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According to Jacobus' History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (CT),
ABRAHAM, probably a son of JOHN and SARAH SHERWOOD CARLEY, who married Susannah UNKNOWN,
had sons JOEL, JOB, MOSES and daughter POLLY. This Abraham was a veteran of the French
and Indian Wars and died in CT. before 1759. His widow Susannah married a cousin of that
Abrahams's, Thadeus Gray, in 1759.
These children were NOT the children of Abraham and Susannah BROOKINS Carley - he of Green
Mountain Boy fame and possibly a brother of John's and another son of WILLIAM and MARY
BOWDEN CARLEY, who lived in Hillsdale, Columbia Co., NY. This couple live to ripe old
ages and are buried in Hillsdale. Does anyone have any knowlege of the first set of
children or were they adopted by their Uncle Abraham after their father Abraham's
death?