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| Samuel Cary
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Samuel Cary 1 3 4 5 6 7 8
Another name for Samuel was Samuel Carey.9 11 12 General Notes: Samuel Cary was taken prisioner by the Indians at the Wyoming Massacure, July 3, 1778, carried to Canada, remaining in captivity six years, and returning home to old Careytown, near Wilkesbarre. Noted events in his life were: • Military Service: Capt Bidlack's Co, 13 Jul 1778, , , Pennsylvania, United States. 1 13 He enlisted in Capt. Bidlack's Company, and was taken prisoner by the Indians at the massacre, July 3, 1778. His life was spared on account of his bravery, and he was adopted by the Chief, whose son was killed in the battle, and was given the name of Coconeunquo. He was taken to Canada and remained there four years; falling sick on account of great hardships and an almost entire lack of food, he was set on a stump to be shot, when an old squaw bought him and nursed him back to life, and also aided him to escape; he was captured by the English and kept a prisoner till the cose of the war. He reached home June 29, 1784, where for six long years he had been mourned as dead. • Residence, 1790, , Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. 8 • Residence, 7 Aug 1820, Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. 12 • Residence, 1830, Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. 7 • Residence, 1840, Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States. 11 Samuel married Rosannah Cary, daughter of Nathan Cary and Mary Ann Price, in 1786 in , , Pennsylvania, United States.1 (Rosannah Cary was born on 22 Aug 1755 in Pawling, Dutchess, New York, United States 1 3 and died on 17 Sep 1822 in Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States 1 9 14.) Samuel next married Thersea Gore in 1823.1 2 (Thersea Gore was born on 11 Feb 1771 in Putnam, , Pennsylvania, United States 2 15 and died on 5 May 1854 in Plainville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.) |
1 Seth C. Cary, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim (Boston, Massachusetts: Dorchester Center, 1911), 114.
2 "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Mar 2010), Theresa Gore; Ancestry.com.
3 Seth C. Cary, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim (Boston, Massachusetts: Dorchester Center, 1911), 87.
4 Seth C. Cary, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim (Boston, Massachusetts: Dorchester Center, 1911), 88.
5 Tomb stone, Headstone for Samuel Cary.
6 Eleazer Cary Family with Affiliated Lines also Items of Interest to other lines (N.p.: May A. Cary Smith, 13 Oct 1920), 6, 12; Historian of Eleazer Cary Family, and past President of Cary Family Association of Wyoming and Lackawanna Counties, for the purpose of corrections and further information; then to be published in a larger edition.
7 1830 U.S. census, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Pittston, p. 424, Samuel Cary; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll 145.
8 1790 U.S. census, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, p. 145, col. 2, Samuel Cary; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Apr 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M637, roll 8.
9 "The Careys," The Wilkes-Barre Record, 18 Feb 1898, p. 9, col. 2; digital images, Newspapers (www.newspapers.com/image/83365863 : accessed 31 Mar 2015), Newspapers.com.
10 Eleazer Cary Family with Affiliated Lines also Items of Interest to other lines (N.p.: May A. Cary Smith, 13 Oct 1920), 6,12; Historian of Eleazer Cary Family, and past President of Cary Family Association of Wyoming and Lackawanna Counties, for the purpose of corrections and further information; then to be published in a larger edition.
11 1840 U.S. census, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, Pittston, p. 106, line 1, Samuel Carey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Apr 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 471.
12 1820 U.S. census, Luzerne, Pennsylvania population schedule, Pittston, p. 222, Samuel Carey; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Apr 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll 105.
13 Eleazer Cary Family with Affiliated Lines also Items of Interest to other lines (N.p.: May A. Cary Smith, 13 Oct 1920), 12, 13; Historian of Eleazer Cary Family, and past President of Cary Family Association of Wyoming and Lackawanna Counties, for the purpose of corrections and further information; then to be published in a larger edition.
14 Eleazer Cary Family with Affiliated Lines also Items of Interest to other lines (N.p.: May A. Cary Smith, 13 Oct 1920), 12; Historian of Eleazer Cary Family, and past President of Cary Family Association of Wyoming and Lackawanna Counties, for the purpose of corrections and further information; then to be published in a larger edition.
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1850 U.S. census, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Pittston, p. 180, dwelling 3093, family 3132, Thersea Carey; digital images, Ancestry.com (accessed 31 Mar 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 794.
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