Adam Varner Carpenter

Male 1824 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Adam Varner Carpenter 
    Born 14 Jan 1824  Strasburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 15 May 1825  Sauderburg, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I2043  Speirs-Taylor
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2014 

    Father Louis Martin Charpentier, Jr,   b. 9 Nov 1770, Courances (Siene-et-Oise), Essone, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1856 (Land Inquest), Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ann Margaretha Werner (Varner),   b. 27 Dec 1789, Niederauerbach, Zweibrücken, Bavaria, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 4 Jun 1814  Limbach (Homburg), Pfalz, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah,   b. Abt [1827] 
    Children 
     1. Robert L Carpenter,   b. Abt [1854], Summerhill Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Levenous C Carpenter,   b. Abt [Jul 1859], Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. [Luranna] Carpenter,   b. Abt [1863]
     4. Charles Gerhardt Carpenter,   b. Abt [Aug 1861], Summerhill, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Sarah Carpenter,   b. Abt [1866]
     6. Philip L Carpenter,   b. Abt 1852, Summerhill Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Martha Carpenter,   b. Abt 1871, Philipsburg, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2014 
    Family ID F616  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Documents
    1856-1857 Probate Records for Martin Carpenter Estate
    1856-1857 Probate Records for Martin Carpenter Estate
    Cambria County, Pennsylvania

    Martin Carpenter died before 4 March 1856 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. He died intestate, meaning he did not leave a will.

    March Term 1856
    Martin Carpenter owned 100 acres. Adam V Carpenter, an heir, petitioned the court to equally divide this land between Martin's 7 heirs: widow Margaret and 6 children: John, Martin, Adam V, Elizabeth (married E B Goodwin), and Louisa (married William Erwin). Henry is missing from the list of heirs, but his name appears in later probate records.

    June Term 1856
    Martin Carpenter's 100 acres cannot be equally divided between the heirs. The land was valued at $500.

    September Term 1856
    Henry Carpenter, an heir, wanted to buy the shares of the other heirs.

    December Term 1857
    Henry Carpenter purchased the shares of the other heirs. The court was deciding if he should pay more into court.

    FamilySearch.org, Records of the Orphan's Court and Register of Wills, 1808-1919 (Cambria County, Pennsylvania), img 450, 459, 477, 518