Ceelys on the James
Wilson's plantation (Ceelys)
Ceelys on the James was a plantation on the James River in Virginia, built in 1706 by Colonel William Wilson.[1]
Wilson's daughter, Mary, married Colonel Miles Cary, Jr. of Richneck Plantation.[2] Sally Cary, who married George William Fairfax, and Sarah Cary, who married Bryan Fairfax were born there.[3]
Located 3 or 4 miles from Hampton, it was destroyed during the Civil War.[4][5]
See also
- Historic houses in Virginia
- James River Plantations
- Newport News, Virginia
- List of extinct U.S. counties
References
- ↑ Wilson's Landing History Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Bergstrom, Peter V. "Miles Cary (d. 1709)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ↑ Louise Pequet du Bellet. Some Prominent Virginia Families. J.P. Bell Company.
- ↑ Wilson Miles Cary. "Wilson Cary of Ceelys, and his Family". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society.
- ↑ Fairfax Harrison. The Virginia Carys. The Devine Press.
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