John CARY

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"Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV": The family of Carey in England is one of the oldest as well as one of the most illustrious and honored in the kingdom. In the year 1198 Adam DeKarry was lord of Castle Karry or Kari, in the county of Somerset. For centuries the castle has existed only in history, and the village situated in that locality is known as "Castle Cary." William and John Cary represented the count of Devon in Parliament in the thirty-sixth and forty-second reigns of Edward III. John Cary was made a baron of the exchequer of Richard II. Sir Robert Cary, his son, succeeded to his honors and estates. Sir William Cary married Mary Boleyn, a sister of Anne, the consort of Henry VIII. As early as the reign of Edward I, the name was spelled Cary, but many families of the present day spell it Carey.
John Carey, immigrant ancestor, came from Somersetshire, near the city of Bristol, England, about 1634, and joined the Plymouth colony. the exact date of his arrival is unknown. From a manuscript over a hundred years old, written by a grandson of John, it is believed that differences with his brothers over the settlement of his father's estate let to his departure for the new world. His name is found among the original proprietors and first settlers of Duxbury and Bridgewater. It occurs in the original grant, as well as in the subsequent deed made by Ousamequin, the sachem or chief of the Pockonocket Indians, 1639. This deed was made to Miles Standish, Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth, as trustees in behalf of William Bradford, John Carey and fifty-two others therein named. Ousmequin was afterwards called Massosit. the deed embraced fourteen miles square and designated as "Satucket," afterwards called West Bridgewater. John Carey drew as his share a lot a mile wide, a portion of which is still occupied by his descendants. In 1656 "Duxbury New Plantation" was incorporated into a new and distinct town and called Bridgewater. John Carey was elected constable, the first and only officer elected in the consecutive year until 1681. In 1656 he was one of the ten freemen in the town. In the 1667 Deacon Willis and John Carey were chosen "to take in all the charges of the latter war (King Phillip's) since June last and the expenses of the scouts before and since June." John Carey was prominent among his fellow citizens and participated actively in public affairs. He was intelligent, well educated and public spirited. There is a tradition that he taught the first Latin class in the colony. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Godfrey, one of the first settlers of Bridgewater, in 1644. He died 1681....

John married Elizabeth GODFREY in Jun 1644 in Duxbury, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Francis GODFREY and Elizabeth HALL) was born on 29 Oct 1620; died on 01 Nov 1680 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John CARY, Jr. was born on 04 Nov 1645 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Jul 1721 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
2. Francis CAREY was born on 19 Jan 1646/7 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died in 1718 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
3. Elizabeth CARY was born on 20 Dec 1649 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
4. James CAREY was born on 28 Mar 1652 in Braintree, Suffolk (Norfolk Co.,), Massachusetts; died on 20 Nov 1706 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
5. Mary CAREY was born on 08 Jul 1654 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
6. Jonathan CAREY was born on 24 Sep 1656 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts; died in 1695 in Brockton or Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachuetts.
7. David CAREY was born on 27 Jan 1658/9 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died in 1718.
8. Hannah CAREY was born on 30 Apr 1661 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
9. Joseph CARY was born on 18 Apr 1663 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jan 1721/2 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut.
10. Rebecca CAREY was born on 30 Mar 1665 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died in 1697 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
11. Sarah CAREY was born on 02 Aug 1667 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Jun 1741 in Stafford, Tolland County, Connecticut.
12. Mehitabel CAREY was born on 24 Dec 1670 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died before 08 Jul 1724 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut.