Carman family members served on both sides during the American Revolution. Some family members had already been in the colonies for over 100 years and held commissions in the local militia (similar to what the National Guard is today) given under the crown. Their loyalty oaths to the King took precedence over overthrowing a government by force.  Even George Washington found this distasteful.  But as circumstance dictated and as things developed it was to be.  The British and King George III made it impossible to come to a peaceful solution. The politics of the time are discussed elsewhere. Here we salute those who served their King and Country.

Moses Carman - Private, Spencer's Regiment, Continental Army. Died at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania of smallpox, 26 January 1778.

Jonathan Carman - Colonel, Van Schaick's First Regiment of the New York Continental Line. Captured at the Battle of Long Island. He was shot and killed at Brooklyn escaping from a British Prisoner of War ship in 1777. His body buried by the British in a shallow grave on the beach, he was later interred at a permanent memorial on the property of the old Brooklyn Navy Yard, at Fort Green, Brooklyn where he still rests.

Cornelius Van Wyck - Husband of Sarah Carman. Captain of Militia under Col. Jacob Swartwout. Killed near White Plains while in command of a company of Rangers in 1776.

Joshua Ball - born in 1764 in Morristown, New Jersey, son of Joshua and Martha Ball,  Joshua Sr's first wife was Phebe Carman.  He served on the Continental Line and was killed in battle.  He never had the opportunity to marry.  his half-brother Jacob Ball, who was a son of Phebe, also served in the Revolution with the Morris County, New Jersey, Militia, and his grave at the Morristown Presbyterian Church is so marked by the Son's of the American Revolution.

John Sloat - Captain in the New York State (Cornwall) Militia. He was accidentally killed when the musket of a sentry outside his home fell at the doorstep and shot him mortally.  Son-in-law of Joseph and Amy (Carman) Drake who would raise his children.

Benjamin Coe - great-grandson of Benjamin and Abigail (Carman) Coe. Died in the Revolution in 1776.

Soldiers of the Revolution

John Carman, Private, New Jersey Militia

Joseph Henry Carman,  Private, 8th Virginia Regiment

Samuel Carman, Private, Westchester, New York Regiment ( later held the rank of Colonel )

Daniel Carman, Private, First Battalion, 2nd Establishment, 1st Regiment, New Jersey

Joshua Carman, Adjutant, Dutchess County Minute Men

Nathaniel Carman,

Abraham Carman,

Thomas Carman, 

Thomas Carman, Private, First Regiment New York Line

Joseph Carman, Private, First Regiment New York Line

Willet Carman, Private,  First Regiment, New York Line

Samuel Carman, Private, First Regiment, New York Line

Gabriel Carman Jr., Third Regiment, Westchester County, New York Militia under Col. Samuel Haight

Henry Carman, , Ensign, Col. Drake's Militia, Westchester County, New York

Abraham Carman, Private, First Regiment, New York Line

Hendrick Carman, Private, First Regiment, New York Line

Joseph Carman, 5th Militia Brigade of Dutchess County, New York

John "Jersey Blue" Carman, New Jersey Third Regiment, New Jersey Militia

Stephen Carman, Ensign, First Regiment Middlesex County, New Jersey State Troopers

John Oliver, Quartermaster, New Jersey Line