Thomas Carpenter1

M, b. 15 April 1726, d. after 30 September 1797
FatherJoseph Carpenter III b. 16 Oct 1685, d. 3 Jun 1776
MotherMary Willett b. 21 Sep 1691, d. c 1737
     Thomas was born the 15th day of the 2nd month 1726 at Reedy Vleigh, Musketa Cove, Queens County, Long Island, New York. Thomas married Ame Stoiker on 2 October 1748 in Queens County, Long Island, New York, at St. George's Anglician Church in the Town of Hempstead. Thomas married 2nd Ludretia Quintard on 20 August 1781 in Queens County, Long Island, New York, at St. George's Anglician Church in the Town of Hempstead. Thomas enlisted as an ensign in Delancey's Third Battalion and an adjutant of the corps. He went to St. John's, Nova Scotia after the war, became a grantee of that city, and received half pay. On 30 September 1797, he was at Saratoga Springs where he sold land he owned in Stamford. At this point he disappears from public record. Lucretia's parents were loyalist and were forced to move from Stamford, CT., to Hemptead for protection, and after the war, as was Thomas, was forced to emigrate to Nova Scotia. Later Thomas and his wife returned to the states, if for no other reason then to settle real estate matters. He must have been a rebel and a black sheep of his family as the rest of his family were true to the Friend's Society and loyal to the colonist. Thomas departed this life after 30 September 1797. On this date, he and his wife Lucretia were at Saratoga Springs and sold land at Stamford, Conn. After this date nothing further can be found of them. It is thought that Thomas may have died in Smithtown or Southold.

Family 1

Ame Stoiker d. b 20 Aug 1781

Family 2

Ludretia Quintard b. 10 Feb 1760, d. a 30 Sep 1797

Citations

  1. [S38] Daniel Hoogland Carpenter, History & Genealogy of the Carpenter Family In America From the Settlement at Providence, R. I. 1637 - 1901
    , page 96 - no. 55 Thomas Carpenter, son of Joseph,19 was born 15d. 2mo. 1726. I have tried in vain to satisfactorily trace this Thomas and his line of descent. I am inclined to think that he on October 2, 1748, was married to Ame Stoiker. She probably died soon afterwards.
    There is no doubt but that he was married twice. I think his second wife was Lucretia Quintard of Stamford, Conn., to whom he was married August 20, 1781, and that immediately after the close of the Revolutionary War he emigrated to Nova Scotia, where he had land granted to him and where he was_ pensioned by the
    British government. He, however, soon repented of this situation, and is believed to have returned to Long Island and died at Smithtown or Southold.
    His son 146 THOMAS, born      -, 1757.
    Lucretia Quintard was daughter of Isaac and Lucretia Quintard. They were loyalists and went from Stamford to Long Island for protecdon, and after the war were compelled to emigrate to Nova Scotia. Thomas Carpenter was an ensign in De Lancey's Third Battalion and an adjutant of the corps. He went to St. John's, N. B., at the peace and was one of the grantees of that city, receiving half pay. He could not have remained there very long, as on September 30, 1797, he and his wife Lucretia were at Saratoga Springs and sold land at Stamford, Conn. After this date can find no further trace of them.
    Both marriages of Thomas Carpenter are recorded in St. George's Church, Hempstead.
    A Henry Stocker of Great Neck, L. I., made his will April 18, 1785. (Vide New York Wills, 38, 122.)
    Lucretia Quintard was born February 10, 176o, as may be seen in the Stamford Town Records.