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Descendants of Benjamin Bly

Generation No. 1

1. BENJAMIN² BLY (THOMAS¹) was born Abt. Oct 1736 in Drayton Parslow, Buckingham, England abt, and died 1818 in Voluntown, Windham Co., Conn.. He married JOHANNA CARR 1761, daughter of WILLIAM CARR and ELIZABETH COREY.

Notes for BENJAMIN BLY:
From St. Johnsville, (NY) Examiner and Herald (Jul 15, 1943): Most of their (Benjamin/Johanna) children moved to Norway, NY at different times between 1792 and 1810. The scarcity of the records of the family in Rhode Island shows them to have been on the move from N. Kingston to Exeter, RI, to W. Greenwich and Coventry. Then they moved to Voluntown in CT and presumably some to Stonington, CT before going to Salisbury and Norway in Herkimer Co., NY.

Notes for JOHANNA CARR:
From St. Johnsville (NY) Examiner and Herald (July 15, 1943): Joanna Carr of W. Greenwich, RI was born on ____ and was married ______ possibly Saybrook, to Benjamin. They were probably not married until 1761, which would make them about 24 years old, rather old for those times. Joanna was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Corey Carr. There was some kind of a mistake in copying the date of Joanna's birth - it was written May 24, 1733 - which was in the same month as the birth of her older brother William - born May 16, 1733. Joanna, listed as their third child born May 24 has the likely preference for 1736 or 1737, and probably the same year as Benjamin.

More About JOHANNA CARR:
Fact 1: Burried: Hurricane Cem. Grey, NY

Children of BENJAMIN BLY and JOHANNA CARR are:

JOSEPH³ BLY, b. 19 Apr 1761, Rhode Island; d. 20 Feb 1813, Norway, Herkimer Co., NY.

ii.

WILLIAM C. BLY, b. 1769, RI; d. 18 Feb 1841, Norway, Herkimer Co., NY.

iii.

JOB BLY, b. 1771, Voluntown, Windham Co., Conn.; d. 27 Jul 1852, Norway, Herkimer Co., NY.

iv.

BENJAMIN BLY, b. 1773; d. 12 Jan 1853.

ALLEN BLY, b. 1775, Voluntown, Windham, CT.

vi.

MARY EUNICE BLY, b. 06 Oct 1776, W. Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; d. 1818; m. PETER PARKER, 04 Mar 1792, West Greenwich, RI.

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