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Families covered: Cary of Clovelly, Cary of Redcastle

                               
Robert Cary of Clovelly (b c1505?, d 01.04.1586)
m. Margaret Milliton (dau of John Milliton, widow of John Gifford of Yeo)
1. George Cary of Clovelly, Sheriff of Devon (b 1542-3, d 10.07.1601)
  m1. (1573) Christian Stretchley (dau/heir of William Stretchley of Stretchley or Stretchleigh, relict of Sir Christopher Chudley of Ashton)
  A. William Cary of Clovelly (b c1576, d 1652)
  m1. Gertrude Carew (dau of Richard Carew of Anthony, widow of John Arundell of Tolverne)
  i. Christian Cary (b c1603)
m. (c09.1620) Henry Helyar
  ii. Phillip(a) Cary (b c1603, bur 20.10.1633)
  m. (c07.1632) John Docton of Docton
  m2. Dorothy Gorges (d 11.1622, dau of Sir Edward Gorges of Wraxhall)
  iii. Sir Robert Cary of Clovelly (b c1610, dsp 1675)
iv. George Cary of Clovelly (b c1611, bur 1680, Dean of Exeter, rector of Shobroke)
  m. Anne Handcock (dau of William (not John) Handcock of Comb Martin)
  a. Sir George Cary of Clovelly (b c1653, d 06.01.1684-5, recorder & MP for Okehampton)
  m1. (30.06.1676) Elizabeth Jenkyn (b c1656, d 1677, dau/coheir of James Jenkyn of Trekenning)
  (1) Robert Cary (b 18.4.1677, d 08.05.1677)
  m2. Martha Davie (dsp before 29.07.1698, dau/heir of William Davie of Canonleigh)
  b. William Cary of Clovelly
  m1. 'John' Wyndham (b c1668, dsp 04.02.1686-7, dau of Sir William Wyndham of Orchard)
  m2. Mary Mansell (bur 06.02.1700-1, dau of Thomas Mansell of Briton Ferry)
  (1) Elizabeth Cary (bpt 14.12.1699, d 05.1738)
  m. Robert Barber of Ashmore, Dorset (d 05.1758)
(A)+ issue - Robert Cary, Jacob, Anne, Elizabeth, Lucy, Molly
  (2)+ other issue - Robert (b c1697, d 07.03.1723-4), William (bpt 10.11.1698, bur 15.06.1724), George (b 05.02.1700-1, bur 06.02.1700-1), Ann (b 1694-5, d 23.05.1728)
  c. Edward Cary (d 28.12.1695, rector of Silverton, sub-dean of Exeter, 4th son)
  m. (Judith) Pointington (dau of Thomas Pointington of Penecot)
  (1) Judith Cary (b c1691, d 11.03.1715)
  d. Dorothy Cary (dsp 25.03.1672)
  m. (16.10.1671) Thomas Harris of Salisbury
  e. Judith Cary
m. (c05.1678) Rev. Richard Hele of Fleet Damerell
  f.+ other issue - Nicholas (a 1685), Robert (dsp 07.03.1723, Major), Anne (b 10.1654, d 06.1655)
  v. Elizabeth Cary (a 1674)
  m. (07.03.1655-6) Samuel Langsford
  vi. Grace Cary
  m. (c08.1636) John Weekes (rector of Sherwell)
  vii. Margaret Cary
m. Robert Stafford of Northlew
  viii.+ other issue - William (b c1618, d unm), Nicholas (b c1619, dsp), Dorothy (d before 1674), Jane (dsp), Lettice (dsp), Mary
  B. Margaret Cary
  m. William Bligh of Botathan
  m2. Elizabeth Bampfylde (dsp, dau of Richard Bampfylde of Poltimore)
  m3. _ Russell of Sussex (d before 12.09.1632)
  C. Henry Cary of Potters Bar (youngest son)
  m. Lucy Flaxman (dau of Simon Flaxman of Potters Bar)
  D. Juliana Cary
  m. Thomas Arundell of Trerice
  E. Mary Cary
  m. John Arundell of Trerice
  F. Alice Cary
  m. Emanuell Langsford of Cornwall
  G.+ other issue (dsp) - Robert, George
2. Robert Cary of Creedy
m. Catherine Bidwell (dau/coheir of Richard Bidwell of Creedy)
