The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks:
Volume III Family Genealogies:  pp. 1-3

THE AREY FAMILY

Compiled by Dr. Charles Banks, c. 1925.
Transcribed and prepared for the web by C. Baer 1999.

See also Descendants of Richard Arey compiled by Patti J. Merchant-Minier.

1. RICHARD AREY, the ancestor of this family, has been considered fully in Vol. II, Annals of E., pp. 36-8, and further reference to him is not necessary here. He left two sons presumably the issue by his wife ELIZABETH, viz:

10. RICHARD, b. (1640).
11. JOHN, b. (1645). Signed a petition to Mass. 1673. He d. 12 Oct. 1675, intestate and his brother Richard was app. adm. as heir at law. (Deeds 1, 301).

 

 

10. RICHARD AREY, (Richard1), b. abt. 1640; res. E.; m. SARAH MARCHANT (8) abt. 1677. He was Juror 1677, 1679; constable 1678; townsman 1679, 1680. Prop. and agt. 1687-8, and d. 14 Feb. 1688-9. After his death the wid. m. THOMAS HARLOCK (10) 16 Nov. 1696.

15. JOHN, b. 3 Oct. 1677.
16. JEAN, b. (1679); m. BENJAMIN PEASE (68) 17 June 1697.
17. RICHARD, b. 3 July 1682.
18. SARAH, b. 1684; m. NATHAN LEWIS 24 Aug. 1705.
19. SAMUEL, b. (1686).

 

 

15. JOHN AREY, (Richard2-l), b. 3 Oct. 1677. It is not known to the author where he resided after the death of his father, but it is prob. that he was cared for by his mother's people at Yarmouth, Mass. He came to E. abt. 1698 and in May 1699, being accused of selling rum without license he pleaded that he was "a stranger and newly come to dwell within said county." He rem. to Salem in 1700 and was living the following year, but the date of his death is not of record, although he was deceased before 1724. He m. SARAH _____.

20. OLIVER alias JOHN. He res. Boston and moved to E. abt. 1723; later rem. (after 1726) to the mainland, the exact location unknown. He was a blacksmith by occupation; perh. m. ELIZABETH GOULD of Harwich 9 Mch. 1737-8; see No. 51.
21. JOSEPH. He was res. of Braintree 1724 and of E. 1726 but nothing further is known of him. He was a cordwainer.

 

 

17. RICHARD AREY, (Richard,2-1), b. 3 July 1682; res. E., cordwainer; rem. to Truro, Mass. bef. 1717. He m. LYDIA NORTON (53) 6 Dec. 1705, who was b. abt. 1685 and d. 2 Mch. 1726-27. He was living in Truro in 1736.

30. MARY, b. 13 Sept. 1706; m. MOSES HIGGINS.
31. BETHIA, b. 15 Apr. 1708; m. SAMUEL RICH.
32. JOSEPH, b. 22 Mch. 1710; d. 11 Feb. 1736-7.
33. RICHARD, b. 24 Dec. 1712; d. 14 Feb. 1763.
34. JOHN, b. 11 Sept. 1714.
35. THOMAS, b. 12 May 1716.
36. SAMUEL, b. 20 Jan. 1718-19.
37. SARAH, b. 10 May 1722; m. CHRISTOPHER LUCE (55).
38. JANE, b. (1724); m. NATHANIEL GOULD.
39. SYLVANUS, b. 26 Feb. 1726-27.
40. MARGARET, b. 26 Feb. 1726-27.

 

 

19. SAMUEL AREY, (Richard,2-l), b. abt. 1686; res. E., rem. to Eastham, Mass. bef. 1715 and d. aft. 1742. He m. MARY MAYO 10 Mch. 1714-15, who was b. 1683 and d. 1777 aged 94 years.

50. JOSEPH, b. 24 Mch. 1715.
51. OLIVER, b. 15 Sept. 1717; perh. m. ELIZABETH GOULD 9 Mch. 1738. (See No. 20). He d. 30 Mch. 1760 at Orleans, Mass.
52. THOMAS, b. 7 May 1719.
53. RUTH, b. 30 June 1721.
54. MARY, b. 30 June 1721.
55. JOSHUA, b. 8 Mch. 1722-23.
56. ZELOTAS, b. 31 May 1724.
57. PAUL, b. 22 Apr. 1726.

 

 

35. THOMAS AREY,(Richard,3-2-l), b. 12 May 1716; res. at Truro, Mass. rem. to E. abt. 1740, master mariner. He m. BEULAH TRAPP (41) 4 Sept. 1740, who was b. 1718 and d. Oct. 1779. He d. June 1787. He was one of the first settlers as well as one of the largest proprietors of Chappaquiddick.

70. THOMAS, (1744).
71. MARY, b. 9 Jan. 1746; m. JOSEPH HUXFORD (40) 30 Nov. 1780
72. (Child.)
73. ELIJAH, b. Feb. 1752.
74. JABEZ, b. (___); rem. to Nantucket.
75. LYDIA, b. (1761); d. Mch. 1794 unm.

 

 

70. THOMAS AREY, (Thomas,4 Richard,3-2-1), b. abt. 1744, res. Chappaquiddick, master mariner. He m. MARY SUMNER (67) 2 Nov. 1769 who was b. 4 June 1749. He d. July 1774.

80. MARY, b. 20 Sept. 1770; d. 1781.
81. THOMAS, b. 10 Sept. 1772 (originally named Henry).

 

 

73. ELIJAH AREY, (Thomas,4 Richard3-2-l), b. Feb. 1752; res. Chappaquiddick; m. ANNA PEASE (601) 22 Feb. 1774, who was b. 1755 and d. 9 Jan. 1807. He d. 9 July 1806. Occupation, mariner.

90. HENRY, b. (1776); m. CYNTHIA BUTLER (182); died et sea.
91. BETSEY, b. (1778); m. FREEMAN RIPLEY (56) 4 Mch. 1804.
92. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 5 Sept. 1780; m. MARY MARCHANT (97) 27 Mch. 1803.
93. POLLY, b. 1782; d. 6 July 1821, unm.
94. (Infant) b. 1785; d. 1786.
95. THOMAS, bapt. 11 Sept. 1787; d. 24 Dec. 1830 at New Haven, Conn.
96. HEMAN, b. 20 Dec. 1788; m. MRS. SALLY (WORTH) (90) THAXTER (wid. of Joseph Thaxter) 5 May 1818.
97. MARTIN, b. 12 June 1791; m. MARGARET PEASE (983) 1 Dec. 1814, d. 2 Jan. 1823 in Valparaiso S. A.

 

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