Wilson's plantation (Ceelys)

Ceelys on the James was a plantation on the James River in Virginia, built in 1706 by Colonel William Wilson.[1]

Wilson's daughter, Mary, married Colonel Miles Cary, Jr. of Richneck Plantation.[2] Sally Cary, who married George William Fairfax, and Sarah Cary, who married Bryan Fairfax were born there.[3]

Located 3 or 4 miles from Hampton, it was destroyed during the Civil War.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wilson's Landing History Archived September 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Bergstrom, Peter V. "Miles Cary (d. 1709)". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Louise Pequet du Bellet (1907). Some Prominent Virginia Families. J.P. Bell Company. p. 50. Ceelys, on the James.
  4. ↑ Wilson Miles Cary (1901). "Wilson Cary of Ceelys, and his Family". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Virginia Historical Society.
  5. ↑ Fairfax Harrison (1919). The Virginia Carys. The Devine Press. ceelys plantation.


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