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GRAY GENEALOGY,

Bein<^ a Genealogical Record and History of the
Descendants of

JOHN GRAY, OF BEVERLY, MASS,

And Also Including

SKETCHES OF OTHER GRAY FAMILIES,

BY

M. D. RAYMOND.

TARRYTOWN, N. Y.
1887.

Copyrighted 1887,

BY

M. D. RAYMOND.
All Rights Reserved.

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To the Memory of his Grandmother,
MABEL GRAY RAYMOND,

This Volume is affectionately Dedicated by

The Author.

INDEX

OF FAMILIES IN THE GRAY GENEALOGY,

Introduction and sketch of the Grays in History p. (incUisive,) i to 6

John Gray of Beverly and Sharon 6 to 140

Samuel Gray of Dorsetshire and Boston 142 to 149, and 297 to 302

Worcester Grays, (Scotch-Irish,) 150 to 168, 188 to 190, and 277 to 284

Grays (Scotch-Irish) of Union City, Pa 169, 170

James Gray of Hadley and Stockbridge, Mass 170

William Gray of Scotland and Fairfax Co., Va 170, 172

Samuel Gray (Scotch) of Conn, and Vt 172, 174

Israel Gray (Scotch-Irish) of Va., N. C. and S. C 175

Jonas Gray, Townsend, Vt 176

Dr. William A. Gray, Virginia 177, 17S

Gilbert Gray, (Scotch-Irish) North Carolina 178, 179

B. C. Gray, Richmond, Va 179

David Gray, Fishkill, N. Y 180, 184

Quaker Grays, Pa 184, 185

Isaiah Gray, Martha's Vineyard, (Yarmouth Grays) 186, 187

Edward Gray of Lincolnshire and Boston 191, 197

Fairfield (Conn.) Grays 198, 235

Isaac, Aaron, Elijah and Daniel Gray, of Conn, and Vt 236, 248

Yarmouth Grays 249, 261

Plymouth Grays 262, 265

Salem Grays 266, 276

James Gray of Londonderry, and Samuel Ken- Gray, Painesville, O. 284

John Gray, of Gray, Dakota 284

Adam Gray, of Ireland, and Stone Arabia and Herkimer, N. Y 285

George Gray, U. S. Senator, Delaware 285

Robert Gray of Ireland, and Wm. C. Gray of Chicago 285, 286

James Gray of Ireland, and Robert P. Gray of New York 286

Isaac and George Gray of Beverly 286, 287

Grays (Scotch) of Ledyard, Conn 287, 2S8

New Jersey Grays 287, 293

Peter Gray, Holland, and Dr. John P. Gray, Utica, N. Y 294, 295

Dr. Jas. E. Gray, (Scotch,) Brooklyn, N. Y 295

George Gray, Scotland, and George Gray, Dubuque, Iowa 296

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Gray Coat-of-Arms, .... Title Page.

Judge John Gray, (5). .... 17

Dr. John F. Gray, (6), - - - . -20

Rev. Blackleach Burritt Gray, • - - • 24

Gen. John Burritt Gray, - • - - - 26

Dr. Alfred William Gray, .... 28

Dr. Nathaniel A. Gray, - - - - - 31

Dr. Patrick Wells Gray, - - - - 32

Carroll Eugene Gray, - - - - "33

Dr. Rollin B. Gray, ----- 34

Diantha Eloise Gray-Sackett, - - - "35

John Felton Gray, - ' - - - . 41

Hon. Charles M. Gray, - - - - - 42

George M. Gray, ----- 44

Mrs. Amanda Gray-Lee, (Four Generations,) - "59

Philander Raymond Gray, - - - - 66

Dr. William S. Gray, - - - - - 84

Frederic Eugene Windsor Gray, - - - 105
Elizabeth Kimball Gray-Spaulding, .... 106

Clarendon Ross Gray, - - - - ir6

Stephen Rix Gray, - - - - - 119

Thomas Tracy Gray, - - - . . 123

John Tarvin Gray, - - - - - 131

Judge Thomas Gray, .... j^5

Melvin L. Gray, - - - - - 151

Dr. Henry Carpenter Gray, .... 16^
Dr. William B. Gray, ..... j^^j

Edward Gray of Lincolnshire and Boston, (with Arms,) - 191

William Gray, (5) " Fairfield Grays," - - - 204-

Albert W. Gray, ..... 23S
Leonidas Gray, ..... 240

Albert V. Gray, ..... 241

INTRODUCTION.

It should be stated at the outset that this volume does not in-
clude, and was not intended to include the complete record of
a Family that has filled a prominent place in English history for
so many centuries. Such a work would indeed be a herculean
task, and it would be an ambitious historian who should essay
it with the expectation of accomplishment during a lifetime.

The compiling of a genealogy and history of the branch of
the Gray family to which the writer is akin, was incidentally
undertaken with the view of preserving some interesting personal
statistics which had come into his possession, and which were
thought worthy of preservation. They referred especially to his
ancestors in that line, and at the first, a much less extended rec-
ord was contemplated, but a continuance of investigation gave
increased scope to the work adding new lines in various direc-
tions, until it has embraced sketches of many of the early and
most numerous Gray families in America, besides mention of
some whose direct connection with the different branches does
not appear.

The difficulties in the way, and the limitations of time and
expense, have hindered the full realization of his desires, but the
writer has industriously gathered up interesting family facts from
many sources, and while some have eluded the most earnest re-
search, those which are garnered as the result of these labors,
will at least furnish interesting data for the future historian, and
may not be considered an unworthy contribution to that end.
The writer has found the work of fascinating interest and only
regrets that he could not have followed it to its fullest, most
complete conclusions.

The seeming long delay in the completion of this volume has
doubtless been a disappointment to many, but other busy activ-
ities and exacting duties have necessarily taken much of the
time and attention of the writer while he has been engaged upon
this work, and much more is included in it than was at first in-
tended. The end, continually in sight, has continually evaded
him, and the temptation to extend research to other and invit-
ing fields, has not easily been put aside.

With a kindly greeting to all of kith and kin, and all of the
name of Gray, and especially to those who have cordially as-
sisted in the work, this volume is issued, in the hope that it may
be found worthy of preservation and be the means of increased
interest in the history of an ancient and honorable family.

Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N. Y., May, 1887.

M. D. Raymond.

GRAY GENEALOGY.

The name Gray, is of local origin, that is, following the name
of a place in Burgundy, France. In the Department of Haute-
Saone, there is now a town called Gray. The name was origin-
ally Croy. A Norman Chief named Rolf, or RoUo, or Raoul,
invaded France with his Norwegian followers and established
himself there in the 9th Centur\-. A descendant, or at all events
a member of the same family, became Chamberlain to Robert,
Duke of Nonnandy, and received from him the Castle and hon-
or of Croy, from which his family assumed the name of DeCroy,
which was afterwards changed to DeGray, and at last to Gray
without the prefix.

Gray instead of Grey is adopted in this work, it being the or-
thography in use in this branch of the family, as it is almost uni-
versally in the different branches in this country. In England
and Ireland, however, in the titled families. Grey still obtains,
while in Scotland it is Gray. However, this slight difference
makes but a narrow line of demarcation between different branch-
es of a family all evidently descended from one parent stock and
of one origin.

The Grays unquestionably came over to England with William
the Conqueror in 1066, for among the names of those inscribed
at Battle Abbey, after the decisive battle of Hastings, as worthy
to be remembered for valiant services there rendered, was J.
de Gray. Nesbit's Heraldry says: "In an old manuscript of
Arms in the reign of William the Conqueror, are the Armoreal
bearings of Paganus de Gray, equitum signifer to King William."
Again we quote from the same high authority : " Gray, Earl of
Kent, Chief of the ancient and illustrious house of Gray, so dig-
nified in the reign of Edward IV., from whom are descended and
branched the Barons of Rotherfield, Codmore, Wilton, Ruthem,
Groby, and Rugemont, the Viscount of Lisle, the Earl of Stam-
ford, the Marquis of Dorset, and the Duke of Suffolk, — all of
that surname derived from the honour and Castle of Gray, (or

Croy as some write,) in Picardy, their patrimony before the Con-
quest."

In regard to the Grays of Scotland being of the same family
we have again the testimony of Nesbit's Heraldry : " Gray Lord
Gray in Scotland, same Arms as My Lord Gray of Wark and
Chillingham, England. Motto, Anchor Fast Anchor. The first
of this line was a son of Gray in Chillingham, Northumberland,
England, who came to Scotland in the reign of Alexander II.,
(about 1230,) and gave his allegiance to that King, receiving pos-
sessions in Roufield shire of Roxburgh. His issue has continued
still in Scotland." His son, Sir Andrew Gray, joined King Rob-
ert Bruce when he ascended the throne. The Grays in Ireland,
generally designated as Scotch-Irish, are doubtless the descend-
ants of that branch of the family.

The Grays were closely allied with the Royal house of Eng-
land and were near the throne. Edward IV. married Elizabeth
Gray the widow of Sir John Gray who was slain at the second
battle of St. Albans, 1461. On the death of King Edward, her
son, the young Prince Consort, and her son Lord Gray, were
both executed in 1483, by that bloody usurper, the notorious
Richard III.

Burke's Peerage says : " ITie family of Gray is of great antiqui-
ty in Northumberland. Henry de Gray obtained from King
Richard I., (1 190) the manor of Turoc in Essex. Sir John Gray,
Knight of Berwick, 1372, was father of Sir Thomas of Berwick
and Chillingham. Sir Edward de Gray married dau. and heiress
of Henry heir apparent of William."

The union of the Grays with the royal line of Tudor was by
the marriage of the Duke of Suffolk, with Mary, daughter of Hen-
ry VII., sister of Henry VIII., and widow of King Louis XII.,
of France, who had died Jan. i, 1515. "^The tragic fate of their
daughter, Lady Jane Gray, who reigned for a brief hour an un-
willing Queen, has attracted the attention and enlisted the sym-
pathies of the world. The story of her pure and beautiful life
and of her heroic death will long illumine the pages of one of the
most eventful periods of English history. Her execution, 1554,
was soon followed by that of her father, the Duke of Suffolk, and
his brothers. Lord John and Lord Thomas Gray.

The Grays were not restored to their rights and court favor
until the accession of James I., 1603. Since then they have re-
peatedly distinguished themselves in politics, literature, and the
learned professions, and still continue prominently represented
among the titled nobility in England, Scotland and Ireland. In
modem times they have furnished poets, statesmen, and military
commanders in the British realm.

The Gray Family in America is numerous, widespread, and
consists of many diverse branches. They were among the Pil-
grims of New England, the Quakers of Pennsylvania, were also
early settlers ot Virginia and other Southern States. Within the
first century — from 1620 to 1720 — researches made warrant the
estimate that at least twenty different families of Grays, or differ-
ent branches of the same family, had emigrated to this country
and made their homes in the New World. As early as 1622, two
brothers, Thomas and John Gray, had become proprietors of the
island of Nantasket in Boston Harbor by purchase from the In-
dians. At an early period there were also Grays at Salem,
Boston, Plymouth, and Yarmouth, and in the provinces of Con-
necticut and Maine. It is a historic fact worthy of mention,
that Mrs. Desire Kent, daughter of Edward Gray, who came
over in the Mayflower, had the honor of being the first woman
who landed at Plymouth Rock. Abraham Gray is mentioned as
among the Pilgrim refugees at Leyden, Holland, in 1622.

Of the later emigrations there were several, notably that of a
family of Grays who settled at Worcester, Mass., 17 18. There
are also numerous tamilies that trace back no farther than two or
or three generations in this country. This multiplicity of branch-
es of the family adds greatly to the difficulty of tracing any one
particular line, as they are often found in the same vicinage with
the same names, and the confusion so made is some times almost
inextricable. For the benefit of the general information so im-
parted, and for the aid of others who may be inclined to make
further investigations, considerable of space is given in the ap-
pendix to this volume to the publication of such data of these
different branches as has been gathered in researches made for
the genealogical facts of the particular family of Grays a sketch
of whose history is herewith published.

That the Grays in this country have proved themselves worthy
of their distinguished ancestry is abundantly evidenced. Among

its honored representatives are a U. S. Senator, a Justice of the
U. S. Supreme Court, the Governor of a State, and many names
prominent in the learned professions, while they furnished their
full quota of patriot soldiers in the Revolution, and again in the
war for the Union.

The Grays of this Une have some strongly marked character-
istics. They are often men of stalwart stature, personal prow-
ess and commanding presence; courageous, patriotic, natural
leaders among men, withal lovers of peace, not given to self-
assertion, modest as well as brave, inclined to philosophical spec-
ulation, and rather reserved than effusive. A strong t}^e of char-
acter distinctly perpetuated.

JOHN GRAY (I.)

The original pilgrim of this branch of the Gray family, and
the time of his arrival, do not so clearly appear as might be de-
sired. The absolute data of record run back directly to the
marriage of John Gray with Ruth Hebbard at Beverly, Mass.,
Apr. 28, 1704, their "intention of marriage" having previously
been pubhshed "March ye 26th." The only authority prior to
that is an an ancient Family Record of John Gray, grandson of
John of Beverly, "Faithfully copied by his youngest son Reuben
Gray," which is a very interesting document, the basis of all the
investigations made, and found correct in almost every minute
particular so far as it has been tested by official records as to the
statements set forth. That quaint old record says, "My grand-
father was bom in the eastern part of New England. Died
about A. D. 1713." As a matter of fact the ist church records
of Beverly give the date of his death as Feb. 29, 17 12, This old
record then says, "My grandmother, Ruth Hebbard, was bom in
Windham, Conn., and died there. My father John Gray was
bom in Beverly, in the province of Massachusetts. Died in
Sharon, Conn., A. D. 1761, aged about 53 years," which is near-
ly correct. Again, "My mother, Anne Hebbard, was bom in
Windham, Conn., May, 1706. Died in Sharon, May, (28)
1746." Then follows a hst of his brothers and sisters with dates
of birth, marriage and death, all of which have been proved to

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be correct from town and church records. This all to substanti-
ate the following important statement also by him made: '•'■My
great grandfather nioned from England among the former set-
tlers. Had six soms." A memorandum left by the late Dr.
John F. Gray of New York, who had much interest in family
matters, and who was a man careful and exact in his statements,
says: "Grandfather (the John Gray whose record is above
quoted) told me his great grandfather, our ancestor, John Gray
(i), came direct from England. Been in British Navy; had lost
an arm, was a pensioner, half-pay. Lion couchant his family
crest. My grandfather inherited a sleeve button made after the
death of the half-pay ancestor from the thimble he wore over the
stump of his arm." This is a well authenticated tradition in the
family, the full particulars of the loss of the sleeve button above
referred to being handed down.

Not being able to disprove the foregoing statements, on the
contrary something of record being found which might substan-
tiate them, not the least of which is the fact that all the other
statements made in the said record of John Gray have been
found well authenticated, they are accepted as correct data,
though less full than might be wished. It is not slight collateral
proof that there were living at Beverly a George and an Isaac
Gray, cotemporaneous with John, and a Joseph Gray was killed
near there by the Indians in 171 1, of whom no connection can
be found elsewhere, and the strong presumption is that they were
brothers. That would account for four of the six sons of John
Gray (i).

The compiler of this work frankly admits that he was at first
strongly of the opinion that the Beverly Grays were from Salem,
there having been several families of that name there at an early
day with numerous descendants, and the close proximity of the
two places, formerly one, (Salem) gave strength to that assump-
tion; but a careful and exhaustive research there made, includ-
ing all public documents and records, family and otherwise, ab-
solutely dispelled that belief, and convinced the writer most
thoroughly that the statement of John Gray aforesaid was made
upon absolute knowledge of the facts in the case, and it is there-
fore accepted, unquestioned. It only remains to be added that
the character of the descendants of this line warrants the claim
of such an ancestry.

JOHN GRAY (2.)

Of his birth, we only know that it was in " the eastern
part of New England," probably about 1 680, as he was married
as already stated to Ruth Hebbard, at Beverly, Mass., Apr. 28,
1704. She was the daughter of John and Ruth Hebbard, and
bom Aug. 6, 1683. At this point the record of John Gray is
again of interest. It says that Ruth Hebbard was bom in Wind-
ham, Conn. At first this seems confusing because there were sev-
eral families of Hebbards at Beverly, but the records of Wind-
ham give many of that name also there. Probably they were
kindred. The records of Beverly show that the widow Ruth
Gray married Benjamin Webster, Nov. 8, 171 2. That she re-
turned to Windliam and died there, we have the statement of
her grandson John Gray (3), while the fact that her son, John
Gray, appears as there residing, is further evidence. Mr. Gray
had died young, leaving two children, Ruth Gray b. Jan. 5,
1704, and John Gray (3) b. May 17, 1707. His life was brief
with but little outward promise that he was to be the progenitor
of such a numerous and vigorous race. Of the daughter, Ruth,
there is no further trace. Of his supposed brothers, the rec-
ords of Beverly concerning them and their descendants will
appear in another place.

JOHN GRAY (3.)

Bom in Beverly, Mass., May 17, 1707, he was less than five
years old when his father died, and within a year his mother had
remarried. 'ITie town records of Windham, Comi., show
that John Gray was married at that place to Anne Hebbard,
Feb'y 26th, 1728. Probably she was akin to him, being of
the same name as his mother, and of the place of her nativity.
The following children were bom to them, the names and dates
being copied from the town records of Windham, Lebanon, and
Sharon, Conn.:

Anne, b. in Windham, Conn., Nov. 18, 1729; mar. Abra-
ham Mudge, at Sharon, Jan. 26, 1753; d. near New
Concord, Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., June 22,
1776.

Joseph, b. June 12, 1732, in Windham, Conn.; d. Mar. 29,

1796, in Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y.
Adah, b. in Windham, Mar. 18, 1734; d. in Litchfield,

Conn., Nov. 1765.
Nathaniel, b. in Lebanon, Conn., Mar. 17, 1736; d. in

Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y., June 24, 1810.
John, b. in Lebanon, Conn., Dec. 13, (N. S.) 1739; d. in

Sherburne, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1822.
Ruth, b. in Sharon, Conn., June 4th, 1744; mar. Elder

David Mudge; d. July, 181 5.
Jerusha, b. in Sharon, Conn., Apr. 2, 1746; d. Apr. 21,

1746.

Anne Hebbard Gray died in Sharon, Conn., May 28, 1746,
and John Gray (3) mar. second, the widow Catherine Gardner,
of Sharon, Sept. 18, 1747, by whom were the following children :

Silas, b. in Sharon, Conn., May 8, 1748; d. at Princetown,
Schenectady Co., N. Y., April, 1820.

Sarah, b. in Sharon, Apr. 4, 1750; mar. Oliver Bates at
Berlin, N. Y.; was a member of the Baptist Church at
that place in 1798; after the deatli of her husband,
she removed with her son, Oliver Bates, Jr., to Gene-
see Co., N. Y.

Darius, b. in Sharon, June 18, 1752; d. in Sharon, Aug.
12, 1816.

William, b. in Sharon, May 22, 1754; d. in Sharon.

Daniel, b. in Sharon, June 4, 1756; d. in Berlin, Rensselaer
Co., N. Y., May 23, 1830.

James, b: in Sharon, Aug. 3, 1759.

The dates and places of birth above given indicate frequent
migrations. Between 1734 and 1736 John Gray must have re-
moved with his then little family from Windham, where he had
united with the Congregational Church in 1729, to Lebanon,
a town adjoining on the south and in the neighboring county of
New London. There he remained for several years, during
which three children more were added to the family, when they
took up the line of march for Sharon, Litchfield Co., on the
western border and near the north line of the State of Connecti-
cut. The first record of real estate purchased by him there is of

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the date of Feb. i, 1743; 6 acres of Margaret Goodrich, ;^i2.
July 7, 1746, it is recorded that he bought 20 acres of David
Hamilton, price, ^^400. The history of Sharon says, "John
Gray first settled in the Valley, and his house stood upon the
bank near the Valley Store, a little east of Henry Hotchkiss'
house. In 1748 he sold his place to Abel Wood and removed
to the Mountain." He appears to have sold for considerable less
than cost, receiving only ;^26o. He had lost his wife there, and
probably the lowlands, though more fertile, as generally in a new
country, proved unhealthy. "The Mountain" so-called, was two
or three miles eastwardly, on a high plateau, and about two miles
from the present village of Sharon. It was then supposed that
it would be the center of the town ; and it was so laid out and
did remain so for many years. He then bought 100 acres of
John Mills, "west of Ebenezer Jackson," for which he paid ;^30o ;
deed recorded June 9, 1748. Sold the same to John Pardee,
May 7, 1754, for ^1200. He then purchased a farm just "east
of the Gould place," where he continued to reside until his de
cease in 17 61. That he bravely took up arms in defence of the
frontier settlements is evidenced by the fact that his name ap-
pears as a member of Capt. Williams' Co., at Fort Massachu-
setts, (Pi ttsfield, Berkshire Co.,) in 1755. In the inventory of
his personal estate are noted, i gun, i " swoard." If preserved,
what priceless mementos they would have been.

The records of the Probate Court show that the widow Cath-
erine Gray was appointed guardian to Darius, William, Daniel
and James, "all sons of John Gray late of Sharon, dec'd," April
25> 1763- Silas Gray chose his brother John for guardian Feb.
7 th, 1764. Sarah Gray chose David Foster for her guardian,
June 18, 1764. The inventory of his personal estate as filed
shows a footing of ^46.ios.id., beside what was set off to the
widow, while there were "sundry charges" of ;^2o.7s, besides the
court charges of ^2.7s.4d. There is no record of any will or of
any division or sale of real property; but in any case the estate
evidently was not insolvent. Darius was the only son who con-
tinued permanently to remain in Sharon, and he probably be-
came the owner of the homestead.

There is no record of the death of the widow, Catherine
Gardner Gray, and no trace of her later than the proceedings of
the Probate Court, to which reference has been made. And

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strange to relate, the most thorough and repeated search, made
by the writer, and by others, in all known private and public
burial places from one end of Sharon to the other, failed to dis-
close the grave of John Gray, or of either of his wives, or of his
children. And none of their descendants, some of whom con-
tinued to reside in that town, have knowledge of the place of
their burial. It was a disappointment and surprise not to be
able to find it.

The location of the old home "on the Mountain," however, is
distinctly determined. The well defined ruins, a grass-grown
mound, — the foundation walls of the primeval house there erect-
ed, now in an open field barren of all other signs of habitation,
near by an old roadway long since deserted, — there is the place
around which cluster forgotten memories, forgotten loves, forgotten
traditions, and unwritten history that well might stir the heart to
quicker beat at thought of them. There John Gray lived, there
his family of stalwart sons and fair daughters gathered under the
roof-tree of his home; there he toiled, there died; there the
drama of his life, which had been full of labor and trial, and
earnest effort, ended ; and that spot, however bleak and barren,
can never be common ground to one of his descendants.

John Gray of Sharon was one of that sturdy race of pioneers
who proved his claim alike to ancestry and to posterity. He was
the father of men and women of strength and character, and
must have possessed the germ and realization of them in him-
self. Scarcely fifty-four, he had condensed the energies of a
life-time into that period. He had pushed on to the borders of
civilization and helped there to lay enduring foundations for the
good of all future time. The spirit of the true Pilgrim was
in him; he knew neither fear nor discouragement; and while not
a line is carved nor a stone is raised to his memory, his descend-
ants will do him honor to the remotest generations. The noble
hills of Sharon keep ceaseless vigil where he sleeps while they
look out upon the promised land.

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JOHN GRAY (4.)

Bom in Lebanon, Conn., Dec. 13, 1739, ^^ removed with his
father's family to Sharon, Conn., in 1743, and was the youngest
son hving at the death of his mother in May, 1746. Conceiving
that he was neglected by his stepmother, when a mere lad he
seceded from the paternal union, and after trudging on several
miles over the hills he was met by the pastor of the parish, (the
Rev. Cotton Mather Smith, eminent for his piety and his learning,
for half a century ministering to the Church at Sharon, and also
father of Gov. John Cotton Smith of Connecticut,) to whom he
frankly confessed his design and the reason for it. The pastor
kindly raised him to his horse, and took him to the Selectman,
who, with the consent of the father, bound him till of age to his
Reverend benefactor, who said that there was the material to
build a valuable man ; and he drilled him to work and to study,
teaching him Latin and other branches of learning in his own
library.

The boy grew up to manhood under such good influences, and
on Nov. 16, 1763, he married Betsey (EUzabeth) Skeel, who was
bom at New Milford, Dec. 15, 1745. The birth-places of the
children indicate that they continued to reside in Sharon until
1768, about which time they must have removed to Canaan,
Columbia Co., N. Y., where they made their home for some
twelve years or more in what is known as Frisbie Street, he being
engaged in the milhng business on a site where there is still a
mill, with a good water privilege there. He was probably also
engaged somewhat in fanning, as the "ear-mark" of his flocks is
on the town records date of Feb. 27, 1773.

The Revolution foimd him a staunch patriot, and the old
records show that he was chosen to the responsible position of
member of the Committee of PubUc Safety for King's District,
which comprised several of the adjoining towns, on May 6, 1777,
and served during that year. It is said of him that when the
army was in need he would slaughter and send to it his last bul-
lock. And when the advance of Burgoyne's amiy required more
volunteers at the front, he promptly shouldered his musket, and
leaving his wife and young family trembling with apprehension,
marched to meet the enemy, participating in the battle of Still-
water and the triumph of Saratoga.

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John Gray and "Elizabeth his wife" liad taken letters from the
Church at Sharon, and united with the Church at New Concord
on removing to Canaan, but owing to doctrinal differences, he
having become a Restorationist, was separated from it, though
still a rigorous Sabbatarian, and one of the Informing offi-
cers appointed to see that the laws regulating the observance of
the Sabbath were strictly enforced, on May i , 1 7 8 1 . He after-
wards also held the same office in the town of Sherburne, N. Y.

He must have removed to Florida, Montgomery Co., N. Y.,
as early as 1782, as a son was born to him there of that date.
From that place he removed to Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y.,
in 1793, he and and one of his sons, John Gray, Jr., being of
the original twenty pioneer families who settled that place. An
old map of the first survey of that quarter of the township shows
his name as having drawn Lot No. 12, 130 acres, in the division
of the lands. It proved to be a valuable tract, and the present
beautiful and prosperous village of Sherburne is located almost
wholly upon it. Mrs. Bicknell, an old lady still residing there,
well remembers when Mr. Gray's log house was standing in what
is now the centre of the business part of that town, comer of
East and North Street, and opposite the Soldiers' Monument.
He was a pubUc spirited citizen, interested much in all that per-
tained to the welfare of the growing settlement, and was influen-
tial in securing the extension of the Cherry Valley Turnpike,
in those early days a ver}' important thoroughfare, through to
Sherburne.

As heretofore stated, the starting point of this Genealogy was
a record kept by John Gray (4.) There are two of these mem-
orandums, one being in the form of a diar}' with yearly entries.
The latter is a unique document, and is here given entire :

JOHN gray's diary.

Nov. 16, 1813. — My wife and I have this day lived together half a
century. Have had 12 children; 3 are gone, 9 remain living. We have
had 62 gi'andchildren, 49 of whom remain living. We have had 4 great
grandchildren, all living.

My great grandfather moved from England among the former set-
tlers; had six sons. I live in remembrance of more than one-third part of
the time since the first settlement of New England. I remember four
wars; two with France, one glorious and one foolish with England. The
world that I was born into has almost all left me and I now live in a
a world of strangers.

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Nov, i6, 1814. — My wife and I have lived together another year.
Have added to our progeny 3 grand children and i great grandchild,
since dead.

Nov. 16, 1815. — We have lived together another year, in which have
been born i grandchild and 3 great grandchildren; I dead.

Nov. 16, 1816. — We have lived together another year, in which have
been born 3 grand children and 3 great grandchildren.

Nov. 16, 1817. — My wife and I have lived together another year,
which makes fifty-four. In this last have been born 2 grandchildren and
I great grandchild.

Nov. 16, 1818. — We have lived together another year, in which have
been born 2 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren; i dead.

Nov. 16, 1819. — We have lived together another year, in which have
been born 2 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

Nov. 16, 1820. — We have lived together another year, in which have
been born 2 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

Nov. 16, 1821. — We have lived together another year, in which have
been born i grandchild and 4 great grandchildren.

This closes the diary of John Gray, so significant in its brevity
and comprehensiveness, dignified, yet so fiall of pathos and ten-
derness. The harp of life was broken. At a good old age, in
his 83d year, Sept. 22, 1822, he was gathered to his fathers, and
was btiried in the Sherburne Quarter Cemetery, near his brother
Nathaniel, who had preceded him. His aged and beloved wife,
who followed him March 10, 1824, was buried by his side,
in the same resting place of the dead.

A granddaughter, who remembers him well, describes him as a
venerable man, erect of form, and with long silvered hair. He
was conscientious, philosophical, a man of thought, and lived a
most exemplary and useful Hfe. He was an earnest, devoted
Christian, and in a letter written to one of his sons describing a
great revival which took place in Sherburne in 1820, he used
the following language, significant of his glowing hope and strong
desire : " Thus may Christ go on conquering and to conquer
until all shall become subject to Him."

CHILDREN OF JOHN AND BETSEY GRAY.

Jerusha, bom in Sharon, Conn., Aug. 29, 1764; died in
Florida, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1786.

Betsey, born in Sharon, April 13, 1766; mar. Abraham
Raymond, (brother of Newcomb and James Raymond,
all of Kent, Conn., and among the proprietors and first
settlers of Sherburne, N. Y.,) Mays, ^7^3- Children:

IS-

Mercy, b. Apr. i8, 1785; David, b. May 21, 1787;

Ebenezer, (Rev.)b. Mar. 3, 1789; John, b. Feb. 10, 1791;

Abigail, b. Apr. 21, 1793, mar. Rev. Alvin T. Smith

and journeyed over the Rocky Mountains on horseback

as a Missionary to the Indians in Oregon, in 1 840;

Cynthia, b. Mar. 28, 1795; Lodema, b. Mar. 18, 1797;

Electa, (i) b. Apr. 3, 1799; Josiah, b. April 10, 1801;

Benjamin Newcomb, b. Feb. 20, 1804; Lodema, (2.)b.

Dec. 21, 1805; Electa, (2) b. Jan. 3, 1808; Semantha, b.

Feb. 8, 181 1.

Betsey Gray Raymond had the honor of being the first woman

among the settlers of Sherburne, and for several months was the

only woman there. She and her husband were both charter

members of the Congregational Church of that place, he being

one of the first two Deacons chosen. He died at Sherburne,

May 12, 1830; she afterwards removed to Victor, N. Y., where

she died April 21, 1839.

Mabel, born in Sharon, Nov. 10, 1767, mar. Aug. 10, 1785,
Newcomb Raymond, son of David, of Kent, Conn.,
he son of Abraham of Kent and Norwalk, Conn., son
of Thomas, son of John (2), son of John (i), son of
Richard Raymond of Beverly and Salem, Mass., 1630,
of Norwalk 1660, and afterwards of Saybrook, Conn.,
where he died 1692. The following children were born
of this marriage: Sarai Raymond, b. June 2, 1786;
Jerusha, b. Feb. 16, 1788; Harvey, b. Mar. 23, 1790;
Irad, b. June, 22, 1792; Alfred (i), b. June ist, 1794;
Anna, b. Mar. 7, 1796; Altred (2), b. Nov. 4, 1798;
Laura, b. Nov. 26, 1800; Augustine, b. Nov. i. 1802;

George B., b. Aug. 15, 1808. Alfred Raymond (2)

mar. Sarah Gardiner, dau. of Henry Gardiner son of
William Gardiner of the Gardiners of Gardiner's Is-
land, at Sherburne, N. Y., April 13, 1826. Children
Ruth, b. Jan. 9, 1827; WilUam H., b. Sept. 9, 1828
Angeline, b. Feb. 19, 1831; Marcius D., b. Apr. 8, 1833
Edgar and Edwin, twin brothers, b. January 19, 1836
Alfred Gray, b. Mar. i, 1837; Sarah C., b. Sept 7, 1839
Hervey, b. Nov. 4, 1841; La Mont Gardiner, b. Apr. 8,
1845; Amelia Newton, b. Nov.17, 1847. Sarah Gardiner
d. Feb. 6, 1849. Alfred Raymond mar. 2nd, Mrs.
Nancy Purdy. He d. Dec. 3, 1880; she d. Feb. 26, 1879.

Marcius D. Raymond son of Alfred, mar. Elnora

H. Purdy, Sept. 19, 1855, at Sherburne, N. Y. Child
Lizzie May Raymond, b. Springfield, O., May 4, 1858
mar. Joseph E. See, at Tarrytown, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1882
son, Raymond Gardiner See, b. Tarrytown, Feb. 14

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MABEL GRAY.

Mabel Gray Raymond was a woman of many attractive and
lovable qualities. Her memory is precious to all who knew her,
and is treasured as a priceless legacy by her descendants. An
aged relative, Mrs. Amanda Gray Lee, of Cedar Mountain, N. C,
now in her 94th year, who well remembers her, says of her, date
of Feb. II, 1886: "In person Mabel Gray was of medium
size, and well proportioned, with fair complexion and dark hair
and eyes. She was a woman of strong intellect and independent
character; a great reader, and possessed of unusual conversa-
tional powers; genial in manner, and entertaining alike to old and
young; which engaging gifts she continued to retain even when
a confirmed invalid, as was the case during the later years of her
life. She was a general favorite, and when a child one of the
greatest of treats to me was a visit to Aunt Mabel." She was
one of the original members of the Congregational Church of
Sherburne, at which place she continued to reside until her de-
cease, Feb. II, 1826. Her husband, Newcomb Raymond, a
patriot soldier of the Revolution, an upright man and a devout
Christian, died in 1852 aged 89 years. " E'en the ashes of the
just, smell sweet and blossom in the dust."

John (5), b. in Canaan, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1769; d. at Forest-
ville, N. Y., April 24, 1859.

Edward (i), b. in Canaan, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1 771, d. same
place and year.

Nathaniel, b. in Canaan, Aug. 4, 1773; d. at Savannah,
III, 1855.

Alfred (i), b. in Canaan, Mar. 24, 1775; d. in same place,
Oct. 17, 1775.

Anne, b. in Canaan, Oct. 8, 1776; mar. William Ryneck;

d. at Lincklaen, N. Y., Aug. i, 1838, leaving two sons

and six daughters.
Alfred (2), b. in Canaan, July 29, 1778; d. at Montreal,

Canada, Sept. 3, 1820.

Edward (2), b. in Canaan, June 20, 1780; d. at Alexander,

Genesee Co., N. Y., June 13, 1830.
Reuben, b. in Florida, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1782; d. at Elmira,

N. Y., i860.

Margaret, b. in Florida, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1785; mar. Wm.
Burns, from Scotland; had a son and two daughters.

JOHN GRAY.

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JOHN GRAY (5.)

Bom in Canaan, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1769, his boyhood was
mainly spent there, and Uv-ing in that eventful Revolutionary
period, and on the border ground, almost within hearing of the
battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, in which his father participat-
ed, he must have been thoroughly imbued with the patriotic
spirit of those stirring times, for at the age of fourteen he enlist-
ed in Col. Willett's command, and did duty on what was then
the western frontier of the State, until the cessation of hostilities.
He had already attained to the ordinary stature of a man, and
was physically competent to bear arms. Such a boyhood well
prepared him for a cheerful and loyal discharge of all the duties
of citizenship.

On the removal of his father's family to Florida, N. Y.,
1 78 1-2, he made that place and Duanesburgh his home until his
removal to Sherburne, Chenango County, N. Y., about 1794-5.
He married Diantha Burritt, daughter of the Rev. Blackleach
Burritt, a Congregationalist Minister who used to take his mus-
ket into the pulpit for defence, and for ready joining in offensive
warfare, if need be, who was captured by the British near Wliite
Plains, N. Y., and for a long time confined in the notorious
Sugar House Prison at New York. It is worthy of record here
in this connection, that while the Patriot Pastor was so incarcer-
ated, being sick almost unto death, he was kindly ministered un-
to by William Irving, father of Washington Irving, and to whom
he afterwards gave a quaint certificate vouching for his loyalty and
setting forth the facts of the case, he (Irving) evidently being un-
der the impression that his residence in the city during the war
might expose him to proscription on the part of the now victor-
ious Patriots. The document is published in Vol. I., of Wash-
ington living's Biography, and reference is made to the fact in the
Burritt Family Record.

The marriage took place at Winhall, Vt., May 26, 1793, the
father of the bride officiating. The bans published at the close
of the morning sermon, a sermon for the occasion was prepar-
ed in the intermission, and the marriage ceremony was perform-
ed at the close of the afternoon service. It had been decided
by the family, after the father had gone to "the meeting," (early,
a.s was his custom,) that as sisters were there from a distance,

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and the horse-back journey from Duanesburgh, N. Y., made by the
expectant bridegroom for the visit, was a long and tedious one,
it was best that the union be then and there consummated, not-
withstanding that the bride to be was then engaged in teaching
school. A witness of the scene said he well remembered the weep-
ing of the bride in it all. When asked by her child in after
years why this was, she replied, " I deeply felt my unfitness
through youth and inexperience, for the responsibilities and trials
awaiting a maiden of eighteen years." Her husband and child-
ren always " rose up and called her blessed," for her faithful and
loving wifehood and motherhood, trained as she was in the
school of those times to be a true helpmeet to her husband in
life's responsibilities. Quite naturally their five sons were all
staunch Republicans, Temperance and Anti-Slavery men, and
though not called themselves to defend our National liberties in
war, were ever the promoters of the good things of peace times,
and when the strife to preserve our federal compact inviolate
came, gave their benediction to their sons, who fought for the
Union, made and sealed by the blood of their ancestors.

The bride and groom evidently soon set their faces in the di-
rection of their to be new home in the wilderness, at Sherburne,
N. Y., where the enterprising husband had already secured an
interest, being one of the thirteen original Proprietors of a
Quarter of a township in the fertile and beautiful valley of the
Chenango, the first settlement of which was made in 1793. Mr.
Gray was a prominent citizen of the thriving town, in the church
as well as in public affairs, and in 1813 he took a seat upon the
bench as Associate Judge, being so chosen by the unanimous
action of both parties — a significant tribute to his integrity and
worth as a man.

Judge Gray removed with his family to Chautauqua Co., N. Y.,
in 1 81 9, and continued to reside there until his decease, which
took place April 24, 1859. The following brief " in memorian"
sketch is from the pen of William Cullen Bryant, in the N. Y.
Evening Post:

"Judge Gray, the father of Dr. John F. Gray of this city, died
on Saturday last, at Forestville in Chautauqua County, in his
ninety-first year. He was a remarkable example of mental ac-
tivity and bodily health preserved to a late old age — cheerful,
benevolent, aiid enjoying life to the last. Another link has beer*

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struck from the chain of Uving testimony, which but a few years
ago, seemed to bind us so firmly to the men of the Revohition.
The last years of his life were passed in retirement at his resi-
dence at Forestville, interrupted only by occasional visits to his
son in New York. Of the hundreds who are bound to Dr. Gray
by the tender ties of physician and patient, there are few who
will not long remember the commanding form, scarcely bent by
age, the silver lock and the serene and benignant countenance,
that used to appear from time to time in his crowded rooms, as
if to remind us how grand and how beautiful old age may be,

" 'When watched by eyes that love him, cahii and sage,
Slow fade his late declining years away.' "

CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAY (5) AND DIANTHA BURRITT HIS WIFE.

Nathaniel, b. in Duanesburgh, N. Y., Nov. 7th, 1794; d.

at Silver Creek, N. Y., Jan., 1872.
Blackleach B., Rev., b. in Sherburne, N. Y., Mar. 31,

1797; d. Canandaugua, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1870.
DiANTHA (i), b. in Sherburne, July 22, 1799; d. July 28,

1800.
Alfred W., Dr., b. in Sherburne, April 15, 1802; d. at

Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 8, 1873.
John F., (6), Dr., b. in Sherburne, Sept. 23, 1804; d. June

5, 1882.
Patrick W., Dr., b. in Sherburne, Nov. 18, 1806; d. at

Ehnira, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1865.
Diantha, 2d, b. in Sherburne, March 8, 1809.
Samuel B., b. Oct. 10, 1812; d. Nov. 14, 1812.

JOHN F. GRAY (6.)

Dr. John Franklin Gray was bom in Sherburne, N. Y., on
September 23, 1804, and was the fourth of five sons of John
Gray, one of the first settlers in that town. When he was fifteen
years old his father moved to Chautauqua County. There
were no good schools in that part of the State then, but
young Gray was very industrious in his studies and ob-
tained a good education. At an early age he chose medicine as
his profession, but as his father's means were limited, he had to
earn the money for obtaining his medical education. He first
entered the office of Dr. Haven, of Hamilton. He stayed there
for two years, and afterward went to Dunkirk, N. Y., where he
opened a private school, studying medicine all the time under
Dr. Williams. In 1824 he went to New York, entered the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons and obtained his degree in
1826. Soon after his graduation Dr. Gray opened an office, and
was successful from the first.

He married a daughter of Dr. Amos G. Hull, a prominent
physician of that city. Soon after his marriage. Dr. Gray learn-
ed of Hahnemann's medical theories through Hans B. Gram, a
Danish doctor, who was bom in Boston of Danish parents and
educated in Denmark. He heard Dr. Gram lecture, but was
not convinced. He then reluctantly consented to let Dr. Gram
treat one of his patients whose case had resisted his own skill.
Dr. Gram had remarkable success, not only with that patient but
with others, and Dr. Gray was converted to Homoeopathy. He
announced his intention openly, of practicing according to that
system, and in consequence lost his profitable practice, and all
his professional friends. He endured many hardships and much
ill treatment for his devotion to Homoeopathy. He studied
German so that he might become more familiar with Hahne-
mann's works, and of)ened a correspondence with that distin-
guished physician that continued till Hahnemann's death.

Dr. Gray soon made many converts among his acquaintances
and relatives. His brother-in-law, Dr. A. Gerald Hull, was
one of the first, and two of his brothers followed soon after.
Dr. Gray was the first to propose the formation of a National
Society of Honioeopathists, and in 1 844 the American Institute
of Homoeopathy was organized. Previously, in 1834, aided by

JOHN F. GRAY.

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Dr. Hull, he had commenced the publication of the first Homoe-
opathic journal, The Exaviiner, to which he was a frequent con-
tributor. He was also the author of " The Early Annals of
Homoeopathy," published in 1863. It should be stated in this
connection, that Dr. Gray was the first convert to Homoeopathy
in tliis country, and was for a long period its most distinguished
advocate.

Dr. Gray was an accomplished classical scholar. He receiv-
ed the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Hamilton Col-
lege in 1 87 1. He was always an earnest advocate of a high
standard of medical scholarship, and was instrumental in having
the law passed establishing the State Board of Medical Examin-
ers. He was chosen President of the first Board of Examiners,
and always kept the position.

Dr. Gray was a member of the " Society of the Cincinnati,"
having been admitted July 4th, i860; he was the Physician of
the Society from July 4th, 1878, until his death, June 5th, 1882,
and by a general order issued, the members of the Society were
requested to attend his funeral at Dr. Hall's Church, Fifth Ave-
and 55th St., New York, on Thursday, June 8th. Dr. Gray
was also a member of the N. Y. Historical Society.

Dr. Gray was strong in his attachment to his family and kin-
dred, and all memories of such association were by him fondly
cherished. The place of his birth and the home of his early
years was ever to him an object of much interest, and the anni-
versary of his leaving it to go out into the world of strangers was
always by him remembered, the day of "Removal" being next
sacred, in his family calendar, to days of Birth, and Burial. His
description of a visit made by him to Sherburne, after nearly
fifty years of absence, and his recognition of a kinsman there,
not seen in all that long period ; then young, now a gray haired
veteran; by a strong resemblance in his eyes to those of his
mother, the Doctor's dear "Aunt Mabel," was a striking evidence
of the strength of such attachments in him. While there he also
looked after the graves of his ancestors with pious care, and
attended to the preservation of memorial stones that had been set
up. It pleased him to find that while times had changed, old
forms and customs still remained; on the Sabbath he heard the
same prayers uttered, the same songs sung, and the same doc-
trines preached as when a boy. And it gratified him that it

should be so. Half a century of busy, active life in tlie great
metropolis, fame fairly won, and a professional career rarely
equalled in the full measure of its success, had not changed the
simplicity and sincerity of his nature. The old loves were still
the strongest.

And at the last, after investigating with deep philosophical in-
sight the facts of science, and after all analytical and meta-
physical research, in the true child-like spirit of the humble,
believing disciple, he trusted only and wholly in Christ as his
Redeemer, Saviour. To which fact, his beloved pastor, Dr.
John Hall, gave ample testimony in his funeral discourse, in the
presence of the great and notable assemblage which had gather-
ed to do honor to the memory of the eminent and beloved
physician, Dr. Gray.

DESCENDANTS OF DR. JOHN F. GRAY (6).

Dr. Gray married Elizabeth W. Hull, in New York, Sept. 25,
1826, by whom were the following children :

Elizabeth W., daughter of Dr. John F. Gray, (6), b. 1827;
mar. Dr. Lewis T. Warner, 1848; d. Sept. 1865; he
d. 1882. children:

Gerald Gray Warner, b. May 9, 1851.

John Franklin Gray Warner, b. July 21, 1859;

d. July 29, i860.
Mary Warner, b. 1861; mar. Henry H. Sher-
wood, of San Francisco, Aug. 18, 1885.
Louise Warner, b. Oct. 1865; mar. Chas. Loring
Brace, Jr., of Dobb's Feny, N. Y., Jan. 14,
1885, and resides at Minneapolis, Minn.
John F. S. Gray, Dr., (7), b. in New York, July, 1840;
mar. Anna Howell, 1865. Following children:

Gerald H., b. Sept. 20, 1866; member of class

of '89, Harvard College.
John F., (8), b. Dec. 18, 1867; pupil with Rev,

Edward Everett Hale, at Roxbur)', Mass.
Edward F., b. Apr. 1869; d. Oct. 14, 1877.
Elizabeth Williams, b. July 18, 1870.
Mary, b. Sept. 1871; d. Jan. 1873.
Mary L., daughter of Dr. John F. Gray, (6), b. 1846; mar.
Benjamin Knower, of New York, 1873; d. April 13,
1879, leaving no children.
Also there were the following deceased children of Dr. John
F. Gray (6) : John, Josephine, John 2d, Geraldine,
aged 1 9 years, and Edward, who died aged 1 6, while
at Harvard Preparatory School.

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NATHANIEL GRAY.

The eldest son of John Gray (5), lie was born at Duanesburgh,
N. Y., Nov. 7th, 1795, and soon after removed with his parents
to Sherburne, Chenango County, N. Y., where his father was
one of the pioneer settlers. He married Harriet Dewey, at
Lisle, N. Y., in Feb., 1824, and removed to Chautauqua Co.,
N. Y. He was elected Member of Assembly, and served in
the State Legislature during the session of 1833. He was also
several times chosen Supervisor of his town, and evinced much
aptitude for pubHc affairs, and an uprightness that gave him
large respect and confidence.

Mr. Gray was a man of great sincerity, strong convictions,
and was a devoted Christian. His pastor, speaking at his funeral,
said: " Our departed fi-iend had been for over half a century a
professed follower of Jesus, having joined the Church as a young
man. I can say that it was always a good thing for me to com-
mune with him. You well know, how long after infirmity might
have been thought to excuse him, he attended regularly on the
services of God's house, and took his part among Christ's people,
in witnessing for Jesus, in teaching the Word in the Bible Class,
and in other duties of a Christian. I remember well his peculiar
pleasure in attending the meetings held for Sabbath School
children, and his earnest endeavors to give interest, and a useful
direction to all such occasions. And the children always loved
to see and hear him as he spoke to them in cheerful and in-
structive words. Naturally Mr. Gray was of a somewhat doubt-
ing and desponding turn, but his faith was able usually to rise
above the depression incident to such a temperament. I re-
member well how earnestly once an old and true friend of his.
Rev. Nathaniel Smith, inquired of me after his former friend and
dear co-worker in the vineyard, Nathaniel Gray."

Such was the tenor of this good man's life. Singularly pure
and upright, universally and highly esteemed, he had a constitu-
tional inheritance which subjected him at times to religious
melancholy and depression of mind. Withal he had good
musical talent, which he cultivated to some extent for especial
use in Sabbath School work. He was a man of sensitive nature,
and many admirable qualities; a brother beloved. He left no
children. His wife, who survived him, died January 5, 1877.

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BLACKLEACH BURRITT GRAY.

Rev. Blackleach Burritt Gray, second son of Judge John Gray
(5), was bom at Sherburne, N. Y., March 31, 1797. He bore
the name of his maternal grandfather. Rev. Blackleach Burritt,
a man who was notorious in his day as a preacher and a patriot.

Educated at Hamilton College, and Auburn Theological
Seminary, in September, 1829, he was licensed to preach by the
Buffalo Presbytery, and was ordained and installed first as pastor
of the Presbyterian Church at Sheridan, Chautauqua County,
New York, where his father resided. He preached at Sheridan
from May 12, 1830, until Oct. 9, 1833, when he was called to
the Presbyterian Church at Byron, Genesee Co., N. Y.; preach-
ing there until April, 1837, he was called to the Presbyterian
Church at Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he officiat-
ed until 1840, when he removed to Brighton, Monroe Co., N.
Y., and had the charge of the Presbyterian Church at that place
for the period of ten years.

About the year 1850 he was called to the Presbyterian Church
at Seneca Castle, Ontario Co., N. Y, where he preached for
nearly eighteen years, when from feeble health and infirmity of
years, he resigned his charge in his seventieth year, and retired
from the ministry, removing to a home which his son, Gen. John
B. Gray, of St. Louis, had provided for him at Canandaigua, N. Y.

'ITiere, in his declining years and feebleness, he was most
pleasantly and comfortably situated in the bosom of his family
and amid Christian friends, until he was attacked by typhoid
fever, and after an illness of several weeks, died on Feb. 18,
1870, aged 73 years. As a layman and pastor for fifty years, he
labored earnestly and faithfully in the cause of Christ, and his
ministrations were most successful in the conversion of sinners.
Many men, much more distinguished by worldly honors, have
accomplished much less for the salvation of souls.

He was married at Auburn, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1829, to Miss
Mary N. Arnett, daughter of William and Mary Aniett. She
was his faithful companion and judicious counsellor, whose sym-
pathizing heart and hand did much to sustain and encourage
him through his arduous labors, and in raising his family. She
survived him for ten years, and died at the home of her son.
Gen. John B. Gray, at Saint Louis, May 12, 1880, aged 76 years.

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DESCENDANTS OF REV. BLACKLEACH BURRITT GRAY.

John Burritt Gray, Gen., b. at Sheridan, N. Y., June 25,
1831; mar. Mary F. Morehouse, at Springfield, 111.,
Nov. 15, 1854. Children:

LiLLiE Hull GRAY,b. Aug. 13, 1856; mar. Richard
P. Hanenkamp, Jr., at St. Louis, Mo., Dec.
18, 1878. Children: Ethel Hanenkamp,
b. Jan. 30, 1880; d. Sept. 18, 1882. Ralph
Gray Hanenkamp, b. Nov. 26, 1883; d. Apr.
12, 1884.
Minnie Gray, b. Nov. 12, 1858; d. Aug. 16, i860.

His first wife having died, at Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1861,
John B. Gray married 2d, Caroline L. A. Favis, Aug. 31, 1877.

Samuel Orton Gray, son of Rev. Blackleach B. Gray, b.

Jan. 28, 1834; d. Jan. 9, 1835.
Mary Diantha Gray, b. July 12, 1835; d. Feb. 10, 1837.
Mary Dlantha Gray, 2d, b. at Jamestown, N. Y., June 12,
1838; mar. Henry J. Peck, at Seneca Castle, N. Y.,
Oct. 18, 1859. Children:

Fred B. Peck, b. Aug. 18, i860.
James I. Peck, b. Aug. 10, 1863.
Mary Gray Peck, b. Oct. 21, 1867.
William Arnett Gray, son of Rev. Blackleach B. Gray,
b. at Brighton, N. Y., June 10; 1840; mar. Lydia
A. Keevil, June 12, 1880. Issue:
Alice Gray, b. Oct. 20, 1881.
William A. Gray has been connected with the American Ex-
press Company in various positions of trust for the past twenty
years, and is still in the employ of that Company, at Cleveland,
Ohio.

James Richard Gray, son of Rev. Blackleach B. Gray, b.
at Brighton, N. Y., April 9, 1844. His first marriage
was with Sarah H. Scott, at Kansas City, Mo., July
20, 1870, of which marriage were bom:
Mary P. Gray, b. March 6, 187 1.
John B. Gray, Jr., b. July 10, 1874.

Mr. Gray's first wife died Oct. 5, 1875, and his second mar-
riage was with Margaret Hutchison, at St. Louis, Mo., May 12,
1880, of which marriage were born :

Fred Gray, b. Oct. 9, 1881.

Roy Gray, b. May 12, 1883.

Richard Gray, b. Mar. 10, 1885.

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JOHN BURRITT GRAY.

Gen. John Burritt Gray, the eldest son of Rev. Blackleach
B. Gray, bom at Sheridan, N. Y., June 25, 1831, on becoming
of age removed to Saint Louis, Mo., where he was engaged in
business for some ten years prior to the war. The call to arms
did not find him debating the question of his loyalty, but with
all the ardor of a patriotic nature he espoused the Union cause,
and from the first gave to it strong and courageous support.

He was associated with Gens. Lyon, Schofield, and Frank P.
Blair, in organizing and drilling the loyal men of the State of
Missouri during the summer of 186 1. In November of that
year, he accepted a staff position with Gen. Halleck as Lieut.
Col. and A. D. C., and was assigned to duty with Gen. Scofield.
In the summer of 1862 he was commissioned Colonel of the ist
Infantry M. S. M., and also Brigadier General of the Missouri
Militia. He served with his Regiment, and by seniority as Col.
commanded a Brigade in the field for several months, and until
the spring of 1863, when he accepted the position of Adjutant
General of Missouri, which he held until the close of the war.

His duties were onerous and responsibihties great. ITie State
was divided almost equally as to loyalty and disloyalty, and there
was a neighborhood or partisan warfare throughout its borders,
compelling the maintenance of a small army of its own which
co-operated with the United States troops in suppressing the
Rebellion. About one hundred Regiments of this force made
their returns and reports direct to Gen. Gray, in addition to the
business of a hundred more Regiments of Missouri Volunteers,
which were in the service of the United States; so that his po-
sition was different, and more difficult than that of the Adjutants
General of the loyal States, whose duties consisted mainly in or-
ganizing their respective volunteers and turning them over to
the authorities.

Gen. Gray sought service in the field, but circumstances pre-
vented it; the loyal old Governor, (Gamble) insisted upon his
taking the chief position upon his staff, which he accepted, and
doubtless so rendered his country as much service as he could
have given had he commanded a fighting brigade or division on
the field.

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At the close of the war, Gen. Gray prepared and presented to
Congress the claim of Missouri for reimbursement of monies ex-
pended on behalf of the United States in supporting troops, and
after two years' work succeeded in collecting and paying into the
State Treasury upwards of seven millions of dollars in settle-
ment of that claim. In 1867 he declined the office of Post-
master of St. Louis, tendered him by President Johnson, and
he was afterwards offered the position of Third Auditor of the
Treasury by President Grant. His name was also prominently
mentioned in connection with other and higher office, but he
declined public service, preferring to engage in the activities of
business affairs. For several years past he has been connected
Avith the American Patent Brake Co., of which he is the Vice
President, with headquarters now in New York.

JAMES R. GRAY.

James R. Gray served with credit in the war for the Union,
as I St Lieutenant of the 7 th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, and
upon the staff of General Davidson in the Arkansas campaign,
receiving honorable mention from the General in his reports, es-
pecially in the battle resulting in the capture of Little Rock.
He served with Gen. Davidson during some two years of the
war, when he resigned on account of ill health. Nearly ever
since he has occupied, and still holds the position of Clerk of
the Circuit Court of St Louis.

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ALFRED WLLIAM GRAY.

Alfred William Gray, M. D., third son of John Gray (5), was
born in Sherburne, N. Y., April 15, 1802, and spent his youth
and early manhood in that place. His father was for many years
Associate Judge of Chenango County, and prominent among
the early settlers there. His mother was the daughter of a Pres-
byterian clergyman of note, and a lady of character and culture.

Dr. Gray's early education was acquired in the public schools
of the County, and after graduating from them he was placed
under the care of a valued friend of the family practising medi-
cine in the neighborhood. From the office of that physician,
after a tutorship of four years, he passed the examination of the
Chenango County Medical Society, and received the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. He afterwards practised his profession
at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., and there married Valeria EUzabeth
Dodd, in 1823.

He was appointed Surgeon in the N. Y. State Militia, by Gov.
De Witt Clinton, and after a few years' service, he resumed pri-
vate practice at Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N. Y., from
whence he removed to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1856, where he
practised his profession until the time of his death, Jan. 8, 1873.

Dr. Gray was a skilful Surgeon, and while residing at James-
town, he successfully performed the very difficult and hazardous
operation (the second of the kind it is said that was performed
in the United States,) of removing an ovarian tumor, — a very
large one, — assisted only by one of his medical students. Years
afterwards, in remarking upon his emotions on that occasion, he
stated that before the patient went on the table, he shook like a
leaf in the wind, for he was about to cut where, if the knife
swerved a hair's breadth, it might be fatal. " But after prayer
with the patient, I was as steady as a rock, and I could then
have cut her into pieces without a quiver, if it had been ne-
cessary to do so."

Dr. Gray was a devoted Christian, and his faith in God was
something wonderful. He was a man of pronounced religious
principle, and a light in the Presbyterian faith, in which church
he officiated as pastor for a period of two years during his resi-
dence in Chautauqua Co., N. Y.

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DESCENDANTS OF DR. ALFRED VV. GRAY.

Deborah, b. 1825; d. at the age of five years.
John, b. 1827 ; d. at six months old.

