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III. Armistead Dudley Cary6, moved to Alabama in 1800.
IV. Orlando Cary6.
V. William Henry Cary®.
VI. Charles Cary6.
VII. Mary Eliza Cary6.
VIII. Glorianna Cary", d. in infancy.
Thomas Lamar7, son of Martha L. Cary and Thomas Gresgana Lamar. Married, first, Miss Whatley of South Carolina, and had two sons :
I. A. Whatley Lamar8.
II. Thomas Lamar8.
Thomas Lamar7, married, second, Miss Dunbar, of Beech Island, S. C., and had four children :
I. Dunbar Lamar8. Married and resides at Beech Island, S. C.
II. Cary Lamar8. Married and resides at Beech Island, S. C.
III. Cal Lamar8. Married and resides at Beech Island, S. C. IV. Celia Lamar8, d. unmarried.
A. Whatley Lamar8, mentioned above, married Bessie Webb of South Carolina and has several children. Resides at Nashville, Tenn.
Said Thomas Lamar7, Sr., was colonel in C. S. A .; killed at the battle of Secessionville.
Bolivar Lamar7, second son of Martha L. Cary and Thomas G. Lamar. Married and left one son, John8, who married a Miss Hammond and lives at Beech Island, South Carolina.
Martha Lamar7, fourth child of Martha Cary and Thomas G. Lamar. Married Mr. Peay of South Carolina and has descendants : Wardlaws, Peay and others.
Eliza Cary Lamar7, sixth daughter of Martha L. Cary and Thomas G. Lamar. Married Theodore Stark of Columbia, South Carolina, 1834. They had ten children :
I. Mary Eliza Stark8, b. 1836.
II. Martha Lamar Stark8, b. 1838.
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III. Rebecca (Decca) Lamar Starks, d. single.
IV. Thomas Lamar Stark8.
V. Theodore Stark8. The other children died in childhood.
Robert G. Lamar". Married Caroline Jones. Issue :
I. Jones Lamar8. Married Miss Durham.
II. Martha Lamar8. Married Henry Edwards.
III. Charlie Lamar8, died in infancy.'
IV. Carrie Lamars. Married Berry McCuery."
V. Annie Lamar8. Married D. T. Richley.
VI. Ella Lamar8, single.
VII. Mary Lamar8. Married William Moore.
VIII. Robert Lamar8. Married Sallie Sanford.
IX. Lamar8. Married Sadie McClenether.
X. Hannah Lamar8. Married Wilson Gibbes.
XI. William Lamar8. Married Maggie Johnson.
Thomas Lamar Stark8, fourth child of Eliza Cary Lamar and Theodore Stark, married Alice Davidson, of Quincy, Florida, and they have three children :
I.
William Davidson Stark9.
II. Mary Eliza Stark ?.
III. Thomas Taylor Stark ?.
Mr. Thomas Stark™ d. 1883. His children survive him. They live in Jacksonville, Florida. Mary E. Starkº married (1899) W. H. Leahy. Issue: Daniel Lamar Leahy.
Theodore Stark8, fifth son of E. C. Lamar and Theodore Stark, married Kate Sawyer. Issuc :
I. Jerome Stark", resides in Columbia, S. C.
Martha Lamar Stark8, second daughter of Eliza C. Lamar and Theodore Stark. Married Douglas B. de Saussure, of Camden, S. C., and had five children, four of whom died young. One son, William Ford, survived her and lives in New York City. Mrs. Saussure died January, 1893.
Mary Eliza Stark8, eldest child of Eliza Cary Lamar and Theodore Stark. Married (April 14, 1858) John C. West, of Camden, S. C. They moved first to Austin, then to Waco, Texas, where the family still reside. She died April 1903, survived by her husband and all of her children:
I. Theodore Stark Westº.
II. Mary L. West9.
III. Decca Lamar West".
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Theodore Stark West", son of Mary Eliza Stark and John C. West, married (November 1885) Maude Swartz Wilder (also a descendant of Col. Miles Cary, through the Smiths of Virginia). ( See Volume III.) They have issue :
I. Mary Maude West10.
II. John C. West10.
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COL. ARCHIBALD CARY Died September, 1786, aged 66
Painted about 1750, by an unknown artist. It is said to have been painted by Charles Wilson Peale, of Philadelphia, but it is more probable that it was the work of Bridges. Copied in part in water color by C. H. Sherman, of New York City, 1882
III. Charles Shannon West10.
IV. Stark West1º, Jr., d. in infancy.
V. Tesie Thurston West1º, d. in infancy.
VI. Jaquelin Clark West10.
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VII. Virginia Cary West10, b. June 5, 1905. They reside with their parents in Waco, Texas.
