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VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY

vice-admiralty court, 1697; naval officer of York river: trustee of William and Mary College, 1693, and afterwards rector; sur- veyor-general, 1692 to 1708. He married (first) Mary Milner; no issue. He married (second) Mary, daughter of Colonel W'il- liam Wilson, and left issue. He died I-'eb- ruary 2'], 1709.

Gary, Oswald, was son of James Cary, merchant of London, who was engaged in the Virginia trade. He was sheriff of Mid- dlesex county, Mrginia, in 1690, and captain of the militia. He died in 1690 and his widow Ann married (second) Randolph Seager, and (third) Rev. Samuel Gray. His daughter Anne married James Smith ('"Wil- liam and Mary Quarterly," ix, 45, 46).

Cary, Captain William, born about 1657, was a son of Colonel Miles Cary, of the council. He resided in Warwick county, which he represented in the house of bur- gesses in 1693, 1702 and 1710. He married Martha, daughter of Colonel John Scars- brook, of York county, and died in 1713. leaving issue.

Cary, Colonel Wilson, son of Colonel Miles Cary ( q. v.) and Mary Wilson, his wife, was born in 1702; studied in the gram- mar school of William and Mary College, and on June 30, 1721, was admitted a stu- dent at Trinity College, Cambridge Univer- sity ; appointed collector and naval officer of Lower James river; presiding magistrate and county lieutenant of Elizabeth county. He lived at "Ceeleys," in Elizabeth City county. He died in 1772.

Cary, Wilson Miles, only son of Colonel Wilson Cary, of "Ceeleys" (son of Miles Cary and Mary Wilson), was born in 1723;

educated at William and ]\Iary College; burgess for Elizabeth City county from 1760 to 1772; member of the convention of 1776, and afterwards of the house of delegates; married Sarah, daughter of John IHair, of Williamsburg, president of the council; died at "Carysbrook," Fluvanna county, about December i, 1817, leaving issue.

Catchmaie, George, was a burgess from L'pper Norfolk in the assembly of 1659-60.

Catlett, Colonel John, was born in the parish of Sittingbourne, county Kent, Eng- hmd, and was long one of the leading men in Rappahannock county, Mrginia, where the parish of Sittingbourne was named for his original residence in England ; presiding justice in 1665, and died about 1670, killed, it is said, while defending a frontier fort against the Indians. He left a son of the same name (q. v.).

Catlett, John, Jr., was the son of John Cat- lett (q. v.). John Catlett Jr. married Eliza- beth Gaines ; was a member of the house of burgesses from Essex in 1693, 1696, 1700- 1702; justice of the county court, 1680, and colonel of the Essex militia. He died in 1724, leaving issue sur\i\ing.

Cave, Benjamin, was a burgess from Orange county in the assemblies of 1752- 1755, 1756-1758, 1758-1761. His will, dated June 26, 1762, was proved in Orange county, November 25, 1762.

Caufield, Robert, was a burgess from Surry county in the assembly of 1676. He was a son of Major William Caufield (q. v.) and died in 1691.

Caufield (Cofield, Cowfield), William, was

a burgess from Surry county in 1657-58,