Person:James Cary (10)

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"James Cary Citizen and Salter of London" – is how he identified himself in his will, written on the 21st of October, 1694.

« I James Cary Citizen and Salter of London being very well in body and of sound and perfect mind and memory praised be Almighty God therefore but calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory Life do now make and declare this my last will and testament ... » He was then of the parish of St. Augustine Watling Street—where he expressed the wish: « ... to be buried with all decency and sobriety in the Isle against my pew within the parish church of St Austins where I now dwell ..... »^[15]

As a merchant who traded particularly in tobacco from Virginia, he was thereby also known as a "Virginia merchant." ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Fairfax Harrison in The Virginia Carys refers to him as: « The founder of the house of Virginia merchants subsequently known as "Robert Cary & Co." when they were Colonel George Washington's correspondents. »^[1] And in his Volume II of The Devon Carys, Harrison writes: « ... The youngest son, Robert Cary (1685?—1751), was still living in Watling Street in 1701, doubtless over his counting-house, in accordance with the ancient city practice. There he carried on his inherited Virginia trade under the firm "Robert Cary & Co," by which it was to be known until the American Revolution. .... »^[3] This Robert Cary must actually have been born by at least 1675; as he was christened on 17 November, 1675 at St. Augustine Watling Street.^[24]

There is no conclusive evidence, however, as to when or where Robert's father, James Cary was born. Nor indeed regarding his parentage. In fact, as is expanded upon in the following section on the 'Possible Origins of James Cary', the various theories regarding his date of birth have ranged from 1622 to 1633. And similarly it is not known for sure where he was born. He may, of course, have been born in or near London, where he lived and worked for most—if not all—of his adult life. Certainly since the time of his first marriage in 1658/59, when he was given as resident of the London parish of St Margaret Moses, Little Friday Street.^[8] But it is also quite possible—even probable—that he was born in the south-western county of Devon, where two of the strongest theories as to his origins, each place him within one of two families belonging to the so-called 'Devon Carys'.^{[2] [3]}

As of this writing (June of 2021), and as the next section argues, the most likely of these would have this James Cary to be one and the same as the James Cary, who was the youngest son of George Cary (c.1578–1643), of Cockington, Devon and his wife, Elizabeth née Seymour. And if so, he was baptised at Cockington on 28 October, 1633.^[19]

« ... 1633 ... James Sonne of Geo & Eliz Cary : Esq bap 28th Octob »

But, until conclusive evidence for this may be discovered, it would probably be premature to go ahead and merge these two 'James Cary' person pages.

When we first find James Cary in London, and marrying his first wife, Elizabeth—daughter of Oswell Stone and his wife Elizabeth née Palmer—we discover him already engaged in the tobacco business.

« St Margaret Moses 1657 Marriages / … / 1658 / … / Febry 27 | Jas Carey of this p. Tobacconist & Eliz. Stone of All / Hollis, Bredgstreet , sp. publication » ^[8]

This shows the date of the third of their banns of marriage from the register of marriages of St. Margaret Moses, Friday Street - his parish church.^[7] Whereas their actual marriage took place on March 10, 1658/59 at St. Michael Paternoster Royal - on Paternoster Lane in the City of London.^[6] Seven years later, both of these churches would be destroyed in the Great Fire of London of 1666. Of these, only St. Michael Paternoster would be rebuilt "under the aegis of Sir Christopher Wren." There appears to have been only one child from this marriage, a son Oswald, no doubt named after his mother's father. The year of his birth is estimated around 1660. And his mother died early in 1664 – by our current (New Style) reckoning of the year. She was buried on 9 Feb 1663/64 at the St. Margaret Moses church.

« "St. Margaret Moses ... Burials / ... / 1663 / ... / Feby / 9 Eliz: wife Ja^s Cary, Tobbaconist: in ch. » ^[22]

About eight months later, on or shortly after 27 September 1664, James Cary marries his second wife, Ann—daughter of Robert Dabson, of Aston, Oxfordshire. At which time his profession is then given as "salter." ^{[12] [23]}

« The Salters were the eleventh in rank of the livery companies of London. (Stow, Survey of London, Everyman's ed., 477.) The members originally dealt in salt for the curing of fish, but in the seventeenth century were the importers and wholesalers of tobacco and other bulky commodities. » —From: a footnote on p. 682 of Fairfax Harrison's Vol. II of The Devon Carys ^[3]

This note about the Salters – or to give its full name, 'The Worshipful Company of Salters,' was not in reference to our James Cary. But it was rather concerning another merchant Cary altogether – a John Cary of Putney. Of whom, Fairfax Harrison writes:

« Contemporary with Richard Cary, the West India merchant, was his kinsman who joined him in the application to the Heralds' College, John Cary (1645-1701) of Putney, an East India merchant. ... John, established himself for a time in Virginia, but was destined to return to England and become a London merchant. ... In London, on April 22, 1672, he married his second wife, Mary Cox, describing himself in the marriage license as "of St. Bennets, Finksbury, citizen and salter." .... »^[3]

Here it is instructive to remark on these merchant Carys making application to the 'College of Arms' (aka "Heralds' College") in London. And in the October 1892 issue of the Magazine of American History, there is a book review of Virginia Genealogies – A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, M.A., published in 1891,^[26] in which the reviewer writes:

« ... Mr Hayden says: "The element that gave being to New England, like that which made permanent colonies in Virginia and Maryland, was composed of the younger sons of titled families—esquires, gentlemen, merchants, yeomen, and tradesmen—men of gentle blood." He finds in his researches "that many Virginia families of distinction in letters, statecraft and military service, have descended from ancestors of gentle lineage, who had learned mechanical trades or crafts in the various Livery Companies of England and elsewhere," and he gives numerous instances among well known names such as ... (concluding with) James and John Cary were sons of the mayor of Bristol, England, 1611, whose father, William Cary, was "merchant" of Bristol. James Cary was the ancestor of the Massachusetts Carys, and John, his brother, was the ancestor of the Virginia Carys. ... Mr. Hayden tells us that "into the Livery Companies of England went, as indentured apprentices, to learn the craft or trade, the very best blood of England." To these companies even royalty joined itself. ... The lord mayor of London, to be eligible to the office, must have been a freeman in one of the twelve great Livery Companies of the city; and yet he ranks as an earl, and takes precedence of every person after the sovereign. The London Livery Companies were largely interested in the settlement of Virginia; .... »^[25]

This would appear to lend some added support for the possibility of our James Cary being the younger son of a "gentle" family of Devon.