Mary L. West", eldest daughter of Mary Stark and John C. West. Married J. B. Beatty, of Belfast Island, June 17, 1890. They live in Houston, Texas. They had one son, Robert, who died in infancy.
Decca Lamar Stark", youngest daughter of Mary Stark and John C. West, lives with her father in Waco, Texas.
FOURTH GENERATION.
IV. Col. Archibald Cary4 (Henry3, Henry2, Miles1), of Ampt- hill, b. January 24, 1720; d. September 1786, aged sixty-six years. He was a sterling patriot of the Revolution, and was a member of the Virginia Convention of 1776. He was nicknamed "Old Iron," whether from his extreme patriotism and as a sterling fighter in the Revolution, or from the fact that he had an iron furnace at the "Falling Creek," on the same site of the one once established by Colonel Berkley who, with his mnen, were murdered by the Indians in 1622. Colonel Cary's mills were burnt by Tarleton's troops during the Revolution. He commanded a regi- ment during the Revolution, and was also president of the first State Senate. He married (May 31, 1744) Mary Randolph, b. at Curl's Neck, about 1727, daughter of Richard Randolph (son of William Randolph and Mary Isham) and Jane, daughter of John Bolling, of Bollingbrooke, Chesterfield Co., Va. Archibald Cary and his wife, Mary Randolph, had issue :
I. Anne Cary", b. Feb. 1745. Married (Nov. 18, 1761) Thomas Mann Randolph, of Tuckahoe, Goochland Co., Va., who was the father of Governor Thomas Mann Randolph, of Edge Hill, Albemarle Co., Va. (See Randolph, of Tuckahoe.)
II. Mary Cary5, b. July 1747; d. Aug. 1748, infant.
III. Jane Cary5, b. Feb. 12, 1751. Married (1768) Thomas Islam Randolph, of Dungenness, Goochland Co., Va. (See Randolph.)
IV. Sarah Cary5, b. Feb. 23, 1753. Married (1773) Mr. Bolling.
V. Elizabeth Cary5, b. April 1755. Married (about 1775) Richard Kincaid.
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VI. Henry Cary5, only son, b. March 2, 1756; d. May 17, 1758.
VII. Mary Cary5 (No. 2), called Polly, first wife of Major Carter Page, of "The Fork," Cumberland Co., Va.
IV. Col. Wilson Miles Cary4 (Wilson3, Miles2, Miles1), of "Ccelys" and Carysbrooke, b. 1733; d. 1817. Married (1775) Sarah, daughter of Hon. Jolin B. Blair, 1759, President of the King's Council and nephew of Commissary Blair. Sarah was b. 1739; d. 1799. Issuc :
I. Wilson Cary5, of Richmond and Riekneck, b. 1760; d. 1793. Married Jane B., daughter of Dabney Carr and a nicce of Thomas Jefferson.
II. Sally Carys, b. 1762; d. 1779. Married (1778) Captain Thomas Nelson, of the American Army, b. 1750 at Yorktown, York Co., Va., and removed to "Bears Spring," Hanover Co., Va. There was only one child as far as known, viz. :
I. Wilson Cary Nelson", b. 1776, at "Bears Spring," Han- over County, Va. Married, but the name of his wife is unknown. Issue :
I. Catherine Nelson. Married (1831) Charles Page, of Hanovertown, Hanover Co., Va.
II. Lucy Nelson™. Married (1833) John F. Pagc," of same plaec.
III. Miles Cary5, b. 1766. See Virginia Gazette, April 21, 1774.)
IV. Judith Cary4 (William3, William2, Miles1). (See Eggles- ton Excursus No. 50.)
FIFTH GENERATION.
V. Mary Caryb (Archibald4, Henry3, Henry2, Miles1), b. Deeember 4, 1766; d. January 26, 1797. She was buried at
*NOTE .- John Page and Lucy Page had issue: Mary Mann Page, b. about 1834. Married (about 1854) William B., son of Hon. Willoughby Newton, of Westmoreland County, Va., and brother of Rev. John B. New- ton, of Norfolk City, Va., who married Roberta P. Williamson, of Orange County, Va. William B, Newton died leaving a widow and three children, viz: (1) Lucy P. Newton, (2) Willoughby Newton, (3) Kate Newton. They resided at Summer Hill, Old Church P. O., Hanover County, Va. (Page Family, Roswell, p. 79.)
