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Mary (Wilson) Blair (1675 - 1741)

Mary Blair formerly Wilson aka Roscow, Cary
Born in Elizabeth City, Virginiamap
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Wife of — married 1695 in Warwick County, VAmap
Wife of — married 13 Apr 1702 [location unknown]
Wife of — married 1720 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 65 in Warwick Co., Virginiamap
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Biography

"Mary was beautiful, a typical belle of the period, vivacious and charming, with a townhouse in Hampton and a country home at Ceely's. She was married three times. She was first married to William Roscoe and he died. Then she married Col. Miles Cary, and finally on his death she married Archibald Blair of Williamsburg where her home is still standing. Her daughter was the young lady who refused George Washington's marriage proposal at Carter's Grove"[1]

Mary Wilson was the daughter and heiress of Colonel William Wilson of Hampton, Elizabeth City County, and his wife Jane.

She was born Oct 1675 and died: 11 Jan 1741 at Blount Point, Warwick County, VA, buried at Blount Point, Warwick Co. with her first husband.

She first married 1695 Col. William Roscow of Blunt Point, Warwick Co.

Her second husband was 1702 Miles Cary.

Last and thirdly married about 1720 to Dr. Archibald Blair b Scotland d 1736, also his third marriage.[2]

William Roscow and Mary Wilson had Issue:

  1. James Roscow b 1695 Jan 22 1716, appointed Receiver-General of Virginia
  2. William Roscow b after 1695 d after 1736 Sherriff Warwick 1729; 1726 and 1736 House of Burgesses rep Warwick3,14 Resided lived in Blunt Point, Warwick County, Va , he m Lucy BASSETT b 24 May 1699 dau of Col William BASSETT (1670-1723) and Joanna BURWELL (1675-1727)
  3. Mary Roscow b -<1752)
  4. Willis Roscow 1701 - d y

Miles Cary and Mary Wilson had issue:

  1. Col Wilson Cary
  2. Mary Cary 1704 - 1775 m Joseph SELDON of Hampton d 1727 Reverand Miles SELDON, m 1749
  3. Rebecca CARY, dau of Miles and Hannah Armistead Cary, granddau of Miles and Elizabeth Cocke CARY, and gr grandau of Miles and Anne Taylor Cary
  4. Anne Cary 1706 1749 m Maj Peter Whiting of Gloucester Co Va perhaps Col Henry Whiting
  5. Miles Cary b 1708 d 1756 of Ceelys Carysbrook. He Inherited Ceelys plantation from his mother. Educated at William and Mary's College, Williamsburg, Va, he was JP for Goochland County, Va and died a bachelor leaving his estate mostly to brother Wilson, and mentioning most of his immediate family and bequeathed Ceely's to his only brother, Wilson Cary; will of Miles Cary, of Ceely's, Elizabeth City County: Body to be buried at Richneck; legacies to sister, Mary Selden; nephew, Cary Selden; brother, Wilson Cary; nephew, Samuel Selden; nephew, Miles Selden; niece, Sarah Fairfax; niece, Mary Cary; niece, Anne Nicholas; niece, Elizabeth Cary; nephew, Wilson Miles Cary; brother, Wilson Cary, among other things, land "bought of my brother, William Roscow, deceased"; gives money to buy land for James Roscow, son of said William; to nephew, William Roscow. Dated October 11, 1752; no date of probate.

Dr. Archibald Blair and Mary Wilson had issue

  1. James Blair d about 1733
  2. Elizabeth Blair d 1775
  3. Harrison Blair

Notes of Mary Wilson

"Evidently a charmer. By her coquetry in 1702, when she was first a widow and was about to marry Cary, she provoked a fire-eating Scot, Captain James Moodie, commanding H. M .S. Southampton, then stationed in Virginia, to threaten her father's life and to challenge Cary to a duel. Mary Wilson had three husbands-William Roscow, Miles Cary and Archibald Blair...Surviving them all, she elected to be buried with he first husband at Blunt Point."

"Mary (1675-1741) had first married William Roscon [transcriber's note, as given-should be Roscow], with whom she lies buried under a handsome monument at Blunt Point, in Warwick. After his death, which ocurred Nov 27, 1700, she did not long remain in weeds, but in April , 1702, commiserating the equally sad lot of a near neighbor, she bestowed her hand upon Colonel Miles Cary, of 'Richneck' who had been bereaved at the same time, his wife, Mary Milner, having left him, 'issueless' as his tombstone states, October 27, 1700. And just here, there is a romantic episode, which I intend writing up, growing out of the frantic proceedings of one Captain James Moody, of Her Majesty's man-of-war, Southampton, who madly, though a married man, contested the hand of the fair widow, with Colonel Cary. The latter, having the inside tract, treated the would-be bigamist with contempt, and so overwhelmed him with ridicule, that in a bloody rage he sailed around to Yorktown, where the Governor and Court were in session, and despite the Governor's threat of irons, undertook to post Colonel Cary. The Governor and Council took down the proceedings and promptly complained of his outrageous conduct to the home government, and the reckless villain was forthwith removed to appease the indignation of the entire colony."

From Pecquet de Bellet "Wilson Cary of Ceeley" and his family [Compiled by Wilson Miles Cary, of Baltimore, Md., with extracts from 'Virginia Historical Magazine', Vol IX, No., 1, July, 1901, and a few notes from Goode's 'Virginia Cousins'[3]

Sources

  1. http://www.wilsonslanding.com/history.php
  2. Findagrave : Mary Wilson Cary Memorial # 66801456
  3. http://www.cynthiaswope.com/withinthevines/WilsonFamily/Gen2Mary/FH01/FH01_001.HTM

See also:

  • Genealogies of Virginia Families, From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume V, Thompson - Yates (and Appendix) - Indexed by Robert and Catherine Barnes

Acknowledgements

  • Thank you to Allan Thomas for creating Wilson-16221 on 15 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Allan and others.




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Wilson-70937 and Wilson-10369 appear to represent the same person because: Source info indicates this is the Mary Wilson who first married William Roscow of Blunt Point.
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