Mary E., daughter, of Grand Rapids, Mich., b. at Water-
town, N. Y., July 18, 1830; mar. Danford Miller
Crosby, Esq., at Jamestown, N. Y., June 14, 1849,
and resides at Grand Rapids, Mich. Children:

Alfred William, b. at Jamestown, N. Y., Apr. 3,

1850, now residing at Round Rock, Texas.
Hattie Valeria, b. at Ionia, Mich., Jan. 12,
1857; mar. Amos De Courcey Greene, at
Grand Rapids, Mich.; children : Alfred De
Courcey, b. July 31, 1878 ; Cora Valeria, b.
Apr. 13, 1884.
Jane A., daughter, b. July, 1831 ; mar. to James Foote, at
Jamestown, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1850; d. in Oct., 1862.
Children :

Minnie E., b. Dec. i, 1851; mar. Dr. Geo. E.

Morgan, 1869; resides in New York.
Valeria, b. Mar. 30, 1854; mar. Henry Tread-
well of New York.
Harriet, b. Aug. 16, 1856; mar. William Tread-
well, of New York.
Harry.
Frances Gray, daughter, of Cambridge, N. Y., b. in
Sheridan, Chautauqna Co., N. Y., Dec. 8, 1833; mar.
to Rev. Henry G. Blinn, Nov. 5, 1850. Children:
Kate Goodwin, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., Jan. 31,
1852; mar. Russell Cole, July 4, 187 1, at
Cambridge, Washington Co., N. Y. Alfred
Thomas Cole, son, b. July, 1874, d. Aug. 20,
1880. Mr. Russell Cole died same year, and
Mrs. Cole mar. 2d, Christian Emil Lohmann,
Oct. 10, 1882. Mr. Lohmann, is a native of
Copenhagen, an architect and artist. Pres-
ent residence, Chicago.

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Alfred Barrett Blinn, b. in Tecumseh, Mich.,
Feb. II, 1859; d. Sept. 17, 1863, at Cohoes,
N. Y.

Francis Gray Blinn, Dr., b.in Tecumseh, Mich.,
Jan. 23, 1 861; mar. Louise Bloeden, at South
Saginaw, Mich., May 26, 1883; now practising
medicine at Lansing, Mich. Anna Minnie,
daughter, was b. in Chicago, 111., Mar. 7th,
1884.

Valeria, daughter, b. at Panama, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.,
Mar. 14, 1836; mar. Rev. Thomas Sherrard, at Mil-
waukee, Wis., June 21, i860. Children:

Henry Gray, b. at Centralia, 111., Aug. 6, 1S61;

Professor of Classics, at Detroit, Mich.
Margaret P., b. at Centralia, 111., Mar. 20, 1S63;
mar. Prof. Charlton T. Lewis, of New York,
June 30, 1885.
Evelyn Barrett, b. Aug. 26, 1864, at Centralia,

111.; residence, Tecumseh, Mich.
Valeria Gray, b. Mar. 19, 1867, at Brooklyn,

Mich., d. Feb. 22, 1877.
Harriet Winifred, b. at Brooklyn, Mich., Jan.
25, 1869.

Thomas Hindman, b. at Brooklyn, Mich., May 17,
1874.

Rev. Thomas Sherrard died at Brooklyn, Mich. Aug.
10, 1874.

Harriet, daughter, b. at Panama, N. Y., Mar. 31, 1838;
mar. Dwight W. Jackson in 1858; d. at Brooklyn,
Mich., Sept. 10, 1873.

Alfred Gray, b. Dec. 1840; killed by a barrel of wet ashes
falling upon him in July, 1844.

Nathaniel A., Dr., of Milwaukee, Wis., b. at Portland,
N. Y., Mar. 8, 1842; mar. Lctitia Dunn, at New Lis-
bon, Wis., 1866.

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NATHANIEL A. GRAY.

Nathaniel A. Gray, M. D., of Milwaukee, Wis., son of Dr.
Alfred \W. Gray, was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., March 8,
1842, and received his earlier training in the Academy at
Jamestown, N. Y. Leaving that State in 1856, with his parents,
who emigrated westward and took up their abode in Milwaukee,
he entered as a pupil in the High School of that city, complet-
ing his literary studies in 1861.

Medical culture having been his objective point, he com-
menced his career under the tutelage of his father, an eminent
and skilful physician, with whom he remained four years, and
then completed his medical studies at Bellevue and N. Y. Ho-
moeopathic Hospitals, where he received his degree of M. D.,
in 1867.

Dr. Gray was married at New Lisbon, Juneau County, Wis.,
Feb. 29th, 1866, to Letitia Dunn, a native of Portage City, Wis.,
the daughter of Andrew and Sarah Dunn, two of the early pion-
eers in Wisconsin's Territorial history.

To Nathaniel and Letitia Gray have been born four children,
as follows:

Sarah Elizabeth Gray, b. Apr. 23, 1867.

Nathaniel Gray, b. June 8, 1869; d. Aug. 20, 1870.

Alfred William Gray, b. Sept. 26, 1873.

Walter K. Gray, b. Nov. 28, 1878.
Dr. N. A. Gray has a large practice, and deservedly takes
high rank in the medical profession of Milwaukee. He was for
several years Secretary of the Homoeopathic State Medical Soci-
ety of Wisconsin, and has been officially connected with the
Asylum for the insane in that State.

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PATRICK WELLS GRAY.

Dr. Patrick Wells Gray, fifth and youngest son of Judge John
Gray (5), was born in Sherburne, N. Y., Nov. i8th, 1806. Re-
movmg with his father's family to western New York, in iSig,
he afterwards studied medicine with Dr. Beebe, ci Erie, Pa., and
graduating at an allopathic school entered upon the practice
of medicine.

Dr. Gray married Amy Wentworth Graves, at Erie, Pa., Sept.
29th, 1830, after which he took up Theology, graduating at
Oberlin College, and was ordained and installetl in the Presby-
terian ministry, at Randolph, Pa. Subsequently he was station-
ed at Hamburg, N. Y., preaching at these places some five years,
after which, in 1842, he resumed the practice of medicine, hav-
ing, in the meantime, by study and careful investigation, become
converted to the Homoeopathic school. At that time he remov-
ed to Buffalo, then having a population of twenty or twenty-five
thousand. He was the pioneer of Homoeopathy there, and con-
tinued the practice of his profession in tliat city some ten years.
Being afilicted with a throat and bronchial affection which was
aggravated by Lake winds. Dr. Gray removed from Buffalo to
Elmira, N. Y., in 1852, where he continued in a large and lucra-
tive practice until his decease, Dec. 18, 1865. His wife, Mrs.
Amy W. Gray, survived him some three years.

DESCENDANTS OF DR. PATRICK WELLS GRAY.

Carroll E. Gray, b. in Madison, Ohio, July 23, 1831.

Harriet Diantha Gray, b. in Portland, N. Y., March 9th,
1835; mar. Wellington Gray Lee, son of Joel Lee and
Amanda Gray Lee, and great-great-grandson of John
Gray (3) of Sharon, in London, England, June 5, 1862.
He d. in New York, 1881. Her present residence is at
Hornellsville, N. Y. Children: An infant daughter died
in London, England, May 7, 1863.

John F. Gray Lee, b. Aug. 5, 1867; d. Aug. 16,

1867.
Wellington Gray Lee, b. Apr. 11, 1869.

Theodore W. Gray, b. in Westfield, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1837;
d. at Randolph, Pa., Aug. i, 1840.

RoLLiN B. Gray, Dr., b. in Randolph, Pa., June 4, 1840.

Ella Elizabeth Gray, of Hornellsville, N. Y., b. in Buffalo,
N. Y., Aug. 2, 1846.

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CARROLL EUGENE GRAY.

Carroll Eugene Gray, son of Dr. P. Wells Gray, was born in
Madison, Ohio, July 23d, 1831. While in his youth his parents
located at Buffalo, N. Y., where he received a common school
education, completing an academical course in Jamestown, N.
Y. ; following commercial pursuits till 1868, when he began the
study of, and engaged in both tlie management and construction
of illuminating gas works. In 1873 he removed to St. Louis,
Mo., interesting capital of that city in local gas and water com-
panies, promoting and building works in Missouri, Texas, Colo-
rado, Illinois, Indiana and Kansas.

In 1883 Mr. Gray moved to Chicago, undertaking by prefer-
ence, work in the north-west, bearing a creditable name through-
out that region, both as a Gas and a Hydraulic Engineer and
Builder. During this period of seventeen years the subject of
this sketch has constructed some eleven gas works, and nine
water works, and in some of the more prominent towns of the
west. His two elder sons are now succeeding him in the busi-
ness, Mr. Gray declining large contracts in future.

Mr. Gray married Emma E. ^Vilton, of Kent, England.
Children:

Pauline E. Gray, b. in London, England, Sept. 24, 1859;

mar. Frank L. Deming, St. Louis, Mo.
Carroll E. Gray, Jr., b. in London, England, Sept. 7th,

1862.
Theodore Wells Gray, b. in New York city, Aug. 4th,

1865.
John Rollin Gray, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, June 13th,

1868.
Amy Wentvvorth Gray, b. in Lawrence, Kansas, Nov. 2d,

1872.
Hattie E. Gray, b. in St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 30th,

1876.

The present residence of Mr. and Mrs. Gray and family is at
Fergus Falls, Minn.

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ROLLIN B. GRAY.

Dr. Rollin B. Gray, youngest son of Dr. Patrick Wells Gray,
was born in Randolph, Crawford Co., Pa., June 4th, 1840.
Graduated in medicine in 1865, and also received the degree of
M. D., from the Homoeopathic College of New York in 187 1.
He served as a Lieutenant in a Missouri Regt. for two years and
three months in the War for the Union; was in the first engage-
ment of the war, at "Camp Jackson," and also at Fulton, Callo-
way Co., Mo. Detached duty at St. Louis, during balance of
service.

Dr. Gray engaged in practice with his uncle, Dr. John F.
Gray, of New York, until August, 1866, when he removed to
Brooklyn, N. Y., where he built up a large and lucrative clien-
tele. Was elected President, for three successive years, of the
"Long Island Medical Society," which consists of members of
both the Homcepathic and Allopathic Schools of Medicine.
Returned to practice in connection with Dr. John F. Gray in
New York, 1877, where he remained until the latter's death, in
June, 1882.

Dr. Gray was married in 1867 to Lillie D. Whitney, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y., by whom are the following children:

Anita Gray, b. Apr. 29, 1868.

Marian Gray, b. Oct. 26, 1869.

Lillian Gray, b. Jan. 5, 1S71; d. Apr. 12, 1876.

Elizabeth Gray, b. June 12, 1872; d. Mar. 9, 1873.

Dr. Gray and family now reside in the city of New York,
where he is actively engaged in the practice of his profession.

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IHANTIIA F.T.OISF. C RAY-SAC K F. TT.

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DIANTHA ELOISE GRAY-SACKETT.

Mrs. Diantha Eloise Gray-Sackett, youngest daughter of
Judge John Gray (5) and Diantha Burritt his wife, was born at
Sherburne, N. Y., Mar. 8, 1809, of which place she still has
many pleasant recollections, although she removed from there
with her parents in 181 9, to Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Miss Gray
at an early age manifested a desire and an aptness for teach-
ing, and when older, chose it for her life work. This led her and
her parents to seek her best qualifications for it. Troy Seminary
was the only one in the State that held out anything for girls
better than did the " Select Schools," with their medley of studies
unillustrated and half taught, or the Academies here and there.
The goal of her ambition however before her, she tried to make
good use of these advantages supplemented by instruction from
tutors, both in the country and in New York city. Finding light
literature interfering with her lessons and course of study, she
resolutely put it all aside till she should have "done with

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In 1829 her motives were changed, and thenceforth that of
duty to serve God and her generation were the impelHng force
in devotion to her calling. Gradually the conviction that it was
a paramount claim on her to set aside ordinary teaching for ef-
forts to raise the needed interest and the means to establish a
permanent school in which the many young lady converts of
those days of revivals (1830-1836) might be received and helped
to become as polished comers of the Temple.

So impressed, and after a year in visiting Christian leaders of
the then existing schools, and pastors of churches, she became
satisfied of the feasibility of the scheme, and relinquishing her
own school for its prosecution, in the spring of 1837 she
went to Le Roy, N. Y., to aid in laying the foundations of such
an institution. Though not at first the realization of all her
views and hopes, the result was a prosperous and excellent Sem-
inary, and finally, through the gift of its devoted Founder, Mrs.
E. E. Ingham Staunton, of the entire investment, a really pubHc
institution, a free will offering on the altar of advanced and
Christian education. As the Ingham University, it recently cel-
ebrated its Semi-Centennial Anniversary.

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Miss Gray was married June 25, 1839, to Rev. H. A. Sackett,
and for about 1 1 years shared with him his pastoral responsibili-
ties in Franklinville, N. Y., and in Groton, N. Y. Among those
duties she found that of teaching a school of twenty to forty
young ladies, longing for advantages they could not find other-
wise; in the ist, as Home Mission Parish, and in the 2nd, a call
to care for the Female Department of the Academy.

Thus providentially Mr. Sackett became himself so intensely
interested by what he saw of the necessity of more accessible
means of cultiu^e, especially to fit many daughters of the church
for usefulness, that he at last decided it duty to suspend, for the
necessary time, his ministerial work, and give himself to that of
building up a College for women, of equal value, and in the niay
so many had been provided for young men.

After six years of inestimable labor the Elmira College came
into existence, mainly through their united and most earnest ef-
forts. They felt themselves called of God to this work, and
ever rejoiced in it as such, though so great had been its prostrat-
ing power, that Mr. Sackett could not return to the ministry he
so loved.

Afterward they opened a school at Stonington, Conn., that
they might educate their only daughter at home, and at the
same time make one more contribution to the cause of Christian
education. This attained, they found rest and a quiet home in
Cranford, N. J., where Mr. Sackett died Dec. 30, 1879, and
where Mrs. Sackett still resides. A woman of rare fortitude,
faith, courage, culture, character, and high endowments; esteem-
ed and beloved, the centre of many strong ties of kindred and
affection.

Eliza Diantha Sackett, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Sack-
ett, bom Sept. 7th, 1840, resides wth her mother at
Cranford, N. J.

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NATHANIEL GRAY.

Nathaniel Gray, son of John Gray (4), was born near New
Concord, in Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., Aug. 14, 1773.
He married at Sherburne, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1797, Sarah Butler,
who was bom at Weathersfield, Conn., Apr. 30, 1771. Mr. and
Mrs. Gray afterwards removed to German, Chenango Co. N. Y.,
then to Evans, N. Y., and from there to Savanna, 111., where
Nathaniel Gray died at the residence of his son Reuben H.
Gray, April 10, 1845, having lived an exemplary and useful life.
Mr. Gray was a farmer, and an influential man, both in the
church and in political circles. He was an Elder in the church,
and usually held some public office.

Mrs. Gray died at the residence of her son, Rev. Calvin Gray,
at Mt Carroll, 111., Apr. 1852.

DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL GRAY.

Pamelia Gray, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., Sept. 4th, 1798;
mar. Patrick Hamilton, June 2, 1844; d. May ist,
1 85 1, at Dowagiac, Mich.; no children.

Milan Gray, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., Jan. 4th, 1800; d. at
Evans, N. Y., Sept 17th, 1822.

Francis Gray, b. at German, N. Y., Mar. 26, 1803; d.
June 5, 1807.

CALVIN GRAY.

Rev. Calvin Gray, son of Nathaniel Gray, and grandson of
John Gray (4), was born at German, N. Y., Sept. i, 1805, and
June 7, 1842, married Abigail North Spaulding, at Franklin ville,
Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., she having been born at Lisle, Broome
Co., N. Y., May 14, 181 5. He had consecrated his life to the
Christian Ministry, taking a private course of study with Dr.

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Stillman of Dunkirk, his health not permitting him to enter upon
a regular classical course. His first preaching was at Ripley,
N. Y., and from thence he went to Arcade, Wyoming Co., and
was then a Home Missionary at South Wales and West Aurora,
Erie Co., N. Y.

In 1844 he went to Carroll County, 111., as a Home Missiona-
ry, where after several years of hard, incessant labor his health giv-
ing out, Mrs. Gray then engaged in teaching as the support of
the family. In 1867 he removed to Geneva, Kansas, where he
preached as pastor for five years, and for five years as a self sus-
taining Missionary. He then went to Fort Dodge, Iowa, to spend
his remaining da>s with his eldest son, Rev. Lyman C. Gray,
then pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of that place,
and there he continued to reside until his decease, which took
place Mar. 20, 1885, in his 80th year. And so this veteran of
the church militant, after nearly half a century of faithful ser-
vice laid down his well worn armor, than which none knightlier
was ever worn by man. Mrs. Gray, who still survives, writes,
date of Mar. 18, 1886, " My dear husband was a great sufferer
for years, but a murmur never escaped his lips. He often used
to say, ' What should I do without the Bible?' and when his eyes
became dim so that he could not read, it was daily read to
him."

The following is a list of the children and grandchildren of
Rev. and Mrs. Calvin Gray:

Lyman Calvin Gray, Rev., b. at South Wales, N. Y., Oct.
26, 1843; mar. MolHe Scripps, in Astoria, III, June 9,
1 87 1. Graduated at Knox College, 111., and at Auburn
Theological Seminary, N. Y. Has labored for several
years as a Home Missionary in Northern Iowa, and as
pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Fort Dodge, at
which place he continues to reside, although tempora-
rily, on account of ill health, obliged to stop preaching
and engage in other avocation. He has invented a
very ingenious Postal Cabinet of great utility, and is
Manager of the company organized for its manufac-
ture. It has high official and personal endorsement,
and is practicable for various uses. Rev. and Mrs.
Calvin Gray have the following children:

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William Calvin Gray, b. at Auburn, N. Y., June

ig, 1872.
George Henry Gray, b. at Auburn, N. Y., Feb.
14, 1874; d. Mar. 5, 1879, at Ft. Dodge, Iowa.
James Johnson Gray, b. at Ft. Dodge, Iowa,

July 8, 1876.
John Lyman Gray, b. at Ft. Dodge, Iowa, Nov.

8, 1878.
Harley Winter Gray, b. at Fort Dodge, Iowa,

Dec. 10, 1880.
Mary Carlton Gray, b. at Fort Dodge, Iowa,
Jan. 4, 1886.
Carlton Rinewalt Gray, b. at Mt. Carroll, 111., Jan. 7th,

1847; d. Sept. 26, 1847.
Linus Shepard Gray, b. at Mt. Carroll, 111., July 25, 1849;

d. June 21, 1850.
Henry North Gray, b. at Mt. Carroll, 111., July 7, 1851;
mar. Tillie Mattoon, Oct. i, 1872, in Geneva, Kansas,
who was b. at Canton, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1845. Is a
farmer, and active in Bible Readings and Sabbath
School work. Children :
Lucy Abigail Gray, b. at Geneva, Kas., Sept. i,

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Carlton North Gray, b. at Geneva, Kansas,

Oct. 28, 1875.
Cena Tillie Gray, b. at Geneva, Kas., Mar. 24,

1878.
Mary Sophronia Gray, b. at Geneva, Kansas,

Nov. 17, 1879.
Charles Burnette Gray, b. at Geneva, Kansas,

Sept. 6, 1881; d. May 27, 1882.
Eddie and Ettie Gray, twins, b. Apr. 2, 1884;
Eddie d. Aug. 18, and Ettie, Aug. 19; both
buried in one grave, in Geneva Cemetery, on
Aug. 20th, 1884.
RoscoE Spaulding Gray, son of Rev. Calvin Gray, b. at
Mt. Carroll, 111., Apr. 7th, 1857. Has removed to
San Francisco, California. Is engaged in reporting
and newspaper work.

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REUBEN H. GRAY.

Reuben H. Gray, son of Nathaniel Gray, was bom at Eden,
N. Y., Mar. 3, 181 6. He maried Abby Dewey, at Evans Centre,
N. Y., Dec. 30, 1838. Moved west, located at Savanna, 111., and
engaged in the mercantile business. Died Sept. 15, 1871, after
a short illness, leaving a family of four children, as follows:

Helen Gray, b. Mar. 19, 1840; mar. May 3, 1866, Francis
Karney, at Mt. Carroll, 111. ; have following children:
Myrtle, b. Apr. 16, 1867. Reuben, b. June 2, 1869.
Nellie, b. Nov. 7, 1871. May, b. May 11, 1873.
Frances, b. April 8, 1876. Lois, b. Feb. 10, 1879.
Reside near Savanna, 111.
George Gray, second child of Reuben H. Gray, born at
Evans, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1843, married Sarah Heiser, at
Savanna, 111., Oct. 26, 1869, d. Dec. 4th, 1871, leav-
ing one child,

George Gray, b. 1870,
who now lives with his mother, near Stromsburg, Neb.

Sarah Gray, daughter of Reuben H. Gray, bom at Savan-
na, 111., Dec. 12, 1 85 1, married W. I. Bowen of that
place, Oct. 26, 1 88 1, and still resides there, having
one child, George Leland Bowen, b. Aug. 21, 1883.

Albert Gray, fourth and last child of Reuben H., was born
Feb. 12, 1856; d. Oct. 5, 1862.

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ALFRED GRAY.

Alfred Gray, son of John Gray (4), was born in Canaan,
Columbia Co., N. Y., July 29, 1778. He married for his first
mfe, Sarah Hudson, of Cherry Valley, N. Y., by whom he
had two children, a son and a daughter. After the death of his
first mfe, at Cherry Valley, on July 14th, 1805, Mr. Gray
removed to Sherburne, N. Y., where, in 1806, he married Mary
Olmstead, from Ridgefield, Conn., by whom he had three sons
and four daughters. Descendants by first marriage:

John Hudson Gray, Dr., son of Alfred Gray, b. at Cherry
Valley, N. Y., Oct. ist, 1802; mar. Lucinda Felton,
Aug. 17, 1828. Dr. Gray removed to Schuyler Lake,
Otsego Co., N. Y., and at the time of his decease,
Feb. 26, 1847, he enjoyed an extensive practice, and
had won a reputation which bid fair to render him a
formidable rival of his former preceptor, the celebrated
Dr. Delos White, of Cherry Valley. The widow Lu-
cinda Felton Gray, died at Schuyler Lake, Mar. 26,
1 88 1. Children:

John Felton Gray, b. Dec. 7, 1830.
Sarah Ann Gray, b. Nov. 19, 1833; mar. Rob-
ert M. Durfy, Oct. 4, 1854 ; Robby Durfy,
son of, d. Nov. 15, 1859. Robert M. Durfy
d. Jan. 12, 1862. Sarah Ann Gray Durfy d.
Jan. 31, 1878.
Sarah Ann Gray, b. Feb. 15, 1805; d. June 5. 1820.

JOHN FELTON GRAY.

John Felton Gray, only son of Dr. John Hudson Gray, still
continues to reside at Schuyler Lake, N. Y., where he was born
Dec. 7, 1830. Commencing as a clerk he worked his way up,
and for several years was engaged in the mercantile business.
Has been five times chosen Supervisor of his town, and has been
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Otsego County. Has
also served his third term as Justice of the Peace. Last few
years has been engaged in settlement of estates, and in attend-
ing to his own business affairs. In independent circumstances;
a bachelor.

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CHARLES M. GRAY.

Charles M. Gray, son of Alfred and Mary Olmstead Gray,
and grandson of John Gray (4), was born at Sherburne, N. Y.,
June 13, 1807, and married Mary Ann Haines, at Philadelphia,
Nov. 24, 1832. With his young wife he removed to Chicago
the following year, 1833, where he extensively engaged in the
manufacture of grain cradles, and in 1847 he became associated
with Cyrus H. McCormick, in the manufacture of reapers, under
the firm name of McCormick & Gray.

In 1854 Mr. Gray was elected Mayor of Chicago, and his ad-
ministration of the affairs of that city commanded the approval
of the better element of both parties. A Chicago paper says:
"It may almost be said, that during his term of office was in-
augurated that system of public improvements which has given
all essential facilities to intramural commerce, and made the
city itself the pride and glory of a State."

Soon after the expiration of his term of office as Mayor he was
appointed General Freight Agent of the Michigan Southern &
Northern Indiana R. R., and in the duties of his new position,
in the language of another, " Mr. Gray brought to the solution
of the problem a varied and successful business experience, a
broad intellectual force that was phenominal and a robust integ-
rity that has commanded the admiration of every man with
whom he came in contact. In this task he was so successful
that it does no injustice to others to repeat the statement so fre-
quently made, that Charles M. Gray was the father of the rail-
way freight system of the United States." After the consolida-
tion with the Cleveland & Erie R. R., in 1869, Mr. Gray retained
his position in Chicago, and remained as Asst. Gen. Freight Agt.
of the consolidated line up to the time of his death.

Mr. Gray died at his residence in the city of Chicago, of
which he had been for more than half a century an honored res-
ident, Oct. 17, 1885, having been prostrated over a year previous
by a shock of apoplexy, from which he did not fully recover.
The following just and beautiful tribute to the deceased is from
the Chicago Tribune: " It is not lavish praise of this man to
say, that the purity of his life, his great intellectual force, and
his uncompromising integrity, constitute a trinity of virtues tliat

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finds few equals and no superiors among men. To her who for
more than fifty years has cherished him in sickness and in health,
he has given a love and a devotion that seemed to strengthen
with each advancing year. His last words of encouragement
and advice, like a ray of sunshine through the breaking clouds
will strengthen her footsteps and warm and beautify the pathway
which she must now tread alone. Loving feet will follow him to
the grave. Loving hands will fashion the sod over his last rest-
ing place, and loving eyes will sanctify it with their tears. In
this busy world of commerce sturdy lives will halt in their rest-
less activity to catch one further inspiration from the great soul
that has gone to its final rest."

Again: "The funeral of Capt. Chas. M. Gray, took place
from the family residence on Wabash Avenue. Among the most
conspicuous floral offerings was a magnificent design representing
a freight car, made up of tube-roses, immortelles buds, blush
roses and other flowers, from the associates of the deceased on
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. R. The parlors and
halls were crowded with friends who came to pay their last mark
of respect for the departed, and only a small portion of those
who had come could gain admission to hear Bishop Cheney
read the burial service. There was a great throng of citizens,
many of them old friends of Capt. Gray."

The following sketch of his family was furnished by Mr. Grav
date of Juiy 23, 1884, and is a sad summary: "We have had
three children, viz: Remington, Reuben, and Mary. The last
one died when only two years old; the eldest son died when 18
years old. The other son, Reuben C. Gray, died in Virginia,
where he had purchased a farm, in 1882, aged 46 years. He
had no children; his wife died before he did."

Mr. Gray was greatly interested in the " Gray Genealogy," and
did much to encourage and facilitate its publication. Even dur-
ing his illness he did not cease his cordial co-operation. Under
date of Oct. 16, 1884, he wrote: " Since I last wrote you 1 have
had a shock of apoplexy that has left me partially paralyzed; but
thank the good Lord, I have the right hand with which to write
you once more. Your letters are of great interest to me, and I
hope you are still progressing with the family record of the
Grays."

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GEORGE M. GRAY.

George M. Gray, youngest son of Alfred Gray, and grandson
of John Gray (4), was born at Sherburne, N. Y., July 25, 1818.
Soon after, his father's family removed to Victor, Ontario Co.,
N. Y., and from thence he went to Chicago, 111., whither
his elder brother had preceded him, arriving there June 22,
1834, being then a lad of sixteen summers.

He was engaged in various pursuits, up to 1851, when he was
appoined General Western Agent of the first through Railway
line connecting the East with Chicago, now known as the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern line. Mr. Gray remained in that
service until 1866, when he at once became associated with the
Pullman Sleeping Car Company, with which he is still con-
nected.

From 1854 until 1864, Mr. Gray was also a silent partner in
the wholesale hardware business, under the firm name of Tuttle,
Hibbard & Co. He was married to Maria L. Johnson, of
Bangor, Maine, in 1839, who still survives. Residence Chicago.
No children.

Mary M. Gray, daughter of Alfred Gray, was born in
Sherburne, N. Y., Jan. i, 181 3; mar. LemuelW. Hard
at Pittsford, Monroe Co., N. Y., Mar. 12, 1832; child--
ren:

Caroline J. Hard, b. Apr. 13, 1834; married to

Chas. C. Sears, Dec. 1852. Living children:

Maggie H., Stella B., George R., and Harry

A. Sears.

Sarah Ann Hard, b. May 31, 1837 ; married to

Russell A. Britton, Feb. 1865.
Chas. Delos Hard, b. Dec. 20, 1838; married
Mae Fisk, Oct. 1874; children: Carl Bowen
Hard, Leila Harden Hard, George Gray
Hard, Bessie Chester Hard.
Alfred Augustus Hard, b. Sept. 10, 1841; mar-
El vene L. Curtis, Aug. 4, 1874.
George C. Hard, b. June 22, 1843; mar. Emily
Louise Hughes, 1868; d. Feb. 27, 1883;
children: Carrie Gray Hard, b. Oct. 1869;
Lem A. Hard, b. Oct. 1879.
Densmore D. Hard, b. July 21, 1845.
Mrs. Hard now resides at Cleveland, O.

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Jane E. Gray, daughter of Alfred Gray, b. in Sherburne,
N. Y., mar. John Ogden of Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 21,
1836. Living issue:

John G. Ogden, mar. Sarah S. Atkins, Oct. 16,
1873. William Gray Ogden, son of, b. Oct.

20, 1883.

George W. Ogden, mar. M. E. Noxon, Oct. 28,
1873. Marion Gray Ogden, daughter of, b.
Feb. 20, 1875.

Henry M. Ogden, mar. Minnie J. Matthews, Jan.

21, 1885.

Abigail Ogden, unmarried.
All residents of Milwaukee, Wis.

Betsey Gray, daughter of Alfred Gray, married S. S.
Chamberlain, and lives at Lockport, 111., and has two
sons married and in business at Joliet, 111.
Sarah Ann Gray, daughter of Alfred Gray, was born at
Victor, Ontario Co., N. Y., April 20, 1820; mar. to
Horace Chase, at Hatley, 111., Oct. 4th, 1837. Re-
moved to Milwaukee, Wis., same year, where she died
Aug. 5, 1852. Issue, seven infant children, deceased;
one daughter living, viz:

Ella Chase, b. Jan. 24, 1849, in Milwaukee; mar.
to Dr. Horace Enos, of Chicago, 111., May
24, 1870; children: Horace Chase Enos,
b. July 17, 187 1. Charles Reade Enos, b.
May ig, 1873. Juliette Cora Enos, b. Apr.
2, 1876.
Mr. Chase was b. in Derby, Orleans Co., Vt., Dec. 25, 1810.
Came to Chicago May 19, 1834, and soon after went to Mil-
waukee, at that time an Indian trading post, and a part of the
Territory of Michigan, and there he still continues to reside.

Alfred Gray resided at Sherburne and Earlville, N. Y., where
he was engaged in the mercantile business, until 18 18, when he
removed to Victor, N. Y. Pie died at Montreal, Canada, while
there on business, in 1820. His widow married Capt. Rowley,
of Pittsford, N. Y., and there resided until 1833, when the fam-
ily removed to Illinois, where she died in Oct. 1864. Mrs. Gray
was the daughter of Jared Olmstead son of Samuel Olmstead,
one of the original proprietors of Ridgefield, Conn., 1708. She
was one of three at a birth, (triplets), born May 21, 1786.

46.
EDWARD GRAY.

Edward Gray, son of John Gray (4), was born in Canaan,
N. Y., June 20, 1780. He married Elizabeth Mudge, born
1 781, daughter of Elder John Mudge, the first pastor of the
Baptist Church at Sherburne, N. Y., who was born at Sharon,
Conn., 1755. Mr. Gray continued to live at Sherburne until
1825, when he removed with his family to Alexander, Genesee
Co., N. Y., where he died June 13th, 1830. She died in Feb.,
1864.

The following incident in his early life, co])ied from the His-
tory of Sherburne, evidences a vigor of independence and a
muscular virility of no little forcefulness. It is in the account
of the first school kept, or attempted to be kept, in that then
frontier settlement : "A pedagogue by the name of Gardner
was employed to teach it ; when exercising a class in spelling he
put the word book — the scholar spelled it bu-k — the teacher
pronounced it right. Edward Gray, son of John Gray, disputed
this. The master, in order to maintain the dignity of his station,
undertook to correct him corporeally; a scuftie ensued, from
which the teacher came out second best. The result was, the
school was broken up for the remainder of the wdnter."

The following is a list of the descendants of F.dward and
Elizabeth Gray :

Chauncey Gray, eldest son of El ward Gray, b. in Sher-
burne, N. Y., 1805; mar. Belinda Skinner, at Sher-
burne, 1825. Children:

Betsey, b. 1826; mar. Wm. Woodhouse Dana, at
Elba, N. Y., 1843; d. 1868. Had a son,
Wm. W. Dana, now residing at Ripon, Wis.

Eunice, b. 1827; mar. Abram Fields, at Wales,
N. Y., 1 85 1. Residence, Winona, Wis.
Children: Lucius Smith Fields, b. 1842;
mar. Ida M. Lake, at Buffalo, N. Y., 1864;
d. 1875, leaving a son, who resides with his
grandmother, Mrs. Eunice Gray Fields.
Amanda Lucinda Fields, b. 1844; <^- 1854;
Julius Augustus, b. 1847; d. 1848; Margaret
Elizabeth, b. 1848; d. 1849; Daniel Deloren,
b. 1853; d. 1877; Martha Sophia, b. 1858;
d. i860.

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Marilla, b. 1829; (1. 1830.

Mary CHARrrv, mar. Thomas Lake, at PVedonia,
1846; had six children, four Hving.

Homer Gray, b. 1832; went off with a drover, 1844,
from Bethany, N. Y., and has not been heard
from but once since, and that imiirectly, in
1853, when he was reported to be in Cahfor-
nia, and doing well.

Sarah Jeanette, b. 1838; mar. WiUiam Cyrenus
Oakes, at Buffalo, 1856; had eleven children;
eight living; she d. at Salamanca, N. Y., June
30, 1 88 1. She had united with the Baptist
Church at Dunkirk, 1866, and it is said of
her that she was a true Christian woman,
faithful and trustful to the end. She has a
son residing at Salamanca, and a 'daughter,
Mrs. Belinda Rockwell, at Kane, Pa.

Chauncey Gray was a coppersmith by trade, also something
of a musician. A shadow of mystery covers his life, and a mel-
ancholy tragedy closed it. From lack of application, or unto-
ward circumstance, or right purpose, he did not get on in the
world. A darksome fate seemed to pursue him; he could not
withstand the forces of evil, which sad to relate, made him his
own destroyer. Crushed and overborne by the tempter, in an
evil hour, reason dethroned, he fell by his own hand, and his
life went out in darkness. This tragic event occurred at his
residence on Eagle St., Fredonia, N. Y., in March, 1850, where
he had been living since about 1844. Let the mantle of charity
fall softly over his unmarked grave !

The widow Belinda Gray afterwards married Mr. Buckland
Gillett, of that place, and after his death removed to Salamanca,
where she died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah J.
Oakes; a woman much respected.

John M. Gray, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., Feb. 1808. Was a
wagon-maker by trade. Married Almira Daniels at
Brookville, N. Y., in 1829, who died June, 1836, leav-
ing two children; a daughter who d. 1855, and a son,

Marcus Gray, of Batavia, N. Y., b. at Alexan-
der, N. Y., June 2, 1831 ; mar. May 8, 185 1,
to Margaret Devine; children :

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Geo. E. Gray, Dr., b. Apr. 15, 1852;
graduated from University of Mich-
igan, July I, 1880; in practice at
South Pueblo, Col.
Martin Gray, son of Marcus Gray, b.
Feb. 29, 1855; mar. Katie Broe;
one son,

Benjamin Gray.
John M. Gray mar. 2d, Caroline Wyman, by whom he had
one daughter, Emma Gray, now Mrs. Williams, of Alexander,
N. Y.

John M. Gray mar. 3d, Catharine Miner, by whom were three
children; Elizabeth Gray, died when three years old. Mrs. Gray
d. 1847.

Silas Gray, b. April, 1843; d. Apr. 1861.
Helen Gray, b. Nov. 26, 1846; mar. Oct. 22,
1 86 1, to Levant Sisson. Residence, Medina,
N. Y.

John M. Gray mar. 4th, Eunice Mead. Mr. Gray died Sept.
23, 1874.

Marilla Gray, b. at Sherburne, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1809;
mar. Asa McOmber; d. Aug. 7, 1856, at Gaines, N.
Y.; descendants:

Marion (McOmber) Knickerbocker, b. Aug. 6th,
1829; residence, Gaines, N. Y.

Julia (McOmber) Hoyt, b. Nov. 27, 1832; resi-
dence, Gaines, N. Y.

George McOmber, b. May 27, 1834; drowned
in Canandaigua Lake, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1876.
He married Harriet Bunnell, at East Bloom-
field, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1857; children: Asa, b.
Apr. 7, 1859; George, Jr., b. July 24, 1862;
d. Mar. 24, 1885; Julia, b. Mar. 15, 1866;
all born at East Bloomfield, N. Y. Mrs.
McOmber and her two surviving children re-
side at Chicago.

Merritt McOmber, b. Apr. 23, 1836, at Gaines,

N. Y.; mar. Charlotte J. ; children:

Carrie L., b. Sept. 22, 1862; mar. Mr.
Maxson, at Gaines, N. Y.; Fred, b. Feb. 6,
1868. Mr. McOmber mar. 2d, Melinda
L. . Residence, Manchester, N. Y.

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Charles McOmber, b. June 26, 1838; d. July

15, 1841.
Jane (McOmber) Hatch, b. Dec. 13, 1840; resi-
dence, Gaines, N. Y.
Emma, b. Nov. 12, 1842; d. Aug. 21, 1843.
Fannie, b. Apr. 7, 1844.
Fred McOmber, b. at Gaines, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1846;
mar. Minnie M. Graham, at Berrien Springs, Mich.,
May 15, 1872; one child, Graham Oertel Mc-Om-
ber, b. July 30, 1875. Mr. McOmber is publisher
of the Berrien Springs E}-a^ and Sec'y and Gen.
Passenger Agt. of the St. Joseph Valley R. R.
Eunice, b. Nov. 26, 1848; mar. Sept. 28, 1865, Ferdi-
nand D. Oertel, of Chicago; he d. Sept. 30, 1882;
mar. 2d, Thos. B. Dohan, Chicago, Apr. 21, 1885.
Sidney Gray, b. 1806, and d. in Sherburne, N. Y., 18 19.
Edward Gray, Jr., b. in Sherburne, N. Y., 1815; mar. at

Lockport, N. Y., 1841; d. 1865; no descendants.
Reuben Gray, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., 1817; mar. in 1843;
lived at Warsaw, N. Y.; d. at Oakley, Wis., at the res-
idence of his sister, Mrs. Matteson, Jan. 19, 1881.

Frank Gray, son of Reuben Gray, b. at South
Warsaw, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1856; unmarried.
Charlotte Gray, daughter of Edward Gray, b. in Sher-
burne, N. Y., June 19, 1820; mar. Saul Matteson, at
Brook\ille, N. Y., Apr. 29, 1841; residence, Oakley,
Wis.; one son, Chas. E., a Union soldier; three daugh-
ters, Delia E., Ida M., and Marion; two children dec'd.
Betsey Gray, b. at Sherburne, N. Y., Apr. 13, 1822; mar.
Geo. Cadman, at Batavia, N. Y., 1844; he d. i860;
she d. 1882; nine children.
Caroline Gray, daughter of Edward Gray, b. in Sherburne,
N. Y., Aug. 10, 1824; mar. Ichabod Waldron, at East
Pembroke, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1845; residence, Albion,
N. Y.; six children.
Eliza E. Gray, b. at Brookville, N. Y., July 8, 1828; mar.
Almiron Wade, Mar. 20, 1843; he d. 1855; a son,
William Wallace Wade, b. Aug. 21, 185 1; mar.
Minnie Garrett, Dec. 5, 1874.
Mrs. Wade mar. 2d, Da\id Dodge, Jan. 28, 1858; children:

Royal Dilson Dodge, b. June 3, 1859; mar. Oct.

17, 1878, to Mary Christmon.
Jennie L. Dodge, b. Aug. 11, 1861; mar. John

H. Ernesse, Dec. 17, 1878.
George Brown Dodge, b. Mar. 22, 1867.
Mrs. Dodge resides at East Pembroke, N. Y.

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REUBEN GRAY.

Col. Reuben Gray, youngest son of John Gray (4), was bom
in Florida, Montgomery Co., N. Y., Aug. 15, 1782. Removed
to Sherburne, N. Y., with his father's family, in 1793, and mar-
ried Rebecca Belcher at that place, 1806. He continued to re-
side in Sherburne until after the death of his mother, in 1824,
his parents having made their home with him dui^ing the later
years of their lives. He served in the war of 181 2, as Captain
in Col. Mead's Chenango County Regiment, and was afterwards
Colonel of a Militia Regiment. That Col. Gray was a man of
literary taste and poetic sentiment, as well as a soldier gallant
and brave, in whom the fires of patriotism not dimly burned,
is evidenced by a few stray leaflets of his composition that have
been preserved. The following extract from a pastoral poem
entitled " Farewell," and expressive of his deep feeling on being
obliged to give up his loved home by reason of having become
surety for another, has in it a touch of pathos and tenderness,
a love and appreciation of nature, a smoothly flowing rhyme and
rhythm, and a true poetic fervor, worthy of more ambitious verse.
It was written at Sherburne, date of 1821:

Farewell, each pleasing scene,
Ye radiant fields of purest green,
Ye trees that once I called my own,
Each plant that by this hand was sown.

Farewell, ye babbling silver brooks,
How oft I've traced your winding nooks,
Seen you drop tears from mossy stone !
Say, will you weep, your lover gone ?

(Laugh not, ye proud,) farewell, dear plough, —
The bleating flock and lowing cow,
Thou lowly hut, my home, farewell ! —
Those who ne'er felt can ne'er tell

Nor even feel that pang of heart
Which he must feel who's torn apart
From Home — there still in dreams I rove.
And feast on scenes God bade me love.

The following quaint letter from Col. Gray to a kinsman, is
characteristic, and almost a complete biography in itself:

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Sheridan, N. Y., Jan. i8th, 1847.

Dear Sir: — Yours of the 29th of July last, duly rec'd. Do
not attribute my neglecting so long to answer you, to a desire on
my part to break off the correspondence. 1 am old and some-
times negligent in promptly writing, but have alwa.ys yet "had the
last word" in a correspondence. You wish me to inform you
whether Calvin and Charles are the sons of my father's former
or later brothers. They are my brother's sons. Calvin Gray is
of the Presbyterian stamp. He went to the N. W. part of 111.
Charles M. Gray still lives in Chicago. He is the son of Alfred
Gray, who died about 1820. Jas. T. Gifford married my sister's
daughter. Philo Hatch, likewise. I had two sisters that married
brothers — Newcomb and James Raymond. Children of both
live in or near Elgin. I beheve that I have told you all I know
of our relatives west of Michigan. No, I have not. I recollect
a niece, Abigail Raymond, who married a Mr. Smith attached to
a Missionary establishment, and went to Oregon six years since.

I should like to fill out my sheet, but have nothing at present
in my head, unless I go into self-ology. Well, then, let us at
that! My age, I beUeve that you have — if not, say 64. Wife,
one; children, none. My "better half" is rather the largest part
of me, for she is tall and fat; myself part, rather short and lean.
We have been one near forty-one years. I expect that, (though
hard to acknowledge,) I may now be fairly set down as one of
the "has beens;" for I was once young, am now old. I was once
rich, (not very), now I am poor. As to poverty, I came as hon-
estly by it as I have by my age, and have as little cause to regret
one as the other. I have health, and a little farm of seven acres
from which I make my "bread in the sweat of my face." I am a
Christian, 'tho I do not belong to any sect. I am a Whig, yet
my coon's tail is not so long as to make me forget that I am
more of an American than anything else. I am far from being
a political abolitionist; yet I do not like negro slaver}' — 'tis a
curse to any State that has it.

Alack ! I had like to have got talking about politics, but never
mind; I'll say no more about it; only let us be honest, be our
party what it may. I just tliought that you must live in a good
climate for raising silk, and, as we do something at it. I will en-
close you a skein of the article. I don't think it will add to the
postcige; if it does you can take your revenge by sending me a
big letter! Finally, a little more about what I have been: I once
had command of a company of militia; was on the lines a few
months in that capacity in the last war. I have once had the
command of a regiment. Accept our respects to yourself, family,
and other friends. Reuben Gray.

Mr. S. R. Gray, Barry, 111.

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Col. Gray afterwards removed from Sheridan to Elmira, N. Y.,
where he died in i860, leaving no children. His character and
personality are of increased interest from the fact that but for
his care in preserving his father's record and diary, and his ad-
ditions thereto of family facts from his own researches, this Gen-
ealogy could not well have been written, and much valuable data
would have been lost.

ADDENDA.

In closing up this branch of the family, the following addenda
of statistics received too late for proper position is here placed:

Mrs. Pauline E. Denning, daughter of Carroll E. Gray, was
married May 29, 1879. Children: Harry Lee, b. Mar. 19, 1880,
d. Oct. 28, 1883; Ned Gray, b. Nov. 24, 1883.

Betsey E. Gray, daughter of Alfred Gray and granddaughter
of John Gray (4), mar. S. S. Chamberlin of Lockport, 111., Jan.

19, 1841. Children: Geo. N., b. Dec. 20, 1851, mar. Ella E.
Munger, Dec. 5, 1876; living issue, Frederick Munger Cham-
berhn b. Aug. 30, 1877, and Tessie Frances Chamberlin b. Sept.

20, 1880. Residence of Geo. N. Ceamberlin and family, Joliet,
111. Chas. G. Chamberlin, b Jan. 30, 1859, mar. Emma Taylor
Apr. 5, 1880. Living issue, Eva L., b. May 24, 1881. Resi-
dence, Lockport, 111.

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NATHANIEL GRAY.

Nathaniel Gray, second son of John Gray (3), born in Leba-
non, Conn., March 17, 1736, removed with his father's family to
Sharon, in 1743, where he grew up to a stalwart manhood, in-
ured to toil, and participating in the labors and privations of that
then frontier settlement. The robust virtues of courage and
patriotism had a sturdy growth amid such surroundings, and the
call to arms during the French War found this hardy young man
ready for service. The following interesting incident is related
of him in that connection, in the History of Sherburne, N. Y.,
published by his grandson, the late Joel Hatch: "Mr. Gray hav-
ing been honorably discharged, returned home. The next season
Abraham Raymond of Kent, entered the service, and was
marched upon the same ground, which was near the south end
of Lake Champlain, in the vicinity of lake George and Crown
Point. He was there taken sick and unable to get home with-
out assistance. With the spirit of the good Samaritan, Mr. Gray
mounted his horse and went to his rescue, riding some two hun-
dred miles, through woods and wilds, exposed to hostile bands
of French and Lidians, then in open war with the Colonies, and
knoAvn to be lurking around. He found Mr. Raymond weak and
feeble, unable to mount a horse without assistance. Riding be-
hind and supporting himself as well as he could, they rode a few
miles and halted. By frequent short journeys, rests, and careful
nursing, he gradually increased in strength, and finally arrived
home in safety." Kent, which was the home of the Raymonds,
adjoins Sharon, the home of the Grays, and thus early we have
evidence of the intimate friendship existing between the families,
which resulted in several intermarriages and in close relations
during that and succeeding generations, and until the present
time.

The records of the old historic Oblong Church, in the town of
Amenia, formerly Amenia Precinct, Dutchess Co., N. Y., near by
the western boundaries of Kent and Sharon, Conn., show, in the
quaint language of good old Dominie Knibloe, for half a cen-
tury the faithful pastor of that early founded church, that " Na-
thaniel Gray was married with Deborah Lathrop, daughter of
Deacon Meltiah Lathrop, in the evening, Feb. 15, A. D., 1763."

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The next record of Nathaniel Gray appears in connection
with the purchase and sale of land by him at Mt. Ephraim, town
of Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass., adjoining Canaan, N. Y.,
date of Nov. 14, 1763. He also sold land there in 1764, and
1765. The record of the last transaction by him at that place is
as follows: "Nathaniel Gray of Dover Plains, sold land to
Simeon Smith of Sharon, May 30, 1766." While residing at
Richmond a son, Elijah Gray, was born, on March 12th, 1764.
He must have removed to Dover Plains prior to Sept. 24, 1765,
as a second son, Elisha Gray, was born there on that date. The
Oblong Church records show that "Nathaniel Gray and wife had
their sons Elijah and Elisha baptized Aug. 10, 1766; dau. Ruth
bapt. Dec. 21, 1766; dau. Eunice bapt. Mar. i, 1768 at Dover."

Dover Plains adjoined Amenia on the south, and doubtless
Mr. Gray and family had removed thither from Richmond,
Mass., so as to be near the Lathrops, who were living in that
vicinity. But the hand of death soon overshadowed the house-
hold, striking down the young mother, and leaving husband and
children and home desolate. Deborah Lathrop Gray died June
13, 1770, and the memorial stone at her grave in the burial
place at Dover Plains is noted in the history of Dutchess
Count}-^ as one of the oldest there still preserved. The follow-
ing inscription was copied from the stone by the writer in 1885 :

In Memory of

DEBORAH,

Wife of Nathaniel Gray,

Died June 13, 1770, /E 31.

Here in this tomb interred lies,

A friend that was most dear;

Although Pale Death hath closed her eyes,

Her Memory still is here.

She was bom in Tolland, Conn., Aug. 11, 1739. Her father,
Deacon Meltiah Lathrop, was a man of prominence in public
affairs as well as in the church. He afterwards removed to
Canaan, Columbia Co., where he was a member of the Commit-
tee of PubUc Safety for Kings District in 1777, and where he
died Sept. 5, 1787, in his 73d year, and was buried, about one
mile from New Concord (in the town of Canaan) in a neighbor-
hood burying ground, near the residence of the late De Witt C.
Brown, where his memorial stone is still to be seen.

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After the death of his wife, Mr. Gray removed to Kent, Conn.,
where he married Bethiah Newcomb Raymond, widow of David
Raymond, Dec. 30, 1773. There were two children born of
this second marriage, as appears on the pubhc records of that
place: "Deborah, daughter of the above named persons, was
born Oct. 31, 1774. Departed this life September 23, 1775.
Bethiah, daughter to the above named persons, was born July 4,
1776." The widow Raymond brought to his family three sons,
Abraham, Newcomb and James Raymond; and three daughters,
Mercy, Sarai and Hannah, the former of whom afterwards mar-
ried Major Abram Dixon, while Sarai married Elijah Gray, the
oldest son of her step-father.

Mr. Gray was a prominent member of the Congregational
Church at Kent, where he continued to reside until after the
Revolution, when in company with others of kindred he remov-
ed to Duanesburgh, Albany Co., N. Y., where they resided for
several years, and until the removal to Sherburne, Chenango Co.,
N. Y., in 1793. Nathaniel Gray was one of the foremost pion-
eers of that settlement, and the purchase of a quarter of the
township for the little colony was negotiated by and through
him, for which purpose he made two journeys to the city of New
York, and the title passed through him to the eleven original
proprietors, of whom he was one. In the division of the lands
by lot, the first choice of plots was by universal consent conced-
ed to him, and on an old map of the original survey, a copy of
which is in the possession of the writer, his name appears as
proprietor of lot No. i, 133! acres. There he continued to
reside until his decease in 18 10, and on a plot of that ground,
given by him for a public burial place, and so still maintained to
this day, called the Quarter Cemetery, he was buried.

Mr. Gray was one of the charter members of the Congrega-
tional Church of Sherburne, and was its Senior Deacon. The
History of Sherburne says of him : " Nathaniel Gray was the
first Justice of the Peace appointed in the town. He was not a
man of brilliant talents, but had the faculty to win from all ven-
eration and respect. His counsels were received as words of
wisdom, and his opinions as law. The religious and moral at-
mosphere which he diffused around all his actions, gave him a

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commanding influence over men, which few in any community
possess. He was the Patriarch of the settlers — a man Avithout
an enemy — a burning and shining hght in the church."

A living grand-daughter, Mrs. Amanda Gray Lee, of Cedar
Mountain, North Carolina, now in her 94th year, gives the
following recollection of him, date of Feb. 11, 1886 :

" Of tall and commanding figure, well proportioned, he was a
man of fine presence. His eyes were dark blue, hair brown,
complexion fair. He always wore a smile when speaking, and
was genial in manners, though very firm and strict in his views
of right, including religious duties, especially that of observation
of the Sabbath. He was Deacon in the church and Justice of
the Peace. He was called 'Justice of the Peace and Peace Jus-
tice,' because he always advised parties to settle their differences
vdthout invoking the law, offering to waive his fee if they would
settle. Wlien cases did come before him they were decided ac-
cording to their merits without fear or favor."

The following inscription on his tombstone is an epitome of his
character and evidences the estimation in which he was held :

"The sweet remembrance of the just
Shall flourish while he sleeps in dust."
Here lies the body of
NATHANIEL GRAY,
Born the 17th of March 1736,
Died the 24th of June, 1810.
Having previously explored this country, he,
in the vv^inter of 1793, while it was yet a wil-
derness, took up his abode and cultivated this
field, a small portion of which his remains still
occupy. Before his departure from this life he
had the satisfaction to see " the wilderness
blossom like the rose." He was a devoted
man and a pious Christian. Influenced by
the divine precepts of that religion which he
not only professed but practised, he acquitted
himself of his duties to his family and society
with truth and sincerity.

On the right lies the body of

BETHIAH,

his wife;

Born Feb'y 26, 1735,

Died August 19, 181 1.

They were happily united in their views of

here and hereafter, and cheerfully walked

hand in hand in humble hope of obtaining the

reward appointed for the elect — eternal bliss.

"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

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ELIJAH GRAY.

Elijah Gray, oldest son of Nathaniel and Deborah Lathrop Gray,
born at Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass., Mar. 12, 1764, married
Sarai Raymond, daughter of his step-mother, Bethiah Newcomb
Raymond Gray, at Florida, N. Y., in 1788, and removed to
Sherburne, N. Y., in 1793, of which he was one of the pioneer
settlers. He lived with his father and occupied part of his farm.
Abram Dixon, a son of Major Abram Dixon and nephew of
Elijah Gray, thus describes a visit to that primitive Gray home-
stead, winter of 1794-5: "Deacon Gray, (who was my step-
grandfather,) and his son Elijah Gray, (whose wife was my moth-
er's sister,) had built a double log house, one part of which was
occupied as a school house six hours a day. We found the
school in full blast, under the care of Elisha Gray, brother of my
uncle Elijah, who at the same time occupied the same room as a
dwelling for his family, consisting of his wife and three children :
Nathaniel, about my own age, and Amanda and Hannah, and it
served as kitchen, parlor, dining and sleeping room, except that
we, the children, were sent up the ladder into the loft, to bed !"

After the death of his father and step-mother, Elijah Gray re-
moved with his family to Sheridan, Chautauqua Co., in 18 13,
and died at Jamestown, N. Y., in 1847. Mr. Gray and his wife
were among the founders and original members of the Congre-
gational Church at Sherburne, N. Y.

DESCENDANTS OF ELIJAH GRAY.

Nathaniel Gray, b. Nov. i, 1789; d. at Sherburne, N. Y.,
Oct. 8, 18 II. It is said of him that he was "a young
man of great promise" and high endowments. His
early death was cause for deep regret to a large circle
of friends and relatives.

Amanda Gray Lee, b. at Florida, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1792;
mar. Joel Lee, of Sheridan, N. Y., March 17, 1814;
he d. May 15, 1836; she resides at Cedar Mountain,
North Carolina.

Persia, mar. Mr. Powell, and d. 1870.

Marilla Gray, b. in Sherburne, 1803, d. at Elgin, 111.,
1882; unmarried.

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Juliette Clarinda Gray, born in Sherburne, N. Y., Sept.
20, 1809; mar. Eber Keyes, Aug. 23, 1831; died at
Busti, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Oct. 24, 1844. Child-
ren: Addison Keyes, b. Nov. 23, 1832, d. Aug. 16,
1834; Lydia Kidder, b. Apr. 4, 1834; married John
H. Becker, Feb., 1864, and has three children, Flor-
ence, Eber and Kate; Ellen Gray, b. Feb. 14, 1839,
mar. Alfred WalHn, 1868; Addison Ashley Keyes, late
Ed. Albany Express, Albany, N. Y., b. Oct. 3, 1842,
married Mary Agnes Bradley, Jan. 27, 1865; children,
Edward Ashley Keyes, b. Apr. 27, 1866, Mary Ella, b.
Apr. 9, 1868, JuUette .Gray, b. Nov. 24, 1870, and
Anna Rowena, b. Dec. 31, 1872. Mr. Eber Keyes
died at Elgin, 111., June 18, 1883, in his 85th year.

Joseph Dixon Gray, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., May, 1807;
married Mary Warren. Children :

Austin Gray, b. 1831, killed by the Indians in
California, 1854. Was remarkable for stature,
(6 feet ten inches in height), strength and
courage.

Oscar D. Gray, born April 6, 1833; married,
but no children; resides at Waterloo, Iowa.
Was a soldier in the war for the Union, and
acquitted himself with honor.

Mary Gray, only daughter, married Geo. Flan-
ders, of Boston. She now resides in Kansas
City.

Mr. J. D. Gray's first wife died in 1854, and for his second
wife he married Lucy M. Boardman, at Waterford, Erie Co., Pa.,
Sept. 29, 1856. Children:

Charles Austin Gray, b. April 5, 1858; married
in 1880, Etta Babcock, of St. Paul, Minn.
Resides at Waterville, Minn.

Mr. Joseph Di.xon Gray died at Fayette, Iowa, March ist,
1876. His widow, Mrs. Lucy M. Gray, is Matron of the Iowa
Hospital for the Insane, at Independence, Iowa.

ADELAIDE LEE STRON G ST ANC L I FF,

AMANDA GRAY LEE, CAROLINE LEE STRONG.

RAYMOND ELY STANCLIFF.

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AMANDA GRAY LEE.

