Excerpt from Samuel Carpenter and His Descendants The direct descent in the Carpenter line, the Fishbourne branch, the Wharton branch, and the Meredith branch are placed separately in the order given. Acknowledgment is made of information taken by permission from the works here named, and to individuals mentioned, as well as to many others who have furnished data concerning their families: Keith's Councillors, and also manuscript loaned by Charles P. Keith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.