Descendants of Samuel Carman

Generation No. 1

1.  SAMUEL⁷ CARMAN  (SAMUEL⁶, BENJAMIN⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, CALEB³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 10 February 1783 in Hempstead, Queens, New York, and died 04 December 1846.  He married NANCY ANN ELLISON 28 September 1800 in Hempstead, Queens, New York.  She was born 29 May 1782, and died 13 February 1852 in Hempstead, Queens, New York.

Children of SAMUEL CARMAN and NANCY ELLISON are:

2.                i.    WILLIAM⁸ CARMAN, b. 23 April 1801; d. 26 September 1829.

                  ii.    RICHARD CARMAN, b. 23 April 1803; d. 13 February 1827; m. RACHAEL RAYNOR, 09 March 1823, Hempstead, Queens, New York; b. 12 April 1805.

                 iii.    EPENETUS CARMAN, b. 29 March 1806; d. 26 January 1832.

3.              iv.    LYDIA ANN CARMAN, b. 18 April 1809.

                  v.    MARY ANN CARMAN, b. 12 November 1814; m. ROBERT J. ANDERSON, 24 March 1833; b. 06 March 1814.

                 vi.    ELISABETH CARMAN, b. 01 February 1817; m. (1) JOEL BUNCE; m. (2) WILLIAM B. CROPSEY, 17 March 1833; b. 02 July 1808.

                vii.    CHARLES CARMAN, b. 08 June 1819; m. CHARLOTTE FISH, 08 February 1842, Hempstead, Queens, New York; d. 01 May 1882, Brooklyn, Kings New York.

               viii.    EMELINE CARMAN, b. 08 November 1821; m. GILBERT B. MILLER, 1838.

                  ix.    CYNTHIA CARMAN, b. 08 May 1824; d. 01 May 1825.

Generation No. 2

2.  WILLIAM⁸ CARMAN (SAMUEL⁷, SAMUEL⁶, BENJAMIN⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, CALEB³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 23 April 1801, and died 26 September 1829.  He married (1) ANN RAYNOR, daughter of ELIJAH RAYNOR and EVELINE.    He married (2) CYNTHIA VAN CLEEF 03 January 1822.         

Children of WILLIAM CARMAN and ANN RAYNOR are:

4.                i.    LYDIA ANN⁹ CARMAN, b. 1827; d. 20 February 1861.

                  ii.    WILLIAM CARMAN.

                 iii.    RICHARD CARMAN, b. 20 June 1829; d. 02 November 1829.

3.  LYDIA ANN⁸ CARMAN (SAMUEL⁷, SAMUEL⁶, BENJAMIN⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, CALEB³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 18 April 1809.  She married (1) AUGUSTUS BACHE 18 January 1826.  He died 24 April 1834.  She married (2) WILLIAM PHILPIT 1836.    She married (3) THOMAS WRIGHT 03 April 1842 in Rockaway, Queens, New York. 

Child of LYDIA CARMAN and AUGUSTUS BACHE is:

                   i.    MARY ELIZA⁹ BECK, b. 23 December 1832, Brooklyn, Kings, New York; d. 06 September 1883, Brooklyn, Kings, New York; m. TIMOTHY MATHER SPELMAN, 20 April 1853, Brooklyn, Kings, New York; b. 09 October 1831, Albany, New York.

Generation No. 3

4.  LYDIA ANN⁹ CARMAN (WILLIAM⁸, SAMUEL⁷, SAMUEL⁶, BENJAMIN⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, CALEB³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 1827, and died 20 February 1861.  She married LORENZO DOW SIMONS 01 January 1846. 

Children of LYDIA CARMAN and LORENZO SIMONS are:

5.                i.    MARY ANNA¹⁰ SIMONS, b. 02 April 1851; d. 25 October 1898.

                  ii.    LYDIA A. SIMONS, b. September 1847.

                 iii.    LORENZO SIMONS, b. 12 September 1852; d. 09 January 1895.

Lorenzo Simons, second wife Eliza Root, Mary Anna Simons and granddaughter Gertrude May

Family photograph, and Bible page below, graciously provided by Lynn Mastrangelo

Generation No. 4

5.  MARY ANNA¹⁰ SIMONS (LYDIA ANN⁹ CARMAN, WILLIAM⁸, SAMUEL⁷, SAMUEL⁶, BENJAMIN⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, CALEB³, JOHN², JOHN¹) was born 02 April 1851, and died 25 October 1898.  She married DAVID HENRY JENNINGS 20 January 1874. 

Children of MARY SIMONS and DAVID JENNINGS are:

6.                i.    GERTRUDE MAY¹¹ JENNINGS.

                  ii.    FRANCIS REGINALD JENNINGS, m. ELIZA WYNANT PETTIT, 11 July 1899.

Generation No. 5

6.  GERTRUDE MAY¹¹ JENNINGS (MARY ANNA¹⁰ SIMONS, LYDIA ANN⁹ CARMAN, WILLIAM⁸, SAMUEL⁷, SAMUEL⁶, BENJAMIN⁵, BENJAMIN⁴, CALEB³, JOHN², JOHN¹)  She married DAVID LOUIS WELLS 23 August 1894. 

Child of GERTRUDE JENNINGS and DAVID WELLS is:

                   i.    JOHN¹² WELLS.

  Thanks again to Lynn Mastrangelo for the family photo of Lorenzo Simons and Bible page