tobe his
grandson Joseph (B. 1685) or another non-related Joseph Carpenter.
Descendants of Elizabeth Arnold
Generation No. 1
1. ELIZABETH7 ARNOLD (WILLIAM6, NICHOLAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3, THOMAS2,ROGER1)1 was born November 23, 1611 in Ilchester, Dorsetshire,England1,1, and died Abt. 1683 in Pawtuxet, RI1,1. She married WILLIAMVINCENT CARPENTER1,1 November 01, 1634 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England,son of RICHARD CARPENTER and SUSANNA TRIVILIAN. He was born May 23, 1605in Nettlecomb, Somerset, England, and died September 07, 1685 inProvidence, , RI1,1.
Notes for WILLIAM VINCENT CARPENTER:
William and Elizabeth were married for a short time before they came toAmerica. A memorandum from the Arnold family states: "We left Dartmouthon Friday, May 1, 1635, and arrived in New England June 24, 1635, goingfirst to Hingham and than
to Providence, where we arrived April 20, 1636."
The first mention that we can find relating to William Carpenter occursin what is called the "Initial Deed," a document hastily drawn up byRoger Williams, at the time of settlement, in which he designates "hisliving friends and neighbors"
who are to have equal rights with himself.
These friends and neighbors were twelve in number, and untilDecember 23, 1661, this "Initial Deed was all they had to show in the wayof title to their holdings.
The "First Baptist Church in America" was constituted at Providencebetween August 3, 1638 and March 16, 1639. William Carpenter was one ofthe original founders. As a lay minister, he performed the marriageceremony at the wedding of his daughter.
Up to this date, 1638, the "Proprietors," as they now began to becalled, were living on their "Home Lotts", situated conveniently neartogether for neighborly intercourse and mutual protection. These lotscontained about 6 acres each and all fronted on "Town Street" with adividing line between the lots running each and west. WilliamCarpenter's lot was separated from the lot of Robert Coles by a"highway". Town street is now Main Street and the "highway" is MeetingStreet, so called because of the Friends Meeting House which now occupiesWilliam Carpenter's lot.
William Carpenter was allotted a large tract of land at "Pautuxet" -a beautiful meadowland, about four miles southerly from Providence,bounded on the east by the Narrangansett Bay and on the south by thePawtuxet River. In later years this was known as Cranston. It was herethat William spent the remaining years of his life.
In the affairs of the colony, no man enjoyed the confidence of RogerWilliams more than he. He was on numerous commissions to settle boundarylines, to lay out roads, and to locate and build bridges. He was electedto the general court on March 10, 1658 and was re-elected the fivefollowing years. For many years he was assistant to the General Assemblyand was Deputy in 1679. When King Philip's War was threatening toannihilate the colony, the General Assembly, on April 4, 1676, passed thefollowing resolution:
"Voted, that in these troublesome times and straits in the Colonythis Assembly desiring to have the advice and concurrence of the mostjudicious inhabitants, so desire at their next sitting the company andcounsel of William Carpenter."
Life was obviously dangerous in those days for on June 28, 1675, theIndians burned 18 houses at Providence and by March, 1676, there was onlyone house left standing between Providence and Warwick. Two historiansreport: "On January 27,1676, the Indians dispoiled Mr. Carpenter of twohundred sheep, fifty head of cattle and fifteen horses, all of which theydrove with them. Two that belonged to the said Carpenter were woundedand one of the enemy slain." "William Carpenter's house was attacked byabout 300 Indians and was set afire by them, but the flames wereextinguished by the defenders. Two of his household were killed."
An interesting note from this period is the General Court ofMassachusetts report which enumerated the "sins" which had brought thisdisastrous war upon this Colony :
"Pride in men's wearing long and curled hair, excess in apparel,naked breasts and arms and superfluous ribbons, toleration of Quakers,extortion in shopkeepers and mechanics, and the riding from town to townof unmarried men and women under
pretense of attending lectures."
Note: Ephriam married Susanna Harris (See Harris Section). Thismarriage connects the Sizer family and the Waugh family, albeit verydistantly.