Amanda Gray Lee, daughter of Elijah Gray, was born at
Florida, N. Y., Nov, 23, 1792; moved the following year with
her parents to Sherburne, N. Y., and has the distinction of being
the only living representative of that band of pioneers and pil-
grims who were the early settlers of that place. The following
biography is furnished by one of her descendants:

''Her childhood was spent there, in the beautiful Chenango
Valley, the enjoyment of whose fields and woods she shared with
the birds and squirrels, and appreciated as fully as they. It
could probably have been said of her, with as much truth as it
ever is of any one, that she rivalled the birds, for she was a nat-
ural singer, and in after years developed a voice remarkable
for power combined with sweetness of tone. It was sometimes
mistaken for a flute. On arrival at young womanhood she was
a prominent and popular member of a circle of forty cousins, of
whom a large number could be called together on short notice.

"In 18 1 3 her father removed with his family to Sheridan,
Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where she married, in 1814, Joel Lee,
and where all her children were bom. Left alone with a family
of eight, on the death of her husband in 1836, she brought
them up in such a way as to give them a love for home so strong
that her children were always glad to return. One of her sons-
in-law, who wrote the dedication in a Bible, the joint gift of her
children, quoted the passage, 'Her children shall rise up and
call her blessed.'

"She has lived under the administration of every President of
the United States, and, beginning with Jefferson, has personal
recollection of the prominent events and general character of
each one since, having always taken much interest in politics,
and everything concerning the welfare of the community and
country. A church member for over a half century, she evident-
ly tries to lead a life consistent with her profession, and appar-
ently has good reason to hope that when removed from this life,
she will enter into the rest that is promised to the faithful.

"She is now in her g4th year, in good health, with a consider-
able degree of strength, and the possession of all her faculties."

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DESCENDANTS OF AMANDA GRAY LEE.

Olive Lee, b. Dec. 25, 1814; died Feb. 19, 1833.

Wellington Lee, b. Dec. 18, 181 5; married in London,
England, June 5, 1862, to Harriet E. Gray, daughter
of Dr. Patrick W. Gray; died in New York City,
'' March 21st, 1881.

WelUngton Lee was an eminent Civil Engineer, and was the
inventor and builder of the first successful Steam Fire Engine in
America. He also raised the ships sunk in the harbor of Sevas-
topol in the Crimean War.

Daniel Uriel Lee, of Ashville, N. C, b. Sept. 17, 1817;
mar. March i, 1846, Elizabeth B. Thome; mar. 2d,
May 12, 1859, Irene A. Lee; mar. 3d, July, 1868,
Mary Earned Blashfield.

Daniel U. Lee volunteered in the 3d Iowa Battery, in De-
buque, in Sept., 1861. The Battery took the field in the Army
of the Southwest, under Gen. Curtis, in the Pea Ridge cam-
paign. At that battle he was Chief of the line of Caissons, and
was promoted to a Lieutenancy from that date. The Battery
took part in Sherman's first attempt on Vicksburg, at taking of
Arkansas Post, and afterward posted in garrison at Little Rock,
Arkansas, to the end of the war. He was an efficient officer,
and was especially commended by Gen. Sigel for his action at
the battle of Pea Ridge.

T. C. Lee, oldest son of Daniel U. Lee, enlisted in an Ohio
regiment at Newark, Ohio, in July, 1S61, at the age
of 15 years and one month. He served 7 months in
Missouri; was discharged for disability, which proved
not permanent, and after a rest of three months, he
re-enlisted in the 145 th Regt. Pa. Vols., at Erie, Pa.
Went to the Army of tlie Potomac and took part in all
the battles after Antietam. He carried the colors at
Fredericksburgh and brought them off; was wounded at
Bristoe Station, at Gettysburg, took part in three bay-
onet charges on second day's fight, and was wounded
at Petersburg. He was made ist Lieutenant at Gettys-
burg, and remained with his Regiment till the close of
the war.

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Caroline Lee, b. June 23, 181 9; mar. Martin Strong, Oct. 4,
1842; residence, Waterford, Pa. Children:

Adelaide Lee Strong, b. Waterford, Pa., Nov. 12,
1843; mar. Ely M. Stancliff, Nov. 14, 187 1,
of Erie, Pa. Issue:

Raymond Ely Stancliff, b. Nov. 27, 1878.

Leon Strong, b. Sept. 15, 1845; re.sidence, Fort
Dodge, Iowa.

Sara Strong, b. Oct. 27, 1847; residence, Water-
ford, Pa.

Rob Roy Strong, b. Nov. 3, 1854; residence, Oma-
ha, Nebraska.

Elenora Lee, b. June 7, 1821; d. Sept. 20, 1823.

Elias Baudinot Lee, b. Aug. i, 1823; mar. CaroHne E.
Douglas, Mar. 14, 185 1.

Major Elias Baudinot Lee enlisted in the war for the Union
in Co. A, of the 211th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers. He
raised the Company in Meadville, Pa., where he resided, and
was elected as Captain, 1864. The 21 ith had prominent part in
the taking of Fort Steadman. Capt. Lee was in command of the
Regiment in the final assault on Petersburgh, April 2, 1865, and
was shot from the breastworks which he had mounted for exam-
ple to his men. Waving his sword over his head he called his
men to "Come on!" when he received a mortal wound from the
sharpshooters. He died April 5th, 1865. His remains were
sent home to Meadville, Pa., and buried with military honors, a
large concourse of citizens following to the grave, among them
the two brothers and a sister of the deceased. The demonstra-
tion was becoming the obsequies of a prominent citizen soldier,
and was a mark of the esteem in which he was held by his pa-
triotic fellow citizens. He had been promoted to Major of his
Regiment a few days before his death, though his commission
had not reached him.

Sara Almira Lee, b. July 9, 1826; mar. James Martin Por-
ter, Sept. 5, 1844; d. Aug. 22, 1870, at Aiken, S. C.

Helen Lee, b. Sept. 29, 1832; mar. Jas. G. E. Earned, May 9,
1859; residence, Cedar Mountain, N. C, at which place
she holds the position of P. M.

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ELISHA GRAY.

Elisha Gray, son of Nathaniel and Deborah Lathrop Gray,
was bom at Dover, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1765. He
married Martha (Patty) Burritt, daughter of Rev. Blackleach
Burritt, and was among the pioneers and original proprietors of
Sherburne, N. Y., in 1793. He afterwards removed to Spring-
ville, Pa., and from thence to Madison, Lake Co., Ohio. He
died in the summer of 1823, at Talmadge, Summit Co., Ohio,
while on his return from Kentucky, where he had been on a vis-
it to his son Alanson. Mrs. Gray died at Madison, Ohio, in
June. 1 851. Issue:

Melissa Gray, b. 1791; married Selic Fairchild; no child-
ren.

Alanson Gray, son of Elisha, b. May 4, 1793, married Ruth
Cowgill, of Mason Co., Ky., by whom were two daughters, viz:
Melissa and Ruth, the former born 181 8, and the latter, 181 9.
The mother died when Ruth was a few days old. Melissa mar.
Orville Rankin, at Greencastle, Ind., and had several sons and
daughters. Ruth married a Mr. Atchison at Greencastle, and
had sons and daughters. Jan. 2, 1821, Alanson Gray married
for his second wife, Jane R. Tarvin, of Campbell Co., Ky., by
whom he had seven sons and four daughters, to wit:

John Tarvin Gray, b. Sept. 14, 182 1, at Kenton, Ky.
Elisha Burritt " " Apr. 20, 1823, "

Alfred Whitman " " Sept. 27, 1825, "

Martha Jane " " Jan. 2, 1827, Carthage,
Alanson " " Apr. 2, 1830, "

Sallie Stanton " " July 6, 1832, "

Oliver Hazzard " " Aug. 8, 1833, "

Philander Raymond " Jan. 14, 1837, Campbell Co.
Richard Tarvin Gray," Mar. i, 1839, "

Sallie Armstrong " " Mar. 19, 1841, "

Nancy VV., " " Sept. 15, 1843,

Mrs. Alanson Gray, b. Jan. 2, 1801, in what is now Kenton
Co., Ky., about thirteen miles south of Covington, was a daugh-
ter of Richard Tarvin, and granddaughter of George Tarvin,
who came from England with his parents and settled near Fred-
ericksburg, Va. They were a fine stock of people, noted for
solid moral and christian worth.

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Alanson Gray died in Campbell Co., Ky., Nov. 12, 1858.
Mrs. Gray died Dec. 18, 1869, and was buried near her birth-
place.

John T. Gray, married, June 22, 1848, Cyndiia, daughter of
Philander Raymond, and grand-daughter of James Ray-
mond and Melissa Burritt Raymond, who was a sister of
Mr. Gray's grandmother, Martha (Patty), Burritt Gray.
She was born in Sherburne, N. Y., and educated in the
city of New York. Of this marriage was a son,

Raymond C. Gray, b. May 16, 1849; mar. May 21,
1874, Mary Jane Eginton, an accomphshed lady
who died one year after. Mr. Gray is an attor-
ney and counsellor; residence, Covington, Ky.
He is alike a great-great-grandson of John Gray,
(3), of Sharon, Conn., of David Raymond, of
Kent, Conn., and of Rev. Blackleach Burritt,
of Revolutionary fame. A second son died in
infancy.
Cynthia Raymond Gray died at Cincinnati, 0., March 28th,
1854, and John T. Gray married 2d, Dec. 1856, Sallie Tarvin.
Issue:

George T. Gray, b. Sept. 10, 1857; married Margaret
Adelaide Williams, Mar. 6, 1883; residence, Frank-
lin, Pa.; has a son,

FvDwiN Dunlap Gray, b. Dec. 12, 1883.
Edwin Gray, who d. i86r.
Sallie Tarvin Gray died in Covington, Aug. 19, i860, and Mr.
Gray mar. 3d, Bettie H. Tarvin, (previous wife's sister,) in Cov-
ington, Feb. 12, 1862, and had:

Bettie Tarvin Gray, b. 1868.
Edwin Gray, b. 1870.
Also three children deceased. Bettie H. Tarvin Gray died
Nov. 12, 1870, and John T. Gray mar. 4th, Mrs. Addie Smith,
Sept. 18, 1873, at Franklin, Pa.

John T. Gray achieved high reputation as a Civil Engineer
and bridge builder. For biographical sketch of Mr. Gray see
pages 131 to 133. He resides at Covington, Ky.

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Elisha Burritt Gray, son of Alan?on, mar. Aug. ist, 1850,
Margaretta R. McDowell, at Franklin, Pa. Children:
Emily Jane (Fleming,) born May 18, 1851, at
Franklin, Pa.; married and has 2 children, Gray
Fleming, born Aug. 23d, 1874, and Margaretta
F., May ist, 1879.
Anna C. Gray, born March 14, 1853; married
Capt. J. P. Newell, (now Register and Record-
er of Jasper Co., Mo.,) and has 3 children, 2
daughters and i son.
Wm. Galbraith, 3d child and only son of E. B.
Gray, born July 13, 1855; died Oct. 18, 1856.
Margaretta Josephine Gray, 4th and last child of
Elisha B. and Margaretta R., born May 24,
1858; married Henry S. Church, of New York,
June ist, 1880; has 2 children, viz: Catharine,
and Henry S., Jr. Mr. Church died at Chey-
enne, Wyoming, 1885.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Gray still continue to reside at Franklin.

Alfred W. Gray, 3d son of Alanson Gray, married at Cin-
cinnati, O., 1849, Elmira Morris Bradowry, and has i son and 5
daughters, viz:

Jane R. Gray.

Alanson Gray, bom Jan. 31, 1853; unmarried, and lives

at Vera, 111.
Sarah B. Gray, born Jan. 1855; lives with her uncle,
Elisha B. Gray, at Franklin, Pa., and is an assistant
in the Post Office at that place.
Lydia B. Gray, born Oct. 31st, 1857.
Julia C. Gray, born July 14, 1863.
Minnie E. Gray, born May, 1872.

Martha Jane Gray, mar. B. B. Anderson in 1850, who died
in 1 881; she had a son and daughter.

Alanson Gray, Jr., fourth son, married, 1854, Kate Reed, of
Covington, Ky. They had 2 daughters, one of whom died
young and the other is married. Mr. Gray died in March, 1861.

Sallie Stanton Gray, died in infancy.

Oliver Hazzard Gray, fifth son, died in 1839, aged 6 years..

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Philander Raymond Gray, sixth son, married July 19,
1862, Josephine C. McDowell, sister of Mrs. Elisha B.
Gray, and has eleven children, three daughters and
eight sons, viz :

Elisha B. Gray, Jr., b. Jun. 25, 1865, Lewis Co., Ky.
Philander R., " " Dec. 8, 1866, Franklin, Pa.
Wm. Ayres, " May 24, 1868,

Frederick Charles, " Feb. 12, 1870,
Fannie Josephine, " Dec. 17, 1871,
Alanson McDowell, " Oct. 24, 1873, "
John Lathrop, " Feb. 6, 1875, "

Emily Jane, " Feb. ii, 1877,

McDowell, " July 17, 1879,

Thomas, " Aug. 29, 1881,

Josephine, " Oct. 11, 1883,

Richard Tarvin Gray, son of Alanson Gray, mar. at Cov-
ington, Ky., 1866, Elizabeth Rood; 3 children, viz:
P. Raymond Gray, b. 1867.
Mollie Rood Gray, b 1869.
Sadie Gray, b. 1877.
Reside at Covington, Ky.
Sallie a. Gray, 3d daughter, mar. 1868, John Armstrong;

had 5 children; d. Jan., 1881.
Nancy W. Gray, mar. at FrankHn, Pa., Oct. 10, i860, Jas.
W. Shaw, Register and Recorder of Venango Co.,
Pa.; one child, Mary Shaw, who died in June, 1872.
Present residence, Bradford, Pa.
Maria Gray, youngest daughter of Elisha Gray, and sister
of Alanson Gray, senior, married Dr. Charles Martin,
1 81 9, at Sherburne, N. Y., and removed to Mason Co.,
Ky. Had 5 daughters, viz : AureUa, Emily, Amelia,
Corneha, and Melissa, (the latter married Mr. George
Moore and resides at Memphis, Scotland Co., Mo.,)
and 3 sons : Charles, who has long resided at Carson
City, Nevada, Henry Hazard, and Edward, who resides
at Bethany, Mo. Maria Gray Martin died at Mem-
phis, Scotland Co., Mo., Sept. 6, 1846.

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PHILANDER RAYMOND GRAY.

A son of Alanson and grandson of Elisha Gray, in him are
united the Lathrops, the Burritts and the Tarvins, while the
strong Gray characteristics are still preserved. The following
biographical sketch is from the Citizen-Press of Franklin, Pa.,
date of Nov. 6, 1884, it being the occasion of his removal from
that city after a residence of over twenty years. It is a highly
honorable record, both in public and private life; as a patriot
soldier, a trusted official, an esteemed citizen, reflecting credit on
himself and giving added lustre to the name of Gray:

" Our citizens were much surprised last week by the announce-
ment that Mr. P. R. Gray had resigned the position of General
Manager of the Eclipse Lubricating Oil Works. Universal re-
gret was expressed, particularly when it was reported that he
proposed to remove from this section of the country. Mr. Gray
richly deserves the confidence and esteem with which he has al-
ways been regarded, and he retires from his important trust with
the respect of all classes. His whole career justifies a warmth
of friendship creditable aUke to him and the community of
which he has been for many years a valued member. Born and
reared in Kentucky, where his early manhood was spent working
at the carpenter trade, the petroleum excitement brought him to
Franklin in February, 1861. The next spring he built a small
refinery, shipped oil by water to Cincinnati, and laid the founda-
tion for a lucrative business.

" Leaving everything in the hour of his country's peril, he
enlisted in Company A., of the 121st Pennsylvania Volun-
teers, under Captain George E. Ridgway, going to the front
with the army in August of 1862. After serving as ist Sergeant
of the Company he was promoted to 2d Lieutenant for bravery
at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13th, 1862, and compli-
mented in a general regimental order for his conduct on that
hard-fought field. In October, 1863, he was promoted to ist
Lieutenant; was detailed as acting Quartermaster of the 121st
Regiment and commissioned in November; in February, 1864,
was detailed Quartermaster of the Brigade, serving as such until
the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged. In
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elected as Sheriff of Venango County. It was expected he
would discharge his responsible duties efficiently, and the result
did not disappoint the public. During his term the Pithole ex-
citement had its rise, lawlessness was frightfully prevalent, and
the position of Sheriff was really the most arduous in the gift of
the people. How faithfully the difficult task was performed is
familiar to every resident of Oildom.

"Mr. Gray had cast his first vote for Lincoln in 1864, thus
identifying himself with the Republican party, to which he was
destined to render signal service. In 1869 he was appointed
Collector of Internal Revenue for this District, holding the offfce
five years, when he resigned to take charge of the Eclipse Refin-
ery. The sterling qualities that marked his course in the army
and as Sheriff were brought to bear in the Government service
as Collector. The work was systematized thoroughly, the reve-
nue was collected promptly, and no District in the United States
could boast of better management. It is ten years since Mr.
Gray became Superintendent of the Eclipse, which has grown to
be the largest establishment of the kind in the world. In the
supervision of the institution his energy, business tact and super-
ior judgment have proved invaluable. To his skillful manage-
ment no small share of its great prosperity is attributable.
Competent in every respect to ensure the best results in each de-
partment, he took pride in bringing the works to the utmost de-
gree of perfection. We voice the sentiment of the entire com-
munity in predicting his success in whatever enterprise he may
engage. A residence of twenty years in this city has shown the
staunch character of the man both in public and private hfe,
and no citizen of Franklin stands higher in popular estimation
than P. R. Gra>."

Mr. Gray removed with his family to EHzabeth, N. J., in Feb-
ruary, 1885, and became interested in the Polar Oil Refinery
Co., of New York, the works being located near Bergen Point,
N. J. He in the prime of life, in the fore-front of active busi-
ness affairs, and the father of a very interesting family. Mrs.
Gray, the mother of their eleven living children, is a woman of
strong character, and is every way a worthy companion of her
esteemed husband.

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Ruth Gray, daughter of Nathaniel and Deborah Lathrop Gray,
born at Dover, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec. i6, 1776, married Joel
Hatch, Dec. 5, 1787, of Kent, Conn., and one of the pioneers
and original proprietors of Sherburne, N. Y. Also afterwards
Justice of the Peace, succeeding his father-in-law, Nathaniel
Gray, to that office, and for over half a century a prominent
citizen of that place. Mrs. Gray was one of the charter mem-
bers of the Sherburne Congregational Church. She died Aug. 7,
1838. Mr. Hatch d. Mar. 26, 1855. Children:

Deborah Hatch, b. Oct. 31, 1789; d. Jan. 31. 1861.

Joel Hatch, Jr., author of the History of Sherburne, N. Y.,
b. Nov. 3, 1791; d. Dec. 27, 1864.

MiLO Hatch, b. Mar. 25, 1793; d. Aug. 5, 1830.

Theron Hatch, b. Nov. 21, 1795; d. Aug. 14, 1841.

Julius W. and Julia Hatch, b. Jan. 10, 1801; Julia (New-
ton) d. Sept. I, 1880; Prof Julius Wells Hatch d. at
Morrisville, N. Y., June 28, 1882.

Reliance Hatch, b. in Sherburne, July 2, 1804; married
Joseph Carrier Sept. 9, 1830; residence, Elmira, N. Y.

R. C. Hatch, of Fayetteville, N. Y., b. Jan. 19, 1806.

Esther Hatch, b. Feb. 2, 1808; d. Nov. 9, 1863.

Bethiah Gray, daughter of Nathaniel and Bethiah Newcomb
Raymond Gray, bom at Kent, Conn., July 4, 1776, married
Daniel Hibbard, at Sherburne, N. Y., and afterwards removed
to the western part of the State, and died there.

addenda.

Etta Babcock Gray, wife of Charles Austin Gray, (page 58,)
died at Waterville, Minn., in May, 1885, aged 26 years.

J. Dixon Gray (page 58,) was for a term U. S. Revenue Asses-
sor in Iowa; was member of the Presbyterian Church, and a man
highly respected.

Elijah Gray and Sarai Raymond are supposed to have been
married at Kent, Conn., in 1788. The statement (page 57), that
he died at Jamestown, N. Y., proves to be incorrect. It was
at the residence of his son Joseph Dixon Gray, Marengo, 111.
Mrs. Gray died at Sheridan, N. Y., in July, 1829. Elijah Gray
enlisted in the Revolutionary army at the age of 17, and served
until the close of the war. He was a man of genial nature and
made many friends.

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JOSEPH GRAY.

"Joseph Gray, oldest son of John Gray (3), was born in Wind-
ham, Conn., June 12, 1732, and died in Greene, Chenango Co.,
N. Y., March 29, 1796, leaving two sons, Jeduthan and Amos."
This is the brief mention made in the Record of John Gray (4,)
of his elder brother Joseph, and but for which probably the
names of not one of his many descendants would have appeared
in this Genealogy. With that as a starting point, by correspon-
dence it was ascertained that there were several persons by the
name of Gray residing in Greene. Letters from them stated
that they were the descendants of Jeduthan and Amos Gray, but
as for Joseph Gray, they had never heard of him; no such man
had ever come to that part of the country. This was certainly
a decided and unexpected toil. But there was the clear though
brief statistical statement of John Gray in regard to his brother,
made at the time of his death, giving exact date as well as place,
which was not far distant, in the same county; and then there
was the corroboration of the names Jeduthan and Amos, so it
was determined to persistently push on investigation until the
truth should be made clearly to appear.

Inquiry made in the direction of Sharon and vicinity revealed
the fact that the names of Joseph Gray and Jeduthan appeared
in a list of those who protested against the aggressions of the
British crown, at Amenia Precinct in 1775, and the name of the
latter appeared as a patriot volunteer at that place in 1 7 7 6. A
search of the old records of Dutchess County at Poughkeepsie,
revealed the fact that Joseph Gray had given a mortgage to Mary
Walton, Apr. 12, 1765, for ;!^ioo, on 30 acres in Amenia Pre-
cinct, "adjoining the Qblong line, in accordance with a certain
obligation dated May 6, 1762;" which fixed his residence there
at that early date. It was also discovered by old tax rolls of
Amenia that he was assessed continuously from 1771 to 1778,
inclusive, and in the latter year the names of Jeduthan and
Amos Gray, both also appear as each taxed on ^i.

These facts all taken together were strongly corroborative of
the relationship of father and sons, as stated in the record of
John Gray. But there was also another clue. The Jeduthan

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Gray who was at Greene, N. Y., was a Baptist Elder of note.
Elder Jeduthan Gray was found to have previously been the pas-
tor of a church at Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., Mass., for
many years, and had removed from there to Greene. Amos
Gray, his brother, had also lived at Great Barrington during that
period.

The old town records of Amenia show that "Joseph Gray, his
ear mark is a swallow tail in each ear, slit the upper side left
ear. Recorded this i8th day of April, 1762." Also, "Joseph
Gray bought land in Lot No. 35," (30 acres), in 1762, and sold
the same in 1769. He must have continued to reside in that
town until 1779, as a daughter, "Sarah Gray, of Amenia," was
married at Sharon, Sept. 14, 1779, and also her brother Jeduthan,
same time and place. After this time all trace of him seemed
to be lost. A determined, thorough personal search however,
finally, almost by accident, disclosed him again, in an interesting
connection on the records of the old Baptist Church at Miller-
ton, N. Y., formerly a part of Amenia Precinct. At an Ordain-
ing Council held there Dec. 17, 1788, it appears that Joseph
Gray was present from the Baptist Church in New Canaan, Col-
umbia Co., N. Y., and was appointed to make the opening
prayer; that Elder Jeduthan Gray, then of Great Barrington,
Mass., was appointed "to preach the sermon and give the right
hand of fellowship." Father and son met together in such de-
lightful and sacred companionship ! There was and is the origi-
nal record, and it was a great pleasure to look upon it, and to
stand upon the spot where it was made. The lost was found in
that venerable old tome, so happily preserved, with other treas-
ures.

New Canaan was at that time the residence of John Gray,
brother of Joseph, and what more natural than that he should
have gone tliere from Amenia, as the tendency of migration was
in that direction ? It was a great disapi)ointment however, to
the writer, that thorough search afterwards made in New Ca-
naan, failed to find further evidence of Joseph Gray there. The
records of that old Baptist Church, itself now extinct, alas, are
lost ! And with them doubtless much of interest concerning
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height, with a few marked and unmarked graves about it, and
nature's baptismal pool in the mountain stream near by, are all
that remain. The voices of the past are silent, and give no sign
other than here recorded.

That Joseph Gray did remove to Greene, N. Y., and died
there as stated, there is no reasonable doubt. Two of his broth-
ers, John and Nathaniel, had removed to Sherburne, also in the
Chenango Valley, and only about twenty miles distant. It was
natural that he should go in the same direction. Again, his son
Amos was at Greene, in 1794, two years before the period of
his father's death. The evidence on that point is conclusive,
and must be taken as final. But in regard to the personali-
ty of the father of Jeduthan and Amos Gray, there is other and
absolutely convincing testimony, that of the living witness, the
venerable Dr. Joseph Gray, of Cambridgeboro, Crawford Co.,
Pa., son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, who after long search was
found, and when communicated with informed the writer that
his grandfather, the father of Elder Jeduthan Gray, was Joseph
Gray, and he, Dr. Joseph, was named after him ! That was cer-
tainly a finality from which, with all the corroborating circum-
stances, there can be no appeal.

Yet one important fact eluded and still eludes all research :
The personality of the mother of Joseph Gray's children. No-
where does her name or identity appear; not among the records
nor even in the traditions of the family is there the least trace of
when or where or who Joseph Gray married, or when or where
she died. Not even the living grandson had the most indistinct
recollection in that regard. In vain were the old records of
all that vicinage carefully conned over for the missing link. It
could not be found. This was not slight cause for regret, but
the search revealed the fact that there were daughters as well
as sons, and a numerous family of descendants, particulars of
which follow. The father and mother of such a race must have
been possessed of decided character and strong individuality,
though their deeds unheralded, they sleep in nameless graves.
And this tribute to their worth may well be accorded to
them by their descendants to the remotest generation, in all
time to come.

72.

JEDUTHAN GRAY.

Elder Jeduthan Gray, the oldest son, and probably oldest
child of Joseph Gray, was born in the year 1756. This much
appears in the old family Bible record made by his own hand,
in the possession of the writer, but the month and the day of
the month are too faded and indistinct to be deciphered. The
inscription on his memorial stone corroborates the above, in that
it is inscribed thereon that he died Mar. 2d, 1830, " In the 74th
year of his age." As to the place, his living son. Dr. Joseph
Gray, of Cambridgeboro, Pa., says it was in Conn. Probably at
Sharon, as that was his father's early home. The next mention
of him is his signing of the Patriot protest against British aggres-
sion, at Amenia Precinct, 1775, and in 1776 he enhsted in the
Revolutionary army, and was a Sergt. in Capt. Wheeler's Co.,
Col. Hopkin's N. Y. Regt. The History of Amenia says that
"Jeduthan Gray was honorably noticed for bravery at the battle
near Fort Independence, (vicinity of Peekskill, N. Y.,) in 1777."
His name appears on the tax hst of Amenia for 1778, and the
Church records of Sharon, Conn., show that he was married to
Anna Warren of that place, a niece of Lieut. James Warren, a
prominent citizen of Sharon, and probably daughter of Nehemi-
ah Warren, by Rev. Cotton Mather Smith, Sept. 14th, 1779.
The records of the Probate Court of Sharon show that Jedu-
than Gray and Anna his wife conveyed to Jehiel Rowley, Feb.
2?) 1795, all their right, title and interest in the real and per-
sonal estate of Lieut. James Warren, dec'd, which had been giv-
en conditionally by will to Deborah Warren, his wife, on his
decease, May 14, 1788. Consideration, ;^2o.

Jeduthan Gray having become prominent in after years as an
Elder and Baptist preacher, it was of interest to discover if pos-
sible his church connection and the date and place of his ordin-
ation. Search was made in the old records of that region, how-
ever, without avail. Only two Baptist churches were found of
date early enough for such record, and a personal examination of
one of these, that now at Millerton, N. Y., formerly Amenia Pre-
cinct, failed to disclose anything except the fact that Elder Jedu-
than Gray had been present at an Ordaining Council there held
Dec. 17, 1788, on which occasion he preached the ordaining

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sermon and gave the right hand of fellowship. Also according
to the record Elder Gray was there present on the preceding
Sabbath, " and gave advice and sweet counsel both to the
church and to the candidates."

At this time he was preaching at a place called Seekonk,
in the town of Great Barrington, Mass., and about two miles
westwardly from the present village of that name. This un-
questionably was his first pastorate, but where did he come from;
where did he receive ordination; and where did he reside after
his marriage in 1779 and prior to his appearance as a Baptist
preacher at Great Barrington in 1785? These are interesting
queries, and in this connection the following statement made by
one of his sons, many years ago, the original of which, an inter-
esting old record, is now at hand, is pertinent:

Warren Gray, born Dec. 23, 1784, in Columbia Co., N. Y.
Moved to Great Barrington, Mass., the year following, where he
resided until his tenth year, when he removed to Egremont,
where he resided until his twentieth year, when he emigrated to
Greene, Chenango Co., N. Y., where he has since resided.

This is a very significant record. " Born in Columbia Co.)
N. Y." Doubtless in the vicinity of the New Canaan first Bap-
tist Church, which was the only church of that denomination
then in existence in that county, or region, and near where his
father resided, who afterwards represented that church in the
Ordaining Council in the old Baptist church in the then Amenia
Precinct, 1788, to which reference has already been made. In all
probability he resided there during that period, and becoming
interested in that church, was in due course of time set apart to
the ministry as an Elder. Unfortunately the records of that old
church, which has since ceased to exist, have been lost, and
therefore the exact data, so desirable, cannot be verified. From
that place — the old church was located on the heights of what is
now Austerlitz, near Red Rock and the town of Canaan — he very
likely followed down the valley of Green River, and finding the
western part of Great Barrington and the plains of Egremont fair
to look upon, and the people without a shepherd, he set about to
build up the walls of Zion there, and to found a new Baptist
church and society. His first appearance there must have been

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in 1785, and in that place and vicinity he successfully labored
for twenty years, building up a church in that rural region that
had in 1803, according to the published reports of the Shaftes-
bury Association, a membership of 1 2 1 communicants.

Although it is eighty years since Elder Gray removed from that
neighborhood, his memory is still cherished there, and many tra-
ditions of him remain. Oliver Watson, aged 91, who resides near
Seekonk, on being interviewed said he remembered him well, and
also his sons. He pointed out the site of the old church, which
was a large barndike structure, since removed, and also a mound
in the midst of a fertile field where had stood the house in which
Elder Gray lived. David Olmstead, aged go, also well remem-
bered Elder Gray; had heard him preach many times, and
thought a great deal of him. Hon. Daniel B. Fenn, now of
Stockbridge, Mass., whose father resided in that vicinity in those
early days, says Elder Gray was frequently at the house of his
father, who was a prominent Methodist, and he describes him as
a man of fine presence, and kindly, genial countenance; social,
and good company. Others had alike pleasant recollections of
him.

The public records at Great Barrington show that Elder Gray
bought 40 acres of land there in 1787, for which he paid ^140,
and sold the same in 1799, for $900. In 1788 he paid taxes on
personal and real, 4s. gd. About 1796, Elder Gray moved to
Egremont, two or three miles to the westward, that being a more
central and convenient place for his congregation, and they met
for worship afterwards at what is now North Egremont, where the
church is located to this day, and the records from 1791 are still
preserved. The old house where Elder Gray lived, near there, is
still pointed out. It appears that though " fervent in spirit," he
was "not slothful in business," but was a man of substance as well
as a preacher of the Gospel, was active and prosperous. His
salary, however, was only ;^40 per annum. He bought 30 acres
of land in Egremont, in 1804, for $120, and sold the same in
1805 for $330. He also sold 70 acres there Aug. 19, 1805, for
$1,800, and Nov. 6, 1805, sold 12 acres for $125; all of which
was preparatory to his removal to Greene, N. Y., which took
place the following year, 1806.

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While pastor of the Great Barrington and Egremont church,
Elder Gray attained much prominence as a Baptist preacher.
He was frequently called to Hillsdale, N. Y., and regularly sup-
plied the pulpit of the North Hillsdale Baptist church, on alternate
Sundays, during a part of the year, 1796. Afterwards, in 1802, he
was moderator of a stormy council held there to consider the
question of dividing that church; also again January 27, 1803, on
which occasion the record says "Elder Gray manifested a burthen
against bro. Richard Kenyon for his disorderly conduct in railing
against him in the church ;" which was bad for Richard, for though
slow to wrath Elder Gray evidently was not a man to be trifled with.

Elder Gray was present at Flat Brook church, Canaan, N. Y., at
a meeting of the Shaftesbury Association, Sept. i, 1 790 ; and at an
Ordaining Council held at the same place, May 27, 1795, and he
preached the opening sermon before the Stephentown Association
at Union Village, N. Y., June 7, 1797. His report of a case of
discipline referred to him by the Baptist Church at Flat Brook,
found among the archives, is so original and unique, that a part
of the testimony, and the findings in the case, all in his own
characteristic calligraphy, is here given as a rarity. It is on a well
preserved sheet of foolscap, brown with age, closely written, viz:

Sisters Esther and Sally Beech saith, that they believe that Br.
Brownson has given just occasion of Burthen by showing too much fond-
ness toward Sister Priscilla Church.

Deacon North saith, he believed that Br. Brownson's conduct to-
ward Sister Priscilla Church was wounding to the cause of religion,

Sister Sabra North saith, she did withdraw from communion be-
cause she did believe that Br. Brownson and Sister Priscilla did wound
religion.

Capt. Tiler and wife saith, they believe that Br. Brownson and Sister
Priscilla did conduct with that fondness toward each other that was
wounding to religion.

Br. Thomas Marshal saith, he believeth that Br. Brownson's con-
duct towards Sister Priscilla was that which gave great occasion to gain-
sayers to speak reproachfully of religion.

Sisters Elizabeth and Mary North saith they believe that Bro.
Brownson and Sister Priscilla did show that fondness for each other that
gave great occasion of Burthen.

A true copy, attest, Jeduthan Gray, Cl'k.

To the 2d Baptist Church at Canaan : Whereas, we have received a
request from you to send Brethren to give the reasons why Ashbel
Brownson may not with propriety join with you in Church relation ; these
are the Reasons which we hold as a bar of fellowship until his Brethren
are satisfied with him, or made to appear that they ought to be satisfied
with him. Jeduthan Gray.

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And so at last Elder Gray bade farewell to the people with
whom he had lived and labored for upwards of twenty years,
and to whom he had become so strongly attached, to journey
to his new home in the Chenango valley, and to a new field of
labor. The following sketch of his life from that period on-
ward, is quoted from the early history of Greene, written by
the late Dr. W. D. Purple, of that place, and is full of in-
terest:

"In the year 1806 Elder Jeduthan Gray located on the farm
now owned by Philo Webb, east of the Genegantslet Creek. He
was from Berkshire Co., Mass., where he had been well and fav-
orably known as a clergyman of the Baptist denomination. Im-
mediately on his arrival among us he commenced the work of
gathering a church which was called the 2d Baptist Church of
Greene. It soon became respectable both in character and
numbers, and extended over that part of Greene and the eastern
part of the adjoining town of Lisle. Elder Gray was the moving
spirit in this extensive organization. His clerical duties were
not confined to a central point, but extended to every neighbor-
hood and hamlet in the vicinity. His unremitting attention to
the sick, the dying and the disconsolate elicited universal praise.
His talent and abiUty were of a high order, and not only in his
pastoral duties but in every relation of life incident to a new set-
tlement his advice was sought and his agency required. Our
early settlers fully appreciated his services and sacrifices in their
behalf; his councils and admonitions are recorded in grateful re-
membrance by his cotemporaries, and the plandit of a good and
faithful servant embalms his memory. He died at Sugar Grove,
Warren Co., Pa., in 1830."

Elder Gray removed from Greene to the town of Concord,
Erie Co., Pa., in 1823. Some of his family had preceded him
thither, and the settlement they made was called " Grays." The
Post Office address is Spartansburg, Pa. There he continued
his labors as a pioneer preacher, and was actively so engaged
until the time of his decease.

The following letter giving account of the death of Elder
Gray was written by his son, Dr. Joseph Gray, to a brother at
Greene, N. Y.:

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Rockdale, April ist, 1830.
Dear Brother : Yours of the 1 8th inst. was duly received.
We were glad to hear that you were all well. Almira has been
very low in health. I almost despaired of her recovery, but
through the goodness of God she is recovering her health in a
measure. I have not heard from Concord since I left there, the
day after father was buried. Father was taken unwell on the
Canisteo, about forty miles from Ketchum's, and continued to get
worse until he arrived at Sugar Grove, Warren Co., Pa., 22 miles
from Concord. He stopped at Capt. Phelps', three-quarters of
a mile from Hiram's, and was unable to be removed from there,
until he died, which was one week. His complaint was the
pleuresy and inflammation of the lungs. He was carried into
the neighborhood where he lived, and buried. He retained his
senses to the last, and died triumphing in the faith of that Gos-
pel he has preached to others rising of half a century. I asked
him if he was sensible that he was but a short time for this
world, perhaps ten minutes before he breathed his last. "Oh,
yes; but I go with a hope of glorious immortality beyond the
grave. Come, Lord Jesus ! Oh, come quickly ! Not my will
but thine be done, Oh, Lord !" and died without a struggle.

The devoted pastor, the faithful friend, the patriot soldier,
the loving husband and father, the able preacher, and beloved
Elder, his work well done, his warfare accomplished, had fallen
asleep.

" Servant of God, well done!

Rest from thy loved employ;
The battle fought, the victory won,

Enter thy Master's joy."

Anna Warren Gray, Elder Gray's beloved and worthy consort,
died Jan. 28th, 1837, in her 77th year, and was buried by his
side.

DESCENDANTS OF ELDER JEDUTHAN GRAY.

Silas Gray, oldest son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, was bom
March 23d, 17 81; mar. Polly Hare; died at Spartansburg, Pa.,
Aug. 19, 1849. Children:

Levi Gray, b. Apr. 15, 1803; mar. Lucy Lews; children:
William Gray, dec'd.
Patty Gray,
Lewis Gray,
Silas Gray.

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Emeline Gray, b. July 14, 1804.

William Gray, son of Silas Gray, was b. Aug. 23; 1808;
mar. Dolly Rose, July 3, 1831; she d. May i, 1853;
mar. 2d, Louisa Alcin, May 7, 1854; he died April 14,
1885; children:

Albert Gray, b. Oct. 23, 1833; mar. Rosine

Akin, Jan. i, 1856; Concord, Pa.; children:

Flora Gray, b. Mar. 23, 1858; mar.

Edward Baker; children: Velna and

Mary Baker.

William Gray, b. Feb. 16, i860; mar.

Etta one child,

Nina Gray, b. Nov. 1881.
Israel Gray, b. Nov. 7, 1867.
Jean W. Gray, b. Mar. 11, 1879.
Cordelia Gray, daughter of William Gray, was
b. Mar. 14, 1835; mar. Harvey Davis, Sept.
10, 1854; widow; four children; two sons,
Weldon and Forrest; two daughters, dec'd.
Alonzo Gray, of Titusville, Pa., son of William
Gray, b. Jan. 25, 1838; mar. Lottie Droun,
Sept. 8, 1864; children:

Alton L. Gray, b. June 22, 1865.
Dolly R. Gray, b. Sept. 21, 1872.
Mary Ann Gray, b. June 8, 1839; mar. Frank
Murdock, Mar. 26, i860; d. Nov. nth, 1883.
Children: Irving, William, and Stella.
John Gray, Dr., b. Dec. 9, 1840; mar. Agnes
Baker, June 27, 1866; d. at Findley's Lake,
N. Y., Mar. 7, 1873; two children:
Willie Gray, dec'd.
Nellie Gray.
Paschal Gray, Dr., of Rochelle, 111., b. Feb. 5,
1844; mar. Lydia Carpenter, Mar. 15, 1865;
mar. 2d, Agnes Cannings.
Sarah Gray, b. Jan. 25, 1846; mar. D. D. Car-
penter, July 3, 1864; five children: Delbert,
Mamie, Stella, Arthur, and Willie, dec'd; res-
idence, McPherson, Kansas.
Lucy Gray, b. July 2, 1847; mar. Lyman Mur-
dock, May 30, 1868; d. Feb. 3, 1878; one
child, Eddie.
Silas Gray, b. June 30, 1849; mar. Elda How-
ard, Sept. 10, 1872; Concord, Pa.

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Jeduthan Gray, b. May 27, 1851; mar. Rossie

Thomas, Aug. 26, 1879; children:

Byron W. Gray, b. Oct. 6, 1881.
Zettie a. Gray, b. Nov. 11, 1885.
Dolly Cecelia Gray, b. Nov. 10, 1852; d. June

14, 1874.
Emma Gray, b. July 7, 1957; mar. Bruce Miller,

Aug. 29, 1875; one child, Ernest; residence,

Elgin, Pa.
Addie Gray, b. Nov. 20, 1861; mar. Frank Hyde,

Feb. 14, 1886. Residence, Spartansburg, Pa.

WilUam Gray died at his residence in Concord township. Pa.,
of Paralysis, April 14, 1885. The following sketch of his Ufe is
from the Corry Herald: " Mr. WiUiam Gray, our esteemed
friend who has just passed from among us, settled on the farm
where he died, in 1834. Few men have possessed the confi-
dence and respect of his fellow citizens to the extent that he
did. For 35 years he was Justice of the Peace, and for many
years was School Director. He was a member of the Spartans-
burg Baptist Church 22 years, having the confidence and chris-
tian sympathy and fellowship of his brethren."

Bethel Gray, b. Nov. 22, 18 14; mar. Eliza Cummings;

dec'd; no children.
Angeline Gray, b. July 28, 181 6; mar. Converse Higgins;

one child, James Higgins; Freehold, Pa.
Lyman Gray, b. Dec. 13, 181 9; mar. Mary Bills; d. July
16, 1884. Children:
Parney, dec'd.
Ella, dec'd.
Lavern.

Franklin, dec'd.
Francis.
Jeduthan Gray, b. May 8, 1823; mar. Emeline Blakeslee;
mar. 2d, Adeline Droun; Spartansburg, Pa.; children:
Ernest, dec'd.
Delia, b. Oct. 20, 1861.
Polly Gray, daughter of Elder Jeduthan Gray, b. Mar. i,
1782; united with the Baptist Church of Great Barring-
ton and Egremont, Apr. 21, 1799; mar. Eli Webb; d.
at Greene, N. Y., July 27, 1854.

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WARREN GRAY.

Warren Gray, second son of Elder Gray was bom in Columbia
Co., Dec. 23, 1784) and removed from Egremont, Mass., to
Greene, N. Y., in 1805. The following biographical sketch was
published at the time of his decease, Jan. 9, 1869: "In the
death of our aged fellow citizen, Warren Gray, Esq., our whole
community feels a shock. He has been for years the most prom-
inent landmark in our midst, a link in the chain that unites us to
a past generation. He has fallen like the stately oak that has
long survived the primeval forest, the observed of all observers,
which at last yields to the decay of time, and falls to mingle
with its native dust. He came to this town in 1805, settling on
the East of the Genagantslet, and amid all the hardships and
privations incident to pioneer life, bore his full share of its trials,
and aided largely in converting a wilderness into the abode of
civihzation and refinement. He was buried the nth of Jan'y,
1869, by the members of Eastern Light Lodge, of which he had
been a member for 55 years, and twice its Master, assisted by
large delegations from all the adjacent Lodges, and attended by
a guard of honor from Malta Commandery of Binghampton, N.
Y., of which he was a member." Mr. Gray was appointed Jus-
tice of the Peace by Gov. Clinton, and held the office for fifty
consecutive years, and until the time of his decease.

Warren Gray married Laura Beach, 1805; she died Nov. 12,
182 1, and he married 2d, Lucretia Ash craft, Nov. 15, 1828, who
died June 14, 1880. Descendants:

Alvin Gray, son of Warren, b. Oct. 14, 1807; mar. Lydia
Ann Foot, Jan. 17, 1832, of Aurora, N. Y., who was
b. at Homer N. Y., Feb. 3, 181 2. Children:

Helen, b. Apr. 8, 1833; mar. Joseph D. Josslyn,
of Boston, Mass., Dec. 4, igSo, now of Bar-
ker, Broome Co., N. Y.; two sons, Archie and
Josie, both dec'd.

Laura, b. Mar. 2, 1837; d. June 9, 1853.

Jennie, b. Jan. 13, 1839; mar. Cyrus J. Reynolds
of Corning, N. Y., Apr. 3, 1867, where she
and her husband and two sons, Herbert and
Harry, reside.

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Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Gray now reside with their daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Josslyn; P. O. address, Chenango
Forks, N. Y.

Harriet Gray, b. June, 1812; mar. Timothy Winston; had
two sons, Curtis, and Chas. G. Winston, of Greene,
N. Y. She d. July 4, 1843.

Lucy Ann Gray, daughter of Warren, b. Jan. 27, 181 5;
mar. Stephen A. Race, May 30, 1833; two sons, War-
ren B., of Irving Park, 111., and James Race, of Brook-
lyn, N. Y.

Eliza A. Gray, daughter of Warren, b. Feb. 3, 181 7; d.

July 4, 1858.
Laura J. Gray, b. June, 181 9; mar. Stephen W. Davis;

May 16, 1847; one danghter, Sarah, who mar. Smith

Hotchkiss, June 5, 1867.

Charles Gray, son of Warren, b. Sept. 28, 182 1; mar.
Mardula Carter, Oct. 21, 1843, who d. Mar. 8, 1855;
mar. 2d, Mary J. Ramsay, Aug. 30, 1858. Residence,
Greene, N. Y. Children:

Frank E. Gray, b. June 30, 1848; mar. Lydia
M. Carter, Oct. 26, 1870; is a Dentist, and
resides at Greene, N. Y.; one child,

Mardula C. Gray, b. Jan. 29, 1873.
Lucy A. Gray, daughter of Charles Gray, b. Sept.

30, 1850; residence, Greene, N. Y.
Charles W. Gray, b. Nov. 13, 1859; is an attor-
ney and counsellor at Greene, N. Y.; mar.
Anna M. Russell, Oct. 17, 1883; one child,
Agnes R. Gray, b. Jan. 4, 1885.
Ann Elizabeth Gray, daughter of Warren, b. Nov. 27,
1832; mar. Chas. H. Barnard, July 17, 1861, who d.
March 27, 1864; she mar. 2d, Frederick E. Barnard,
Jan. 23, 1873.

BETHEL GRAY.

Bethel Gray, third son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, was born in
Great Barrington, Mass., Jan'y 24th, 1787. May 24th, 181 1, he
married Corneha Carter, who was born Jan. 22, 1794. A kins-
man still residing at Greene, N. Y., says of him: " Bethel Gray
lived in this, and the adjoining county of Broome, where it

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might be truly said of him that he made the wilderness to blos-
som like the rose. He raised a large family, most of whom are
yet Uving. He was a man of stern integrity, and many noble
traits of character; was looked up to in all the relations of Ufe."
Bethel Gray died Feb. 4th, 1866; his wife died July 7th, 1869.
Children and descendants:

Miriam Gray, b. Sept. 18, 18 12; mar. John Aldrich, Nov.
21, 1 83 1, at Ithaca, N. Y. He d. Aug. 16, 1871. Had
two children: WiUiam, b. Aug. 15, 1832, mar. Mary
M. Haupt; have a son and daughter. Mary A. Aldrich,
b. Feb. 2, 1836, mar. John D. Weed, Mar. 8, 1869,
who d. Aug. 21, 1872. Mrs. Aldrich is now a widow
and resides with her son William at Wyoming.
Mary Ann Gray, b. July 13, 1814; mar. Herman C. Reed
of Ithaca, N. Y. Had three sons and one daughter.
Two of the sons died of disease contracted in the war
for the Union. Mr. Reed is deceased and Mrs. Reed
now lives with her surviving children at Brockton, N. Y.
Julia Ann Gray, b. Sept. 23d, 181 6; mar. Joel Parcell, of
Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1834; four sons: William T.,
b. July 18, 1835; Charles E., b. Feb. 2, 1839; Frank
G., b. Sept. 20, 1844; Ambrose W., b. Mar. 19, 185 i.
The three oldest are married. Frank and Charles live
in Florida, William in Colorado, and Ambrose, unmar-
ried, lives with his parents at Fremont, Neb.
Hiram T. Gray, oldest son of Bethel, was born Jan. 21, 18 18,
and married Susannah Minsker, Oct. i, 1843, at Jer-sey Shore,
Pa. Present residence. Big Rapids, Mich. Four sons living,
and one daughter, who died in infancy, as follows:

Sylvester H. Gray, son of Hiram T., b. Feb. 3, 1846, at
Jersey Shore, Pa.; mar. Antha Gray, daughter of Dr.
W. S. Gray, of Freeport, III., June 16, 1S75. Remov-
ed to Big Rapids, Mich., 1873, and is engaged in the
lumber business. One child,

Vivian Byron Gray, b. Nov. 17, 1876.
Jerome B. Gray, son of Hiram T., b. Sept. 27, 1848, at
Jersey Shore, Pa.; mar. Kate M. Darlington, daughter
of Hon. Wm. Darlington, at West Chester, Pa., Feb. 6,
1873, where he now resides, and is a member of the
firm of Hooper Bro. & Darlington. Children:
Norman D. Gray, b. May 16, 1874.
Isabella Gray, b. May i, 1876; d. May 8, 1876.
Charles P. Gray, b. July 4, 1 880.

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Eugene W. Gray, b. May i, 1858, at Lock Haven, Pa.;
mar. Jennie L. Stevens, at Big Rapids, Mich., Nov. 22,
1 881; residence, Roscommon, Mich.; one child,
Susie E. Gray, b. July 1, 1883.
George C. Gray, youngest son of Hiram T., b. March 18,
i860; unmarried; resides at Big Rapids, Mich.
Susannah Minsker Gray died Aug. 21, 1875, and Hiram T.
Gray married 2d, Hannah A. Phillips, May 10, 1877.

LuciNDA Gray, daughter of Bethel Gray, b. July 29, 1822;
mar. Luther A. Bliven, Jan. 30, 1844; he dec'd, since
which she has twice married; resides at Unadilla, N.Y.,
with her only surviving daughter.
Laura A. Gray, daughter of Bethel, b. Sept. 24, 1824; mar.
Lyman Frost, of McDonough, N. Y., in 1846; has had
six children: Cornelia, mar. Henry Blakesly, of Lin-
coln, Neb., and has two children; Alice, the second
daughter, mar. Prof. E. Howard, of the LTniversity of
Nebraska; Sumner Frost, d. in Colorado; Flora, living
with her parents, at Lincoln, Neb.; Lincoln Frost, and
Fremont Frost, dec'd.
Charlotte J. Gray, dau. of Bethel, b. July 26, 1827; mar.
LeRoy A. Casterhne, Oct. 9, 185 1; has four sons: Or-
rin D., b. 1853, and mar. Mary D. Webster, at Lan-
siug, Mich., 1876; Warren B., b. 1855, mar. J. M. Web-
ster, 1 881; Herbert L., b. 1861, mar. Clarie Hallock,
in 1880; Fred S., b. 1861— all of Maple Rapids, Mich.
Margaret M. Gray, dau. of Bethel, b. Sept. 2d, 1829;
mar. Samuel L. Vars, April 5, 1845; d- J^^X 26, 1861,
Orrin D. Gray, son of Bethel, b. June 16, 1832; mar.
Margaret E. Wolcott, of Corning, N. ¥., Jan. 30, 1855;
moved to Nebraska, 1879; d. Sept. 6, 1879; children:
Fred B. Gray, b. Jan. 19, 1856; mar. Ida S.
Gage, March 10, 1875 ; residence, Lisle,
Broome Co., N. Y.; children:

George W. Gray, b. Jan. 23, 1877.
Florence S. Gray, b. Aug. 19, 1884.
Mary L. Gray, b. May 22, 1858; mar. Martin
Joyne, Mar. 15, 1882; residence. Lisle, N. Y.
Charles M. Gray, b. Nov. 27, i860; Fireman on
R. R.; residence. Coming, N. Y.
Horatio N. Gray, b. Oct. 13, 1835; d. April 11, 1836.
Heman C. Gray, youngest son of Bethel Gray, b. Sept. 8,
1838; mar. Evehne N. Gates, Sept. 14, 1867; resi-
dence, Broome Co., N. Y.

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WILLIAM S. GRAY.

Dr. William S. Gray, son of Bethel Gray, and grandson of
Elder Jeduthan Gray, was born June 26, 1820, and married
Margaretta Hill, of White Deer, Lycoming Co., Pa., Apr. 27, 1848.
Dr. Gray attended lectures at the Philadelphia Medical College.
After marriage, removed to Stephenson Co., Illinois, in 1848.
Practised medicine there seven years, after which he engaged in
mercantile business. Was elected County Treasurer in 1857,
serving three terms- — six years. Was engaged in the manufac-
ture of woolen goods for a number of years, and operated sev-
eral farms. He removed from Freeport, 111, to Big Rapids,
Mich., in 1876, where he entered into partnership with his son-
in-law, S. H. Gray, constituting the firm of S. H. Gray & Co.,
engaged in the manufacture of lumber and shingles. Has serv-
ed seven years as Alderman from the Fourth Ward in the City
Council of Big Rapids.

Dr. Gray has had three daughters and one son. Antha, eld-
est daughter, bom April 8, 1849, niarried S. H. Gray, son of
Hiram T. Gray, June 16, 1875, and has a son, Vivian Byron
Gray, born Nov. 17, 1876. Next daughter died in infancy.
Third daughter, Ida, died at the age of ten.

William Byron Gray, only son of Dr. Gray, bom March 24,
1866, at Freeport, 111., was drowned in the Muskegon river, at
Big Rapids, Mich., July 5, 1878. The following brief extracts
from an account of the noble life and tragic death of this gifted
youth, published at that date, is here given:

"Monday, July 8th, at 8 o'clock in the evening, a hearse, fol-
lowed by a long line of carriages, passed along Michigan Ave-
nue bearing the remains of Byron Gray to the Cemetery. He
came to this city a little more than two years ago with his pa-
rents, Dr. and Mrs. Gray. Last Friday, July 5th, toward even-
ing, he went to the river to bathe with two companions. By in-
advertance he got into a swift current, beyond his depth, and
being unable to swim, his companions came to the rescue, and
the older one swam with him almost to a place of safety, when
Byron letting go his hold was swept away by the rapid current,
and despite every effort was drowned. Our city has never, per-

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haps, been more profoundly stirred, than when the sad news
passed from one to another, Byron Gray is drowned!"

" The awful grief of father and mother can be conceived only
by those who have passed through great sorrows. He was the
only child remaining at home, and he was to his mother the most
loving friend and companion. Indeed, the whole city mourns
the sudden ending of so beautiful and promising a life."

HIRAM GRAY.

Hiram Gray, fourth son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, was born in
Great Barrington, Mass., Yeh. 14th, 1789; mar. Eliza Ketchum,
at Greene, N. Y., Feb. 22, 18 10; he died at Sugar Grove, Pa.,
July 28, 1833, and she died at same place. May 4, 1836. Child-
ren and descendants:

Hester Gray, b. Nov. 12, 18 10; mar. Alvin E. Buel, in
Jul, 1829; d. July 5, 1865; Mr. Buel resides in North
Clymer, N. Y.; children: Eliza, Edwin, Hiram, Sally,
Elizabeth, John, Julia and Minerva.

Caroline Gray, b. Sept. 27, 181 2; mar. George Mcin-
tosh, March, 1833; d. Feb. 12, 187 1; eight children.

MiRETTA Gray, b. May 22, 1815; mar. Anson Stilson,
Sept. 24, 1837; residence, Matthews Run, Pa.; child-
ren and descendants: Emma E. Stilson, b. Dec. 22,
1838, mar. Henry Pilling, Sept. 13, 1854, and has five
children and three grandchildren; Emeline Stilson, b.
May 18, 1840, mar. Hilary Wentz Apr. 20, 1866, and
has five children; P^anklin Stilson, b. Jan. 23, 1842,
mar. Sept. 12, 1868, has four children; Hester E. Stil-
son, b. Nov. 10, 1843, mar. Thomas P. Page, May 2,
1863, and has four children; Gilman G. Stilson, b.
Sept. 17, 1845, n^^^r. Lydia Harlow, Nov. 28, 1870, no
children; Nancy S. Stilson, b. May 9, 1850, d. Mar. 3.
1857; Irena I. Stilson, b. April 28, 1857, mar. Wm. D.
Baker, 1872 and has three children.

Eli Gray, b. Sept. 18, 1817; mar. Sophie Lewis, June i,
1843; d. June 26, 1848; three daughters: PerUna, Lo-
vina, and Cornelia.

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Horace Gray, b. Nov. 12, 181 9, Caneadea, Allegany Co.,
N. Y.; mar. Emeline A. Merrill, Nov. 9, 1841, at Bir-
mingham, Mich. Children:

Adeline M. Gray, b. Nov. 2, 1842.

Albert Rollin Gray, b. Dec. 23d, 1844; mar.

Laura Markley, Aug., 1874; two children.
Abelbert Warren Gray, b. June 9, 1847; mar.
Martha Carpenter, Aug. 26, 1865; children:
Horace Albert Gray, b. in Pontiac,

Mich., May 28, 1866.
Mattie Bell Gray, b. at Taylor's Falls,
Minn., Aug. 29, 1869.
Alvin Cortis Gray, b. Oct. 26, 1851.
Augusta Emeline Gray, b. in Pontiac, Mich.,
Oct. 28, 1856; d. Mar. 19, i860.
Cyrus and Silas Gray, twin sons of Hiram Gray, b. Nov.
3d, 1823; Silas d. Nov. 3d, 1824; Cyrus, a bachelor,
d. Oct. 15, 1873.
Warren Gray, b. Oct. 26, 1826; d. May 13, 1828.
George Albert Gray, b. Aug. 13, 1830; d. Feb. 6, 1831.
William Hoyt Gray, b. July 14, 1832, at Sugar Grove, Pa.;
mar. at same place Dec. 25th, 1856, to Mary Ellen
Whitely who was b. in Freehold, Pa., Jan. 21, 1840;
present residence, Eagle Grove, Wright Co., Iowa.
Children:

William James Seymour Gray, b. at Forest Lake,
Minn., Dec. 15, 1857.

