Otis married Rosella “Rose” CONARY on 26 Nov 1891. Rosella (daughter of Jesse Lee CONARY and Dorothy Ann FLOYD) was born on 19 Jul 1871; died on 21 Apr 1937. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Husband and wife are 1st cousins.

Otis married Delia BURTON on 9 Oct 1886 in Penobscot, Hancock, Maine. Delia was born in in Orland, Hancock, Maine; died in ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Susan Jane CONARY on 27 Nov 1842 in Surry, Hancock, Maine. Susan (daughter of Stephen CONARY and Abigail BILLINGS) was born on 23 Feb 1824 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; died on 3 Mar 1894 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Military Event: War of 1812 - served at Castine, ME and received a bullet wound in the leg
• Military Flag: Y

Joseph married Mary Anna BUTLER on 8 Apr 1809 in Orland, Hancock, Maine. Mary was born in Jan 1783 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; died on 8 Jul 1857 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Ridge Road Cemetery, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Census: 7 Jun 1860, Surry, Hancock, Maine

Notes:

Resided Surry and Blue Hill Maine.

Stephen married Abigail BILLINGS on 28 Mar 1816. Abigail (daughter of Benjamin BILLINGS and Abigail CLOSSON) was born on 11 May 1790 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; died in Oct 1869 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Village Cemetery, Surry, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 7 Jun 1860, Surry, Hancock, Maine

Henry married Lydia CANDAGE on 25 Mar 1783. Lydia (daughter of James CANDAGE and Elizabeth MILLETT) was born in Aug 1763; died on 15 May 1846 in Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: CONNERY
• Questions: Conary’s in Kildare and Leighlin, County Clane, Ireland
• Questions: Who are his parents? What part did he play during Penobscot Expedition?
• Religion: Protestant
• Immigrant?: Y
• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y
• Historical Notes: When Thomas immigrated to American, several events were occurring in Ireland: Land Issues: Land ownership and tenancy were significant issues in Ireland during this period. Many Catholics and tenant farmers struggled with landownership and tenant rights. This led to tensions and sometimes violent conflicts, as seen in the Whiteboy and Hearts of Oak movements. Catholic Penal Laws: The majority of the Irish population, particularly the Catholic population, faced severe legal and political restrictions under the Penal Laws. These laws discriminated against Catholics and other non-Protestant religious groups, limiting their rights to hold public office, own land, and practice their religion freely. Protestant Ascendancy: The Protestant minority, mainly of English and Scottish descent, held a dominant position in Irish society, particularly in politics and landownership. They formed the backbone of the ruling class and controlled most of the wealth and power in Ireland.
• Migration: Bef 1774
• Census: 1790, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1800, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1819, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
• Census: 1820, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Notes:

According to Fred E. Bradford, Thomas died on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay, was Protestant of faith. He also lived in Brooksville, ME before moving to Deer Isle, ME.
Reportedly, Thomas was Scottish and settled in Northern Ireland. When Thomas settled in Maine is unknown, but he had deeded land about 1774 in what was called Majabagaduce which is now Penobscot and Brooksville.
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The CONARY's are originally Scottish and moved here from Ireland. The English transplanted Scottish people into Ireland from the 1600's through the early 1800's in hopes that the Scottish would control the "unruly" Irish. However, the Scottish turned out to be more Irish than the Irish themselves.
During the many immigrations to this country, many Scottish-Irish came with the true Irish, and came to be known as Ulster Scots.
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THOMAS CONARY was the first settler of what is known as Black Island, lying in the Reach, also called Conary's Island, and … was included within the limits of the town by the act of the Legislature of 1868. As has been understood, Mr. Conary was a native of Ireland.
He was a very witty person, and in former years I used to hear of many of his witty and comical expressions.
His first wife was the daughter of the ancestor of the Limeburner family, now living in Brooksville, by adoption. Mr. Limeburner emigrated from Scotland before the Revolutionary War, and with him came, besides his own family, two children, a son and a daughter adopted by him. The son was Cunningham Limeburner, who died at an advanced age, not far from 1825, in Brooksville, and the daughter, Mrs. Conary, was, I believe, a sister by birth to him.
After her death he married a daughter of Mercy Staples, and a sister of Messrs. Joshua and Moses Staples, and by both marriages had ten sons, one of whom made this town his permanent residence - Mr. Thomas Conary, Jr., who died at an advanced age. His other sons settled in towns in this vicinity, and all of the name in this and other towns near us are the descendants of Mr. Conary, Sr.
He had three daughters of whom I have had knowledge. One was the wife of Mr. Robinson Crockett, Jr., who lived in this town many years, afterward removing to Brooksville, where he died; another was the wife of Mr. Ebenezer Marks, of Brooksville; another of the late Mr. Amaziah Roberts, of Sedgwick.
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The names Conroy, Conry, Conree and Conary in Ireland are all derived from the native Gaelic Mac Conraoi and O'Conraoi Septs of County Galway and from the O'Conaire and O'Maolchonaire Septs of Munster and Roscommon. Other anglicized versions of these names include Conrahy, Connery and King.

Thomas married Olive STAPLES about 1780 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. Olive (daughter of Samuel STAPLES and Mercy CANE) was born about 1755 in prob Kittery, York, Maine; died after 1820 in prob Deer Isle or Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Confirmed Ancestor?: Y

Notes:

Buried:
Stone lost

Benjamin married Abigail CLOSSON in 1775 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. Abigail (daughter of Nathan CLOSSON and Sarah KEENE) was born on 20 May 1757 in York, York, Maine; died on 4 Oct 1840 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; was buried in Settler's Rest Cemetery, Sargentville, Hancock, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Stone lost