In his Devon Carys, Vol II, p.699, Fairfax Harrison writes:

« In 1664 James Cary, then describing himself as "of St. Margt & Moses, London, salter, widr," married a second wife, Anne Dabson, daughter of Robert Dabson, "of Aston, co. Oxon, gent.," by whom he had several children, including a son James, who took his portion and went forth from the paternal mansion, and the youngest, who carried on the business in London. His will mentions all these children of the second marriage and leaves a legacy to the "daughter of my late sonne Oswell Cary, deceased," so designating Captain Oswald Cary of Virginia. He directs that he be buried beside his pew in St. Austin's Church, Watling Street, near which he dwelt. .... »^[3]

It is not known exactly when his eldest son Oswald first went to the then British colony of Virginia. But it is clear that he had settled there by 1681, when he married his wife Anne. In The Virginia Carys p.143, Fairfax Harrison writes in a section with the heading: "Oswald Cary, of Middlesex":

« The parish register of Christ's Church, Middlesex ... shows that Oswald Cary and Anne Jackson were there married December 19, 1681 and that he died February 17, 1690/1. Meanwhile, on April 20, 1687, "Mr. Oswald Cary" had patented 460 acres in Middlesex on Pianketank River, adjoining lands he already owned (Va. Land Register,viii,582), and in 1690 bought 50 acres additional, being then described as "Captain Oswald Cary of Co. Middx., Gent." The Middlesex records also show that he was Sheriff of the County in 1690. He had a daughter who married and left Smith descendants in Virginia, but his name has not persisted. (See W. & M. Quar., ix 45.) .... »^[1]

In his will, James Cary then goes on to mention all of his children, by his second wife Anne, many times. And always in the same order. Thus, as one such "Item" (bequest) in his will demonstrates, he names them (here after first mentioning his wife) in that order:

« ... Item I give and bequeath unto my dear and loving wife Ann^e Cary and to my said Children James Cary, Anne Mitchell, Elizabeth Hampton, Jane, Mary, Robert and Edith Cary and to each and every of them tenn pounds a peece to buy them mourning .... »^[15]

And the records so far discovered of the baptisms of all but one of these children confirm that they were indeed born in that same order. The missing record is that of the presumed last child, Edith. That is unless she was actually baptized with a different name: "Abigail." ^[33] See below my further comments on this and one or two other potential children of Anne and James Cary. But here we can confirm the names of the seven known children of James Cary by his second wife, Anne – with the dates and places of the christenings of six of them:

1. James Cary, baptized 19 July, 1666 at Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire;^[28] who dies, unmarried in 1726, and is buried 11 August, 1726, at St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London.

2. Anne Cary, baptized 17 February, 1667 at Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire;^[29] who marries firstly 11 December, 1686, Randulpho Mallory (d. 1690); and secondly 26 August, 1693, John Mitchell, with whom she has five children, the eldest of whom, Anne is mentioned in her grandfather, James Cary's will.^[15]

3. Elizabeth Cary, baptized 15 July, 1669, at Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire;^[30] who marries 24 October, 1688 Rev. William Hampton (d. 1745), with whom she has thirteen children – three of whom are mentioned in their grandfather, James Cary's will: ^[15] Ann, Charles, and Cary. Elizabeth Hampton dies in 1729 and is buried 25 August 1729 at the Church of St. Nicholas, Worth, Sussex – of which her husband was the rector (1704–1745).

4. Jane Cary, baptized 31 July, 1671 at Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire;^[31] who was still living, unmarried, in 1702/05 (per mother's will).^[38]

5. Mary Cary, baptized 3 November, 1672 at St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London;^[32] who marries 12 November, 1696, Thomas Stevens, with whom she has eight children.

6. Robert Cary, baptized 17 November, 1675 at St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London;^[33] who marries firstly 12 November, 1719, Elizabeth Hele (d.s.p. 1728); and secondly 13 Jun 1729 (mar. lic.) Amy Gregg (c.1700–1769), with whom he has two children: Robert (1730–1777) and Amy (1739–1756). Robert Cary dies 23 October, 1751, and is buried in the churchyard of the parish church of St John-at-Hampstead.

7. Edith Cary, _ _ _ _ , who marries 1 May, 1718, Thomas Curtis (d. bef. 1751).

From these we learn that the first four of these children were baptized at Aston Rowant in Oxfordshire, which is where his wife's father was resident at the time of their marriage in London.^[12] And perhaps we may presume he was still living there, when they went there to have their children baptized. Or perhaps they were all born there as well. But it certainly appears that others of the Dabson (or 'Dobson') family were still living thereabouts. In the baptismal register for son, James, a Janeta (Jane) Dobson is named as comatri~ – presumably a 'godmother'. And in that for the daughter Elizabeth, there is even the possibility of her grandfather, Robert Dabson – or "Roberto Dobson" being named as a godfather:

« Elizabetha filia Jacobi Cary (Londinensis) et Anne Uxoris ejus baptisata est duodecimo die July / Comp: [indecipherable]to Dobson comatribus vero Janeta Belson et Eliz: Dobson »

Although it would seem unlikely that a grandparent would ever be chosen as a godparent. More likely that it could be Elizabeth's uncle Robert – her mother's older brother.^[37] Both "Janeta Belson" and "Elizabeth Dobson" are definitely aunts – both sisters of her mother.

However, one detail is pretty clear in all of these baptismal entries at Aston Rowant. Their father James Cary is invariably given as 'of London': "Jacobi Cary Londinensis." Of course, three of them could not have been christened at either St. Margaret Moses, Friday Street or St. Michael Paternoster Royal, which were both destroyed in the Great Fire of London, which took place between the 2nd and 6th of September, 1666. But that would not account for why the eldest of them, James (junior) was not christened in London in July of that year – which was before the Fire. I think the strongest motive for having those of their children christened in Aston Rowant—and probably spending some significant time visiting there—would have to be simply because Anne wished to be with her family then. Besides several of them were named godparents of those children. Or at least were witnesses to their christening. And, in her will, Anne declared her wish for her body to be "decently and privately buryed at Aston in Oxfordshire if (she should) happen to dye near that place ...." ^[38] As it turned out, she did not - having spent her last years living at Worth in Sussex, where she was buried on the 5th of March, 1704/05, as recorded in the parish register of St. Nicholas there.^{[39] [40]}

And from the time of their marriage in 1664 until James Cary's death in 1694, we may fairly assume that they lived mostly in London, where James would surely need to be for his mercantile work. At first perhaps near his parish church of St. Margaret Moses, Friday Street. After its destruction two years later in the Great Fire—and who knows if his home had also been consumed or suffered greatly—they may well have decided then and there to relocate to Watling Street in the parish of St. Austins. As we are told by Fairfax Harrison, this is where James established his "counting-house" and above which he was likely to have lived "in accordance with the ancient city practice." ^[3] But the church itself had also been destroyed in the Great Fire. And, although it was rebuilt, also to a design by Christopher Wren, it was not opened until September of 1683. So where were the two of their three youngest children, who are recorded as having been baptized at St. Austins between 1672 and 1675, actually baptized? Immediately after the fire, the parish was united with that of St. Faith under St. Paul's. But 'Old St. Paul's Cathedral' had also been destroyed by the fire. So we can only assume that their baptisms were conducted at St. Austins in name of the parish only. The actual location or locations remaining a mystery. Perhaps they simply used the dwelling place of the rector. Or he came to theirs. On its page following a number of the recorded baptisms in 1666, the parish register for St. Austins does say that there were none in either 1667 or 1668. Then only two in 1669; three in 1670; just two again in 1671; until seven in 1672 – including that of Mary Cary on November 3rd. Then five and seven in 1673 and 1674 respectively. And up to nine in 1675, when Robert Cary was baptized on November 17th. The date and parish of Edith's baptism still remains unknown. Unless she was somehow mixed up with a girl registered with the name Abigail!

