James
Cary
Born in Bristol, England
Ancestors 
Son of William Cary
and Alice (Goodall) Cary
Brother of
William Cary, Richard Cary, John Cary, Margery Cary, Walter Cary, Robert Cary, Anne Cary, Susan Cary, Thomas Cary, Anne Cary [half] and Henry Cary [half]
Husband of
Eleanor (Hawkins) Cary
— married
1639 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Cary, Mehitable (Cary) Welstead, John Cary, James Cary, Nathaniel Cary, Jonathan Cary, Elizabeth Cary and Joanna Cary
Died
at about age 81
in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Biography
James Cary, son of William and Alice, was baptised at St Nicholas, Bristol, England on 14 Apr 1600. [1]
Immigration
"James Cary of Bristol, England, migrated to colonial Massachusetts in 1639..."[2]
Marriage
James married Eleanor Hawkins (1617 - 1697) in 1639 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Their children were...
- Robert Cary (~1638 - )
- Mehitable (Cary) Welstead (1640 - 1712)
- John Cary (~1642 - 1724)
- James Cary (~1644 - 1644)
- Nathaniel Cary (1645 - 1738)
- Dea. Jonathan Cary (~1647 - 1737)
- Elizabeth Cary (1648 - 1733)
- Joanna Cary (~1650 - ).
James died on November 21, 1681 in Charlestown aged 81.
Research Notes
- James' descendant (relationship not yet established) "Samuel Cary graduated Harvard College in 1731, and on December 24, 1741, he married Margaret Graves, the twenty-two-year-old daughter of Thomas Graves and Sybil Foster Avery from Charlestown, a village that Margaret's grandfather, Thomas Graves, had settled in 1629... Captain Cary was often away at sea, for intervals up to six years..." Their son Samuel was born 20 Sep 1742.[3]
Sources
- ↑
Baptism:
"Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P/St.N/R/1/c
Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry au Record 61666 #1221393 (accessed 14 September 2021)
Name: Jams Carie; Gender: Male; Baptism Age: 0; Event Type: Baptism; Birth Date: 1600; Baptism Date: 14 Apr 1600; Baptism Place: St Nicholas, Bristol, England; Father: William Carie; Mother: Alles Carie. - ↑ Imbaratto, Susan Clair. Sarah Gray Cary from Boston to Grenada: Shifting Fortunes of an American Family, 1764-1826. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018), page 5
- ↑ Imbaratto, page 5
See Also
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12412895&pid=1602
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4478194&pid=-252595139
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