1819: George Paxton (Rev), Illustrations of the Holy Scriptures: in three Parts. 1. From the Geography of the East.2. From the Natural History of the East.3. From the Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations.sup. An Introduction to the Geography of the New Testament: Comprising a Geographical Arrangement of the Places Mentioned in the New Testament; With a Brief Statement of the Connexion in Which They Respectively Occur. With Several Maps. By Lant Carpenter, LL. D. [Printed To Accompany Paxton's "Illustrations Of The Holy Scriptures."] (Title image) () Family Lant Carpenter married Anna or Hannah Penn, daughter of John Penn and Mary, in 1806 in Worcester. Anna was christened on 11 May 1787 in Bromsgrove, Worcester. Their marriage had the following issue: Mary Carpenter was born on 3 April 1807 in Exeter. She died on 14 June 1877 and was buried in Arno's Vale, Bristol. Mary was founder of the ragged school movement. Anna Carpenter, born 17 September 1808. Susan Carpenter, born 19 April 1811. William Benjamin Carpenter was born on 29 October 1813 in Exeter. He died on 19 November 1885 in London, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery. Russell Lant Carpenter was born in 1816 in Kidderminster and was christened in Devonshire. He died in 1892. Philip Pearsall Carpenter was born on 4 November 1819 in Bristol, Somerset, England. He died on 24 May 1877 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, of typhoid fever. He was an ordained minister and a noted conchologist. Quotation "The wise and active conquer difficulties By daring to attempt them. Sloth and Folly shiver and shrink at the sight of toil and danger, And make the impossibilities they fear." Lant Carpenter, about 1800, from page 14, Memoirs of the Life of Rev. Lant Carpenter, LL.D.'' Note: This quotation has been incorrectly attributed as by Lant Carpenter, but from the source shown above it states that it was said to Lant Carpenter by a friend. The quotation is originally from a play written in 1700 by Nicholas Rowe and called "The Ambitious Step-mother" and is from Act 1, Scene 1. https://archive.org/details/dramatickworksn00rowegoog/page/n24/mode/2up?q=folly References Attribution 1780 births 1840 deaths People from Kidderminster English Unitarian ministers English Christian religious leaders 19th-century Christian clergy Deaths by drowning 19th-century English people