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John Carpenter,

John Carpenter,

Male 1730 - 1806  (76 years)    Has one ancestor and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John Carpenter 
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    Birth 1730  Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1806  Cosh.Co.Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cosh.Co.Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I287761  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2001 

    Father William Carpenter, ,   b. 1700, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1740, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage 1720  Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F116007  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Beaver, ,   b. 1730, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1806, Cosh.Co.Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 1760  Morgans, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Edward Carpenter,   b. 27 Sep 1761, Pa. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1827, Guernsey Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    +2. Susannah Carpenter, ,   b. 1765, Harding, W.Va. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1837, Cosh.Co.Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     3. George Carpenter,   b. 1767, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1828, Holmes County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     4. Elizabeth Carpenter,   b. 31 Dec 1772, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1848, Holmes County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     5. Nancy Ann Carpenter,   b. 1775, Warrenton, W. Va. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Holmes County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     6. Sarah Carpenter,   b. 1776, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1840-1849 (Age 73 years)
     7. Mary Polly Carpenter,   b. 28 Sep 1778, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1852, Cosh. Co.Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     8. William Carpenter,   b. 4 Jan 1783, Jefferson Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1858, Knox County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     9. Thomas Carpenter,   b. 15 May 1786, Warrenton, W. Va. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1858, Holmes County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F116006  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2001 

  • Notes 
    • John Carpenter and his 2 brothers came to America about 1750 from Hampshire, England, and it is thought that John's brothers went east to Ba ltimore. John enlisted in 1755 at age of 19 years, 5'2 tall in military, 1755" In 1647 one of his ancestors received a TITLE in Ireland.

      John Carpenter wa s b.1732 in Hampshire Co.Eng. to William Carpenter, on 1760 on Morgans Run W. Va. he
      wed Nancy Beaver b.1734 in Hampshire Co.Va., to John Beaver (see furthe r) , she d.1806 in Cosh. Co. Ohio, and
      John d.1806 also in Cosh.; Co. Ohio, bo th are buried in the Prairie Chapel Cemetery,. John was a contemporary of Geor ge Washington and was part of the retinue with Washington when he traveled to t he French forts in West. Pa. in 1753, he was a Virginia rifleman and served in the French and Indian wars and had command of a Virginia border garrison. The story was that John was a member of a party on an expedition against the Indian s in West. Va. and they came to a burning cabin which the Indians had just left , rushing into the cabin Nancy had blood all over her face, from a tomahawk wou nd, and her husband had been killed, anyhow they ended up married, John was amo ngst the first white man to settle West of the ohio River, his cabin was locat ed at the mouth OD Short Creek, below the present site of Steubenville. It was afterwards strengthen and his cabin was afterwards known as Carpenters Fort.

      John served 3 yrs. as a quartermaster sergant in the Va. State Garrison Re g. he was discharged in 1781, after which he built the fort, in 1801 they sold their land and moved to Cosh.Co.Ohio.
      Nancy was also a midwife for several ba bies in the wilderness, she was said to be short and stout, as was John, who wa s also short legged and heavy set, Washington once said as he could not run fas t, the British or Indians would eventually get him, which they did but he escap ed. John was a good hunter, explorer, during which one mission for salt for th e Fort he came up missing, and was believed killed by Indians. when some soldi ers visited the Moravian town later and discovered his clothing there they felt certain that this had been his fate, and that the Moravian Inians were the gui lty ones. Indians from west of the ohio River had been raiding settlements in western Pennsylvania, and had killed all the members of the William Wallace fam ily. At Gnadenhutten the soldiers found the clothing belonging to his family. A short time after theis, the Moravian massacre occurred, when 90 men, women a nd children were murdered by soldiers under Col. David Williamson. A court of inquiry was called at Fort Pitt to determine why this, the most cruel tragedy i n early history of Ohio had been enacted, the actors attempted to exculpate the mselves from blame by exhibiting the clothing found in the village. This evide nce of the Moravians' guilt , they claimed prompted them to make the attack. J ohn Carpenter was summoned as a witness for the accused, he identified the clot hing as his own but explained how the Moravians came to possess it.
      Two week s after Carpenter's capture the party of Indians reached Sandusky with him. Kn owing his reputation as a fighter, they wished to adopt him as a member of thei r tribe, as did Indians try to adopt Boone and Kenton when they captured them. Believing it wise to appear pleased with their plan, Carpenter so conducted hi mself as to gain their confidence. He was allowed the freedom of the town and was occasionally sent outside for the horses. On such an errand one day he fo und that they had strayed farther away than usual, and he decided this to be an opportune time to attempt escape. He mounted one of the horses and rode towar ds home, reaching Fort Pitt after several days almost starved and exhausted. Another time he was at work in his garden, and was fired at by an Indian in the woods and severely wounded, the Indian attempted



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