Children of ELIZABETH ARNOLD and WILLIAM CARPENTER are:
2. i. JOSEPH8 CARPENTER, b. Abt. 1635, Amesbury, England, Wiltshire;d. 1683, Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY.
ii. LYDIA CARPENTER, b. 1638, Providence, RI; d. October 01, 1711,Providence, RI1.
3. iii. EPHRAIM CARPENTER, b. 1640, Warwick, RI; d. Abt. 1703, OysterBay, NY.
iv. TIMOTHY CARPENTER, b. 1643, Warwick, RI1; d. August 19, 1726,Providence, RI1.
v. WILLIAM CARPENTER1, b. 1645, Warwick, RI1; d. January 27,1675/761.
Notes for WILLIAM CARPENTER:
Died in an Indian Attack.
vi. PRISCILLA CARPENTER, b. 1648, Warwick, RI1; d. 1691, RI1.
vii. SILAS CARPENTER, b. 1650, Warwick, RI1; d. December 25, 1690,RI.
viii. BENJAMIN CARPENTER, b. 1653, Warwick, RI1; d. March 03,1710/111.
Generation No. 2
2. JOSEPH8 CARPENTER (ELIZABETH7 ARNOLD, WILLIAM6, NICHOLAS5, RICHARD4,RICHARD3, THOMAS2, ROGER1) was born Abt. 1635 in Amesbury, England,Wiltshire1,1, and died 1683 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY1,1. He marriedHANNAH CARPENTER1 April 21, 16591, daughter of WILLIAM CARPENTER andABIGAIL SEARLES. She was born April 03, 1640 in Weymouth, , MA1,1, anddied 1673 in Oyster Bay, Nassau, NY1.
Notes for JOSEPH CARPENTER:
The Town Records show that Joseph Carpenter was an inhabitant of the townof Warwick where he had a "corne Mill." "and where stood his dwellinghouse in the South side of the Pautexet River at the wading place nearthe falls on said river."
This property was purchased by his father from Matthias Harvey and givento him, probably at the time of his marriage. Here he appears to haveremained until 1667, although as early as 1663 he was at Long Islandmaking negotiations with the
Indians for the purchase of land at Oyster Bay
Notes for HANNAH CARPENTER:
Hannah was second cousin to her husband. Her father left her a portion ofland at Plymouth, MA and such books from his library as showed her tohave been a woman of good education and ability.
Children of JOSEPH CARPENTER and HANNAH CARPENTER are:
i. JOSEPH9 CARPENTER, b. 1660, Pawtuxet, RI1,1; d. WFT Est.1661-1750.
ii. CARPENTER, b. 16621; d. WFT Est. 1663-1756.
iii. TAMSEN CARPENTER, b. 16641; d. WFT Est. 1665-1758.
iv. WILLIAM CARPENTER, b. 1666, Warwick, RI; d. 1735.
v. NATHANIEL CARPENTER1, b. 1668, Glen Cove, Nassau, LI1,1; d. WFTEst. 1669-1758.
Notes for NATHANIEL CARPENTER:
First white child born in Musceta Cove (Glen Cove) Long Island.
vi. HANNAH CARPENTER, b. Bet. 1672 - 16731; d. WFT Est. 1673-1766.
Here is a short history of Joseph Carpenter and a few decendants,
refferences are at the end.
