Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Cary, Robert, LL.D an English clergyman and learned chronologer, was born at Cockington, Devonshire, about the year 1615, and educated at Exeter and Corpus Christi Colleges, Oxford. He became rector of Portlemouth, in Devonshire, and affiliated with the Presbyterians of that section during the civil war. He became archdeacon-of Exeter, Aug. 18, 1662, but was … Continue reading “Cary, Robert, LL.D”

Cary, Richard M a Free-will Baptist minister, was born at Williamsburg, Vt., Dec. 10, 1794. After two or three changes of-residence, his father removed, in 1806, to western New York, and settled in Boston, Erie Co., them known as The Holland Purchase. He was converted in 1816, and soon after became pastor of the Church … Continue reading “Cary, Richard M”

Cary, Phoebe an American authoress, sister of Alice, was born near Cincinnati, O., Sept. 4, 1824, and died at Newport, R. I., July 31,1871. When quite young; she contributed largely to periodicals. Her writings were chiefly poetical. Her earliest poem of special worth was Near Rome, written in 1842. Her published works, besides the contributions … Continue reading “Cary, Phoebe”

Cary, Mordecai an Irish prelate, bishop of Clonfert, was translated to Killala in 1735, and died in 1752. He published a Sermon on James 1, 27 (Dublin, 1744). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Cary, Lot a colored Baptist minister, was born a slave about 1780, in Charles City county, Va. He joined the Baptist Church in 1807 at Richmond, and, having learned to read and write, he held meetings with the colored people so successfully that the Church licensed him to preach. By rigid economy he was enabled … Continue reading “Cary, Lot”

Cary, Josiah Addison a Presbyterian minister, was born at West Brooksfield, Mass., March 29, 1813. He graduated at Amherst College in 1832, and at the Union Theological Seminary in 1839. He was a resident licentiate until 1843, and was ordained May 13, 1844. He was professor in the Deaf and Dumb Institute of New York … Continue reading “Cary, Josiah Addison”

Cary, James an English prelate of the 14th and 15th centuries, was born at Cockington, Devonshire, and, while in Rome, was made bishop of Lichfield. On his journey towards England he met the pope at Florence, and received the see of Exeter in exchange; yet Cary enjoyed neither, dying and being buried at Florence in … Continue reading “Cary, James”

Cary, Henry Francis, A.M an English author and divine, was born at Gibraltar, December, 1772. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he received his A.M. in 1796; was appointed to the vicarage of Abbots-Bromley, Staffordshire, in 1797, became assistant librarian in the British Museum in 1826, and died in September, 1844. Mr. Cary … Continue reading “Cary, Henry Francis, A.M”

Cary, Benjamin a Congregational minister, was born at Hopkinton, Mass., in 1732. He graduated at Harvard College in 1761, and was ordained the first minister of the Church in. Dover, Mass., Nov. 10, 1762, is which position he remained until his death, Nov. 14, 1811. He was a man of very modest and retiring character. … Continue reading “Cary, Benjamin”

Cary, Austin a Congregational minister, was born at North Bridgewater, Mass., Oct. 1, 1809. He studied at Waterville, Me., graduated at Amherst College in 1837, and at the Theological Institute, Hartford, Conn., in 1840; was ordained Nov. 11, 1840, at Sunderland, Mass., and died there, Nov. 26, 1844. He published a Thanksgiving Sermon, a tract … Continue reading “Cary, Austin”