Tina,
Frank Doherty's "Settlers of the Beekman Patent", Vol III, shows that
William Cary
and his wife, Ruth Sweet, did have a daughter named Catherine born 23 Oct 1806.
However, she married a David Deval in 1824.
Lynn
"Jay A. Cary 68" wrote:
Tina,
The Cary Memorials, by Samuel Fenton Cary shows William Cary, the husband of
Ruth Sweet was born in Beekman, Dutchess Co. NY the son of Ebenezer Cary and
Mary Bentley. See my WorldConnect listing at:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jaycary2&a...
Also check out Frank J. Doherty, Settlers of Beekman Patent, Pleasant Valley,
NY, 1995 for information on William Cary
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> Hello List,
> I am new to the list so please bear with me. I have stumbled across
> my first "wall" in researching my Cary ancestors. I am hoping someone
> might be able to help me out. Let me tell you what I know...
> Catharine Cary married James Harrison Haxton on the 13th of March 1823
> in Butler County, Ohio (Record of Marriage vol. 1, pg. 178). They had
> 10 children; Wm. Bennett (1824), Levi H. (1826), Sarah Candace (1828),
> Orin L. (1831), Oliver Perry ((1833) My Ancestor)), James H. jr. (1836),
> Elizabeth Angeline (1838), Thomas Jefferson (1840), John Nelson (1843),
> and Sanford M.G. (1845). The first three children were born in Ohio and
> the remaining in Indiana. James dies in 1848 in Fountain County,
> Indiana and Catharine dies later in 1885/1886 in Madison County, Iowa.
> Here are my problems and questions. I cannot PROVE Catharine's
> parents. Many sources (
Ancestry.com, Mormon Site etc.) list her parents
> as William Cary and Ruth Sweet. They also say that she was born in New
> York. The problems that I find with this information is that Catharine
> states on several census' that she was born in Pennsylvania. She says
> this 3 times that I can find - 1850 Indiana Census, 1860 Indiana Census
> and 1880 Iowa Census. In the latter census she also states that her
> father was born in Penn and her mother in Ohio. Also her children
> cannot agree on where either parent is born. Three sons in the 1880
> Iowa Census say that Catharine was born in Ohio and one son states
> Penn. Again, these same children disagree where Dad is born too. I
> have him being born in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
> Also I have found on Ancestry and the Mormon site another husband for
> Catharine. Apparently, this other Catharine married a David Devoll in
> 1824 and had other children besides what I have mentioned.
> I do not yet have a obituary for Catharine from Iowa, I am hoping
> there is one, of course. I haven't yet looked in Pennsylvania for my
> Catharine yet, that is my next step. I am hoping someone from the list
> has some suggestions or information on my Catharine. I'd love the
> help. Thanks, Tina
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