How well is Luther Cary's information about the Barnabas who is not the
descendant of John? Please name some of his documentation. Thank you.
Marty
Matawadave(a)aol.com wrote:
Kathy
As Daniel T. Cotton recommended on rootsweb in March 1998 and Jay A. Cary
added on rootsweb in April 2000, the best source for Barnabas Cary
information is Luther Cary's Supplement to Seth Cary's John Cary the Plymouth
Pilgrim. Luther distributed copies of his supplement to most of the major
genealogical libraries. It contains 7 typewritten pages on the Benjamin
CRARY (sic) who is misidentified in Seth Cary's book as Benjamin Cary, son of
Joseph Cary of Bridgewater but who is actually the son of Roger Crary of
Boston. It contains 74 typewritten pages on Benjamin CARY, the real son of
Joseph Cary, and his descendants.
Luther found that the surname of Roger CRARY's children and their
descendants was spelled variously: Crary, Carrary, Correrey, and Carey as
well as Cary.
Joseph CARY's son Barnabas was born in Attleboro, Mass. on 3 Jul 1733
according to local records but on 26 July 1735 according to his own Bible
records. He died 23 Jul 1788 in Lucerne Co., PA, i.e., the Wyoming Valley.
According to Luther, it was Barnabas CRARY'S son Barnabas Jr., who
spelled his surname Carey, who served in the Revolutionary War. Junior was
born in 1759. As Luther remarks, the DAR has many members erroneously
qualified under the misidentification of Barnabas Cary as Barnabas Carey.
Happy Hunting, Dave