Adam Carman

http://www.carman.net/ancestors_of_william_g__carman.htm

vi. Adam Carman, born 04 February 1722/23 in Hempstead, Queens, New York; died 19 November 1804 in Standfordville, Dutchess, New York; married Philadelphia Titus Abt. 1745 in Hempstead, Queens New York; born 11 November 1727 in Hempstead, Queens, New York; died 17 March 1817 in Standfordville, Dutchess, New York.

Adam who married Philadelphia Titus (John-2, Caleb-3, Benjamin-4)

1. Adam/Phila Titus probably got his name from his maternal grandfather and great-grandfather, Adam Motts both of them, as the wife of Benjamin-4 is Ann Mott. This was a common practice then as it is today.

2. Phila is an abbreviation for Philadelphia. As her family is Quaker and the Church headquarters of the Quakers is in Philadelphia, it's not hard to see where she got her name from. But they are the same and not separate people.

3. I have seen Adam/Amelia linked as son to Adam/Phila many times, but again none of Adam/Amelia's grandchildren make this statement - they all say his father was John. The children of Adam/Phila are also fairly well documented in Quaker and bible records and there is no son Adam mentioned. The name waits in this family for the next generation and this grandchild of theirs is born way to late to be Adam/Amelia, besides living in upstate New York and having a family of his own.

4. Adam/Phila is often mistaken as the son of Joseph Carman / Susannah Tredwell, possibly because of the fact that Joseph's father was a deaf mute as was Benjamin-4 son of Benjamin-3. The father of Adam/Phila, - Benjamin-4 however is the son of Caleb-3 and not the same Benjamin-4, so it is confused twice (someone, somewhere mixed the two Benjamin's to come up with the incorrect fact that Adam's father was a deaf mute and knew Joseph's father, "Dumb Tom" was a deaf mute and concluded Joseph had to be the father). Additionally we have the name relationship between Adam/Phila and Adam Mott which does not occur otherwise and the Mott family is also a strong Quaker family. Adam Mott Jr and Caleb-4 (Benjamin-4's brother) witnessed Caleb-3's will. Benjamin-4 is also mentioned in the will.

5. Adam's brother Samuel is fairly well documented. Samuel mentions his Brother Adam in both his will and in a land deed which is in the collection of the Long Island Studies Institute at Hofstra University. The deed is signed by both Samuel and his first wife Mary (Samuel's second wife is Sarah Carman, daughter of Thomas Carman, brother of Adam/Mary Burtis!). So by establishing Samuel, his brother Adam can also be established with more certainty than some of the previous theories put forth.

6. The will of Isaac German (that is how he spells it in his will, but is generally considered to be Germain) lists the following people - 1. His daughter Margaret (Phila Titus is supposed to be daughter of Jacob Titus and Margaret Germain). Isaac wills to his son a debt owed to him by Jacob Titus. Witness to Isaac's will is Benjamin Carman, probable father of Adam Carman. Isaac's other daughter Ann is named in his will as wife of Joseph Pettit. Joseph Pettit and Ann are parents of Sarah Pettit - who marries Stephen Carman, who in turn is grandson of Benjamin Carman and Nephew of Adam. The odds are staggering if Adam Carman / Benjamin Carman / Jacob Titus / Isaac German are not of the same family line.

7. In a notarized document dated 18 December 1989: "I John Forrest Peavey, declare the following to be true. Sometime in the past, in the fall of 1980, I was going through some of the papers in genealogical collection of my father-in-law at the request of my wife Ann Gordon Carman Peavey. At this time I ran across what purported to be an extract from the Titus Family Bible which gives the descent of Adam Carman who wrote: "My father was Benjamin, son of Caleb (Carman)".

http://www.carman.net/adam5,_benjamin4.htm

Here we have one of the "mysterious" Adam Carmans - a mystery because he refused to yield up who his parents were in documents. Stillwell in his journals could not list Adam's parents. However we do know from documents that he had a brother Samuel who left him 50 pounds in his will. There is also a family deed which I have a copy of, which I made from the original which resides in the Long Island Studies Institute at Hofstra University. It is not part of the "Carman Collection" that also resides there, rather "the library had no where else to put it" because it is on oversized paper, so there it is to be found apart from the rest of the Carman documents. It identifies Adam as brother of Samuel and also identifies Samuel's first wife Mary. From this deed information it is easy to identify Samuel (and therefore Adam) and place him in the proper family lineage.

Adam was a "Cordwainer" by profession. This term today is generally thought to mean today a shoe maker, but the wider definition as it was used then meant he was a tanner of leather and in his time people also wore leather pants and other garments and so he manufactured more than just shoes, as did his brother Samuel.

He was a birthright Quaker, and his descendants remained faithful to the Friends Religion. He was a man of some means, leaving 'healthy' inheritances to all his children in his will. And that is saying a bit for they had 12 children. Adam and Phila succeeded at producing a large number of descendants all across the mid-west - it is a very large family line.

Adam5 Carman (Benjamin4, Caleb3, John2, John1) was born 4 February 1722/23 in Hempstead Township, Queens County, New York. He died 19 November 1804 in Stanfordville, Dutchess County, New York. He married about 1745 in Hempstead to Philadelphia (ake Phila) Titus, born 11 November 1727 in Hempstead, Queens, New York, died 17 March 1817 in Stanfordville, Dutchess, New York, daughter of Jacob and Margaret (Germain) Titus.

Children of Adam and Philadelphia (Titus) Carman:

Hannah Carman

Jacob Carman

Margaret Carman

Morris Carman

Susan Carman

Phoebe Carman

Charles Carman

Mary Carman - born 20 February 1758 in Hempstead, Queens, New York. She married Isaac Garrett and presumably died before 1779, when Isaac marries her sister Sarah. No issue.

Richard Carman

Anne Carman

Sarah Carman

Philadelphia Carman

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 6 2018, 16:36:29 UTC