Descendants of David Cary (John) and Elizabeth Unknown of Bristol

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  1. Elizabeth Cary was born on 7 Mar 1691/2 in Bristol. [A] She married Daniel Smith. [C, p. 66]
  2. Mehitable Cary was born on 14 Aug 1683 in Bristol. [A] She may be the Mehitable who died on 4 Jun 1736 in Bristol. [A] Or she may have married Mr. Wardwell. [C, p. 66]
  3. Bathsheba Cary was born on 14 Aug 1683 in Bristol. [A][L, p. 47] She died on 16 Aug 1775. [L, p. 47] She married Joseph Howland about 1714. [L, p. 47]
  4. Sarah Cary was born on 11 Jun 1695 [C, p. 66, 21 Jan] in Bristol. [A, no name] She died in childhood. [C, p. 66]
  5. Bethiah Cary was born on 9 Dec 1696 in Bristol. [A] She probably died before 1753, when her husband acknowledged a deed alone. [G] She married Benjamin Gorham. [C, p. 66][Ref]
  6. David Cary was born on 22 Jun 1698 in Bristol. [A] He married first Rachel Bates of Dorchester on 26 Jan 1721. [C, p. 76] He married second Mary Canada on 9 Jun 1729. [C, p. 76]
  7. Daughter Cary was born on 24 Nov 1700 in Bristol. [A] She died there on 29 Nov 1700. [A]
  8. Peter Cary was born on 9 Nov in 1701 Bristol. [A]
  9. Mary Cary was born on 6 Nov in 1703 Bristol. [A] She died in childhood. [C, p. 66]
  10. Sarah Cary was born on 21 Jun in 1706/7 Bristol. [A]
  11. Priscilla Cary was born on 9 May in 1709 Bristol. [A] She married Joseph Gladding in 1726. [C, p. 66]
  12. Rev. Henry Cary was born on 24 Jun in 1711 Bristol. [A] He died in 1801, age 90, in Vermont. [A] He had an unknown wife and eight children. [C, p. 76]
    Henry received his AB from Harvard College in 1733 and his AM in 1735. [C, p. 76] He was a Baptist minister. [C, p. 76] He lived in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut. [C, p. 76] He later moved to Pawling, Dutchess, New York. [C, p. 76] He then moved to what is now Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. [C, p. 76] He was Chairman of the Committee of Safety of Dutchess County in 1775. [C, p. 76] In 1778 he was in Luzerne, Pennsylvania. [C, p. 76]

References:

A: Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths: A family register for the people, Providence, Narraganset Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912.
C: Cary, Seth Cooley, John Cary, the Plymouth Pilgrim, Boston, S.C. Cary, 1911.
G: Guild, Georgiana, "Notes on the Providence Line of the Gorham Family,"New England Historical and Genealogical Register 54, 1900, 167 - 174.
L: Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, v. 23 (Family of John Howland), Plymouth, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006.

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