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Presquisle on James River Virginia. She married Major Carter Page at Tuckahoe, Goochland Co., Va., April 12, 1783; he died 1825; son of Hon. John Page, of Gloucester Co., Va., and Jane Byrd, his wife.
According to the Virginia "Historical Register" his name ap- pears in the list of students who left the College of William and Mary, in 1766, to join the American army. Carter Page rose to the rank of Major, and served as aid-de-camp to General Lafayette during the campaign in Virginia against Cornwallis.
Mary Cary and Carter Page had issue :
I. John Cary Page, eldest, b. at "The Fork," Cumberland Co., Va., May 9, 1784; removed to Union Hill, same county. Married .(Oct. 12, 1808) Mary Anna Trent.
II. Henry Page, b. at "The Fork," Sept. 29, 1785; removed to Kentucky. Marricd (Dec. 23, 1813) Jane B. Deane. III. Carter Page (No. 1), b. Dec. 9, 1786; d. Nov. 7, 1789.
IV. Lavinia Randolph Page, b. June 15, 1788; d. Nov. 8, 1789.
V. Carter Page (No. 2), b. Aug. 10, 1790; d. June 30, 1791. VI. Dr. Mann Page, b. at "The Fork," Oct. 26, 1791; removed to Turkey Hill, Albemarle Co., Va. Married (Dec. 12, 1815) Janc F. Walker.
VII. William Page, b. Aug. 21, 1793; d. Dec. 26, 1793.
VIII. Mary Isham Page, b. Dec. 30, 1794; was burned to death in the Richmond Theatre, Va., Dec. 26, 1811. Her name is inscribed on the monument erected there (site of the present Monumental Church) to their memory. V. Wilson Cary5 (Wilson4, Wilson3, Miles?, Miles1), of Rich- neck, b. 1760; d. 1793. Educated at William and Mary College, 1776, member of the House of Delegates 1786. Married Jane B., a daughter of Dabney Carr, a niece of President Jefferson. Issue :
I. Wilson Jefferson Cary, b. at Carysbrooke, Fluvanna Co., Va.
II. Miles Cary, b. 1789; d. 1827.
III. Sarah Cary. Married William Newson.
SIXTH GENERATION.
VI. Jolin Cary Page® (Mary Cary5, Archibald4, Henry8, Henry2, Miles1), of Union Hill, Cumberland Co., Va., eldest son and child
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of Major Carter Page, of Willis Fork, same county, Va., and Mary Cary, his first wife, was b. at the last named place May 9, 1784; d. at Union Hill, May 14, 1853. He was a very handsome man of powerful frame and fine proportions, standing six feet four ineles in height. In his face and expression he very mueh rescm- bled his grandfather, Col. Archibald Cary. Even in his later years there was a strong family resemblance in his face to Col. Cary's portrait. Though he commenced life at fourteen years of age as a poor office boy, in a store in Richmond, Va., he aecumu- lated a large fortune before his death. All his children were born at Locust Grove, Cumberland Co., Va. It is about one mile from "The Fork." To his two daughters, Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Hobson, he gave the Locust Grove property, and it was bought from them about 1840 by Thomas Page, their half uncle. John C. Page married (October 12, 1808) Mary Anna, daughter of Dr. Alexander Trent, of Barley Hill, Cumberland Co., Va. She died January 10, 1877, aged eighty-six. They had issue :
I. Lavinia Anderson Page7, b. at Loeust Grove, Cumberland Co., Va., June 20, 1809. Married (1832) Dr. Edward Fisher, Superintendent of the Insane Asylum, at Staunton, Va. Their six children were given in Ambler Genealogy, Volume I.
II. Mary Anna Page7, b. May 26, 1811. Married (1845) John Daniel, Esq., of Broomfield, Cumberland Co., Va. He died 1850, leaving two children :
I. Lucy Daniel8. Married (1869) Francis Kinckel, of Lynchburg, Va. They have several children.
II. Anna Daniel8. Married (1870) Lewis Randolph, of Edge Hill, Albemarle Co., Va.
III. Virginia Randolph Page™, b. Aug. 17, 1813. Married (1833) Thomas Hobson, of Powhatan Co., Va., who died 1850.
IV. Eliza Trent Page7, b. Oct. 19, 1815; d. single Sept. 16, 1838.
V. Ellen Cary Page™, b. June 19, 1817; d. single May 19, 1837.
VI. Alexander Trent Page7, eldest son, of Cumberland Co., Va., b. Nov. 21, 1819; d. April 4, 1845.
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VII. Mary Willis Page7, b. Jan. 18, 1822. Married (1843) Rev. William H. Kinckel, of the Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, Va.