(II) Joseph, eldest son of William and Elizabeth (Arnold) Carpenter, was
born at Amesbury, Wiltshire, England, about 1635. The first mention madeof
him is at Providence, Rhode Island, where on May 3, 1656, he is witnessto
a deed from his uncle, Stephen Arnold, to his father, which indicatesthat
he was then of legal age. The town records of Warwick, Rhode Island, show
that he had a "corne mill" at the wading place near the Falls on the
Pawtuxet river. Here he remained until 1677, although as early as 1663 he
was at Long Island making negotiations for the purchase of land from the
Indians at Oyster Bay. The Hempstead colony on Long Island resisted the
attempts to settle at Oyster Bay, but finally allowed them to remain in
peace. Joseph Carpenter is recorded as having purchased 3000 acres ofland
at Musketa Cove. Associated with him were Nathaniel Coles, AbiaCarpenter,
Thomas Townsend and Robert Coles. They styled themselves "The Five
Proprietors of Musketa Plantations," which name and style was continued
until after the revolution. Each proprietor had a "home lott" of fiveacres
set off on which to erect a dwelling. These home lots were situated on a
street or highway that they called "The Place." The site of these homeson
this street, which still bears the name, are very readily identified. On
the "lott of Joseph Carpenter" the first house was built after theerection
of a saw mill. It was occupied by him all his lifetime, was thebirthplace
of nearly all his children, and continued in the family for several
generations. The plantation prospered, although its growth was retardedby
King Philip's war. Following the erection of a saw mill he burt a gristand
fulling mill, agreeing with the other proprietors to grind their grain in
return for the use of water power. In a few years the Oyster Baysettlement
had its own town government, constable, overseers, justice of the peaceand
recorder. They held their own town meetings and elected their ownofficers
until the organization of Queens county in 1683. They had manyindustries,
and the records show Joseph Carpenter to have been the prime mover intheir
establishment, and that his energy and ability had made a thriving
community from an humble beginning. He died during the "sickly season" of
1683. The place of his burial is not known. He married (first) April 21,
1659, Hannah, daughter of William Carpenter, of Rehoboth, Massachusetts;
she was born at Weymouth, Massachusetts, February 3, 1640, died about1673.
He married (second) Ann (or Anna), baptized in the Dutch Church at NewYork
in 1647, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Luther) Weeks. Francis Weeks
was with Roger Williams in the canoe when he first landed at Providence.He
and his wife were early settlers of Hempstead, Long Island, where theywere
heavily fined for "entertaining Quakers," and soon after removed toOyster
Bay. Children by first wife: 1. Joseph, "the eldest son," inherited the
estate and title of his father. 2. A daughter, married WilliamThornecraft,
3. Tamsen, married John Williams. 4. William, born about 1666. 5.
Nathaniel, said to have been the first white child born at Musketa Cove,
Oyster Bay, Long Island; married Tamar, eldest daughter of Robert andMercy
(Wright) Coles. 6. Hannah, married Jacob Hicks. Children of second wife:7.
Ann, married Joseph Weeks. 8. Benjamin, married Mercy, daughter of Robert
and Mercy (Wright) Coles, sister of the wife of his half brother,
Nathaniel. 9. John (posthumous child), married Martha Feake. Thesechildren
were all prominent in the plantation, and some of them joined in theexodus
from Oyster Bay to "the Main," as Westchester county was then called, and
were among the first settlers at Rye, North Castle, Bedford, Harrison and
Mamaroneck. Other families leaving about 1700 were the Coles, Weeks,
Lallings, Wrights, Townsends, Cocks and many others.
(III) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph (1) and Hannah (Carpenter)
Carpenter, was born about 1660, at Pawtuxet, and inherited the paternal
estate, operating a mill and the plantation. There is a tradition that he
was drowned trying to save the mill in a freshet. At any rate he died
between September 9, 1687, and 1692. His wife Ann was probably a daughter
of Thomas Thornycraft. Record of two sons is found: Joseph, mentiened
below; Thomas, born August 15, 1687.
(IV) Joseph (3), eldest son of Joseph (2) and Ann Carpenter, was born
October 16, 1685, at Pawtuxet, the date being recorded at Oyster Bay, New
York, probably to authenticate his heirship to one-fifth of the Musketa
Cove patent. Five days after he came of age he deeded to his uncles,
William and Nathaniel, farms in that section. His adult life was passedat
Oyster Bay, and in 1707 he instituted suit to recover property in Rhode
Island formerly belonging to his greatgrandfather, William Carpenter.This
suit was successful. He resided on the homestead at Pawtuxet until about
1715, when he sold out and moved across the Cove to Lot No. 1, in the
division of 1681, which is now in the village of Sea Cliff. His house was
burned by lightning in 1747-8, after which he sold the land for ¹225 and
retired to the village of Jericho, where he died June 3, 1776, at thehouse
of his grandson, Joseph Carpenter. He was a sincere member of the Friends
Society, often occupying places of trust and responsibility in the townand
was noted for his charitable character. To his benevolence many worthy
persons were indebted for substantial aid at the proper time. He married
(first) in 1707, Ann, daughter of Captain Andrew and Ann (Coddington)
Willett. She died February 9, 1709, and he married (second) in 1711, her
sister Mary, born September 21, 1691. She was a granddaughter of Colonel
Thomas Willett, born 1610, at Borley, Hertfordshire, England, and came to
Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1629. Later he was at New Amsterdam, and was
the first English mayor appointed over the city of New York, 1665. The
Dutch soon after reoccupied New Amsterdam, and he retired to Swansea,
Massachusetts, where he died August 4, 1674. He was a man of muchcharacter
and ability and still has numerous descendants in the vicinity of NewYork.