Merritt Alonzo Gray, b. at Columbus, Anoka
Co., Minn., Jan. 7. i860.

Inez Estella Gray, b. at Middle Branch, Chisa-
go Co., Minn., Apr. 21, 1862; mar. A. A.
Godfrey at Ft. Dodge, Iowa, in July, 1880;
resides at Luverne, Iowa.

John Elmer Gray, b. at Wyoming, Chisago Co.,
Minn., June 25, 1864.

Charles Cyrus Gray, b. at Taylor's Falls, Chisa-
go Co., Minn., March 8, 1867.

Thomas Merton Gray, b. at Forest Lake, Minn.,
April 29, 1869.

Ernest Owens Gray, b. at Taylor's Falls, Minn.,
Oct. 16, 1872.

Nettie Emeline Gray, b. June 3, 1874.

Edwin Gray, b. at Rock Creek, Minn., Mar. i,
1876.

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Mary Ellen Gray, wife of William H. Gray, died at Forest
Lake, Minn., May 13, 1876, and he mar. second, Sarah North-
rup, at Webster City, Iowa, Sept. 2d, 1878. She d. July 28,
1884. Children by this marriage:

Gracie Gray, b. July 17, 1879, at Troy, Iowa.

Otto Sherman Gray, b. June 11, 1882, Troy, lo.

Anne (Nancy) Gray, daughter of Elder Jeduthan Gray, b.

at Egremont, Mass., May 25, 1791; mar. John Hayes;

d. at Spartansburg, Pa., Nov. 24, 1867; among the

children, Ann Eliza, Almira, Orland, Rebecca Rose.

Sabra Gray, dau. of Elder Jeduthan Gray, b. at Egremont,

April 19, 1793; mar. George Ketchum.
Barnum Gray, son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, b. Jan. 17,
1795; d. Jan. 30. 1797.

DR. JOSEPH GRAY.

Dr. Joseph Gray, son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, and at this
date, the only sur\dving child, was born at Egremont, Mass.,
Aug. 17, 1797. He married Almira Bristol, at Greene, N. Y.,
Feb. 27, 18 1 6. Studied medicine with Dr. Bradly, at Waterford,
Erie Co., Pa. Practised there, in Madison, Wis., and in Cam-
bridgeboro. Pa., where he still resides, over 30 years. Was twice
elected a Member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, 1844 and '45,
and was also \J. S. Marshal in Wisconsin. Though suffering
from the infirmities of age, is still in the fair possession of his
faculties. Children and descendants:

Polly Gray, died at the age of twelve.
Caroline Gray, b. Sept. 3, 18 ig; mar. Peter Pettecord,
Oct. 4, 1835, who d. Apr. 30, 187 1. Children: John
Morris b. Jan. 31, 1836, d. March, '38; George, b. July
1837; d. Aug. '39; Amos, b. Ma> 20, 1840; Almira, b.
Dec. 6, '41, d. Mar. '45; James E., b. May 10, 1843,
mar. widow Bloodgood, May, 1880; Caroline A., b.
Apr. 25, '45, mar. John King, Sept. 25, '65; Andrew
J., b. Nov. 24, '46; Wm. Henry, b. Apr. 27, 1845, left
ship at Valparaiso in i860, and not heard from since;
Virginia, b. July i, '50, d. Apr. '52; Joseph, b. Feb. 28,
'53, d. Jan. 20, '82; Franklin P., b. Nov. 21, '53, and d.
Sept. '54; Amanda, b. Mar. 21, '55; Clarissa, b. Apr.
23) '57i d. Oct. '58; Sarah Jane, b. Aug. 20, '58, d.
Dec. 20, '59.

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Dr. John Hayes Gray, of Cambridgeboro, Pa., oldest son of
Dr. Joseph Gray, was born in Concord, Pa., April 24, 1824, and
married Sophia R. Wheelock, Dec. 10, 1848. Was appointed
to a position on the Stafif of Governor Shank, of Pennsylvania,
with the rank of Lieut.-Col., when only 19 years of age. Atten-
ded medical lectures at the Berkshire Medical College, Mass.,
in 1847. Practised medicine about forty years where he now re-
sides, and has retired in favor of his son. Dr. M. D. Gray. Is
at present giving his attention to developing valuable mineral
springs and the building up of a remedial institute on his estate
near Cambridgeboro, Pa. Dr. Gray was a Member of the
Pennsylvania State Legislature for two terms, 187 1 and 1872,
and was a candidate for Member on the Prohibition ticket, in
1885. In his own terse language, he is "a Gray, a Baptist, a
Prohibitionist, and Anti-Secret Society man." Children and de-
scendants:

Mary Almira Gray, b. Oct. 29, '49, mar. Dec. 5,
187 1, to Henry E. Lefever; children: Harry
D., Sept. 28, '72, Ida, b. May 23, '74, d. Oct.
9, '81, Jessie, b. Feb. 23, '76, d. Oct. 2, '81,
Geo. L., b. Feb. 29, '80, d. Oct. '81, Harvey
J., b. Mar. 18, '82.

Myron D. Gray, Dr., of Cambridgeboro, Pa., b.
Feb. 5, 1852; mar. Esther Allen, Sept. 10,
1874; one son b. Aug. 15, '76, d. Nov. 1881.
Dr. M. D. Gray studied wth his father, attending one course
of lectures at Cleveland, and two courses at Philadelphia, where
he graduated. He has the distinction of being the third in suc-
cession in the line of physicians of direct descent in the family
of Gray, the representatives of the three generations all there liv-
ing at this date.

Martha Alice Gray, b. Aug. 27, '56; mar. Perry
A. Gage, Sept. 9, 1880; a son, John Gage, b.
Aug. 15, 1882.
Clara B. Gray, b. Oct. 20, '59; mar. Frank W.
Hyatt, July 3, '76; a daughter, Pearl, b. Sept.
26, 1879.
Carrie D. Gray, b. Oct. 20, 1859; '^^^- DeEl-

mer Kelly, Dec. 13, 1884.
Hattie a. Gray, b. Jan. 9, 1862.
Nellie M. Gray, b. May 8, 1868.

Hon. Almon D. Gray, son of Dr. Joseph Gray, was born
Feb. 1 6, 1829; married Adelia C. Allen, daughter of Col. B. Al-
len, of Bristol, Vt., Nov. i, 1855. Mr. Gray engaged in the
study and practise of the law. Was elected the first Mayor of
the city of Hudson, Wis., District Attorney of St. Croix Co.,
Wis., Member of Assembly of St. Croix Dist. in Wisconsin Le-
gislature, also District Attorney of Pepin Co., Wis., member of
Board of Supervisors same county, and County Judge of Pepin
Co., Wis. Has now gone west " to grow up with the country,"
and has established himself at Bismarck, Dakota, as the senior
member of the law firm of Gray & Gray.

Mr. Gray enlisted as a private in the 1 6th Regt. of Wisconsin
Volunteers in Nov., 1861. Was appointed Sergt. Major of the
Regt., and in March following commissioned as Capt. of Co. H.
Served with honor until discharged on account of serious illijess.
Children:

Calista a. Gray, b. July 4, 1856.

Almon J. Gray, son of Almon D., was b. Sept. 27, 1857;
studied law, and was admitted to the bar Feb. 27, 1883,
at Alma, Wis. Removed to Bismarck, Dak., and engag-
ed in the practise of the law with his father, under the
firm name of Gray & Gray.

George Benjamin Gray, b. July 14, 1859; has been engineer
on Missouri river steamers; now in the jewelry trade.

Effie a. Gray, b. Nov. 10, 1865; mar. Orlando Murray,

at Pepin, Wis., Feb. 5, 1885.
Adelbert B. Gray, b. Sept. 23, 1867.
Norman A. Gray, b. Aug. 27, 1870.
Archie H. Gray, b. Oct. 11, 1875; d. June 2, 1877.
Lovett M. Gray, b. Feb. 8, 1878.
Ralph D. Gray, b. March i, 1882.

Amos S. Gray, youngest son of Dr. Joseph Gray, was born in
Waterford, Pa., June 25th, 1835; married Mary E. Munson, at
Hudson, Wis., Feb. 22d, 1858. He was P. M. of the Wisconsin
Assembly in 1856; Register of Deeds of St. Croix Co., Wis.,
1858-9; Dep. Sheriff, 1860-61; P. M. of Farmington, Wis., '62
and '63; County Commissioner and Clerk of Circuit Court, '63
and '64; Capt. of Osceola Guards 1863, and promoted to Major
of ist Bat. 5th Regt. Wis.; Member of the Wisconsin Legislature

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1863; Town Clerk of the town of Pepin, and Police Justice of
the village of Pepin, Wis. Children:

Addie M. Gray, b. Sept. 17, i860; mar. A. C. Tucker, Feb.
22, 1882; a daughter; Lucilla, resides Rapid City, Dak.

Henry F. Gray, b. Dec. 22, 1862.

Meda M. Gray, b. Sept. 14, 1868.

Georgia A. Gray, b. May 31, 1871.
Myron H. B. Gray, son of Dr. Joseph Gray, was bom in
Waterford, Pa., 1827; married Harriet Jackson ,1845; ^^^^ in
the Mexican war; went west, raised a large family, and died in
Hudson, Wis. Children:

Almira Gray.

Charles Gray.

ELI GRAY.

Eli Gray, son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, was born in Egremont,
Mass., Sept. 18, 1799; married Sally Bates; he died at Black
Creek, Ohio, June 20, 1852; she died at Shreve, Wayne Co.,
Ohio, Feb., 1878. Children and descendants:

George Ketchum Gray, b. Jan. 13, 1822; mar. Charlotte
M. Tuttle, Mar. 17, 1850; removed from Ohio to Mis-
souri in 1863; d. at Allendale, Mo., where his widow
still resides, in April, 1874. Children:

Prudence Alice Gray, b. Aug. 13, 185 1; mar.

Newton Maudlin, Dec. 23, 1875; 3 children.

Sallie Rebecca Gray, b. Sept. 28, 1852; mar.

Lewis B. Imus, Apr. 18, 1875; 6 children.
Nancy Ann Gray, b. Dec. 22, 1853; mar. Wm.

Cavin, Apr. 18, 1876; d. Feb. 4, 1877.
Eli Bishop Gray, b. Sept. 17, 1855.
Abigail Gray, b. March 17, 1857; mar. Miles

Brown, Sept. 25, 1881; one child.
Henry Clark Gray, b. Sept. 15, 1858.
Bethel Hiram Gray, b. July 16, i860.
Byron Lemuel Gray, b. July 16, i860; d. Mar. 6,

1861.
Laura Melvina Gray, b. Aug. 18, 1862.
Daniel Pardee Gray, b. Sept. 22, 1864.
Mary Margaret Gray, b. Sept. 27, 1866.
Eli, Henry C, and Bethel Gray are at Leadville, Colorado,
engaged in mining.

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Laura Ann Gray, b. Sept. 8, 1823; mar. Elisha Hender-
son, Apr. 1845, who died Sept. 1854; two sons who re-
side at lola, Kansas; she mar. second, David Yamel,
and resides at Shreve, Ohio.

Sabrina Gray, daughter of EU Gray, b. Aug. 6, 1825; mar.
Thos. B. Harris, 1848; three children; residence, Al-
len Co., Kansas.
Henry Bates Gray, son of Eli Gray, was born March 8th,
1827; married Barbary Ann Donald, March 16, 1852; she died
Dec. 24, 1864, and he married second, Rachel E. Tarrh, Feb.
18, 1866; residence. Black Creek, Holmes Co., Ohio; children:

Arvilla E. Gray, b. Feb. i, 1853; mar. John G. Smith,
June 14, 187 I ; two children.

Rachel S.Gray, b. Sept. 3, 1854; mar. John Kaylor, Apr.
8, 1875; two children.

Sally L. Gray, b. June 26, 1856; mar. Albert Wachtel,
March 26, 1884.

John M. Gray, b. June 16, 1858; mar. Biddy Naven, Nov.
15, 1882; residence, Creston, Wayne Co., O.; a son,
Henry B. Gray, b. Sept. 19, 1883.

William S. Gray, b. Sept. i, i860.

George V. Gray, b. May 31, 1863.

Emma E. Gray, b. June 11, 1867.

Llewel\'n D. Gray, b. Apr. 8, 1869.

Hemon E. Gray, b. Feb. 26, 1872.

Channing L. Gray, b. Aug. 26, 1874.

Wade H. Gray, b. Dec. 10, 1876.

Walter Gray, b. Aug. 30, 1879.

Henry B. Gray, Jr., b. Sept. 8, 1883.

Abigail B. Gray, daughter of Eli Gray, b. Apr. 20, 1829;
mar. Samuel Bevington, Aug. 1847; no children; resi-
dence, lola, Kansas.
Hermon Carter Gray, son of Eli Gray, was born May 30,
1 83 1, in Erie Co., Pa.; married Almedia J. Booth, in Valparaiso,
Indiana, March 20th, 1856; children:

Josephine A. Gray, b. Dec. 31, 1856; mar. John Dole,
Nov. 17, 1 881; two children.

Laura Ella Gray, b. Feb. 23, 1858.

Carrie Bell Gray, b. Dec. 20, 1859; d. Aug. 6, 1865.

Herbert C. Gray, b. Nov. nth, 1861.

Alfred A. Gray, b. June 19, i860.

Ida M. Gray, b. June 19, i860.

Silas B. Gray, b. Oct. 8, 1870.

Burton B. Gray, b. July 3, 1873.

92.

Mr. H. C. Gray enlisted as a private in the war for the Union,
Co. G., 29th Regt. Iowa Vols.; was a Sergt. when discharged.
Was in the service three years, and in several battles. Present
residence, Oak Grove, Powesheik Co., Iowa.

Hiram P. Gray, youngest son of Eli Gray, b. Feb. 17 th,
1835; mar. N. J. Harger, at New Buffalo, Mich., Nov.
4th, 1858; residence, lola, Kansas; children:

Abbie Gray, b. Aug. 31, 1859.

Nellie Gray, b. May 10, 1861.

Samuel Gray, b. Sept. 13, 1866; d. Nov. 23, 1877.

Ida Gray, b. Dec. 27, 1878; d. Apr. 18, 1879.

Susie Gray, b. June 10, 1870.

Addie Gray, b. April r, 1876.

AMERALZAMON GRAY.

Ameralzamon Gray, youngest son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, was
bom at Egremont, Mass., July 18, 1802; married Anice Blakes-
lee; died at Black Creek, Ohio, April 20, 1849; she died at
same place, Oct. 1867. Children:

Maryamna Gray, b. May 14, 1827; mar. Jonathan Par-
sons, Oct., 1842; three sons; is a widow, and resides in
Indian Territory.

Helen Gray, b. July 5, 1838; mar. Oliver Spurgeon; died
July, 1872; one daughter.

Celena Gray, b. Aug. 1 848; mar. Joseph Nider ; lives in
Indian Territory.

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AMOS GRAY.

Amos Gray, son of Joseph Gray and grandson of John Gray
(3) of Sharon, it is claimed by some of his descendants, who
certainly ought to know, was born in 1 7 6 1 . In view of the fact
that the public records show the name of Amos Gray on the tax
list of Amenia Precinct, in 1777, the presumption is very strong
that he was born at an earlier date. And again, the date of
birth, 1777, well substantiated, of his oldest son, makes an earli-
er period for his own birth almost absolutely necessary. That he
removed to Berkshire Co., Mass., there is abundant evidence,
although the fact tloes not appear on the church or town records
of that place. He married Eunice Kellogg, who died at Greene,
N. Y., 1 81 5, to which place he had previously removed, one ac-
count says in 1794, and another, 1798. But before that period
he had met with a very serious accident. It appears that he was
a mason, and while engaged in blasting out the rocky foundation
of a house for Conrad Sharpe, near Egremont, the site of which
is still easily ascertained, a premature blast put out both of his
eyes, making him totally blind the rest of his life. And yet after
that, he removed to the Chenango Valley, was among the pion-
eers of that section, and became the owner of a large and desir-
able farm which remains in part in the possession of his descen-
dants unto this day. After the loss of his first wife, he married
again, and made a will disposing of his property; all the while
totally blind. He also revisited Great Barrington and Egremont,
and an old gentleman residing in the latter place, Mr. Joshua
Clark Millard, informed the writer in 1885, that he well remem-
bered Amos Gray, then blind, being at the residence of his fath-
er, for a few days, when he, the narrator, was a boy, and he had
led him about. He must have been a man of solid, substantial
parts, and it is said of him that he weighed three hundred (300)
pounds. Eunice Kellogg Gray, the mother of his children, was
probably the sister of Elder Nathaniel Kellogg, who had mar-
ried Mr. Gray's sister Anice. Amos Gray died at Greene, Che-
nango Co., in 1828, having resided there for a period of over
thirty years, leaving the homestead to his youngest son, Amos
Gray, Jr.

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DESCENDANTS OF AMOS GRAY.

Joseph Gray, oldest son of Amos Gray, was born 1777; mar-
ried Miriam Hubbell at Greene, N. Y.; removed to Washington
Co., Indiana, and died there Feb. 18, 1854, "aged 76 years, 11
months." Mrs. Gray died Sept. 23, 1844, "aged 67 years, 2
mos. and 10 days." Children:

Lewis Gray, d. on Green River, Ky.; forty years since.
Horace Gray, of Chestnut Hill, Ind., son of
Lewis Gray, declined to furnish any informa-
tion of his own or of his father's family.
Riley Gray, b. 1802; d. in Mempis, Ind., Sept. 8, 1870.
Albert Gray, d. in California, 1850.

Malinda Gray, b. July 2, 1806; mar. John C. Pixley, Mar.

25, 1825; d. July 18, 1864; children: Mariah, b. Jan.

21, 1828; Emeline, b. Nov. 13, 1830; AngeUne, b.

Sept. 4, 1833; William S. Pixley, b. Nov. 20, 1836.
Laura Gray, b. 1807; mar. Mr. Sturdevant; d. at Otisco,

Ind., Feb. 26, 1879; five children.
Mabel Gray, mar. a Mr. Dailey and removed to Missouri.
Nellie Gray, mar. Peter Dailey.

Palmyra Gray, d. in Washington Co., "50 years ago."
Zilzannetta Gray, d. in northern Indiana, 1879.
Ambrose Gray, moved to northern Ind.; "died 20 years ago."

JEDUTHAN GRAY.

Jeduthan Gray, second son of Amos Gray, was born in Berk-
shire Co., Mass., probably in Egremont, in 1780; married Ruth
Loomis at Greene, N. Y., and removed to Washington Co., In_
diana, 181 9; married 2d, Clarissa Grosvenor; resided in h'rank-
lin township until his death, 1849. Children and descendants:
Huldah Gray, b. Nov. 13, 1798; mar. Charles A. Bartle,
Aug. 2, 181 5; d. at Bartle, Ind., Sept. 9, 1843; child-
ren: Ruth Ann, b. Apr. 5. 181 7, now widow Buckley;
resides at Stony Fork, Pa.; Warren Bartle, b. Sept. 28,
18 1 8, and resides at Bartle, Ind.; Loomis, b. 1822, d.
1856; Elizette, b. Aug. 2, 1824, d. 1872; John Henry,
b. May 2, 1827, d. Dec. 20, 1858; Amanda, b. De.c
24, 1830, d. May 23, 1846; Loren M., d. Dec. 27, '32;
Orrin C, b. Apr. 17, 1838; Caroline A., b. Aug. 12,
1841, d. Oct. 27, 1842.
Loomis B. Gray, b. in N. Y., and d. in Ind.

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Orrin C. Gray, son of Jeduthan Gray, b. Aug. 17, 1807;
mar. Alvina B. McCIellan, Oct. 30, 1825; she d. Nov.
18, 187 1; he d. Nov. 23, 1884; children:
Jeduthan Gray, b. April 29, 1827.
Charlotte Ruth Gray, b. Jan. 11, 1829.
Abigail Gray, b. Oct. 5, 1831.
Charlotte Ruth Gray, 2d, b. Aug. 5, 1833.
Abigail Gray, 2d, b. Feb. 3, 1836.
Charles Gray, b. April 12, 1838.
Annie H. Gray, b. Jan. 15, 1840.
Perlina Gray, b. Oct. 20, 1842.
LoDiscA Gray, b. Dec. 2, 1850.
Orrin Millard P'illmore Gray, b. Jun. 11, 1853.
Abigail Gray, daughter of Jeduthan, b. in N. Y.; mar

John Moore, of Madison, Ind.; four children:
Philo p. Gray, son of Jeduthan, b. 18 13; mar. Marian F
McCIellan, 1835; residence, Bartle, Washington Co.,
Ind.; children and descendants:

Marcus Gray, b. Mar. 19, 1837; mar. Marietta
Younkin, Oct. 18, i860; children:

Lilly F. Gray, b. June 6, 1861; mar.
John R. Humphrey, June 4, 1880;
has 3 children, b. '82, '83, '84.
Henry H. Gray, b. Aug. 30, 1863; d.

Sept. 6, 1864.
Emma F. Gray. b. June 25, 1865; mar.
LaFayette McAdams, Sept. 3, 1884.
MiNEY E. Gray, b. Oct. 3, 1867.
James P. Gray, b. Jan. 2, 1870.
William E. Gray, b. Feb. 4, 1873.
Nellie G. Gray, b. May 18, 1875.
Charles C. Gray, b. Apr. 29, 1879.
Bertha P. Gray, b. Nov. 11, 1882.
Harrison Gray, son of Philo P., b. May 17th.
1840; mar. Emeretta Owens, who d. July 22,
1874, and he mar. 2d. Jane A. Warman, July
27, 1876; children:

Annie Belle Gray, b. Nov. 29, 1877.

Nettie May Gray, b. July 6,' 1879.

Oliver Palmer Gray, b. June 8, i88r.

Blanche Pearl Gray, b. Apr. 17, 1883.

Harrison Gray enlisted Aug. 16, 1862, in Co. B, 8ist Indiana

Vols., in the war for the Union ; was wounded at the battle of

Chickamaugua, Sept. 19, 1863, in the thigh ; ball not extracted;

is a pensioner. Residence, Bartle, Washington Co., Ind.

96.

Denis Gray, son of Philo P., b. 1842; mar. Dec.

31, 1868, to Amanda F. Bartle, daughter of

Mr. Warren Bartle of Bartle, Ind. ; children:

Reuben M. Gray, b. Nov. 6, 1869; d.

July 26, 1870.
Otto F. Gray, b. Oct. 9, 187 1.
Philena S. Gray, b. Nov. i, 1875.
Lulu C. Gray, b. Feb. 10, 1880; d. Ju-
ly 22, 1 88 1.
Denis Gray enlisted in Co. B, 8ist Indiana Volunteers,
was in the battles of Perrysville, Stone River, Chickamaugua,
Missionary Ridge, Kenesaw Mt., and at Atalanta, where he was
seriously wounded. Is Postmaster of Bartle, Ind.

Martha J. Gray, dau. of Philo P., b. Apr. 9th,
1845; mar. James Weller, Sept. i, 1861;
children: Amanda Rosanna, b. July 17, 1862,
mar. Chauncey Humphrey, Mar. 12, 1879;
Flora Bertha, b. Apr. 13. 1874; Estelle Mag-
deline, b. Feb. 7, 1878; Itaska Madline, b.
May 10, 1882.
Parmer Gray, of Salem, Ind., son of Philo P., b.
Sept. 17, 1847; mar. Mary A. Sides, Aug. 20,
1868; children:

Ida Gray, b. June 12, 1869.
FizziE Gray, b. Aug. 2, 1877.
Amos Gray, Jr., b. Jan. 9, 1849; mar. Violana
Weller, March 17, 1873; children:

Rosea T. Gray, b. July 11, '74; d. 1875.
Herbert Elnor Gray, b. May 26, 1879.
Elbert Leonard Gray, b. Mar. 18, '82.
Millard Fillmore Gray, b. Dec. i,'83.
Mary Gray, dau. Philo P., mar. Mr. Hosea, of

Spencer, Ind.
Clarissa Gray, dau. Philo P., mar. Mr. Kenedy.
Eliza Ann Gray, daughter of Jeduthan Gray, b. July
19, 1818; mar. Jonathan Hosea, Mar. 7, 1834; chil-
dren: Margaret, b. Oct. 21, 1835; Violana, b. Sept. 12,
1840; Romulus Hosea, b. Nov. 12, 1844.
Amos T. Gray, son of Jeduthan, b. April 25, 1820; mar.
Mary A. Miller, Mar. 22, 1842; she d. 1880; he resides
at Bartle, Ind. Children:

IsABELL R. Gray, b. June nth, 1843; mar. Wm.

A. Richardson, Oct. 1864.
Emily R. Gray, b. Sept. 25, 1845; mar. W. How-
ell, 1 86 1.

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Sarah M. Gray, b. Jan. 8, 1849; mar. James

Howell, in 1864.
William R. Gray, b. May 5, 1852; mar. Isabell
Shields, 1873; a son,

Clyde Elgin Gray, b. May 14, 1883.
Eliza Ann Gray, b. July 19, 1854; mar. Jerome

Weir, 1873.
HuLDAH E. Gray, b. Nov. 12, 1862; mar. Frank-
lin Shields, 1879.
Amos T. Gray was a member of the 58th Indiana Regt. in
the war for the Union, and participated in " Sherman's march to
the sea." He is a Deacon in the Baptist Church.

Jeduthan Gray, Jr., son of Jeduthan and Clarissa Gray;
mar. Levina Hardesty; was killed at the battle of An-
tietam in the war for the Union; left three children;
unable to learn their names; the widow married again.
Mary Gray, dau. of Jeduthan Gray, Sen.
George R. Gray, son of Jeduthan and Clarissa Gray, was
born March 29, 1838; mar. Mary E. Weller, in Octo-
ber, 1855; she d. in Aug. 1862, and he mar. 2d, Ehza-
beth Callaway, Sept. 28, 1865; children:
Julia A. Gray, b. Nov. 25, 1856.
Clarissa E. Gray, b. Jan. 9, 1858.
Sarah S. Gray, b. Dec. 30, i860.
Joseph J. Gray, b. Aug. 14, 1867.
Alpheus M. Gray, b. Feb. 8, 1870.
Nancy J. Gray, b. May 3, 1872.
Mary M. Gray, b. Aug. 4, 1878.
William F. Gray, b. Dec. 22, 1881.
George R. Gray, Jr., b. Mar. 24, 1883.

George R. Gray enlisted in the war for the Union, Aug. 27th,
1862, and was discharged the same year by reason of an acci-
dental wound while on the skirmish line near Lancaster, Ky.; res-
idence, Spencer, Ind.; 7 grand children by first wife's daughters.

Adeline Gray, dau, of Jeduthan and Clarissa Gray, resides

in Kansas City.
Alpheus Gray, son of Jeduthan and Clarissa Gray, resides

at Spencer, Ind.; was a soldier in the war for the Union.

Elizabeth (Betsey) Gray, daughter of Amos Gray, was born
Oct. 13, 1782, in Berkshire Co.. Mass., and removed first with
her father's family to Greene, N. Y., and afterwards with her
brothers and their families to Washington Co., Ind., where she
continued to reside until her decease.

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ENOCH GRAY.

Enoch Gray, third son of Amos Gray, was born in Berk-
shire County, Mass., 1783, and removed with his father in
his boyhood to Chenango Co., N. Y., where he grew up to man-
hood and married in 18 13, Sarah Hurlburt, who was born in
Litchfield Co., Conn., Mar. 12, 1792. He taught the first school
kept in the town of Greene, and continued to reside there, an
esteemed citizen, until his decease, Dec. 13, 1857. Children and
descendants:

Angeline N. Gray, b. June 19, 181 5.

Elijah R. Gray, b. Oct. 17, 1819; mar. Catharine E. Bur-
roughs, at Greene, Sept. 27, 1843; she d. Aug. 8, 1848,
and he mar. 2d, Mary B. Smead, at Hudson, O., Oct.
19, 1855; he d. at Junction City, Kansas, Aug. 24th,
1868. Children:

George E. Gray, b. Aug. 13, 1844; resides in
Bolivar, Allegany Co., N. Y., married but no
children.

Emma C. Gray, b. Dec. 29, 1847; d. Aug. 6, 1848.

Mary B. Gray, b. Dec. 9, 1856; d. Apr. 29, 1861.

Charles Gray, b. Oct. 6, 1858; drowned Aug. 8,
1868.

Frank Gray, b. Mar. 21, i860; d. Aug. 5, i860.
Henry Gray, b. Aug. 7, 1861; resides at Des

Plaines, near Chicago.
Fannie L. Gray b. Aug. 27, 1863; mar. James C.
Barry, of Des Plaines, 111., Dec. 6, 1885.
Frederick H. Gray, b. May 28, 1820; unmarried; resides

at Des Plaines, 111.
William D Gray, b. May 28, 1824; d. in Cahfornia, i860.
George G. Gray, b. Nov. 15, 1827; d. Nov. 25, 1840.
Juliette E. Gray, b. June 7, 1832; mar. John Garland, at
Chicago, Nov. 15, 1870; residence, Des Plaines, Cook
Co., 111.

James M. Gray, b. May 12, 1834; mar. Ettie Woodruff,

May 16, 1875; d. at Fergus Falls, Minn., Aug. 2,

1884.
Helen J. Gray, b. Feb. 28, 1840; mar. Geo. C. Roberts,

Editor and Publisher of the Chenango American, at

Greene, N. Y.

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AMOS GRAY, Jr.

Amos Gray, Jr., son of Amos Gray, and grandson of Joseph
Gray, was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., Feb. 2, 1790, and mar-
ried Christina Tenbrook, who died at Greene, N. Y., April 14,
1832. He died May i, 1868. Children and descendants:
Maranda Gray, b. Sept. 11, 181 1; d. Mar. 27. 1882.
Samuel J. Gray, b. Oct. 28, 1813; d. at Greene, N. Y.,
Feb. ig, 1885; children and descendants:

Henry S. Gray, b. March 13, 1837; removed to
Nevada, Iowa, mar., and had the following
children:

Lilly Gray.
George Gray.
Austin Gray.
S. D. Gray, son of Samuel J., b. Oct. 16, 1838;
mar., children:

George P. Gray, b. Sept. 11, 1867.
Elisha Gray, b. Aug. 16, 1878.

Charles D. Gray, b. Sept. 4, 1840; mar.; resi-
dence, Brisbin, Chenango Co., N. Y.; child-
ren:

Jerry H. Gray, b. Feb. 27, 1862.
Delilah Gray, b. May 11, 1864.
C. W. Gray, b. May 6, 1874.
Stira Gray, B. Aug. 19, 1883.
LuciNA Gray, b. Dec. 14th, 1842; mar. Will

Wlieeler; two children, Jerry and Emily.
George W. Gray, b. Aug. 19, 1 849 ; residence,
Greene, N. Y.; mar., a son,

Brainard Gray, b. Jan. 14, 187 1.
Jane Gray, b. June 16, 1852; mar. Garry Wheel-
er; children: Celia and Lena.
Rhoda Gray, daughter of Amos Gray, Jr., b. Oct. 28th,

1 814; d. Nov. 19, 1874.
James M. Gray, b. Jan. 7, 18 16; d. 1826.
Sarah M. Gray, b. Sept. 20, 1820; mar. Thos. A. Kathan;

mar. 2d, Henry Balcolm.
Nancy T. Gray, b. Dec. 27, 1822; mar. Townsend D.

Welch; d. March 17, 1885.
James P. Gray, b. March 29, 1828; mar. 1849, Marietta
Kendall; no children; residence, Brisbin, N. Y.

DAUGHTERS OF JOSEPH GRAY.
There were three daughters bom to Joseph Gray, sisters of
Amos and Elder Jeduthan Gray, — Sarah, Anice and Tamor.
No record of their births has been found, but they will be con-
sidered in the order named.

SARAH,

The old church records of Sharon, Conn., show that Sarah
Gray, of Amenia, N. Y., was there married to Reuben Barnes,
Sept. 14, 1779, conjointly with the marriage of her brother Jedu-
than Gray to Anna Warren. There were three children born of
this marriage, Celia, Reuben, and Joseph Barnes. The family
removed to the Chenango Valley, and the last obtainable infor-
mation of her was, that she was, years ago, residing with a son
somewhere between Greene and Oxford, N. Y.

ANICE.

Anice Gray married Elder Nathaniel Kellogg, a Baptist
preacher of some note, mention of whom is made in the old
Baptist Church records of Amenia, now Millerton, N. Y., as
having been present at an ordaining council there held De-
cember 17, 1788, at which his father-in-law, Joseph Gray, then of
Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., and his brother-in-law, Elder Je-
duthan Gray, were both also present and participated. No rec-
ord of the family found.

TAMOR.

Tamor Gray first married a Mr. Ames, and had seven child-
ren; four sons and three daughters; he died, and she then mar-
ried second. Job Thompson, and had one daughter, and a
son, Robert Thompson. The latter part of her life was spent in
Union Township, Erie Co., Pa., where she died many years ago.
She had considerable medical skill and practise.

The descendants of Joseph Gray, as will be seen, far outnum-
ber those of either of his brothers, although the full list is not
given, owing to the great difficulty which indifference and lack
of interest interi:>osed in some branches of the family, remotely
situated. They are mainly Baptists, with which religious denom-
ination their immediate ancestors were prominently identified,
and are a vigorous, virile race, with the strong family character-
istics predominant.

DARIUS GRAY.

Darius Gray, son of John Gray (3) and Catharine his wife,
was born in Sharon, Conn., Jan. 18, 1752, and married Abigail
Ashley of that place, who died May 16, 18 12. He died Aug.
12, 1816. There are strong indications on the public records
that Darius Gray became the owner of the John Gray home-
stead, described as being east of and adjoining the Gould place,
so called, in the history of Sharon, still easily located, on what
is designated " the Mountain," although only an elevated plateau
which is overlooked by the high range of hills eastwardly, near
the summit of which, he afterwards made his home, on a farm
now owned by Mr. Peck, his father having purchased it from the
heirs of Darius Gray after his decease. All the other sons of
John Gray, with the possible exception of William Gray, had
removed from Sharon prior to 1790, and he alone remained to
perpetuate the family name and to preserve the family traditions
on that historic spot. And when he died how much of family
history was lost, some of it never to be reclaimed. How easily
he could have pointed to the place where his father and mother
were buried, and his brother William, and have solved the mys-
tery concerning his missing brother James. A surviving grand
child, Mrs. Anne M. (Gray) Beebe, who is his only de-
scendant in the direct line now residing in the town of Sharon,
remembers him as " a large, noble looking man." He was bur-
ied near the farm house where he had lived, and died, and af-
terwards removed to a pleasant cemetery near the eastern bor-
ders of the town.

There were four daughters and two sons, all of whom married
and had families, as follows:

DESCENDANTS OF DARIUS GRAY.

Cyrus W. Gray, Rev., son of Darius, b. Aug. 3, 1784; mar.

Belinda A. Smith, of Hadley, Mass.; he d. at Stafford,

Conn., Aug. 20, 182 1; she d. at Peabody, Mass., Feb.

17, 1859; four daughters and one son.
Silas A. Gray, son of Darius, b. Aug. 3, 1784; mar. Lucre-

tia C. Wadhams, of Goshen, Conn., Nov. i, 1809; she

d. July 12, 1853; he d. Mar. 5, 1867.
Mr. Gray always resided in Sharon, and was a highly respect-

ed citizen of that town. He was a deep thinker as well as a
man of affairs, and wielded an able pen. His polemic passages
with the late President Taylor of Yale, when the controversy
between the Old and New School Presbyterians was in progress,
he espousing the cause of the former, attracted no little atten-
tion in the religious press. As will be noticed, he was a twin
brother of Rev. Cyrus W. Gray. The following is a list of his
children and descendants:

Augustus B. Gray, son of Silas A., b. Nov. lo, 1811; mar.
Sally B. Butler, March 4, 1838; d. July 29, 1852, on
the Pacific Ocean, while on his way to California.
Sally B., his wife, d. Feb. 12, 1868. Children:

Franklin D. Gray, dec'd.
Juliet L. Gray, "

Delphine L. Gray, b. Aug. 30, 1839; mar. James

S. Baldwin, of Cornwall, Conn., Dec. 31,

1863- residence, Pittsfield, Ohio.

Silas A. Gray, b. in Sharon, Conn., Oct. 16,

1848; mar. Ella J. Taylor, of Minneapolis,

Minn., Jan. i, 1882; residence, Mitchell,

Dakota.

Anne Maria Gray, daughter of Silas A., b. Feb. 23, 1814;

mar. Orrin Butler, Dec. 25, 1834, who d. Aug. 5, 1847;

four daughters, Anne M., Lucretia A., Amelia A., and

Maggie A. Butler, all deceased; and two sons, Calvin

and Moses Butler, with the latter of whom, in the

eastern borders of Sharon, near West Cornwall, Mrs.

Beebe resides. She mar. 2d, William Beebe, who d.

Nov., 1878.

Betsey Gray, b. May 4, 1816; mar. Daniel Scoville, Aug.
30, 1838; two sons, John and Eugene, and a daughter,
Isabel. Mr. Scoville d. May 13, 1858; she d. June 6,
1869.

Franklin Darius Gray, of Chicago, 111., b. May 19, 181 8,
in Sharon, Conn. ; mar. Ann O. Phelps, daughter of
Jeremiah Phelps, of Norfolk, Conn., July 4, 1843; an
adopted daughter,

IsoBEL Clifton Gray, b. May 16, 1859.
Mr. F. D. Gray has been a resident of Chicago since 1840,
and is President of the National Safe Deposit Company of that
city.

I03.

Cyrus Winthrop Gray, son of Silas A., b. May 7, 1821;
mar. Dollie Hyde Everett, of Ellsworth, Sharon, Conn.,
April 17, 1843; d. at LeRaysville, Pa., Oct. 21, 1874.
Children:

Annie Amelia Gray, b. Oct. 3, 1845; mar. Jas-
per Perkins Bosworth, of LeRaysville, Pa.,
Sept. 25th, 1867 ; children: Winifred Gray
Bosworth, b. Sept. 24, 1880, d. Mar. 18, '81;
Marjorie Lee Bosworth, b. July 21, 1885.

LiLLiE Augusta Gray, b. May 3, 1855 ; married
Frederic Edward Stevens, of Hooksett, N. H.,
Feb. 2 2d, 1882; a son. Gray Stevens, b. July
23, 1883.

Moses W. Gray, of Chicago, son of Silas A., b. in Sharon,
Conn., Apr. 10, 1824; mar. Mary L. Gaylord, daugh-
ter of Joseph L Gaylord, of Goshen, Conn., May 22,
1850. Children:

Clara Lucretia Gray, b. in Goshen, Conn.,
May 20, 1856; mar. Frederick P. Miles, of
Salisbury, Conn., Feb. 24, 1881, a daughter,
Loraine, b. July 16, 1884, died March i6th,
1884, at Lakeville, Conn., where the pa-
rents reside.

Frederick Gaylord Gray, b. May 7, 1859; mar.
Susan Williams, Jan. 1883, at Marshalltown,
Iowa.
Frank M. Gray, b. May 23, 1866.
Moses W. Gray is a member of the firm of Gray, Burt &
Kingman, wholesale grocers, Chicago. He has a summer resi-
dence at Goshen, Litchfield Co., Conn., and there all of his
children were born.

Betsey Gray, dau. of Darius, mar. Joseph Barstow; moved
to Wisconsin, and died there; two sons, John and Wal-
lace, and a daughter, Laura.

Mary Gray, daughter of Darius, mar. Joseph Sutliff, re-
moved to Ohio, had 3 children, and died there.

Abigail Gray, dau. of Darius, b. 1794; d. in Sharon, Aug.
2, 1869; unmarried.

Caroline Gray, dau. of Darius, mar. Rev. Mr. Miller, and
lived in Ohio; he died, when she mar. Mr. Bignal, re-
moved to Berlin, Wis., and is still living there.

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REV. CYRUS W. GRAY.

Rev. Cyrus W. Gray, son of Darius Gray, and twin brother of
Silas A. Gray, was bom in Sharon, Aug. 3, 1784, and pursuing a
course of study, he entered WiUiams College, from which he was
graduated with honor in 1809. Having decided to devote his
life to the Christian Ministry, he attended Andover Theological
Seminary. At the close of his first year there, his studies were
in part interrupted by his being called to the office of Tutor in
Williams College, which position he filled with much credit for
two years. In the latter part of this time he had obtained license
to preach, and commenced his labors in the ministry.

In Januar)^, 18 13, a few months after Mr. Gray had taken his
final leave of College, he began to preach in the first parish, at
Washington, Litchfield Co., Conn., and was ordained as pastor
April 4th of that year. In Sept. 1815, he was dismissed at his
own request. After that he visited western New York, and labor-
ed in that State and New England, till the spring of 181 7, when
Providence directed his course to Stafford, Conn. There he con-
tinued in the work ot his Master, as a faithful preacher of the
Word, and the beloved pastor of his people, until suddenly
stricken down in the midst of his usefulness. The following in-
scription copied from his tomb, is a just and fitting tribute:

Sacred to the Memory of

REV. CYRUS W. GRAY,

Pastor of the First Church in East Stafford;

Who with a mind cautious and profound,

Rather than rapid in its operations;

Strong in its conceptions;

Original in its views;

Disciplined by science and well furnished with knowledge;

Uniting in his character

Uncommon decision, with a heart formed for friendship;

In his manners simple;

In the avowal of his sentiments, undisguised;

In his doctrine uncorrupt;

In his piety fervent and steadfast;

In his preaching, instructive, earnest, and deeply penetrating;

Indefatigable in his labors;
And continually advancing in the high career of usefulness;
Was summoned by a divine voice, from the charge of a
Youthful family, and an affectionate flock, to the
Society of the redeemed in glory, on the 20th day of
Aug., A. D., 1821, and in the 37th year of his age.
"Behold an Israelite, indeed, in whom is no guile."

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FREDERC EUGENE WINDSOR GRAY.

A son of Rev. Cyrus W. Gray, the subject of this sketch was
born m Washington, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 2, 18 14. Wlien
only seven years old his father died, and he was adopted by Dr.
Porter, of Hadley, Mass. After suitable preparation Mr. Gray
commenced the publication of a paper at Ipswich, Mass., in
1837, called the Ipswich Register. This he so ably conducted
that in the spring of 1840 he received an urgent call to take
charge of the Lynn Freeman., which he accepted, and he so
admirably filled the place that, on the election of President
Harrison, he received an offer to take charge of an Administra-
tion organ to be established at Washington, which however, was
prevented by the early demise of the President.

Always a staunch Whig until the death of that party, in 1845
he took the position of Editor of the New Jersey Advocate, pub-
lished at Rah way, N. J., which position he continued to fill until
1856, when he removed to Newburgh, N. Y., where he edited
for a time the Gazette, and then became editor of the Telegraph,
the weekly and daily editions of which he continued to conduct,
until the failure of his health.

Mr. Gray held the pen of a ready writer, and as a conversa-
tionalist he was rarely equalled. He possessed a remarkable
memor}', and as an instance of this, when a child in the Sunday
School, the members of his class being requested to see which
could commit the most of Scripture to memory, he greatly sur-
prised his teacher, when the test came, by correctly reciting
three thousand verses ! He could repeat a sermon, or address,
years after having heard it, almost verbatim, and his mind was
richly stored with historic and other treasures of knowledge.

Mr. Gray was earnest and zealous in whatever he undertook;
he threw his whole soul into every good enterprise, and labored
for the improvement of every place in which he resided. He
was an Episcopalian, and dearly loved that Church. He cared
for the \vidow and the orphan, and the blessing of more than
one that was ready to perish, was upon him. In 1864 he had
removed to Vineland, New Jersey, with his family, for the im-
provement of his failing health. He was suddenly stricken

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down with apoplexy while visiting a daughter in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
where he died, April 6, 187 1. His remains were taken to New-
burgh for interment, where he was buried with the services of
the Episcopal Church, and with those of the Masonic fraternity,
of which he had long been a faithful and honored member.
His beloved pastor, closed a sketch of his Ufe published at that
time, with the following beautiful and affectionate eulogy: "Short
as was my acquaintance with our departed brother, I had early
learned to respect and love him. His purity of character, his
singleness of mind and heart, and exemplary christian life, en-
deared him to me greatly. It was with profound sorrow I
heard the news of his death. It is but a small wreath to his
memory that I now lay upon his tomb, but it is the offering of
a pure pastoral love."

It is needless to add that such a man was greatly missed in
the circle where he moved, but especially in his family and home.
Mr. Gray was married at Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 8th, 1839, to
Elizabeth Kimball, daughter of Rev. D. T. Kimball, who was
for over half a century the pastor of the Congregational Church
at that place. Miss Kimball was graduated at Ipswich Semina-
ary, and a lady of high character and rare worth. She was the
lifelong and beloved companion of Mr. Gray, and still survives,
actively engaged in church work and interested in every good
cause. Her residence is at Franklinville, N. J. One son and
three daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gray, as follows:

Elizabeth Kimball Gray, b. Aug. 28, 1840; mar. Capt.
H. S. Spaulding, Aug. 31, 1878; a son, Henry Seville,
b. Sept. 16, 1880, in Franklinville, N. J.

Mrs. Elizabeth Kimball Gray Spaulding is much interested in
literary work, and has a regular engagement with the N. Y. Ex-
ammer, the noted Baptist paper, besides she occasionally con-
tributes both of verse and prose for other journals and publica-
tions. When her father's health was impaired, she went into his
office and for several months conducted the business of both a
weekly and daily paper with credit to herself and satisfaction to
all parties. She has also been a useful and honored teacher for
for years, and is still so engaged. Her present residence is at
lona, N. J. She is a very interesting and gifted lady.

ELIZAP.F.TII KTMBAI.T, r,R A Y-RP AUT.DING.

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Mary Eugenie Gray, b. July 5, 1846. in Rahway, N. J.; d.

June 16, 1868, at Vineland, N. J.
Frederic Eugene Gray, b. at Rahway, N. J., Nov. 26,
1848; d. Sept. 16, 1851.
The father bereaved thus touchingly portrayed his grief at the
loss of his loved and only son : "In the full flush of his inno-
cence he fell with the first leaves of Autumn, and the Autumn
winds sigh out mournfully his requiem; but mingled with its sad-
ness there comes a voice which sweetly whispers peace and con-
solation to the bruised hearts which yet linger behind him."

Julia Virginia Gray, b. at Rahway, N. J., Dec. 18, 1852.
Is a successful teacher; unmarried, and makes her
home at Vineland, N. J.

daughters of rev. CYRUS W. GRAY.

Elizabeth Ashley Gray, dau. of Rev. Cyrus W. Gray, b.

at Hadley, Mass., March 19, 1816 ; mar. WiUiam H.

Smith, at Hadley, June 16, 1841; a daughter, Juha

Gray Smith; residence, Chelsea, Mass.
Julia Augusta Gray, dau. of Rev. Cyrus W. Gray, b. Oct.

22, 181 7; mar. Justin L. Ambrose, 1840; no children;

residence, Boston.
Catharine Aurelia Gray, dau. of Rev. Cyrus W. Gray,

b. Feb. 14, i8ig; mar. Samuel Newman, of Peabody,

Mass.; dec'd.
Mary Ann B. Gray, dau. of Rev. Cyrus W. Gray, b. at

Staftbrd, Conn., Sept. 19, 1820; d. at Sharon. Aug. 10,

loS.
DANIEL GRAY.

Hon. Daniel Gray, or " Judge Gray," as he was rightfully
called by his neighbors and fellow citizens in his later years,
was the seventh son of John Gray (3) of Sharon, and was
a manly and noble character. There is a slight discrepancy be-
tween different authorities concerning the date of his birth, the
official town records of Sharon having it as June 4, 1756, while
the records of the Surrogate's Court, same place, in noticing the
appointment of his mother, Catharine Gardner Gray, as his
guardian, in 1763, give the date of his nativity May 4, 1756;
and his age, as given on the memorial stone at his grave, taken
from tlie date of his death, would make his birth on July 4th.
In any case he was of good parentage, and from a hardy, vigorous
youth developed a brave and patriotic manhood. Born during the
continuance of the French war, and near the borders exposed to
its ravages, he grew up with instinctive patriotism pulsing in his
dauntless heart that needed but the occasion to bring it forth.
The Revolutionary spirit was there; the might to do, the courage
to dare. War raised its horrid front, the summons to duty came,
and young Daniel Gray, like many another noble youth, went
bravely forth to risk his life if need be on " the perilous edge of
battle," to meet the foes of his country and of mankind. To
what dangers he was exposed, by what disaster he was overcome,
and how he bore himself through it all, is so well told in the
annals of Rensselaer County, which became his later home, that
the account is here given entire;

" Daniel Gray was one of those young men who enlisted their
all in the cause of Independence. He had volunteered in Col.
John Pathson's Regt., which was sent North, toward the Canada
lines, to attend to the Indians, and in a battle with them at a
place called 'The Cedars,' on the Sorel River, and not far
from Montreal, Col. Pathson was surprised and defeated with the
loss of about 60 taken prisoners, besides the killed and wound-
ed. Among the prisoners so taken was Daniel Gray. Tlie first
night after their capture the Indians threw them on the ground
on their backs, and then having extended their limbs to the full
extent fastened them with staddles. Then they cut poles eight
or ten feet in length which they laid on them transversely. Indian

log.

guards with arms in their hands lay on either side of each pris-
oner, and on the poles, bending them to the ground. In this po-
sition Mr. Gray lay through the night, with an innumerable mul-
titude of mosquitos feasting on his blood. He was often heard
to say that it was the most insufferable night he ever experienced.
" The Indians were often insulting and abusive to their pris-
oners. At one time Mr. Gray was sitting quietly on a log, when
a young Indian coming along, without provocation insultingly
proceeded to spit in his face; whereupon Gray gave the youthful
savage a vigorous kick, knocking him down and causing him to
* squall ' at the top of his voice. The Indians thereupon rushed
out with their tomahawks uplifted, and would have made short
work of dispatching the unarmed prisoner, but just at that mo-
ment an old squaw who had witnessed the affair interposed, and
the captive's life was saved.

"Another incident: Some days after the commencement of
their captivity, the Indians asked Gray to show them how to
wTestle. He complied with their request, easily throwing one
Indian after another as fast as they came up. At last the great
bully of the tribe came, and he threw him also. This greatly an-
gered the burly savage, but he was not allowed to injure Mr.
Gray, who afterwards received many favors and privileges from
the Indians not granted to the other prisoners.

"The capture took place in May, 1776, and a year from the fol-
lovv'ing September, after many months of captivity, the prison-
ers were for a consideration turned over to the British authori-
ties, and closely confined on the prison ship at Halifax, where
they suffered more severity than they had at the hands of their
barbaric captors. To add to the horrors of the situation, the
small pox broke out, devestating the ranks of the ill-treated pris-
oners. The following April the survivors were exchanged, and
Mr. Gray returned home."

That he afterwards re-enlisted and did good service for the
Patriot cause is evidenced by the fact that his name appears on
the records in the State archives ot New York, as a Lieutenant
in Col. Van Rensselaer's Regiment.

Soon after the close of the Revolution, Daniel Gray removed
to the Hoosick Valley, and settled in the north part of what was

no.

then Stephentown, but that portion was afterwards set apart and
designated as the the township of Berlin. And there he contin-
ued to reside until his decease, May 23, 1830.

The records show that Daniel Gray was Captain of a Compa-
ny in Col. Van Rensselaer's Regiment of N. Y. State Militia in
1788. In 1789 he gave a mortgage to Sephen Van Rensselaer
for ;^5o, on 128 acres of land in Stephentown, which shows that
he had become a land owner; and in 1791, he was appointed as
one of the first Justices of the Peace in the County of Rensse-
laer. He was elected Member of Assembly in the State Legisla-
ture, which then convened in the city of New York, in 1794;
was re-elected Member of Assembly in 1796, 1797, 1798, and
1799; was again elected to the Assembly in 182 1, and partici-
pated in the Forty-fifth Session; as will be seen, being honored
by being so elected six times to the Legislature of the
State of New York. In the meantime he had served several
consecutive terms as Justice of the Peace, and Associate Judge
of the County, and had also been repeatedly elected Supervisor
of the town of Berlin. In the troublous anti-rent times, Mr. Gray
was one of the Commissioners delegated to confer with the Pa-
troon, and he was efficient in securing a just and satisfactory set-
tlement. He was a member of the first Board of Trustees of
the Baptist Church of Berlin, and continued to fill the position
until his decease. In this connection it is happily said of
him by a cotemporary, "The honorable distinction shown him
in this his place of residence, is all sufficient to show the char-
acter and talent of the man."

With all the world before him Mr. Gray chose for his home
a retired spot afar from the bustling highways, and the activities
of more ambitious life. Up a narrow valley to the eastward,
down which flows a rapid running stream, until near where the
border of Berlin is bounded by the Massachusetts line, and the
Hoosic Mountains seem to shut it in with walls of living green,
presenting a scene of rare wildness and picturesque beauty, —
there in such seclusion, and amid such romantic surroundings,
was the ideal place that he had chosen, and chosen well;
there, for nearly half a century he lived, there he died, and there
he was buried. There in that unpretentious farm home up

among the mountains, were born to him thirteen (13) children,
who went forth into the world to become useful and honored
citizens, men and women of force and character, most of whom
lived to over four score, and all of whom were living when the
youngest was nearly sixty; two still survive. From that seclusion
he was called forth almost continuously to fill positions of honor
and public trust, as already herein recorded. And this soldier
of the Revolution was pre-eminently a man of peace, often act-
ing as an arbiter to settle differences between neighbors, and an
aged citizen still there residing who remembers often to have
seen him in his youth, and was a familiar friend of the family,
recently remarked to the writer that it was a very perverse man
who would not submit to the arbitration of Judge Gray, as his
fellow touTismen commonly called him. What a priceless lega-
cy such a good name, which is still remembered and bears fruit-
age in that community after more than fifty years. That is the
greatness grown upon the granite rock of character, and it en-
dures.

Mr. Gray married for his first wife, Sarah Harris, June i, 1783,
whose parents were Quakers, and resided in Stephentown, of
which Berlin was then a part. She was the mother of six child-
ren. " Sarah, the Amiable Consort of Daniel Gray, died Mar.
30, 1798," in the 34th year of her age, is the simple inscription
at her grave. Mr. Gray married second, Jemima Rix, of Preston,
Conn., who was the mother of seven children, and after the de-
cease of her husband removed to Barry, Pike Co., 111., where
she died Aug. ig, 1840.

Mr. Gray was the last survivor of his father's family, his broth-
ers and sisters having all gone before him. A patriarch indeed,
his children still clustered around him, loth to leave those fa-
miliar scenes and the family fireside ; but how soon and how
widely to be scattered. Mr. Gray died May 23, 1830. The
following brief epitaph recorded at his tomb well commemorates
his worth:

"All that was moi'tal has here found an end,

Of a Patriot, a Statesman, a Christian and Friend;

On earth having finished the labors assigned him,

Heaven called for its own and men had to resign him."

DANIEL H. GRAY.

Daniel H. Gray, oldest son of Daniel and Sarah Harris Gray,
was born in Berlin, (then Stephentown), July 25, 1785, and mar-
ried first, Naomi Thomas, who died at Berlin, N.Y., Feb. 23, 1822.
She was the mother of six children, — four sons and two daugh-
ters. Mr. Gray married second, Phebe Godfrey, who was the
mother of eight children,- — four sons and four daughters; she
died at Cedar Hill, Dallas Co., Texas, Feb. 22, 1855. Mr.
Gray, as will be seen, was the father of fourteen (14) children,
nine of whom were born at Berlin, two in Pike Co., 111., and
three in Texas. He was the owner of a farm at Berlin adjacent
to the old homestead, and after his father's death, in 1830, he
removed to Atlas, Pike Co., 111., then on the borders of the far
distant west; no slight undertaking with his large family, making
the long journey in the huge emigrant wagon of those days, and
taking his household goods with him; but it was in due time, after
some stirring incidents by the way, safely accomplished. There
he remained near kindred, some of whom had preceded, and
others who had followed him, until the fall of 1839, when he
again moved on for the new El Dorado, Texas, where he arrived
Dec. I, having crossed the Red River and the Arkansas, and
braved the dangers of the wild frontier, then swarming with In-
dians and outlaws. There he stuck his stakes and built a house
of pine logs, and set about establishing a home. The surround-
ings just suited his courageous, adventurous spirit.

For more than twenty-five years, and until his death, he re-
mained a citizen of Texas, and participated in the stirring scenes
that marked that stormy period of its history. That he was a
man of great physical strength and personal prowess, is abun-
dantly evidenced. And that he was a loyal citizen in the time
that tried men's souls, that he fearlessly upheld the Flag of the
Union when Secession and Rebellion would have trampled it in
the dust; and when armed Traitors stalked abroad with fire and
sword threatening death and destruction to all who opposed their
mad schemes, Daniel H. Gray, let it forever be said to his
honor, let it be recorded as the crowning glory of his life, in the
midst of the storm and the tempest was true.