VIII. Archibald Cary Page7, b. April 22, 1824; d. 1871, at Spring Hill, Goochland Co., Va. He married, first (1846), Lucy Trent; second (1853), Lizzie Trent; third (1859), Eliza Harrison, Richmond, Va.
IX. Carter Page7, b. March 25, 1826; d. May 31, 1826.
X. Harriet Randolph Page7, b. April 15, 1827. Married (1857) D. Coupland Randolph, of Richmond, Va.
XI. John Cary Page7, Jr., b. Locust Grove, Cumberland Co., Va., Feb. 22, 1830; removed to Auburn, same county. He married, first (1858), Nellie Eppes.
XII. Edward Trent Page7, b. May 20, 1833. Married (1854) Bettie Nicholas.
VI. Henry Page® (Mary Cary5, Archibald4, Henry3, Henry2, Miles1), of Todd Co., Kentucky, second son and child of Major Carter Page, of "The Fork," Cumberland Co., Va., and Mary Cary, his first wife, was b. at the last named place, September 29, 1785; d. Kentucky 1845. He was educated at William and Mary College, and in the catalogue of which institution his name ap- pears in the alumni list for 1804. He lived first near Ca Ira, Cumberland Co., Va., where all his children were born. He re- moved to Kentucky about 1841. Married (December 23, 1841) Jane B. Deane, and had issue :
I. Mary Cary Page7, b. Oct. 27, 1814. Married (Dec. 23, 1840) Rev. George McPhail.
II. Thomas Deane Page7, b. July 27, 1816; d. Jan. 31, 1864. Married (1846) Isabella Catlett.
III. Carter Page7, b. May 4, 1818. Married, first (Dec. 14, 1843), Betty Byers ; second (Jan. 6, 1853), Sarah Bell Miller.
IV. Eliza Wallace Page7, b. July 2, 1820; d. June 30, 1872. Married (1851) Jonathan Clark Temple.
V. Rev. James Jellis Page7, b. July 7, 1822. Married (Dec. 16, 1851) Virginia Newton.
VI. Anne Catherine Page7, b. Jan. 13, 1825; d. 1878. Mar- ricd (1850) Dr. Charles A. Williams.
VII. Martha Bell Page7, b. at Ca Ira, Cumberland Co., Va., Feb. 17, 1827; unmarried.
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VI. Dr. Mann Page® (Mary Cary5, Archibald+, Henry3, Henry2, Miles1), of Turkey Hill, Albemarle Co., Va., sixth child of Major Carter Page, of "The Fork," Cumberland Co., Va., and Mary Cary, his first wife, was b. at the last named place, October 26, 1791; d. at the first named place, May 15, 1850.
He was educated at Hampden-Sidney College, Va., and after- wards graduated in Medicine at Philadelphia, 1813. (Medical Diploma, Page Family, p. 108-9.) Dr. Mann Page commenced the practice of medicine in Richmond, Va., but after his marriage he retired to his wife's estate, called "Turkey Hill," Albemarle Co., Va. The estate, consisting of three thousand seven hundred acres of land, was a part of the Castle Hill estate, owned by Hon. Francis Walker, but which originally belonged to Meriwether. On Friday, November 5, 1824, a dinner was given to Gen'l La- fayette in the rotunda of the University of Virginia, by ex- President Thomas Jefferson. Dr. Mann Page was one of those present. He married (December 12, 1815, at Richmond, Va.) Jane Frances, eldest child of Hon. Francis Walker, of Castle Hill, Albemarle Co., Va., and Jane Byrd Nelson, of Yorktown, Va., his wife. They had issue:
I. Maria Page7, b. in Richmond, Va., Dec. 1816; d. un- married at "Turkey Hill," June 15, 1837.
II. Ella Page", b. Castle Hill, Albemarle Co., Va., Sept. 18, 1818; d. unmarried at "Turkey Hill," Nov. 14, 1882. III. Francis Walker Page7, b. Nov. 17, 1820; d. July 12, 1846. Married (Sept. 4, 1844) Anna E. Clieesman.
