Some Descendants of John Cary (John) and Abigail Allen of Bridgewater and Bristol, Rhode Island

1. John Cary was born on 6 Nov 1671 in Bridgewater. [Ref] John, the first born, was buried on 29 Dec 1671 in Bridgewater. [Ref][Ref]
2. Seth Cary was born on 28 Jan 1672 in Bridgewater. [Ref][Ref]
3. John Cary was born on 9 Dec 1674 in Bridgewater. [Ref][Ref] John Cary of Newport died on 25 Apr 1711, age 37, in his father's house in Bristol. [Ref] He married Damaris Arnold on 3 Mar 1700. [Ref][Ref, p. 68] Damaris was the daughter of Oliver and Phebe (Cook) Arnold and the granddaughter of Gov. Benedict Arnold. [Ref, p. 68]
   John went to Bristol with his family in 1780. [Ref, p. 68]
   
4. Nathaniel Cary was born on 24 Nov 1676 in Bridgewater. [Ref][Ref] He died on 11 Dec 1739, leaving no children. [Ref, p. 64]
5. Capt. Eleazer Cary was born on 27 Sep 1678 in Bridgewater. [Ref][Ref][Ref] He died on July 28, 1754, age 76, in Windham [Ref] and is buried in the Windham Cemetery [Ref, with a photo][Ref]. He married Lydia Throope about 1703. [Ref, p. 68] Lydia was the daughter of William and Mary (Chapman) Throope. [Ref, p. 68] She was born on 15 Jul 1686 in Bristol. [Ref, p. 68]
   Eleazer purchased 86 acres of land at the end of Cedar Swamp in Windham on 16 Jan 1717/8. [Ref, p. 69] He moved to Windham about 1718. [Ref, p. 69] He was confirmed as captain of the 2nd company of the trainband in Windham in 1722. [Ref, p. 69] He was a frequent deputy for Windham. [Ref, p. 69] He was chosen deacon of the First Church in 1729. [Ref, p. 69]
   1. Abigail Cary was born on 15 Jan 1703 in Bristol. [Ref] She died on 16 Oct 1766. [Ref, p. 69][Ref] She married first Jeremiah Ripley on 9 Jan 1722/3 in Windham. [Ref] He was the son of Lieut. Jeremiah and Mary (Gager) Ripley. [Ref] He was born on 15 Apr 1696 [Ref] and died in 1737. [Ref, p. 69] His father Lieut. Jeremiah was born in Aug 1662 in Hingham [Ref, 121; 113-4] and died on 10 Mar 1736/7, age 75 [Ref, 71;204]. She married second John Abbe on 23 Apr 1751. [Ref, p. 69][Ref]
      1. Eleazer Ripley [Ref, p. 69]
      2. Lieut. Charles Ripley died in captivity with the British army. [Ref, p. 69] He married his stepsister Tabitha Abbe [Ref, p. 69] on 16 Nov 1758 in Windham. [Ref]
   2. Lydia Cary was born on 12 Feb 17[0?]5/6. [Ref] She died on 9 Apr 1784. [Ref, p. 69] She married David Ripley on 21 Mar 1720 in Windham. [Ref]
      1. Rev. Hezekiah Ripley [Ref, p. 69]
      2. Rev. David Ripley [Ref, p. 69]
      3. Unknown Son Ripley
         1. Gen. William Ripley died in Painesville, Ohio. [Ref, p. 69]
            William was a soldier in the War of 1812. [Ref, p. 69]
      4. Hannah Ripley was born 23 Feb 1750 in Windham. [Ref] She died on 27 Jun 1813 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut. She married Cyprian Waldo in 1771 in Connecticut. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of her grave in the Spencer's Corners Cemetery in Millerton, Duchess, New York. [Ref]
   3. Ann Cary was born on 21 Sep 1708. [Ref] She married Nathan Denison on 1 Apr 1736 in Windham. [Ref]
      Nathan and Ann had a large family. [Ref, p. 69]
      
