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Author: Judith_Schreiber
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According to the records from Westport, CT that we have been able to dig up - thanks to
Mark Lefler - there was a Joseph Carley kicking around there in the late 1720's - he
had a seat at the Church and was reported to be living with a family, probably unrelated.
The following are notes made through the efforts of Mark who lives in CT and who is
another descendant of Albert A. Carley - my 4ggf.
"Just today I made the move to Hartford to the state Library &spent about 5
hours going through Superior & County court records. from about 1721-1735/37. I have
turned up about twenty pages of documents on the Carley's of Ffld county during that
period. For reasons of security I was unable to copy them but made out all the necessary
forms for them to copy the material and mail it to me.. You just can't imagine the
forms you must fill out & how you and the material are treated in this "special
room" of the library which is off the main genealogical library. I really want to
wait untill the material comes before I say to much since I had to Keep moving and reading
that Old English was not in keeping with the plan.
Let me just say that Joseph Carley was put in the Stockade at least nine times by seven
different people from 1729-1734 for not paying his debt. One person he owed money to was
Samuel Staples. I wonder what I will find in records after the mid 1730's. Maybe they
sent him back to England or he died in some stockade.
One of the most interesting items was a petition by Captain Thomas Nash on his behalf
& the widow Lockwood for reimbursement for expences for caring for James Carley.
Apparently the Captain stated he found James Carley taken sick and lame as he traveled
along a country road. He took him in & than later brought him to the widow
Lockwood's house were he stayed to the end of the year (1731)"
(John Carley b. 1706 Marlborough m. Sarah Sherwood, do David and Sarah Meeker Sherwood in
1731 in Westport, Fairfield, CT -- he was one of three known Carleys and probably brothers
-- to be in that area at that time -- Sally Washburn's family was also living in CT in
the late 1730's, and in case anyone's forgotten, she married a Joseph Carley)
Another note from Mark -
"a land Purchase in 1735/36 by Joseph (Carley) from Cornilius Bunkum of three &
half acres for 27 pounds situated in S.Fairfield. This land is part of the Long Lots land
Owed? or owned? by John Green. The land is "situated on the North & West by 20
rod highway, east by land of David Chapman and a highway between the township of
S.Fairfield and the Township of Norwalk". (I believe S. Fairfield was Westport)
There was a land purchase in 1743 by Joseph Carley from Simon Cooley I did not copy this
transaction. I will say there doesn't appear at this time to be any other
transactions of land by Joseph after 1743. Joseph seemed to have many debt problems but
that didn't hinder his ability to purchase land. I believe the next land record is one
involving Abraham Carley about 1748 The land records info I just gave you came from the
Fairfield Town Hall records. The rest of course came from Hartford mainly Fairfield
County Court records which were sent there years ago with the !
demise of county gov in CT."
(The Abraham mentioned above was the son of John and Sarah Sherwood Carley - the land was
purchased from Ephriam (and Martha Blackman) Jackson who are thought to be the parents of
Susannah, wife of Abraham - first daughter of Abraham and Susannah was a daughter Martha,
b. 1750. A younger brother of John's was the Abraham, b. 1711 who married Susannah
Brookins and who was a member of the Green Mountain Boys and in which, at least two
Quackenbushs also served.)
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