Born:  May 10, 1947 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Family:  father, Jonathan T. Carriel (Sr.), Ph.D. (1914-1995), research chemist for Dupont and INCO; mother, Margaret Kearfott Carriel (1917-2009), housewife and writer, Martinsville, Virginia; brother, Benjamin K. Carriel, musician and teacher, Nyack, New York (and nephew and niece Benjamin Jr. and Rebecca).  

Raised:  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Ridgewood, New Jersey

Education:  B.A., M.A., in History, New York University 1969, 1970

Residence:  New York City (1965-2021); relocated to Panama City, Panama (2021)

Previous career:  Local area network technician, software trainer, and administrator, for Toronto-Dominion Bank, First Boston, Chase Manhattan, and the St. Christopher-Ottilie foster care organization.  

Other Publications: 

·       Book reviews in History News Network, Sea History, and the Journal of the American Revolution.

·       A non-fiction essay, “The Grand Affray at Golden Hill, New York City, January 19, 1770” was published by the Journal of the American Revolution on February 25, 2020.

Avocations: 

·       Currently serving as Secretary-Treasurer and Webmaster of the American Revolution Round Table–New York.

·       Served as Co-Chairman, Committee for the 250^th Anniversary of the New York City Stamp Act Protests, Autumn 2015.

·       Recreational sailing has taken me all over the US East Coast and the Caribbean—including three visits to St. Eustatius—and also on excursions in Greece, Turkey, England, and France. Crewing for my late father, I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean (from Normandy to New York via the Azores and Bermuda) in 1984. For fifteen years (1997–2012), I sailed my Columbia 43 yacht VELUT LUNA on the Hudson River’s beautiful Tappan Zee out of the wonderful Nyack (NY) Boat Club. I have since been lucky to have friends who regularly invited me to race and sail with them!

·       As a Life Member of the Village Light Opera Group of New York City (which I joined in 1970), I still occasionally do odd jobs and set construction for its musical theater productions.

Available:  For public gatherings of book lovers and history lovers.  Ready to present (among other topics), “The First Clash: The Stamp Act Crisis in New York City,” “The Battle of Golden Hill, New York City, January 19, 1770.” Also: a capsule introduction to the French and Indian War and its comparability to current events. 

·       “The Battle of Golden Hill, New York City, January 19, 1770” was presented, via Zoom, to a Wednesday Night Event of The Coffee House, July 1, 2020. This one-hour session was recorded and is available on-line, with a necessary password of: 0R?S1S6+

·       “The Battle of Golden Hill, New York City, January 19, 1770” was delivered to the American Revolution Round Table–New York on February 4, 2020.

·       “The First Clash” was presented to the Bergen County Historical Society, at the historic Steuben House in River Edge, NJ, on September 15, 2016. 

·       “The First Clash” was presented to the Dover (Vermont) Historical Society, on July 16, 2016.

·       “The First Clash” was presented to the American Revolutionary War Roundtable (Bergen County, N.J.) in Westwood, N.J., on September 22, 2015.

·       “The First Clash” was first given to the American Revolution Roundtable–New York, on June 2, 2015.

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