Carmen Surname Genealogy

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Comment by Kate Wagner on October 17, 2013 at 8:11am

Hello, Jennifer, I am beginning research on the Carman line from New Jersey in the 1700-1800's.

Comment by Jeanie DiLeonardo on July 11, 2009 at 11:38am

Jennifer, Rachel was born in Pennsylvania - I think it was a stopping point on her family's migration from Long Island NY to Sangamon County, IL (where she married, had 2 daughters, and died). The Carman family from Long Island traces back to the immigrant John Carman (founder of the Hempstead settlement) and his wife Florence Fordham. I don't think there is a definitive consensus on where in England John Carman was born - I have Bishops Stoke Parish in Hampshire, but I've seen Hemel Hempstead listed by others.

Comment by Jennifer Jackson on July 10, 2009 at 9:41pm

Jeanie, do you know where Rachel came from? My Carmen ancestors are from the Northumberland and Lincolnshire area?

Comment by Jeanie DiLeonardo on July 10, 2009 at 8:58pm

My ancestress, Rachel Carman, was a client of Abraham Lincoln: he was her attorney for her divorce from her husband, Jacob E. Roll, on the grounds of desertion. She then married a cousin of his, Pierson Roll, and had 2 daughters - one of whom I descend from.