Even William Bentley, the toolmaker, romped and raced in the ankle-deep dust like a boy.
Attempts to identify an English toolmaker of that name working in the second half of the 17th century have been unsuccessful.
The other five were a filling station owner, a dentist, a toolmaker, an electrical appliance dealer and a printer.
Carpenter, self-designated "toolmaker of Lancaster," submitted patents for the improvement of wood planes between 1831 and 1849.
Moving there in 1890, he obtained for his brother a position as toolmaker with the Ames Company.
