Amos Carpenter was way off base with the Carpenters, Nicholas was a nephew of Emanuel and they were not german
but Swiss with the name of Zimmerman which was changed
to the English translation of Carpenter. David Carpenter
was at leat 80 or more when this was supposedly done.
I am a 5th-great-granddaughter of Nicholas Carpenter,
b 1743 d 1791. He was instrumental in the history of
Harrrison CO, W.V.
Sandra Carpenter Samoyedny