This is one of my favorite lines because of Wm Stillwell Carman's notation
about it being thought that Melanchthon (sp) or Phineas sent someone down
the river. Have never been able to figure which was which or found any
other mention of it.
I think Ezra is a descendant of Richard-4, who married 1) Bird and 2)
Fitz-Randolph, WSC says he is descendant of Samuel-3 who died in
Middletown Monmouth County NJ and left him five pounds. I have never seen
any other links or information about him. Just read that George
Washington became a surveyor after leaving school at 15, so I guess
Richard would not have needed special training either.
Someday I would like to research Richard's background as *I* *speculate*
that Samuel could have had children who *could* have left home before the
1698 census.
Fitting the pieces of the puzzle together is what I like about amateur
genealogy.
Regards
Patricia
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Marian Cranford wrote:
http://www.carman.net/descenda2.htm
Ezra Ayres Carman was Lt. Colonel of the 7th
Regiment of New Jersey Volunteers during the
Civil War. He volunteered at Newark, NJ on 3 Sept
1861, and was honorably discharged at
Newark on 8 Jul 1862 ( This discharge was to
accommodate his taking command of another
Regiment ). Wounded in the line of duty at
Williamsburg, Virginia on 5 May 1862 by a gunshot
wound to his right arm in action. He also served as
Colonel of the 13th Regiment of New Jersey
Volunteers from 5 August 1862 to 5 June 1865. He was
later promoted to the rank of Brigadier
General.
"Carman, Ezra Ayres. NJ. NJ. Lt. Col. 7 NJ Inf. 19
Sept 1861; Col. 13 NJ inf. 8 July 1862; bvt
brig gen vols. 13 Mar 1865 for gal and mer ser dur
the war; hon must out 8 June 1865" - Historical
Register and Dictionary of the United States.
"A Historical address on the Carman Family by General Ezra Ayers Carman
of the Agricultural Department,
Washington, DC, was the principle oration. The gentleman is a pleasant
easy speaker", says the newspaper account,
"and also knows how to tell a joke. He was heartily applauded throughout
his remarks...." - The Carman Family Reunion of
1881, published in the Long Island Forum, August 1981, Charles Pearsall
Carman.
As noted above, he was an active member of the 'Carman Association' and
key-note speaker for the reunion held in
Hempstead. He was actively writing a genealogical book of his own on
the Carman Family, which was never completed.
He sent many letters out across the County (and to Canada) requesting
information and Family Group Sheets to be filled
out. Many responded, and his vast bank of information was borrowed on
more than one occasion by William Stillwell
Carman in preparing his manuscripts. Ezra's genealogical work
documentation is unparalleled by any one else in the
Carman family.
Ezra Ayes Carman was Chief Clerk of the United States Department of
Agriculture from 1877 to 1885 (during which
time he mailed out most of his genealogical letters on Government
stationary - probably one reason most people
responded to him!. He served on the Anteitam Battlefield Board from 1894
to 1898 and he is acknowledged as probably
the leading authority on that battle . In 1905 he was appointed
chairman of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National
Military Park Commission.
General Carman was living with his son, L.D. Carman, at 1351 Q Street
NW, Washington DC, at the time of his death.
His son was a medical examiner in the U.S. Pension Bureau and signed his
death certificate. Ezra Ayres Carman died of
Pneumonia. His wife, Ada, was living in Los Angeles at the time taking
care of her blind brother.
General Ezra Ayres Carman is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Descendants of Ezra Ayre Carman