IV. Carter Henry Page7, b. Nov. 21, 1822. Married (1857) Leila Graham.
V. John Cary Page7, b. 1824; d. 1826.
VI. Frederick Winslow Page", b. Nov. 20, 1826. Married (Dec. 24, 1850) Anne Kinlock Meriwether.
VII. Jane Walker Page7, b. Oct. 18, 1828; d. unmarried Jan. 29, 1845.
VIII. Mann Page7, Jr., b. May 1, 1831; d. Oct. 1864. Married (May 1854) Mary Anna Hobson.
IX. Charlotte Nelson Page7, b. "Turkey Hill," Albemarle Co., Va., March 25, 1833; d. at Kinlock, same county, 1849, single. She is buried at "Turkey Hill."
X. William Wilmer Page7, b. 1835; d. typhoid fever, Nov. 6, 1857.
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XI. Thomas Walker Page7, b. April 1837. (Married (1861) Nannie Watson Morris.
XII. Dr. Richard Channing Moore Page7, b. Jan. 2, 1841, at "Turkey Hill," Albemarle Co., Va .; removed to New York City in 1867. Married (April 30, 1874), in the
RICHARD CHANNING MOORE PAGE, M. D. New York City
Memorial Episcopal Church, at Westport, Connecti- cut, Mary Elizabeth Fitch, widow of the Hon. Richard Henry Winslow, of that place. (See "Page Family," p. 117, by Mary Elizabeth Fitch.)
Dr. Richard Channing Moore Page deserves a great deal of credit for publishing the genealogy of the Page family in Vir-
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ginia and many others, from which many of iny notes and records are taken, especially the following, which corroborates what is stated in Mr. Wilson Miles Cary's letter given in Chapter III, Volume I.
The following is from the "Page Family," pp. 109-112 :
Dr. Mann Page was, as we have already stated, the grandson of Col. Archibald Cary, who was descended from the Carys of Cockington and Torr Abbey, England. In regard to a certain decree, said to have been made in the Court of Chancery, England, respecting the property of the Carys of Cockington, Dr. Mann Page wrote to Francis R. Rives, Esq., Secretary of the American Legation, in London, under the date of February 22, 1843. ltd- ward Everett was at that time the American Minister to England. In reply Mr. Rives wrote from London, March 27, 1813:
Immediately after the receipt of your letter, I addressed a note to H. J. Perry, Esq., the principal Secretary to the Lord High Chancellor, asking for the desired information, which, he wrote me, it was not in his power to give, unless some clue is furnished whereby the name of the suit in court can be ascertained. A copy of his reply I herewith transmit you. I then addressed myself to George Stanley Cary, Esq., the present repre- sentative of the Carys of Follation House, who is ignorant of the Chancery decree in question. That gentleman forwarded a copy of my letter to the widow of his late cousin, the proprictor of Torr Abbey; and she turned the letter over to her cousin, Mr. Browne, who says they are not aware of any decree having been made in the Court of Chancery, respecting the property of the Carys of Cockington (who are the ancestors of the Carys of Torr Abbey and of the Carys of Follation House), nor have the family any recollection of any such matter. Entire copies of the letters of Messrs. Cary and Browne I likewise enclose you. These circumstances, it seems to me, furnish ample proof of the erroneous character of the information you have received respecting this affair.
The following is a copy of the reply of George Stanley Cary, Esq., of Follation House to Mr. Francis R. Rives :
FOLLATION HOUSE, 22 March, 1843.
SIR :- I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter this morning. I beg to state that I am totally unacquainted with any circumstances rela- tive to the decree in chancery that your correspondent in the United States alludes to. I have forwarded by this day's post a copy of your letter to the widow of my late cousin-the proprietor of Torr Abbey, where the family have resided for the last 170 years.
I have, Sir, the honor to be your most obedient servant,
GEORGE STANLEY CAREY.
To FRANCIS R. RIVES, ESQ ..
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P. S .- Should any further information be sought for, relative to the Cary family, it will be most cheerfully furnished by Mrs. J. Cary, who resides at No. 16 Park Road, Regent's Park.
Mr. John Cary, of Cockington and Torr Abbey, residing in Vienna, Austria, heard through Mr. Everett of this letter from Dr. Mann Page to Francis R. Rives, Esq., in regard to the Cary property, and wrote as follows:
VIENNA, March 14, 1846.
DR. MANN PAGE,
Albemarle County, Va., U. S. America.