As evidence of Daniel H. Gray's steadfast patriotism, the fol-
lowing quotation from a letter written by his brother, Stephen
R. Gray, of Pittsfield, III, date of July 14, 1861, to friends at
Berlin, N. Y., is good testimony. It says : " Daniel's health is
good, and his letters interesting. The old man is a true Patriot,
God bless him ! He says, ' I am for the old Star Spangled Ban-
ner, come life or death !' " And again, what is still more em-
phatic is the following vivid portrayal by his own hand of a
scene which came near being a tragedy, in which he bravely re-
pelled a band of Texan rebels who essayed to take his life. The
letter was written to his brother Stephen, and the original is now

at hand:

Cedar Hill, Dallas Co., Texas, [
June 12, 1866. )

Dear Brother Stephen: — Through the goodness of an allwise
God I am yet on earth. I will give you a short sketch of my
life for the last four years. You had heard that I was married
the third time. The lady thinking that my two sons living with
me would be compelled to go into the anny, (Rebel,) thought if
she could only get rid of me, horses, cattle, all would be hers at a
blow; so she raised the hue and cry that I was Abolition. All
knew I voted Union. Let me say right here, my dear brother,
how would my conscience have wrung with despair, to have
turned against our fathers, the veterans of the Revolution!
"Union!" yes, that is my motto, and will be in my dying mo-
ments. They came with a rope, and one of them put his hand
on my shoulder with the threat that they had come to hang me.
I turned, and strength came to me like it did to Sampson, for I
exclaimed in my heart, " God help me!" In an instant I seemed
stronger than in my young days. I grabbed him by the throat,
and said, "You shall die first!" He was in a vice from which he
could not break away, and was struggling for hfe, but my strength
was like iron. Three more ran to assist him. Before they could
get me loose the fellow fell down; half a minute more would have
done the work for him. I told them they were a set of cowards.
"Hang me if you dare! My boys will be home after awhile and
they will lie 'round your cabins till they get the last dog. I am an
old Texan and have seen bears, panthers, wolves; I have never
turned out the way yet, nor for such a set of rascals as you are!"
More than 2,000 have been put to death for being Union men.
I was robbed of thousands of dollars of property. * * *

Farewell, dear Stephen, and don't forget to write.

Your Brother, D. H. Gray.

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Mr. Gray died at Cedar Hill, Dallas Co., Texas, Feb. nth,
1867, less than a year from the date of the preceding letter. At
the time of the desperate encounter therein recorded he must
have been nearly eighty years of age. A grand old man; what
metal there was in him. The descendants of his fourteen child-
ren may well rise up and salute his memory.

DESCENDANTS OF DANIEL H. GRAY.

Henrietta Gray, dau. of Daniel H., b. 1811; mar. D. W.
C. Varey, of Stephentown, N. Y. Removed to Texas
and died there; no children.

Daniel W. Gray, son of Daniel H., b. 181 3; mar.; d. in
1864, leaving one daughter and five sons, to wit:
Ira Gray.
Horatio Gray.
Daniel Gray.
Charles Gray.
William Gray.

Roby Gray; mar. Professor John N. Dewitt, of
Barry, 111.

Sarah Gray, dau. of Daniel H., b. 1815; mar. Dr. David
Seeley, of Pike Co., 111.; removed to Texas, where he
died in 1854, leaving a son who was killed in the Reb-
el army at Shiloh, and two daughters ; also a large
property, comprising 15,000 acres of land, six negroes,
and 600 head of cattle. The widow was afterwerds
twice married.

Hamilton Gray, son of Daniel H., b. 181 7; removed to
111., and d. at Rockport, Aug., 1837; an excellent
young man and much beloved.

Darwin P. Gray, Dr., son of Daniel H. Gray, b. at Ber-
lin, N. Y., 181 8; removed to Texas with his father's
family in 1839; studied medicine; graduated in 1845;
entered the U. S. Army as Surgeon in 1846, and serv-
ed until the close of the Mexican war, since which he
has been engaged in civil practise in Texas. Dr. Gray
married Miss M. Lamkin, Dec. 24th, 1847, at Came-

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ron, Milan Co., Texas; she died March 6, 1885, at
Grape Vine, Tarrant Co., Texas, Dr. Gray's present
residence. Children:

loNE Gray.

William Gray.

Frank Gray.

Seeley Gray.

Burton T. Gray, son of Daniel H., b. June i, 1821; mar.
Sophronia Babcock, Feb. 28, 1850; she d. Dec. 27,
ig59, and he mar. second, Mrs. Maria Brown, Oct. 25,
1862. Residence, Barry, 111. Children:
Ellen Gray, b. Jan. 12, 1853.
Frank Gray, b. May 9, 1856.

RussEL F. Gray, son of Daniel H. and Phebe Godfrey
Gray, b. 1824, in Berlin; removed with his father's
family to Texas; mar. Mrs. Ferguson, 1848; she died
and he mar. again; residence, Llano, Llano Co.,
Texas; children:

Delilah Gray, b. Jan., 1849.

Robert Gray, b. Feb., 1850.

Washington Gray, b. 1 85 1 .

WiLBURN Gray, b. March, 1852.

Lizzie Gray, b. 1855.

Mary Gray, dau. of Daniel H., b. 1826; mar. Rev. Mr.
Crawford; residence, Calvert, Texas.

James Schuyler Gray, son of Daniel H., b. 1828; mar.
Mary E. Green, Nov. 26, 1868; residence, Handley,
Tarrant Co., Texas; children:

Addie Gray, b. Oct. 25, 1869.

Margaret P. Gray, b. Nov. 4, 1871.

Dellah Gray, b. Nov. i, 1873.

Milan H. Gray, b. Jan. 10, 1876.

Mary Emily Gray, Nov. 22, 1877.

Susie Gray, b. Dec. 23, 1879.

Pearle Eurene Gray, b. March 16, 1881.

Myrtle D. Gray, b. Aug. 9, 1 884.

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Clarendon Ross Gray, son of Daniel H., b. 1833; mar.
Jane Glass, Feb. 1869; d. at Austin, Texas, Oct. 26th,
1877; two children deceased, and one living:

Jane Gray, b. March, 1870.

The name of Clarendon Ross Gray should be written high on the
scroll of honor among those who deserve well of the Republic.
In the midst of disloyalty and Treason, the fires of patriotism
still burned in his breast. The following quotation is from a let-
ter written by him to kindred date of Jan. 21, 1865: "For near-
ly three years I have been a wandering exile from my home and
dearest kindred, driven to the necessity of leaving my native
land to save my life, simply because I held to my patriotism with
a tenacious grip. On the 7th of Oct. '63, I entered on the task
of leaving the confines of rebeldom for Mexico. All my troub-
les heretofore sank to nothing in comparison to the undertaking
I now proposed. Four hundred and twenty miles of principally
an arid plain, three rapid rivers winding their way across the dis-
consolate wanderers's path, which challenge the strenuous efforts
of the boldest swimmer, and passage must be made while night
holds its dark mantle over the earth and hides the refugee from
view of the treacherous murderers who guard the banks, — this
vast plain must be traversed with little hope of success. I trust
it may never fall to my lot again during life's pilgrimage to per-
form such a journey." On reaching the Union lines, via Mexico,
he enlisted, Nov. loth, '63, as a private in the ist (loyal) Texas
Cavalry, in which he did good service for the Union cause, and
on the 23d of Dec. following was promoted to Lieutenant. All
honor to his memoiy!

Margaret P. Gray, dau. of Daniel H.,b. 1837; d. March
20th, 1875.

Milan H. Gray, son of Daniel H., b. Jan. 24, 1840, in Tex-
as; d. in Louisiana, Aug. 7, 1863.

Adelaide Gray, dau. of Daniel H., b. 1842; mar. Mr.
McPherson; residence, Colorado City, Colorado.

Amanda M. Gray, dau. of Daniel H., b. 1843; mar. Mr.
Jaques, Bremont, Texas.

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CLARENDON ROSS GRAY

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Sarah Gray, dau. of Daniel Gray, b. Apr. t8, 1787; mar.
Hezekiah Hull, of Berlin, N. Y.; children: Daniel
Gray Hull, who was drowned in the Mississippi while
out on a fishing excursion ; Dr. Hamilton Hull, of
Sandlake, N. Y. ; Ferdinand Hull; Laura Hull, who
mar. Dr. Philander Thomas of Berlin; Sarah Hull;
Arvilla Hull; Ferdinand Hull; Egbert Hull, an officer
in the Union army, and died in Libby Prison from the
effect of wounds received in battle; Pardee Hull, who
lives on the old homestead; Halbert Hull, and Cleber
Hull; Mrs. Sarah Gray Hull d. at Berlin, N. Y.

RoBv Gray, dau. of Daniel Gray, was b. Sept. 27, 1789;
in 181 2 she mar. Clarendon Ross, of Hancock, Mass.
Removed to Pike Co., 111., where he d. Aug. 7, 1820;
in J 823 she mar. Capt.Leonard Ross, a younger broth-
er of her deceased husband. Her only son, Schuyler
Gray Ross, d. Jan. 14, 1833, in his 20th year. Her
second husband d. in 1836. Mrs. Ross afterwards re-
moved to Barry, where she continued to reside with her
kindred until her decease, Sept. 18, 1880, only lacking
9 days of reachmg 91 years. To the last she retained
her mind and memory to a remarkable degree. A co-
temporary says of her: " Sunshine and hope seemed to
beam in her countenance and cheer her heart. Most
nobly and wisely has she filled her sphere, and she now
rests from her labors. Long and lovingly will be cher-
ished the memory of 'Aunt' Roby Ross."

Betsey Gray, dau. of Daniel Gray, was born at Berlin,
N. Y., April I St, 1791; mar. Alonzo G. Hammond,
at that place, July 18, 181 1; he was a Member of the
N. Y. State Legislature in 1828, and 1833; was appoint-
ed one of the Commissioners of Brooklyn in 1834;
elected Judge and Surrogate of Kings Co., 1845; was
also appointed one of the Supreme Court Commis-
sioners for the State of New York. Judge Hammond
d. Dec. 21, 1859; she d. Feb. 18, 1864. Children:
Adeha Maria, b. Apr. i, 181 2, mar. John J. Ross, at
Berlin, N. Y., July 4, 1829; he d. 1855; Mrs. Ross re-

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sides at i68 Duffield St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Eliza A.
Hammond, b. Aug. 28, 18 14, mar. Tunis Bergen, at
Flatbush, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1855; d. in April, 1869.
Burton G. Hammond, b. July 30, 1816; unmarried, d. in
Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1873.

Elsie Gray, dau. of Daniel, b. April 8, 1794; mar. Dexter
Wheelock, of Hancock, Mass.; removed to Pike Co.,
111., 18 1 9, in company with the Ross families; she d.
at Pajson, 111., Aug., 1880, leaving a married daughter,
Eliza Harrington, wife of Dr. Harrington, at that place,
and a son, John Gray Wheelock, of Kinderhook, Pike
Co., 111.; Mr. Wheelock d. in California, 1851.

Polly Gray, dau. of Daniel, b. April 30, 1796; mar. Eliph-
alet Jones; removed to Aurora, Erie Co., N. Y.; child-
ren: Henry was a boot and shoe dealer at Baton
Rouge, La. ; Albert, who was a druggist at Mobile,
Ala., was in the Rebel army and d. from a wound re-
ceived at Shiloh; William and Mary, who reside on
the old homestead at WilUnk, N. Y.

Phebe Gray, dau. of Daniel, b. Mar. 24, 1798; mar. Lang-
ford Greene, of Berlin; removed to Illinois 1830; had
three children: Jay, who mar. Victoria Gray, dau. of
Schuyler Gray, and lives in California; Sarah; Warren
Greene, of Benton Co., Missouri. Phebe Gray Greene
d. in March, 1865.

Hannah Gray, dau. of Daniel and Jemima Rix Gray,
b. 1802; mar. Harry Hull of Berlin. N. Y., June 30,
1824; d. Dec. 6, 1872; children: Lucy Jane Hull, b.
Oct. 22, 1826; John Henry, b. Oct. 21, 1828; Kleber,
b. Aug. 20, 1830; James Kleber, b. Oct. 6, 1832; Tra-
cy Darwin, b. April 2, 1834; Ulberto Frankhn, b. Feb.
12, 1836; Nelson Gray, b. Nov. 14, 1837; Carohne
Victoria, b. Dec. 5, 1839; Hannah Mary, b. Jan'y 21,
1843.

Caroline Gray, dau. of Daniel, b. March 5, 1806; mar.
Orlando Babcock, at Barry, 111., 1846; he d. in Sept.
1874; she d. Feb. 5, 1881; no children.

STEPHEN RIX GRAY.

Stephen R. Gray, son of Daniel and Jemima Rix Gray, was
born at Berlin, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1804, and was married to Sabrina
Bentley at that place, June 16, 1825. In July 1837, he removed
to Illinois with his family, having previously made a prospecting
tour to that then far western State. On arrival they stopped
in the Mississippi bottom until Feb., 1838, when they moved to
Barry, Pike Co., 111. He was the first Postmaster of Barry, and
held that office until 1850, when he was elected Sheriff, and re-
moved to Pittsfield, which was the county seat of Pike. He was
several times elected Justice of the Peace of Barry, and in 1844
was appointed one of three Commissioners to appraise and di-
\ide in equal portions one hundred and sixty quarter sections of
land in the military bounty lands of the State, belonging to the
estate of William James of Albany, N. Y. While examining
these lands he witnessed the destruction of the anti-Mormon
Press at Nauvoo, 111. In 1863 he was elected Supervisor of the
township of Pittsfield, and superintended the erection of a new
Jail building and Sheriff's residence. For several years he was
also successfully engaged in mercantile business under the firm
name of Wells & Gray.

Mr. Gray still survives, and that fact softens the voice of praise
of some delightful traits of character in him. Noticeably one
of these is his kindly and affectionate interest in his kindred.
It was the privilege of the writer not long since to peruse his
correspondence extending over a period of years, with a mem-
ber of the family, and through it all was manifested a kindly,
sweet and beautiful christian spirit overflowing with loving, affec-
tionate interest. Every evil he deplored, every good cause ad-
vanced. Many interesting family facts here presented were
gleaned from those pages. In a letter written by him to his kins-
man. Col. Reuben Gray, a sketch of whom appears in this vol-
ume, and dated at Barry, 111., April 3, 1846, concerning family
matters, occurs the following: " I now hope to be able to form
new acquaintances of the Gray family, which will be ever dear
to me, if on no other account than through the respect I hold
for my father."

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Mr. Gray is described by one near to him, as "a fine looking
old gentleman, tall and straight, with hair as white as snow."
His beloved wife, Sabrina Bentley Gray, died in Oct., 1877, af-
ter they had lived together over fifty-two years. Nine children
were born to them as follows :

DESCENDANTS OF STEPHEN R. GRAY.

Charlotte Eliza Gray, b. June i, 1826; d. at BaiT)', 111.,

Jan'y 13, 1847.
Cyrus Winthrop Gray, b. Oct. 29, 1827; mar. Sarah
Anne Elizabeth Long, at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 26th,
1 851; she died 1861, and he married second, Mrs.
Kate W. Matthews, at Perry, 111., May 21, 1868; resi-
dence, Carlinsville, 111.; a grain dealer; children:

George P. Gray, born June 1853; d. Aug. 1854-
Robert E. Gray, b. April 1855; d. April 1855-
Mary L. Gray, born i860; mar. Will C. Bush>
of the Pike Co. Demoo-ai, Sept. 3, 1880; a
daughter, Helen Gray Bush,
Sarah A. Gray, d. May, 1862.
PaulW. Gray, b. April 19th, 1870.
Florence Isabelle Gray, Oct. 28, 1872.
Helen Lucille Gray, b. Dec. 31, 1874.
Frank Merrill Gray, b. Dec. 26, 1877.
Daniel Darwin Gray, b. May 21, 1830; mar. Sarah Jane
De Haven, at Barry, 111., 1850; a carpenter and build-
er; a soldier in the Mexican war and in the war for the
Union; d. at Barry, March 20, 187 1; the widow and
family reside at Decatur, 111.; children:
Charles Edwin Gray, dec'd.
Henry Stephen Gray, b. Nov. i, 1854; married
Clara Burch, Dec. 25, 1878; is a Palace Car
Conductor between Chicago and St. Louis;
children:

Le Mar A. Gray, b. Aug. 30, 1879.
Elmer S. Gray, b. June 28, 1884.
Mary Louise Gray, b. Dec. 31, 1856; mar. E.
C. Haak, Sept. 30, 1877; children: Mabel,
b. Apr. 26, 1879; Harry, b. P'eb. 1, 1882.
John De Haven Gray, b. Feb. 19, 1858.
Alonzo W. Gray, b. Feb. 2, i860.
Elmer and Ellen Gray, (twins,) dec'd.
Antoinette Gray, b. March 25, 1868.
Marion Frances Gray, b. April 11, 187 1.

William Henry Gray, son of Stephen R., was b. Sept. 24,
1833; mar. Virginia Louise Browne, at Pittsfield, 111.,
Sept. 15, 1858; removed to St. Louis, Mo., and success-
fully engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery trade;
was killed by a blow from a drayman while trying to
prevent a conflict between him and one of his own em-
ployees, April 17, 1 87 1. He had the following child-
ren, of whom all those living reside at St. Louis, Mo.;
also Mrs. Gray:

Effie Douglas Gray, b. July 4th, 1859.
William Henry Gray, Jr., b. March 26, 1861;

mar. Tennie Heidel, Apr. 28, 1886.
Cora Virginia Gray, b. March 19, 1863.
Arthjlir Pierce Gray, b. Aug. 8, 1864; dec'd.
Montrose Erastus Gray, b. Jan. 15, 1869.
Mary Frances Gray, b. April 7, 1836; mar. Milan Smith
Coxe, June 21, 1866; he had a large book and station-
store at Cairo, 111., where he d. 1875; she then took a
position in the public schools at Jerseyville, 111., which
she still occupies; no children.
RoBY Gray, b. Oct. 26, 1839; mar. Mason Foster, June 10,
1868; residence, Barry, 111., her father, Stephen R.
Gray, making his home with them. Mr. Foster is a
native of Sullivan, N. H., where he was born Aug. 28,
1839; he has charge of the hardware establishment of
Seeley, Lloyd & Co.; no children.
Virginia Gray, b. April 17, 1842; d. June 13, 1846.
John Bentley Gray, b. March 12, 1845; mar. Laura Ap-
pleby, at St. Louis, June 18, 1867; was City Weigher;
d. leaving one child,

Addie Gray, of St. Louis.

Eleonora Virginia Gray, b. Aug. 26, 1848; mar. Joshua
Pike, July 21, 1869. Mr. Pike is Superintendent of
the public schools of Jerseyville, 111., and is considered
one of the best educators in that State. One child,
Frederick William Pike, b. May 25, 187 1.

SCHUYLER GRAY.

Schuyler Gray, son of Daniel, was born at Berlin, N. Y., Apr.
5, 1810. He married Amanda M. Streeter, at Berlin, Sept. 6th,
1834, and removed to Pike Co., 111. He was a master builder,
and his work in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and Barry, 111., will long
remain to attest his skill and workmanship. He died at his
residence in Barry, Sept. 6th, 1874, on the fortieth anniversary
of his marriage. His widow still resides there. Children:

Flora Augusta Gray, b. June 18, 1835; married David

Pike May 21, 1868; resides at Vandalia, Missouri.
Edgar S. Gray, b. Jan. i, 1837; mar. Eliza Elam, Dec. 24,
1862; residence, Downey, Cal. Children:
Nettie M. Gray, b. Aug. 18, 1867.
Robert Gray, b. 187 1.
Alma Gray, b. 1873.
Mary V. Gray, b. 1875.
Eugene Gray, b. 1878.
Alfred Gray, b. 1880.
Emily Gray, b. 1884.
Olive Victoria Gray, b. Aug. 25, 1838; mar. Jay Greene
Aug. 5, 1859; residence. Black's Station, California.
Children: Phebe A., Schuyler, Harry, Charles, David,
Germain, George, Minnie H.
Emma E. Gray, b. Jan. 8, 1841; d. March 24, 1842.
Harvey Romeyn Gray, b. Aug. 29, 1842- unmarried; is a

painter; residence, Downey, Cal.

Sarah D. Gray, b. April 17, 1844; mar. Lorenzo Smith,

April 22, 1862; removed to Perry, Mo.; d. Dec. 13,

1883. Children: Olive V., Luttie, Frank, and Harvey.

Charles Schuyler Gray, b. Mar. i, 1846; d. June 21, '46.

Mary Vesta Gray, b. Oct. 9, 1 848; mar. Fred. Hawkins,

Dec. 31, 1868; residence, Downey, Cal. Children:

Daniel, Jessie, Halmer, Bulah, and Fred Hawkins, Jr.

Martha F. Gray, b. Feb. 9, 1850; unmarried, resides at

Los Angeles, Cal.
Carrie Aurora Gray, b. Dec. 27, 1853; unmarried, and

resides at Barry, 111.
Jessie M. Gray, b. Nov. 2, 1857; mar. John A. Smith,
March 5, 1877; residence, Vandalia, Mo.; children:
Floyd P., Edna E., and Nellie Smith.
Floyd Gray, b. Sept' 3, 1859; commercial traveller for
Gray, Burt & Kingman, Chicago; residence, Barry, 111.
Horatio Nelson Gray, son of Daniel, was born at Berlin,
N. Y., Feb. 2, 1808. Removed to Pike Co., 111.; afterwards to
California; died at Barry, 111., April 2, 1881; unmarried.

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THOMAS TRACY GRAY.

Thomas T. Gray, son of Daniel Gray, was born at Berlin,
N. Y., April 23d, 1 81 2, he being the youngest of the thirteen
children. Bom and raised on a farm, he followed that occupa-
tion until after his father's decease, on the old homestead, so
dear to him and to the family. On reaching his 21st year he
entered the village store of Mr. Bentley at Berlin, as clerk, and
there continued several years, making his home with his sister,
Mrs. A. G. Hammond. In 1835 he purchased of Chancellor
Walworth of Saratoga, 160 acres of land situated adjoining the
town of Worcester, Pike Co., Ill, afterwards changed to Barry,
where he now resides. On the 20th of October, 1838, Mr.
Gray was married to Mary Frances Crandall, of Berlin, who is
the mother of all of his children, and still survives. The follow-
ing spring. May 20th, 1839, the> removed to their new home in
the far west, where the most of his brothers and sisters had al-
ready preceded them, and settled on his farm near the present
town of Barry. Followed farming for a few years and then en-
gaged in the mercantile business; then farming again, and then
Railroad contracting. Was for several years Station Agent for
the Wabash R. R., at Barry. Has held the office of Town Clerk,
School Inspector, etc., in Berlin and Barry, but has never been
an ofifice seeker. Of his political principles, he says: " I start-
ed ort as a Democrat. Martin Van Buren was the first Presi-
dent i voted for, but as time passed on I left the Democratic
party and stepped into the ranks of the Republican party, where
I now remain."

Mr. Gray has been from the first quite interested in the Gray
Genealogy, and has furnished much important and interesting
information concerning his father's branch of the family. He
has the distinction of being one of the three surviving grand-
children of John Gray of Sharon, and is the youngest of them.
In personal appearance he is said to bear a strong resemblance
to his honored father, as will be seen by accompanying portrait.
Mr. and Mrs. Gray have ten children, all living at this date, and
all married but a son and a daughter, and have several grand-
children, as appears in the following list of descendants:

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DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS T. GRAY.

Eugene Gray, b. Sept. 5, 1839; mar. Lydia Wier, of Bar-
ry, Jan. 8, 1867; is a merchant in the town of New-
Canton, Pike Co., 111.; no children.

Melissa Gray, b. Dec. 24, 1842; mar. Joseph E. Haines, a
nephew of Mrs. Chas. M. Gray, of Chicago, Dec. 10,
1869; reside at Barry; have five children: Howard,
Roand, Bethuel, Ralph and Bertha.

Henry T. Gray, b. Jan. 8, 1844; was a soldier in the war
for the Union.

Charlotte Gray, b. Jan. 20, 1846; mar. Bethuel Roand,
June II, 1866; reside in Barry, 111.; one child, a
daughter.

Halbert N. Gray, b. Jan. 15, 1848; mar. Emily R. Scrib-
ner, of Griggsville, 111., May i, 1876, where they con-
tinue to reside; he is a dealer in stock and gTain;
children:

Shirley Eugene Gray, b. April 4, 1877.
MoLLiE Blanchard Gray, b. May 30, 1880.

Josephine Gray, b. Dec. 15, 1850; mar. James P. Cassidy,
Sept. 18, 1872; he is Asst. Supt. W. U. Telegraph
Office at Minneapolis, Minn., where they reside; child-
ren: Halbert and Margaret Cassidy.

Fannie I. Gray, b. April 14, 1852; mar. William E. Stitt, of
Chicago, May 26, 1880; he is a grain dealer and
member of the Board of Trade of that city; no
children.

Harriet Gray, b. May 12, 1854; married Frederick Chas.
Ottowa, April 16, 1880; reside at Barry; a son, Fred-
erick Leon Ottowa.

Florence Gray, b. Dec. 21, 1856; mar. Harry Breeden,
Nov. 10, 1876; he is a machinist; they reside in Chi-
cago and have two children : Herbert and Tracy
Breeden.

Gertrude Gray, b. May 6, 1862; resides with her parents
at Barry, 111.

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CAPT. SILAS GRAY.

Capt. Silas Gray, son of John Gray (3) of Sharon, and Cath-
arine Gardner Gray, was born May 19, 1748, and was the first
child by the second marriage of his father. The copy of his
application for a pension made in 181 8, as furnished by the Pen-
sion Office, and herewith published, would make his birth three
years later, but the above date, copied from the town records of
Sharon, and corroborated by the records of the Surrogate's
Court at that place, is assumed to be correct. He had chosen
his elder brother, John Gray, for his Guardian, Feb. 7, 1764, and
the records show that he purchased a piece of land in the east
part of Sharon, of Simeon Smith, Jan'y 20, 1769, for ^78, and
re-sold the same to Smith for same price, Dec. 11, 1773.

The Revolution soon followed, and with others of his brothers,
at least four of them, he early enlisted in the Patriot cause, and
marched with that hazardous expedition to capture Canada, that
culminated in disaster when the gallant Montgomery and his com-
patriots fell in their rash but heroic assault upon the citadel of
Quebec. Of that, and his subsequent highly honorable career
as an officer and soldier, the following sketch has been kindly
furnished from the records of the Pension and War Department
at Washington:

" In his application for a Pension, dated in April, 18 18, he
states that he was then residing in Guilderland, Albany County,
N. Y., and would be 67 years old on the 19th of the next May.
That he entered the service about May i, 1775, in the 4th New
York Regiment, commanded by Colonel Henry B. Livingston,
and that he continued in service as Captain until discharged,
June 23, 1783, at Newburgh, N. Y. That his discharge, with
his commission, and the muster rolls, had been destroyed by fire.
That he was at the capture of St. Johns, (November 3d, 1775),
Montreal, (Nov, 13, 1775,) the battle of Quebec, (Dec. 31st,
1775,) the surrender of General Burgoyne, at Saratoga, (Oct. 17,
1777,) the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, Qune 28, 1778,)
and others which he did not mention. Peter Swart, a witness,
testifies that he saw Silas Gray in 1782, at Schoharie, N. Y.,
with a Company under his command.

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"As Captain Gray does not mention the respective grades to
which he was appointed, with dates, the following history has
been compiled from documents on file in this office:

" In a printed list of the names of officers, not including En-
signs, assigned to the four Regiments raised in New York, as re-
ported in August, 1775, by a Committee of the Provincial Con-
gress of that Colony, the name of James Holmes appears as
Colonel of the 4th Regiment, with Henry B. Livingston as Cap-
tain of the I St Company, but the name of Silas Gray is not in
that printed list, nor has it been found as an officer in the mus-
ter rolls on file, (which however are not complete,) prior to his
appointment November 26, 1776, as 2d Lieutenant in Captain
Benjamin Walker's Company, 4th Regiment, of which Henry B.
Livingston was Colonel from Nov. 21, 1776, to January 31,
1779. Lieut.-Col. Peter Regnier was temporarily in command
of the 4th Regiment from February, 1779, until April 26, 1779,
from which date Colonel Weissenfels appears to have command-
ed until he was 'deranged,' January i, 1781.

" Silas Gray was promoted from 2d Lieutenant in Captain
Walker's Company to ist Lieutenant, to rank from March 13,
1777, and transferred to Captain Jonathan Pearsce's Company,
January 9, 1778, the Regiment being stationed at that time at
Valley Forge. He was promoted Captain, April 11, 1780, but
the muster rolls of his Company are not on file. After his pro-
motion, it is reported that in the re-organization of the army he
was 'deranged,'* Jan'y i, 1781. After that date, it is not prob-
able that he had a regular command in the army, but it is prob-
able that the Company which Mr. Swart testifies to having seen
under his command at Schoharie in 1782, was a Militia Volun-
teer Company on a short tour of duty in that vicinity to pro-
tect the inhabitants of the frontier from Indians.

"While Silas Gray was 2d Lieutenant, his Company, early in
September, 1777, is reported at Stillwater, New York, and dur-
ing the winter of 1777-8, at Valley Forge. After the enemy
evacuated Philadelphia he must have joined in the pursuit
through New Jersey to Monmouth, where the battle took place,
and then toward New Brunswick. From there the 4th Regi-

*In Revolutionary parlance, supernumerary, or transferred.

127.

ment turned north across the Hudson River and encamped at
North Castle, then at White Plains, until the fall of 1778, and
winter of 1778-9, when he was on duty in Central New York,
viz: Fort Plank, Stone Arabia, and Canajoharie. In the winter
of 1 7 7 9-80, he was encamped at Morristown, New Jersey. Dur-
ing the period from May, 1778, when encamped at Valley
Forge, to the time of encamping at Morristown, he was the only
officer in his Company, except in May, 1779, when an Ensign
was transferred to his Company, and remained with him until
going into winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey, which is
the last report of his Company on file."

SILAS gray's will.

The following is a copy of the Last Will and Testament of
Silas Gray, on file in the Surrogate's Court at Schenectady,
N. Y.:

In the name of God, Amen: I, Silas Gray, of the town of
Princetown, and County of Schenectady, though weak in body,
but of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be Almighty
God for the same, I do make and publish this my last Will and
Testament in manner as following, that is to say: First, I give
and bequeath unto my daughter Peggy, wife of Tumey I. Sturges
all my devise and lands belonging to me lying in the town of
Hector, and County of Seneca; and I also give and bequeath
unto my daughter Peggy, wife of Tumey I. Sturges, a bond and
mortgage against one McEntyre, left in the hands of David Sa-
cia for collection; and I also give and bequeath unto my daugh-
ter Peggy, wife of Tumey I. Sturges, all my pension which I
draw from the United States.

And I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Caty, wife of
Peter Biste, twelve dollars and fifty cents; and I also give and
bequeath unto the daughter of Peter Biste, named Gainet, a
gown's cloth; and also I give and bequeath unto Tumey I. Stur-
ges all my wearing apparel of all denomination.

And also I do will and ordain and nominate and appoint,
Aaron Von Wormer and Calvin Cheeseman, Jr., of Duanes-
burgh, and Turney I. Sturges, my lawful executors and adminis-
trators for the true and intente of my Last Will and Testament.

Given under my hand and seal November the 28th, 181 8.

In the presence of SILAS GRAY, [L.S.]

Michael Von Wormer.
Aaron Von Wormer.
Wm. R. Ward.

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The records show that the Will was proved Feb. 28th, 1820.
He had died on the 19th of Jan., 1820, and not in April, as has
been stated. The records of Seneca County show that " Silas
Gray, of Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., by Edward Gray his At-
torney, deeded 600 acres of land in Hector (now a part of the
Co. of Schuyler,) to William Mclntire, Sept. 28, 181 6." The
mortgage referred to in his Will is doubtless one he held on this
property, but the records do not show that it was ever assigned
or satisfied. So Capt. Gray had lived in Middleburgh, as well
as in Guilderland and Princetown, and previously, probably at
Rensselaerville, Albany Co., as the records show that "Silas Gray
and Sally Gray his wife sold a farm of 1 1 o acres in the town of
Rensselaerville, Sept. 19, 1814." This is of interest as being the
only record of her name found. They had previously lived in
Egremont, Berkshire Co., Mass., where he had purchased land
July 14, 1806. But to go back further : The records of the old
Congregational Church at Sharon, Conn., show that "Silas Gray
and wife united Sept. 6, 1789. Children of same baptized same
date." This shows that he had returned to that place after the
Revolution, and probably continued to reside there several years.

It might seem an easy task, with the foregoing data, secured
by much painstaking labor, to trace his descendants; but it has
not proved to be so. In fact, it has been found very difficult, if
not impossible of attainment. No one has been found by the
name of Biste in all the region adjacent to where Silas Gray is
known to have lived and died, and none by the name of Sturges
who are descended from, or related to, or any person whatsoever
who has knowledge or recollection of the said Tumey I. Sturges,
who had married Peggy, the daughter of Capt. Silas Gray; no-
tices in the press, personal search, including a large collection of
genealogical statistics of the Sturges family, all failed of the de-
sired result. It appears, however, that the families of Sturges
and Turney are of Fairfield, Conn., where some of them still re-
side, and that there have been intermarriages. Capt. Silas Gray
was a typical soldier of the Revolution; a grim and stalwart
Continental. Traditions of his personal prowess are still handed
do\vn in the family, and his name is perp etuated on the rolls by
a score or more of kindred.

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WILLIAM GRAY.

William Gray, son of John Gray of Sharon, was born May
22, 1754, and was the sixth son of his father. The first record
of him after his birth is the fact that his mother, Catharine
Gardner Gray, was appointed his Guardian on the 25 th of April
1763; and on Jan. 18, 1768, having arrived at suitable age, he
chose Ebenezer Hutchinson for his Guardian. In the diary of
his elder brother John, is found the meagre statement that he
died in Sharon, and the most diligent search has failed to find
other record of him, except in Sedgwick's History of Sharon,
which gives account of some of his Revolutionary war record,
from which we learn that he participated in the battle at Lex-
ington, and received favorable mention for his heroic conduct on
that occasion. The above mentioned history says: " A Com-
pany was formed in Sharon in 1775, and marched northward for
the conquest of Canada, under Gen. Montgomery. Before St.
John was taken, it was determined to make an attempt on Mon~
treal with a few troops. The troops were paraded, and Allen
marching in front of the Connecticut line invited volunteers to
join him. William Gray was one of the few who stepped for-
ward to share in the perils of this expedition." The story of
the failure and repulse of the rash assault, in which many were
killed, and the rest of the heroic band, including William Gray,
were taken prisoners, is retold. The prisoners, loaded with irons,
were sent to England, for the avowed object of punishing them
as traitors. The threat of retaliatory measures prevented such
summary proceedings, and after being kept in close confinement
in England and Ireland during the ensuing winter, they were
brought back to New York in the spring of 1776, and confined in
an old church. From this place the Sharon prisoners planned
to escape. There was a high fence around the church, and
" William Gray managed to loosen one of the long planks of
which it was built, and through this opening he and his compan-
ions made their escape as soon as it was dark enough to conceal
their operations. They soon found means to land on Long
Island, and thence over the Sound to the continent, and so re-
turned to their friends in Sharon."

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There is no further trace of WilUam Gray other than the men-
tion of his death, reference to which has already been made.
No date is given, but it was probably during or soon after the
Revolution. He sleeps in an unmarked, unknown grave, but it
is the grave of a brave patriot soldier who loved his country and
served it well.

JAMES GRAY.

James Gray, the youngest son of John Gray of Sharon, was
bom Aug. 3, 1759, ^^*^ ^^^ mother, Catharine Gardner Gray,
was appointed his Guardian on the 25th of April, 1763, his
father having died in 1761. Though he was doubtless a soldier
of the Revolution, it is not easy to exactly place him there.
There was a James Gray who was a member of a Company of
Minute Men organized in Great Barrington, Mass., and which
marched for Boston April 21, 1775. He was quite young then
for such service, but it might have been he. At best, however,
it is only a surmise. The records of Sharon show, that on Feb.
5, 1785, James Gray bought ten acres of land of Israel Pennoy-
er, on the road leading from Sharon to Middle Bridge, for jQid,
and that he resold the same to Pennoyer Jan'y 19, 1786; and
the church records show that he married Parthenia White of
Sharon, March 26, 1786, after which he mysteriously disappears,
the only trace of him being the following statement or tradition
handed down in the John Gray branch of the family, and given
to the writer by the late Chas. M. Gray, Esq., of Chicago:
" Another of my grandfather's brothers located in lower Virginia;
his name was James, and his descendants are numerous in that
section of the State." He had received this information from
his uncle, Col. Reuben Gray, who had given much attention to
the history of the family. Considerable research however has
been made in that direction without avail, and regretfully the
unsuccessful search was given up. There are numerous Gray
families in Virginia, some mention of which appears in this Gen-
ealogy, but the task of finding the descendants of James Gray,
must devolve upon the future historian of this family. What gen-
erations may have been born to him during these hundred years!

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JOHN TARVIN GRAY.

The following autobiographical sketch of John T. Gray, grand
son of Nathaniel Gray, and great grandson of John Gray of
Sharon, whose family record appears on page 63, is well worthy
of a place in this family history:

" My father (Alanson Gray,) moved from Kentucky to Cincin-
nati, in the year 1825 or 1826, remaining there in business until
1829, when ill health compelled him to go back to the country.
From twelve years old to twenty-one I lived on a farm. After
passing seventeen years I took up a regular course of hard stud-
ies at home at night, odd hours and bad weather: Arithmetic,
Geometry, Trigonometry, Algebra and History. I built myself
a 12 X 14 hewed log study, in which I prepared myself for
Woodward High School, Cincinnati, where I attended a portion
of the years 1842-3, and where I was prepared for the profes-
sion of Civil Engineering.

"In June, 1844, I was preparing to go south in quest of occu-
pation in my profession, when one beautiful, quiet evening a
handsome stranger came, just at sunset, to my father's house,
surrounded by miles of the grand primeval forests for which
Kentucky at that day was celebrated. My father was absent.
An hour later he returned home. The meeting was touching in
the extreme. That stranger, unknown to the family prior to this
meeting, was Philander Raymond, the schoolmate of my father
in dear old Sherburne. This stranger, of whose boundless phi-
lanthropy I had heard enough from my father's winter evening
recitals to make a large book, was soon as fully known personally
as he had been through long years by name and fame. He was
then the Manager of the large Brady's Bend Iron Works, on the
Alleghany River 65 miles above Pittsburg, and had come to
Cincinnati to close a contract to furnish the flat iron rails for the
Little Miami R. R., from Morrow to Xenia, a distance of some
22 miles. On learning my intentions he urged me to keep out
of the South, and come up to Brady's Bend in October, and he
would employ me. I took his advice, and soon had charge of
all surface and underground Railroads, all mines for coal, iron
ore and limestone, 3,000 tons of which had to be provided

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weekly for four blast furnaces, one 40-fire Railroad mill and
forge, foundry, and 385 dwellings. I arrived there the first week
in October, 1844, and married his only daughter June 22, 1848,
at which time I had been for many months Superintendent of
the Rail Mill, made so by order of the Boston and New York
owners. At this mill I designed the first set of T Rail rolls west
of the AUeghanies, and made on them the first rails laid in Ohio,
and the first in Michigan. The first in Ohio was 2,000 tons for
the Little Miami R. R., from Cincinnati to Millford, 16 miles;
the second, 8,000 tons for the Michigan Central from Detroit to
St. Joseph, 68 miles.

"In 1848 I left Brady's Bend, and went to, and took an inter-
est in Sugar Creek Furnace, 5 miles north-west of Franklin, Pa.,
which was not successful. From there I went with my young
wife and baby to Pittsburg, Pa., and took charge of the construc-
tion of the Chartiers R. R., running from a point four miles be-
low Pittsburg out into a large field of coal comprising 700 acres.
This belonged, R. R. and coal, to a N. Y. and Phila. Co. I
nearly completed the R. R., laid out two tunnels and partly
opened up this large field of coal, and then left their service and
was made Supt. of Construction of igo miles of the Pa. & Ohio
R. R., now the East end of the Chicago & Ft. Wayne R. R.
After the completion of this Road, I came, in June 1853, to
Cincinnati, and began the building of a Suspension Bridge be-
tween Covington and Newport, opposite Cincinnati, and the
same year built one at Tiffin, 1 80 miles north in Ohio.

"In 1855 went to Nashville, Tenn., and up to June, i860,
built nearly 40 R. R. Bridges; one for the State of Tennessee,
over the Cumberland, for the joint use of the Louisville & Nash-
ville, and Edgefield & K'y Railroads, at a cost of $205,000.
Also enlarged the Water Works for the city of Nashville. In
i860 came back to Kentucky to rest a season, but the war cut
me off from returning to Tenn. Since the war have built nu-
merous suspension and other iron bridges in Ohio.

" Have made extended surveys of the country north of Lake
Superior. Have examined a great part of Texas, and made re-
ports thereon. Partly constructed a Railroad from Flemings-
burg, Ky., to reach the splendid coal fields on the valleys of the

upper Licking and North Fork of the Kentucky rivers in Mor-
gan, Wolf, Breathitt, Perry, and other mountain counties.

"In my whole life, I have built 127 bridges, nearly all for
Railway use, and not one of them ever let a train or engine go
through.

" By request, photos of some of my designs for suspension
and other bridges, have been furnished the Austrian Minister
and been sent to the College of Architects and Engineers at
Vienna, Austria.

"When 1 was ready to leave home, the last week in Septem-
ber, 1844, my books and all I had were in two carpet bags. I
had $57 in money, the earnings of my own hands. I gave my
father, who had a large family, $55.50, and with the remainder,
$1.50, paid my way to Cincinnati, from a point 20 miles above.
1 went to an uncle in Newport, just opposite, and borrowed $10
to take me to Brady's Bend, and on arrival there at 9 p. m.,
(having had no supper,) I had 5 cents left! The first to greet
me at the door of my benefactor and future father-in-law, was
the wonderfully bright and beautiful, rosy cheeked and blue-
eyed daughter, who on the 2 2d of June 1848, became my wife.
I used the first $1,500 of my earnings at this place to purchase
merchandise to start my father in a small country store, which
necessitated the postponement of my marriage one year.

"Now, at 65, I look back over a busy life of 48 years labor-
iously spent; free from any but simple, regular habits; mainly
spent for others, many of whom still live, but many more have
gone to rest."

Cynthia Raymond Gray was born at Sherburne, N. Y.,
and educated in the city of New York, where she graduated in
1840. She died in Cincinnati, Ohio, the 28th of March, 1854,
and was buried in the family plot near Madison, Lake County,
Ohio, by the side of her kindred. She left one son, Raymond
C. Gray, Esq., of Covington, Ky., another son having died in
infancy.

The full genealogical record of John T. Gray's family appears
on page 63, the above having been received too late for position
in connection therewith.

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BETHIAH GRAY HIBBARD.

Bethiah Gray, of whom brief record is made on page 68, is
worthy of special mention as the only child that came to maturi-
ty from the marriage of Nathaniel Gray and Bethiah Newcomb
Raymond, widow of David Raymond, and mother of James,
Abraham, and Newcomb Raymond, of whom mention is made
in this Genealogy. She was born at Kent, Conn., on the historic
4th of July, 1776, and she married Daniel Hibbard, at Sher-
burne, N. Y., in 1796; removed from there to Sheridan, Chau-
tauqua Co., N. Y., in 181 1, and died at Jamestown, N. Y., Oct.
24, 1854. She had four children, as follows:

Luther Hibbard, born 1798; married Laura Clark, and died
Feb. 19, 1843, leaving three children: Eliza, who married John
Evans, and has two living children, Mary and Anna; Jane, who
remains unmarried; and Daniel Hibbard, who married Aurora
McManus, and has three children, Nellie, Came, and Arthur.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans, and their daughters, and sister, Jane Hib-
bard, reside at Rochester, Minn., from which place Daniel Hib-
bard and family have recently removed to Pomona, California.

Amasa Hibbard, the second son, died in childhood.

Mary Hibbard, daughter of Daniel and Bethiah Gray, born
in Sherburne, N. Y., July i, 1806, married Joseph Kenyon, and
had four children: Darwin, Caroline Sylva, Horace Fenton, who
married Emma Rockwell but has no children, and Mary Ade-
laide, who resides in Buffalo with her aged mother, and is
Preceptress of one of the High Schools of that city.

Laura Hibbard, second daughter, mar. David McCord, of
North East, Pa., and had three children: George, Mary, and
Frank; Mary only is living; unmarried, at North East. Both sons
were in the war for the Union. George died at Andersonville.

Bethiah Gray Hibbard was an interesting, lovable character,
and her memory is cherished by her descendants. It is said that
Lafayette remarked, when she was presented to him during his
visit to this country in 1824: "She is the most beautiful woman
I have seen in America!" Perhaps he remembered that her half-
brother, Newcomb Raymond, had served under him with honor
at Brandywine and Yorktown !

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ADDITIONAL STATISTICS.

S. D. Gray, was married to Mary J. Race, Jan. 20, 1866.

Chas. D. Gray mar. Margaret Wheeler; mar. 2d, Annis Hol-
lenback, Dec. 23, 1872.

Samuel J. Gray married Eliza Smith.

George W. Gray mar. Melinda Wheeler.

All of the above are descendants of Amos Gray, Jr., whose
record appears on page 99.

Maranda Gray, daughter of Amos Gray, Jr., whose name
is in the record on page 99, married Joseph Willson, at East
Greene, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1834; died in Jackson, Mich., Mar. 27,
1882. Children: Adelaide Birdsall Willson, born July 15, 1835,
in Greene, N. Y.; mar. George C. Mericle, at Wellsville, Alle-
ghany Co , N. Y., March 28, 1870; removed to Omaha, Neb.,
where he died June 10, 1883; Mrs. Mericle now resides at Jack-
son, Mich. Christina Gray Willson was born at Chenango
Forks, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1836; mar. Geo. W. Baker, at Greene, N.
Y., June I, 1859; resides at Jackson, Mich. Ann Aceneth Will-
son, born May 23, 1840; died July 13, 1840. Joseph Daniel
Willson, born Oct. 12, 1842; married and has two children; re-
sides at Jackson, Mich.

Dr. Paschal P. Gray, son of William Gray, and great- grand
son of Elder Jeduthan Gray, whose name appears with his fath-
er's family on page 78, as of Rochelle, 111., answers a letter of
inquiry there directed, as follows, from the Sandwich Islands:

Honolulu, H. I., June 29, 1886.
M. D. Raymond, Tarrytown, N. Y.

My Dear Sir: — Your favor forwarded from Rochelle, 111.,
just received. The only additional information I can render re-
lates to myself, as follows:

Paschal P. Gray, Dr., Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, b. Feb.
5, 1844, mar. Lydia Carpenter, March 15th, 1865; she d. Feb.
12, 1 871; he mar. 2d, Agnes H. Canning, Jan. 16, 1884.

I graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago,
1879-80. You must have spent much time, patience, and not a
little money in obtaining the necessary material for such a work,
and, if when completed, you have copies for sale, would be
pleased to know your terms, that I may avail myself of the op-
portunity of possessing the Genealogy of the Gray family.

Courteously Yours, P. P. Gray.

136.

DR. JOHN F. gray's FAMILY.

The following contains some statistics of the family of Dr.
John F. Gray, (6), which do not appear in the record given on
page 22, being received too late for position there:

Elizabeth Williams Gray, b. in the city of New York, June
10, 1827; mar. Lewis T. Warner, May 30, 1849.

John Hull Gray, b. Dec. 13, 1828; d. Sept. 12, 1829.

John F. Gray, Jr., b. June 30, 1830; d. Feb. 5, 1834.

Josephine Augusta Gray, b. Sept. 7, 1832; d. Feb. 11, 1834.

Geraldine Hull Gray, b. Oct. 8, 1835; d. Oct. 7, 1855.

John Frederick Schiller Gray, Dr., b. Aug. 12, 1840; mar.
Anna Henderson, at Baton Rouge; she dec'd; his present resi-
dence, California.

Edward Hull Gray, b. Sept. 14, 1842; dec'd.

Mary Ludlow Gray, b. April 4, 1845; mar. to Benjamin
Knower, at Trinity Chapel, New York, by Rev. Morgan Dix,
March 22, 1873.

BuRRiTT Patchin Sackett, SOU of Rev. and Mrs. D. E.

Sackett, b. Aug. 25, 1845; d. Aug. 26, 1846.

GiFFORD Newcomb See, SOU of J. E. and Lizzie Raymond
See, and great -great-grandson of Mabel Gray Raymond, born at
Pittsfield, Mass., May 11, 1886.

Nellie Gray, only child of the late Dr. John Gray, and a
great-great grand-daughter of Elder Jeduthan Gray, born 1870,
lives at Elyria, Ohio.

Delia Gray, daughter of Jeduthan Gray, and great-giand
daughter of Elder Jeduthan Gray, mar. Harry Proctor, Oct. ist,
1878; one child, Ethel Proctor.

William Gray, grandson of William Gray, and great great
grandson of Elder Jeduthan Gray, mar. Etta Clark, June 8,
1879; one child, Nina Gray, b. Nov. 4, 1881.

Flora Gray, grand- daughter of William Gray, b. March 23,
1858, mar. Edwin Baker, Feb. 17, 1881; children: Velma and
Mary Baker.

Patty (Martha) Gray, daughter of Levi Gray, mar. a Mr.
Burdick, and resides at Tontogany, Wood Co., Ohio.

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The record of this family of Grays here closes. It is not
complete and perfect, but it is as nearly so as the limitations of
time and expense permit. Though not in every direction en-
tirely successful, the writer has devoted to it his best ener-
gies, and unceasing labors. In general, as will be seen, the fam-
ily is divided into five branches, the descendants of five of the
sons of John Gray (3) of Sharon, to wit: John Gray, (4), Na-
thaniel, Joseph, Darius, and Daniel; of the three other sons,
Silas having no male descent, William apparently no issue, and
James Gray, lost in mystery, and his descendants, if any, un-
known. If some lines seem to be given more prominence than
others, it is because of circumstances beyond the control
of the writer. How much effort has been put forth in directions
where little appears, none can know. While in general informa-
tion has been freely and fully furnished, in some cases the indif-
ference manifested has negatived the best results. None, of any
degree, or however remote, have knowingly been neglected. The
only wonder, perhaps, is, that it should have been possible to
present in so compact a form the record of a family so widely
scattered.

A summarizing of statistics presented shows the following:

NO. OF MALE MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES.

LIVING.

DECEASED.

TOTAL.

Descendants

of

John,
Nathaniel,

35
21

44
10

79
31

u
u

Joseph,
Darius,
Daniel,

121
5

37

53

9

17

174
14
54

Total, - - . 219 J 33 352

The above only includes those bearing the name of Gray,
and not any of collateral branches, no matter how closely relat-
ed. As will be seen there is a wide discrepancy between the
numbers in the different branches, which would be even more
marked if all the vacancies were filled. For instance: The rec-
ord of the families of Nathaniel and Darius, is believed to be
full, (except it may be of recent births), and of John, with one
possible exception, while there are several lacking in Daniel,
and a larger number still in the descendants of Joseph, already

138.

outnumbering in living members, the sum total of all the other
branches put together.

Of the learned professions, there are Physicians, i6; Minis-
ters, 4; Lawyers, 5; Editor, i.

INTER-MARRIAGE OF RAYMONDS AND GRAYS.

The intermarriages of the Raymond and Gray families, since
it was one of the direct causes that led to the production of this
Genealogy, is properly mentioned here. There have been alto-
gether seven instances, as follows:

Bethiah Newcomb Raymond married Nathaniel Gray, son of
John Gray of Sharon.

Newcomb Raymond married Mabel Gray, daughter of John
Gray (4).

Abraham Raymond married Betsey Gray, sister of Mabel
Gray.

Sarai Raymond, sister of Newconib and Abraham Raymond,
married Elijah Gray, son of Nathaniel.

Cynthia Raymond, grand-daughter of James Raymond, broth-
er of Newcomb and Abraham, married John T. Gray, a great-
grandson of Nathaniel Gray.

Mercy Raymond, daughter of James Raymond, married Abra-
ham Mudge, son of Abraham Mudge and Anne Gray, daughter
of John Gray of Sharon.

Lyman Raymond, Dr., grandson of Newcomb Raymond, mar-
ried Roselle Ryneck, grand-daughter of William Ryneck and
Anne Gray, daughter of John Gray (4).

There are several marriages of cousins recorded in this Gen-
ealogy, and one instance, the marriage of Wellington Lee and
Harrriet D. Gray, in which two branches ot the family, John
and Nathaniel were united, and in it the blood of the Grays,
and Raymonds, and Lees, and Lathrops, and Wentworths, was
blended. Though living in many instances in proximity with
other Gray families, no instance of intermarriage with them has
been found, and only one marriage of a Gray with a Gray, —
Sylvester H. Gray, a great-grandson of Elder Jeduthan Gray,
and Antha Gray, daughter of Dr. W. S. Gray, of Big Rapids,
Mich., and a great-granddaughter of Elder Jeduthan Gray.

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LARGE FAMILIES.

Philander Raymond Gray, of Elizabeth, N. J., of the Nathaniel
Gray branch, takes the honor of having the largest family of liv-
ing children by one mother — ii — -being 8 sons and 3 daughters.

Henry Bates Gray, of Black Creek, Holmes Co., Ohio, of the
Joseph Gray branch, has the honor of the largest number of
sons and living children (by two mothers) — 14 — being 9 sons
and five daughters.

George Ketchum Gray, of the Joseph Gray branch, had 1 1
living and deceased children by one mother, who is still living.

Wm. Hoyt Gray, of Eagle Grove, Iowa, of the Joseph Gray
branch, has by two mothers, 1 1 living children — 8 sons and
3 daughters.

John Gray (3) had 13 children by two mothers — 8 sons and
5 daughters.

John Gray (4) had 1 2 children by one mother.

Daniel Gray, son of John Gray (3), had 13 children by two
mothers.

Daniel H. Gray, son of Daniel Gray, had 14 children by two
mothers.

Alanson Gray, grandson of Nathaniel Gray, had 13 children
by two mothers.

William Gray, of the Joseph Gray branch, had 1 3 children by
two mothers.

So it will be seen that the record shows ten families of eleven
children and upwards.

AGED ONES.

Mrs. Amanda Gray Lee, of Cedar Mountain, N. C, a grand-
daughter of Nathaniel Gray, has the honor of being the oldest
living member of the family, as she is also older than any de-
ceased, being near to the close of her 94th year.

Caroline Gray Bignal, of Berlin, Wis., daughter of Darius
Gray, is believed to be in her 90th year.

Dr. Joseph Gray, of Cambridgeboro, Pa., grandson of Joseph
Gray, is in his 90th year.

Roby Gray, daughter of Daniel Gray, lived to be almost 91.

John Gray (5) died in his 90th year.

140.

WIDELY SCATTERED.

That this family of Grays is of the true Pilgrim stock is evi-
denced by the fact that the descendants of a man (John Gray 3)
born 1707, should now be found (besides those not found) scat-
tered in 22 States and Territories, and one family in the Sand-
wich Islands ! And by descendants is meant those having the
name of Gray, or having had that name before marriage. What
a scatteration !

illustrations.

The illustrations are not by any means the least interesting
feature of this family history. They not only embellish these
pages of perhaps somewhat dry statistics, but in the future they
will have additional value as the years go by. It was hoped
that some others would avail themselves of the opportunity so
offered, but the number of portraits furnished much exceeds the
original expectation of the publisher. No better or other evi-
dence than these illustrations need be presented of the charac-
ter of the family whose history in brief is herein set forth.

It perhaps should be stated that the main expense of produc-
ing these pictures has been at the charges of those furnishing
them, though some additional cost to the publisher; thus it will
be seen that no favoritism has been shown.

It is interesting to note the perpetuation of family names in
the different branches, the patronymic John being carried down
in the direct line without a break for eight successive genera-
tions, while in the other families it frequently appears. In this
connection it will be remembered that one of the first of the
Grays mentioned in history was John de Gray, recorded at Bat-
tle Abbey. But there is little in a name; in heredity, much.

About fifteen hundred names appear in the preceding lists,
nearly one thousand of them representing living persons, but the
number would be considerably increased if all of even the first
and second degree of kin were represented. What a family of
descendants for John Gray of Sharon to have contemplated !

A sketch of other Gray families, some of whom have manifest-
ed considerable interest in this work, is presented on the follow-
ing pages.

SKETCHES OP OTHER GRAY FAMILIES.

142.
SAMUEL GRAY,

OF DORSETSHIRE AND BOSTON.

Record concerning the family of Samuel Gray of Boston,
Mass., and Dorsetshire, England, made by his son, Ebenezer
Gray, of Windham, Conn.:

"My father's name was Samuel Gray. He was born in Dor-
setshire, old England, about the year 1657. ]\Iy mother's maid-
en name was Susannah Langdon; she was born in Plymouth,
Devonshire, England. My father died in Boston in the 48th
year of his age. My mother lived a widow till her death, and
died in Boston, at my sister Gibbon's; she was between So and
90 years old when she died, I suppose. My mother had fifteen
living children. Since my recollection there were ten of us liv-
ing together," viz:

I. Joanna Gray, who married James Bolderson in Boston;
she died in about the 40th year of her age and left one daughter.

II. Samuel Gray, who mar. the only daughter of Maj. Ed-
ward Palmer, of New London, Conn., and died about 35 years
of age, leaving no children.

III. Joseph Gray, who mar. Capt. Sear's daughter of Boston,
and died in about the 30th year of his age, leaving five or six
children.

IV. Elizabeth Gray, who mar. Andrew Palmer, only son of
Maj. Edward Palmer, of New London, Conn.; she died at about
50 years of age and left five sons and one daughter: Gray, Bry-
ant, Edward, Andrew, Elizabeth, William.

V. Rebekah Gray, who mar. Dr. John Gibbons of Boston;
was living 1766, aged about 77; had two daughters: Anne, who
mar. Dr. Sylvester Gardiner, of Boston, and Lucy, mar. Mr.
Leavins. Lucy d. Feb. i, 1770; Anne d. Jan. 1772.

VI. John Gray, who mar. Mary Christopher, daughter of
Richard Christopher, Esq., of New London, Conn.; died in
Boston about the 40th year of his age, and left no children.

VII. William Gray, who died in Barbadoes, aged 22 years.

VIII. Benjamin Gray, who mar. a daughter of Rev. Mr.
Bridge, of Boston; died in Boston near the 50th year of his age
and left four or five children.

