Ichabod served as a sergeant with Vermont troops during the Revolutionary War. Per a family tree on Ancestry he married Mary Brown 18 July 1761 in Uxbridge, Mass (Mass Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
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DESCENDANTS of ICHABOD CARLEY
(1738-1818) Brookfield, Orange County, Vt.
(1) CARLEY, Ichabod, B. (1738,1798) (Boyde located his birth year and place, Mendon, Mass.)was a resident of Vermont during the Revolutionary War for Independence. He dies 17 Sep 1818 at Brookfield, Vermont, and was buried in East Brookfield Cemetery, gravestone is there. Ichabod appeared on 4 payrolls during the Revolutionary War, first as a private, then as a sergeant. He resided in Uxbridge, Mass., after marriage to Mary Brown of Uxbridge, and their first child, Rebecca was born there in 1763. Ichabod and Mary then moved to North Bolton, Conn., (now Vernon, Conn.) and resided there at least until 1771 and possibly longer, as their last 3 children were born there and baptized there.1 Ichabod was one of 13 people who organized a congregational Church at Brookfield, Vermont, in July 1782. Ichabod shown in census of1790 and 1810, Brookfield Township, Orange County, Vermont. Note: Ichabod probably moved from Conn. to Vermont sometime prior to 1777, however, Brookfield was not settled until 1779 and shortly after that date William Carley, Ichabod’s son settled there. 1780 first date of record found about Ichabod residing in Brookfield. His dau Rebecca married Ichabod Lord 16 Sep 1780, at Brookfield.
m. Mary Brown at Uxbridge, Mass., 8 Oct 1761. Mary was the dau of John and Sarah Brown. Mary was b. 1733 and died 11 Dec 1810. Buried in East Brookfield Cemetery. Gravestone there. Mary was baptized in Uxbridge Unitarian Church 25 Nov 1744 (First Congregational Society).
Their issue:
1. Rebecca Carley. b. 18 Apr 1763,3 at Uxbridge, Mass.
2. William Sergeant Carley,5 b. 27 Aug 1765,4 d. 8 May 1849. Born in North Bolton, Conn.
3. Mary (Polly) Carley, B. 22 May 1768, North Bolton, Conn. (now Vernon, Conn.).1 Died 17 May 1846.
Married Noah Paine,5 25 Nov 1788, Brookfield, Vt. (See page 4.)
4. Drusilla Carley, b. 9 1771, North Bolton, Conn., Now Vernon, Conn. Married Ashel Tyler, Brookfield, Vermont, 24 Oct 1791.
1. New England historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 58, pages 193-196, 204-205. William Sergeant Carley baptized 1 Sep 1765; Mary Carley baptized 5 Jun 1768; Drusilla Carley baptized 11 Aug 1771; all at North Bolton Church by Rev. Ebenezer Kellogg. (Rebecca Carley not mentioned.) North Bolton Church communicants: Feb 1765, Mary Carly, recommended by N. Webb, Uxbridge, Mass.; Ichabod Carly, recommended by Mr. William’s, Lebanon, Conn., 30 Dec 1770 . Vermont Historical Magazine, Vol. II, page 860.
3. Uxbridge Vital Statistics to Year 1850, by Thomas W. Baldwin. Early Mass. Marriages, by F. W. Bailey, page 19.
4. Year of birth stated in Uxbridge Vital Statistics is 1765; D.A.R. records show year of birth as 1765-7.
5. Vermont Historical Magazine, Vol. II, page 837.
D.A.R. No. 153299 (Sarah Paine Hoffman)
S.A.R. No. 128405 (Addison Boyde Carley II)
REFERENCES for Military Records of ICHABOD CARLEY
“Vermont Historical Gazetteer,” by Abbie Hemenway, published 1923, for (Years 1775-1783).
Revolutionary War Rolls, p. 33-34:
Capt. Timothy Bush’s Company, payroll in co. Joseph Marsh’s Regt., 1977.
Ichabod Carley, engaged Aug 16, months in service 1, days in service 20. Approved by council, Bennington, 12 Aug 1778. /s/ Thos. Chittenden, Governor. Recd. sum of 183 pounds, 8 pence of Peter Olcutt. /s/ Timothy bush, Capt..Revolutionary War Rolls, p. 257: Capt. Timothy Bush’s Company, par roll, under direction of Col. Peter Olcutt at the time the enemy came to Royalton, 16 Oct 1780.
Ichabod Carley, commenced Oct 16, days.
Revolutionary War Rolls, p. 295:
Capt. Joshua Haze’s Company, pay roll of a Company of Militia, the command of Capt. Joshua Hazen, employed in guarding and scouting the frontiers of this state, headquarters at Stratford, the men detached from Hartford and Norwich, under the immediate inspection of Col. P. Olcutt.
Ichabod Carley, engagement Oct 27, 1780, 17 days. Norwich, June 9, 1781 appeared Capt. Joshua Hazen and made oath before Nathl. Brown, Justice of Peace. Examined and approved, Bennington, 22 June 1781. Revolutionary War Rolls, p. 542-543:
Capt. Elijah Gates’ Company. A pay roll of Capt. Elijah Gates’ Company of Volunteers in the service of the State of Vermont, from 17th of July, 1781, to the 15th of Dec., 1781, inclusive.
Ichabod Carley, Sergt., July 23, ending Nov. 24, 1781, 125 days.
(Also, shown on same pay roll is William Carley, who is probably the son of Ichabod, who would be 16 years of age at that time. Commencing pay, July 23, ending pay, Nov. 5, 1781, 106 days.) Pension applicant’s #S16771.
Pay Table Office, Bennington, July 15, 1782. The above pay roll approved, the Treasurer is hereby directed to pay unto Thomas Tolman, Esq., Paymaster General, the sum of
517 pounds 4 shilling and 3 pence. /s/ Isaac Tichnor Nathl. Brush, committee War Dept. Adjutant General’s Office. January 11, 1933
“The records of this office show that one Ichabod Carley served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Timothy Bush’s Company, Col. Joseph Marsh’s Regiment, Vermont Militia. His name is born only on the pay roll dated at Bennington, April 12, 1778, which does not show his rank, but does show that he was engaged August 16, —-, and was in service one month and twenty days. No record found of the service of any other man of this name in that war.
/s/ C. H. Bridges, Major General
The Adjutant General by RD.
This 1933 memo is on file with D.A.R.
From Boston Transcript, 4 Sep 1929, No. 8984, part 2:
2. Parentage wanted or Polly Carley, b. 22 May 1768, North Bolton, Conn., married 25 Nov 1788 to Noah Paine at Brookfield, Vt.
Their issue:
1. Stephen, married Polly Calkins.
2. Mary, married Justus Edson.
3. Lucy, married Eben Huse.
4. Noah, married Lydia Wheatley.