   4. Elizabeth Cary was born on 25 Mar 1711. [Ref, p. 69] She married Joshua Whitte [White] on 4 Jul 1728 in Windham. [Ref][Ref, p. 69, Joshua Wright]
   5. Ens. Eleazer Cary was born on 19 Sep 1713 in Bristol. [Ref] He died on 24 Jul 1754 in Windham. [Ref], age 40, and is buried in the Windham Cemetery [Ref]. Click here to see a photo of his gravestone and that of his daughter Susanna, who died the same day, on the Findagrave website. He married Jerusha Wales on 29 Jan 1735/6 in Windham. [Ref] Jerusha was the daughter of Dea. Nathaniel Wales [Ref, p. 79] and Mercy West. [Ref] She was born on 22 Aug 1717 in Windham. [Ref] She married second Capt. James Lassell. [Ref, p. 79]
      1. Eleazer Cary was born on 7 Aug 1737 in Windham. [Ref] He died on 21 Aug 1782 [Ref, p. 101], age 45, and is buried in the Windham Cemetery. He married Marcy Fitch on 19 Jul 1767 in Windham. [Ref] Marcy was Mercy (Lathrop) Fitch, the widow of John Fitch. [Ref, p. 101] She died on 2 Oct 1802. [Ref, p. 101] She married John Fitch on 7 Nov 1753 in
         Eleazer kept a hotel. [Ref, p. 101]
         
         1. Lucius Henry Cary was born on 18 Oct 1769 in Windham. [Ref] He died on 3 May 1814, age 44, and is buried in the Windham Cemetery. [Ref] He married Mary Harriss on 27 Sep 1812 in Windham. [Ref]
      2. Nathaniel Cary was born on 17 Jan 1739/40 in Windham. [Ref] He died in 1818 in Windham. [Ref, p. 101] He married Zerviah Storrs on 5 Dec 1765. [Ref, p. 101] Zerviah was the daughter of Thomas Storrs of Mansfield. [Ref, p. 101]
         Nathaniel and Zerviah lived for some years in Mansfield. [Ref, p. 101]
         
      1. Clarissa Cary was born on 1 Jan 1767 in Mansfield. [Ref, p. 101] She died on 19 Jan 1860. [Ref, p. 101] She married Benjamin Bibbens on 31 Dec 1789 in Windham. [Ref]
      2. Eleazer Cary was born on 14 Dec 1769 in Mansfield. [Ref] He died on 8 Nov 1820. [Ref, p. 147] He married Matilda Parish 21 Nov 1792 in Windham. [Ref]
         Eleazer was a goldsmith in Windham. [Ref, p. 147] He later moved to Norwich. [Ref, p. 147]
         1. Thomas Storrs Cary was born on 21 Mar 1792 in Windham. [Ref] He died in 1823, unmarried. [Ref, p. 148]
         2. Lucia Cary was born on 2 Jan 1794 in Windham. [Ref] She died on 27 Feb 1795 in Windham. [Ref]
         3. Lucia Cary was born on 16 Jun 1795 in Windham. [Ref] She married first Samuel Welch. [Ref, p. 148] She married second William Russell. [Ref, p. 148]
            Lucia lived in Buffalo, NY. [Ref, p. 148]
         4. Harriet Cary was born on 29 Dec 1799 in Windham. [Ref] She married Oliver Lathrop on 23 Feb 1817 in Windham. [Ref]
            Harriet and Oliver lived in Willimantic. [Ref]
         5. Eleazer Cary was born about 1801. He died in the sea of Ochotsk [Okhotsk, in Russia?] on 20 Jun 1852, age 51 years. [Ref] He married Lois Robinson on 13 Apr (1835) in Windham. [Ref] He is buried in the Old Cemetery in Windham. Click here to see a photo.
            • Lucius Henry Cary was born about 1836. He died on 6 Mar 1871, age 35, and is buried in the Old Cemetery in Windham. [Ref] He was a sea captain. [Ref]
            • Imogene Cary was born about 1838. She died on 23 Feb 1853, age 15, and is buried in the Old Cemetery in Windham. [Ref]
            • Lydia T. Cary was born about 1840. She died on 8 Oct 1858, age 18, and is buried in the Old Cemetery in Windham. [Ref]
            • George Thomas Cary was born about 1842. He died on 10 Apr 1861, age 19, and is buried in the Old Cemetery in Windham, perhaps with a G.A.R. marker. [Ref]
            • Julian Cary was born about 1844. He died on 16 Mar 1865, age 21, and is buried in the Old Cemetery in Windham. [Ref] He died in the Union Army. [Ref]
         6. Lydia Cary was born in 1803. [Ref, p. 148] She married first Mr. Ware of Hartford. [Ref, p. 148] She married second Unknown Gardner. [Ref, p. 148]
            Harriet lived in Marydosia, Illinois. [Ref, p. 148]
      3. Zerviah Cary was born on 6 Feb 1772. [Ref] She died on 24 Mar 1786 and is buried in the Windham Cemetery. [Ref]
         