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IX. Ebenezer Gray, "(who through the goodness of God) am
now Uving, Nov. 5th, 1766, and on the nth day of this month,
New Style, shall be 69 years old, mar. Mary Gardiner, daughter
of John Gardiner of the Isle of Wight, (Gardiner's Island,) June
28, 1720." Mary Gardiner Gray died at Lebanon, Conn. July
27, 1726, and he mar. 2d, Mary, widow of Thomas Coit, of
New London, Feb. 20, 1728, who died Dec. 10, 1764. Ebenezer
Gray died at Windham, Conn., Sept. 8, 1773. Children and
descendants:

SAMUEL GRAY (2).

I. Samuel Gray, son of Ebenezer and Mary Gardiner Gray,
born at Easthampton, L. I., April 6, 1722; mar. Lydia Dyer at
Windham, Conn., Nov. 7, 1742, she a daughter of Col. Thos.
Dyer of that place, where she was born July 12, 1724. He died
at Windham Aug. 3, 1787; she died there July 3, 1790.

descendants of SAMUEL GRAY SON OF EBENEZER.

Ebenezer Gray, (2) son of Samuel, b. July 26, 1 743, mar. Sarah
Stamford, March 30, 1786; she d. at Hartford, Sept. 29, 1835;
he was Colonel and Brigadier General during the Revolution; he
d. Jan. 18, 1795. Children:

Ebenezer Gray, Jr., b. May 16, 1787; d. at Windham, Aug.
5, 1844.

Charlotte Gray, b. March 9, 1789, mar. Patrick Lynch,
Oct. 27, 1812; he d. at sea, Apr. 4, 1819; she d. in New York,
Dec. 14, 1873; children: Thomas Rawson, b. Nov. 3, 1813, d.
May, 1845; Anne Charlotte, b. Nov. 181 5, mar. Vincenzo Botta
March 31, 1855; residence. New York.

SAMUEL GRAY (3).

Samuel Gray, (3), son of Ebenezer, (2), b. Feb. 5, 1792, mar.
Anna Cook Smith, of Bristol, R. I., Nov. 27, 1815, and d. at
Hartford, Dec. 3, 1834. She d. at Hartford, April 25, 1863.

descendants of SAMUEL AND ANNA C. GRAY.

John Smith Gray, son of, born Sept. 16, 181 6; mar. Mary

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Watkinson, May 9, 1848- Residence, Hartford, Conn. Child-
ren:

Ellen Watkinson Gray, b. July 7, 1849, mar. John H.
Barbour; children: Ellen Gray Barbour, b. May 4,
1879; Mary Watkinson Barbour, b. July 27, 1884,
d. July 27, 1885; Henry Gray Barbour, b. March
28, 1886.
John Watkinson Gray, b. March 19, 1851, mar. Clara
M. Bolter; children:

Robert Watkinson Gray, b. Jan. 15, 1876.
Mary Bartholomew Gray, b. Aug. 31, 1877.
Clara Gray, b. Oct. 21, 1880.

Annie Gray, daughter of John S., b. Dec. 7, 1852, d.
Oct. 17, 1855.

Charlotte Gray, daughter of Samuel, b. June 30, 18 18, mar.
John Ripley Tracy, Dec. 12, 1843; he d. at Hartford, Oct. 9,
1870; children: John Frederick, b. Oct. 11, 1844; Samuel Gray,
b. Aug. 31, 1846; Charlotte Gray, b. March 19, 1848; Anne
Hinckley, b. Feb. 19, 1850; Newbold Le Roy, b. June 17, 1853,
mar. Florence Emma Lilian Stampe, at Sidney, Australia, April
ID, 1884; Sophia Dennie, b. July 12, 1854.

Ann Gray, b. Nov. 27, 1820, mar. Thomas Jones Failes, Oct.
7, 1839; children: Alice G., b. at Mantanzas, Cuba, June 9, 1841,
mar. Chas. F. Sharp.

Sarah Jane Gray, b. Jan. 23, 1823, mar. Augustus Newbold
Le Roy, at Hartford, Dec. 10, 1845; children: Jacob, b. Apr. 6,
1850; Charlotte Otis, b. Oct. 26, 1854.

Mary Gray, b. Sept. 4, 1828, mar. William Field Staunton,
Nov, 20, 1855; children: Mary LedUe, b. at Buffalo, N. Y., Dec.
6, 1858; William Field, b. at Toledo, Ohio, Dec. 23, i860;
Gray Staunton, b. at La Porte, Lid., July 6, 1865.

Mary Gray, daughter of Samuel, (2), b. Oct. 14, 1744, mar.
Rev. Enoch Huntington, of Middletown, Conn. ; childreii:
Enoch Huntington, who mar. Sally Ward, and had Sally, Enoch,

and Maiy, who mar. Wm. Hurlburt. Mary, who mar. M. F.

Russell of Middletown, and had Mary, Harriet, who mar. N.
Earned, Julia Ann, Charles, Wm. H. who mar. Mary Hubbard
and had Mary, Harriet, and Henrietta; Abigail, Frances M.,
who mar. Mr. Rush of N. Y.; Sarah M., who mar. Francis Gray

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Southmayd. Martha, who mar. Ed. Hurlburt and had Wil-
liam who mar. Mary G. Huntington; Samuel. Lydia, mar.

Col. Simeon North, who was born at Berlin, Conn., July 13,
1765, the son of Jedediah North, a descendant of John North
who was born in 1615, and left Englapd (or Wales) in 1635, and
was one of the original land owners and settlers in Farmington,
Conn. Col. North had previously married Lucy Savage in 1786,
who died Feb. 24, 1811. She was the mother of Simeon North,
late President of Hamilton College, who mar. Frances Harriet
Hubbard, he born Sept. 7, 1802, and d. Feb. 9, 1884; she d.
Jan. 21, i88r. Edward North, Professor of Greek, Hamilton
College, is a grandson of Col Simeon North and Lucy Savage
North. By the second marriage, with Lydia Huntington, was
bom Lydia Huntington North, who mar. Rev. Dwight M. Sew-
ard, in 1836, both of whom still survive, they having celebrated
their Golden Wedding at South Norwalk, Conn., in May, 1886.

Esther Huntington, dau. of Rev. Enoch, mar. Benjamin

Rosecranz, and had Sally and Enoch. Samuel Gray Hunting-
ton, Judge, raar. Mary Johnson and had Sarah; d. at Troy, N.
Y., July, 1854.- Mehitable.

Lucy Gray, daughter of Samuel, (2), b. June 27, 1746, d.
March 9, 1826.

Thomas Gray, son of Samuel, (2), b. May 22, 1749, mar. Abi-
gail Wales, April 9, 1 771; d. Feb. 1792; children:

Lydia Gray, b. Mar. 23, 1773, who mar. Chas. Chambers
of Pomfret, and had Thomas, Maria, who mar. Mr.
Randall of Ashford, Abigail who mar. Col. Bicknell
of Ashford, and Lucy.

Elizabeth Gray, dau. of Thomas, mar. Dr. Thomas
Hubbard of Pomfret, and had Frances Harriet, who
mar. Rev. Simeon North, D. D., L.L. D., late Pres-
ident of Hamilton College, Clinton, Oneida Co.,
N. Y., April 21, 1835, and d. Jan. 21, 1881; Thom-
as G., and Russell Hubbard.

Lucy Gray, dau. of Thomas, mar. Dr. Samuel Lee, and
had Sumner, who mar. Elizabeth Woodward of New
London, and had Sarah, who mar. Henry King, of
Medina, Ohio, and Samuel; Charlotte Lee, who mar.
Thomas Grosvenor of Pomfret, and had Thomas
and Samuel; Henrietta, and Hart. Lucy Gray Lee

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mar. 2d, Prof. Thomas Hubbard, of Yale College,
and had Mary, who mar. Hon. William H. Russell
of New Haven, Principal of the College Institute,
and founder of the Skull and Bones Society in Yale
College. Had Lucy Gray, Frances Harriet, Henrietta
Lee, Mary, Talcott Huntington, Thomas Hubbard,
Philip Gray, Wm. H., Edward H., and Robert Gray.
Mrs. Russell resides at New Haven, Conn.
Prudence Gray, dau. of Thomas, mar. Payson Grosve-
nor of Pomfret, who had Charles, Zara, Edward,
Mary, who mar. Chas. Matthewson of Pomfret, and
Elizabeth.

SAMUEL GRAY (3.)
Samuel Gray, son of Samuel, (2), was born in Windham,
June 21, 1 75 1. He graduated at Dartmouth 1774, in the first
class after its establishment in 1770. He was Deputy Commis-
sary General under Gov. Jonathan Trumbull during the Revolu-
tionary war. Though not a lawyer he was Clerk of the Courts
of Windham County a great many years. He mar. Charlotte
Elderkin, July 2, 1788; he died in 1836 in his 86th year.
Children and descendants :

Harriet Gray, b. Feb. i, 1790, mar. Oliver C. Grosve-
nor, of Rome, N. Y., and had Oliver D., and Char-
lotte G. Grosvenor.
Mary Gray, b. May 31, 1792, mar. Samuel H. Bynn,
and had Samuel G., who mar. Aurelia Little, John,
Harriet, Elizabeth, and Mary.

THOMAS GRAY.
Thomas Gray, son of Samuel Gray (3), was b. Oct. 3, 1794;
graduated at Yale College, 181 5; was often elected to offices of
honor and trust, was for several years a Clerk in the House of
Representatives at Washington, and at the time of his death was
Clerk of the Superior Court of Connecticut for Windham Co.,
and was Judge of Probate for the District of Windham. A co-
temporary says of him: " Mr. Gray was highly esteemed and re-
spected by all classes of his fellow citizens, for his useful talents,
his amiable and obliging disposition, and for his uprightness and
integrity of character." He married Mary C. Webb, who d. in
March, 1823; he mar. 2d, Lucretia Webb, May 11, 1824; he d.
Aug. 29, i860; she d. Aug. 27, 1867; children and descendants;

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Henry Gray, Dr., son of Thomas, b. March 13, 1825;
received a degi'ee as Physician at Dartmouth; mar.
Sarah Ann Kinnie, Oct. 4, 1849; residence, Bloom-
field, Conn.; children:

Anna L. Gray, b. Nov. 12, 1856.
Mary Gray, b. May 12, 1861.

Mary Gray, dau. of Thomas, b. 1827, d. 1838.

Charlotte Gray, dau. of Thomas, b. June 14, 1830,
mar. Dr. D. W. C. Lathrop, U. S. Surgeon in the
war for the Union; he dec'd; children: James, Clin-
ton, and William.

Hannah Gray, dau. of Thomas, b. Sept. 2, 1837; mar.
James S. Parsons, Pres. Continental Life Ins. Co., of
Hartford; he dec'd; she resides at Windham; child-
ren: Walter G., Katie, and Charlotte.

Lydia Gray, dau. of Samuel, (2) b. Apr. 17, 1761; d. Jun. 9, '61.
John Gray, son of Ebenezer, (i), b. at Easthampton, L. I.,
Sept. 21, 1723, mar. Elizabeth Powell, daughter of Stephen Pow-
ell of Lebanon. A record at hand says there were ten children,
but only the following, without further descent, are given:
John Gray.
William Gray.
Elizabeth Gray.
Betsey Gray.

Mary Gray, dau. of Ebenezer (i) and Mary Coit Gray, b. at
Lebanon, Conn., Nov. 11, 1728, mar. Russell Hubbard of New
London, Jan. 30, 1755, and had Mary, who mar. David Nevins
of Norwich, Conn., and had Mary, Henry, David, Russell, Fan-
ny who mar. Chas. Thomas of Norwich; Samuel, James, Eliza-
beth who mar. M. Townsend; Rufus L., Richard, and Rev.

William Nevins of Baltimore. Thomas Hubbard, who mar.

Mary Hallam of New London, and had Thomas, Russell who
mar. Abigail Williams of Norwich; Amos H. who mar. Mary

Ann Laman of Norwich, and William Hubbard. Martha.

Lucretia, who mar. David Tracy, and 2d mar. Elijah Back-
us of Norwich, and had Thomas, and Lucretia, who mar. Na-
thaniel Pope of St. Genevieve. —Russell. Martha, who

mar. David Wright of New London, and had Martha, David H.,

Mar}', William, Chas. F. and Thos. H. Susannah, who mar.

ist, Ebenezer Bushnell, and had Lydia, Thomas, Harriet, Leon-

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ard, who mar. Julia Lee; Tryphena, and Ebenezer; Susannah
Hubbard Bushnell mar. 2d, Robert Mannering and had Wilham.
Lucy Gray, dau. of Ebenezer, (i), b. in Lebanon, June 8,
1730, d. 1772, unmarried.

Jonathan Gray, son of Ebenezer, (i), born in Lebanon,
March 6, 1732, mar. Mary Mason, dau. of Samuel Mason of
Stonington, March 11, 1756. Children:

Mary Gray, b. at Stonington Aug. 6, 1757, mar. Peleg
Dennison, and had Noyce, Peleg, who mar. Harriet
Eldridge of Stonington and had Hannah; Samuel,
Joseph, Leonard, Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth, and
Bridget Dennison.
Samuel Gray, b. Aug. 4, 1759; believed to have been

married and had descendants.
Esther Gray, dau. of Jonathan, b. Aug. 27, 1761, mar.
Zebulon Staunton, and had Taber v/ho mar. Fanny
Potter of Stonington and had Fanny, Mary, Jabez;
Henry, Jonathan, Zebulon, George, Fanny, Frank,
Nathaniel G., Ehzabeth who mar. Chas. Dennison
of Stonington and had Elizabeth, Mary and Charles;
Mary, Esther, Samuel.
Susannah Gray, dau. of Ebenezer, (i), b. Dec. 11, 1733, in
Lebanon, mar. John Richards of New London, July 7, 1765,
and had one child, that died; she died at New London, Feb. 20,
1768.

Elizabeth Gray, dau. of Ebenezer, (i), b. Dec. 11, 1733,
and twin sister of Susannah Gray, mar. Samuel Hem, Nov. 17,
1763, and had Elizabeth, b. June 29, 1765, who mar, Ambrose
Fellows and had Mary who mar. Charles Burdick, and Sally;
she mar. 2d, ITios. Steamback and had Julia; Mary, b. Dec. 18,
1766; and William, b. Aug. 6, 1768.

William Gray, son of Ebenezer, (i), b. in Lebanon, May 16,
1737, and d. at St. Kits, Jan. 20, 1766; unmarried.

Esther Gray, dau. of Ebenezer, (i), b. in Lebanon, May 20,
1739, mar. Wilham Southmayd, of Middletown, Nov. 25, 1777,
and had Samuel Gray Southmayd, b. Dec. 28, 1778, who mar.
I St, Sally Gill; and mar. 2d, Sarah Russell, a grand-daughter of
Rev. Enoch Huntington, whose wife Mary Gray Huntington, was
a grand-daughter of Ebenezer (i) and Mary Gardiner Gray, the
two branches of the family being so united.

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Thomas Coit, stepson of Ebenezer Gray, and son of Thos.
and Mary Coit, b. Aug. 15, 1725, mar. Abigail Richards,
May 23, 1756, and had Abigail, Thomas, Elizabeth; she d.
Aug. 19, 1 76 1, and he mar. 2d, Mary Gardiner, dau. of David
Gardiner of New London, Jan. 12, 1764, and had Thomas,
David, and Jonathan Coit.

X. Susannah Gray, dau. of Samuel Gray (i), who mar. Peter
Feurt, of Boston, and d. about 30th year of her age leaving no
children.

Dr. Ebenezer Gray, son of Samuel and Susannah Gray, who
was born in Boston, Oct. 31st, 1697, and was the ancestor of
most of the line traced out on the preceding pages, was educat-
ed at Harvard, and made the practice of physics his profession.
He spent his days at East Hampton, Lebanon, Newport and
Windham.

There are points of interest in connection with the families of
John Gray of Beverly, and Samuel Gray of Boston. Though
direct relationship is not shown, they were both of English an-
cestry, and cotemporaneous in this country. The Beverly Grays
were not only from Boston, but John Gray (3), son of John of
Beverly, was for many years a resident of Windham and Leba-
anon. Conn., and up to 1743, the date of his removal to Sharon,
during which period Ebenezer Gray, son of Samuel, and the an-
cestor of most of the Grays whose names appear in the forego-
ing record, was also a resident of that neighborhood, where some
of his descendants still remain. Friendly intercourse has also
been maintained in later years between some members of the
two families, on the basis of congenial tastes, and kindred asso-
ciations. To the writer, there is another fact of added personal
interest, in that this family of Grays intermarried with the Gar-
diners of Gardiner's Island, from whence his own maternal
ancestry. It would have been gratifying to have given herewith
the complete genealogical record of the family of Samuel Gray,
if it had been practicable to have done so.

WORCESTER GRAYS.

The most numerous, probably, of all the many branches of
the Gray family in America, and not the least in point of inter-
est, is the group of so called Worcester Grays. Whether all
distinctively of one family is not positively determined, but they
were doubtless kindred and closely allied. M. L. Gray, Esq., of
St. Louis, who is of that line, and has given much attention to
ancestral research, furnishes the following interesting sketch as
the result of his investigations:

"Among the emigrants, 140 families, who came from the
North of Ireland in 17 18, to Boston, was one John Gray. He
settled with others of the colony at Worcester, Mass., same year.
They were Scotch, (called Scotch-Irish), whose ancestors in 161 2
went from Argylshire, Scotland, and settled near Londonderry.
John Gray bought land in Worcester in 1718, and in 1722-3.
There were other Grays: Robert, Samuel, William, Matthew,
probably Hugh, and John, Jr., who was the son of the elder John;
but whether any or all of the others were sons of John, is not
certainly known. A deed made by John and Izobel his wife,
conveys land in Worcester which they say was deeded to him by
his 'honored father, John Gray.' This proves that John whose
wife was Izobel, was the son of the elder John. Of John and
Izobel his wife were Daniel, bom in Worcester, 1728; Isaac, who
commanded a Company in the battle of Bunker Hill, John,
Elizabeth, and probably Ebenezer. Daniel begat Lamond, John,
Joel, Jeremiah, Thomas, CoUister, and three daughters, who sev-
erally married Amos Blackmer, James Lindsey and Daniel Has-
kell.

"John Gray, who came over in 17 18, was one of a Commit-
tee in Ireland who wrote to Gov. Shute of the Mass. Colony in
17 17, enquiring as to the encouragement emigrants would re-
ceive if they came to this country. From Lincoln's History of
Worcester it appears that this elder John occupied one of the
'fore-pews' in the church, from which it may be inferred that he
was a man of some position. About 1740, thirty-eight of the
emigrants that were in Worcester, bought the township of Pel-

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ham, and among them were John Gray, Jr., Samuel, WiUiam,
Matthew, and probably Hugh. Robert remained in Worcester,
and was the ancestor of Prof. Asa Gray, of Cambridge, Mass.
Of the descendants of William, Matthew and Samuel, I have no
trace, (trace however will be found on the following pages of
some of them,) nor do I know anything of the descendants of
Capt. Isaac or his brother John, both of whom were brothers of
my great-grandfather Daniel Gray. I know that between 1785
and 1 800, quite a number of families of Grays in Pelham mov-
ed to Salem, Washington Co., N. Y., and thereabouts, and
that several families scattered further west in New York. Three
brothers of my grandfather Lamond, named Joel, John and Col-
lister settled respectively in Otsego, Madison, and Chenango coun-
ties; the former, at Cooperstown, where he left children. The
other brothers, Jeremiah and Thomas, remained in Massachu-
setts, and their descendants are in Belchertown, Wilbraham and
Amherst."

" My grandfather settled in Bridport, Vermont. My branch
were strong Presbyterians according to the kirk of Scotland —
several were Elders, and when they became Congregationalists,
were Deacons in the church. Among the names of males I
found at Pelham besides those already mentioned, were Aaron,
Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Jonathan, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Joseph,
Amos, Adam C, EH, Eliot, James, Jonah, &c. Names of fe-
males: Ehzabeth, Esther, Ehnor, Patience, Experience, Jean,
Phebe, Martha, Margaret, Sarah, Anne, &c."

The foregoing is of value as a clear and reliable statement
made up from the records after painstaking personal search, and
the Worcester Grays are under much obligation to Mr. Gray
for it.

Melvin L. Gray, Esq., of St. Louis, is a son of Daniel Gray,
he son of I^amond, son of Daniel, son of John Gray, Jr., son of
John. John, Jr., was born 1700, and died in Pelham, 1779.
Daniel Gray (i) was born 1728, and married a Miss Lamond
from Leicester; they had a son Lamond, born about 1753; by a
second wife, Mary Dick, Daniel had sons Jeremiah, Thomas,
John, Joel and CoUister, and three daughters, to whom reference

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has already been made. Lamond, eldest son of Daniel, (i),
married Isabel Conkey, widow ol Lieut. Robert Hamilton, of
Pelham, and about 1787 or '88, Lamond and wife emigrated
from Pelham to Bridport, Vt., where he lived till 181 2, and
had sons, Joel and Daniel (2).

DANIEL GRAY (2).

DESCENDANTS OF.

Daniel Gray (2), had by his first marriage, Ozro Preston Gray,
born at Bridport, Vt., 1806, and died there in 1882, leaving
no children. By a second wife, Mary Bosworth, he had the fol-
lowing sons and descendants:

Edgar H. Gray, b. 18 13, graduated at Waterville Col-
College, Me., 1838; became a Baptist clergyman;
located first at Ereeport, Me.; afterwards at Shel-
burne Falls, Mass., and then at Washington, D. C,
and was for several years Chaplain of the Senate
during President Lincoln's Administration. Is now
settled at Oaidand, Cal.

Melvin L. Gray, Esq., second son by the second mar-
riage, was born 181 5, graduated at Middlebury Col-
lege, Vt., 1839, and has practised law in St. Louis,
Mo., since 1842.

Daniel M. Gray, now living at Columbus, Ohio.

Fabius C. Gray, wh^ died in Gallatin, Tenn., in 1847.

Oscar B. Gray, a Broker, now living in New York City.

Wm. a. Gray, who died near San Antonio, Texas, 1859.

Daniel Gray (2) died in Bridport, . Vt., in 1823.

Joel Gray, son of Lamond, and broker of Daniel (2), settled

in Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., N. ^ and died there about

1882, aged 87, leaving descendants.

JOHN GR'

John Gray, son of Deacon DanifllWFay of Pelham, removed
to Madison, Madison Co., N. Y., among the first settlers, and
resided there until his decease. He was born March i, 1770,
and married. May 25, 1792, Susannah Hunter, who was born

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Dec. lo, 1770. He died July 25, 1827, and she died Aug, 28,
1S64. Children and descendants:

Susannah Gray, b. Apr. 12, 1793; d. Oct. 15, 1800.
CoLLiSTER Gray, b. Nov. 29, 1794; d. Oct 10, 1800.
Appleton Gray, b. Jan. 18, 1797; d. Oct. 20, 1800.
Annie Gray, b. May 15, 1799; mar. Jonathan Maltbie,

July 27, 1825.
Sallie Gray, b. Sept. 8, 1803, mar. Wm. Brown, Feb. 12,

1823; children: Wm. Brown, of Aurora, 111., and

Geo. Brown of Granger, Iowa.

John Gray, Jr., Dr., b. in Madison, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1801;
mar. Clarinda M. Thompson, Sept. 8, 1825; studied medicine
with Dr. Putnam, of Madison, and afterwards with Dr. Sweet-
land, Erie Co., attended lectures at Willoughby, Ohio, and was
for a time at the Hospitals in New York. Was a skillful Surgeon
and attained a wide reputation as a specialist in malarial fevers.
He visited South America on a mining reconnoisance, and es-
tabhshed a Hospital for Americans in Acapulco, Mexico. He
was also a man of affairs as well as a physician and traveller.
He built the first Factory (near Rome) in Oneida Co., N. Y.,
built the first breakwater in Buffalo, and furnished the lumber for
Fort Dearborn, Chicago, 1826. Dr. Gray is deceased, but his
widow still survives at Darlington, Wis. Children and descend-
ants:

Hamilton H. Gray, son of Dr. John, b. 1826, married
Harriet Feet, a daughter of Rev. Stephen Feet, at
Beloit, Wis. Have seven children living:

Harriet, b. May 11, 1852; mar. Dr. W. H.
Armstrong; 3 children: Fred, James and
Anna.
Anna Martha, b. March 6, 1854; mar. C. S.
Montgomery; 3 chidren: Charles, Gray,
baby.
Ada D., b. Apr. 20, 1856.
Ja^es H. Gray, b. Feb. 16, 1858; mar. Jennet
Buchannan ; a son, Harry. Resides at
Luverne, Minn.
Mary Emma, b. Aug. 15, 1861; mar. C. B. Old-
field.
Clara M., b. Apr. 3, 1868.
Eunice T., b. March 17, 1876.

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Hon. Hamilton H. Gray has been Chairman of Town Board
and Co. Board of Supervisors, District Attorney, Member of the
Assembly, and State Senator of Wisconsin, Member of the State
Board of Regents, Delegate to National Democratic Conven-
tion, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, has served as Member
of the State Board of Charities and Reforms. Mr. Gray resides
at Darlington, Wis.; of his occupation, he says, "I am a farmer.'
James B. Gray, son of John Gray (3), died in Mexico;
children:

Anslev Gray, a lawyer.

Henry Gray.

A daughter, mar. Mark Edgerton, Kansas City.

Adaline a. Gray, dau. of Dr. John Gray, mar. Isaac Deck-
er; mar. 2d, John H. Martin.

DANIEL GRAY (3).

Daniel Gray, son of John Gray (3), was born in Madison, N.
Y., May 18, 1805; married Roxy Adeline Tucker, Aug. 19th,
1830. Resided near Jerusalem Corners, East Evans, Erie Co.,
N. Y.; removed from there to what is now called Gray's Sum-
mit, on the Mo. Pacific R. R., 40 miles west of St. Louis, in
1 84 1. He journeyed to Texas every winter, being engaged in
business at Galveston, as well as carrying on the farm at home.
He was in Houston's army of Independence, and a member of
the Lone Star State Legislature. He died in 1851. Children
and descendants:

Francis O. Gray, b. July 26, 1831; mar. Miss Ennis;

was a Colonel in the Confederate army; has seven

living children.

Edward Payson Gray, son of Daniel (3), b. Jun. 10, 1833;
at 15 commenced clerking at St. Louis, at 18 had
engaged in business in his own name, and the same
year, 1851, journeyed to Texas on horseback and
successfully closed up his father's business, and is
now the successful manager of the International
Book and News Co. of St. Louis. He mar. Mary
Elizabeth Stanly, Feb. 26, 1857. Children and de-
scendants:

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Horace Stanly Gray, b. Feb. 5, 1858; resides

at Tustin City, Los Angeles Co., Cal.
Mary Adf.laide Gray, b. May 21,1 860; mar.
Montrose L. Garnett, of Holden, Mo.;
children: George Edward, and Montrose
L., Jr.
Sybil Marion Gray, b. Feb. 16, 1864; mar.
John Webster Spargo, Sept. 6th, 1883;
children: Sybil Marion; and Edward Gray;
residence, St. Louis.
Edna Lovina Gray, b. Dec. 23, 1867.
Mary Adelaide Gray, dau. of Daniel Gray (3), b. Nov.

4, 1836; mar. in Michigan; dec'd; no children.
William H. Gray, b. Sept. 22, 1843, mar. Binnie Har-
per; has three boys and two girls; resides at St. Louis.

COLLISTER GRAY.

Collister Gray, son of Deacon Daniel Gray of Pelham, mar-
ried Hannah Calhoun, and removed to Lebanon, Madison Co.,
N. Y., and thence to Otselic, N. Y., where she died in August,
185 1, and he died in Pharsalia, in same county, 1863. Children
and descendants:

Collister Gray, Jr., oldest son of, mar. Lurenda Hill;
d. in Otselic, Sept. 6, 185 1, aged 47; she d. in Sher-
burne, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1883, aged 73; children and
descendants:

Dewitt C. Gray, b. 1832; d. at Arlington, 111.,

Nov. I, 1856.
LoviNA Gray, b. 1834, mar. Jackson McMinn,

1857, and d. at Willett, N. Y., 1873.
Julius C. Gray, b. June 16, 1836; mar. Helen
R. Rogers, of Unadilla, N. Y., Aug. 9th,
1862; one child, a daughter, b. Nov. 1868;
residence, Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y.
Daniel M. Gray, b. 1839; married Cornelia
Sweet, of Lakeport, N. Y., 1864; went
to Cleveland, Ohio; has not been heard
from since 1866; supposed dec'd.
Lucetta Gray, b. 1842; d. in 1849.
Henry C. Gray, b. 1846; d. July 21, 1872.
Nathan C. Gray, b. 1850, d. in Oct., 1856.

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Nathan Gray, son of Collister (i), removed to Arlington,
111., where he now resides. He was a personal friend of Abra-
ham Lincoln, and was one of the Delegates from Illinois to the
Republican National Convention that nominated him for Pres-
ident.

Alexander H. Gray, son of ColUster, moved to North
Springfield, Mo., 1881, and died there 1885. He had previous-
ly resided at Otselic, N. Y., and had repeatedly been elected
Supervisor of his town, serving with honor to himself and satis-
faction to the public. He was about 70 years old.

There were two daughters to Collister Gray; Mrs. Phebe Da-
vis, of Brooklyn, Iowa, and Mrs. Cornelia Newton, of Long
Pine, Nebraska; both widows.

ROBERT GRAY.

DESCENDANTS OF.

Robert Gray was born in 1697, in Ireland, of Scotch parent-
age. He is supposed to be a son of John Gray, one of the
signers of the " Shute Memorial," and one of the colony that
came to America from Londonderry in the north of Ireland,
arriving at Boston, Mass., Aug. 4, 1 7 1 8, and settling same year
at Worcester, Mass., where he was a man of prominence and
property. Everything learned about Robert points toward the
strong probability that he was a son of John, but it cannot be
definitely proven. Robert is spoken of in the town records as
an emigrant. Although he did not sign the "Shute Memorial,"
he was twenty-one years old at the time of emigration and set-
tlement in Worcester. He had brothers, Matthew, (ancestor of
Prof. A. L. Perry, of Williams College,) William, and Hugh;
Samuel, and John, Jr., are supposed to be his brothers also, and
sons of John, the patriarchal emigrant.

Robert Gray died in Worcester, Jan. 1 6, 1 7 66. He was buried

in the burial ground, (which is now a Common,) and his stone

read thus:

Here lyes buried the body of

Mr. Robert Gray,

Who died Jan. 16, 1766, aged 69 years.

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His wife was Sarah Wiley, whose family was also of the colony
which settled at Worcester in 1 7 1 8, and there is a tradition in
the family that their courtship began on the voyage to America.
The date of her death is not known, but she was living in 1758.
Her mother lived with her, and died at the age of ninety-nine.
Robert and Sarah Gray were the parents of ten children, as
follows:

Experience, John,

Joseph, Sally,

Robert, Moses Wiley,

Molly, Samuel,

John, (2) Thomas.

Moses Wiley Gray, born in Worcester, Dec. 31, 1745, mar-
ried Sally Miller of Worcester, about the year 1769. Soon after
he removed to Templeton, Mass., where eight of his children
were born. He was one of the "Minute Men" who responded
to the call at the battle of Lexington, and he remained in the
army afterward. In 1787 he removed to Grafton, Vt, where his
wife died Mar. 2, 1793.

In 1794 he removed to Oneida Co., N. Y., and settled in the
Sauquoit Valley, at a place now called Sauquoit, eight miles
south from Utica. Here he married Anna Buckingham, who
died in 1842, and by whom he had four children, as follows:
John, Anna, Watson, Ephraim.

The children of Moses Wiley and Sally Miller Gray were:

Hannah, . Thomas, Sally, Warren, Betsey,

Moses, Thomas, (2) Asa, Warren, (2) Lucy.

Moses Gray was born in Templeton, Mass., Feb. 26, 1785,
and died in Sauquoit, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1845. He married Rox-
ana Howard, of Sauquoit, July 30, 1809. She was born in Long-
meadow, Mass., Mar. 15, 1789, and died in Sauquoit, June 15,
1869. Their children were:

Asa Gray, b. Nov. 18, 1810; mar. Jane Lathrop Loring,
of Boston, May 4, 1848; no children; Professor in
Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.

RoxANA Gray, b. May 17, 1813; mar. Geo. A. Cobb,
Saline, Mich.

Elsada Gray, b. June i, 1815; unmarried.

iS8.

Almira Gray, b. Aug. 4, 1817; mar. Warren Bragg, of

Clayville, N. Y.

Moses Miller Gray, b. Jan. 9, 1820; mar. Emily Tovm-

send, of Sauquoit, Apr. 23, 1845; a farmer, and

lives on the old homestead; several daughters; a son

George Gray, of Rancho Chico, Cal.; mar.;

a daughter, and a son

Ralph Moses Gray, b. 1885.
Hiram Gray, b. June 26, 1822; mar. Delia Louisa Bar-
nett, of Clayville, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1852; was a paper
manufacturer at Sauquoit; d. Oct. 13, i860; one
daughter, and a son,

Harris Bari>iett Gray, of Hastings, Iowa;
mar., and several daughters.
George Gray, b. Mar. 15, 1825; d. Jan. 9, 1848, while

a student at Harvard College.
Joseph Howard Gray, b. Sept. 25, 1828; mar. Martha
Greene Ring, of New York, May 15, i860; is a
lawyer in New York city; two sons:
William Ring Gray.
Joseph Howard Gray.

PROF. ASA GRAY.

The following brief sketch of Prof. Asa Gray, the eminent
Botanist, of Harvard College, is mainly from an article in
the Century for June, 1886, entitled " Harvard's Botanic Garden
and its Botanists." At the time Dr. Gray entered upon his du-
ties as Professor at Harvard, 1842, he was thirty-two years old.
He had pursued his studies at Clinton Grammar School, near
his native place, and at Fairfield Academy, in an adjacent coun-
ty. Then, without entering College, he had begun medical
studies, receiving his degree in 1831. Although soon appointed
Botanist of the great United States Exploring Expedition, and
Professor of Botany in Michigan University, he did not accept
either of these positions, but devoted himself to a study of Amer-
ican plants, and to the publication of the " Flora of North
America," It was after his return from a visit to Europe in the
further preparation of his work, that he accepted the Professor-
ship at Harvard and entered upon his duties there.

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Besides his other labors Dr. Gray has found time during all
these years for a vast amount of studied writing, including
among his lesser works that remarkable series t^f text books on
botany, which are now used in all schools in the country. In
1862, Dr. Gray presented the University with his herbrarium,
comprising over two hundred thousand plants, and his library of
twenty-two hundred botanical works; a munificent contribution
to that institution and to science.

In later years he has resumed in earnest his great work, the
" Flora of North America," and with determined courage and
untiring industry he continues at his task, not content to rest till
the whole shall be complete. It is well said of him, "To few
men of science come so grand opportunities; and fewer yet so
nearly fulfill them as has Dr. Gray."

DAVID GRAY.

Adam Clark Gray, of Pelham, was the father of five sons:
Levi, Justus, John, David and Ephraim. David was born in Pel-
ham, (as probably all the sons were), Oct. 20, 1780. While a
young man he spent several season on the Banks of New
Foundland engaged in codfishing. On Dec. 23, 1805, he mar-
ried Esther Clough, and must soon after have removed to Mad-
ison, N. Y., as a daughter, Phebe Gray, was born to them at that
place, Nov. 5, 1806. The births of children, noted as follows,
instances the dates and places of their several removals:

Cyrus Gray, was born in Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y.,
July 18, 1808; was mar. April 5, 1830, and d. Dec.
17, 1857, in Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., O., leav-
ing six sons, all of whom have families, and four
daughters.

Eli Gray was born in Madison, N. Y., May 7, 18 10;
mar., and has 2 daughters and ten grandchildren;
has resided at Mayfield, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, since
1840.

Martin Gray was born in Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y.,
; May 23, 181 2; mar., and had 2 girls; lives at Men-

tor, Ohio.

i6o.

George Gray was born in Lansing, Tompkins Co. N. Y.,
Dec. 1 8, 1 814; mar., and has two boys, both of
whom have famiUes; he Uves at Adams, Hillsdale
Co., Mich.

David Gray, Jr., was born in Lansing, N. Y., Feb. 20,
1 81 7; mar., and has four sons, three of whom have
families; he resides in Paulding Co., Ohio.

Esther Gray was born in Chardon, Geauga Co., Ohio,
Nov. 17, 1 81 9; mar. John G. Tliompson, April i,
1847; d. July 8, 1 88 1, in St. Louis, Mich., leaving
three daughter? with families.

David Gray and his family had removed from Lansing, N. Y.,
in June, 181 8, to Chardon, Ohio, where they settled in the
woods and endured the hardships of the early settlers, and there
they continued to reside for over forty years. She died June 30,
1 86 1, aged 79 years, Mr. Gray afterwards removed to Mentor,
Ohio, where he died May 29th, 1885, having reached the re-
markable age of One Hundred and Four (104) Years, seven (7)
months and nine (9) days ! The son Eli, writes as follows of
this worthy old patriarch and Centenarian: " He regarded the
religion of Christ as the great motive for which he lived after
181 5, until death. He was of steady habits, and consistent in
his ways and dealings with all men."

Martin E. Gray, of Willoughby, Ohio, a descendant of the
Pelham and Worcester Grays, writes as follows:

Dear Sir: — Your letter asking for information concerning my
ancestry, is received. My grandfather's name was Jacob Gray.
He died in Pelham, Mass., 181 5. I do not know how old he
was. He had a daughter who died young, and four sons who
lived to be old. My father was the oldest; his name was An-
drew. He had eight children, all dead but three; he died in
1 861 aged 80 years. My father's brotlier WiUiam died in Salem,
N. Y., about 1840; he had eight children, and they are all dead.
His brother Jacob raised six children and died in Genesee Co.,
N. Y., about i860; two of his sons, Jacob and Otis, are living.
His youngest brother's name was Matthew; he raised seven or
eight children; he died in Michigan, about 1865, where his
children now reside.

i6i.
MATTHEW GRAY.

Professor Arthur Latham Perry, of WilUams College, con-
tributes the following concerning the descendants of Matthew
Gray, of whom was his maternal ancestry:

"Matthew Gray and Joan his wife, were among the Scotch-Irish
immigrants landing in Boston, Aug. 4, 1 7 1 8. They went that
autumn to Worcester, and died there. He became Scaler of
leather and Hogreeve in Worcester in 1724. He bought in
1728 the nucleus of the "Gray farm" in Worcester, which re-
mained in the hands of his descendants for more than a century.
This farm was deeded to his son Matthew Gray (2) in Oct.,
1735. Both Matthew and Joan make their "mark" to this deed.

"Matthew (2) was eight years old in 17 18, and carried on the
farm till 1772, when he deeded it to his son Reuben. Matthew
(2) had two wives, Jean and Margaret, and 21 children, 11 of
whose births are recorded in the Worcester records. Mrs. Jean
Gray died in Dec. 1764, aged 48. The second wife was Mar-
garet McFarland.

"Reuben Gray, born Dec. 2, 1744, married Lydia Millet, and
they had 11 children. He died May 23, 1814, leaving the farm
by will to Matthew Gray, his son, born Jan. 9, 1783, and died
in 1858.

"Matthew (2) had (among other sons) Joseph, b. June 4, 1758.
He settled in Mason, N. H., was a doctor, and died in 181 2.
He mar. in 1780, Lucy Bancroft, an aunt of George Bancroft, the
historian. Their son, Dr. Henry Gray, lived and died in Wes-
ton, Vt. Dr. Henry Gray, of Cambridge, N. Y., was in the
next generation, and Dr. Henry Gray, of Greenwich, N. Y., is
now (1886) a distinguished physician of the fourth generation.

"Reuben and Lydia had Lydia, born July 3, 1789, who mar.
Rev. Baxter Perry, of Lyme, N. H., and died there Nov. 13,
1875. Baxter Edwards Perry, bom in 1826, a distinguished law-
yer in Boston, and Arthur Latham Perry, born in 1830, Professor
of History and Political Economy in WiUiams College, were
sons of this marriage; and Lydia Ann Churchill, and Mary Clark
Turner, were the daughters. Rev. Baxter Perry died in Lyme,
Jan. 18, 1830.

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"The following were copied from the cotemporaiy register of
births in Worcester:
Matthew and Jean had

Susannah, b. Aug. g, 1736.
Jemima, b. June 24, 1742.
Reuben, b. Dec. 2, 1744.
Matthew, b. March i, 1750.
Robert, b. Oct. 30, 1751.
Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1753.
John, b. b. July i, 1756.
Joseph, b. June 4, 1758.
Esther, b. Sept. 4, 1760.

Same Matthew, and Margaret McFarland, (second marriage)
had, probably among several others,
Jane, b. March 19, 1767.
Isaac, b. Oct. 30, 1769.

"I suppose John(i), Wilham, Hugh, and Matthew (i), to be
brothers, and all in middle life at the time of the immigration.
Robert (i), may have been another brother, but I think he was
son to Matthew (i). He was at any rate twenty-one years old
in 1 7 18, and was closely connected otherwise with Matthew (2),
and lies buried beside him on Worcester Common.

"Experience Gray, b. Aug. 16, 1761, eldest child of Robert,
Jr., who was born Dec. 22, 1734, mar. Abijah Perry, and was
the grandmother of Hon. Aaron F. Perry, of Cincinnati."

George W. Gray, Esq., of Chicago, is of this line.

The issue being raised as to whether Joseph Gray, son of
Matthew (2), and born June 4, 1758, was the Dr. Joseph Gray
who married Lucy Bancroft, a record of whose descendants are
given on the following pages, Professor Perry, gives the following
as the basis for the claim that such was the case:

"I have often heard my mother say that we were related to
George Bancroft through the Grays, and also have heard her
say that we had Gray relatives in Londonderry, Vt, and that
neighborhood. Dr. Henry Gray, who was own cousin to her,
lived and died in Londonderry."

This would seem to be strong, and presumptive proof of the
kinship of these two families, and especially so in view of the
distinguished authority so quoted.

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DR. JOSEPH GRAY.

Dr. Joseph Gray, was probably a son of Matthew (2) and
Jean Gray, of Pelham, born June 4, 1758, although it is claimed
by some of his descendants that he was of English origin, and
born in Providence, R. I., 1751. He took an active part in the
war of the Revolution, studied medicine with Dr. Mann, atten-
ded the lectures of Dr. Rush, and was one of the earUest regu-
larly educated Physicians in Hillsboro County, New Hampshire.
In 1780 he married Lucy Bancroft, daughter of Samuel Ban-
croft, who was the son of Samuel, son of Thomas (2), son of
Thomas (i), who was born in England, 1622. (George Bancroft,
the Historian, is the nephew of Lucy Bancroft, he being the son
of her brother. Dr. Aaron Bancroft.) After his marriage Dr.
Gray removed, 1790, to Mason, N. H., where he died in 181 2;
his wife in 181 5. Children and descendants:

• L Harry Gray, b. July 2, 1781; d. Sept. 16, 1782.
IL Henry Gray, b. May 27, 1783; d. Aug. 24, 1863.
HL Lucy Gray, b. Feb. 5, 1785.
IV. Joseph Gray, b. Feb. 9, 1788; d. Feb. 9, 1879.
V. John Gray, b. March 28, 1790.
VI. Lydia Gray, b. May 20, 1792; d. June 10, 1792.
VII. Lydia Bancroft Gray, b. Jun. 19, 1793; d. Nov. 12, 1877.
VIII. Isaac Gray, b. July 20, 1795; d. Aug., 1821.
IX. Hannah Gray, b. Jan. 17, 1800; d. Sept. 29, 1822.
II. Dr. Henry Gray, second son of Dr. Joseph and Lucy
Bancroft Gray, born at Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H.,
married Margaret Carpenter, Nov. 23, 1808, and d. Aug. 24th,
1863. Their children were:

Henry C. Gray, b. Jan. 7, 1810.
Isaac F. Gray, b, Jan. 7, 181 2.
Mary Gray, b. Nov. 12, 181 3.
Lucy Gray, b. Jan. 22, 1815.
David B. Gray, b. May 6, 181 7.
A. Jackson Gray, b. Feb. 23, 1820.
Margaret Gray, b. Feb. 9, 1822.
Hannah Gray, b. July 29, 1824.
Joseph J. Gray, b. December 25, 1826.
John B. Gray, b. April i, 1829.
Henry C. Gray, M. D., married Jeannette Bullions, of Cam-
bridge N. Y., March 31, 1834. Their children were:

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Mary B. Gray, b. June 22, 1835; mar. Rev. John An-
derson. Children: Mary Jeanette, Lizzie G., Harry
G., Annie B., Grace Estey, John, and Charles Gray
Anderson.

Henry Gray, b. April 23, 1837; d. Mar. 15, 1838.

Margaret Gray, b. Jan. 20, 1839.

Eliza Gray, b. March 27, 1840; mar. Dr. Benjamin F.

Ketchum, Aug. 7, 1 86 1 ; children : Lizzie, Harry,

Katie, Liston, and Franklin Gray Ketchum.
Henry Gray, Dr., b. Sept. 6, 1842; mar. Sarah Anna

Buel, May 7, 1867; a child,

Harry Gray, b. Nov. 19, 1869.
Robert Liston Gray, b. at Cambridge, N. Y., Oct. 17,

1844; d. at battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
Charles Adams Gray, Dr., b. July 24, 1846; married

Nellie A. Joslin, Oct. 25, 1871; residence, Sioux

Falls, Dakota; children:

Florence Templeton Gray, b. Jan. 31, 1873.

Annie Joslin Gray, b. June 11, 1875.

Charles Liston Gray, b. April 15, 1877.

Mary Nellie Gray, b. June 8, 1880.

Lizzie Leonard Gray, b. July 15, 1882.

Beth Allen GRAY,b. Sept. 6, '84; d. Sept. 7, '84.

Bancroft Gray, b. Aug. 22, 1885.
Florence C. Gray, b. Aug. 24, 1848; mar. Julius J. Es-
tey, Oct. 29, 1867; children: J. Gray Estey, J. Har-
ry, and Guy C. Estey.
Frances J. Gray, (twin sister of Florence C. Gray,) b.-
Aug. 24, 1848; mar. Dr. L. W. Kennedy, Oct. 27,
1869; he d. May 18, 1873, leaving no issue, and she
mar. second. Rev. Thomas Cull, Nov. 26, 1874; a
son, Juhus Estey Cull, b. Aug. 26, 1875.
Annie R. Gray, b. March 30, 1850 ; mar. Marcius L.
Cobb, Esq., of Sing Sing, N. Y., Oct. 8th, 1873;
children: Marcius G. Cobb, b. Nov. 21, 1874; d.
June 9, 1875; Henry G. Cobb, b. May 4, 1876; d.
Jan. 15, 1877; James Willard Cobb, b. 18, 1880.

A. Jackson Gray, son of Dr. Henry Gray, b. Feb. 23, 1820,
married Mary Burton, Nov. 25, 1845, at Manchester, Vermont;
children:

LoREN B. Gray, b. Jan. 24, 1847; mar. Ida Kertz, Sept.
10, 1880; a son,

RoLLiN Jean Gray, b. June 16, 1881.

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John B. Gray, b. July 27, 1848.

Henry Gray, son of A. Jackson, b. Jan. 11, 1852, mar.
Alice Smith, March 3, 1880; a son,

Harry Smith Gray, b. Dec. 15, 1880.
Hannah Gray, dau. of Dr. Henry and Margaret Carpenter
Gray, married. May 7, 1844, VViniam W. Brockway; no issue;
residence, Cambridge, N. Y.

Joseph J. Gray, son of Dr. Henry Gray, married Mattie W.
Putnam, July 27, 1854; residence, Cambridge, N. Y.; children:
Elizabeth P. Gray, b. Oct. 21, 1855.
Mary B. Gray, b. May 28, 1862.
Mattie P. Gray, b. Dec. 20, 1863.
Margaret C. Gray. b. July 31, 1865.
Dr. Henry C. Gray, whose portrait herewith appears, died at
Cambridge, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1877. His widow still survives.

Dr. C. A. Gray, son of Dr. Henry C, who furnished most of
the statistics of the descendants of Dr. Joseph Gray, (i), grad-
uated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1869,
and has recently removed from Sioux Falls, Dakota, to Hins-
dale, N. H.

DR. JOSEPH GRAY, (2).

IV. Joseph Gray, Dr., son of Dr. Joseph and Lucy Bancroft
Gray, born Feb. 9, 1788, married Eunice Russell, at Cavendish,
Vt., July II, 181 1; she d. Jun. g, 1859; ^^ ^- ^^ Taftsville, Vt.,
Feb. 9, 1879, aged 91 years. Children and descendants:

Pamela Gray, b. Sept. 26, 181 2; mar. Lyman Townsend,
Nov. 27, 1832; d. May 11, 1861; children: Lorenzo
Richmond, who mar. Harriet Benson and had
Mary Helen and Hosea Lorenzo Townsend;
Lucy Bancroft, who mar. Daniel Maxam; Ellen
F., who mar. Henry F. Ellis; JuUa Ann, who
mar. James M. Preston, and had Herbert Pres-
ton; Lydia Maria, Samuel Lucian, and Frank
Lyman Townsend.

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Joseph Gray, son of Dr. Joseph, b. Jan. 20, 181 5; mar.
Abigail Spaulding, Jan. 10, 1847; she d. Feb. 4,
1853; he mar. second, Maria Johnson Fuller, Apr.
16, 1854; he d. Sept. 28, 1875; children:

John Bancroft Gray, b. Feb. 16, 1848; mar.
Emeline Morris, May 27, 1873; children:
LiLLiE Gray, b. 1875.
MiNNEOLA Gray, b. July 12, 1877.
Fannie Elizabeth Gray, b. June 28, 1849;
mar. Dr. Worthington Brown, July 31,
1866 ; children: Francis Everett, Lilian
Eliza, Robert Orcutt, and William Worth-
ington.
Lydia Pamela Gray, b. Jan. 26, 185 1.
Ary Gray, b. Jan. 27, 1853; d. Nov. 27, 1866.
Ira Gray, b. Jan. 28, 1855.
Eunice Maria Gray, b. Aug. 22, 1856.
Lucretia Maria Gray, dau. of Dr. Joseph, b. Mar. 13,
18 1 7, mar. Charles Kendall Smith, July 7, 1835;
children: Margaret L.; John Russell, who mar. Mary
E. Clark, and had Ette Lucretia, Kendrick Stillman,
Floy Eliza, and Rosa Belle Smith; Silas R., who
mar. Mary M. Minor and had Walter Smith; Chas.
Kendall Smith, who mar. Mary C. Mackey and had
Silas Grant and Charles Homer Smith; Amelia Eli-
za Smith; Mary Jane Smith, who mar. John R. Ber-
ry; Juliette Smith, George Bancroft, and Rosa.
Lydia Emerson Gray, dau. of Dr. Joseph, b. Jan. 2,
i8ig, mar. Henry L. Anthony, Oct. 20, 1838; chil-
dren: Henry Gray Anthony, who mar. Mary R. Gil-
more, March 14, 1867, and had Hannah Lodel An-
thony; twin sons, b. and d. Mar. 26, 1842; Samuel
Warren Anthony, b. Feb. 5, 1848; Eunice Elvira, b.
July 1 8, 1849.
Eliza Eastin Gray, dau. of Dr. Joseph Gray, b. Feb.
20, 1825, mar. Herman Chandler Orcutt, Jan. i,
1852; children: John Herman Orcutt, b. July 14,
1856; Zalmon Edward, b. Jan. 14, 1861, d. July 22,
1864; Charles Russell Orcutt, b. Apr. 27, 1864.
Dr. Joseph Gray (i) was married at Reading, Mass., and it
was at Quebec, Canada, that he died in 1812, which may ac-
count for some confusion which has arisen concerning the date
of his birth.

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KELSO GRAY.

Kelso Gray removed from Pelham to Peterborough, N. H.,
about 1766, '67; Phebe Gray, his wife, d. Mar. 27, 1814, aged
74 years; he d. Oct. 28, 1824, aged 86 years, which would make
his birth in 1738, about the date of the removal of the Grays
from Worcester to Pelham, aforementioned, and consequently
he must have been a son of one of the original emigrants,
and probably of Hugh, as that was the name given his eldest
son. Children and descendants:

Hugh Gray, son of, who mar. Jennie Moore of Sharon,

and removed to Montpelier, Vt.
Reuben Gray, who removed to Montpelier, ';;Vt.
Esther Gray, b. 1770; d. March 5, 1795.
Kelso Gray, mar. Anna Wilson, and re. to Montpelier.
Matthew Gray, b. Dec. 9, 1772, succeeded his father on the
old place. He mar. Mary Conner, of Poplin; he d. Dec. 25,
1841; she d. Jan. 8, 1846; children:

Matthew Gray, Jr., b. May 3, 1797, mar. Nancy Clark;
mar. 2d, Mrs. Rhoda Hutchinson Bartlett, and re-
moved to Milford; only a daughter survives.

Mary Gray, b. Apr. 3, 1799, mar. Wm. Miller; second,

Wm. S. Smith.
AzuBA Gray, b. Nov. 27, 1801, mar. Hiram Chapman.
William Conner Gray, b. June 8, 1804, mar. Lucinda
Parker, Jan. 23, 1834; he d. May 25, 1865; she d.
Nov. 17, 1870; children:

Helen F. Gray, b. June 18, 1836; mar. Wm.

McCain; residence, St. Paul, Minn.
Clara L. Gray, b. Nov. 25, 1842; mar. Ervin
H. Smith; residence, Springfield, Mass.
Lorinda Gray, dau. of Matthew, b. Nov. 14, 1806; mar.
David Emerson; mar. second, Warren Woods, of
Hancock.
Jean Gray, dau. of Kelso, b. 1776; mar. John Shearer
White.

William Gray, son of Kelso, b. Dec. 3, 1781; mar. Harriet
Scott, dau. of John Scott, Esq., Apr. 4, 181 1; d. Mar. 31, 1855.
Children:

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Bethiah Gray, dau. of, b. Jan. 7, 181 2; mar Moses
Greenfield Jan. 19, 1835; he. d. Nov. 28, 1844; she
d. 1846; children: Bethiah, who mar. Lucien Alex-
ander and had Lizzie, b. 1 861; Maria, b. June 10,
1846.

John Scott Gray, b. June 11, 1813, mar. EHzabeth H.
Flint, Dec. 21, 1842; he d, Oct. 13, 1843, and she
mar. second, Samuel May, of Sharon, N. H., Apr.
3, 1863; a son,

John Flint Gray, b. 1843; d. Oct. 17, 1848.

Jane Gray, b. July 8, 181 5; mar. Lyman Knowlton,
Mar. 25, 1832.

Harriet Gray, b. Jan. 30, 1818; mar. Horatio Nelson,
Jan. I, 1839.

William S. Gray, b. Oct. 13, 181 9; mar. Louisa Whit-
comb; removed.

Adam P. Gray, b. June 10, 1823; d. Aug. 15, 1842.

Charles Scott Gray, b. Nov. 25, 1824; mar. Lydia
Ann Stevens, Nov. 4, 1847; fell from his buildings
while repairing the same, and received injury from
which he died Oct. 26, 1868. Children:

Charles S., b. Sept. i, 1848; d. Aug. 29, 1849.

Lizzie Ann, b. Aug. 12, 1850; d. Dec. 24, 1850.

Fred A., b. June 13, 1852.

John S., b. Dec. 27, 1854.

Arthur H., b. Oct. 4, 1857.

Annie C, b. Aug. 17, 1859.

Franz S., b. Dec. 17, 1861; d. Sept. 12, 1870.

Addie L., b. Feb. 3, 1863.

James S., b. Sept. 16, 1864.

Charles S., b. Oct. 15, 1865.

Perley B., b. July 22, 1867; d. Feb. 6, 187 1.

James S. Gray, son of William, b. March 9, 1829; mar.

Mary Ann , in New York city; she d. Aug.

8, 1852, and he mar. second, Ada Lewis.

Samuel Gray, b. April 29, 1832; d. 1832.

Sarah E. Gray, b. Feb. 22, 1835; mar. Reuben Baldwin.

Mary E. Gray, " " " " d. 1836.

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Among the first of the pioneers at what is now Union City,
Pa., was Matthew Gray, 1797, and in 1806, a brother, WiUiam
Gray, settled at Beaver Dam, not far distant. They had emi-
grated from the north of Ireland, were of Scotch ancestry, and
similarity of names and characteristics strongly indicate their
kinship to the Worcester Grays, though of a later emigration.
They had previously resided in Huntington and Northumberland
counties. Pa., where most of their children were born, and
they had come thither by way of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Matthew had three children, respectively: Francis B., Eleanor,
and William, the oldest of whom was born in 1790. He was
also accompanied by a younger sister, Rachel, who afterwards,
in 1803, married John Cook, of Union township. David Wil-
son, of Union City, in a history of that place, entitled the "Old-
en Times," says of Matthew Gray and his family: " The family
were religious, and believed with the poet Thompson that God is
ever present, ever felt, 'In the void waste as in the city full.'
They dedicated their home to the love and service of God, and
established in it the custom of keeping family worship; and this
was the first germ of the Presbyterian Church in Union City."

Matthew Gray died in 18 14, leaving his farm of 200 acres to
his son Francis B., who married his cousin Jane Gray, daughter
of his uncle William, his sister Eleanor having previously mar-
ried her cousin William Gray, brother of Jane. Francis B. lived
to be over ninety, and in 1881 was the only survivor of the fam-
ily in Union township. His brother William married Anna
Bracken and died in 1843. No record of other descendants.