So now I will return to the mystery of 'Abigail' and also a couple of 'Johns', all three of whom appear in the parish register for St Augustine, Watling Street, where they are given as being the daughter and sons respectively of a 'James Carey and his wife Anne' – who may or may not be our James and Anne.

« Baptisms / ... / 1673 | Anno Dnj 1673 / ... / Carey | John Son of James Carey & Anne his wife Baptized the 24^th Day of January. / ... / Thomas Holbech Recto^r »^[35]

« 1678 Births and Christenings / ... / Carey | Abigail Daughter of James Carey and Anne his wife was born and Bap^t Aprill the 24 »^[34]

« S^t. Austins / ... Births & Baptisms / ... / 1685 | Anno One. 1685 / ... / Carey. | John Son of James Carey & Anne his Wife was Born May the Eight & Baptized on the Twentieth. / ... / William Sill, Rector. »^[36]

At first, I imagined that these three children might have all died before James wrote his will. And especially so for the first John. Then, when no such likely burial registry could be found, I concluded they really must be from at least two different families. And it was just a coincidence that there were two or three identically named couples resident in and parishioners of St. Austins, Watling Street at the same time. I do not consider significant the variation of the spelling of the last name Cary/Carey - as such spelling was not at all consistent back then. Our James himself has had it spelled either way on different occasions (see the various registry transcriptions above). So I suspect that they must be from different families. Especially the two Johns.

However, Abigail remains a little more suggestive. But just because Anne Cary (born Dabson) had a younger sister named Abigail. As well as an aunt.^[38] And virtually all of her children have the same names as her brothers and sisters. Not James. But he was obviously named after his father. Just as Anne was likely named after herself. And Robert could certainly be named after either her father or her brother – or both. Both Elizabeth and Mary could also be named after two of her sisters. And even Jane could be named after her sister Janetta. Of course, if it turns out that James was the son of George Cary of Cockington and his wife Elizabeth, then his daughter Elizabeth could be named after her. And he'd also count among his brothers and sisters: Robert, Mary and another Elizabeth. Which leaves only their daughter Edith with no obvious namesake. On neither her mother's nor her father's side. And it also remains very odd that she is the one child who does not appear to have been baptized at either of the two churches where her brothers and sisters were. Or anywhere else for that matter. As hours of fruitless searching can attest to! Which is why I indulged in that rather fanciful speculation that Edith and Abigail could actually be one and the same person. Even the date of Abigail's baptism would fit Edith very well. However, aside from a mistake in the writing or copying of the name into the original register, it would surely be most unlikely that her name would have been changed later on – whether by her parents or herself. So I am afraid we must let this Abigail remain the daughter of a quite distinct married couple, who just happen to have had the same names and lived in the same parish and at the same time as our James Cary and his wife, Anne née Dabson. And that goes for the two Johns too!

Although we may have next to no knowledge of the last years of James Cary's life we can certainly imagine how he and his family must have rejoiced when the new Christopher Wren designed church of St. Austins was opened in September of 1683. Even if its steeple was not completed until 1695 – one year after his death. And he would little suspect that it would all get destroyed again. But not until three centuries later, when it was bombed in 1941 during the Second World War. Then it was not rebuilt. Only its tower was restored in 1954. And I actually went to look at it in 2012, after an appointment I had at the nearby College of Arms, where I had been meeting with the Chester Herald there to initiate research enquiries regarding the grant of arms and supporting pedigree for an Askew ancestor of mine.

And a year later I consulted with him again regarding the possibility of such a pedigree there for James Cary and/or for either his son or grandson – both named Robert. Sadly the result of the research he did for me came back in the negative: "A search in grants of arms from the early 16th century down to the year 1880 did not reveal any entry for Cary or Carey of London. At this point it is clear that there is no record of your [my] known Cary ancestors in a College of Arms pedigree before the time of Robert Cary of Hampstead (1731-1777), and no record of their establishing a right to arms. If they had such an entitlement, they did not go to the length of entering a pedigree here in support of their claim." —From a letter dated 24 October 2013 from Timothy H. S. Duke, Chester Herald, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, London.^[41] Mr. Duke is now the Clarenceux King of Arms, since his appointment in April of this year (2021).

But his research did provide me with some very useful and interesting information, including the following two details. The first being from a list of entries in T.C.Dale's The Inhabitants of London in 1638 edited from MS 272 in Lambeth Palace Library (issued by the Society of Genealogists in 1931), which he told me listed "no-one named Cary living in Watling Street." But as this was a list of residents in 1638, it would have little relevance to our James Cary, who was still a child in that year. And we have discovered he probably did not reside there until some time after his second marriage in 1664. But there was a Cary living very close by to Watling Street in 1638: « 'Mr Carye's house' in the parish of St Faith by St Paul's. »^[41] Of course there is nothing to suggest he might be related in any way to our James Cary's family. It just shows that there had been at least one Cary living in that neighbourhood at that time.

However, in the next paragraph of his report, he tells me that another such publication, London Inhabitants within the Walls 1695, introduction by D.V. Glass (London Record Society 1966) lists two Carys, one of whom is certainly connected to our James. "[It] gives two households for the name in the parish of St Augustine, Watling Street – James Cary, bachelor with personal estate worth £600 or more; and Robert Cary with wife Ann and issue." He then went on to say: "From the particulars [I had sent him], it is clear that this James was the second son of James Cary the merchant (died 1694), who died unmarried in 1726." While he was not certain "that this Robert Cary can be identified with your [my] own ancestor Robert Cary (1675–1751), who would probably have been too young to be the man enumerated in 1695." ^[41]

James Cary died in 1694. When he wrote his will on the 21st of October of that year, he had written: « I James Cary Citizen and Salter of London being very well in body and of sound and perfect mind and memory praised be Almighty God .... » However, he was clearly wise to have decided it was the right time to make his will, adding: « ... therefore but calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory Life do now make and declare this my last will and testament .... »^[15] We do not know the exact date of his death. But it was certainly within the next few weeks; and probably at the very end of November – as we do know he was buried on the 1st of December, 1694. And no doubt, as he had so desired in his will, not only in his parish church of St. Austins – but right beside his pew there.