      3. Susannah Cary was born on 22 Apr 1742 in Windham. [Ref] She died on 25 July 1754, the same day as her father, in Windham [Ref] and is buried in the Windham Cemetery. [Ref]
      4. Alathea Cary was born on 15 Apr 1744 in Windham. [Ref] She married Jonah Smith [Ref] on 15 Nov 1759 in the Congregational Church in Scotland. [Ref]
      5. Pheneas Cary was born on 7 Oct 1746 in Windham. [Ref] He married Mary Hurlbutt on 26 Feb 1769 [Ref] in the Congregational Church in Scotland. [Ref] Mary was the daughter of Elsha Hurlbut. [Ref, p. 102]
         Pheneas and Mary moved to New York. [Ref, p. 102]
         1. Mary Cary was born on 20 Mar 1770 in Windham. [Ref]
         2. Anne Cary was born on 26 Oct 1771 in Windham. [Ref]
         3. Elisha Cary was born on 23 Aug 1775 in Windham. [Ref]
      6. Prudence Cary was born on 26 Mar 1749 in Windham. [Ref] She died on 26 Mar 1749 or in Jul 1750 in Windham. [Ref]
      7. Lydia Cary was born on 26 Dec 1751 in Windham. [Ref] She died on 17 Sep 1754 in Windham. [Ref]
      8. Jerusha Cary was born on 14 Jan 1755 in Windham. [Ref] She married Reuben Welch on 1 May 1776 in Windham. [Ref]
   6. Mary Cary was born on 23 Mar 1715/6. [Ref, p. 69] She died on 22 Dec 1758 in Windham. [Ref] She is buried in the Kinne Cemetery in Plainfield. [Ref] She married Gideon Bingham on 13 Jun 1734 in Windham. [Ref] Gideon was the son of Joseph and Abigail (Scott) Bingham. [Ref] He was born on 3 Jul 1714 in Windham. [Ref]
   7. Martha Cary was born on 1 Mar 1717/8. [Ref, p. 70] She died on 25 Jan 1774, unmarried. [Ref, p. 70]
   8. Sarah Cary was born on 10 Apr 1720 in Windham. [Ref] She died on 4 May 1726 in Windham. [Ref]
   9. William Cary was born on 4 Mar 1721/22 in Windham. [Ref] He died on 2 May 1726 in Windham. [Ref]
   10. Alathea Cary was born on 12 Aug 1724 in Windham. [Ref] She died on 22 Feb 1737 in Windham. [Ref]
   11. Dea. William Cary was born on 28 Oct 1729 in Windham. [Ref] He died on 7 May 1808. [Ref, p. 80] He married Eunice Webb on 19 Feb 1754 in Windham. [Ref].
       William moved to Lempster, New Hampshire in 1772. [Ref, p. 80] He was deacon of the church in Lempster. [Ref, p. 80] He was a captain in the Revolutionary War. [Ref, p. 80]
       1. Susannah Cary was born on 11 Dec 1754 in Windham. [Ref] She died in infancy. [Ref, p. 80]
       2. Eleazer Cary was born on 23 Apr 1757 in Windham. [Ref] He died on 15 May 1790. [Ref, p. 80] He married Lavinia Willey. [Ref, p. 80]
          
