GARY
Our immigrant, William Gary I, was born in England in 1605, and died in the Parish of Westover, in Prince George Parish, Virginia. Various spellings are Greer, Garys--Garry, Garye, Garey, Geary.
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The Gary family came from England to Virginia in the latter part of the 17th century. Branches are found in Princess Ann, Prince George, King & Queen and Buckingham Counties in Virginia. One branch moved to South Carolina, and another went to Georgia. John Gary, great-grandson of William Gary the immigrant, twice in 1635, and again in 1637, was awarded land patents for transporting people to Virginia.
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James Gary, born in Prince George, Virginia, in 1770, was the Gary who moved his family to Hancock County, Georgia. He took as his wife, Rebecca Lee, of the well-known Lee family of Virginia.
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