Possible Origins of James Cary

In Volume II of The Devon Carys, published in 1920 (pp. 694-695),^[3] Fairfax Harrison wrote:

Another, and in this case a direct, migration of the Devon Carys to London to engage in trade appears in the family of James Cary (1622-1694) of Hampstead, a Virginia merchant and the first of three generations in that trade who sold tobacco on commission for the Virginia planters and purchased for them in England those supplies from a “Fashionable sett of Desert Glasses” or “2 wild beasts, not to exceed 12 inches in height nor 18 in length,” to a “chariot in the newest taste, handsome, genteel and light,” and so contributed to that English flavour in Virginia colonial life which is its racy characteristic.

No evidence has yet come to light definitively to identify the origin of this James, but the tradition of his descendants is clear that he was a scion from the Devon tree, and it seems likely from the iterated reproduction of the Clovelly name Robert among those descendants that he came of that household. This assumption finds a warrant in the fact that a cadet line of the Clovelly family had been engaged in trade in Bideford for two generations when in 1622 they baptized a son James, otherwise unaccounted for, who fits into the known facts relating to our Virginia merchant. ....

Here Mr. Harrison inserts a footnote to refer to a passage in his first volume of the same work (p.281),^[2] in which he treats of the family of George Cary (1578?-1643) of Cockington, and where, listing George’s sons, he had written:

VIII James, born 1627, has left no earmark for identification. He may have been the contemporary James Cary, Virginia merchant in London, whom we have preferably identified as his kinsman of the Clovelly family. ....

These present the two possibilities, within the so-called Devon Cary families, which could answer to the parentage of James Cary ‘Citizen and Salter of London’, as he so styles himself in his will.^[15] The Clovelly family one providing possible parents: James Cary (1597–1634/5), of Bideford and Alwington, and his wife, Elizabeth née Grenville (1594–1635), whose son James was christened on 8 May 1622;^[18] while the Cockington family would be: George Cary (c.1578–1643), of Cockington, and his wife, Elizabeth née Seymour (c.1591–?), whose possible son James was born about 1627 (according to Fairfax Harrison).^[2] However, the Cockington parish register has a very likely baptism for him there in 1633.^[19] Of course this does not preclude the possibility that he was actually born six years earlier. However, ... (see last two paragraphs below).

In his earlier work, The Virginia Carys,^[1] Fairfax Harrison had made a ‘tentative’ identification of James Cary with this possibility of a Cockington Cary parentage, which he was now, a year later, considering less likely. However, there are some indications that his first thoughts may prove to be more compelling after all.

... This James Cary has been tentatively identified as another brother of Sir Henry Cary, of Cockington, and so of Francis Cary, supra. ….

In his will, James Cary makes a bequest of twenty pounds to his “loving neece Mary Buzby.” And we find in Harrison’s The Devon Carys, Vol. 1 (p. 275),^[2] the following reference: “In the meanwhile, on February 10, 1663, Sir Henry (Cary) had married his daughter Grace, now twenty-one, to one ‘Robert Busby of St. Bride’s, London, gent., bachelor, aged about 25,’ ….” This marriage is also referenced in the Allegations for Marriage Licences.^[20] One of the children of this marriage was a certain Mary Busby, born “about 1668 Holborn, London.” ^[21] She would then be a great-niece of her grandfather Henry’s brother, James – as the daughter of his niece, Grace Busby née Cary.

This is not yet conclusive evidence, but it does add some significant weight to the Cockington side of the scales. But more research will have to be done on this. — Robin Cary Askew, 17 August, 2009

To briefly take this question up again with another possibility altogether - at least in the endeavour to discover when James Cary was born. The two theories examined above show him either born in about 1622 or 1627. But there is another James Cary - who is actually identified as a merchant of London and involved in the tobacco trade with Virginia - who made a deposition on July 16 of 1677, in which he gave his age as 45 - which would indicate he was born in around 1632.^[4] There is no proof here that this is the same James Cary, 'Citizen & Salter' – merchant and tobacconist of Watling Street, London. Or that this record of his age of forty-five in 1677 was correct. But it is highly suggestive nonetheless. However I have found no record of a James Cary born or baptized in or even within a couple of years of 1632 in either London or Devon. And I'm afraid we can probably rule out the James, son of Michael Cary, who was baptised on 24 December, 1632 in Gawsworth, Cheshire. — R.C.A., 7 December, 2013

Following up from this last, written in 2013, new information has come to light - courtesy of Mr. Thomas Hamm. He has found the baptism of a "... 1633 ... James Sonne of Geo & Eliz Cary : Esq bap 28th Octob" in the Cockington parish register as shown on the Findmypast website.^[19] Taking this together with the information in the previous paragraph - we may significantly increase our confidence that this is indeed the same James Cary, who gave his age as 45 in a deposition dated 16 July, 1677, and was also identified as a merchant of London and involved in the tobacco trade with Virginia. And so - dare I say it - really quite the most likely to be our James Cary, 'Citizen & Salter' – merchant and tobacconist of Watling Street, London! — R.C.A., 4 July, 2019

See the Person page for: James Cary, baptised 28 October, 1633 in Cockington, County Devon, the youngest son of George Cary (c.1578–1643), of Cockington, and his wife, Elizabeth née Seymour (c.1591–?).

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Harrison, Fairfax, The Virginia Carys (New York: De Vinne Press, 1919)
   pp. 143-144, 1919.

   "My late sonne Oswell Cary, deceased" is named in the will of James Cary (citing P.C.C. Box, 343)
   All other quotations (in the 'Possible Origins of James Cary') were extracted from a photo-reproduced facsimile reprint by Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, Post Office Box 778, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 - web site: http://www.higginsbooks.com

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Harrison, Fairfax. Devon Carys
   Vol 1, pp. 275, 281 .

   Taken from photocopy of page from original publication - courtesy of Thomas Hamm.
   The full Vol. I may be accessed here: archive.org
   Source:Harrison, Fairfax. Devon Carys

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Harrison, Fairfax: Devon Carys, De Vinnne Press, New York
   Vol. II, pp. 694-695, 1920.