William Gray, a brother of Matthew, settled at Beaver Dam,
in 1806, had five sons and three daughters, as follows: James,
William, Matthew, Robert and John, and Sarah, Jane and Anna.
Jane, as already stated, married her cousin Francis B. Gray;
Sarali married David Cook; William married his cousin Eleanor;
John married Elizabeth Wilson and died in 1865, aged 62 years,
having been Elder in the Presbyterian church 35 years; Robert
married Jane Smith, and died in Union 1879, aged 81 years;
James Gray married Mary Miles, and removed to Sugar Grove,
where he died in 1859. A son, R. M. Gray, still resides there.
James was almost a giant, and was said to have been the strong-

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est man in General Harrison's army. All of the family were
above the average stature, and were possessed of great force
of character. William Gray (i) married the second time and
had two sons: Joseph, who made a fortune in the tobacco trade
in New York, and the other a printer and publisher in Chicago,

James Gray, a head- weaver from the north of Ireland, mar-
ried about 1690, Mary, dau. of Isaac Williams and grand-daugh-
ter of Robt. Williams b. in Norwich, England, 1593, and came
to Roxbury, Mass., 1637, where he died 1693. James Gray
lived at Hadley, Mass. ITiey had two sons: John, who died in
the French War, and James Gray, Jr., who was a Major in the
French War, and Colonel and Quartermaster in the Revolution-
ary War. He mar. Sarah Spring, who d. 1809. He d. 1782,
in Stockbridge, Mass., where they had removed sometime prior
to the Revolution. They had two daughters: Sarah, who mar.
Thomas Hunt, had two sons, John and James, and d. in 1788;
and Mary Gray, b. at Stockbridge, 1764, where she d. 1808.
She mar. Barnabas Bidwell 1793; he was bom 1763, graduated
at Yale, and d. at Kingston, Canada, 1833. They had two child-
ren: Sarah Gray, b. 1796, d. 1864; and Marshall Spring Bid-
well, b. 1799, and d. 1872, at New York, where he had lived
since 1838. Mr. Bidwell was a Member of the Parliament of
Upper Canada, from 1824 to 1836, and was Speaker four years,
1829-30, and 1835-36.

William Gray, son of James Gray, was born Dec. 11, 1745,
in Scotland. He came to the Colony of Virginia in 1765, and
settled in the "Northern Neck," in Westmoreland county. On
the 9th of May, 1773, he married Catharine Dick, daughter of
Robert Dick, of Scotland and Westmoreland Co., Va., where
she was bom Feb. 28, 1743. They resided there until 1784,
when they removed to Fairfax Co., and lived a little below Mt.
Vernon. They had five children, viz:

Robert Gray, b. May 11, 1774.

Jane Gray, Oct. 15, 1776.

John Gray, b. Oct. 12, 1779.

Catharine Gray, b. April 28, 1783.

William Fairfax Gray, b, Nov. 3, 1787.

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William Gray died March 8, 1796, and his widow, Catharine
Gray, removed to Alexandria, Va., 1799, and resided with her
son Robert, until 18 14, and afterwards with her son-in-law, John
Violett, and daughter Catharine, until she died, Oct. 5, 1829.

Robert Gray married Polly K. Nelson, of Norfolk, Va., and
had only one child, which died in infancy. He removed to
Fredericksburg, Va., in 18 14, and died there Oct. 6, 1861.

John Gray married Ann Maria Helmbold, of Philadelphia.
He died Dec. 7, 181 2, and his wife, Dec. 14, 1814. They had
four children: one son, who died in infaney; and three daugh-
ters— Catharine, dec'd, and EHza and Maria, unmarried; they
reside in Philadelphia.

Jane Gray mar. John Violett, in 1795, and d. Sept. 26, 1808.
Catharine Gray also mar. John Violett, and after his death re-
moved to Pittsburg, Pa., where she died.

William Fairfax Gray married Milly Richards Stone, of Fred-
ericksburg, Va., Sept. 24, 1 81 7. They resided there until 1838,
when they removed to Houston, Texas. They had six children
who died in infancy, and six who came to maturity, viz:
Peter W. Gray, b. Dec. 12, 181 9.
EvALiNA Stone Gray, b. Aug. 23, 1822.
Edwin Fairfax Gray, b. March 15, 1829.
Allan Charles Gray, b. Oct. 4, 1830.
Catharine Dick Gray, b. Apr. 25, 1832.
Susan Alice Gray, b. June 12, 1835.
William Fairfax Gray died at Houston, Texas, April 16, 1841,
and his widow, Milly R. Gray, died at same place, July i, 1851-
Peter W. Gray, Judge, married Abby *Jane Avery, of Stoning-
ton. Conn., in 1843. He died Oct. 3, 1874; she still survives;
no children.

Evalina Stone Gray married James Temple Doswell, 1842.
They reside at Fredericksburg, Va., and have several children.
Edwin Fairfax Gray married Rosalie Woodburn Taylor, at
Houston, Texas, 1856. She died May, 1874; he died in Aug.,
1885. They had three children: William Fairfax, Blanche, and
Taylor Gray — all living.

Allan Charles Gray married Amanda Ellen Bostick, of Louis-
ville, Ky., and they reside at Houston, Texas. Have two child-
ren: Fanny Doswell and Eb. Nichols Gray.

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Catharine Dick Gray married Henry Sampson of Houston,
in 1849. They reside at Galveston, and have several children.

Susan Alice Gray married Claudius W. Sears, of New Or-
leans, in 1854. They reside at Oxford, Miss., and have several
children.

William H. Gray, of Astoria, Oregon, furnishes the following
sketch of a detached branch of the Gray family of which he is
a member, and of which it is to be regretted that a more full ac-
count could not be given, especially in the direction of early
ancestry:

" I can only say, that I remember hearing my father tell about
his father coming from Scotland prior to the rebellion of the
American Colonists, with a Scotch kirk parson, who took his
mother, my grandmother, to lead the Scotch dance, when the
Declaration of Independence was proclaimed, while my grand-
father Gray took the parson's wife, and had a glorious dance for
Liberty ! My grandfather was next the minister, an officer of
the Scotch kirk. My father, Samuel Gray, was a boy fifteen
years old at that time. He had an older brother who was a sol-
dier of the Revolution, and afterwards removed to Virginia.
I have not been able to trace him. My father was bom, 1761,
I think in Connecticut, Mayfield. He died at 62. My father
married a Miss Barber. He had learned the miller's trade, and
moved from Connecticut to New York State with his wife and
four children. They had altogether eleven children, seven sons
and four daughters, as follows:

"Calvin Gray, the oldest, was a tinner; Bir, died at 22, un-
married; Samuel, a lurabennan, died in Fulton Co., N. Y., leav-
ing two sons and three daughters; Lyman, do not know where he
went nor how much family he had; John, a Presbyterian Preach-
er at Moreland, Schuyler Co., N. Y., left two sons and three
daughters; I come next, with four sons and three daughters,
all married, and among them all 32 grand children; B. H. Gray,
the youngest son, of ITiree Rivers, Mich., two sons and seven
daughters; the married daughters of my father were Hannah
More, Rhody Hull, and Maria Tiernan.

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" The older members of the family all dead — -none remaining
except myself and younger brother. Have all been scattered,
from Maine to Oregon, and from Dakota to Texas. I was born
1810. My residence in Oregon commenced Sept. 2, 1836; my
wife's Sept. 6, 1838. She died 1882. For many years there
was but one Gray family in Oregon, and now there are fifteen
besides my own large family. A fifty years resident in Oregon,
with six overland tiips, and one sea trip via San Francisco and
Panama, and six trips by rail; and a trip by sea to Sitka, and
other journeyings around Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and a
large portion of the British Territories, I can safely say that this
western portion of our continent is the best and mildest portion
of the whole of it, including Alaska. Am thankful that the
Creator has thus far preserved me in strength and good health at
75 years of age. Respectfully yours, &c."

VV. H. Gray, writer of the above, is a man of note in his
adopted State, and is the author of a History of Oregon from
1792 to 1849, as well as the father of a numerous family.

M. Henry Gray, of Moreland, N. Y., and son of Rev. John
Gray, of this family, sends the following valuable data, which it
v\'ill be seen conflicts at some points with the foregoing state-
ment: " The following is copied from an old record in my pos-
session:

Samuel Gray, b. Oct., 1767.

Rhoda Barber, (wife of,) b. June, 1770.

THEIR CHILDREN.

Hannah Gray, b. June, 1790; mar. Mr. Moore.

Calvin Gray, b. Aug., 1793.

Samuel Gray, Jr., b. July, 1795.

Burr Gray, b. July, 1797.

John Gray, Rev., b. Sept., 1799.

Rhoda Gray, b. Dec, 1801.

Abigail Gray, b. Dec, 1803.

Lyman Gray, b. Feb., 1805.

Maria Gray, b. Sept., 1807.

William H. Gray, b. Sept., 1810.

Barber H. Gray, b. Feb., 181 5.
"My father, John, was born in Vermont. His father was a
miller, at which trade my father worked. They lived in Herki-
mer Co., N. Y., and afterwards at Root, Montgomery Co. My

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father went from there to Auburn Theological Seminar}' in 1826.
Soon after he graduated he married Mary Hoyt. His first field
was at Root, thence to Cherry Valley, Wooster, Southport, and
finally at Moreland, where he purchased a home and resided till
his death. Mother died in 1 863. ITiey left two sons and three
daughters, as follows:

"Wm. C. Gray, b. Oct., 1831; mar., but no children; Cynthia
J., b. 1833, mar. E. Pease, two children; Mary E., b. July, 1835,
mar. F. W. Gaylord, two children, he d. 1867 ; M. Henry
Gray, b. June, 1838, mar. in 1864, no children; Hannah M., b.
June, 185 1, d. Feb., 1885.

"It was at Middlebury, Vt., that my father was bom, and soon
afterwards his parents removed to Dorset, and from thence to
New York, as already stated. I have heai'd my father speak of
tlie family as being of Scotch origin."

B. H. Gray, of 'Hiree Rivers, Mich., the youngest son of Sam-
uel, was born Feb. 28, 181 5, and the names and dates of birth
of his children are as follows:

Sarah M. Gray, b. Aug. 12, 1839.
Martha A. Gray, b. Jan'y 20, 1842.
Elliot S. Gray, b. Jan'y 19, 1844.
Harriet A. Gray, b. May 4, 1846.
Ellen R. Gray, b. July 27, 1848.
Alice E- Gray, b. March 27, 1853.
Rhoda J. Gray, b. October 27, 1856.
William F. Gray, b. Feb. 27, 1858.
Carlie a. GR-A.Y, b. Nov. 14, 1861.

Van Rensselaer Gray, of Hudson, N. Y., son of Samuel, Jr.,
is of this family, and had a brother and three sisters.

He writes as follows: "My father, at the time of his death, was
a resident of Fulton Co., N. Y. His name was Samuel, which
was also the name of his father. I believe they hailed from
Yankeeland, but my father died when I was a mere lad, and I
left home very early. My home has been in this city for thirty-
five years and more."

Mr. Van Rensselaer Gray is a prominent business man in
Hudson, and has been for many years extensively engaged in the
hardware trade in that city.

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J. M. Gray, Esq., of Allendale, S. C, furnishes the following
interesting data: "The family to which I belong moved to this
State between 1800 and 1810, from Trent Co., N. C; my grand-
father, Jacob Gray, and two brothers, Jos., and Parker, settled
in this section; Thomas Gray, another brother, moved to Florida
about that time, and I think afterwards moved to Texas; William
Gray, another brother, remained in North Carolina; Parker Gray,
after remaining here a number of years, prior to 1 830 removed
to Alabama. My great grandfather, Israel Gray, moved from
Virginia to North Carolina sometime previous to the Revolution,
as he was in the army in that State during that war. I do not
know whether he had any brothers. He was of Irish descent,
but whether bom in this country of Irish parents, or born in
Ireland, I do not know. I think however that there were broth-
ers, as I have understood that a part of the family moved to
Ohio, together with a family named Wells, about the time he
moved to N. C. I think he married a Parker. ' I have an im-
pression that he or his parents came to Virginia from Massachu-
setts. [Worcester Grays?]

" There is a family of Grays in Edgefield Countj', in tliis
State, whom I have understood came from North Carolina,
and also that came from the same family, but cannot vouch for it
as I do not know any of them. There is a Gen. C. Walter Gray,
living in Greenville, this State, who moved from Edgefield. The
branch of the family to which I belong have been long noted for
their great physical strength. Family tradition says that my great
grandfather Israel Gray was once captured during the War of the
Revolution and was in the charge of seven (7) men at night. By
watching his chance he (having succeeded in getting his hands
loose, for they had bound him to a tree) being a very powerful
man, sprang upon the sentinel and disarmed and killed liim with-
out arousing the others, and then by using the bayonet before
the others awoke, and the club of the musket, and shooting after
they awoke, he succeeded in slaying them all. WTien he return-
ed to camp and told how he had escaped and that he had killed
seven of the British, his companions would not beheve him until
he took them to the place and showed them the seven dead
bodies."

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The following sketch of the Grays of Townsend, Vt., is furn-
ished by Augusta L. Fessenden, of that place, whose mother is
of that family: "After a long time I found the name of my great
grandfather, Jonas Gray, and his wife's name was Susannah,
Some say that she was a Gray before being married. The fol-
lowing is the record as full as I can at present give it to you."

Jonas Gray, b. 1733; d. Nov. 13, 1804.

Susannah Gray, (wife of Jonas,) b. 1727; d. May i, 1813.

CHILDREN OF.

Amos Gray, mar. Betsey Read Tyler; he d. March 3,

1850; she d. June 25, 1843.
Jonas Gray, Jr., mar. Hannah Wisnell; he d. Jan. 7,

1843; she d. Oct. II, 1838.
Sally Gray.
Matthew Gray.

James Gray, mar. Betsey Wilkinson; he d. Jan. 15, 1856;
she d. Nov. 2, 1852.
Jesse Gray, b. Oct. 27, 1795; mar. Susannah Ober; he d.
March 27, 1832; she d. May 27, 1853. Children and descen-
dants:

Alanson Gray, mar. Sabrina Pool; d. at Chicago, 1863;
children:

Delia S., mar. Park Davis; two children; Mary
P. and Henry L. ; residence, Sioux Falls,
Dakota.
Adelbert E. Gray, mar. Mary Van Wie, and
has two children: Florence and Mabel S.
Mr. Gray is a wholesale provision dealer
in Albany, N. Y.
Villermer Gray, unmarried; residence, Town-
send, Vt.
Susan and Betsey Gray, daughters of Jonas Gray, the latter
the mother of Augusta L. Fessenden, of Townsend, Vt. Jonas
had a brother Joseph.

Miss Fessenden further says: " We are of English descent.
Tradition says there were three brothers and one sister came
from England; the sister died soon after coining to this country;
two of the brothers settled in the north part of this State and one
in Mass., but do not know their given names."

And yet location and family names would seem to indicate
that this is a detached branch of the Worcester Grays.

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Dr. Wm. A. Gray, of Columbia, Fluvanna Co., Va., writes as
follows concerning the branch of the family with which he is
connected: "Having died many years ago, before this scribe
was born, the christian name of his grandfather Gray has escap-
ed his memory, but his impression is that it was John. Nor is
he certain that in coming to Virginia that he first resided in one
of the counties below Richmond, or in Goochland Co., 30 miles
above that city. He had three sons: Thomas, Joseph, and Wil-
liam, and four daughters: Anna, Polly, Eudocia, and Lucy.
Thomas and Joseph were unmarried and left no descendants.
William, my father, married Jane Guerrant, a sister of Gen. John
Guerrant. For a short period my father engaged in mercantile
business at Richmond, and then located in Goochland, where he
most creditably filled numerous high and responsible offices. He
was Colonel in the war of 181 2. His sister Anna married James
McAlister; Polly married a Pledge, and moved to one of the
western States; Eudocia married a Shelbume, and Lucy married
her cousin Jack Gray, and moved to South Carolina. My pa-
rents had five children whom they were enabled to raise and ed-
ucate in the best schools of that day. The eldest, John Guer-
rant Gra>, was a lawyer, married Miss Lindsey, of Albemarle Co.,
had three sons, one of whom survives, and has a wife and sev-
eral children. There were also five daughters, some of whom
were married, and their descendants are in Hanover and Louisa
counties. Betsey Gray, second child of my father, married
Thomas Massie, and had one daughter and five sons, one of
whom, Charles, is an eminent physician in Goochland. The
next daughter, Susan, never married.

"The author of this sketch, the next in rotation, viz: Wm. A.
Gray, was educated for a physician, and attended a full course of
Lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated
in 1830, and soon after located in Fluvanna Co., where he yet
resides, and for more than fifty years has been extensively en-
gaged professionally. In November, 1831, he married Mary Ann
Brooks, a most beautiful wife, and by this union have three sons
and three daughters, viz: William B. Gray, who after attending
a full course of Medical Lectures in the University of Virginia
graduated in the Jeff'erson Medical College, of Phila., 1852.

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After practising successfully with his father for nearly 20 years,
he removed to the city of Richmond, where he married Lucy
Susan Bowles, daughter of Judge D. W. K. Bowles, who had
previously married C. C. Ettet of Richmond. He is now per-
manently located there with a large and lucrative practice. He
has no children. My second son, A. A. Gray, is a distinguished
lawyer residing at Palmyra, the county seat of Fluvanna Co. He
has been twice married; his first wife a Miss Shepherd, by whom
he has a lovely and accomplished daughter, Willie Blanche Gray.
His second marriage was with Miss Bettie Leftwich, by whom
he has two sons: Afifie Leftwich, and Ernest A. Gray. My eld-
est daughter, Susan E. Gray, is unmarried and resides with her
aged parents. My second daughter, Isabella Jane, married A.
L. Shepherd of Richmond, an extensive commission merchant
and lumber dealer ; have two promising boys. My youngest
daughter, Mary A. Gray, married E. P. Morris of Richmond; is
a widow, had one son, Vivian Gray, since deceased; a noble
youth. My sixth, and youngest child, John G. Gray, died in his
20th year, soon after engaging in mercantile pursuits in the city
of Richmond.

"Finally, Judith Guerrant Gray, the youngest child of my be-
loved parents, married Dr. A. V. Payne, by whom she had three
daughters and a son, most of whom removed to Missouri and
died there some years since."

There was a very early emigration of Grays to Virginia, as
appears in the following extract from the " Muster Roll of the
Inhabitants of James City and Hand," made in 1624:

"Thomas Graye, Margaret his wife, William their son aged 3
years, Jone their daughter aged 6 years."

The foregoing interesting family is probably one of the branch-
es of this ancestral tree which was so early planted in the fertile
and prolific Colony of the Old Dominion.

Mr. W. A. Crray, of New Boston, Va., furnishes the following
concerning a family of Scotch Irish Grays of which he is a
member: "I am the only son of Dr. G. R. Gray, a farmer and
physician of Halifax Co., Va. He says his great grandfather
came from the East and settled in Raleigh, N. C, about

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one hundred years ago. My father has two brothers, J. A. Gray,
of Guilford Co., N. C, and Rev. Fletcher Gray, of Wilkes Co.
My grandfather was Rev. Alson Gray, a noted Methodist preach-
er in his day. He died at his residence in Guilford Co., 1881.
A cotemporary says of him: 'The writer ventures to say, that in
the annals of his church, there is no record of funeral honors
such as were rendered to Father Gray. Uncle Gray was truly a
great and good man. He was the father of his Church in North
Carolina. He lived long, and served his generation faithfully.
A nobler soul, more deeply imbued with the pure and fervent
spirit of Christianity, and what he thought to be right, never
passed from earth to the more genial realms of immortality.
He preached more than ten thousand sermons and traveled
more than 100,000 miles during the 58 years of his active min-
istry. His name will long live in the history of the Methodist
Church in North Carolina.' Two of his brothers. Rev. John,
and Rev. Arington Gray, were also ministers of the same
denomination. My great-grandfather, Gilbert Gray, had also
two other sons, Dr. Wm. Gray, who removed to Ohio, and
Elisha, a school teacher, who died when young, in Tenn. There
were also three daughters. F. C. Gray, of Lewisburg, Preble Co.,
Ohio, is a grandson. My great grandfather had several broth-
ers, but r cannot give their names nor the name of their father."
The above, if not of the Worcester Grays, are probably akin
to them.

B. C. Gray, Esq., of Richmond, Va., represents still another
family. He says: "My great-grandfather, whose given name I
do not remember, was an Englishman, and emigrated to this
country at an early period in the i8th centnry, and settled in
this State. My grandfather, whose name was William, was born
in the county of Amelia, where my father James Gray, was also
born. I think that my grandfather had only one brother, and
that he was a bachelor. I have a brother. Rev. Robert Gray, of
Gallatin, Tennessee. This is about all the information I can give
you concerning my ancestry."

Mr. B. C. Gray is an old and highly respected citizen of
Richmond.

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J. C. Gray, Esq., of Cortland, N. Y., furnishes the following
concerning what is apparently a detached branch of the Wor-
cester Grays, and which would have been classified directly with
them, but for delay, in the hope of getting further and more full
information, although, as wall be seen, it is claimed that the orig-
inal emigrant of this family came direct from Scotland: "By
what I can learn, my great grandfather came from Scotland,
when quite young, to the State of Vermont, or Massachu-
setts, I am not certain which, (probably the latter,) lived there,
was married there, and his children bom there, but while they
were yet young removed to or near Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
where he and his wife both died soon after, leaving four sons,
viz: John, David, Peter, and Ephraim. Tlieir father's name,
my great grandfather, was David Gray. Of his sons, John Gray,
became a physician, and lived and died in Cattaraugus Co., N.
Y. David lived at Delhi, N. Y. Ephraim was a bachelor, of
a roving disposition; do not know where he went to. Peter, my
grandfather, was ten yeai-s old at time of his father's death, 1778.
He was bound out to a man by the name of Morse at J'ishkill.
When he was fifteen years old he ran away, crossed the Hudson
to Orange Co., lived there a few years, went to Sullivan Co.,
was married there, and removed to Marathon, Cortland Co.,
about 1800, and hved there until he died, about 1850. My
grandfather had four sons, and five daughters, as follows: Wil-
Ham, Ogden, Rachel, Polly, John, Henrietta, Adaline, Elizabeth,
the only daughter who still survives, and George W. Gray.
The latter is the only son living; he resides in the town of La-
peer, Cortland Co., N. Y. My father's name was Ogden. He
lived on the farm my grandfather settled on in Marathon, and
died there in the year 1866. He left four sons: Peter N., J. C,
Hala, and William K Gray. P. N. Gray lives on the old home-
stead; the subscriber, J. C, is living in Cortland, N. Y., a watch-
maker by occupation and still carrying on the business; Hala is
a farmer at Hooper, Broome Co., N. Y.; Wm. E. is in the lum-
ber business at Femandina, Florida, 1 have two children only;
Harry P., a watchniaker with me, and Charles B. Gray, traveling
for the Ladd Watch Case Co., of Providence and New York."

Peter Gray was born Oct 12, 1768; married Elizabeth Barnes

i8i.

of Pike Co., Pa., 1793; he died Jan. 29, 1851, in his 83d year;
she died March 22, 1863, aged 88 years. Children and descen-
dants:

Ogden Gr.\y, son of Peter, b. March 28, 1797; mar.
Susan Barnes of Lumberland, Sulhvan Co., N. Y.,
181 8; children:

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1820; mar. S. C. Taft;
d. June 28, 1846.

Polly M., b. Aug. 11, 1822; mar. Nathan Un-
derwood.

Ogden Gray, Jr., b. Sept. i, 1826; mar. Lydia
H. Watrous; d. Feb. 3, 1870.

Elinor B., b. July 21. 1828; mar. Jerry Wood;
d. July 3, 1882.

Jerry C. Gray, b. Nov. 26, 1830; mar. Fannie
A. Judd, Feb. 8, i860; two sons: Harry
P., and Charles B. Gray; residence. Cort-
land, N. Y.

Susan A., b. Nov. 21, 1832; mar. Emory Gee.

Hala B., b. Dec. 13, 1834; mar. Amy Robinson.

Emily A., b. Feb. 1837; mar. Merritt Tyler.

Wm. E., b. Mar. 29, 1839; mar. Ehzabeth Pierce.

Addie L., b. Nov. 13, '41; mar. Seneca Wright.

The following additional data in regard to this family is fur-
nished by David G. Wyckoft", of Jersey ville. 111., a grandson of
David Gray, son of David: " My mother, Elinor Gray, was born
in Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 1787; died in Jerseyville, III,
March 17, 187 1. She was married in Blenheim, Schoharie Co.,
N. Y., March, 1809, to John Wyckoff. There were born of
this union, ten children, viz: John A., David G.. Nathan, Solo-
mon G., Theodore T., Franklin D., Elizabeth D., Charles,
Augustus, and James B.; all deceased but Elizabeth Davis, who
now lives at Creston, Iowa, and myself My mother's father was
David Gray. He was a native of Fishkill, N. Y. He married
Deborah Hunt, and moved to Schoharie Co.. N. Y., 1796. He
was 13 years old when the British occupied Fishkill Church.
David Gray and Deborah his wife had eleven children; they are
now all dead. Their names were Solomon, Betsy, Ehnor, Phebe,
Maria, Hiram, John, James, Abel, Matilda, Mahala."

Hiram Olmstead, Esq., of Walton, N. Y., and a grandson of
David Gray, contributes the following interesting sketch: "My

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grandfather, David Gray, was a Quaker. It was his usual cus-
tom to sit with his hat on, and when he came to the table to
take off his hat and ask a private blessing, and after the meal to
put it on again. He was of a humorous disposition, and this
was intensified in my mother, Phebe Oray Olmstead. David
Gray died in Walton, May 6, 1855. Some of the family claim
that he was 96, but I have often heard him say that he was 2 1 in
the Spring before the Fall in which the British left New York,
which would make him 94 at the time of his death. Deborah
his wife, died Nov. 17, 1844, aged 73. She was bUnd the last
twenty years of her life.

"Solomon Gray, the oldest son of David, married a Miss
Hoagland, and had five daughters and two sons. He was a mer
chant in Catskill, N. Y., and while on his way to Athens in a
small boat with his son Ogden, was capsized and drowned in the
Hudson. This was in the summer of 1834. His daughter Emeline
died October 17, 1835. Maria married Abram Schermerhorn
and had four daughters and one son, all of whom are married
and hve near Moresville, N. Y.; she died June 21, 1885. Ad-
aliza, born Dec. 31, 1828, mar. a Mr. Travell, and had Ella M.,
who mar. L. Clark, living near Gilboa, N. Y., and Marion E.,
who mar. P. C. Ranner, now of Laramie City, Wyoming 'Per.
James Oscar Gray, twin brother of Adaliza, and his brother
Ogden, left New York on a whaling voyage, and that is the last
that was ever heard of them. Mehssa mar. David Zeeley, and
died near (iilboa, leaving a son Charles. Elizabeth, h. at Cats-
kill, N. Y., June 23, 1831, mar. J. S. Page, now of Delhi, N. Y.,
and has a son and two daughters; Jerome S., b. May 30, 1861,
mar. Delia Launt and has two children, is a jeweler and resides
at Delhi; Frances W., b. Oct. 27, 1864, and Lydia B., b. May
25, 1865; both living with their parents at Delhi.

"Abel Gray, son of David, lived at Catskill; had a son Wil-
lard; the family all dead.

"Betsey Gray, married John Brinkerhoff, and moved to west-
tern N Y., and had a son Richard, who left three daughters; a
daughter Maria who mar. Joseph Doughty, and has three daugh-
ters, all married and now hving at LaFayette, N. V.

"Nellie Gray married John Wyckoff, and lived in New York

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city. Of their seven children, John A. died two years since in
New York, leaving a widow and one daughter and three grand
children. David Wyckoff is a prominent merchant in Jersey-
ville. 111.

"Maria Gray married a Watson, and had one daughter, who
was the first wife of J. S. Page, who afterwards married Solo-
mon's youngest daughter Elizabeth.

"Hiram Gray was struck by lightning and killed at Meredith,
N. Y., 1842.

"James Gray had a family and the last I knew was living in
western New York.

"Phebe Gray, my mother, married Philo Olmstead, March 9,
181 7, and had four children: Debby Ann, David Gray, Hiram,
and Sarah. My father was born Nov. 11, 1795, and died Nov.
17, 1874. Mother was born Aug. 7, 1794, and died June 3,
1850; and after her decease he married her sister Matilda,
Nov. 8, 1850; she d. Apr. 4, 1878. Mahala remained unmar-
ried, and d. Sept. 20, 1866. Deborah Ann. oldest daughter of
Philo and Phebe Olmstead, b. Dec. 9, 1817, d. Feb. 24, 1821.
David Gray Olmstead, b. July 20, 1819, mar. Maria Strong Oct.
4, 1843, d. Aug. II, 1846, at Walton, N. Y. He lett a daugh-
ter, Ella, who mar. Egbert Chamberlain and now resides at Bing-
hamton, N. Y.

"Hiram Olmstead, son of Philo and Phebe, mar. Sarah E.
Hanford, June 25, 1848. Children: Mary Olmstead, b. Aug.
30, 1850; graduated Vassar College, class of '80, and taught in
the High School at Fond du Lac, Wis., for five years. Charles
Olmstead, b. Feb. 1, 1853, is a Congregational Minister, and lo-
cated at Oswego Falls, N. Y.; is married and has a son Clarence
J. John Olmstead, b. Mar. 23, 1856, is a merchant in Walton;
is mar. and has two children, Edith, and Bertis H. Hiram Betts
Olmstead, b. Aug. 10, 1859, is mar. and a farmer at Walton; has
a daughter. Carrie E. Olmstead, b. Aug. 8, 1862, has been a
student at Elmira Female College. Henry Olmstead, b. Sept.
24, 1864. Julian H. Olmstead, b. Aug. 25, 1868. Altogether,
we have five sons and two daughters. I was born Feb. 20, 182 1,
and Sarah E., my wife, was born Apr. 15, 1827.

"Sarah, daughter of Philo and Phebe Olmstead, b. Apr. 20,

1823, mar. Jeremiah B. Eells, Sept. 19, 1844. Children: Junius
Hiram, mar. and has four children. Frederick, mar. and has
one child. Betsey Ann, mar. and has three children. James R.,
d. 1886, aged 21 years. Sister Sarah and her children live at
Walton, N. Y., where her husband is extensively engaged in the
manufacture of wagons and carriages."

R. E. Gray, Esq., Treasurer of the Keystone Paint Company
of Muncy, Pa., furnishes the following data of an interesting^
family of Quaker Crays, with whom he is connected:

"Our grandfather died before our father was married, I think,,
and we never knew anything concerning him, only that he came
from Chester Co., Pa., when his family was small, and settled near
Mount Pleasant, Ohio, and I think near a Quaker (Friends)
Meeting, called Short Creek. He was a Quaker preacher. In
my early days, I recollect my grand mother; she then lived in
Monroe Co., Ohio. She died somewhere between 1884 and '85
I think. They had seven children that I know of: Samuel,
Esther, David, Elijah, 'Lliomas, Elisha. and John. They are all
dead except Thomas, who is about 80 years of age.

"My father's name was David. He married Christiana Ed-
gerton, of Belmont Co., Ohio. They had nine children: Rich-
ard E.. Elijah H., Joseph, Elisha, Mary, Nathan, Sarah, Jesse,
and Ann. I, Richard E., Uve here at Muncy, Pa. Married in
Ohio, 1853, to Ann McCorhing. We have had six children, of
whom four are living: Alice M., Emma, Viola, Albert M., Kate
L., and Mary C. Kate L. died in 1877, aged 15 years. The
remaining three daughters are married. My son is single.

"My brother Elijah H. Gray, was all through the late war,
and was promoted in regular order from the ranks to Major. He
married in Illinois, and raised a family of several children. He
died shortly after the war, and I have lost track of his family.

"Brother Joseph was also in the late war; served two years.
He married a lady in New Jersey and had two children; they
now live in Dakota. His children's names are Willie and Louisa
Gray.

" Brother Elisha Gray, of Telephone fame, Uves at Highland
Park, a suburban town near Chicago. He married Miss Delia
Shepperd. They have four children, two girls and two boys:
Minnie, Anna, Eddie and David Gray.

"Brother Nathan died, unmarried, at about the age of 22, in
the army, at Nashville, Tenn.

"Mary married Charles Muchine, at New Sharon, Iowa; is a
widow and has three children. Sarah married Henry Cope, and
has two children; she also lives at New Sharon, Iowa. Sister
Ann died when about twenty years of age.

"My father's brothers' and sisters' families are scattered and
1 cannot tell much about them. Nearly the whole of them
moved to Camden, Jay Co., Indiana, a great many years ago,
but I do not know where they are now."

In regard to the ancestry of this family, Prof. Elisha Gray, of
Highland Park, writes: "I learn that early in the i8th century
two brothers came to this country from some northern shire of
Ireland, being of Scotch-Irish parentage. One of these broth-
ers settled in Mass., and the other in eastern Pennsylvania; I am
of the last named branch."

The following, from Governor Gray, of Indiana, strongly in-
dicates relationship, as will be seen, to the foregoing family of
Grays:

LETTER FROM GOVERNOR GRAY.

Union City, Ind., Nov. 24, 1884.

M. D. Raymond, Tarryiown, N. Y.

Dear Sir: — Yours under date of Nov. 20th, inquiring after
my ancestry is at hand. In reply will say, my ancestors were
from England. My great-grandfather's name was Enoch Gray,
grandfather's, Anthony, my father's, John. All my ancestors,
from my father up, were Quakers, and residents of Chester Co.,
Pennsylvania, where I was born.

Very Truly Yours,

Isaac P. Gray.

i86.

ISAIAH GRAY,

OF Martha's vineyard.

The following sketch of a family of Grays whose early home
was at Martha's Vineyard, Mass., is furnished by Dr. A. J. Gray,
of this branch:

"Father's entire life was spent in Tisbury, Duke's County,
Mass. He was by occupation a farmer. His life was compara-
tively uneventful. He was a man of uncompromising integrity ;
respected the rights of others as well as his own and in every
relation exhibited a religion of deeds as well as of words.

"Of his paternal grandfather, the writer can give only a few
facts. His name was Abijah. He lived in Evans, Erie County,
New York. He was married twice, his first wife being the
mother of all his children, ten or eleven in number, most of
whom lived in Erie Co., N. Y. Of those children the writer
can remember the names of Harrison, Daniel, Isaiah, Mary and
of course, Franklin, who was my father. One of tliese brothers
was the father of Dr. E. P. Gray, formerly of Buffalo, N. Y.

" Isaiah Gray, (whose wife was Mary Morgan,) had a family
of eight children. The third son, who was named Alfred Gray,
married Sarah Brice, of York, Livingston County, N. Y., in
1855. In 1857 he emigrated to Kansas, where he achieved
distinction as Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, and
where he died January 23, 1880.

"Mary Gray, daughter of Abijah, lived and died at Vine-
yard Haven, Mass., and was the wife of Saunders Dunham.

"It may not be out of place, to say of the writer, that he was
bom in Tisbury, Mass., was educated in the Common Schools
of his native place, in Pierce's Academy at Middleboro, Mass.;
and the State Normal School, at Bridgewater, Mass. Taught
school six years, studied medicine, graduating at Dartmouth
College, N. H., in Oct. i860. Was a Medical Officer in the
Army, from 1862 to 1881; then resigned, to enter civil practice,
at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory."

Dr. A. J. Gray has since removed from Cheyenne to El Paso,
Texas.

i87.

FAMILY RECORD.

Isaiah Gray, lived and died at Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard,
Mass.

Abijah Gray, son of Isaiah, born at Tisbury, Mass., March
29, 1769; mar. Dolly Foster, who was born Aug. 4th,
1775, who d. Feb. 13, 1834; he d. Oct. 6, 1846. There
were fourteen children. Abijah Gray was one of the
first settlers at Evans, Erie Co., N. Y., and died there.

Franklin Gray, son of Abijah, b. Nov. 8, 1804; mar. ist.
Thankful D. Luce, who d. Aug., 1850; mar. 2d, Eunice
Chase, 1857; he d. Oct. 7, 1870; Mrs. Gray resides at
North Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

Sarah U. Gray, dau. of Franklin Gray, b. May 3, 1834; mar.
Capt. Jacob L. Cleveland, in 1852; he d. in 1870; there
were four children, as follows: James, who d. in infancy;
Thankful, b. 1853; mar. in 1876, Shadroch D. Tilton; one
child, Helen Marion, b. in 1877. Henry J. is unmarried.
Josephine, b. 1864, who married William Swift, in June,
1884.

Franklin Gray, Jr., d. in infancy.

Adoniram J. Gray, Dr., son of Franklin, b. Oct. 28, 1837;
mar. Alice Worth, dau. of Capt. and Mrs. Alice Ban-
ning Merry, and grand niece of Gen. William Worth, of
Mexican War fame. No children. Present residence,
El Paso, Texas.
There were four children by the second marriage of Franklin
Gray: three of whom died in infancy; and a daughter, Hattie
Hazleton, born 1862, mar. Geo. W. Evans, and resides at North
Tisbury, Mass.

Gilbert Gray, son of Abijah, resides at Evans, N. Y., and has
a son Frank Gray.

Abijah Gray had a brother. Freeman Gray, who had a son,
William Gray, who resides at North Tisbury, and a daughter,
Fostina Baxter, of West Tisbury, Mass. Also two sisters. Thank-
ful, who mar. Mr. Clifford, and has a daughter, Elizabeth Clif-
ford, at Woods HoU, Mass., and Katy Gray Allen, who had no
children.

The ancestry of Isaiah Gray, the head of this line, is not ap-
parent, but propinquity at least indicates that he may have been
of the Yarmouth or Plymouth Grays.

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REV. EDGAR HARKNESS GRAY, D. D.

FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS.

Rev. Edgar Harkness Gray, U. D., was born at Bridport, Vt.,
Nov. 15, 1813. Most of his youth was spent at that place, and
there he commenced his studies for the ministry, graduating at
Waterville College, Me., in 1838, and married to Mary Jane
Rice, at Augusta Me., on the 13th of December following. He
studied Theology with S. F. Smith, at Waterville, Me., and has
supplied the largest Baptist Churches in Freeport and Bath, Me.,
Shelburne Falls, Mass., Washington, D. C, San Francisco, and
Oakland, Cal., where he is at present actively engaged in the
ministry at the advanced age of 73 years.
He had five children by his marriage, viz:

Nathaniel Oscar Gray.

William Edgar Gray.

Mary Ella Gray.

Sarah Emma Gray.

Augusta Anna Gray.
While settled at Shelburne Falls Dr. Gray had repeated calls
to go to larger churches in New York and Boston, but refused
them all on account of the advantages of education his children
there enjoyed. At the breaking out of the war he received a
call from "E" St., Baptist Church, Washington, D. C, and ac-
cepted it. About this time Rochester University conferred upon
him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, in acknowledgment of his
great ability.

Within a few months after his residence at Washington, the
late U. S. Senator Harris, of New York, called upon him to as-
certain if he would take the nomination of Chaplain of the
United States Senate, and obtaining his consent, he was unani-
mously elected. Abraham Lincoln v/as then President of the
United States and the friendship that sprung up between them
was unbroken until his death. During Dr. Gray's chaplaincy
the U. S. Senate was composed of some of the ablest intellects
of the day. Dr. Gray presided at the great Sanitary Com-
mission Meeting in the House of Representatives when Lincoln,
Colfax, Beecher, and others sat on the platform, and when the
country was thrilled with the news of the assassination and death

of President Lincoln Dr. Gray was one of the officiating clergy-
men who pronounced the funeral oration and prayer in the
presence of one of the most august bodies ever assembled in
this country. He also officiated at the funeral of Thadeus
Stevens. Upon the expiration of his term of office he was re-
elected as Chaplain and served during Johnson's administra-
tion. Dr. Gray's entire life has been one of doing good to
others. His life has been pure, unblemished and unstained, and
his ability has placed him at the highest eminence attainable for
a man in his calling, and his good work still continues.

Nathaniel Oscar Gray, the eldest son, was born while Dr.
Gray was settled at Freeport, Me., on the 9th of May, 1841.
He was sent to and graduated at Philips' Academy, Andover,
Mass., in i860, and from there to Brown University, at Pro\i-
dence, R. I., where he graduated in 1864. Studied law with M.
L. Gray, Esq., and admitted to the Bar in St. Louis, Mo., Octo-
ber, 1867. Married Mary Taylor Johnson (sister of the Rev.
Dr. Herrick Johnson, then President of the Theological Insti-
tute, of Auburn, N. Y.) at St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 13, i86g, by
whom he has one son, Herrick Johnson Gray. The industry
shown in the practice of his legal profession brought N. O.
Gray into notice and prominence, and the successful issue of
his cases soon became known and he was sought after by the
largest corporations and most prominent banks, and entrusted
with their legal business. Among his clients was Myra Clark
Gaines, who retained him in preference to any other attorney
in the State to recover for her large properties which she was
legally entitled to covering some of the wealthiest portions of the
city of St. Louis. He has been repeatedly urged to enter poli-
tics and become a candidate for the Supreme Bench, but his
practice is so much more lucrative than any returns he could re-
ceive in office that he has persistently refused. His integrity is
unquestioned and his ability is recognized by all who have had
occasion to avail themselves of his services.

William Edgar Gray, the second son, v.'as born at Shelburne
Falls, Mass., on the loth day of Jan. 1845, and followed a busi-
ness career in preference to a profession. He obtained a posi-
tion in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C, in 1863,

190.

as Prize Money Cashier in the Fourth Auditor's Office, and left
this after the close of the war and established a banking busi-
ness in New York City in *i 867. In 1870 he went to London,
England, and engaged with a number of EngUsh and French
bankers to buy up the entire Spanish debt of about ^30,000,000
and which was then selling at about 13c. on the dollar, and by
regulating the finances and revenues of the Gov't of Spain, by
changing its policy and administration, intended carrying the
price of the securities to about their par value. With the view
of doing this, an arrangement was privately made with Queen
Isabella, of Spain, to abdicate in favor of her son, Prince Al-
phonso, and the consent of the Pope was obtained to give the
new King his papal blessing, and all seemed working well
towards the success of the London syndicate and their plans in
placing in the Spanish Cabinet its own officers to collect and
regulate the Spanish revenues, when Germany proposed to put
the Prince of Hohenzolern upon the Spanish Throne, which was
so speedily resented by France that the result was a fierce but
short war between the two nations. It was about this time that
he met Bonnie Balfe, and married her in London, Jan. 4, 1877,
Since then he has been engaged in promoting different American
enterprises and placing their securities upon the London and
European markets. He is at present the Financial Agent of The
United States Land and Investment Company, of 145 Broadway,
N. Y. City, and has had the placing of one million dollars of
their bonds and one million of their stock, one half of which he
has sold in the U. S., and the balance in London.

Of the three daughters, Mary Ella Gray, the eldest, died in
Washington, D. C, May, 1869.

Sarah Emma, the second, is still unmarried but noted for her
genial disposition and analytical mind, and is possessed of rare
beauty and great personal accomplishments.

Augusta Anna Gray, the youngest daughter, married Prof.
Henry Martyn Paul, of the Naval Observatory of Washington,
D. C, in Aug. 1878.

The ancestral connection of Rev. Edgar H. Gray and his fam-
ily with the Worcester Grays, appears on page 152.

EDWARD GRAY.

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GRANTED To (J

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Cray,

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EDWARD GRAY,

OF LINCOLNSHIRE AND BOSTON.

Edward Gray, born in Lincolnshire, England, 1673, came
to this country in 1686. He served an apprenticeship with Mr.
Barton at Barton's Point, Boston, as a rope-maker. When he
had earned enough for the purpose, he returned to England to
visit his friends. On his coming down the English Channel he
was impressed on board a man of war, whence he was released
through the influence of the Surgeon, who knew his family. He
then returned to Boston, where he again worked as a journey-
man, and soon earned enough to hire a rope-walk, in which he
was so successful that in a very short time he was able to pur-
chase one. His business continued so prosperous that he was
thereby enabled to live genteelly and to dispense liberal chari-
ties.

In 1699 Mr. Gray married Susannah Harrison, by whom were
seven children. She died June 4, 17 13; he married 2d, Hannah
Ellis, a niece of Rev. Dr. Coleman, of the Brattle St. Church,
she having come over from England for that purpose. Dr.
Coleman had told his wife that he had two nieces in England,
and asked her if he should send for the one called "Lump of
Love." She assented, and he accordingly sent foi her, and soon
after she arrived Mr. Gray married her. By her he had five
children. He became an opulent merchant, and died July 2d,
1757, aged 84 years. He had lived a long and useful life, and
left a handsome estate. Dr. Chauncey said of him in a funeral
sermon, " He was unexceptionable, and unenvied except for his
goodness." He was buried in the Granary Burying Ground on
Tremont St., behind the Park St. Church, in his own tomb near
the gate. By his will dated Feb. 12, 1753, witnessed by James
Otis, Mr. Gray gives to his son John, the rope-walk, a brick
warehouse adjoining, with yarn houses, knotting house, dv/elling
house and land, standing the whole length of the present Pearl
street, and on "Cow Lane," now High St. and Atkinson St., and
valued at ^1,000. The whole estate was appraised at about
^5,500. By the inventory he had ten colored slaves appraised
at ^^246.

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DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD GRAY.

Hon. Harrison Gray, b. 1701; mar. Elizabeth Lewis,
1734 i wasTreasurer of Province; left Boston with
British troops, 1776. Had Harrison, b. in 1740,
who d. in London, 1830; Lewis, who mar. Susannah
Jackson; John; and Elizabeth, b. 1746, who mar.
Samuel A. Otis, the Patriot, whence Harrison Gray
Otis.

Edward Gray, (2) b. 1703; mar. Hannah Bridge; had Ed-
ward, (3) b. 1728 ; and Elizabeth, who. mar. David
Cheever. He d. 1740.

Ann Gray, b. 1705; mar. Increase Blake, 1739; child-
ren: Increase, Benjamin, Joseph, Ellis G., Mary, and
Sarah Blake.

Persis Gray, b. 1706.

Susannah Gray, b. 1708; mar. Col. Jos. Jackson, and
had Joseph, Henry, and Susannah, who mar. Lewis
Gray, son of Harrison Gray.

Bethiah Gray, b. 17 10.

John Gray, b. 17 13; mar. ist, Mary Otis, of Barnstable;
May 14, 1761; mar. 2d, Mrs. Abigail Gridley; no issue.

REV. ELLIS GRAY.

Rev. Ellis Gray, son of Edward (i) and Hannah Ellis Gray,
born 1 7 15, married Sarah Tyler, 1739. He was colleague pas-
tor of the Second Church, Hanover St., Boston, where his minis-
trations continued until his decease, which occurred Jan. 7th,
1753. He was buried in King's Chapel, William Tyler's Tomb.
He left issue as follows:

Hannah Gray, b. 1744, mar. Thos. Gary of Chelsea; one of
her daughters was the wife of Rev. Dr. Tuckerman.

Ellis Gray, (2), b. 1845, merchant, of Boston, mar. Sarah
Dolbeau, and d. 1781; she d. 181 1, leaving a large property by
will. Issue:

Ellis Gray, (3).

Thomas Gray, b. 1779; d. Aug. 17, 1820.

Sarah Gray, mar. Judge Hall of Boston; a son, Ellis
Gray Hall.

Hannah Gray, mar. ist, Judge Wilson, of Washing-
ton; 2d, Dr. Bartlett, and had Caroline.

Lucy Gray.

Harriet Gray.

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THOMAS GRAY.

Thomas Gray, son Ellis (2), was a shipmaster and sea captain.
He went to sea from Boston when only twelve years old, and
had sailed around the world three times before he was twenty-
one years of age. He was then made Captain, and was consid-
ered an excellent navigator. During the time of the French
Embargo, his ship was captured and scuttled in mid ocean, in-
volving also the loss of a valuable cargo. He was placed in the
hold of the French vessel and received harsh treatment from
his captors. He died at New York, Aug. 17, 1820. He had
married Mary Wiswall, daughter of Daniel Wiswall and Rachel
Close, and she died in New York, Aug., 1822, leaving the fol-
lowing issue:

Sarah Gray, b. Oct. 25, 1806; mar. David Field, of Har-
rison, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1823; d. Jan. i, 1883, at Harrison; left
no descendants.

John D. Gray, b. Dec. 10, 1808; mar. Eliza B. Taylor, of
New York, May 7, 1831; mar. 2d, Eliza Burns of White Plains,
N. Y., where he died Oct. 20, 1872. He was for many years a
prominent citizen of White Plains, (the county seat of Westches-
ter county,) was twice elected Supervisor of the town, and serv-
ed three terms as a Trustee of the village. Issue:

Emma Gray.

Alice Gray.

Geo. T. Gray.

Frank Gray.

Thomas Gray, Jr., b. Jan. 4, 181 1, mar. Charit>' Emhtch, in
New York, Apr. 25, 1830; d. at WilHamsburgh, N. Y., Aug. 13,
1856. Issue:

Thomas Gray, d. June 18, 1864, from wounds received
in the battle of the Wilderness.

Sarah Gray, mar. Abram Lossee; last known residence,
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mary Gray, mar. a Mr. Fowler; dec'd.
Jane Ann Gray.

Geo. Gray, was a soldier in the war for the Union; resi-
dence, Brooklyn, N. Y.
James Gray; residence, Brooklyn.

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Daniel W. Gray, son of Capt. Thomas, b. Nov. 29, 18 14,
mar. Sarah Field at Harrison, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1833, with whom
he still continues to live, and where he has resided from early
childhood. He is a highly esteemed citizen, and has several
times been chosen Supervisor of his Town, and has filled other
positions of trust. Issue:

Moses F. Gray, of White Plains, N. Y., b. Dec. 4, 1834,
mar. Sarah J. Pickford, of Brooklyn, May 7, 1863;
mar. 2d, Sarah Smith. Children:

Daniel W. Gray, b. 1866.

Annie Gray, b. 1868.

John D. Gray, b. Oct. 28, 1836, mar. Maggie J. DeVoe,

Sept. 28, 1870; resides at White Plains, N. Y.
William Gray, b. Jan'y 16, 1839, mar. Susie Julian, of
Brooklyn, June 17, 1863. Issue:
Ida Gray, b. Jan. 13, 1865.
William Gray, b. Nov. 9, 1867.
Sarah Gray, b. Aug. 11, 1869.

Chas F. Gray, b. July 3, 1841, mar. Lydia Carpenter; re-
sides in Brooklyn.

George T. Gray, b. Jan. 21, 1844; unmarried, and re-
resides with his parents, Harrison, N. Y.

Mary F. Gray, b. Sept. i, 1846; mar. John R. Bates;
June 18, 1879; residence, Trumansburgh, N. Y.

Elizabeth T. Gray, b. Dec. 26, 1848; mar. Charles M.
Carpenter, May 29, 1878; issue: William Fields
Carpenter.

Sarh Gray, b. May 14, 1854, mar. Samuel J. Barnes,
Nov. 12, 1879; children: Emily and Edith.

Ellis Gray (3), brother of Capt. Thos. Gray, was a lawyer, and
is said to have lived in Boston. Not traced.

Ellis Gray (4), a son of Capt. Thomas Gray, d. young in New
York.

William Gray, son of Rev. Ellis, b. 1747.

Edward Gray, " "

Sarah Gray, dau. of Rev. Ellis mar. Samuel Gary of Chelsea.

Mary Gray, dau. of Edward (i), b. 17 17; mar. Nathaniel
Loring, of Hull, 1739.

Sarah Gray, b. 1720; mar. Jeremy Green, Poet. Children:
Edward, Sarah, Hannah, Nathaniel.

Thomas Gray, b. 1721; a bachelor; d. Oct. 1774.

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WILLIAM GRAY.

William Gray, son of Edward (i), b. 1724; mar. Elizabeth
Hall, dau. of Capt. Stephen Hall of Charlestown, Dec. 7, 1759;
d. May 10, 1775; she d. at Jamaica Plains, Dec. 24, 1825. Issue:

Martha Hall Gray, b. Sept. 12, 1760; mar. Dr. Sam-
uel Danforth, and d. July 4, 1790. Issue: Caroline,
b. Oct. 1789, and d. 1832.

Stephen Hall Gray, b. Oct. 9, 1761; d. 1782.

William Gray, b. Nov. 21, 1762; d. July 9, 1805.

ED^VARD Gray, (4) son of William, was b. July 16, 1764;
mar. Apr. 15, 1790, Susanna Turell, daughter of Madame Tur-
rell, a character famous in the revolutionary days. He was a
graduate of Harvard, an " Honest Lawyer," a man of note. See
"One Hundred Orators of Boston;" she d. Sept. 10, 1806; he
d. Dec, 27, 1810. Issue:

Mary Ann Gray, b. Nov. 27, 1793; mar. Wm. A. Fales; d.
Feb. 22, 1850; issue: Edward Gray Fales; Jane Minot
Fales, who mar. Geo. Lamb, of New Orleans; Mary Tur-
ell Fales, who mar. Thomas Gray, M. D., of Boston; and
Caroline Danforth Fales.

Edward Gray, (5) b. Dec. 15, 1792; d. Dec. 23, 1810.
Eliza Gray, b. 1795; d. 1851.
Susannah Gray, b. 1797; d. 1808.

John Gray, b. Dec. 5, 1798; mar. ist, Sarah Payne, of Brook-
lyn, Conn., who d. March 16, 1853; mar. 2d, Nancy John-
son, of Nevvburyport, Mass.; he d. Nov. 22, 1859. Issue:
Susan E. Gray, b. at Brooklyn, Conn., March 22,
1834; mar. ist, Geo. S. Thorp, and had Marion
Gray Thorp; he d. i860, and she married 2d,
Leon C. Magaw, and had Leona, James, Louis
de Vincent, and Ethel.
Edward Gray, (6) b. 1840; d. at Worcester, Mass.,

Sept. 21, 1859.
William Searles Gray, b. June i, 1846; mar. Mary
Mason Jordan, and had Elizabeth Johnson
Gray. He died in San Francisco, 1874.
Catharine Searles Gray, b. March 11, 1848, at
Worcester; mar. Elisha Dodge, of Newburyport,
and had Robert Gray Dodge, Edwin Sherrill
Dodge, and Lawrence Paine Dodge.
Fanny Gray, b. Aug. 31, 1855, at Worcester; mar.
Henrj' Little, ot Newburyport.

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Rev. Frederick Turell Gray, son of Edward (4), b. Dec. 5,
1803; mar. Elizabeth P. Chapman; d. March 9, 1855;
issue:

Frederick Turell Gray, Jr.

Elizabeth Gray.

Margaret Chapman Gray; mar. Francis Bacon of

New York.
Emily Gray.

Eleanor Gray; mar. Patrick Jackson, of Boston.
Marion Phillips Gray.
John Gray, son of William, b. Feb. 14, 1768; a bachelor.
Elizabeth S. Gray, b. 1769; mar. Jacob Eustis, who d. Aug.
23, 1839. Issue: George, Elizabeth, Nathaniel, Wilham.

REV. THOMAS GRAY, D. D.

Rev., Thomas Gray, D. D., son of William, was b. at the old
homestead on Portland St., Boston, March 16, 1772. He grad-
uated from Harvard, studied theology with Rev. Samuel Stillman,
D. D., a celebrated divine and orator of the Revolution, and
mar. his daughter, Deborah, May 23, 1793; was ordained at the
Third Church, Roxbury, Mass., March, 1793; was pastor of the
Unitarian Church, West Roxbury, for many years, and there he
died and was buried. Issue:

George Harrison Gray, of Arlington, Mass., b. 1795, who
mar. Ann Wakefield, dau. of Dr. Terence Wakefield, and
had

Georgianna Gray, who mar. Horace H. Homer, of

Arlington.
George Harrison Gray, Jr., who mar. Miss Bow-

ker.
Thomas Gray, b. 1849, who mar. Miss Stowe, of

Arlington.
John Gray, b. 1849, who mar. Miss Hill.
Maria Lane Gray.
Alice Bridge Gray.
Hannah Stillman Gray, dau. of Rev. Thomas Gray, b.

1796.
Ann Greenough Gray, dau. Rev. Thos., mar. Rev. George
Whitney, of West Roxbury, and had Ann G. Whitney who mar.
P. W. Tumey, of New York; George Whitney; CaroHne B.
Whitney, who mar. Wm. F. Cabot, of Jamaica Plains ; Herbert
Whitney, who mar. Ajinie L. Fairbanks, of Boston.

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DR. THOMAS GRAY.

Thomas Gray, Dr., writer and poet, son of Rev. Thomas, b.
at the parsonage, Jamaica Plains, 1801; was a member of the so
called RebelUon class at Harvard; took his degree of B. A.; took
his degree as Doctor of Medicine both here and in France. He
mar. his cousin, Mary Turell Fales, daughter of Wm. A. Fales
and Mary Ann Gray, in Brunswick, Me., 1832. He was author of
"The Vestal," "A Tale of Pompeii," a prize poem on "The
Settlement of Roxbury," besides many other pieces in prose and
poetry, hymns, glees, etc. He died in Boston, March, 1849.
Issue:

Mary Ann Gray, mar. Guy Byram Schott, of Phila., Pa.
Alice Gray, mar. Gedney K. Richardson, of Boston.
Children: Caroline M., Marion, and Ruth Rich-
ardson.
Caroline Fales Gray, mar. J. B. F. Davidge, of Wash-
ington, D. C; he d. at Paris.
T. Fales Gray, b. July 4, 1849; mar. Elleanor Thomp-
son Powell, dau. of Charles Powell, Esq., of County
Salop, England, Feb. 4, 1885.

Benjamin Gray, son of Edward (i), b. 1726; married Mar}'
Blanchard, and had

Benjamin Gray; not traced.

The foregoing brief sketch and record of the family of
Edward Gray, of Lincolnshire and Boston, is furnished by T.
Fales Gray, Esq., of Boston, who is of that line:

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FAIRFIELD GRAYS.

