Elizabeth Cary
(1737-1778)
BIRTH
1737
PLACE
Warwick, Chesterfield, Virginia
DEATH
1778
PLACE
Mount Eagle, Fairfax, Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER
Wilson Cary
(1703-1772)
HUSBAND
Bryan Fairfax
(1736-1802)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Elizabeth Cary Fairfax (about 1737–1778) was the daughter of Colonel Wilson Cary and Sarah Pate and sister of Sally Cary Fairfax. She married Bryan Fairfax in 1759; their children included Thomas, later ninth Lord Fairfax, and Ferdinando. Her Ivy Hill memorial identifies Bryan’s wife and Wilson Cary’s daughter, dying about forty in 1778. The database’s link to Jeffery Amherst conflicts with her identity: his wife was General George Cary’s daughter and lived until 1830.
EARLY LIFE
Elizabeth Cary was born 1737. The external genealogical record identifies Wilson Cary as a parent. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Cary is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Elizabeth Cary died 1778. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Cary died in 1778, in Mount Eagle, Fairfax, Virginia. Elizabeth Cary Fairfax was the daughter of Colonel Wilson Cary and Sarah Pate and sister of Sally Cary Fairfax. She married Bryan Fairfax in 1759; their children included Thomas, later ninth Lord Fairfax, and Ferdinando. Her Ivy Hill memorial identifies Bryan’s wife and Wilson Cary’s daughter, dying about forty in 1778. The database’s link to Jeffery Amherst conflicts with her identity: his wife was General George Cary’s daughter and lived until 1830. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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