   Taken from photocopy of page from original publication - courtesy of Thomas Hamm.
   The full Vol. II may be accessed here: archive.org
   Source:Harrison, Fairfax. Devon Carys

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Peter Wilson Coldham, The complete book of emigrants, 1661-1699.

   pg. 288: July 16, 1677 Deposition by James Cary of London, merchant aged 45, and his servant, Daniel Sheriffe, aged 22, that they consigned goods to Mr. James Waddinge of Virginia by the Planters' Adventure, Mr Ellis Ellis. In October 1673 Mr. Robert Workman sent tobacco from Virginia by the Price of London, Mr. Robert Connaway, and in August 1674 by the George of London, Mr. Thomas Grantham. (LMCD)
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   pg. 292: 13 August- 3 October [1677] Shippers by the Concord, Mr. Thomas Grantham, bound from London for Virginia: ... James Carey, .... (PRO:E190/72/1, 80/1)
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   pg 341: 6 August - 6 September [1679] Shippers by the Henry, Mr. Thomas Arnold, bound from London for Virginia: ... James Cary ... (PRO:E190/84/1)
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   pg 419: 27 July - 17 August [1683] Shippers by the Jeffreys, Mr. Thomas Arnold, bound from London for Pennsylvania and New Jersey: ... James Cary ...(PRO: E190/115/1, 125/3)
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   pg 429: 3 - 23 October [1683] Shippers by the Paridise, Mr. William Eveling, bound from London for Virginia: ... James Carey .... (PRO:E190/115/1)
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   pg 610: 28 - 30 August 1688 Shippers by the Anne, Mr. Richard Howard, bound from London for Virginia: ... James Cary ... (PRO:E190/145/1)
   ----

5. ↑ James Cary and Elizabeth Stone, in Woodhead, J. R. The rulers of London, 1660-1689
   pp. 42-56.

   « CAREY, James
   Co Co Bread Street 1689-90 (1) St Margaret Moses, 1664, West Smithfield, St Sepulchre, 1670, St Augustine, 1689, 1694 (2) SALT (3) d Oct-Dec 1694, bur St Augustine (4) Will PCC 243 Box pr, 20 Dec 1694 mar (A) 1658, Elizabeth, da of Oswell Stone of Froston, Leic, and AH Bread Street, (B) 1664, Anne, da of Robert Dabson of Aston, Oxon (5) Tobacconist (5) Property Berks (6) ? Tory, not Whig (7)
   (1) VBk, St Augustine (2) Boyd 13855, will of Mark WARKMAN, GR, VBk, St Augustine, will (3) Will, Boyd 13855 (4) Will, Reg, St Augustine (5) Boyd 13855 (6) Will (7) H of L, MS 154 (f) »
   Accessed on: British History

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 James Cary and Elizabeth Stone Marriage, in Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. .

   Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/MIC5/A/002/MS05143
   Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
   The Parish Register for St Michael Paternoster Royal, 1658-1682
   « Name: James Carey / Gender: Male / Record Type: Marriage / Marriage Date: 2 Mar 1658 / Marriage Place: St Michael Paternoster Royal, City of London, London, England / Spouse: Elizabeth Stone / Register Type: Parish Register »
   Accessed at: ancestry.co.uk/ - where there is a link to an image of the page in the original parish register:
   City of London > St Michael Paternoster Royal > 1653-1682
   « 1658 / … / Carey | M | James Carey and Elizabeth Stone were marryed in the / P(ar)ish Church of St Mychael Royall the Tennth Day of march 1658 – By mr Thurman minister » [Note: the next entry is for a marriage there dated the 26th day of march 1659. This conforms to the 'Old Style' (OS) Julian calendar in effect then. Therefore the "10 March 1658" marriage between James Cary and Elizabeth Stone would actually be in the year '1659' according to our present day 'New Style' (NS) Gregorian calendar. This applies to the next two reference sources S7 & S8 as well.]
   Image from London Metropolitan Archives, St Michael Paternoster Royal, Composite register: baptisms 1653-1681/2, marriages 1653-1666, burials 1653-1681/2, P69/MIC5/A/002/MS05143.
   Accessed at: ancestry.co.uk/ > London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line] > City of London > St Michael Paternoster Royal > 1653-1682 > Page (image) 17 of 59.

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 James Cary and Elizabeth Stone - marriage "publication", in Bannerman, William Bruce. The registers of St. Mildred, Bread Street, and of St. Margaret Moses, Friday Street, London| William Bruce Bannerman, The registers of St. Mildred, Bread Street, and of St. Margaret Moses, Friday Street, London - London: 1912
   p. 59.

   « 27 Feb 1658 James Cary of this par., Tobakkenerst, & Elizabeth Stone of All Hollis, Bredgstreet, spinster, d. of Osnole Stone of Froston par. in Lestershire. Publication on 13 Feb , 20 Feb & 27 Feb »
   Accessed on 7 Oct. 2013 at: archive.org/stream

8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 James Cary and Elizabeth Stone - marriage "publication", in Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. .

   Parish Register for St Margaret Moses, Little Friday Street, London
   « St Margaret Moses 1657 Marriages / … / 1658 / … / Febry 27 | Jas Carey of this p. Tobacconist & Eliz. Stone of All / Hollis, Bredgstreet , sp. publication »
   Image from the London Metropolitan Archives, St Margaret Moses, Transcripts of baptisms 1559 - 1812, marriages 1558 - 1666, burials 1558 - 1812, CLC/464/MS12003.
   Accessed on 7 Oct. 2013 at: ancestry.co.uk > London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line] > City of London > St Margaret Moses, Little Friday Street > 1558-1812 > Page (image) 171 of 244

9.   Will of Luke Johnson (1659).

   In his will dated 25 June 1659 and proved 1 August 1659, "Luke Johnson of Virginia, planter" names his uncle John Turton and James Cary as executors. He also leaves a bequest to James Cary and "To Elizabeth, the wife of said James Carie". National Archives

10.   Adminstration of George Reeves (1675).

    The will of George Reeves, written 1 November 1675 and proved 26 April 1689, mentions an obligation owed to "James Johnson of St. Sepulchers. London, Gent, and James Cary, Citizen and Salter". James Cary also appears among the witnesses to the will. National Archives

11.   James Cary and Anne Dabson - marriage licence, in Calendar of Marriage Licences Issued by The Faculty Office, 1632-1714.' Edited by Geo. E. Cokayne, F.S.A. Clarenceux King of Arms, and Edw. Alexander Fry. London: Issued to the Subscribers by the British Record Society, Limited. 1905
    p. 34.

    September, 1664
    « 27 |*Cary, James | Dabson, Anne »
    Calendar of marriage licences issued by the Faculty Office, 1632-1714 / On openlibrary.org
    Accessed on archive.org/stream

12. ↑ ^12.0 12.1 James Cary and Anne Dabson - marriage licence, in London marriage licenses, 1521-1869 Edited by Joseph Foster, from excerpts by the late Colonel Chester, D.C.L. With Memoir and Portrait. London: Bernard Quaritch, 15 Piccadilly, W. 1887
    p. 251 .

    « Cary, James, of St. Margaret Moses, Youdon [sic], salter, widower, and Anne Dabson, spinster, 21, daughter of Robert Dabson, of Aston, co. Oxon, gent., who consents–at Lutenor, co. Oxon. 27 Sept. 1664. F. »
    Accessed on 7 Oct. 2013 at: google.co.uk

13.   James Cary and Anne Dabson - marriage , in International Genealogical Index / British Isles.

    « James Carey Gender Male Marriage: 27 SEP 1664 <St Margaret,Moses, , , England / Spouse: Anna Dahson »
    Accessed on FamilySearch.org - no source cited. And now (8 Oct. 2013) no longer accessible on the Family Search IGI Collection

14. ↑ Torrence, Clayton, Ed. Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers. Richmond, Virginia: Valentine Museum, 1927
    p. 304.

