Cary, Jonathan "Ye Third"

1699 - Abt 1780  (81 years)

• Name	Cary, Jonathan
  Suffix	"Ye Third"
  Birth	1699	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	Abt 1722	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [1]
  	(I) Jonathan Cary and James, his brother, were undoubtedly nearly related to John Cary, of Plymouth, and James Cary, of Charlestown, who came to Massachusetts eighty odd years before; but as the exact connection cannot be traced authentically in this country, and as no relationship has ever been claimed, their descendants prefer that they should be considered as the head of a separate and distinct family in America. The connecting link can be found only in the mother country, and will be an interesting study for some of their descendants. We know they all came from Bristol, England, or its immediate vicinity. It has always been the tradition in that branch of the Cary family of which Jonathan Cary “ye third” was the progenitor, that he, with his brother James, came from the West of England (where the best of broadcloth was made) aged about twenty-five years. The two brothers landed at Charlestown, Massachusetts, probably about the years 1722-23.
  Baptism	7 Feb 1725	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  	Address: Old First Church
  	The first records we find of them are in the minutes of the Old First Church, Rev. Simeon Bradstreet, pastor, where we find that Jonathan and his brother James were baptized adults, February 7, 1724/5. Jonathan was entered as "Jonathan Tertius" (third), probably to distinguish him from the Carys of the same given name then living in Charlestown.
  Land	1739	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [3]
  	by purchase from Henry Pownall
  Occupation	Shipwright
  _AMTID	302482047930:1030:155362986
  _COLOR	13
  _UID	A8FB9F6BE8434462B02760C333D1D6C2147E
  Death	Abt 1780	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I13776	Tree_1
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Cary, Jonathan,   b. 3 Nov 1678, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Parker, Margaret,   b. 1680, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 1 Mar 1723, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	19 Apr 1699	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [4, 5]
  	Torrey says she was widowed
  Family ID	F4721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ray, Sarah,   b. 1699, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. Abt 1732, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1724	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [6]
  	Jonathan married (first) at Charlestown, October 30, 1724, Sarah Ray, born 1699, baptized August 5, 1700, daughter of David and Hannah Ray. Her father owned the covenant in the Charlestown church, September 26, 1696. He was born at Forfarshire, Scotland, and baptized there. Children: 1. Jonathan, born July 6, 1725, died young. 2. Hannah, April 17, 1728, married Timothy Pike, of Bedford. 3. Samuel, Charlestown, July 26, 1730, died unmarried, October 23, 1815. 4. Sarah, 1731, died unmarried 1784.
  Children	1. Cary, Jonathan,   b. 9 Jul 1725, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   2. Cary, Hannah,   b. 17 Apr 1728, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   3. Cary, Samuel,   b. 26 Jul 1730, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 23 Oct 1815, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 85 years)   4. Cary, Sarah,   b. 1731, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 1784 (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F4581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Edmands, Sarah,   b. 10 Jan 1699/1700, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	15 Aug 1734	Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts   [6, 7]
  	Address: First Parish Church
  	Jonathan married (second) August 15, 1733, Sarah Edmunds, born January 10, 1699-1700, daughter of John Edmunds of an old Charlestown family. Children of the second wife: 5. Thomas, November 22, 1734, died April 28, 1748. 6. John, May 29, 1736. 7. James, May 21, 1739, died unmarried 1764. 8. Nathaniel, March 10, 1741, died unmarried at Charlestown.
