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Peter CAREY ‎(I2343)‎

Given Names: Peter
Surname: CAREY

Gender: Male Male

Male

Birth: circa 1789

19 England
Death: 14 July 1814 ‎(Age 25)‎ Cawnpore, Oudh, India

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Birth	circa 1789 19 England
Occupation	Sergeant of the 24th Light Dragoons
Biographical Notes	Note: "Towards the close of 1808, who should arrive in Serampore but Carey's nephew Peter, for whose apprenticing he had sent home help! Learning of a regiment bound for Bengal, he had impulsively enlisted for ten years for the joy of seeing his hero-uncle and his cousins. He was a fine lad, winning rapid advancement for his sobriety, intelligence, and zeal, in three years being promoted to be a sergeant attached to his adjutant's office. We find him buying and borrowing books of educational value--vernacular grammars, a life of Akbar, etc. He had grit, too. 'I was given a nice-looking horse, but a very bad one to ride in the ranks, always fighting and kicking, and he got me a kick from another horse in the ankle. I rode all the morning, and when I came in, I was obliged to be carried into my tent, and have my boot cut off, and to go to the hospital. I was obliged too ride with one boot for a good while, and now I would not exchange my horse for the best in the troop. I was obliged to have some hard battles with him, before I was master.' July 1814 from Cawnpore: 'I am very poorly owing to an accident I met with on the 7th. The Regiment ‎(H.M. the 24th Light Dragoons)‎ was out at exercise, and my horse reared up, and fell backwards on me, and broke my left leg all to pieces. There have been several bones taken out of if. It should have been taken off ere this, but it has a violent inflammation. Ishall be sure to lose my leg, and, perhaps my life.' Two days later he died. ‎[I wonder if this date is correct because Charlotte Carey, dau. of Peter and Mary Ann of Cawnpore, was baptized on 11 October 1821. She was born on the 30....? (MKS)‎]
Death	14 July 1814 ‎(Age 25)‎ Cawnpore, Oudh, India Cause of death: Infection; horse accident Note: Now Kanpur in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh.
Burial	15 July 1814 ‎(1 day after death)‎ Cawnpore, Oudh, India
Last Change	17 August 2008 - 16:29:13

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Parents Family (F1624)
Father	Sgt Thomas CAREY 1769 - 1822
Mother	Mary GOODMAN -
Brother	Edmund CAREY 1789 - 1790
	Peter CAREY 1789 - 1814
Brother	Rev Eustace CAREY 1791 - 1855

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Biographical Notes	"Towards the close of 1808, who should arrive in Serampore but Carey's nephew Peter, for whose apprenticing he had sent home help! Learning of a regiment bound for Bengal, he had impulsively enlisted for ten years for the joy of seeing his hero-uncle and his cousins. He was a fine lad, winning rapid advancement for his sobriety, intelligence, and zeal, in three years being promoted to be a sergeant attached to his adjutant's office. We find him buying and borrowing books of educational value--vernacular grammars, a life of Akbar, etc. He had grit, too. 'I was given a nice-looking horse, but a very bad one to ride in the ranks, always fighting and kicking, and he got me a kick from another horse in the ankle. I rode all the morning, and when I came in, I was obliged to be carried into my tent, and have my boot cut off, and to go to the hospital. I was obliged too ride with one boot for a good while, and now I would not exchange my horse for the best in the troop. I was obliged to have some hard battles with him, before I was master.' July 1814 from Cawnpore: 'I am very poorly owing to an accident I met with on the 7th. The Regiment ‎(H.M. the 24th Light Dragoons)‎ was out at exercise, and my horse reared up, and fell backwards on me, and broke my left leg all to pieces. There have been several bones taken out of if. It should have been taken off ere this, but it has a violent inflammation. Ishall be sure to lose my leg, and, perhaps my life.' Two days later he died. ‎[I wonder if this date is correct because Charlotte Carey, dau. of Peter and Mary Ann of Cawnpore, was baptized on 11 October 1821. She was born on the 30....? (MKS)‎]
Death	Now Kanpur in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh.

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Family with Parents

Father

Sgt Thomas CAREY

Birth 19 February 1769

32

35
Death 18 June 1822 ‎(Age 53)‎

Mother

Birth Yes

Marriage: 1788

1 year

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Brother

Birth circa 1789

19
Death circa 1790 ‎(Age 12 months)‎

#2

Birth circa 1789

19 England
Death 14 July 1814 ‎(Age 25)‎ Cawnpore, Oudh, India

2 years

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Brother

Rev Eustace CAREY

Birth 22 May 1791

22 Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England
Death 19 July 1855 ‎(Age 64)‎ Camden Town, London, England