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Author: JudithSchreiber01
Surnames: Kerley, Kearley, Carley, Carter, Neale
Classification: queries
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To all following the William who married Rachael Neal - that William was the son of the
William Cearley/Carley who married Martha Patty Carter - and he was the son of the William
outlined on the last entry of this string - William the Marine who married Mary Bowden --
William the Mariner was the son of Capt. Henry Kerley and his second wife, Elizabeth Ward,
widow of John Howe, II and they were in Marlborough, MA, both having lost spouses in the
Massacres in MA in 1675. Henry and his father and son William and nephew William were
founders of Sudbury, MA in @ 1642, founders of Lancaster and Marlborough in the 1650s.
William who married Martha Patty was given land in VA by the Crown along with another of
his brothers for the services rendered to the Crown by the family after William the
Mariner's death in 1739. William the Mariner served on the first war ship built in
the Colonies for the purpose of defending the Colonies and he later did much service for
the Crown in other matters on the sea. Henry was a member of land defense services and
testified in the investigation of the Andros Affair.
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