Carey and Kimber families photograph collection

The Careys have been a prominent Maryland family dating back to the early nineteenth century. Little is known about the early history of the Carey family other than that by 1703, members of the family had already established themselves in Maryland. John Carey (died 1864), was the first of the family to live in Baltimore. His son, James Carey of Loudon, married Martha Ellicott (of Ellicott City) in 1786. Martha was from a prominent Quaker family, and James Carey soon converted to his wife’s faith. This union established the Carey family as members of the Society of Friends, and succeeding generations would play active roles in the Quaker community. Through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, the Carey family continues as an important member of the Quaker community, as well as making significant contributions in the realms of politics, education, medicine, philanthropy and business. For further information on the Carey family visit the Carey Center for Maryland Life located in the museum of the Maryland Historical Society. The Carey and Kimber families are related through the marriage of Susannah Bud Kimber (b.1822) to James Carey (of the Mount)(1821-1894).

Some Carey family accomplishments:

Martha Carey Thomas (1857-1935) became in 1884, the first female Dean of an American University when she was elected both dean of the college and chair of English at the recently established Bryn Mawr College for women. While there she also began the first graduate program in a women’s school. Thomas was elected President of the school in 1894 and served both as President and Dean until 1922. Also active as a leader in the Woman’s suffrage movement, in 1908 she was first president of the National College Women's Equal Suffrage League.

James Carey Thomas (1833-1897) served as Trustee of both Johns Hopkins University and Bryn Mawr College.

Dr. Henry M. Thomas was the first Clinical Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins Medical School.

James Carey (of the Mount) (1821-1894) served as the first President of the Provident Savings Bank in Baltimore.

Margaret Thomas Carey (1869-1945) served as Treasurer of Bryn Mawr School and was also active in the suffrage movement.

Anne Galbraith (Mrs. Francis King Carey) who along with Dr. Daniel Gilman, first President of Johns Hopkins University, founded the Country Day School for Boys in 1897 in Homewood. The school was later moved to Roland Park and renamed Gilman School in 1951.

Eleanor M. Carey served as Senior Counselor to Maryland Governor Paris Glendening from 1996 to 1998. She was also the first woman appointed to the position of Deputy Attorney General of Maryland in the State’s history.

Carey Family Genealogy

James Carey Thomas (1833-1897) m. Mary Whitall (1835-1888)

Children:

Martha Carey Thomas (1857-1935)

John Mickle Whitall Thomas (b.1859) m. Mary Irwin

Children:

James Carey(of the Mount)(1821-1894) m. Susannah Bud Kimber(b.1822)

Henry M. Thomas (b.1861)

Bond Valentine Thomas (b.1863)

James Whitall Thomas (b.1865, dies in infancy)

Mary Grace Thomas (b.1866)

Margaret Thomas (1869-1945) m. Galloway Cheston

Helen Whitall Thomas (b.1871)

Frank S. Thomas (b.1873)

Dora C. Thomas (b.1877, dies in infancy)

Hannah Whitall Smith (sister of Mary Whitall) m. Robert Pearsall Smith

Children:

Frank Smith

Mary Smith

Alys Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith(1865-1946)

Kimber Family Genealogy

Thomas Kimber (1787-1964) m. Joanna Sophia Shober (1794-1845)

Children:

Phebe M. Kimber(b.1821) m. John Clapp

Children:

Samuel H. Clapp

Annie Clapp

Susannah Bud Kimber (b.1822) m. James Carey (of the Mount)

Anthony Morris Kimber (b.1824)

Thomas Kimber Jr. (b.1825)

Regina Shober Kimber (b.1827)

Joanna Sophia Kimber Jr. (b.1828)

Deborah M. Kimber (b.1831)

Mary Morris Kimber (b.1832)

Benjamin Kimber (b.1834)

William B. Kimber (b.1835)

Samuel Shober Kimber (b.1837)