Samuel Carpenter
Samuel Carpenter
Editor:
Kevin Winters
Published:
August 9 2018
Updated:
November 27, 2025
Samuel Carpenter Public Domain – Carpenter & Carpenter
Samuel Carpenter was an early investor in the new Pennsylvania and among his extensive holdings were 5,000 acres that include most of what would become Horsham Township. It is believed that the township was named for Carpenter’s birthplace in Horsham, Sussex, England.
Samuel Carpenter, and his half-brothers Joshua and Abraham, came from Barbadoes to William Penn’s new city of Philadelphia...