 It states that he was a son of Warncomb Carpenter, who was the sixth son of Thomas Carpenter, Esq., from Holme in the parish of Dilwyn, Herefordshire.The family had owned land there for over 400 years, proof of their being there by 1300.The family bore arms with a blazon reading "Paly of six, argent and gules, on a chevron azure, 3 cross crosslets or."