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- Samuel Carpenter had a brother, Joshua, who probably came to America with him. His wife's name was Elizabeth, and their first child was Samuel, born August 14, 1686, and married Mary Yates, who was born at Chester, 1700, daughter of Jasper Yates. Their children were: Joshua, born February 12, 1720; Elizabeth, born November 15, 1725; Samuel, born May 16, 1728 (on Carpenter's Island) ; Mary, bom April 2, 1730; Catharine, born July 10, 1732 (on Carpenter's Island) ; Jasper, born October 14, 1734, married and had one daughter, Elizabeth, born August 27, 1763, who married Abraham Cook^ January, 1790; Joshua Carpenter, first born of Joshua and Elizabeth, married and had one child, born July 22, 1753, and married Mary Roan. — Letter from Jasper Carpenter Cook, Phila- delphia, May 24, 1877
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