Person:John Carman (16)

John appears in a petition with his siblings dated April 7, 1661 indicating that John Hicks, whom their mother married after their father’s death, retained possession of the entire property left by their parents, though they all requested their share several times. In Jan 1662, John Hicks makes an ante-nuptual agreement with Rachel Starr of Oyster Bay which mentions the property.

Miller of grain and a sawmill operator, he had a mill on the west side of Hicks Neck. He acted as a Townsmen of Hempstead in 1663. His will written 14 Sept 1684 names his sons Caleb, Benjamin, Samuel, Thomas and John, his daughter Abigail. It also ordered two of his sons "to take my brother Joshua Carman's estate into their hands and to provide for him, if he wishes" [NYGBR 65:115].

From Source:Queens, New York, United States. Abstracts of Early Wills of Queens County, New York, p. 3 [Be aware of the caveats for this source as noted on the Source Page. This needs to be replaced with a more reliable version, perhaps from NYGBR 65:115.]

Will of John Carman, Sept. 14, 1684. I give to my two eldest sons John Carmen and Caleb Carman all my field that is at home that is called Tyslum with the fencing that is upon it to be equally divided between them. I give my son Benjamin Carman my house and barn that was Latteris with the fencing that is on it. I desire that my two eldest sons John and Caleb should take my brother Joshua Carmans estate into their hands & that they should take care to provide for him that which shall be convenient and if he please to dwell with them or either of them. I give my two younger sons Joshua and Joseph Carman my part of the two mills only my two eldest sons John and Caleb shall have the use and benefit of said mills till my youngest sons shall come of age and then the mills shall be delivered to my two younger sons before mentioned, only John and Caleb shall have the right to grind and saw for their own use so long as the mills shall last. I give my daughter Abigail one bed and furniture to it. I give my son Samuel Carman and Thomas Carman my house that is at south & all mine that lies against that lot of meadow that was Robert Jacksons also I do give them a bed with furniture to it. I give my two youngest sons fifty acres of woodland that is not yet laid out which I would have taken up near the hill, also my sons all of them shall have the liberty to grind and saw for their own use and free cost so long as the mill shall last. I give my son Benjamin all my land in the old field at South. I give my two youngest sons Joshua and Joseph one bed and furniture to it. I will all my debts be paid & my brother Joshua Carmans estate taken out from mine, then all the remainder of my estate both meadow and land and quick stock & household goods or any part of my estate not yet disposed of be equally divided amongst my children to every one alike. I make my sons John and Caleb Carman executors of my whole estate and they to keep it in their hands till my younger children come of age and also to take care of bringing up my younger children. I appoint Samuell Emory and John Pine to be overseers to see this my will performed, my brother Joshua Carmans estate is six score pound and was delivered to me in cows at 7 pounds a piece a horse at fourteen pounds and a mare colt at two and twenty pounds.

Hempstead, September the 14th, 1684: John Carman His Mark
Winess: Nathaniell Pearsall, Joseph Pettit: Sworn to by them Will Nicholls, Clerk Liber A, Page 9

1. ↑ Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 John Carman, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).

   Children... i JOHN, b. Roxbury 8 July 1633 [RChR 75]; m. by about 1660 Hannah _____. In his will of 14 September 1684 he ordered two of his sons "to take my brother Joshua Carman's estate into their hands and to provide for him, if he wishes" [NYGBR 65:115].