The Carpenter Family Crest

Samuel Carpenter, of the Carpenter family of Co. Sussex and Co. Surrey, England, came over to Philadelphia in 1683. He was a member of the Provincial Council from 1687 until his death (1714), and Treasurer of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1685 to 1711. He was named by William Penn, in his will, as the Trustee of his property in America. It is proved that the colonist came from Horsham, Co. Sussex, England; also that the arms we give were constantly used by his early descendants, if himself, as a Quaker of the strictest kind, objected to such ""toys of human vanity."" One of the greatgrandsons of the emigrant, settled in Jamaica, W. I., brought back from England a certified copy of the family arms, procured from the London Heralds' College.

Family

Carpenter

Blazon

A Greyhound's Head, Erased, Per Fess, Sable And Argent.

Source

America Hereldica