Cameron's interview, he was likely a resident of one of those two towns. CARPENTER, Elizabeth Field Elizabeth Field Carpenter was the wife of interviewee John Carpenter. She is listed as a 78-year-old resident of the Town of Harrison, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. Her tombstone in the Purchase Friends Meeting House Cemetery in Purchase, New York, indicates that she died on January 8, 1864, aged 82 years, 1 month, and 26 days (WCHS Book #85, p.21). CARPENTER, James The James Carpenter who took John Macdonald to visit the graves of Thomas and Charity Huggeford in the Halsted Family Burial Ground in Purchase, New York, is likely one of two adult men named James Carpenter listed as residents of the Town of Harrison, New York, in the 1850 United States Census: James Carpenter, who is listed as a 66-year-old tanner, and James Carpenter who is listed as a 37-year-old blacksmith.
CARPENTER, John John Carpenter was the husband of interviewee Elizabeth Field Carpenter. He tells John Macdonald that he was born in 1769. He is listed as an 81-year-old farmer in the Town of Harrison, New York, in the 1850 United States census. His tombstone in the Purchase Friends Meeting House Cemetery in Purchase, New York, indicates that he died on September 18, 1851, aged 82 years and 4 months (WCHS Book #85, p.21). CARPENTER, Joshua Joshua Carpenter is listed as a 63-year-old farmer in the Town of Yorktown, New York, in the 1850 United States Census. His tombstone in the Amawalk Friends Meeting House Cemetery in Yorktown indicates that he died on May 13, 1873, aged 85 years and 11 months (WCHS Book #46, Section 2, p.5).