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Hi Emmy - this is Mark Clairmont from San Francisco
I am not the person who has the pictures of Wm. Burton, Henriettak and the obits of Mary A
Hodgin and Wm Synder. (We need a score card to keep track of the players - just having
fun.) I am the person who is interested (1.) in learning how you received your dates for
Thomas Carman (1630s ??) and William Burton (1600??) etc. You told me you received this
from your grandmother, and you plan to further research this information. (2.) I am also
interested in learning more about William Burton Carman Senior and Jr. We need to look
at each other's family trees to see what information you have and I have
(Clairmont/Sieffert Family Tree). See the attachments (A-B are from your tree & C-D
are from my tree.) I have information that you can use add to your family tree. The Will
Abstracts I give you the following:
1. William Burton (1630-1699) Will Abstract, dated Dec 10, 1698 . This identifies his
son William Burton , daughter Margarett Burton (who married Thomas Carman), daughter Mary
Burton, and daughter Hannah Burton. His wife was not mentioned in this will. The will
mentions land owned jointly will the Carman Family. The land was suppose to go to
Margarett Burton and Thomas Carman. I have a list of property owned by William Burton
that shows this property. You are welcome to have it. The list of properties identify 3
William Carmans (William, William Senior, and William Junior). My problem: I don't
know which William (Senior or Junior) fathered Rachel Burton.
2. William Carman Sr. (1662-1736) Will Abstract, dated May 3, 1736 This identifies two
younger sons (Thomas and James), his wife Rebecca, older sons (William and John). The
witnesses to this Will were William Burton (which one?) and John Collins (Rebecca Carman
husband).
3. John Carman's (1690 - ??) Will Abstract, dated Feb 16,, 1746. This identifies his
wife Rachel Burton and his sons "Henry Cully Carman" and William Burton Carman.
Henry must have been the eldest son because he inherited the land and W.B. Carman received
2 shillings.
4. William Burton (1656 -??) Will Abstract, dated Sept 13, 1744. This identifies his wife
Juliana (??) and his daughter Rachel Burton. The will also identifies his grandson
William Burton. This might be William Burton Junior's Will. One of these William
Burtons fathered Rachel Burton, who married John Carman.
Also, the 19 page genealogy paper on Stephen Sparks and wife Anne Carman explains the
relationship between John Carman (1690 -) and wife Rachel Burton (??). I learned from
this paper that they had four children: Henry Cully Carman (learned from the Will
Abstract), Burton Carman (1737 -1737), Rebecca Carman (1738), and William Burton Carman
(1740 -1766). William Burton Carman married Elizabeth Sparks and they had John Carman and
William Burton Carman. One of these guys had Anne Carman, who married Stephen Sparks.
This is a lot of information to digest, but when you look at your tree you can see from
the abstracts how you can fill in the blanks. All the information I have on the
Burton/Carman family is yours. Which family member form the Burton/Carman family line are
you from? My family comes from John Carman & Rachel Burton, William Burton Carman and
Elizabeth Sparks, William Burton Carman Jr. & ???, Stephen Sparks and Anne Carman,
John Burton Sparks and Susan Garner, and finally Maria Sparks and Louis Clairmont.
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