  A.+ issue - Edward, Humfrey, Robert, Mary
3. Gabriel Carye 'of Biddeford' (d before 08.1610)
  m. Agnes Drew (bur 29.08.1610, dau/heir of _ Drew of Torrington, widow of _ Copleston)
A. Christian Carye (bpt 30.08.1574)
  m1. _ Robinson
  m2. (09.11.1609) Edward Boteler of Littleham
  B.+ other issue - son, Jane (bpt 26.04.1573)
4. Thomas Cary
5. James Cary 'of Clovelly' 'of Cockington' (bur 10.09.1632)
  m1. Mary Prouse (bur 27.08.1596, dau of John Prouse of Chagford)
  A. Robert Cary (bpt 01.02.1583-4)
  m2. Catherine Basset (bur 03.09.1629, dau of George Basset of Tehidy)
  B. James Cary (bpt 10.02.1597-8)
  m. (21.11.1615) Elizabeth Grenville (bur 19.12.1635, dau of Thomas Grenville of Aldercombe)
  i. Francis Cary (bpt 18.1.1628-9, youngest son)
  m. (30.08.1652) Gertrude Meech
ii.+ other issue - Grenville, Francis (bpt 02.10.1616), Timothy (bpt 15.03.1617-8), James (bpt 08.05.1622), John (bpt 24.09.1622), John (bpt 24.06.1926), Julian (bpt 17.05.1624)
  C. Mary Cary (bpt 19.06.1599)
  m. (21.11.1615) Robert Burgoyne
  D.+ other issue - Thomas (bpt 22.02.1600-1), Robert, Alice (bpt 15.04.1602)
6. Francis Cary of Alwington
m1. Julian Pyne (bur 01.06.1603, dau of John Pyne of East Down)
  A. Robert Cary of Alwington
  m. Margaret Cosworth (d before 06.07.1689, dau of Frances Cosworth of Alwington, widow)
  i. John Cary of Talland, Cornwall (a 1689)
  m. Denys
  a.+ issue - Robert (bur 23.03.1701-2), Anthony (a 1702), Ann (a 1702), Elizabeth (bur 19.04.1702)
  ii.+ other issue - George of Clovelly (dsp 1702), Anthony of Clovelley (d before 09.01.1694), Elizabeth (d 1687-8)
  B. George Cary 'of Redcastle, co. Donegal' (d 22.04.1640, recorder of Londonderry)
m. Jane Beresford (dau of Sir Tristram Beresford)
  The following comes from Lodge's 'Peerage of Ireland' (Archdall, vol 2 (1789), 'Beresford, Earl of Tyrone', p297).
  i. Francis Cary of Redcastle
m. Avice Vaughan (sister of Captain Henry Vaughan)
  a.+ issue - Francis, Chichester (d unm), William, Aethur (d unm), Margaret, Avice, Letitia
  ii. George Cary
  iii. Edward Cary of Dungiven, co. Derry (d 04.06.1686)
  m. Sarah Beresford (d 1683, dau of Sir Tristram Beresford, 1st Bart of Coleraine, widow of Paul Bazier) wife of Edward, mother of at least Jane
  a. Jane Cary (youngest dau) who married ...
  m. Alexander Skipton (b 1642, d 1704)
  b.+ other issue - Edward, George, Tristram, Elizabeth, Mary, Anne
  iv. Robert Cary of Whitecastle, co. Donehall (d 03.1681)
  a.+ issue - Robert, George, Edward, Tristram, William, Anne, Letitia, Mary
  C. Anne Cary (bpt 19.10.1587)
m. Hugh Prust of Gorven in Hartland
  D. Wilmot Cary (bpt 29.12.1592)
  m. Nicholas Gilley
  E. Susan Cary (bpt 10.09.1595)
  m. (21.04.1623) ??
  F.+ other issue - Richard (bur 01.07.1594), Elizabeth (bpt 08.08.1590)
  m2. (02.06.1623) Jane (widow of _ Susane)
7. Mary Cary
  m. John Coffin of Portlinch (b c1536, d 28.03.1608)
8. Wilmot Cary
  m. Richard Savery of Staddon
9. Prudence Cary
  m. John Rawe (Rowe) of Stafferton

Main source(s): Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, Cary of Clovelly)
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