 William's renewal of his Westcourt tenancy on 22 June 1614 gives his age as 40 (Westcourt Recs 7).The passenger list of the Bevis, the ship on which he left England, is dated 2 May 1638 and states William's age as 62 leading to an estimate of about 1575 for his birth.His son William Carpenter (Gen. 2) was born about 1605 in or of Wiltshire, England.