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John Cary, son of John Cary and Elizabeth Godfrey, was born 4 Nov. 1645, in Duxbury, Massachusetts.[1]
Hon. John Cary was one of the two first deacons of the first church of Bristol, and is recorded as Sergeant; one of the raters in the town; first Recording Officer of the county, and Clerk of the Peace; Selectman, sometimes Magistrate, appointed to solemnize marriages; on many committees, and sent as Representative to the General Court, 1694, after the Plymouth Colony had united with Massachusetts.[2]
John married 7 December 1670, Abigail Penniman, the dau. of Samuel Penniniman.[3] [4]. They lived in Bridgewater until about 1680 when they removed to Bristol where they lived until his death 14 July 1721. He was buried at Congregational Churchyard, Bristol. His memorial has a photo, a brief biography and links to some family members.[5]. His estate amounted to £700. He was a brewer like his brother David.[6]
Abigail died on 25 June 1729 at age 79 years.[7] Abigail was surnamed "Carie" in the will of her mother, Lydia Eliot Penniman Wight." which bequeathed 10 £ "to my daughter Abigail Carie."[7]
Children of John and Abigail[6]
John was a member and deacon of the first Congregational Church, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, "John Cary, Deacon, May 3, 1687; rem. July 14, 1721."[8]
John died on 14 Jul 1721, at Bristol, Rhode Island[9][8]
John was buried in July 1721, Congregational Church Cemetery, Bristol, Rhode Island.[10]
Marriage:
The original Bridgwater Vital Record did not include her name:
See Note for John Cary and sources listed. Also, note the following:
Her will was probated 2/12/1730 and administered by son Benjamin and son-in-law Samuel Howland (6:353). It mentions sons Eleazer, James, Benjamin and Josiah; only daughter Abigail Howland; Jemima Cary, daughter of Josiah Cary; granddaughter Abigail Cary, daughter of John deceased; granddaughter Abigail Cary, daughter of Eleazer Cary; granddaughter Abigail Cary, daughter of Jame s Cary; granddaughter Abigail Cary, daughter of Benjamin Cary; granddaughter Abigail Howland, daughter of Abigail Howland; and grandson John, son of John Cary.
Bridgewater Vital Records: THE VITAL RECORDS OF BRIDGEWATER, MASS. Literally transcribed from the original records, BY GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN.[14]
Bridgewater was originally a part of Duxbury, and was incorporated as a separate town 3 June 1656. The first town clerk was John Cary, who kept the records for twenty-five years. The first book of the records was used until 1702. It is in a very dilapidated condition, many entries being incomplete, or entirely lost. Scattered among the records of town meetings are found the records of births, marriages and deaths.
[Vol. 1, p. 4] the child of John Cary (worn) eleventh whose name is Sarah was Borone the second of August 1667
The twelfe whose name is mahetabell was borne the twenty fowrth of the last month 1670
The Day and yeare of the Berth of the children of John Cary Junior heare in the towne of Bridgwater is as ffolloweth and his mariage was the 7th of Desember 1670
Imprimis his first borne whose name was John was brought forth into the world the sixt of november 1671 And the Lord tooke hime to himselfe And was Buried the nine and twentieth of Desember 71
The Second whose name is Seth was borne the 28th of January 1672
The third whose name is John was borne the 9th of Desember 1674
The fourth whose Name is Nathaniell was borne the 24th of November 1676
The fift whose Name is Eliazer was borne the 27 of September 1678
[p. 10] The Day And Birth & yeare of John Cary's Chilldren 1645
Imprimis John Cary being his first (worn) the fourth of November in Duxbour(worn)
the second being ffrauncis was bor(worn) and place the ninteenth of Janu(worn)
the third wch is Eliazabeth was (worn) Twenteth Day of Desember 1649 in (worn)
The fourth whose name is James was bor(worn) Brantree the eight and twenteth Day of march 1652
The fift whose name is Mary was borne at Bridgwater the eight of July 1654
The sixt whose Name is Jonathon was borne at Bridgwater the foure and twenteth Day of September 1656
the seventh whose Name is David was borne at Bridgwater the seven and twenteth Day of January 1658
the eighth whose Name is Hannah was Borne at Bridgwater the last of Aprill 1661
the Ninth whose name is Joseph was borne At Bridgwater the eighteenth of Aprill 1663 the tenth whose name is Rebecka was Borne the thirteenth Day of March 1665
[p. 15] John Cary Senior inhabytant in the town of bridgwater deceased the last day of october in the yeare of our lord. 1680: And his wife whose name was Elizebeth Deceased the: 1: of November: 1680:
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Reference also: The Cary family in America [Illustrated] by Henry Grosvenor Cary – 1907 Page 13; SIXTEENTH GENERATION {slide 32 0f 134} “John Cary, first son of John (generation fifteen), was born in 1645. He married Abigail, daughter of Samuel Allen, December 7, 1670.” https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/17168/images/dvm_GenMono003270-00021-1?ssrc=&backlabel=Return The whole case for Abigail Penniman as his wife was built from one reference in her mothers will, this is addressed in The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association - The Penniman Family; Page 42; child 8. “The eighth child was Abigail, born 1661, who would seem from her mother’s will 1673, to have married a Cary. She calls her ‘Abigail Carie.’ But Braintree Records (p. 719) give “‘Samuel Neale and Abigail Penniman married the 2nd mo. 18th ‘78 by Captain Mason.’” I cannot account for this apparent discrepancy.” John Cary's wife Abigail bore children to him both before and after this date. As noted in the research notes on this profile there are no other sources for the bold and completely false conclusion that John Cary did not marry Abigail Allen.
edited by Ronald Kirkland
Rhode Island Genealogial Register, 1988, vol.11, p. 222-225.
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010029697