       3. Mary Cary was born on 20 Feb 1759 in Windham. [Ref] She married Unknown Nichols. [Ref, p. 80]
       4. Olivet Cary was born on 20 Oct 1761 in Windham. [Ref] He died in 1833 in Lempster. [Ref, p. 102] He married Bertha Wood on 31 Dec 1789. [Ref, p. 102] She died in 1845. [Ref, p. 102]
          1. Amanda Cary was born on 7 May 1791. She married A. B. Miner on 27 Jan 1811.
             1. Rev. Alonzo A. Miner, D.D. was President of Tufts College for 13 years, a prominent Universalist minister in Boston for nearly 50 years and a strong temperance advocate. [Ref, p. 102]
       5. Elliott Cary was born on 28 Dec 1763 in Windham. [Ref] He died in 1844. [Ref, p. 80]He married Anna Roundy on 8 Aug 1790. [Ref, p. 80]
          Elliot lived in Lempster. [Ref, p. 80] He was a farmer. [Ref, p. 102]
       6. Eunice Cary (triplet)was born on 4 Jan 1767 in Windham. [Ref] She married Nathan Willey on 1 Oct 1789. [Ref, p. 80]
       7. James Cary (triplet) was born on 4 Jan 1767 in Windham. [Ref] He died on 9 Jan 1767 in Windham. [Ref]
       8. William Cary (triplet) was born on 4 Jan 1767 in Windham. [Ref] He died on 9 Jan 1815 in Lempster. [Ref] He married Jerusha Sabin on 14 Mar 1795. [Ref]
          William was a farmer. [Ref, p. 102]
          
       9. Lydia Cary was born on 19 Feb 1769 in Windham. [Ref], died on May 12, 1770 in Windham. [Ref] She died in infancy. [Ref, p. 80]
       10. Susanna Cary was born on 14 Apr 1771. [Ref] She married Mr. Wait of New York. [Ref, p. 80]
       11. Throop Cary was born in 1773. [Ref] He died in childhood. [Ref, p. 80]
       12. Lydia Cary was born on 1775. [Ref] She married Samuel Ayres of Pennsylvania. [Ref]
       13. John F. Cary (twin?) was born in 1777. [Ref] He died on 28 Sep 1828. [Ref, p. 80] He married Esther Stanton in 1804. [Ref, p. 80]
           John and Esther settled in Chautauqua county, New York. [Ref, p. 80]
       14. Nancy Cary (twin?) was born in 1777. [Ref] She married Samuel Saxton. [Ref, p. 80]
           Nancy and Samuel went to Ohio. [Ref, p. 80]
       15. Susan Cary was born in 17[7?]9. [Ref] She died young.[Ref, p. 80]
6. James Cary was born on 10 Jun 1680 in Bridgewater. [Ref] He married Bridget Pococke on 5 Dec 1705 in the Second Congregational Church in Newport. [Ref, p. 70] Bridget was the daughter of John Pococke, Attorney General of Rhode Island. [Ref, p. 70]
   James went to Bristol with his family and later to Newport. [Ref, p. 70]
   
7. Dea. Benjamin Cary was born on 29 Oct 1681 in Bridgewater. [Ref] He died on 20 Jan 1734/5 in Bristol. [Ref] He married Susanna Kent. [Ref, p. 70] Susanna was the daughter of Ens. Joseph and Susanna (George) Kent of Swansea. [Ref, p. 70] She was born on 25 Sep 1687 and died on 10 Aug 1764. [Ref, p. 70]
   Benjamin succeeded his father as deacon. [Ref, p. 70] He was the town clerk of Bristol. [Ref, p. 70]
   Benjamin left an estate valued at £8,800. [Ref, p. 70]
   
8. Elizabeth Cary was born on 23 May 1683. [Ref, p. 64] She married Ephraim Kidder. [Ref, p. 64]
9. Abigail Cary was born on 31 Aug 1684 in Bristol. [Ref][Ref, p. 42][Ref, 6;102] She was baptised on 17 Jul 1687 in the First Church of Christ in Bristol. [Ref, p. 42] She died on 6 Aug 1737 [Ref, 6;102], age 53, in Bristol. [Ref, p. 42] She married Samuel Howland on 6 May 1708 in Bristol. [Ref, p. 42][Ref, 6;102]
10. Josiah Cary was born on 6 May 1686 in Bristol. [Ref] He died on 26 Jun 1739. [Ref, p. 70] He married Ruth Reynolds on 9 Nov 1710 in Bristol. [Ref, p. 70]
11. Timothy Cary was born on 15 Feb 1687/8 in Bristol. [Ref]