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CLARY Thomas, III

Male 1770 - 1824  (54 years)


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  • Name CLARY Thomas  [1
    Suffix III 
    Birth 1770  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1824  [1
    Notes 
    • John Clary; Our Immigrant Ancestor
      Added by mdclary1 on 7 Apr 2008
      Originally submitted by wriddles1942 to Shadows and Dust to Dust ,The Arlie Thelma Norris Family Tree on 12 Sep 2007
      John Clary b. 1660 reached the shores of Maryland in October, 1677. Seventeen years old, John was among 39 persons transported to Maryland by a Captain Thomas Taylor which entitled said captain to a large tract of land in the colony.
      Many early settlers including John Clary probably paid for their passage to America by a period of service being 4 to 7 years. The employer then owed the "indentured servant" his freedom and 50 acres of land. This was very often the only method whereby those with little money could pay for the expensive voyage to the new world. Many of these people were well educated, highly skilled and most became respected, useful citizens.
      In Maryland, the majority of the colonists were working people; indentured servants by whose hands and upon whose backs lay the tremendous task of the cultivation, socilization and development of civilization in the marshy regions of the colony of Maryland.
      Work was hard, luxuries were few and amusements homemade. The large plantation owners lived in comfort, with slaves and other servants to perform most of the drudgery but these owners comprised only a small portion of the colonial population.
      Little is known of this first John Clary in Maryland. His port of entry must have been either St.Mary's or Annapolis,.....the only towns in the colony at that time. After working several years to repay travel costs: he would then have received 50 acres of land for his own use and would likely have engaged in farming as well as some other trade or occupation to meet his needs for survival. He and his off-spring flourished; this much is self-evident as the descending Clary families included many enterprising, highly motivated and productive individuals.



      Surry County Deed Book 13 1788-1792 LVA Reel #18
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      p. 202\endash James Judkins of Surry frees Negro boy David aged abt 13\endash when 21\endash reserves guardianship--23 Feb 90\endash rec 22 June 1790
      p. 266\endashThomas Clary of Surry\endash freedom is natural right and doing unto others etc frees Ben aged 20 yrs\endash when 21 in May 1789\endash 26 May 88\endash rec 26 April 91


      Surry County Deeds No.1 1792-1799 LVA Reel # 19
      p. 347\endash John Warren of Surry\endash freedom is natural right so emancipates Pleasant aged abt 30; Joe and Dick abt 28 yrs old; and Jesse aged 22; and 6 in their minority viz; Effy, Tempy, Dick, Judah, Nat and Amy when males 21 and females are 18\endash 31 Dec 95\endash rec 23 Feb 1796
      p. 373\endashThomas Clary of Surry\endash freedom is natural right and doing unto others etc-frees Negro man Moses aged 28\endash 28 May 1796\endash rec 28 June 96

      Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel #35 Surry County Order Book (23 May 1804 - 26 March 1807) pp. 1-523:

      Moses a negroe man liberated by Thomas Clary having been registered in the Office of this court appeared before the Court and he having been Viewed by the court and the said Register examined the same is ordered to be certified as duly made.
    Person ID I7457  Booth Family
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2013 

    Father CLARY Thomas, II,   b. 1749   d. 1772 (Age 23 years) 
    Mother WRENN Mary   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1769  [1
    Family ID F2611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family PRESSON Jenny Virginia,   b. 1733   d. 1785 (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jan 1794  [1
    Children 
     1. CLARY Alexander Thomas,   b. 19 Feb 1809, Greensville County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1868, Greensville County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
    Family ID F2610  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2008 

  • Sources 
    1. [S995] James Sterling & Aunt Katherine Harris, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),], James Sterling Harris & Aunt Katherine (Reliability: 3).
      Allow to introduce myself.......I am James Sterling Harris.......my father's mother was Nellie Mae Clary, born in the Waverly, Va area (Surry County).

      See the attached spreadsheet that goes back several generations.