  Children	1. Cary, Thomas,   b. 22 Nov 1734, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 28 Apr 1748, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 13 years)   2. Cary, John,   b. 29 May 1736, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 12 May 1790, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 53 years)   3. Cary, James,   b. 21 May 1739, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 1764, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts (Age 24 years)   4. Cary, Nathaniel,   b. 10 Mar 1740/1, Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F4532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1699 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Emigration - Abt 1722 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Marriage - 30 Oct 1724 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Baptism - Address: Old First Church - 7 Feb 1725 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Marriage - Address: First Parish Church - 15 Aug 1734 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Land - by purchase from Henry Pownall - 1739 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Death - Abt 1780 - Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From President’s Report to the New England Society in the City of Brooklyn, 5 Dec 1883 Jonathan Cary, came from Bristol, England, about the year 1720, and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he married and was the father of a large family. Pursuing his trade, he soon was enabled to purchase a small piece of ground upon which he and his son John each built a house. At the burning of Charlestown by the British, June 17th, 1775, these houses were among the first that were swept away. Jonathan and his wife, each seventy-six years old, and John and his large family of young children, fled with many others to Reading, Mass., where they remained until after Charlestown was evacuated by the British. During the war, John Cary was engaged in building boats for Washington's army. When the family returned to Charlestown, they occupied for nearly one year a part of the fort which the British had evacuated, during which John rebuilt his house on Maudlin Street. From THE CARY FAMILY IN AMERICA, page 91: "Boat building, even at that early date, must have been somewhat remunerative, for we find in the year 1739 Jonathan Cary "ye 3rd" was enabled to buy a piece of ground with house Theron from Henry Pownell, of Charlestown, for the sum of £110 ($550). Jonathan "ye 3rd" deeded a small part of this same piece of land to his son John in the year 1772 for the sum of £13 6s 8d." ++++++++++++++++++ From THE CARY FAMILY IN AMERICA, page 92: We have no record of the death of Jonathan "ye 3rd" or his wife, Sarah Edmands Cary, but we find that they both received war aid at Reading, Mass., in 1775 which was probably in the shape of food and shelter. The Reading people called these Charlestown "Refugees," of whom there were many, "Donation People." They returned to Charlestown to find their house destroyed by the British troops, and at their time of life (seventy-six years) it was too late, and they were too much impoverished, to rebuild. It is probably that their sons John and Samuel made a home for their old father and mother, for John rebuilt his house on Maudlin Street as soon as possible after he returned to Charlestown. For a number of years after the burning of Charlestown the town records were but partially kept; undoubtedly it was during this time that Johnathan "ye 3rd" and his wife Sarah died, and they were probably buried in the old Charlestown burying ground, with those of their children who went before them. ++++++++++++++++++ Transcribed from the back leaves of the family BIBLE (Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1846], the cover of which is engraved WILLIAM H. CARY: Brooklyn, L.I. State of New York, December 26, 1852 My father Jonathan Cary, now a resident of Lexington, Mass. formerly of Boston in the same state, Mast and Spar Maker, whose age now is Eighty-four on the Third of November last, says that his Grandfather Jonathan Cary, a ship carpenter by trade, came from the Western part of England and at that time his age was probably about thirty years. He resided at Charlestown, Mass. was married twice. He thinks the first wife was a Miss Pike and the second was an Edmonds, that his uncle Sam'l Cary was the son of the first wife and that his father John Cary, the son of the second wife, that his father, John Cary, also a ship carpenter by trade, married Hannah Edmonds on the 27th September, 1759, their residence being at Charlestown. The children of his marriage were as follows: Born Married Died Hannah Cary 14 October, 1760 Benj'n West 23 September 1823 John Cary, Jr. 27 March 1763 2d July 1763 Sarah Cary 9 June 1764 (about 1800) Mary Cary 17 October 1766 (about 1800) Jonathan Cary 3 November 1768 Elizabeth Cary 9 October 1771 26 May 1853 at Lexington Rebecca Cary 14 November 1773 13 Jan 1836 at Lexington Nancy Cary 8 February 1776 30 Oct 1811 at Boston John Cary, Jr. 6 November 1778 8 May 1828 at Boston At the time of the birth of Nancy Cary which was at Reading, Mass. the British troops occupied Charlestown and did so for fifteen months after the Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill which event took place the 17 June 1775. Before leaving Charlestown the family retreated from their home near the River to a building called the Malt House as a place of greater security, the location of this building was not far from the site of the present [1852] State Prison Buildings. While at Reading the family occupied part of the house with a Mr. Bowman. At this time my Grandfather was employed at Cambridge in building boats for the U.S. Government. After the evacuation of Boston Harbour by the British Army, Grandfather John Cary returned to Charlestown with his family, most of the houses of the town had been burnt by the enemy so they abode for some months in the fort on Bunker Hill just as it was left by the British. In a short time Grandfather rebuilt his house on Maudlin Street, near the Distillery, the timber for this purpose he had brought from Lexington, Mass. by Mr. Harrington. Grandfather John Cary died 12 May 1790 Age 54 Grandmother Hannah Cary died 13 May 1831 Age 86 My Great Grandfather, Jonathan Cary died suddenly about the year 1780. He was attending to his business at the time and was stricken down without warning. November, 2002, [M. Cary Curran] researcher's notes: In the above passage, Jonathan Cary "thinks the first wife was a Miss Pike and the second was an Edmonds." His grandfather's first wife was actually Sarah Roy, Ray or Rae, and the second is spelled elsewhere as Edmands.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2224] Cary Family in America (HG Cary 1907), pg. 90. [S2224] Cary Family in America (HG Cary 1907), pg. 89. [S736] Massachusetts, Genealogical & Personal Memoirs, Vol. 1, pg. 26 ff. [S2498] New England Marriages to 1700 (Torrey), v1 p134; Margaret Parker, widow, 19 Apr 1699, Charlestown; 12 June 2023. [S1198] Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Charlestown, v3 pg 392. [S2224] Cary Family in America (HG Cary 1907), pg. 91. [S1985] Charlestown, MA - VR, 12 June 2023; v1 p328; "Jonathan Cary, Junr. & Sarah Edmunds, both of this town, m. by Rev. Mr. Hull Abbot, Aug. 15, 1734.".