Background
Cary, Archibald was born in 1721 in Virginia, United States. Son of Henry and Anne (Edwards) Cary.
Cary, Archibald was born in 1721 in Virginia, United States. Son of Henry and Anne (Edwards) Cary.
Educated College; William and Mary.
Mill operator, cattle raiser. Justice of the peace, burgess, vestryman Goochland and Cumberland counties, Virginia, 1747-1750. Chesterfield County representative to Virginia Assembly, 1756-1787, chairman public claims committee, 1762, speaker, until 1787.
Member Committee of Correspondence, 1773, Chairman of Commission of Whole, read Virginia’s Resolution of Independence to conv.
Member Committee of Correspondence, 1773, Chairman of Commission of Whole, read Virginia’s Resolution of Independence to conv.
Married Mary Randolph, 1744.