    « James Cary of London Merchant & Ann Mallory of London Widdow & executrix of the last will and testament of Ralph Mallory late of London merchand deceased power of attorney to Capt. Jno. Purvis commander of the ship Loyall Effingham now bound for Virginia. » (citing Middlesex County, Va. Deed Book 1679-1694, p. 490)

15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8} Will of James Cary
    21 Oct 1694.

    The will of James Cary dated 21 October was probated in the PCC 20 Dec 1694.
    see Transcript

16. ↑ ^16.0 16.1 BritishOrigins.com - 'London Burials Index 1538-1872'.

    « Burial Year: 1694 / Last Name: Cary / First Name: Jas / Parish: London (St Augustine Watling Street) / County: London »
    Burial Index 1538-1872

17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3} Ancestry.com. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line] - London Metropolitan Archives, St Augustine Watling Street, Composite register, 1653 - 1698 .

    « St. Austins Burials | 1694 / … / « Mr. James Carey buried Dec 1st(?)* in St Austins ch. | Carey »
    [ * My Note: Ancestry has transcribed this date as "'7 Dec 1694-1695" - but to my eyes, the day number looks more like "1st" to me. It is quite different to the following entry which is "Dec 7." And the year has to be 1694 - given that his will was proved on 26 December, 1694. —R.C.A. ]
    Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives, St Augustine Watling Street, Composite register, 1653 - 1698, P69/AUG/A/001/MS08872, Item 002. / Source Information: Ancestry.com. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. / Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
    Accessed on 7 Oct. 2013 at: ancestry.co.uk > City of London > St Augustine, Watling Street > 1653-1698 > (p. 68/70)

18. ↑ ^18.0 18.1 James Cary - possible baptism, in FamilySearch.org - England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.

    « Name: James Cary / Gender: Male / Christening Date: 08 May 1622 / Christening Place: ALWINGTON, DEVON, ENGLAND / Father's Name: James Cary / Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C05018-1 / System Origin: England-ODM / GS Film number: 916800 »
    Source: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, index, FamilySearch
    Accessed on 7 Oct. 2013 at: familysearch.org

19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3} James Cary - possible baptism, in Findmypast.co.uk - Devon Baptisms - Cockington parish register.

    Transcription: « First name(s) James / Last name Cary / Birth year - / Baptism year 1633 / Baptism date 25 Oct 1633 / Denomination Anglican / Baptism place Cockington / Father's first name(s) Geo / Mother's first name(s) Eliz / Mother's last name - / County Devon / Country England »
    Image: « 1633 / ... / ... Octob: / James Sonne of Geo & Eliz Cary : Esq bap 28th Octob »
    Accessed on 4 July 2019 at: findmypast.co.uk/transcript & findmypast.co.uk/record

20. ↑ Robert Busby and Grace Cary - marriage licence, in Allegations for marriage licences issued by the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1558 to 1699 : also, for those issued by the vicar-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1660 to 1679. Extracted by (the late) Colonel Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., and edited by Geo. J. Armytage, F.S.A., Honorary Secretary to the Harleian Society. London: 1886 in The Publications of The Harleian Society. Volume XXIII for the year MD.CCC.LXXXVI. (1886)
    p. 83.

    « MARRIAGE ALLEGATIONS IN THE REGISTRY OF THE / VICAR-GENERAL OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
    1662-3
    Feb. 10 Robert Busby, of St Bride's, London, Gent, Bachr, about 25, & Grace Cary, of St Giles in Fields, Spr, abt 21 ; consent of father Sir Henry Cary, Kt.; at St Mary’s Whitechapel, St Dunstan’s East, or Gray’s Inn Chapel. » Google Books

21. ↑ Mary Busby - birth, in International Genealogical Index|International Genealogical Index / British Isles.

    « MARY BUSBY / Gender: Female / Birth: About 1668 Holborn, London, England / Father: ROBERT BUSBY / Mother: GRACE CARY »
    Accessed on FamilySearch.org - no source cited. And now (8 Oct. 2013) no longer accessible on the Family Search IGI Collection

22. ↑ Elizabeth Cary (née Stone) - burial, in Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. .

    Metropolitan Archives.
    « Name: Eliz Cary / Gender: Female / Record Type: Burial / Death Date: abt 1663 / Burial Date: 9 Feb 1663 / Burial Place: St Margaret Moses, Little Friday Street, City of London, London, England / Spouse: Jas Cary / Register Type: Parish Register »
    Image (219 of 242):
    «  »
    Accessed at: ancestry.com/ - where there is a link to an image of the page in the original parish register:
    City of London > St Margaret Moses, Little Friday Street > 1558-1812
    « St. Margaret Moses ... Burials / ... / 1663 / ... / Dec^r 13 / ... / Feby / 9 Eliz: wife Ja^s Cary, Tobbaconist: in ch. / ... / Mch 15 ... / 1664 / June 22 .... »
    Ancestry Link ($)
    -----
    [Note: This year of 1663 is according to the 'Old Style' (OS) Julian calendar. According to our present day 'New Style' (NS) Gregorian calendar, it would be 1664.]

23. ↑ Boyd's Inhabitants Of London & Family Units 1200-1946.

    « CARY / James / 1664 // Name James Cary of S. Margaret Moses / Married 1664 Sep 27 at Fac Off Mge Lic //
    Wife Anne Dabson of Aston Oxon / Born 1643 / daughter of Robert Dabson //
    Profession etc. salter //
    Children Anna 1667 marr 1686 Ralf Mallory //
    1658 Feb 27 Mch 10 J.C. = Elizabeth Stone dr. of Osnole (banns) S Mgt Moses }
    (J.C.) tobacconist (E.S.) of All Holl Bd St [All Hollis, Bredgstreet] (O.S.) Froston Lincs (marriage) S Mich Pat.Royal } //
    1663 Feb 9 bur Elizabeth wife of James ... S Mgt Moses »
    Accessed on 15/06/2021 at findmypast.co.uk

24. ↑ Robert Cary - birth/baptism, in Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line].

    « Name: Robert Cary / Gender: Male / Record Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 17 Nov 1675 / Baptism Place: St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London, London, England / Father: James Cary / Mother: Ann Cary / Register Type: Parish Register »
    Accessed at: ancestry.co.uk/ - where there is a link to a copy of an image of the page in the original parish register.
    Parish register for St. Augustine Watling Street Church, London, 1653-1698
    City of London > St Augustine, Watling Street > 1653-1698 (12 of 68)
    « Anno / 1675 | Births and Baptisms / … / Cary | Robart Son of James Cary and Ann his wife was Baptized November the 17 »
    Image from the London Metropolitan Archives, St Augustine Watling Street, Composite register, 1653 - 1698, P69/AUG/A/001/MS08872, Item 002.
    Source Citation: London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/AUG/A/001/MS08872/002
    Source Information: Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
    Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.

