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Lieutenant-Colonel William2 Cary

Male 1657 - 1713  (56 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lieutenant-Colonel William2 Cary was born 1657, Skiffs Creek, Mulberry Island m, Warwick [Later Prince Edward Co., Va.; died 1713, Prince George Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    Died:
    The will of William Cary2, dated 26 Aug 1711, naming the children in the order given, and that of William Cary3, dated 1742 (Prince George Will Book G, p.3)

    William2 married Martha Scarisbroook. Martha was born Est 1660, York; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Harwood Cary  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1685, Skiffs Creek, Mulberry Island [Later Prince Edward Co., Va.; died 1721.
    2. 3. Martha Cary  Descendancy chart to this point was born Est 1685, Skiffs Creek, Mulberry Island [Later Prince Edward Co., Va.; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harwood Cary Descendancy chart to this point (1.William21) was born 1685, Skiffs Creek, Mulberry Island [Later Prince Edward Co., Va.; died 1721.

    Harwood married Martha Widow of John Thruston. Martha was born Est 1690; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. William4 Cary  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1708, Skiffs Creek, Mulberry Island [Later Prince Edward Co., Va.; died 1784, Prince Edward Co., Virginia.

  2. 3.  Martha CaryMartha Cary Descendancy chart to this point (1.William21) was born Est 1685, Skiffs Creek, Mulberry Island [Later Prince Edward Co., Va.; died Yes, date unknown.

    Martha married Edward Jaquelin. Edward was born 1668, Kent, England; died 1739, Colonial Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Jaquelin  Descendancy chart to this point was born Mar 1714, Colonial Virginia; died 4 Oct 1764, Colonial Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William4 Cary Descendancy chart to this point (2.Harwood2, 1.William21) was born 1708, Skiffs Creek, Mulberry Island [Later Prince Edward Co., Va.; died 1784, Prince Edward Co., Virginia.

    Notes:

    Other children of William Cary are Thomas, 1738, o.s.p., Martha 1740, m. Colonel Gee, or North Carolina, Harwood, 1742 of Prince Edward, Mary, 1747, m. Wilds, William 1749, d. infans, Elizabeth, 1752 m. John Biggger. See W. & M. Quar., xxv, 144, Andrew Haynes, 1755, o.s.p., a soldier in the Revolutionary Army. [He was allowed a military bounty of 1000 acres in Humphreys County, Tennessee, which is referred to in Prince Edward Deed Book, 19/245. Edward Jaquelin, 1757, d. infans, and Sarah, 1758, unmarried, William Haynes Cary, 1765 of Prince Edward,

    Birth:
    Wm. Cary, Jr. (Harwood3, William2, Miles1), 1708-1784, of Skiffs Creek, Mulberry Island, and later of Prince Edward. In 1764 he docked the entail and sold the Skiffs Creek plantation to Allen Jones (Hening, viii, 34 and 61, printed twice), with provision that the proceeds should be reinvested under the entail by Archibald Cary and others....(see Documents)
    Prince Edward Deed Book, 7 p.227 which recites the act of 1764, it appears that the trustees purchased from James Wimbish, 540 acres in Prince Edward County, where William Cary reseated himself. ...

    William4 married Elizabeth Haynes/Haines Aftt 1738. Elizabeth was born Abt 1710, Warwick Co., VA; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Elizabeth Haynes Cary  Descendancy chart to this point was born Est 1722, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

  2. 5.  Mary Jaquelin Descendancy chart to this point (3.Martha2, 1.William21) was born Mar 1714, Colonial Virginia; died 4 Oct 1764, Colonial Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Elizabeth Haynes Cary Descendancy chart to this point (4.William43, 2.Harwood2, 1.William21) was born Est 1722, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

    Elizabeth married John Bigger, Sr.. John (son of William J. Bigger and Martha West) was born Est 1728, Goochland, Virginia Colony; died Abt 1814, Prince Edward Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Haynes Cary 'Betsy' Bigger  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1755, Prince Edward County, Virginia Colony; died Yes, date unknown, Prince Edward Co., Virginia.
    2. 8. James Bigger  Descendancy chart to this point was born Est 1750, Prince Edward County, Virginia; died 1841, Prince Edward County, Virginia.