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A few years ago I was sent a copy of May Strickland's memoirs RE: her grandfather
George L. Carley. In the past few days I have been able to connect George's father
Job to my side of the Carley family and it is as follows.
May mentions Job Carley, father of George Lewis Carley. George was the son of Job and
Hannah Lewis Carley. Job, b. Feb. 24, 1754 in Wilton, Fairfield, CT, was the son of
Abraham and the Susannah Unknown who married Thaddeus Gray in Westport, Fairfield, CT in
Feb. of 1759. Abraham, b @ 1732, was the son of John and Sarah Sherwood Carley of
Westport. John, b. 1706, in either Boston or Glouster, MA was the son of Seaman William
and Mary Bowden/Boaden Carley. William was born @ 1684 in either Glouster, MA or York, ME
to Joseph Carlile/Kerley and Elizabeth Bean/Bane. Joseph was the son of Capt. Henry and
Elizabeth White Kerley of whom there has always been speculation as to whether he was
killed with his mother and two older brothers in the Massacre at Marlborough, MA in 1676 .
Capt. Henry, b. 1632 in Ashmore, Devon, Eng to William (the Emigrant) and first wife, Ann
King.
I know there has been a great deal of confusion over the two couples of Abraham and
Susannah but you will find Job's name listed in the CT History by Daniel Lines
Jacobus. He had fought in the French & Indian War but died of unrelated causes.
Job had siblings Sarah b ?, Joel b 1748 m. Elshe Stever, Martha b. 1750, Albert A. b 175?
m Hannah Covey, and Johnathan b. 1757 m Jenny Gray. The other, older Abraham - (Abraham
and Susannah Brookins Carley), was a brother of John's and therefore also a son of
Seaman William and Mary Boaden Carley. Mary Boaden was the daughter of John and Grace
Bully Boaden and granddaughter of Capt. Ambrose and Marie Letheridge Boaden. Ambrose was
one of the first settlers in Scarborough/Saco, ME @ 1630.
Our Abraham's wife Susannah ? married secondly Thaddeus Gray who was the son of Sarah
Sherwood Carley's mother Sarah Meeker's sister, Elizabeth Meeker. Elizabeth was
married to William Gray.