Shep's Place Family Tree

to Mrs A Carey, Rannamoody Lane, Calcutta.
Oct 25th 1824

"My Dear Mrs. Carey,

...Permit us my dear Mrs Carey to congratulate you & your dear Partner on your happy union, may you both enjoy every Happinefs which the conjugal state is capable to affording, many many years to come. But admist all our enjoyments, let us never forget that we are in a deceitful and sinful world, there is nothing in it which we can call our own...."

Letter from John Dyer of Chelsea, London, dated 11th May 1825

"My very dear friend,
...First of all, I must congratulate you, I do very seriously on the important and interesting change which has taken place in your circumstances since we last heard of or from you. If you were to lose the name of Pearce I know not that another could be found more appropriate, or more desirable than the name of CAREY. May a gracious providence permit you long to wear it, and grant that you, and your much esteemed husband, to whom I beg to be most respectfully remembered, may experience that blessing which maketh rich and addeth not sorrow with it, attending and ennobling the union which has thus been formed!"

On March 6th 1827 Anna's Aunt ‎(Sarah)‎ King wrote to her from Birmingham:

"My dearest Anna
...but it is time to rest and rest from self and tell my dear Anna I felt alarmed at one sentence in her last that she was "neither stout or strong" - O that dreadful climate! May a gracious God preserve, save and blefs you, with your dear companion with all that appertains unto you, Good Dr Cary with dear William ‎[Pearce]‎ & Martha ‎[Blakemore Pearce]‎ present every tender regard, with much love & respect - believe me to remain while life shall last - your ever Affection aunt S King

PS,,,after writing the above Mr K on coming home last evening presented me with another letter from dear Anna Mrs Blakemore having received one the same day - Many thanks for the many tokens of love I have received at your hands - and let me rejoice with you & praise the Lord, that your health is in any measure restored and that of your dear babe...now as to the name of this darling, we often say, names are of little importance,,,all I said when she told me its name was, O had I been there I would have voted for its being "Sarah Pearce" or words to that effect but you know that will do for the next...."

The following extract was taken from a letter written to Anna on January 17th 1828 from her friend Harriet Dyer who lived in Old Church Street, Chelsea:

..."How we long to see the darling little Louisa - Is there any semblance to her dear Mamma? - she must already be quite a little companion for you - She does not yet know she owes you for the trouble you have taken to preserve her from the care of a native nurse - ‎[letter is torn]‎ You must not dearest exert so much, remember how very precious your own health is..."

Letter from Anna's father-in-law William Carey:
Serampore
March 26th 1831.

Dear Anna,
Through divine goodness I am now perfectly recovered. Your brother suffers much through the heat. I hope you, Jonathan, the children and Lucy ‎[daughter of Felix Carey]‎ are all well. Is Lucy's marriage fixed for the 8th June? I intend to be with you on that occasion, but am not certain about the day.
Your affectionate Father
W. Carey

Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. A. Carey, wife of Mr. Jonathan Carey,
and daughter of the late Rev. S. Pearce
of Birmingham, who departed
this life on the
19th day of Jan. 1832, aged 35 years.
An infant daughter who was born on the 15th
and died on the 16th Jan. 1832,
sleeps near her mother.
"Prepare to meet thy God"