MY DEAR SIR :- On the 18th of June last, 1845, I availed myself of the pleasure of addressing you. Obtaining, unfortunately, no answer up to this date, I much fear that the said enelosure has, on account of special reasons, been mislaid. Allow me consequently to trouble you again witlı these lines, at the same time inclosing herewith a repetition of the letter in question, under date of 18th June last, 1845:
VIENNA, June 18, 1845.
MY DEAR SIR :- Informed at last, unfortunately but of late, of your address, through the medium of Mr. Everett, the American Minister at London, I venture to avail myself of the pleasure of enclosing you these lines on a most important subjeet regarding my family. I am apprised, my dear sir, that you are the gentleman who addressed Mr. Everett, during the spring of 1843, an enelosure imparting to him information that you had received from England, to the effeet that, according to a recent deeree of English Chancery, a considerable amount of property had accrued to the heirs of Sir Henry Cary, of Coekington, in Devonshire. My much lamented father, Mr. John Cary, of Coekington and Torr Abbey, in Devonshire, was directly descended from Sir Henry Cary, who was the son of Sir George Cary of Coekington, Sheriff of Devonshire in the 8th year of Charles I. After that monareh's fallen fortunes, Sir Henry Cary emigrated with his family to Virginia; which event is well known to me from records in English history, and more so from various important documents regarding my family, copies of which have been in my possession since my infaney. As a member of the family, being my father's youngest son, and as a father, as well as in behalf of my innumerable brothers and sisters, I shall feel myself, my dear sir, much and mueh indebted to your extreme kindness in favouring me in short, if possible, with a few lines, informing me from what source in England you gained this intelligence.
I have resided on the Continent for many years, and here in Germany for sixteen years. I was formerly in the Austrian serviee and at present retain the character of an Austrian officer. My brothers are dispersed in all parts of the world; which fate, my dear sir, I do not doubt you are
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aware, befalls the younger sons in England. By chance, unfortunately but of late, I licard indirectly of the above stated important communication. The amount of property in question, and said to be in the Court of English Chancery, is possibly leasehold property now falling in; and if this be the case, the same, instead of reverting to the present representative of my family, namely, to my nephew, Robert Cary, eldest son of my sister-in-law, Mrs. Cary, of Torr Abbey in Devonshire, on his obtaining his majority of twenty-one years, the same must evidently, after having been sold, be equally divided among us brothers and sisters.
I repeat again and again, my dear sir, how much and much I shall fcel myself indebted to your extreme kindness if you will impart to me the source in England from which you gained your information regarding the matter, and also whether the property in question is personal or leaschold now falling in.
I gained information of this important event in the spring of 1833. My sister, who is at present married in Hungary, was on a visit to us here in Vienna at that time. One day during the month of April, 1833, she received from my mother-in-law, Mrs. John Cary, a letter which by chance fell into my hands.
In this letter she stated that my sister-in-law, Mrs. Cary. of Torr Abbey, had received, some days since, a most strange letter from the American Minister in London, stating that a member of the Cary family in the United States. had licard that by a late decree of English Chancery a large amount of property had accrued to the heirs of Henry Cary (son of Sir George Cary, of Cockington), and that the said property was leasehold property then falling in. Subsequently I addressed a letter on the subject to Mr. Edward Everett, American Minister in London, and he confirmed the statement communicated to my sister by my mother-in-law. Morcover, Mr. Everett addressed a letter on the subject to my sister-in-law, Mrs. Cary, of Torr Abbey, and he intimated to me her answer, stating that she was not aware of the existence of any such property, nor could she obtain any information respecting it, unless the date and the name of the decree in question were known. -
I repeat again and again, my dear sir, that I shall feel myself truly much indebted to your extreme kindness in forwarding to me as soon as possible information regarding this important subject.
At the same time I should feel myself much obliged to you, if you could forward to me the addresses of certain members of my family, residing in the State of Virginia, who are descendants of Sir Henry Cary, of Cockington and Torr Abbey, in Devonshire.
Trusting on a speedy answer, I remain, my dear sir, your most sincere and thankful friend.
JOHN CARY, Of Cockington and Torr Abbey.
I do not remember the origin of the statement that there had been a decree in the English Court of Chancery regarding the
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Cary property. No such decree has been heard of by those who were certainly in a position to have known it, had it really ever been made. There is strong reason to suspect that it was merely a quack advertisement in some newspaper by a so-called law firm which made a business of swindling credulous people about such matters. (Mann Page, M. D.)
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