Henry Carpenter ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: MVF9-H7H.

  Burial Notes:

Tombstone: Carpenter, Henry, died Jan 14, 1862, aged 102 years. Photo at http://www.genealogybug.net/Franklin_Cemeteries/peaceluth/c6150004.jpg

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1790 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁴ The 1790 census recorded Henry Carpenter with this household:
Males Under 16 (born 1775-1790) = 5 sons
Males 16 and older (born <=1774) = 1 (father Henry)
Females = 5 (mother Henrietta & 4 daughters)
Number of All Other Free Persons: 2
Number of Household Members: 13.

2. Tax List: 1793, Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁵

3. Census in 1800 in New Holland, Lancaster, PA. ⁶ The 1800 census recorded Henry Carpenter with this household:
45 & over (<=1755) = 1 father (Henry)
Females (born)
Under 10 (1791-1800) = 1 daughter
45 & over (<=1755) = 1 mother (Henrietta).

4. Census in 1810 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁷ The 1810 census recorded Henry Carpenter with this household:
Males (born)
16-25 (1785-1794) = 1 son
45 & over (<=1765) = 1 father (Henry)
Females (born)
Under 10 (1801-1810) = 1 daughter (Julia Ann)
10-15 (1795-1800) = 1 daughter
45 & over (<=1765) = 1 mother (Henrietta).

5. Census in 1820 in New Holland, Lancaster, PA. ⁸ The 1820 census recorded Henry Carpenter with this household:
Males (born)
Under 10 (1811-1820) = 2 sons
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 father (Henry)
Females (born)
Under 10 (1811-1820) = 1 daughter
10-15 (1805-1810) = 1 daughter
16-25 (1795-1804) = 2 daughters (Julia Ann & ?)
26-44 (1776-1794) = 1 daughter
45 & over (<=1775) = 1 mother (Henrietta)
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 1.

6. Census in 1830 in Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. ⁹ The 1830 census recorded Henry Carpenter with this household:
Males (born)
50-59 (1771-1780) = 1 father (Henry)
Females (born)
15-19 (1811-1815) = 1 daughter
20-29 (1801-1810) = 1 daughter
50-59 (1771-1780) = 1 mother (Henrietta).

7. Arrival: 1839, in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ¹⁰

8. Census in 1840 in Mifflin Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States. ¹¹ The 1840 census recorded H. Carpenter with this household:
Males (born)
20-29 () = 1 son
70-79 (1761-1770) = 1 father (Henry)
Females (born)
70-79 (1761-1770) = 1 mother (Henrietta).

9. Census in 1850 in Mifflin Twp., Franklin, OH. ¹² William Reaker [mispelling of Beecher], farmer, 50, was living with wife Julia, 48.; Henry, farmer, 25; Elmina, 19; Matilda, 17; Julia, 14; and Barbary, 12. Everyone's birthplace is Pennsylvania except Ohio for the two youngest children. William's real estate is worth $500, and he is likely living on land given to him by his neighbor and father-in-law, Henry Carpenter, occupation "none", 72, and his wife Harriett, 71, whose real estate is worth $400.
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10. Census in 1860 in Jefferson Twp., Franklin, OH. ¹³ Henry Carpenter, shoemaker, 95, born in Pennsylvania, was living with wife Harriett, 84, born in London, E. The post office was Blacklick.

Next door: Theodore Carpenter, farmer, 42, born in Pennsylvania; his wife, Sarah, 41, born in Virginia; and their children born in Ohio: Solomon, 14; Thos., 13; Wm H., 5; Elizh. I., 1.

11. Tombstone: Inscription: "Henry Carpenter Died Jan 14 1862 Aged 102 Years", 14 Jan 1862, Gahanna, Franklin, OH. ³

12. Book: History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio, 1880. ¹⁰
Henry and Henrietta Carpenter came into Mifflin in 1839 from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and later moved into Jefferson township. Henry Carpenter died at the advanced age of one hundred and four years and his wife at ninety eight, both being people of wonderful strength and splendid health. Charles Carpenter, a son, is now a business man of Gahanna, and one of its leading citizens. He has been several times a justice of the peace. A sister, Julia Ann Beecher, lives in Indiana.

13. Book: A Carpenter Family of Lancaster by A. Y. Casanova, Philipsburg, Pa., 1910. ¹⁴
It is very likely that the earlier Carpenter ancestors are the family described in "A Carpenter Family of Lancaster" since branches of this family settled in Earl Township, Lancaster County where Henry Carpenter lived. Read at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/253735/.

Henry married Henrietta. (Henrietta was born in 1763 in , , Pennsylvania, USA,^{2 15} died on 13 Jul 1861 in Gahanna, Franklin, OH ^{2 15} and was buried in Gahanna: Peace Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Franklin, OH ^{2 15}.)