Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Carpenter was born in 1795, in Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, her father, Joseph Carpenter, was 28 and her mother, Margaret Dunham Hope, was 20.
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Spouse and Children
– Male
1795– Female
Parents and Siblings
1767–1851 Male
1775–1824 Female
Siblings (16)
1795– Female
1797–1798 Male
1800–1840 Female
1802– Male
1802– Female
+11 More Children
World Events (3)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1803
Age 8
1838
Age 43
Name Meaning
English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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