The Cary-Estes Genealogy
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THE CARY-ESTES GENEALOGY CARY-ESTES GENEALOGY Com piled and c./lrranged oy MAY FOLK WEBB AND PATRICK MANN ESTES THE TUTTLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. RUTLAND, VERMONT PRINTED IN THE u. s. A., 1939 Dedicated To THE MEMORY OF OuR PARENTS AND TO ALL OF THE FAMILIES REPRESENTED IN THE CARY-ESTES GENEALOGY "Good blood, descent from the great and good, is a high honor and privilege. He that lives worthily of it is deserving of the highest esteem; he that doe8 not, of the deeper diagrace.'' COLTON Acknowledgments Following are the names of those who by their loyal financial cooperation and prepublication payments have made possible the publication of the Cary-Estes Genealogy: Mrs. Roberta Friend Biggs Mr. S. H. Mann Mrs. Vivie Walker Bridges Mr. Sam Mann, Jr. Mr. Jim Bussey Mrs. Mary Noel Estes Moody Mrs. Emma Estes Cobb Mr. Patrick Mann Moody Mr. Allen Cox, Jr. Mrs. Blanche Estes Phillips Mrs. Lucile Folk Cox Mrs. Virginia Estes Prentice Mr. F. M. Estes Mr. Ernest Rice Hon. Patrick Mann Estes Mrs. Gladys Moody Smith Dr. W. L. Estes, Jr. Mrs. Grace Estes Smith Mr. Carey Albert Folk Mrs. Emily Estes Snedecor Mr. Humphrey Bate Folk Mrs. Minneola Wilson Todd Mr. Reau E. Folk Mr. J. M. Walker Mrs. Donie Estes Kefauver Mr. James Avery Webb Preface "Those only deserve to be remembered by posterity who treasure up a history of their ancestors."-BuRKE. In 1907 we commenced a research for family history, necessary to join some American patriotic organization. At that time it was not easy, for only a few persons, compara tively speaking, had considered the importance of gathering data or preserving family history, so our research extended through many volumes of books and magazines, and innumerable pages were turned before efforts were rewarded which enabled us to connect the past with the present. During that period of extensive research a thought crystallized in our consciousness, that we could be of service to the family and the large connections by gathering this data and placing the records under one cover for future reference and for future gener ations to carry on what we had begun. CARY-ESTES GENEALOGY is the result of that inspiration and of many years of work. It is finished. Thank you for your help. We did our best. Unto your judgment we commit this work asking your kind consider ation, for any errors in family history. We were only the clearing house for all material and accepted the information sent us, which we wove together to make this, your genealogy. This is a labor Qf sacrifice and love. Cherish it for yourself and for your descendants. MAY FOLK WEBB August 21, 1938 Contents Pages .. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................ VU-XIX CARY FAMILY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA .......... 3-13 The Cary Family Pedigree; How the Cary Name Originated; Cary Family in England. THE BRISTOL CARYS ........................... 14-27 William, Richard, William, John; Wills; Confirm ation of Coat of Arms. THE VIRGINIA CARYS ........................... 28-75 Characteristics of Miles Cary and his Virginia Descendants: Miles, Henry, Henry, (Archibald), Judith, Elizabeth Cary Bell, Sarah Langhorne Bates; Description of "Ampthill" ; Wills; Deeds; David Bell; Bates Family. PEDIGREE OF THE HousE OF EsTE . .......... 76-135 Estes Family in Virginia; Descendants of Abraham Estes, Sr., Abraham, Jr., Elisha, Robert, Thomas, Benjamin; Lunenburg, Caroline, Spotsylvania County Records; Wjlls, Abstracts, Land Office; History of Counties in Virginia Relating to Estes. DESCENDANTS OF BENJAMIN ESTES OF BEDFORD COUNTY' VIRGINIA . 135-149 Triplett Thorpe, Joel, John H. T., Benjamin,. Thomas, William, Edward, Elisha W., Thorp, Nancy, Elizabeth, Lucy, Cecelia, Sarah Ann, Martha; Deeds; Will of Benjamin, Sr. DESCENDANTS OF JOEL ESTES OF BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE .... 150-178 Albert Monroe, Moreau Pinckney, Henry Carey, Virginia Thorp, Eliza Jane, Cornelia Sarah Rebecca, Judith Bell, Sarah Ann, Bedford Mitchell. - DESCENDANTS OF MOREAU PINCKNEY ESTES OF HAY WOOD COUNTY, TENNESSEE . 178-196 Martha Cornelia, Mary Frances, Moreau Pinckney, Jr., Joel Henry, Thomas Ewell, Lucy Quarles, Edward Cary, Albert Carey, Sarah Belle, Francis Marion. NOEL, ESSEX COUNTY, VIRGINIA RECORDS ..•.....•. 197-203 Noel Family in Virginia; Ewell Noel Descendants; Wills. Illustrations CARY COAT OF ARMS IN COLORS ............... Frontispiece MAy FOLK Vf EBB ............................ Opp. 1 p A TRICK MANN ESTES ....................... Opp. 1 THE CARY HOUSE ON BRISTOL BACK ........... Opp. 16 From a sketch made in 1817 when the house was pulled down. Permission of "The Virginia Carys.'' ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH, BRISTOL, ENGLAND ...... Opp. 16 Fro1n an old print. Permission of "The Virginia Carys.'' RESTORED T 0MB OF MILES CARY IN 1932 ....... Opp. 36 Photographs were taken day of ceremony, May 8, 1932. "AMPTHILL ,, ................................ Opp. 46 From a photograph taken in 1919. Permission of "The Virginia Carys." AUTOGRAPH OF HENRY CARY .................. Page 48 JUDITH CARY (MRS. DAVID BELL) ............. Opp. 58 Copied from the Copley painting in possession of Major Gist Blair, Washington. Permission of "The Virginia Carys." LETTER FROM JUDITH CARY BELL .............. Opp. 60 Photostat from original letter given to us by Joseph W. Folk. ESTES COAT OF ARMS IN COLORS .............. Opp. 79 .. FRANCESCOESTEUSE ......................... Opp. 92 From an old painting near Ferrara, Italy. Copy loaned by Mrs. Charles Estes. ALFONSO D'EsTE, DuKE OF FERRARA ........... Opp.94 By Titian. This picture hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Munsey Collec tion, 1927. PHOTOSTAT OF DEED OF BENJAMIN ESTES, 1798 ... Opp. 136 Property of P. M. Estes. DR. JAMES D. ESTES . .......... Opp. 140 Pen sketch by Mary Moore. Loaned by Mrs. Emma Estes Cobb. AUTOGRAPHS OF JOEL ESTES AND SARAH L. ESTES, NOVEMBER 30, 1816 ........................ Page 152 Property of P. M. Estes. HOME OF JOEL ESTES IN HENRY COUNTY, VA., BUILT 1760 . ............................... Opp. 152 Property of P. M. Estes. - MARKER TO GRAVE OF CAPTAIN JOEL ESTES AT WAVERLY, TENN........................... Opp. 152 Photograph was taken October 10, 1937, when marker was placed. BEDFORD MITCHELL ESTES WITH AUTOGRAPH ..... Opp. 174 Loaned by Blanche Estes Phillips. MOREAU PINCKNEY ESTES .••••.•.............. Opp. 174 Loaned by P. M. Estes. MRS. MARY QUARLES (NOEL) ESTES (MRS. MOREAU PINCKNEY ESTES) AND SMALL SON, ALBERT CAREY ESTES . • . Opp. 178 Loaned by Phredonia Estes Kefauver. "ESTES HALL" IN HAYWOOD COUNTY, TENN•..... Opp. 178 Property of P. M. Estes. JOSEPH w. FOLK . ..................... Opp. 184 Property of May Folk Webb. PHOTOGRAPHS OF MRS. MATTIE C. (ESTES) FOLK; J. H. ESTES; MOREAU PINCKNEY ESTES, JR.; THOMAS EWELL ESTES ..................... Opp. 186 Loaned by children of each parent. PHOTOGRAPHS OF MRS. LUCIE Q. (ESTES) RICE, A. C. ESTES, F. M. ESTES·.................. Opp. 190 Loaned by children of each parent. EWELL NOEL . ............................... Opp. 200 Property of P. M. Estes. Foreword '' People will not look forward to posteri'.ty who never look backward to their ancestors."-EDMUND BURKE We wish, first of all, to acknowledge with thanks and deep appreciation the inspiration and cooperation we have received from our cousin, Hon. Patrick Mann Estes, Attorney-at-Law, Nashville, Tennessee, for his keen interest in family history, and for his faithful and untiring research for records through the states of Virginia, Tennessee and into Kentucky and Missouri where the Cary and Estes descendants lived and died. He has been most generous in sending us full information obtained and many of his letters are herein published for permanent record. In person he has visited many county seats and found valuable history; he has visited old homesteads and landmarks and crumbling tombs of ancestors, and has come in direct contact with members of families, which enabled him to obtain material that correspondence could not procure. In a material way he has aided by enabling us to pay genealogists and county clerks for important research for family history. Ile is the co-compiler of the CARY-ESTES GENEALOGY. We give credit also to our cousin Miss Annebel Moore of Brownsville and Memphis, Tennessee, who perhaps was the first to recognize the importance of an accurate family history, and obtained Estes wills and data which we are permitted to use in this genealogy. - The writer's sister, Mrs. Lucile Folk Cox, of Helena, Arkansas, has been of great help in gathering material of family records and has assisted in the financial part of construction, and has been our inspiration to continue the colossal work we had begun when the burden seemed too heavy to bear. We absorbed much of the material that Dr. Edgar Estes Folk of Nashville, Tennessee, had gathered over a period of years, a rich legacy given us in his life and left at his death in 1917. XVl FOREWORD In fact, every member of our immediate family and relatives has taken a keen interest in this genealogy, their genealogy, and they are to be thanked for the inspiration, the cooperation and material encouragement to carry on this great work to its com pletion. The name of each is recorded under his or her family history as given in the body of this book. We feel grateful and wish all to know that ,vithout YOU this genealogy could not have been realized. In union of mind and heart there is strength. The Libraries of St. Louis, Missouri; Daughters of the American Revolution Library in Memorial Continental Building at Wash ington, D. C.; War records in the Army and Navy Library and Congressional Library in Washington; New York Public Library; New York I-Iistorical Library; private libraries, have all supplied books and material of great value in our continuous research. w-e ·wish to thank the patient librarians and clerks for supplying the needed books and magazines for our family history research. We are indebted to "Visitations of the County of Devon," by Col. J. L. Vivian and "Worthies of Devon," by John Prince, for the early Cary records which conform to the records contained in the "Cary Family in England," by Henry G.