Descendants of Francis Cary (John) and Lydia Brett of Bridgewater

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1. Samuel Cary married Mary Pool [K, p. 463] on 25 Apr 1704 in Bridgewater. [M]
   1. Elizabeth Cary was born in 1709. [Ref, p. 72] It is frequently stated (without references) that Elizabeth is the Elizabeth Cary who married Joseph Adams on 23 Feb 1738 [B2, "Mary Cary"] in the Congregational church in Brooklyn, Windham, Connecticut. [B1] This Elizabeth died on 3 Sep 1753 in Pomfret. [H]
2. Ephraim Cary died on 18 Jul 1765. [K, p. 464] He is buried in the Old Graveyard in East Bridgewater. Click here to see a photo of his grave. He married Hannah Waldo [K, p. 463] on 3 Feb 1708/9 in Bridgewater. [M] She is buried in the Old Graveyard in East Bridgewater. Click here to see a photo of her grave.
3. Mary Cary married Nicholas Whitman [K, p. 463] on 14 Sep 1715 in Bridgewater. [M]
4. Lydia Cary married Joseph Edson [K, p. 463] on 7 Jun 1704 in Bridgewater. [M]
5. Meletiah Cary married Joseph Lucas [K, p. 463] on 9 Nov 1727 in Bridgewater. [M]

References

B1: Bailey, Frederic William, Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, New Haven, Price, Lee and Adkins 1896.
B2: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011, From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
H: Hayward, Kendall, "Richard Adams of Sudbury, Mass.; Plainfield and Norwich, Conn.," The American Genealogist 23, 1946, 141-149, Addenda 24, 1948, 193.
K: Kingman, Bradford, History of North Bridgewater: Plymouth County, Massachusetts: From its first settlement to the present time with family registers, Boston, the author, 1866.
M: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916. For mor information, click here.

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