Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Carey was born about 1749, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Walter Carey, was 13 and her mother, Mary Rowe, was 13. She married Edward Gant about 1769, in Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1805, at the age of 57.
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Family Time Line
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- Orange. Probate Records 1752–1822
- Orange. Will Records 1752–1795
- Orange. Will Records 1752–1946, Probate Indexes 1752–1946
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ciardha, a midland surname meaning ‘descendant of Ciardha’, a personal name derived from ciar ‘dark, black’. See Kerry .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhiachra ‘son of Fiachra’.
English: from Carey Barton in Devon or Castle Cary, Lytes Cary, Cary Fitzpaine, or Babcary, all in Somerset, named for the rivers on which they stand; both river names probably derive from the Celtic root car- ‘love, liking’, perhaps with the meaning ‘pleasant stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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