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William Carey — Biographies and Information
| Born in England, William Carey (1761-1834) was a Baptist missionary to India. A pastor before going to the mission field, he spent an active forty-one years serving the Lord in India, including translating the Scriptures.
Carey never returned to England, living and working in India for nearly 41 years. |
Marriage and Family:
• Dorothy Plackett Carey (1755?-1807): Married William Carey in 1781. She was 25 and he was 19.
Their marriage was a contrast in ability and interests.
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She was reluctant to leave England and go to India. Only after much persuasion and on the condition that her sister, Kitty, would accompany them to help care for their small children, did she agree to go. After the death of their 5 yr.
old son, Peter, Dorothy became mentally unstable and remained so until her death, December 8, 1807. They were married for 26 years and had seven children: Ann, Felix, William Jr., Peter, Lucy, Jabez, and Jonathan.
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