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  2. William Carey (missionary) - Wikipedia

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    William and Dorothy Carey had seven children, five sons and two daughters; both girls died in infancy, as did son Peter, who died at the age of 5. Thomas Old himself died soon afterward, and Carey took over his business, during which time he taught himself Hebrew , Italian, Dutch , and French, often reading while working on the shoes.

  3. Mary Boleyn - Wikipedia

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    Signature of Mary Boleyn as "Mary Carey" after her marriage to William Carey William Carey, husband of Mary Boleyn. Soon after her return, Mary was married to William Carey, a wealthy and influential courtier, on 4 February 1520; Henry VIII was a guest at the couple's wedding. At some point, Mary became Henry's mistress; the starting date and ...

  4. Catherine Carey - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Catherine Carey was born in 1524, the daughter of William Carey of Aldenham in Hertfordshire, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, and his wife Mary Boleyn, who had once been a mistress of the king. Catherine was thus Elizabeth I's maternal first cousin.

  5. David Brainerd - Wikipedia

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    David Brainerd (April 20, 1718 – October 9, 1747) was an American Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Native Americans among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. Missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Elliot, and Brainerd's cousin, the Second Great Awakening evangelist James Brainerd Taylor (1801–1829) cite Brainerd as inspiration.

  6. William Compton (courtier) - Wikipedia

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    Peter Compton (1523 – 1544 [ 7 ]), the eldest son and heir, aged six at his father's death, became the ward of cardinal Thomas Wolsey. [ 1 ] He married Anne, daughter of George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury and by her, had a son, Henry who was created Baron Compton by Elizabeth I. Henry's son, William was made Earl of Northampton by James I ...

  7. Lott Cary - Wikipedia

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    Lott Cary Providence Baptist Church's old sanctuary, site of the signing of the Liberian Declaration of Independence in 1847.. Lott Cary (also in records as Lott Carey and Lott Gary) (1780 – November 10, 1828) was an African-American Baptist minister and lay physician who was a missionary leader in the founding of the colony of Liberia on the west coast of Africa in the 1820s.

  8. William Calley - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam War. My Lai massacre. William Laws Calley Jr. (June 8, 1943 – April 28, 2024) was a United States Army officer convicted by court-martial of the murder of 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. Calley was released to house arrest under orders by President Richard Nixon ...

  9. Children of Henry VIII - Wikipedia

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    Catherine (c. 1524 – 15 January 1569) and Henry Carey (4 March 1526 – 23 July 1596), children of Henry's mistress Mary Boleyn, the sister of his second wife Anne Boleyn, and wife of William Carey. [12] Ethelreda Malte (born c. 1527 – c. January 1559), born to Joan Dingley, alias Dobson; her paternity was claimed by John Malte. [13]