He married (third) in 1636, Mary, daughter of John Brown, a pioneer of
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Andrew, son of Thomas and Mary (Brown) Willett, was born at Plymouth, and
was a merchant at Boston, whence he removed about 1680 to Rhode Island.As
early as 1692 he returned to Boston and occupied a residence on BostonNeck
which was built by his brother-in-law, John Saffin, speaker of
Massachusetts assembly. While residing in Rhode Island he represented
Westerly in the general court. He married Ann, daughter of Hon. William
Coddington, of Newport, and among their children were daughters Ann and
Mary, who married successively Joseph Carpenter, as above noted.
(V) Ann, daughter of Joseph (3) and Mary (Willett) Carpenter, born
September 24, 1716, died 1803, married October 8, or December 23, 1737,at
Oyster Bay, Samuel Underhill of that town (see Underhill IV).
Source:
New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV
Author: William Richard Cutter, 1913
Page 2032, 2033, 2034
Glen Cove Early History
On May 24, 1668, a young Rhode Island inhabitant named
Joseph Carpenter purchased 2,000 acres of land to the northwest of theTown
of Oyster Bay from the Matinecock Indians. His intenttion was to erect
a saw mill and furnish New York City with lumber desperately needed for
the construction of housing
Carpenter took in as partners in his venture three brothers:
Robert, Daniel, and Nathaniel Coles, who were also former inhabitants of
Rhode Island living in Oyster Bay; and Nicholas Simkins, also of Oyster
Bay. These five businessmen chose to retain the place-name
by which the Matinecock Indians had known the area, and therefore styled
themselves "The Five Proprietors of Musketa Cove Plantation." Musketa(also
spelled "rnusquito") translates from the Matinecock's language to roughly
mean "the place of rushes. Within a rather short time, the "FiveProprietors" had dammed a small stream that ran through the valley, whosecourse is roughly paralleled by Glen Street today. This dam was locatednear the foot of
Mill Hill, slightly northeast of the present fire department on a spot
marked by a memorial plaque. On the dam was erected the saw mill, whichby an early covenant between the "Five Proprietors" was jointly owned byeach of them,
and a small grist mill which was constructed by Joseph Carpenter under
the condition that he grind the grain of the other proprietors "well and
tolle free for ever." (Millers were remunerated for their services byreceiving
a percentage of the finished flour as payment... usually about 10 percent).The lumber produced by the saw mill found a ready market
in New York City, which had used up most of the indigenous trees onManhattan
Island rather quickly. By l679, just two years after Carpenter's purchase
from the Indians was officially ratified by the colonial New Yorkgovemment,
the mill was producing nine different thicknesses of boards and timber,
as well as tile laths, shingle laths, wainscott, "feather-edged" boards
for panelling, and custom-cut walnut for cabinet-making. A small portionof the mill's accounts were recorded in
the "Musketa Cove Proprietor's Book," a hand- written record of the early
settlers' land transactions and agreements. The accounts indicate that
one of the major purchasers of Musketa Cove lumber was Jacob Leisler, a
prosperous New York City merchant who would, in 1689, overthrow thecolonial
government of the colony and, in 1691, would be executed for treason.However, it appears that Leisler did not forget his acquaintances
in Musketa Cove during his reign as ad-hoc governor in New York, heappointed
Robert Coles as Captain in the Oyster Bay Militia.
The saw mill had a significant impact in the development
of the community: it provided a major influx of capital from outside the
settlement. Although the extant lumber accounts probably amounted to a
small fraction of the mill's total output (the accounts merely represent
those which remained unpaid after an unspecified amount of time) theytally
to about 80,000 running feet of board for a nine year period.
