Capt. William "of Cobham" Carpenter, Gent.

Not a known son of Alexander "of Leyden" Carpenter & Priscilla Carpenter

This William was made a squire & given the title of Gentleman & the grant of the Coat of Arms. He was without heirs.

William of COBHAM was without a doubt the son of Alexander, and therefore a brother to Alice who married her first husband a Southworth and for her second husband Gov. William Bradford. All the daughters of Alexander emigrated to America and there is no record that any part of the estate came to them; this clearly indicates that Alexander had a son who inherited the estate in England. By English laws the son would receive the inheritance, leaving the daughters without means and hence the offer of Gov. Bradford to defray the expense of the passage if Alice would come to America and make her home with them (him?).

There must have been some correspondence between William of COBHAM and his sister, Alice Bradford, for it was a well-known fact among the family members in America that he had been made a Squire and given the title of Gentleman; also that he had received the grant of the Coat of Arms and was without heirs. There was a tradition in the family of Simon Carpenter who was born in 1759, that he was told by his father when mere boy that their only near relative in England had died without heirs and that the branch of the family had become extinct there. It appears that the Grayhound Arms on the parchment were sent over to the family of William Carpenter and passed to the eldest son, John, who settled at Jamaica, Long Island. It was kept in this family and handed down from generation until sometime after the Revolution, when it was accidentally destroyed.

FOUNDER: John Carpenter (of James of William of Homme) is concidered to be a founder of the lines that produced: -
Alice (of Alexander of William) who married a Southworth then a Gov. Bradford of Plymouth Colony. -
William of Cobham (of William of Alexander of William) who was granted a Coat of Arms in 1663. -
Warncomb Carpenter (of Thomas of James of James of William of this John) whose youngest son, George became page to the Earl of Montague, and on account of faithful service rendered to the Crown was created "Baron Carpenter of Killaghy" in 1719. -
Elizabeth who married William Carpenter of Marden who was the great grandfather of Captain William Carpenter who founded the Rehoboth, MA Branch of the Carpenter Family AND
William Carpenter of Amesbury who founded the Providence (Pawtuxet), RI Branch of the Carpenter Family.

"ARGENT, a Greyhound passant and a Chief Sable, is borne by the name of Carpenter, and was granted to William Carpenter of Cobham in Surrey, Esq.. Gentleman of His Majesty's Honorable Privy Chamber. Extraordinaiy, by Sir Edward Byhe. March 4th. 1663."

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• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/h/o/Kathleen-Choi-HI/G...
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Carpenter_%2851%29
• Carpenter, Amos Bugbee (1898). “A genealogical history of the Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter family in America, brought down from their English ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with many biographical notes of descendants and allied families.” Page 29. < Archive.Org >.

1. Carpenter, Amos Bugbee (1898). “A genealogical history of the Rehoboth branch of the Carpenter family in America, brought down from their English ancestor, John Carpenter, 1303, with many biographical notes of descendants and allied families.” Page 36. < Archive.Org >. What is known of Alexander Carpenter is given in the English Ancestry. He had six daughters, namely : (i) Mary, (2) Alice, (3) Julia Ann, (4) Agnes, (5) Priscilla, (6) ]:5ridget. He had a son William, b. in 1599, who lived and died in England.
2. YAWKEY1 RICHARDSON AND ALLIED FAMILIES. < PDF > page 48. 2. Alexander, born about 1560; he was a Dissenter, and on account of religious persecution removed with his family to Leyden, Holland. His only son was probably William, of Cobham. His daughter Alice married (first), in 1613, Edward Southworth. She married (sec-ond), in New England, Governor William Bradford.
3. The Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume 66. Page 46. < GoogleBooks > Carpenter, Wm., of Cobham, Surrey, gent., of the Privy Chamber extraord. to Ch. II., 4 March 1663-4. Copy of grant, Brit. Mus., Harl. MS. 1470, fo. 165; Harl. MS. 1105, fo. 17; Add. MS. 14,293, fo. 5; Harl. MS. 1422, fo. 8; Bysshe's Grants, 5, Her. Coll.; Guil. 194.