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Author: Judith_Schreiber
Surnames: Kerly/Kerley/Carly/Carley - Cearley
Classification: queries
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Family History - Kerly/Kerley/Carly/Carley
I. WILLIAM KERLY, SR b @1602 Ashmore, Dorset, England, m 1
1625 ANN WHITE, b @ 1602 South Petherton, Sommerset,
England.
Ann d January 12, 1658 Lancaster, Middlesex, MA.
WILLIAM m 2 May 1659 Lancaster BRIDGET BROADSTREET, widow
of Robert MUZZY and Thomas ROWLANDSON. She d April 14,
1662.
WiLLIAM m 3 March 16, 1664 REBECCA JUDE, widow of
Thomas JOSSELYN. She d before 1690. William, Sr d
July 14, 1670 at Lancaster.
Children of WILLIAM and ANN (1):
1. MARY, b @ 1627, m. October 06, 1647 at Sudbury,
Middlesex, MA, Richard Smith, Sr
2. HENRY,(Capt), b 1632 Ashmore, m. 1 November 02,
1654 Sudbury, Elizabeth WHITE do JOHN and
JOANE WEST WHITE. She was killed February
10, 1676 Massacre at Lancaster, Middlesex,
MA.
Children of Henry and Elizabeth WHITE:
A. HENRY, JR. b February 11, 1657
Lancaster, m UNKNOWN, 1680
B. WILLIAM, II, b February 22, 1658,
d in Massacre
C. ELIZABETH, b 1659 Lancaster, m.
October 12, 1686 Daniel HOWE
D. HANNAH, b. May 08, 1663 Lancaster,
E. MARY, b August 14, 1666 Lancaster,
may have married Jonathan
JOHNSON
F. SARAH, b January 28, 1668 Lancaster,
m April 12, 1713 Boston,
Edward GEORGE
G. JOSEPH, b 1669 Lancaster, said to
have died in Massacre but may
have survived and been taken
to York, York, ME and raised
by Josselyn relatives there.
H. MARTHA, b April 10, 1672 Lancaster,
m? Thomas WALKER Henry (Capt) m 2, February 18,
1677 at Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, Elizabeth WARD widow of John HOWE,II, do William and
Elizabeth HALL WARD.
Children of Henry and Elizabeth (2):
1. HANNAH, b March 20, 1678
Marlborough, m March 23, 1698
Zerubbabel Eager
2. WILLIAM, Mariner - unregistered - b
1680, m May 03, 1703 Boston,
Essex, MA Mary BOWDEN, b. 1684
Saco, Black Point, York, ME do
John and Grace BULLY BOWDEN.
Children of William and Mary BOWDEN CARLEY:
a. JOSEPH ? b 1704?
b. JOHN b. 1706 Marlborough,m
1731 Westport, Fairfield,
CT. Sarah SHERWOOD, b. Jan
10, 1710, do David and
Sarah MEEKER SHERWOOD.
Children of John and Sarah:
I. ABRAHAM, b 1732 Fairfield Co. CT
m Susannah JACKSON,b August 12,1733,
Fairfield Co., CT, do Ephriam and
Martha BLACKMAN JACKSON. Abraham d
1758. Susannah m 2 Thaddeus GRAY
so William and Elizabeth MEEKER GRAY
(Elizabeth MEEKER GRAY was sister
of Sarah MEEKER SHERWOOD)
Children of Abraham and Susannah:
See listing in previous entry above -
Other children of William and Mary BOWDEN CARLEY:
c. ABRAHAM, b June 17, 1711 Marlborough, m 1740
Susannah BROOKINS, b 1719 Marlborough,
do William and UNKNOWN BROOKINS -
sister of Phillip BROOKINS who married
a descendant of Elizabeth WHITE
KERLEY'S sister, Hannah WHITE DIVOLL.
