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I am a descendant of the following Nathaniel Carey through his son Benjamin Franklin Carey m. McNeely.
Source for Nathaniel Carey information:
Carey Highlights, Yesterday for Tomorrow by Virginia Miller Carey,Prichard, WV 25555
1983 copyright,
Dogwood Printing
P.O. Box 716
Ozark, MO 65721
He was 83 years, 11 months at time of death. He was buried beside his father. He had lived in a house opposite Dry Brook Church. No children born to second wife.Please contact me if this is the Nathaniel you are looking for and I will be glad to give you the descendants of this line as I now have them:
Descendants of Absalom Cary, Sr.
NOTES on Absalom Cary,SR.
This information came from church records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
LDS Ordinances: Bap. : 19 Nov. 1932
Endowed: 7 Feb. 1951 Arizo
Sealed to parents : Pre-1970
Film No. 4500988 Temple: Arizona
Also info from W. Darrell Gabbard I, CA.(Nov. 1996)
(1: He participated in the Battle of Wyoming, and afterwards, in the spring of 1779, enlisted at Stroudsburg, PA for five months as wagoner and for fatigue duty, under Capt. William Cummings, and was stationed in Newburg, Orange, Co. NY with, (2: COL. Mitchell's Regt. who was in command of the post where were 200 men employed as 'articifers.' ( a skilled and specialized mechanic in the army or navy.) He was soon sent on an express across the Hudson River to Fredericksburg, distance of 20 miles. On the expiration of his term he immediately re-enlisted in, (3. Nov 1779, for one year, under the same officers, under the same duty at the same place and when it was ended, engaged for another year. At the end of the last term his father Elihu, who was in the corps of Articifers, as a carpenter, obtained his), (4: appointment as an articifer, but did not state how long he remained. He stood guard at the fort in Dolsontown, near Middleburg, N.Y. at the time of the Minisink Battle on the Delaware River. He afterwards drew a Revolutionary War Pension), (5: Claim # W-17590) until his death. Afterwards so did his widow. He resided in the Town of Walkill, Orange County,NY during the war and for fifteen or twenty years thereafter, and then moved to the town of Minisink, Orange County NY where he resided), (6:When he applied for a pension in Dec. 1832. He afterwards moved to Chemung, Chemung Co. NY. Later moved to Galena, Ohio and then back to Waverly, Tioga Co. NY where he died. ) (7: A deacon in the baptist Church at Brookfield (now Slate Hill ) Orange, Co. NY.)
Sources:Carey Highlights by Virginia Miller Carey and Edward Poole of Weymouth, Mass. and his descendants by Murray Edward Poole - 1893
From Carey Highlights
page 3 "While a resident of Wallkill, NY Absalom Carey enlisted in the service of his country and served 5 months as Wagoner in Capr William Cumming's Co., Colonel Mitchel's New York Regt.; and enlisted in Nov 1, 1779 and served until Aug 1, 1780 as a Wagoner in Capt. William Cummings Co., Colonel Mitchel's NY Regt.; and enlisted in 1780 and served one year under said officers.
DAR app. of Cecilia Brown Webb March 15, 1991
birth: Apr 9, 1766
page 4 "Pension Record of Absalom Carey. ...in the spring 1779..as a waggoner and fatigue man for the term of five months taking the place of one Benjamin Parker..This was in Newburgh in Orange Co.,ll lived..Wallkill, Co of Orange. There were about twenty men at Newburgh as a guard - Colonel Mitchel ws there in command of the whole post - ...staid principally with Colonel Mitchel and was sent on ___ on some occasions by him over the river about twenty miles to a place there called Fredrickburgh - he also drew wood for the use of the post therer and for Col. Mitchel ..when he first entered the service..was about fourteen years of age - his father was then in the service as a carpenter - Deponent recollects that soap and candles were made there for the use of the Army. "
The additional service dates were at the same location and under the same command until "... he was discharged and went home to Wallkill. And Deponent further saith that his father who was in the service at the same place as an Artificer and got Deponent in the same service, and received Deponents pay as he understood _____for the term mentioned, in a certificate hereto ____signed by Captain Cumming and which Deponent transmits as evidence in favor of this service. The said certificate was given to Deponents father Elihu Carey and after the was was over it was given by him to Deponent. ...received some clotherind dur the time he was in the service...he has no record of his age...lived in the town of Wallkill when called into the service that he has lived 15 or 20 years in the town of Wallkill (since the war and rest of the time in the town of Minisink, where he now resides). He was a valunteer. ..known to John Hallock Jr., Elihu Carey (a brother) and David Moon inhabitants of the said town of Minisink and who resides in his neighborhood, to whom he can refer to testify as to his character... signed X his mark..3rd day of December - 1832"
page 8 "Copy of the family record of Absalom and Temporance (Cooley) ___on file with their pension papers, the originals (two pieces of paper) having been returned to M E Poole of Ethaca for himself and in behalf of Rev Absalom Carey, a son of pensioner aged 88 years, lists, Nathaniel Cooley, wife Sarah, Temperence Cooley, Absalam Carey, & children Abner, Nathaniel, Stephen, Benjamin, Heather, Samuel, Absalam, & David
1 Absalom Cary, Sr. b: April 09, 1766 in Walkill, Orange County, N.Y. d: December 30, 1841 in Waverly, Chemug County, NY
. +Temperance Cooley b: November 27, 1769 d: July 27, 1851 in Waverly, Chemung Co., NY m: August 12, 1786 in Dolsontown, Minisink, Orange Co., NY Father: Nathaniel Cooley Mother: Sarah Carpenter
. 2 Abner Carey b: April 18, 1787
..... +Elizabeth Unknown b: November 04, 1850
. 2 Nathaniel Carey b: November 29, 1789 d: November 03, 1873
..... +Mary Jones
. *2nd Wife of Nathaniel Carey:
..... +Fannie Mills
. 2 Stephen Carey b: January 01, 1793
. 2 Benjamin Franklin Carey b: November 11, 1795 in Walkill, Orange County, N.Y. d: 1891 in Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Ky
..... +Hannah McNeely b: 1805 in Logan County, Virginia (WVA) d: 1868 in West Virginia Father: David McNeely
. *2nd Wife of Benjamin Franklin Carey:
..... +Maria Ketchum
. 2 Heather Carey b: May 06, 1797
. 2 Samuel Carey b: April 08, 1800 d: May 16, 1866
..... +Arminda Mullock
. 2 Absalom Carey b: June 06, 1802
..... +Elizabeth Hallock
. *2nd Wife of Absalom Carey:
..... +Rebecca Tillman
. 2 David N. Carey b: June 19, 1805
..... +Unknown Denman
. *2nd Wife of David N. Carey:
..... +Jane Brewster
Love and health in family ties,
Nancy
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