It appears, however, that the export lumber industry was
not the sole source of income. Lord Belfomont, then colonial governor of
New York, in 1699 wrote to the Board of Trade in London describing Musketa
Cove as one of the top four ports for smuggling on all of Long Island.
In 1693, a French privateer was spotted lying at anchor
in Musketa Cove's harbor, ostensibly to land illicit goods for resale in
New York City. A British frigate, the "Richmond," was dispatched from New
York to capture the ship and crew, but succeeded only in seizing thecaptain
of the French bark.
Also arrested was Nathaniel Coles, for his role in the
plot to defraud the King and colony of their just due in customs. Coles
was released several weeks later, officials fearing that "he might perish
from the cold in Queens County jail."& This incident is very possibly thesource of the oftrepeated
but undocumented legend that Capt. Kidd buried part of his treasure in
Glen Cove.
[Adc_9309.FTW]
Ref: 1;2 (a,b,c,f -Vol. 1,p. 200); 6 9a), 7 (B-Weeks) There is muchrecorded information on Joseph an Hannah Carpenter and on Anna weeks, Hissecond wife.
Lived in Providence, RI, later Warwick Long Island, Rhode Island was westof the present day Providence RI. The summer of 1683 came to be known as"the sick season".
Seventh Generation
64. Joseph CARPENTER-621 was born about 1660 in Pawtuxet, RI. He diedabout 1692 in Musketa Cove, Long Island, NY. Joseph married AnnSIMPKINS-3241 before 1680 in RI (MRIN:1046).
!Number 10 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.Carpenter, 1901.
Some records suggest that he married a Anna Thornycraft and Ann Willet inaddition. However, no proof given.
!BOOK: See page 13 (for family) of the Mowrey 1997 book. See bookinformation below:
UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISHORIGIN - THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPHCARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION.
BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997.
BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
!SEE: Father's notes:
III) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph (1) and Hannah (Carpenter)Carpenter, was born about 1660, at Pawtuxet, and inherited the paternalestate, operating a mill and the plantation. There is a tradition that hewas drowned trying to save the mill in a freshet. At any rate he diedbetween September 9, 1687, and 1692. His wife Ann was probably a daughterof Thomas Thornycraft. Record of two sons is found: Joseph, mentienedbelow; Thomas, born August 15, 1687.
65. Ann SIMPKINS-3241 was born about 1650.
AFN MTLD-CR and AFN PMMX-4J are the same person.
66. Thomas ALSOP-5109 was born before 1671. He died about Sep 1743.Thomas married Hannah UNDERHILL-5108 (MRIN:1718).
WILL: dated 8 Sept. 1743 and is recorded in New York Wills, vol. 15, p.127.
67. Hannah UNDERHILL-5108 was born before 1671.
72. William CARPENTER-622 was born about 1662/1666 in Pawtuxet, Bristol,RI. He died 2 Feb 1749 in NY. William married Elizabeth Smith MUDGE-4845about 1688 in Jamaica, LI, NY (MRIN:1572).
Number 13 in the book "The Carpenter Family in America" by Daniel H.Carpenter, 1901. Page 66.
!BOOK: See page 14 (for familys) of the Mowrey 1997 book. See bookinformation below:
UPDATE OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE NEW ENGLAND CARPENTER FAMILY OF ENGLISHORIGIN - THE VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA BRANCH - SOME DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPHCARPENTER - PIONEER OF THE JACKSON RIVER - MOWREY"S VERSION.
BY TERRY LEE CARPENTER AND PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
PRO BONO PUBLICO - PRIVATELY PUBLISHED, DOVER, OHIO, 1997.
BY PAUL THOMAS MOWREY.
!AFN 8MH8-HS and MTLC-5L (SP 4 Dec 1942) are the same person.
!AFN V6TG-V9 (b. abt 1666) has a spouse named Hannah Haviland with onechild named Silas who had Timothy who married Elizabeth Anderson and theyhad Jerimiah (b. 28 Aug 1760) who married Jane Shears. Other than theAF, no marriage or pedigree like this can be found. Until confirmed welist Hannah as a spouse for this William with mother as listed for SilasCarpenter.
Silas b. abt 1681 found as a son to Silas b. 1650, grandson to WilliamCarpenter. Different mother however.