Mary Carpenter was born circa 1597. She was the daughter of Alexander Carpenter.

Mary Carpenter remained in England to care for her aging parents and after their deaths she followed her sisters to America to make her home with Governor and Mrs. Bradford. She was a passenger on the ship Struggling Saints in 1647. Plymouth records refer to her as "A Goldie old maid, never married." A letter written to her in 1644 from William Bradford expresses his sense of family obligation: " Loving Sister; we understand by your letter that God hath taken to himself our aged Mother out of the troubles of this tumultuous world, and that you are in a solitary condition as easily apprehend. We thought good therefor, to writ these few lines unto you that if you thinke good to come over to us you shall be welcome; and we shall be as helpful unto you as we may, though we are grown old and the country here more unsettled than ever, by reason of the great changes that have been in these late times, and what will further be the Lord only knows; which makes many thinke of removing their habitation, and sundries of our ministers (Hearing of the peace and liberty now in England) begin to leave us, and it is feared many more will follow. We do not writ these things to discourage you, for we shall be glad to see you if God so dispose; but if you find not all things here according to your expectations when God shall bring you thither, that you may not thinke we dealt not plainly with you."

     John Bates was born on 22 December 1668 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the New England Confederation. He was the son of John Bates and Mary Farwell.

     Elizabeth Bates was born on 22 December 1671 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the New England Confederation. She was the daughter of John Bates and Mary Farwell.

     Lydia Bates was born on 25 February 1673 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the New England Confederation. She was the daughter of John Bates and Mary Farwell. She died on 12 October 1704 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.² Lydia married Samuel Cotton.

     Henry Farwell was born circa 1605 in England. He married Olive Welby, daughter of Richard Welby and Frances Bulkley, on 16 April 1629 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. He died on 1 August 1670 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the New England Confederation.

Henry Farwell was a tailor by trade. His holdings consisted of land grants received from the towns of Concord and Chelmsford.

     Olive Welby was born circa 1604 in Moulton, Suffolk, England. She was the daughter of Richard Welby and Frances Bulkley. She married Henry Farwell on 16 April 1629 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Her husband Henry died on 1 August 1670. She died on 1 March 1691 in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which at that time was part of the of the Dominion of New England.

     Richard Welby was born circa 1564 in Moulton, Suffolk, England. He was the son of Thomas Welby and Elizabeth Thimbley. He married Frances Bulkley, daughter of Dr. Edward Bulkley and Olive Illsby, in 1595 in Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England. He died after 1609.

     Frances Bulkley was born circa 1575. She was the daughter of Dr. Edward Bulkley and Olive Illsby. She married Richard Welby, son of Thomas Welby and Elizabeth Thimbley, in 1595 in Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England. She died in 1610 in Moulton, Suffolk, England.

     Dr. Edward Bulkley was born before 1550.

     She married. Olive Illsby was born before 1555.

     Elizabeth Thimbley was born before 1535. She was the daughter of Sir Richard Thimbley. She married Thomas Welby, son of Thomas Welby and Catherine Bray, on 20 July 1560 in Irnham, Lincolnshire, England. She died after 1571.

     Thomas Welby was born circa 1505. He was the son of Thomas Welby and Catherine Bray. He married Elizabeth Thimbley, daughter of Sir Richard Thimbley, on 20 July 1560 in Irnham, Lincolnshire, England. He died in 1570 in Bath, Bath and Northeast Somerset, England.

     Sir Richard Thimbley was born before 1520.

     Thomas Welby was born in 1484. He was the son of Thomas Welby and Joan Leake. He married Catherine Bray circa 1504. He died before 18 August 1524.

     Catherine Bray was born before 1483. She married Thomas Welby, son of Thomas Welby and Joan Leake, circa 1504.

     Thomas Welby was born before 1460. He was the son of Richard Welby and Janet Stynte. He married Joan Leake, daughter of Sir Richard Leake. He was buried in 1496 in Crowland, Lincolnshire county, , England. He died in 1496.

Thomas was Justice of the Peace in 1483, High Sheriff of County Lincoln 1491-92.

     Joan Leake was born before 1464. She was the daughter of Sir Richard Leake. She married Thomas Welby, son of Richard Welby and Janet Stynte. She died in 1488.

     Sir Richard Leake was born before 1440.