This is the original Savage entry for John Carman.
CARMAN, JOHN, Roxbury, came, 1631, prob. with Eliot, in the Lion,
by w. Florence had John, b. 8 July 1633; Abigail, 1635; and Caleb, 6
Aug. 1639, wh. d. young; rem. to L. I. and was that patentee of Hempstead
whose s. Caleb, b. there 9 Jan. 1646, was blind from b. the first
ch. there b. of Europ. parents. JOHN, Lynn 1636, rem. next yr. to
Sandwich, and d. 1638.
Savage's work was based on an 1829 directory by Farmer. Savage also
edited Winthrop's journal.
As you see, he has two John Carmans, and Robert Anderson follows this
theory in his Great Migration series.
Elizabeth Hay Carman presents the other side with one John Carman.