Carey, Mary (c. 1610–c. 1680)

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Carey, Mary (c. 1610–c. 1680)

British religious writer. Born c. 1609, in Berwick, Sussex; died c. 1680 in England; dau. of Sir John Jackson; m. Pelham Carey (son of 4th Lord Hunsdon); m. George Payler (paymaster for parliamentary forces at Berwick), c. 1643; children: 3 who survived infancy.

Wrote My Lady Carey's Meditation, & Poetry (1681), a spiritual autobiography in which several poems focus on the deaths of her children.

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