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John Cary 1 4 6 7 8
Noted events in his life were: • Education: Sent by father to France to be educated, Bef 1632, , , , France. 6 • Immigration: from Somersetshire, England, 1634, Plymouth Colony. 1 10 • Residence: Farm, 1634, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States. 1 • Military: Duxbury Company commanded by Capt. Myles Standish, 1643, Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States. 1 • Occupation: Constable, 1656, Bridgewater, , Massachusetts, United States. 11 The town of Bridgewater was incorporated in 1656. That year John was chosen constable, the first and only officer elected at that time. The office of constable was second only to that of governor. The constable was the only officer in the town whose duty it was to execute the laws, and his power was almost absolute. • Occupation: Town Clerk, 1657-1681, Bridgewater, , Massachusetts, United States. 1 11 John was elected town clerk the next year, 1657, and held the office till he died in 1681, a period of twenty-four years. John married Elizabeth Godfrey on 1 Jun 1644 in Bridgewater, , Massachusetts, United States.1 2 3 4 5 (Elizabeth Godfrey was born on 29 Oct 1620 in Duxbury, , Massachusetts, United States and died on 1 Nov 1680 in Bridgewater, , Massachusetts, United States 12 13.) |
1 Seth C. Cary, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim (Boston, Massachusetts: Dorchester Center, 1911), 62.
2 "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Mar 2010), John Cary and Elizbeth Godfrey; Ancestry.com.
3 New England Historic Genealogical Society, "Massachusetts Town Marriage Records," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Mar 2010), John Cary and Elizabeth Godfrey; Ancestry.com.
4 "Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 Mar 2015), John Cary and Elizabeth Godfrey; Ancestry.,com.
5 Henry Grosvenor Cary, The Cary Family in America (Boston, Massachusetts: Rev. Seth Cooley Cary, Dorchester Center, 1907), 11,82.
6 Henry Grosvenor Cary, The Cary Family in America (Boston, Massachusetts: Rev. Seth Cooley Cary, Dorchester Center, 1907), 4.
7 New England Historic Genealogical Society, "Massachusetts Town Marriage Records," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Mar 2010), John Cary; Ancestry.com.
8 Eleazer Cary Family with Affiliated Lines also Items of Interest to other lines (N.p.: May A. Cary Smith, 13 Oct 1920), 4; 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.
9 "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 31 Mar 2010), John Cary; Ancestry.com.
10 Henry Grosvenor Cary, The Cary Family in America (Boston, Massachusetts: Rev. Seth Cooley Cary, Dorchester Center, 1907), 1,4,5.
11 Henry Grosvenor Cary, The Cary Family in America (Boston, Massachusetts: Rev. Seth Cooley Cary, Dorchester Center, 1907), 7.
12 Seth C. Cary, John Cary the Plymouth Pilgrim (Boston, Massachusetts: Dorchester Center, 1911), 63.
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Henry Grosvenor Cary, The Cary Family in America (Boston, Massachusetts: Rev. Seth Cooley Cary, Dorchester Center, 1907), 11.
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