This Abraham served with Ethan Allen as
a member of the Green Mountain Boys.
d. JAMES, b Bef. October 23, 1715 Marlborough
e. SARAH, b Bef. October 23, 1715 Marlborough
f. JOB, b Abt. September 18, 1717 Marlborough
m Sarah GLEASON
g. WILLIAM, Jr. b Abt. September 18, 1717
Marlborough, m abt 1737 Martha Patty
CARTER. William d Bef. March 1796,
Wilkesboro, Wilkes, NC - name was also
spelled as Cearley.
h. MARY,CARLEY/CARLISLE b September 17,1719,
m September 29, 1739 Samuel WALKER,JR.
Other child of William, Sr. and Ann WHITE KERLY:
3. William CARLY, Jr. b 1633 Ashmore, m 1666 Sudbury,
Jane UNKNOWN. He d May 13, 1719 Lexington,
Middlesex, MA. She d January 12, 1721
Lexington. They are buried in the Robbins
Cemetery, East Village of Lexington with
daughter Elizabeth.
Children of William, Jr and Jane:
a. Mary, b May 04, 1667 Sudbury
b. Sarah, b January 23, 1668, m October 28,
1714 at Lexington, Richard ARMS
c. Ann, b 1670 Sudbury, m December 27, 1722 at
Boston, William LE MAX
d. Hannah, (twin?) b January 08, 1670 Sudbury,
m December 20, 1705 at Charlestown,
Nathaniel WHITTAKER
e. Lydia, b 1672 Marlborough, m December 21,
1694 at Cambridge, Daniel TIDD
f. Rachel, b March 07, 1675 Cambridge, d
September 11, 1725 Lexington
g. Ruth, b February 26, 1677 Cambridge, m
at Ipswich, Samuel LOCKE
h. Hester, b March 08, 1678 at Cambridge,
d June 15, 1678 at same
i. Elizabeth, b May 15, 1680 at Cambridge,
d June 08, 1718 at Lexington
There was another William KERLEY, b, according to to his testimony in Middlesex Court
Records, in 1621. This is the William who came to America on the "Confidence"
with an Edmund KERLEY of whom nothing else is known. This William however, went first to
Hull, MA and was pre-enlisted to become a fisherman, an occupation he had no desire to
follow. It is from there that it appears that he then settled in Barnstable, where he ran
into some legal difficulties and Anthony Annable and Henry Rowley became bondsmen for him
there. The name was spelled in the records as Kersley. He then appears in Sudbury,
presumably to join his uncle? William Kerly, Sr and there married on October 06, 1646,
Anna King, daughter of Thomas, Jr and Ann Collins King.
In the history of Lancaster, where the primary Kerly/Kerley family settled after leaving
Sudbury, there is no account of William and Anna King Kerley. They are not mentioned as
survivors of the Massacre there in 1676 and it is noted in an account cited in Middlesex
Court Files, that he (William) had left Lancaster for Marlborough well before that
Massacre. It is also known that he was a member of the Artillery Company, as was his
cousin Henry, to whom he refers in his Will as "brother", which can be construed
as a very close relative or as a brother at arms. Either and both interpretations are
probably correct.
Since there is no mention of a Bartholomew KERLEY/CARLEY in any of the references to the
survivors at Lancaster, one must also conclude that he is most likely the son of the
William of the "Confidence" and wife Anna King, as he is noted in the American
Genealogical-Biographical Index as having been born in 1650, a fact that has been ignored
by all other researchers, as that couple is noted as having married in late 1646. He has
commonly been incorrectly attributed as a child of Capt. Henry Kerley and first wife
Elizabeth White, a concept that becomes hard to accept, as they were not married until
1654.
I realize that this is probably difficult to follow and may be quite shocking to many old
time researchers - and that we are breaking a lot of new ground here with all of this
information, however, if one reads the history carefully and questions the material that I
find requires leaps of faith to accept - material that has become gospel - I think
ultimately that history will bear me out in all of these findings. I have only followed
each person as an individual, not as part of the misinterpretations that others have
accepted blindly.
So, welcome to the family Kerly --
Judy
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