25. ↑ Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, illustrated, edited by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb. Vol. XXVIII, July to December, 1892, 743 Broadway, New York Citypp. 318-319.

    Accessed on 17/06/2021 at books.google.ca/

26. ↑ Virginia Genealogies – A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia, also of the families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis Littlepage, moncure, Peyton, robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and others, of Virginia and Maryland. by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, M.A. published 1891, Wilkes-Barre Penn'a. 'Descent' pp. xi-xv .

    Accessed on 17/06/2021 at books.google.ca/

27.   Wife: Anne Dabson - baptism, in Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: BOD125 d 1
    1644.

    Detail:
    « Name: Anne Dabson / Event Type: Baptism /Baptism Date: 10 Jul 1644 / Baptism Place: Haseley Great, Oxfordshire, England / Father: Robert Dabson »
    Image (35 of 75):
    « 1644 | ... / Anne Dabson the Daughter of Robert Dabson was baptized the Tennth Daie of Julio, 1644 »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
    Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

28. ↑ Son: James Cary - baptism, in Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR12/1/R1/1
    1666.

    Detail:
    « Name: Jacob Cary / Event Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 9 Jul 1666 / Baptism Place: Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England / Father: Jacob Cary / Mother: Anne Cary »
    Note: The image (following) clearly shows the date of his baptism as "19" ("decimo nono" in Latin) of July.
    Image (51 of 164):
    « 1666 | ... (next page) ... / Jacobus filius Jacobi Cary Londinensis et Anne Uxoris baptizatus decimo nono die July , Compatribus Thoma Eustace et Marco Warkman , & Comatri Janeta Dobson »

29. ↑ Daughter: Anne Cary – baptism, in Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR12/1/R1/1
    1667.

    Detail:
    « Name: Anna Cary / Event Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 17 Feb 1667 / Baptism Place: Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England // Father: Jacob Cary »
    Image (52 of 164):
    « 1667 / ... / Anna filia Jacobi Cary Londinensis et Anna Uxeris baptizata est Decimo Septimo die February Compadre Roberto Littlepage , Comatribus vero Abigajila Eustice et Maria North »
    [NOTE: Abigajila Eustice must be 'Abigail Eustice' – an aunt of Anne Cary (née Dabson), as mentioned in her will.] ^S38
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
    Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

30. ↑ Daughter: Elizabeth Cary - baptism, in Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR12/1/R1/1
    1669.

    Detail:
    « Name: Elizabeth Cary / Event Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 15 Jul 1669 / Baptism Place: Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England // Father: Jacob Cary / Mother: Anne Cary »
    Image (52 of 164):
    « 1669 / ... / Elizabetha filia Jacobi Cary (Londinensis) et Anne Uxoris ejus baptisata est duodecimo die July / Comp: ¿-?to Dobson comatribus vero Janeta Belson et Eliz: Dobson »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
    Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

31. ↑ Daughter: Jane Cary - baptism, in Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR12/1/R1/1
    1671.

    Detail:
    « Name: Jane Cary / Event Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 31 Jul 1671 / Baptism Place: Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, England // Father: Jacob Cary »
    Image (53 of 164):
    « 1671 / ... (next page) ... / Janetta filia Jacobi Cary Londinensis et Anna Uxoris baptizata est tricesimo primo die mensis July Compatre Johanne Caucuk Conpatribus vero Elizabetha Eustace et Eliz: Dobson »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
    Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

32. ↑ Daughter: Mary Cary - baptism, in London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/AUG/A/001/MS08872/002
    1672.

    Detail:
    « Name: Mary Cary / Gender: Female / Record Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 3 Nov 1672 /
    Baptism Place: St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London, London, England / Father:
    James Cary / Mother: Anne Cary / Register Type: Parish Register »
    Image:
    « Births Baptisms / ... / Anno 1672 / ... / Cary | Mary the Daughter of James Cary & Anne his wife was baptized on the third day of November »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
    Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

33. ↑ ^33.0 33.1 Son: Robert Cary - baptism, in London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/AUG/A/001/MS08872/002
    1675.

    Detail:
    « Name: Robert Cary / Gender: Male / Record Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 17 Nov 1675 / Baptism Place: St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London, London, England / Father: James Cary / Mother: Ann Cary / Register Type: Parish Register »
    Image (12 of 68):
    Anno / 1675 | Births and Baptisms / ... / Cary | Robart Son of James Cary and Ann his wife was Baptized November the 17 »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
    Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

34. ↑ ¿ Abigail Cary ? - baptism, in London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/AUG/A/001/MS08872/002
    1678.

    Detail:
    « Name: Abigail Cary / Gender: Male{sic] (should be 'Female' see transcript of image below) / Record Type: Christening (Baptism) / Baptism Date: 24 Apr 1678 / Baptism Place: St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London, London, England / Father:
    James Cary / Mother: Anne Cary / Register Type: Parish Register »
    Image (13 of 68):
    « 1678 Births and Christenings / ... / Carey | Abigail Daughter of James Carey and Anne his wife was born and Bap^t Aprill the 24 »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
    Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

35. ↑ ¿ John Carey ? - baptism, in London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/AUG/A/001/MS08872/002.

    Detail:
    « Name: John Carey / Gender: Male / Record Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 24 Jan 1673 / Baptism Place: St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London, London, England / Father:
    James Carey / Mother: Anne Carey / Register Type: Parish Register »
    Image (11 of 68):
    « Baptisms / ... / 1673 | Anno Dnj 1673 / ... / Carey | John Son of James Carey & Anne his wife Baptized the 24^{th<sup/> Day of January.} / ... / Thomas Holbech Recto^r<sup/> »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
    Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/ </div>

    </li>
    

36. ↑ ¿ John Carey ? - baptism, in London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69/AUG/A/001/MS08872/002
    1685.

    Detail:
    « Name: John Carey / Gender: Male / Record Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 12 May 1685 / Baptism Place: St Augustine, Watling Street, City of London, London, England / Father:
    James Carey / Mother: Anne Carey / Register Type: Parish Register »
    Image (17 of 68):
    « S^t. Austins / ... Births & Baptisms / ... / 1685 | Anno One. 1685 / ... / Carey. | John Son of James Carey & Anne his Wife was Born May the Eight & Baptized on the Twentieth. / ... / William Sill, Rector. »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
    Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

    </li>
    

37. ↑ Brother-in-law: Robert Dabson - baptism, in Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: BOD125 d 1
    1643.

    Detail:
    « Name: Robert Dabson / Event Type: Baptism / Baptism Date: 8 Jul 1643 / Baptism Place: Haseley Great, Oxfordshire, England / Father: Mr Robert Dabson »
    Image (35 of 75):
    « Robert Dabson the Sonne of m^r Robert Dabson Gentleman was bapt the eighth daie of Julie 1643 »
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
    Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre.
    Accessed on 18/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

    </li>
    

38. ↑ ^{38.0 38.1 38.2} Will of Anne Cary (née Dabson) “of the Parish of Worth”
    proved 19 Mar 1704/05 .

