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The Carey Coat of Arms

"The Careys who became famous in English history sprang from Devon. For two and a half centuries they gave soldiers, scholars, and bishops to the service of their country, Henry Carey, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth (I) was the common ancestor of two ennobled houses long since extinct - the Earls of Dover and the Earls of Monmouth."

Edward Carey 1640-1691 was a bricklayer (mason). He was born in Bledlow Ridge, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Ann ______ abt 1660 in England. They had 7 children, all born in Bledlow Ridge, Buckinghamshire, England, one of which was John Carey born 16 Oct 1680, died sometime after 1710. He married Elizabeth Darvell 14 Jun 1704 and they had a son John Carey II 1707-1792 born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.

We are descendents of this John Carey 1707----1792 and Elizabeth Knight Carey c. 1713-1794

Generation One

IMMIGRANT's: #448 CAREY, John;
John Amersham (Parish in Buckinghamshire, England); came with William Cash of London - bound for Buck's County, Pa. 18 yrs of age............Oct. 14, 1725. John Carey aged 18, agreed to work for William Cash, cheesemonger of London, or his assigns, for four years on "His Majesties plantation of Pensilvania in America," dated 14 Oct 1725.

"The old Plumstead Friends Meeting House is situated on the Gardenville Road, between Gardenville (formerly Brownsville) and Danboro, Pennsylvania, and at the present time [1953] the property comprises about nine acres. Regular meetings for worship have not been held there since 1869 when the members of the meeting were transferred to Buckingham Preparative Meeting. No Carey names were on the list transferred. When the writer visited Plumstead in 1958 the Meeting House and stone wall enclosed burying ground were well cared for. We were unable to locate any legible markers of Careys, but were told that Carey graves would be in the north east corner."

"Samuel the youngest of John's family, a weaver by trade married Rachel Doane--brought up a large family of children; having dwelt in different parts, at length settled in Highland County, Ohio, saw the most of his children married and settled. Returning from a journey some months ago was taken ill a few miles from home, and in a short time bid adieu to all sublimary things."

"Samuel Carey married Rachel Doane, a Quaker, on March 18, 1776. It will be noted that Samuel fought in the Revolutionary War after his marriage. Quakers, being against war, did not enlist. If they were drafted, it was not considered their own offense and so they were not disowned, but given the protection of prayer. We have no record that Samuel was a Quaker at this time, even though his wife, mother and several sisters were. Many battles of the "Revolution" were fought near their home and when Washington "crossed the Delaware", that also was near their home."

"When the Revolutionary War raged in Pennsylvania, Samuel Carey and two of his brothers, John and Elias, joined the Bucks County Militia...Rachel [Carey] belonged to the Society of Friends as did his mother, but Samuel did not become a Quaker until after the War. That he did is shown in the documenting of their various moves in Quaker records".

"He served in the Revolutionary War as a "Second-Class Private" under Capt. Robert Gibson from Plumstead Township, on June 6, 1780; and second class under the Militia Law on May 19th, 1781...Because of his service, members of our family can be members of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Sons of the American Revolution."

"Minutes of Womens Meeting of Wrightstown MM May 6, 1777 on the overseers reported that they had spoke with Rachel Carey (late Doan) concerning her going out with her marriage with one not in membership with Friends"

"Samuel and Rachel begin their "Migrations" in 1783. See the first Certificate of removal, which Quakers gave when a family moved away from their Meeting area. Many families would move together in these Quaker Migrations."

"In 1783 Samuel and Rachel and their three oldest children followed Friends first to Louden Co., Virginia, then to Campbell Co. and finally to Grayson Co. Reports of friends and relatives, no doubt, influenced Samuel to again move his family to Highland Co., Ohio in 1817."

"Thus Samuel Carey, and wife Rachel, and their family lived first [after Bucks, Pa.and before Highland, OH] in Loudoun County [Waterford, VA], then Campbell County [near Lynchburg, VA], and lastly in Grayson County."

"They came to the new state of Ohio which was carved out of the "North-West Territory" and became a state in 1803. They arrived in Ohio about 1817 and the first record we have of Samuel buying land in Highland County, Ohio, where they settled, was in 1821."

"Samuel Carey and wife Rachel, were accompanied on their emigration to Penn Township, Highland County, Ohio by three sons: Jonathan with his wife, Ruth, and six children; Samuel, Jr., with his wife, Anna, and four children; and Elias then unmarried. Three other children had preceded their parents to Ohio, namely: Rachel Greene with her husband, John, and family, John Carey with his wife, Margaret, and family, and Thomas Carey, unmarried when they came in 1815, but he married later in the year."

Later, Samuel Carey returned to Virginia and on his way back to Highland County was taken suddenly ill and died at Salt Creek, east of Chillicothe, Ohio. This grave is now marked by a stone wall, put there by Gershom Perdue, and is located on the farm of Martha Colwell... Thomas Greene has just recently [c.1920] visited the Salt Creek neighborhood where there was a friends meeting at the time of Samuel Carey's death. He found the grave of Samuel Carey with the stone wall around it, put there by Gershom Perdue. Thomas and the cousins talked to a number of men, who said they had heard their parents talk about a man named Carey dying of Cholera. These men said his grave was inside the stone wall. So, there seems to be no mistake about the grave. The graveyard is all gone down except for this one grave, marked by the stone wall. Specifically, this grave is 11 mileseast of Chillicothe, Ohio, and 1 1/2 miles south of Vigo, Ohio, on the B & O Railroad. Thomas also saw the house in which Samuel Carey died. He said at that time that it was a very old log house.

The above information about Samuel Carey's death and burial was obtained in the early 1900's so that by now, we may not be able to find the grave. However, a headstone has been placed in his honor at High Top Cemetery, Samantha, Highland Co. Ohio by the DAR.