Mordecai Cary
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The Right Reverend Mordecai Cary |
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| Bishop of Killala and Achonry | |
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| See | Killala and Achonry |
| Installed | 1735 |
| Term ended | 1751 |
| Predecessor | Robert Clayton |
| Successor | Richard Robinson |
| Other posts | Bishop of Clonfert |
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| Ordination | 1714 |
| Consecration | 1st April 1732 |
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| Born | 7 August 1687 |
| Died | 2 October 1751 (aged 64) |
| Buried | St Patrick's Cathedral, Killala |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Church of Ireland |
| Spouse | Catherine Courthorpe |
| Education | Christ's Hospital |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Mordecai Cary (1687–1751) was Bishop of Killala and Achonry.
Mordecai Cary was born in London on 7 August 1687 and baptized eight days later at St Faith-under-St.Pauls' He was the eldest son of John Carrey, citizen and cook, of Ivy Lane, who married Jane Cheese on 15 June 1684 at Temple Church. His grandfather was William Cary, gunsmith, of Tower Hill. He was educated at the bluecoat charity school, Christ's Hospital, entering on 13 July 1695. From there, on 7 May 1705 he received a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge and was admitted 19 May 1705 at age 17, from which he received his B.A. 1708/9, Fellow, 1711, M.A. 1712.
In 1709, Dr Richard Bentley, classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, applied to the board of Christ's College for Mordecai to travel abroad under the tutelage of older graduate, Mr James Jurin (1684–1750), as being "the best way for their improvement and rising in the world". Mordecai was subsequently granted ₤29.16.8. at his setting out in 1709. They travelled to Leyden, one of the most important centres for the study of medicine and natural Philosophy during the eighteenth century to attend the lectures of Hermann Boerhaave. Mordecai and Jurin became lifelong friends.
On 23 May 1714 Mordecai was ordained deacon at Lambeth Palace in London, by William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Two years later, Mordecai obtained a licence to marry at St James' Church, Duke Street but there does not appear to be an entry for such a marriage at that church. According to his son’s documentation, on 9 February 1715/16, London he married Catherine COURTHORPE of Weybridge, Surrey (dau. and co-heir of Thomas of the parish of St Dunstan in the West, Fleet St.).
Mordecai and Catherine’s children were:
From 1717, until he left for Ireland in 1732, Mordecai was rector of St Katherine Coleman in the city of London. Also commonly spelt St Catherine Coleman, the Church was in poor structural condition while Mordecai was there. Rebuilding began in 1739 and it was eventually demolished in 1925/6.
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