    « I Anne Cary of the Parish of Worth in the county of Sussex being of perfect health and sound understanding blessed be God yet considering my owne mortality doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme following In the first place I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God as into the hands of a faithfull creator And my body to be decently and privately buryed at Aston in Oxfordshire if I shall happen to dye near that place if not in any other place at the discretion of my Executor And as for all my Worldly Goods I thus dispose of them Imprimis I give and bequeath to my children Robert Cary_[,_] Anne Mitchell_[,_] Elizabeth Hampton_[,_] Jane Cary_[,_] Mary Stevens and Edith Cary one hundred pounds apiece Item I give to my three Sonns in Law William Hampton_[,_] John Mitchell and Tho Stevens tenn pounds apiece Item I give to my Grandchildren Anne Mitchell_[,_] Jane Mitchell_[,_] Tho Mitchell_[,_] James Mitchell and John Mitchell twenty pounds apiece Item I give to my Grandchildren Elizabeth Hampton_[,_] William Hampton_[,_] James Hampton_[,_] John Hampton_[,_] Robert Hampton and Ambrose Hampton twenty pounds apiece Item I give to my Grandchildren Anne Stevens and Henry Stevens twenty pounds apiece Item I give to my Brother Tho Dobson five pounds apiece and to my Sister Jane Belson five pounds And to my Sister Mary (¿)Narraway(?) five pounds and Jane Dobson daughter to my brother John Dobson five pounds and to Sarah Wise daughter to my sister Abigail Wise five pounds and to Mary Braby five pounds Item I give to my Aunt Abigail Eustice and to my Cousin Mary Duffell twenty shillings apiece to buy them Rings Item I give to the poor of the ^said^ Parish of Worth twenty shillings and to the poor of the said Parish of Aston twenty shillings And my will is that all the Legacyes above disposed of by me shall be paid by me Executor hereafter named within twelve monthes after my decease Item all the rest of my goods chattells and Estate reall and personall and my house in Watlin Streete my just debts Legacyes ffunerall expenses being first fully satisfyed and discharged I give to my Eldest Sonn James Cary whom I make and constitute my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament he the said James Cary paying an Annuity or yearly Rent of eight pounds Amount of or for my house in Watlin Streete for my Sister Elizabeth Small alias Pawlett for and during the terme of her naturall life half yearly by equall portions at Michaelmas and Lady Day the first paymt. thereof to begin and be made whichsoever of the said dayes shall ^first^ happen after my decease In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seale this nineteenth day of March An Dom one thousand Seven hundred and two And my mind and will yet further is that in case any of my three children vis Robert Cary Jane Cary or Edith Cary shall happen to dye without issue before the said Legacyes shall become due and payable that then the said Legacy or Legayes of such of them as shall soe happen to dye shall be disposed equally amongst all the rest of my said Children first above named or their respective Children in case any of them shall be then dead or in case any of my said Children which are now marryed shall happen to dye before the said Legacyes shall become due that then the said Legacy of such of them shall be paid and equally divided amongst their Children share and share like And in case any of my Grandchildren above named shall dye before their Legcyes shall become due that then the said Legacy or Legacyes of such of them as shall soe happen to dye shall be equally divided Amongst the Brothers and Sisters respectively of all such of them as shall soe happen to dye And also I give to my friend Mr Leonard Gale of Crabbett twenty shillings to buy a Ring Witness my hand and Seale the day and yeare aforesaid Anne Cary / Signed Sealed and published in the presence of Henry Gale John Baldwin George Virgo. »
    [transcribed by Robin Cary Askew]
    NOTE: The date of probate is a little hard to decipher. At least as far as the year is concerned. « "decimo nono die mensis Martÿ Anno Dm" (followed by what looks like:) "Stilo Anglia millnno Septingensio quarto" » At least the day and month are clearly: 'nineteen March'. And the year should be: '1704' according to the 'old style' (OS) Julian calendar in effect at the time, when the new year still started on March 25th. Until it was changed in England to January 1st in the year 1752 to the 'new style' (NS) Gregorian calendar. (See: Wikipedia: "Old Style and New Style dates") And this may explain the words "Stilo Anglia" – to distinguish England (as well as Wales, Ireland and the British American colonies) from Scotland, which had already switched to the Gregorian calendar in the year 1600. The rest of the year date looks close enough to "Anno Domini ... millesimo septingentesimo quattor" to be understood as meaning: '1704'. —R.C.A.
    Description: Will of Anne Cary of Worth, Sussex / Date: 19 March 1705 / Catalogue reference: PROB 11/483 / Dept: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury / Series: Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers / Piece: Name of Register: Gee Quire Numbers: 130 - 175
    Downloaded from The National Archives

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39. ↑ Anne Cary (née Dabson) - 1704/05 burial, in National Burial Index for England & Wales, 2nd Edition
    2004.

    « Burial Date: 5 Mar 1705 / Name: Ann CARY / Age: - / County: Sussex / Place: Worth / Details: St Nicholas / Denomination: Anglican / Source Document: Parish Register / Data Provider: West Sussex Record Office »
    From the CD-Rom, Disc 1: "Burials 1538 to 1760" – produced by the Federation of Family History Societies - FFHS Publications) Ltd., 2004

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40. ↑ Anne Cary (née Dabson) - 1704/05 burial, in Ancestry.com. England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. .

    Detail:
    « Name: Ann Cary / Gender: Female / Burial Date: 05 Mar 1704 / Burial Place: Worth, Sussex, England / FHL Film Number: 1041590 »
    No image available.
    Source Information:
    Ancestry.com. England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    Original data: England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Accessed on 21/06/2021 at: ancestry.co.uk/

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41. ↑ ^{41.0 41.1 41.2} Timothy H S Duke, Chester Herald. College of Arms - CARY Report - 24 October 2013. (Letter in attachment to email.).

    Letter from: Timothy H S Duke, Chester Herald, College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, London
    Addressed to: Ms Robin Askew, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Dated: 24 October 2013

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42.   Photograph by Robin Cary Askew. Arms of Adam Askew (or of Thomas Askew) with Cary inescutcheon.

    This links to a page featuring a photograph of a painting of the quartered arms (with crest), that were first granted on 9 May 1760 to Adam Askew M.D. (1696—1773), of Newcastle upon Tyne; but which here includes the Arms of Cary 'in pretence'. And therefore this painting must have been commissioned by one of two Askew brothers, each of whom married a daughter of Robert Cary (1730—1777), of London; and his second wife, Lucy Susannah Yorke (died c.1775):
    1. Adam Askew (1752—1844), married 1831, to Amy Ann Cary (1758—1831)
    2. Thomas Askew (1771—1858), married 12 Apr 1796, to Lucy Elizabeth Cary (1775—1861)

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