The fact that the Gray family was largely represented among
the early settlers of Fairfield County, Conn., was soon ascertain-
ed by the compiler of this genealogical record, but it seemed
probable at first that they were among other pioneers from the
Colony of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay who had pushed on
toward the frontiers on the line of westward emigration, and so
helped to people the sister Colony of Connecticut. And this
reasonable inference found ready confirmation in the discovery
that the Grays of Beverly and Yarmouth had representatives at
an early day in Litchfield Co., and in the northern part of Fair-
field, and along the adjoining " Oblong." However, further re-
search dispelled that theory, and disclosed the fact that there
was a very early and doubtless direct emigration of Grays to old
Fairfield, Conn. The records show that there were two broth-
ers, John and Henry Gray, among the first settlers, in 1643.
They had married sisters, daughters of William Frost, who and
his family had coine with them from Nottingham, England. Henry
is said to have been a man of consequence, and represented his
town at the General Court. He had married Lydia Frost, and
was in middle life when he migrated to this country. He died
about 1658, aged probably fifty years. He left four sons: Jacob,
Henry, Levi and William Gray. John Gray, brother of Henry, had
married Elizabeth Frost, but the names of his children cannot
be definitely determined. The name of William Gray of Fair-
field appears on the early records of Westchester Co., N. Y.,
as having been appointed Administrator of the estate of his
brother Levi, date of June 3, 1684, who had paid church rates
in Eastchester Mar. 30, 1678. A "home lot" had been granted
to William Gray, on the 9th of November, 1680. His name
again appears on the records of Westchester Co., as having paid
church rates in the town of Eastchester in 1692; and again, the
real estate records show that " William Gray of Fayrefield in
Conn., weaver, sold his home lot in Eastchester," date of April
23d, 1697. It is not known whether he then returned to Fair-
field, but that some of his descendants remained is evidenced by
the fact that the name of William Gray appears on record there

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in 1775, and on a map of Westchester County date of 1779,
William Gray's place, in the town of Eastchester, is noted.
None of the name of Gray, have, however, at any recent date,
resided in that vicinity. The name of John Gray, as will be
seen, was perpetuated in Fairfield in a line of descent that can-
not be traced to Henry, and doubtless is of the descendants of
John, although the connecting links do not appear. The records
show that William Frost, as well as his sons-in-law, the brothers
Gray, were owners of large estates, which they distributed by
gift and by will among their children and descendants. William
Frost's will was made Jan'y 6, 1644. It is a unique docu-
ment, and is pubhshed in full in Trumbull's Colony Records, I.,
p. 465. The names' of the three children of his daughter Eliza-
beth by a previous marriage are therein mentioned, viz: Luke,
Susannah, and Johanna Watson. He also remembers " John
Gray's own two children," without naming them. He mentions
his sons Daniel and Abraham, and a daughter Mary, to whom
he gave all the goods and estate he had in "old England."
He gave ten pounds toward a meeting house to be built for the
town of Uncowah, the aboriginal title of Fairfield. Henry Gray
appears to have been the principal legatee, and he was named as
executor. Francis Purdy, the ancestor of the numerous family
by that name, was a witness to the will.

The following is the genealogical record of these families of
Grays as far as recorded:

DESCENDANTS OF HENRY GRAY.

Henry Gray, mar. Lydia Frost; d. at Fairfield, Conn., 1658;
issue:

Jacob Gray.

Henry Gray (2).

Levi Gray.

Mary Gray.

William Gray.

Sajiah Gray.
Henry Gray (2) had

Isaac Gray.

William Gray (2), b. 1685.

Henry Gray (3).
All the above sons of Henry Gray (2), received gifts of land
from their father date of 1708.

WILLIAM GRAY, (2).

William Gray (2), b. Fairfield, Conn., 1685, mar. ist, Abigail
Cooley, Dec. 23, 17 14; mar. 2cl, Elizabeth Meaker, Oct. 31,
1 7 16. Issue:

Stephen Gray, b. Nov. 7, 17 15.

William Gray, (3), b. Aug. 17, 17 17.

Abigail Gray, b. May 7, 17 19.

Elizabeth Gray, b. Apr. 12, 1721.

Ebenezer Gray, b. Mar. 29, 1723.

Jabez Gray, b. Oct. 11, 1728.

Thaddeus Gray, b. Oct. 27, 1730.

Joseph Gray, b. Oct. 11, 1732.

Elisha Gray, b. June i, 1735.

Joshua Gray, b. Sept. 22, 1738.
William Gray (2), d. Aug. 27, 1761, and his wife Ehzabeth d.
July 6, 1772. He made a will May 5, 1759, which was admit-
ted to probate Oct. 6, 1761, and is on file in the old records of
Fairfield.

WILLIAM GRAY, (3).

William Gray (3), and Sarah Disbrow, dau. of Thos. Uisbrow,
were mar. at Fairfield, Jan. 25, 1742; she d. Oct. 27, 1778.
Issue:

Moses Gray, b. Aug. 11, 1743; d. Oct. 15, 1812.

Elias Gray, b. Apr. 4, 1746.

Olive Gray, b. Dec. 3, 1748; d. July 6, 1778.

Sarah Gray, b. Apr. 1751; d. April 26, 1792.

Amos Gray, b. Mar. 17, 1753; d. Mar. 30, 1803.

Elizabeth Gray, b. Jan. 8, 1755; d. July 6, 1772.

Lydia Gray, b. Jan. 18, 1757; d. Dec. 30, 1786.

ELIAS GRAY.

EHas Gray removed to New Fairfield, and died there Nov. 27,
1826. His will was admitted to probate Dec. 16, 1826, and by
it he bequeathed to his wife, Jemima, one-third of his estate. He
also gave legacies to Amos Nickerson, son of his dec'd daugh-
ter Huldah, to John and Anna Wheeler, children of his dec'd
daughter Sarah, to his daughter Anna, wife of Joseph Covell,
daughter Polly, wife of Cyrus Gray, and daughter Olive. His sons
Allan and Russell were appointed his sole executors. He also
had a son William (4), and a daughter Eunice.

Elias Gray was three times married; ist to Eunice
who died August 25, 1782. He married 2d, Anna

who died February 3, 1786; he married 3d, Jemima Barnum,
daughter of Richard Barnum of Dan bury, who died March 27,
1828. Captain Richard Barnum was a son of Captain John
Barnum of Danbury, who was eldest son of Deacon Richard
Barnum, who was third son of Thomas Barnum, one of the first
settlers of Danbury in 1684, who was born July 9, 1663, son of
Thos. Barnum, of Norwalk.

The first marriage had taken place in old Fairfield, but
soon after the birth of the first born son the removal to New
Fairfield must have been made, as the following, copied from
the church records of the latter place e\ddences: '• Elias Gray,
January 26, 1772, admitted to ye Privilege of Baptism for his
children on ye account of a Recommendation from the Rev'd
Mr. Reepley of Green's Farms," a Parish in the town of Fairfield.

DESCENDANTS OF ELIAS GRAY.

William Gray (4), b. June 24, 1767; d. Sept. 22, 1844.

HuLDAH Gray, dau. of Elias and Eunice Gray, b. June 13,
1769, mar. Mr. Nickerson; d. May 26, 1803.

Sarah Gray, dau. of Elias and Eunice Gray, b. Sept. 4, 1778,
mar. Nathan Wheeler; d. Nov. 21, 18 15.

Allan Gray, son of Elias, b. May 10, 1781, lived and died at
Rhinebeck, N. Y. Had a son, Rev. Firmin Gray, a noted Meth-
odist preacher, who had a son and two daughters; lived near
Hyde Park, Dutchess Co., N. Y.

Anna Gray, dau. of Elias and Anna Gray, b. Jan. 27, 1786,
mar. Joseph Covell.

Eunice Gray, eldest daughter of EUas and Jemima Gray,
born Nov. 16, 1788, mar. Joseph Sherwood, and had a son Orrin
Sherwood who d. Mar. 31, 183 9; 'she also had Olivia, who mar.
Henry Sturtevant of Bridgeport, Conn., and Amanda Sherwood,
both dec'd; she d. Sept. 27, 1838.

Olive Gray, dau. of Elias and Jemima Gray, b. Sept. 23,
I 790, d. Mar. 8, 1829.

Russell Gray, son of Elias and Jemima Gray, b. July 24,
1794, mar. Hannah Jones Sept. 4, 181 7; he d. at Eddyville,
Iowa, Apr. 29, 1859; she d. same place, Aug. 23, 1877. Issue:

202.

Benjamin Jones Gray, b. at New Fairfield, Conn., June 30,
1819, d. at Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 2, 1849; "Was one of
nature's noblemen, an honor to his name."
Austin Gray, Rev., b. at New Fairfield, Feb. 28, 1821, mar.
July 18, 1847, to Sarah Efizabeth Brush. Issue:

Hiram Burroughs Gray, b. at Washington, D. C.,

July 16, 1848; d. Omaha, Neb., May 28, 1866.

Mary Elizabeth Gray, b. Dec. 25, 1850; d. Mar.

15, 1852.
Edward Farley Gray, b. Apr. 29, 1853.
George Frank Gray, b. Nov. 25, 1854, mar. Oct.
10, 1880, to Regina Hetrich, of Cowley Co.,
Kansas. Children: Mary Mahala, dec'd, and
Orpha.
Mary Amelia Gray, b. at Eddyville, Iowa, Feb. 26,
185Q, mar. Samuel W. Loughridge, Dec. 24,
1885.
James Willis Gray, b. July 23, 1824, mar. Aug. 26, 1846, to
Ann Webster; d. at Albion, N. Y., Mar. 31, 1880. "He
was much beloved by all who knew him."
Hiram Burroughs Gray, b. at New Fairfield, Conn., Oct. 13,
1828, d. at Steubenville, Ohio, April 12, 1849; a youth
of high hopes and bright promise.

Polly Gray, dau. of Elias and Jemima, b. Mar. 7, 1802, mar.
Cyrus Gray, at New Fairfield, May 10, 1821; he d. at Yorkville,
N. Y. She still survives, and resides with a grandaughter, Sarah
Frances Gray, at Norwalk, Conn.

WILLIAM GRAY, (4).

William Gray, (4), son of Elias was b. in old Fairfield,
June 24, 1767; mar. ist, Sarah Jennings, of Danbury, Conn.,
1793; she d. Nov. 13, 1806. Issue:

Isaac Gray, b. in Fairfield, Co., Sept. 6, 1793.

Elias Gray, b. Kent, Conn., June 25, 1795; was in naval ser-
vice war of 181 2, and severely wounded; d. July 26, 181 8.

Mary Gray, b. Kent, July 25, 1797; mar. John Kelley, Sept.
30, 1820; d. Providence, R. I. 1880.

Anson Gray, b. Ridgebury, Conn., July 23, 1799; d. Jan. g.
1876.

Eunice Gray, b. North Salem, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1801; married
Geo. Eastwood, Apr. 15, 1822; d. Aug. 18, 1825.

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William Gray (4) mar. 2d, Mary Higgins, of South-East, Put-
nam Co., N. Y., May 12, 1807; she d. Mar. 6, 1820, in the 46th
year of her life. Issue:

Sarah Gr.w, b. Dec. 5, 1808.
William Gray (5), b. Oct. 22, 18 10.
Harvey Gray, b. March 9, 181 2.
Lewis Gray, b. Feb. 5, 1814.
Allen Gray, b. April 8, 181 6.

William Gray (4), mar. 3d, Annie Stevens, Aug. 22, 182 1, who
survived him. Were no children by this marriage. Mr. Gray
spent some years in Dutchess Co., N. Y., where he owned and
cultivated a farm, and several of his children were born, but
returned to the old homestead in New Fairfield after his father's
death, where he died Sept. 22, 1844. It is said of him, that as
a boy, during the trying times of the Revolution, he exhib-
ited not a little of the fervor of the true patriotic spirit. The
incursion of Gov. Tyron and his tory troops up through Con-
necticut to Danbury, and the destruction of that town, aroused
to arms all the patriots in that vicinity, and Elias Gray, with his
neighbors, rallied in response to the urgent call, and marched to
meet the foe, he leaving the youthful William with the panic-
stricken household, with strict injunctions not to depart there-
from ; but the martial spirit of the Grays so fired the boy's
heart that, soon after the departure of his father, arming himself
with an old fowling-piece, he followed after, and having come in
sight of the retreating column of the enemy, from the secure
breastwork of a convenient stone wall, blazed away at the Brit-
ishers. It is said that the castigation administered to this young
hopeful for his constructive disobedience on that occasion, was
the slightest ever knowTi to have been applied by the hand of
that stern parent and valiant patriot, Elias Gray.

Sarah Gray, daughter of William and Mary Higgins Gray,
was born in Clinton, Dutchess Co., N. Y., Dec. 5th, 1808;
mar. James Vance in New York city, 1830. They removed to
San Antonio, Texas, where Mr. Vance built Government Stores,
furnished supplies for the U. S. Army, bought real estate, and
became very prosperous. A grand daughter, Mary Vance, of
San Antonio, only remains.

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WILLIAM GRAY, (5).

William Gray (5), son of William Gray (4) and Mary Higgins,
was born on Monday, Oct. 2 2d, 1810, in the town of Clinton,
Dutchess Co., N. Y. He there grew up to manhood and spent
several years learning the business of a country store in the town
of Dover Plains, N. Y. In 1830 he went to New York city to
engage in mercantile life, and there resided and continued in
business until 1880. He then removed to Nyack on-the Hudson,
where he continues to reside, at his beautiful country-seat,
" Gray Court."

Mr. Gray, gifted with tastes above his early opportunities for
their improvement, redeemed many an hour from the drudgery
of apprenticeship in a village store, for communion with nature,
and with those poets who are her best interpreters, which he
made the companion of his walks in the woods and fields of his
native Dutchess, Bryant being his special favorite. And the
poetic taste and temperament so developed in him, has given an
afterglow to his later life, which still has much of the fire and
fervor and enthusiasm of youth.

Mr. Gray's memory was always remarkably retentive, and a
poem, or portion of history once read, could be repeated by him
to the letter. It is said that his mother also had a wonderful
memory, and that he inherited from her much of his poetic and
literary taste. Though not having had the advantages of a
classical education, he won and enjoyed the lifelong friend-
ship of Bryant, and other distinguished men of letters. He has
also rare comprehension of political history, and has positive
and well established political opinions. He has fine business
capacity, and his eight years of service as Cashier in the Comp-
troller's Office of the city of New York, was a sufficient test of
the integrity and firmness of his character.

Mr. Gray was married to Lavinia, daughter of Rebecca Whar-
ton and John Titus Johnson, at their residence on Rutger Street,
New York, Nov. 14th, 1837. She died March 21, 1853, and
he was married again, Aug. 23, 1855, to Harriet D., daughter of
John Milton and Sarah A. Tabor, at Dover Plains, Dutchess Co.,
N. Y.

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CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND LAVINIA GRAY.

William Cullen Bryant Gray, the first born, and eldest son of
William Gray and Lavinia Johnson, was born at No. 40, Rutgers
St., New York, the residence of his maternal grand-parents, Sept.
15, 1839. He was named after the distinguished poet, W. C. Bry-
ant, and himself developed much literary taste and talent. He
was educated in the public schools of New York, graduating with
honor at N. Y. College, i860. On the breaking out of the Rebel-
lion he returned from Texas, where he had been spending the
winter previous with friends, and joined the army of the Union,
receiving a commission as ist Lieut, in the 4th N. Y. Artillery.
He was soon promoted to the position of Aide-de-Camp on
Gen. Doubleday's Staff, where he served with distinction during
the campaign of 1862, participating in the engagements on the
Rapidan, Rappahannock, and the second battle of Bull Run.

But the honorable career of this gallant and noble youth was
cut short in the morning of his high hopes. He died at the
Georgetown Hospital, D. C., Jan. i, 1863, having been taken
seriously ill about a week previous. With the delirious excla-
mation, " Forti'ard! inarch /" he soon sank back into his last
sleep. Bryant Gray was not only a gallant patriot soldier, ardent
and true, but he was in many respects a youth of high endow-
ments and bright promise. This shines forth on every page of
the beautiful memoir of his life prepared and published by his
pastor. Rev. Dr. Thompson, of the Broadway Tabernacle Church,
New York. Among the tributes which there appear, are the
following stirring lines written by the poet Bryant, on hearing of
his enlistment, and which seem almost prophetic of his fate:

"Think that the cause is half divine

That girds thee with the warrior's brand,

And be the steadfast purpose thine
To wield it with a stainless hand.

"Then when the storm of war is stilled,

Tears warm and soft as summer rain
Shall welcome him who. from the field

Brings back a life without a stain.

"Or should'st thou perish in the strife,
The tears that weep thy death shall flow

For one who gave a stainless life

To shield his country from the foe."

2o6.

Mary Higgins Gray, dau. ot William and Mary Higgins
Gray, b. Feb. 15, 1844; resides with her father's family at
Nyack, N.Y.

Wharton J. Gray, b. Aug. 17, 1847, mar. Fannie M. Huyler,
of Nyack, N. Y., 1876; issue: Ethel Gray, b. June 14,
1877; residence and business, New York.

Amelia Gray, mar. in 1874 to John F. Harman; issue: Bry-
ant Gray Harman, b. Nov. i, 1878; Elsie Harman, b.
May 19, 1882; Helen Harman, b. Oct. 5, 1884. Mr.
Harman is of the firm of Handy & Harman, dealers in
bullion and specie. New York, and resides in Plainfield,
New Jersey.

Alice Gray, mar. in 1878, to William Wilson Clay; issue:
Christabel Clay, b. Mar. 26, 1879; Percy Clay, April 15,
1880, d; Wilham Wharton Clay, b. Sept. 29, 1882. Mr.
Clay is an Architect in Chicago, where he has a large
and prosperous business.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND HARRIET D. TABOR GRAY.

Baby Gray, b. May 20, 1862, d. April 16, 1864.

Lillian Gray, b. Oct. 21, 1865.

William Gray (6), b. May 25, 1867, New York city.

HARVEY GRAY.

Harvey Gray was bom in Clinton, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and
settled in Bristol, Conn., 1836, having previously resided for a
few years at Southington, Conn., at which place he was married
to Mary Woodruff, Oct. 16, 1831. He continued to reside at
Bristol until his death. May 8, 1883, he having with his wife cel-
ebrated their golden wedding two years previous. Mr. Gray had
much mechanical genius, and was engaged in the manufacture
of clocks, water wheels, etc.; was at the head of a large busi-
ness. His death was much regretted by his friends and towns-
people, by whom he was beloved and esteemed for his no-
ble, consistent character, and he was honored by in memoriam
notices in which his activity in organizing Young Men's Chris-
tian Associations, and interest in every good work for the welfare
of his fellow men, were tlioroughly recognized. Children and
descendants:

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Horace Gray, son of Harvey, was b. at Southington, Conn.,

July 16, 1832; was married to Julia Perry, June 26th,

1854. Enlisted under Col. Joseph Hawley, in the 7th

Conn. Vols., in the war for the Union; was wounded at

Fort Wagner, and d. at Charleston, S. C., July 12, 1863.

Helen Alice Gray, daughter of Horace, b. May 4,

1855, mar. C. T. Olcott, and resides at Bristol.

Charles Gray, son of Harvey, b. in Bristol, Conn., May 15,

1847, was married to Harriet R. Baldwin, Mar. 29, 1871;

is book keeper and cashier for Cheney Bros., New York;

residence, Brooklyn; children:

Alice Louise Gray, b. in Bristol, Jan. 20, 1873.
Mary Arline Gray, " " Jan. 30, 1875; d.
in Brookl}Ti, Jan. 20, 1886.
The widow of Harvey Gray resides at Bristol, Conn.

Lewis Gray, son of William (4), b. 18 14, mar. to Jane Ann
Van Siclin, b. in Canada, July 14, 1822, at the city of New
York, by the Rev. Dr. Sawyer, Sept. 5, 1843; she d. at Croton-
ville, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1883. Present residence of Mr. Gray,
Jersey City. Issue:

Geo. B. Gray, b. Dec. 11, 1844; mar. to Antoinette See, at

Sing Sing, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1864.
Allen F. Gray, b. July i, 1846; mar. Ellen L. Hughes, in

Jersey City, Sept. 14, 1876.
Francis L. Gray, b. Aug. 8, 1847.

Mary B. Gray, b. March 5, 1851; mar. John J. Reynolds, in
New York, June 7, 1869.

Allen Gray, son of William Gray (4), and Mary Higgins Gray,
mar. Eliza Jane Smith, daughter of Gershom B., and Temper-
ance Smith, of Norwalk Islands, Conn., Sept. 25, 1844. Issue:
Ada Byron Gray, b. July 5, 1845; d. in city of New York,

Dec. 22, 1857.
Arline Augusta Gray, b. Nov. 17, 1846; mar. in Christ
Church, Brooklyn, Nov. 19, 1873, to Jas. E. Wilson, of
that city. Issue: Charles Gray Wilson, b. Aug. 27, 1874.

Leslie Higgins Gray, b. at Little Rock, Arkansas, Feb. 4th,
1850.

Allen Gray was formerly member of the large clothing house,

firm of Smith & Gray, Williamsburgh, but has now retired with a

handsome competence, his son Leslie Gray, taking his place

in business.

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ISAAC GRAY.

Isaac Gray, eldest son of William (4), mar. Miss Conant, Jan .
2, 1813; he died at Hyde Park, Pa., in May, 1853. Issue :

Joshua Gray, who died at Janesville, Wis., where his widow,
Margaret Gray, and children, William, Henry, Sarah, Gertie,
Charles, and Rosa Gray, are still living. A daughter Dem-
ma, d. and left two children. WilHam is married and has a son
George. Another son of Joshua, George Gray, died in the war.
Sarah Gray, b. Dec. 5, 1808, in Clinton, Dutchess Co., N.Y.
Melissa Gray, dau. of Isaac, mar. ist, a Mr. Folger, by
whom she had two children: William and Parthena; she mar.
2d, David Ayers, by whom she has had Franklin and Jennie; she
now resides near New Hampton, Iowa.

Abbie Gray, dau. of Isaac, mar. a Mr. Hoover, and Hves at
Weatherby, Pa.; has three children.

Eliza Gray, dau. of Isaac, mar. George Baldwin, and lives at
Cherokee, Iowa; has a son Eugene.

Henry Gray, son of Isaac, is married, and lives near his sis-
ter Eliza; has one child.

Alonzo Gray, son of Isaac, d. leaving two children: Joseph,
mar., but residence unknown; Mary, who mar. Geo. N. McCul-
low, and resides at Sanborn, Iowa; has several children.

Mary Gray, dau. of Isaac, mar. Henry Knight, and Hves at
Apple Creek, Neb.; a daughter, Louisa.

Amos Gray, son of Isaac, has several children; resides in Minn.
Egbert H. Gray, son of Isaac, was b. at PawUngs, Dutchess
Co., N. Y., Oct. 18, 1 821; mar. Sarah Pepper, b. at Hyde Park,
Pa., Feb. 27, 1827. Children:

Phebe Jane Gray, b. Centre Rock, Wis., Jan. 3, 1854; d.

Effie a. Gray, b. Janesville, Wis., Dec. 29, 1854; mar.

C. E. Warren; has two children, Clarence and Pearl;

residence, Postville, Iowa.

Boadicea Gray, b. Janesville, Apr. i, 1858; mar. P. C.

Shipton, and has a daughter, Gladie; residence,

Edgewood, Iowa.

Alonzo B. Gray, b. Janesville, Sept. 7, 1861; Cadet at

West Point, class of '87.
Vienna Gray, b. in Eden, Iowa, Dec. 10, 1864; mar.

James Egan; residence, Waucoma, Iowa.
Minnie J. Gray, b. Eden, Iowa, Aug. 19, 1867.
Bert U. Gray, b. at Waucoma, Iowa, Jan. 17, 1870.
Lulu Althea Gray, b. same place, Dec. 23, 1874.
Egbert H. Gray was instantly killed by a falling building, June
17, 1884. Mrs. Sarah Gray, resides at Waucoma, Iowa.

209.
EBENEZER GRAY.

Ebenezer Gray, son of William (2), b. Mar. 29, 1723, mar. a
Miss Lockwood, sister of John and Sarah Lockwood, and lived
in Weston, Conn., where he died Sept. 20, 1777. He had lived
for a time at Pawling, in Dutchess Co., N. Y., for the record
shows that his son Ebenezer was born there. He had a daugh-
ter who had married a Mr. Hubbel, and died May 4th, 181 3.
Whether there were other children it is not easy to determine.
Mrs. Gray was b. Apr. 19, 1733, and d. Mar. 4, 1810, having
survived her husband nearly 33 years.

EBENEZER GRAY, (2.)

Quotation from record of Ebenezer Gray (2), "who was born in
Pawling town, so called, on the east side of Great Swamp, so
known at that time, in the State of New York, on the 8th day of
May in the year of our Lord Christ 1766. But his parents re-
moving when he was about two years old to Weston, Conn., he
was brought up thereuntil he was in his 21st year, and then
went into Pawling town wliere he was born, and there found his
wife, Sarah Burdick, when a girl." Sarah Burdick was a daughter
of Amos and Martha Burdick, born Sept. 2d, 1774, and married
to Ebenezer Gray, July 14, 1791. He had "gone abroad," as
he quaintly expresses it in the voluminous diary which he kept,
and which is still preserved, — on coming of age, and journeying
up the country on foot he finally reached Fishkill, and so cross-
ed over the river to Newburg, but shortly returned to the vicini-
ty where he was born, and engaged for several years in teaching
school at a place then called Franklin, N. Y. And there he
found and married his wife as already related. He returned
from there to Weston, Conn., in 1793, where he continued to re-
side for over 30 years. He was evidently a man of decided
character and more than ordinary ability. He died in the city
of New York, Aug. 23, 1829; she also died there Feb. 11, 1830.
The following is a list of their descendants as full as it was pos-
sible to ascertain them:

James L. Grav, son of Ebenezer (2), was b. Dec. 2, 1792, at
Pawling, N. Y. He had among other children a daughter An-
gehne, who married John Ash of New York; had two children.

Cyrus W. Gray, son of Ebenezer (2), b. May 18, 1794, at
Weston, Conn., mar. Polly Gray, youngest dau. of Elias and
Jemima Barnum Gray, at New Fairfield, Conn., May 10, 182 1.
He died at Yorkville, N. Y., July 24, 1855; his widow, Polly
Gray, resides at Norwalk, Conn. Issue:

Harris Augustus Gray, b. July 23, 1823.

Richard Sylvester Gray, b. Aug. 14, 1825, d.

Katharine Jane Gray, b. Dec. 9, 1827, d. July 26, 1830.

Mary Louisa Gray, b. Sept. 6, 1830, d. same date.

Emily Jane Gray, b. Feb. 22, 1835, d. Apr. 16, 1840.

Franklin Henry Gray, b. Aug. 17, 1837, d. Sept. 8, 1838.

William Henry Gray, b. Jan. 25, 1841.

Theodore Dewitt Gray, b. Jan. 8, 1845, d. Feb. 19, 1849.

Harris A. Gray, son of Cyrus Wm., married Martha Jane
Keller, of New York, August 20th, 1872; residence, Brooklyn;
no children.

Richard Sylvester Gray, son of Cyrus, married Mary Jane
Hollenbeek, Dec. 31, 1849, who d. May 28, 1856, in New York;
mar. 2d, Almira L. Hollenbeek, Jan. 31, 1857, who d. Aug. 11,
1876; he d. Issue:

Mary Alice Gray, b. Nov. 30, 1850; mar. Martin Davis, of
Wilton, Conn.; has two children, Leverda and Archibald;
resides in Ridgefield, Conn.

Henrietta Jane Gray, b. Aug. 8, 1852; mar. Jeremiah
Slawson of Norwalk; four children : Mary, Ralph, Fred-
die and Edward.

Sarah Frances Gray, b. Apr. 9, 1858; residence, Norwalk.

Cyrus William Gray, b. Nov. 5, 1859, ^^^- Anna Goodwin,
Nov. 27, 1876; residence, Norwalk.

Richard Sylvester Gray, Jr., b. Apr. 15, 1862, mar. Nellie
McGonigal; residence, Norwalk, Conn.

Hiram Burdick Gray, son of Ebenezer (2), b. March 2 2d,
1 80 1, mar. Nancy Hager, Dec. 14, 1847, at Reynoldsville, N. Y.;
he d. Jan. 27, 1872; she resides in New York with her son, John
H.; issue:

John Hiram Gray, b. Aug. 20, 1852; mar. Dec. 10, 1873, to
Lizzie E. Beers, of New York; resides in N. Y. city, and
dealer in real estate; children:

William Hir.'vm Gray, b. April 14, 1875.
Fannie Gray, b. July 10, 1877.
Florence Gray, b. Jan. 12, 1880.
John Gray, b. Oct. 31, 1882; d. Apr. 30, 1884.
Kitty Gray, b. Dec. 24, 1884.
Geo. W. Gray, son of Hiram B., b. Dec. 25, 1855; d. Mar.

6, 1885.
Augustus Burdick Gray, b. Apr. 2, 1861; mar. Mary Case,
of Trumansburg, N. Y., June 23, 1882; resides at Pough-
keepsie; children:

George W. Gray, b. Jan. 17, 1885.
Nancy Isabel Gr.'^y, b. April 9, 1886.
Wm. Henry Gray, son of Cyrus Wm., is married and has a
family; resides in Brooklyn.

Horatio Nelson Gray, son of Ebenezer (2), b. Apr. 13,
1806; mar. Maria Satterlee, of Delhi, N. Y.; he d. May 27th,
1 881; she resides at Yorkville, N. Y.; issue:

Charles N. Gray, b, Nov. 14, 1868.
Ebenezer LocKwoOD Gray b. Apr. 22, 1808, d. July 14, 181 6.
Warren Corbin Gray, b. Apr. 26, 18 10; mar. Jane E. Brew-
er; issue : Warren Gray, of Phila.; Abram Gray, dec'd; Jennie
Gray, and Addie Gray, who mar. a Mr. Douglas, and has a
daughter Ella, all of Philadelphia. Warren Corbin Gray was
lost at sea by the burning of the steamship Melville^ off the
coast, on the way from New York to Port Royal, Jan. 8, 1863.
Sarah Burdick Gray, dau. of Ebenezer (2), b. Jan. 13, 181 2;
mar. Rev. Gabriel Smith, of St. Joseph, Mich.

Ephenetus Crosby Gray, son of Ebenezer (2), b. Apr. 17,
1 81 6, mar. Elizabeth McDonald; issue: Mary Elizabeth, who
mar. Geo. R. Tifft, of Buffalo, N. Y.; McDonald Gray, dec'd;
and Leonora Gray. Mr. Gray was a lawyer in the city of New
York, where he died March 7 th, 1852.

Jabez Gray, son of WiUiam (2), b. Oct. 11, 1728, mar. Betty
Hecox, Jan. 17, 1753, and had Betty, bapt. Feb. 23, 1755; and
Polly, bapt. Apr. 24, 1757. Betty, wife of Jabez, d. Mar. 26,
1760, and he died in Maryland, of small pox, May 31, 1760.

Thaddeus Gray, son of William (2), b. Oct. 27, 1730, mar.
Susannah Carley, Feb. 28, 1759, ^"<^ ^^^ Dolly, bapt. Apr. 27,
1760; Louis, bapt. July 19, 1761; he d. Nov. 26, 1761.

Elisha Gray, son of William (2) b. June i, 1735, mar. Ellen
, and had Joseph, bapt. Oct. 11, 1761; he d. Nov. 30,

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Joshua Gray, son of William (2), mar. Elizabeth Dibble, at
Stamford, Conn., May 20, 1766, and had a daughter Abigail,
born Feb. 9, 1769.

Joseph Gray, a brother of Joshua, also resided at Stamford for
several years, but the historian of that place says " the name
disappeared from the records soon after the close of the Revo-
lution."

Stephen Gray, eldest son of William (2), and only child by his
first marriage, left no records, and no trace has been found of
his descendants.

ANSON GRAY.

Anson Gray, son of William (4), and Sarah Jennings Gray,
born at Ridgebury, Conn., 1795, married Sarah L. Gray, daugh-
ter of Seymour Gray, and granddaughter of Moses Gray, who
was a son ot William (3), and a brother of Elias, Sept. 19th,
1824; she d. Dec. 3, 1870; he d. Jan. 9, 1879. Issue:

Salome Gray, b. Aug. 1825; mar. Thaddeus Feeks, Nov. 18,

1849; she d. Aug. 5, 1877; issue: Mary Feeks, v/ho mar.

Dr. Farrington, of New York.
Charles Gray, b. June i, 1827; mar. Ann Maria Boughton,

of Patterson, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1852; d. June i, 1853; no

children.
Esther Gray, b. Feb. i, 1829; mar. Oren B. Lessey, Jan. 20,

1849; issue: Sarah Lessey, who mar. A. A. Dugar, of

Worcester, Mass.
David William Gray, b. Nov. 21, 1831; married Esther E.

Field, of Patterson, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1853; resides in Dan-
bury, Conn.; no children.
Harriet Gray, b. July 3, 1836; mar. Lewis Northrop, July

22,1852; d. Feb. 23, 1863; had a son Ebenezer, who

married and removed west.
Sarah N. Gray, b. Oct. 27, 1845; '^- Aug. 18, 1852.

William Gray (3), d. Aug. 30, 1793.

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MOSES GRAY.

Moses Gray, son of William Gray (3), was born in old Fair-
field, Conn., Aug. 11, 1743, and his name appears on the old
parish records at Green's Farms in the town of Fairfield as hav-
ing been baptized on Sept. nth, same year. The same records
show his marriage with Sarah Disbrow, March 19, 1767, and
the baptism of his first born son, Gabriel, Feb. 15, 1768. He
removed to New Fairfield, then a comparative wilderness, in the
spring of 1768, in company with his brother Elias, and each
took up a farm of 57 acres, side by side, on the east of Ball's
Pond, so called, and about six miles from Danbury. By indus-
try and economy they prospered, and both added largely to the
extent of their original purchases.

Moses Gray was a Revolutionary soldier, holding a commis-
sion as Ensign. He was at the battle of Long Island, and after-
wards at White Plains. Was at Valley Forge, and went home
ill with camp distemper, and lost four of his children at one
time, from that disease. He again served as a " Minute Man,"
and also was for a short time in the garrison at West Point.
I'o ever}' call of patriotism he gave a prompt and cheerful re-
sponse.

He united with the King Street Baptist Society, June 24th,
1786, and was the chorister of that church for many years,
continuing in connection with it until his death, which oc-
curred Oct. 15, 181 2. His grandson, Horace Gray, of Eustis,
Florida, who has furnished most of the statistics of this branch
of the family, says that he died of a prevailing "malignant fever,
as did my maternal grandfather, Thomas Higgins, almost the
same day, and many others, both of my grandfathers, and an
aunt and two uncles dying within ten days." And the fact that
Thomas Gray, a son of Moses, who had died with the disease,
was buried at the same time and with his father, must have ad-
ded to the general gloom.

Moses Gray and Sarah his wife had altogether sixteen child-
ren, of whom all died quite young, except five sons, as follows:
Gabriel, Seymour, Thomas, Solomon and Jesse, all of whom had
families, sketches of which are herewith given.

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Gabriel Gray, eldest son of Moses, bom Feb., 1768, died
of cholera, while on his way from Albany to his home in Har-
persfield, Delaware Co., N. Y. He left two sons, Moses and
Orange Gray, both of whom settled in north-eastern Ohio, and
" raised large families."

Seymour Gray, second son of Moses, born May 23, 177 1,
married Mary Comes, Jan. 26, 1791; she d. May 24, 1824, and
he mar. 2d, Grace Lyon, Feb. 10, 1829. Seymour Gray died
Jan. I, 1845. Issue:

Anna Gray, b. June 18, 1792; d. May 16, 1847.
Daniel Gray, b. July 16, 1793; ^- Aug. 1836.
Ira Gray, b. Jan. 6, 1795; d. Feb. 25, 1797.
Hiram Gray, b. Dec. 22, 1796; d. May 13, 1873.
Rancell Towner Gray, b. Mar. 19, 1797; d.
RuFus Gray, b. Sept. 11, 1800; d. July 22, 1868.
Sarah Lucy Gray, b. Mar. 23, 1805; d. Dec. 3, 1870.
Salome Gray, b. Dec. 19, 1807; d. Mar. 27, 1810.
Harriet Gray, b. June 2, i8ioj d. Mar. 24, 1877.

Harriet Gray mar. John Barr, Mar. 8, 1827; she d. Mar. 24,
1877; he d. Apr. 16, 1884; issue: Mary Ann, b. June 22, 1828,
mar. George Albin, Feb. 13, 1850, who d. Aug. 14, 1883, and
had George Arthur Albin b. Oct. i, 1852, who d. Mar. 24, 1853,
and Mary Isabelle Albin b. Jan. 16, i860; Lucy C. Barr b. Aug.
16,1831, and d. July 4, 1853; Martha G. Barr b. Feb. 28, 1834;
Ira L. Barr, b. June 28, 1838, d. May 11, 1866; Jane Barr, b.
May 20, 1843.

Seymour Gray was a man of "great natural ability," and his
sons Daniel, Rancell and Rufus, it is said, " were able men, and
led eventful lives." The greater pity that sketches of them were
not furnished for this record, but to obtain the desired data much
delay was required.

Thomas Gray, third son of Moses, married Sarah Wilkes.
He died Oct. 10, 181 2, at or near Harpersfield, Delaware Co.,
N. Y., of typhus fever, and was buried at the same time and in
the same grave with his father, in the old Baptist Cemetery at
King Street, near New Fairfield, Conn. He left five children,
viz: Ezra, Squire, Lydia, Francis, and one other. Thomas was
said to have been his father's " favorite son."

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Solomon Gray, fourth son of Moses, married Betsey Benham,
and several years afterwards removed to Clarkesfield, Huron Co.,
Ohio, and was one of the first settlers of that country. He died
1 85 1. Was a respected citizen. Left three children: Pamela,
who married James Green and died soon after; George, b. 181 5,
married and raised a large family; and James, born after the re-
moval to Ohio, who inherited the homestead, and is married but
has no family.

Jesse Gray, son of ISIoses, married Sarah Higgins, the young-
est sister of Mary Higgins, who married William Gray (4), son
of Elias, whose father was Thomas Higgins of Cape Cod, who
had settled in South East, then Dutchess Co., N. Y., and whose
mother was Marthy Manly, a sister of the Capt. Manly who
took the first prize from the British in the Revolutionary war.
Jesse received 20 acres of land of his father to entitle him to
vote under the old King James Charter, and he afterwards bought
out his brother Solomon and came into possession of the old
homestead. He cared for his mother, " Grany Gray," as she
was affectionately entitled, and who survived his father about
twenty years. He was a successful farmer and added to the pa-
ternal acres. He served six months as a volunteer in the war of
181 2. In the spring of 1837 he sold his property in New Fair-
field, and followed his sons, who had gone out as pioneers the
winter before to Michigan, taking his whole family, and settling
in the town of Saline, Washtenaw Co. Jesse Gray was an "ac-
tive, energetic man, a member of the M. E. Church for many
years, a strong Jeffersonian Democrat until the passage of the
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, when he united with and continued in the
Republican Party, — none of the Copperhead in Moses Gray or
any of his posterity. He died in Feb'y, 1861. Sarah his wife,
outlived him, and was a remarkable woman." They had five
children, as follows: Horace, Eunice, Ira, Thomas, and Martin.

Horace Gray, eldest son of Jesse, was born Dec. 19, 1808,
and married to Abigail Bradley, in New Fairfield, Oct. 2, 1831,
she bom same place Sept. 4, 181 2. Horace had no educational
advantages, save what attained by himself at home, being too
far from the District School to derive any special benefit from it.
He succeeded, however, in mastering the common branches,

2 1 6.

with a fair knowledge for those times, of chemistry, philosophy,
and most of the sciences, and a pretty thorough knowledge of
astronomy. He commenced teaching school when sixteen years
old, and followed it mostly at winter terms, until he emigrated to
Michigan in 1837. He was almost the first to lecture on Astron-
omy in eastern New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
&c. In the winter of 1837, starting from Danbury, Conn., he
"footed it" to Michigan, through southern Pennsylvania, over the
Alleghany Mts., and through Ohio, with knapsack on his back,
near 900 miles, at a cost of only $10.50, thereby saving in one
month $65, a fortune in those days. And he did v/ell by so em-
igrating to Michigan. He served several terms as Supervisor in
Lennawee Co., during and since the war. Has spent several
years in northern Mich., five years in Alabama, and the last five
years at Eustis, Florida, his present place of residence. His
wife, Abigail, died Oct. 17, 1863; he has not married again.
They had four children, viz:

Mary Jane Gray, b. Nov. 24, 1832, mar. John C. Cone, at
Macon, Mich.; d. July 6, 1853.

George Badger Gray, b. July 11, 1835; mar. Eunice Barnes
at Macon, Mich., Jan. 13, i860; three children: Frank,
aged 27, Minnie, 20, and Jesse, 7; has the old homestead
at Macon, and has an orange grove in Florida, where he
and his family spend their winters.

Ira Gray, b. July 5, 1838; mar. Mary Wilson, at Dundee,
Mich.; July 12, 1863; served three years in the war of the
Rebellion; is an invalid and a pensioner; has an orange
grove adjoining his father, at Eustis, Florida. Children:
George A. Gray, aged 17, and Carrie M., 10 years.

Bradley Eugene Gray, b. Nov. 6, 185 1, in Macon, Mich.;
resides with his father at Eustis, Florida.

Horace Gray, who furnished the most of the foregoing record
of the family of his grandfather, Moses Gray, although in his
79th year, writes a racy spirited letter, using no glasses, and is
a vigorous and most interesting character. A true Gray, in all
manly qualities, and genial withal, as well as virile, with engag-
ing social qualities, and not a httle taste for scientific and literary
pursuits. So kindly appreciative, it is a pleasure to have known
him even afar.

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Eunice Gray, daughter and second child of Jesse Gray, born
in New Fairfield, married Thomas F. Newell of New York city,
where they resided many years. Removed with her father to
Michigan, then back to New York, and then to Iowa, last to
Kansas, where he died. She is now living at Holton, Kansas.
Her oldest daughter Sarah, married Samuel Lamed, and resides
at Birmingham, Alabama. Her oldest son, Samuel Newell, and
her youngest son, Ira, are with her. Her youngest daughter,
Hattie, was accidentally poisoned when about twenty years old,
while living in Iowa.

Ira Gray, second son of Jes?e, born about 1815, followed
school teaching till he removed v/ith his father to Michigan,
where he died just one month after his arrival. " He was a
young man of good attainments and excellent character."

Thomas Gray, third son of Jesse Gray, married Lucy Ann
Collins. He commenced at school teaching, but after marriage
engaged in farming extensively at Macon, Michigan, but after-
wards sold out and removed to Douglas, Mich., where, by the
lumbering, mercantile, farming, and fruit business, he has attain-
ed a handsome property. He is an able man, and has served
one term acceptably in the State Legislature. He accompanied
his brother Horace in the famous tramp from Connecticut to
Michigan. Is now in California in very poor health. He has
four children, viz: • Jane, Pharo, Frank, and Thomas, " all doing
well," as is said, although more full particulars would have been
very acceptable.

Martin Gray, youngest son of Jesse, born in New Fairfield,
Conn., married Esther Kellogg, at Macon, Mich. He is of a
mechanical turn of mind, and carried on a machine shop at
Ypsilanti, Mich. Removed to Douglas, Mich., where he still re-
sides. He inherited his father's valuable estate. Has served as
Supervisor. Has but one child, a daughter Sarah.

And this ends the record of the families of Elias and Moses
Gray, who were not only brothers, but closely allied by inter-
marriages and various degrees of kinship among their ancestors
and descendants. Their lives ran closely together, and evident-
ly they were brothers beloved.

2l8.

HENRY GRAY, (3.)

According to the parish records of Green's Farms in old Fair-
field, Henry Gray (3), was one of the corporate members of the
church at that place in 17 15. His brother Isaac was also there,
and his death is recorded as having taken place Nov. 7, 1745.
Margaret Gray, probably their sister, was a member of the
Green's Farms Church, 1727, and her death is recorded date of
Aug. 29, 1754. Henr>' Gray (3) had a son Samuel, but wheth-
er other children, if any, does not appear. Tlie following statis-
tics are in part from the town records of Fairfield, and part
from the town records of Weston, and other sources.

SAMUEL GRAY.

Samuel Gray, son of Henry Gray (3), married EUinor Sturges
at Fairfield, Conn., Oct. 24, 1734; she d. Jan. 4, 1762; he mar.
2d, Joanna Stone, June 19, 1763; she d. Jan. 15, 1770. Issue.

Sanford Gray, b. Sept. 23, 1735.

Hannah Gray, b. Nov. 12, 1736; mar. Sylvanus Tran-

pher, Apr. 28, 1762.
Hezekiah Gray, b. Nov. 14, 1738.
Samuel Gray, Jr., b. July 10, 1742; d. Nov. 3, 1760.
Sarah Gray, b. Feb. 11, 1744; mar. Gabriel Higgins ot

Bedford, N. Y., March 2, 1763.
Mary Gray, b. Mar. 8, 1746; mar. Joseph Gorham Jr.,

Nov. 16, 1763.

Hezekiah Gray, son of Samuel, and Abigail his wife, were
members of the Green's Farms Church, 1767; and had there
baptized daughters Abigail, Lucy, Ellen, and Hezekiah, Jr., the
latter, date of July 19, 1761. Hezekiah, Sr., was probably the
Hezekiah Gray who was a Lieutenant in a Company formed in
Bedford, N. Y., 1776, and afterwards Captain of a Company at-
tached to Col. Drake's Westchester County Regiment. His
descendants not traced.

The Henry Gray above recorded as one of the corporate
members of the Green's Farms Church, it must be admitted
may have been Henry Gray (2), it being very difficult in the ab-
sence of exact data absolutely to determine. However it is be-
lieved to be correct as it stands.

2ig.

ISAAC GRAY.

Isaac Gray, son of Henry (2), had a son Nathan; whether
other children, this research has not determined. The grave of
Isaac Gray is said to have been tlie first one in the old Northfield
burial ground.

NATHAN GRAY.

Nathan Gray, son of Isaac, b. 17 14, married Mary Holibert,
at Fairfield, Conn., July 24, 1735. Issue:

Nathan Gray, Jr., b. Sept. sq, 1737.

Isaac Gray, b. May 7, 1739.

Solomon Gray, b. Apr. 21, 1740.

Thomas Gray, b. Dec. 7, 1742.

Daniel Gray, b. Oct. 49, 1744.

Mary Gray, b. March 11, 1745.

Elijah Gray, b. Nov. 16, 1747.

John Gray, b. Sept. 3, 1749.

Gideon Gray, b. Mar. 7, 1751.

Eliphalet Gray, b. May 4, 1753.

Joseph Gray, b. Nov. 9, 1754.

Eunice Gray, b. Jan. 19, 1756.

Benjamin Gray, who mar. Elizabeth Waterbury; died
young and left no descendants.
Elijah Gray, son ot Nathan, married Esther Sturges, at Wes-
ton, Conn., Sept. 10, 1769; she d. Oct. 26, 1792, and he mar.
2d, Rlioda (Morehouse) Disbrow, she being a widow, May 6,
1793, who died Jan. 3, 1796, and he married 3d, Lydia Taylor,
Feb. 19, 1797. Elijah Gray died on his 80th birthday, Nov. 16,
1827, and his wife Lydia, died same year. Issue:

Sturges Gray, b. Apr. 15, 1774.

Jeremiah Gray, b. July 20, 1778.

Elijah Gray, b. Mar. 21, 1781.

Samuel Gray, b. Mar. 13, 1783.

Walter Gray, b. Dec. 15, 1785.

Solomon Gray, b. Mar. 31, 1788.

Hezekiah Gray, b. July 15, 1790.
There was a daughter Esther by the marriage with the widov/
Disbrow, who mar. Abraham Morehouse, and had Mary E., who
d. unmarried; she mar. 2d, Lyman Banks.

There were three daughters by the third marriage, with Lydia
Taylor, as follows:

Rhoda M. Gray, b. May 3, 1798; d. Sept. 1868, unmarried.
Abigail Gray, b. Jan. 2, 1802; mar. David Lockwood, of
Weston, and d. at Bridgeport, Jan. 11, 1883, leaving
three children: Rhoda A., David B., and Wakeman D.
Lockwood, all of Bridgeport, Conn.
Temperance Gray, mar. Hezekiah M. Coley, Dec. 5, 1830,
and d. Jan. 12, 1864, leaving two daughters, Anna B.,
and Marv E., both unmarried and living at the old home-
stead of Elijah Gray, Westport, Conn.
Sturges Gray d. in the city of New York, leaving two child-
ren, Henry and Eliza, who removed to western New York.

Jeremiah Gray lived and died in New York; had 5 daughters;
Sarah, who mar. Eben Redfield, of CHnton, Conn., where a son
Charles now resides; Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Stone, and
Henrietta, Mary and Almira.

Elijah Gray settled in Lansinburgh, N. Y. Not traced.
Samuel Gray, son of Elijah, mar. Hannah Ogden, of Dutch-
ess Co., N. Y., and had three sons. Nelson, and Wakeman, who
died young, and Solomon, who married Priscilla M. Smith, of
Greenfield Hill, Conn., May 20, 1834, and had five daughters:
Mary W., b. March 15, 1836, d. Jan. 15, 1840; Charlotte A., b.
Jan. 21, 1839; Mary Eliza and Eleanor Wakeman Gray, twins,
b. July 23, 1 85 1, the former of whom mar. John W. Hurlbutt
and has two daughters, Mary M., and Estelle C, and the latter,
Eleanor W., married Edward Wheeler, June 11, 1874, and has
Minnie E., Julia M., and Edward Gray Wheeler, all of whom
reside in Westport, Conn.; Harriet F. Gray, mar. Geo. A. Wood,
Sept. 24, 187 1, and had Julia M., dec'd, and Georgia A. Wood.
Eliza W. Gray, only daughter of Samuel Gray, married Lewis
Adams, and lives in Rome, Peoria Co., 111. Has had a son,
killed on the R. R., and two daughters, both married. Her
mother, the widow of Samuel Gray, resided with her, and died
there in 1874. Solomon Gray died Apr. 23, 1870.

Walter Gray, son of Elijah, d. in Westport leaving six child-
ren: Henry, John, Jane, who mar. a Mr. Smith, Elijah, Jeremi-
ah, and Esther M.

Solomon Gray, son of Elijah, mar. Abigail Thorpe of Green's
Farms, April, 1820; he d. March 20, 1830; she d. Sept. 30th,
1862. Issue:

Eliphalet Gray, b. Jan. lo, 182 1; mar. Harriet B. Coley,
May 22, 1848; issue: Annie A. Gray, b. Sept. 21, 1850,
mar. Wm. H. Bradley, May 22, 1879. Maurice Gray,
b. Oct. 7, 1854, d. Nov. 25, 1874. Residence, Westport.

Esther Burr Gray, b. March 6, 1823; mar. Austin Godfrey,
Nov. 30, 1847.

Mary Gray, b. Nov. 25, 1826, mar. John Gray, May 21,
1869.

Abbie a. Gray, b. March 30, 1830; mar. Horace B. Coley,
Oct. 18, 1863; d. Nov. 27, 1879.

Eleanor W. Gray, b. Dec. 29, 1833; mar. Horace B. Coley
Dec. 12, 1880.

Hezekiali Gray, youngest son of Elijah, died at West Point,
N. Y., leaving eight children: Sturges, Sarah, Elijah, who resides
at Fairfield, Conn., Mary, Henry, Eunice, George, and Rhoda
Gray.

John Gray, son of Nathan, married Eunice Morehouse, at
Weston, Conn., Feb. 4, 1774. He d. 1817; she d. April, 1837.
Issue:

Deborah Gray, b. Apr. 5, 1775; married Sam'l Meeker,
March 5, 17983 she d. Oct. 2, 1839; a son Alva, d.
Mary Gray, b. May 14, 1779; d. Mar. 13, 1785.
Anna Gray, b. Feb. 13, 1783; married Joseph Rowland,
Dec. 6, 181 2; she d. 1843; had a son Joseph, who
d. in Brooklyn, Jan'y 1886, and left two daughters,
Anna and Lena.

John Gray, Jr., b. Sept. i, 1785; married Abigail Coley,
May 3d, 1813; had three daughters: Mary, who
mar. Thos. Goodsell, is a widow, two sons, John, d.,
and Heman; Deborah, who mar. Lewis Bradley, is a
widov/, six children, Randolph, d., Mary, John, Car-
oline, Anna, and Lewis, who d. Jan., 1884; Eliza,
who mar. Henry M. Sherwood of Chicago, and has
a daughter, Grace Sherwood.
Morehouse Gray, b. Dec. 22, 1787; married Clarissa Hoyt,
May 4, 181 7; d. Aug., 1825; left two children:

Frederick Gray, now living at Southbury, Conn., b.
1822, mar. Harriet Tuttle; three children: Cyrus,
Anna and Martha.
Anna Gray, who mar. Geo. Mumford, of New York;
is a widow; children: Oliver, Laura and Mary.
Alva Gray, b. May 4, 1796.

ALVA GRAY.

Alva Gray, youngest son of John Gray, married Sarah C.
Wakeman, Feb. 17, 1823, and died at Westport, Conn., July 3,
1876. The following sketch of his life is from the local paper
of that date: "Alva Gray was born May 4, 1796, in that part
of Westport called Coley town, which formed a part of this town
at its origin; he was therefore a native of Westport. With the
advantages which a common school afforded, he surpassed his
schoolmates in study. His first noticeable political action was
as one of the leaders in districting the State Senatorially, which
he followed indefatigably until it was accomplished. As in this
work, so in all things, throughout his life, his characteristics were
energy and firmness. He was distinguished for a strong, com-
prehensive and vigorous intellect. The mastery of his profes-
sion, and his high position socially and politically, were acliiev-
ed by his strong will and efforts. He scorned deceit, and dili-
gently sought for truth. He was strictly honest, and whenever
he had fixed his opinion he was immovable as the everlasting
hills. So long as the party he represented was in power in this
town, he did more for the financial prosperity of the town than
any one man had done before his time, and it must be conceded
by all who knew him that his watchfulness of public affairs has
surpassed that of all others. In fact, the condition of our town
affairs never were so clearly and satisfactorily represented to the
taxpayers as when under his administration as Selectman.

" He had been for many years one of the most capable Coun-
ty Surveyors in the State. During more than forty years' prac-
tice he had surveyed every acre of ground in Westport, and had
become so familiar with the history of farms, and home lots, as
to make any decision he might be called on to pronounce, final.
He was for many years the oldest Director in the Southport
Bank. His natural talent would have made him one of the
most prominent civil officers in the State, had it not been for his
remarkable fixedness of opinion. Though identified with no
church, and making no public profession of rehgion, the world
accepted him as an upright, good man. In many respects West-
port has met with an irreparable loss in the death of Mr. Gray."

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DESCENDANTS OF ALVA GRAY.

Elizabeth Gray, b. Jan. 12, 1824, d. March 26, 1868.
Edward Gray, b. Oct. 10, 1826, lost at sea, Apr. 17, 1842.
John H. Gray, b. Sept. 18, 1829, mar. Frances L. Wells,

Oct. 13, 1859; his only child, Elizabeth, d. June 14,

1885; he d. April 18, 1876.
Frances A. Gray, b. Feb. 14, 1833, resides atWestport.
Sarah A. Gray, b. Sept. 3, 1837; d Oct. 24, 1843.

Solomon Gray, son of Nathan, mar. Ann Disbrow, at Green's
Farms, Feb. 18, 1762.

Gideon Gray, son of Nathan, married Anne, and had a dau.
Anne bapt. Jan. 7, 1776.

Daniel Gray, son of Nathan, was probably the Daniel wlio
married Prudence Waterbury at Stamford, Nov. 15, 1765, and
had Mary, b. May 18, 1767; Prudence, b. Dec. 16, 1772, who
mar. Henry Whitney at Darien, Conn., Jan. 8, 1789, and d. at
Gt. Barrington, Mass., Dec. 11, 1822, and other children. He
was a prominent citizen of Stamford, and a member of the Com.
of Public Safety during a part of the Revolutionary period.

Eliphalet Gray, son of Nathan, had a daughter Lydia, and a
daughter who married a Mr. Brown, both of whom lived and
died in Belcherto\vn, Mass.

JACOB GRAY,

Jacob Gray, son of Henry Gray (i), deeded land in Fairfield
May 15, 1679, "which hath been legally given him by his grand-
father, William Frost." He also deeded land to his daughter
Rebekah, March 17, i6qo. Jacob Gray, Jr., sold land in Fair-
field date of Jan. 21, 1708, and then the records show that
Jacob Gray gave land to his son Joseph in 1708. This Joseph
is believed to have removed at an early day to Newtown, and
to have been the Joseph Gray who was Selectman of that town
in 1 7 13, and the ancestor of many Grays in that vicinity whose
lineage, owing to the meagre town and church records, it is im-
possible to satisfactorily trace. The records of Fairfield further
show that " Sarah Gray, relict of Jacob Gray, died in Stratford,
Dec. 16, 1 7 16."

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JACOB GRAY, (2).

Jacob Gray (2), according to the old records of the Greenfield
Hill Parish, there entered into covenant and was baptized June
5, 1726, his wife Hannah having united with that church Apr. i,
1722. On June 12, 1726, the Sunday following his admission
to church membership, their children were baptized, as follows,
the first three being classed as adults:

Nathaniel Gray.

Sarah Gray.

John Gray, b. 1708.

James Gray, b. 17 10.

Jacob Gray, Jr., b. 1712.
' RoBENA Gray.

Eunice Gray.

Mary Gray, bapt. March 16, 1728.
John Gray, son of Jacob (2), married Hannah Scribner, Sept.
19, 1730. They removed to Redding at an earlv day, where
some of their children were born, and where he died May 10,
1755, as the record says, "aged about 47 years." Issue:

Ann Gray, b. Aug. 2, 1732.

John Gray, Jr., b. Feb. 17, 1734.

Stephen Gray, b. Dec. 7, 1735.

Abraham Gray, b. June 22, 1737.

Hezekiah Gray, b. Oct. i, 1738.

Nathaniel Gray, b. July 20, 1741.

Hannah Gray, b. June 25, 1744.

Abigail Gray, b. Dec. 28, 1745.

Joseph Gray, b. July 7, 1753.

Eunice Gray, b. Dec. 21, 1754.
Ann Gray married Timothy Hull of Redding.
John Gray (2) was married to Ruama Barlow, at Redding,
Aug. 7, 1759. He was Collector in that town 1768, and Se-
lectman for years 1777 and 1783. He d. Oct. 25, 1793. Issue:
Eunice Gray, b. Mar. 15, 1760.
Joel Gray, b. July 27, 1763, mar. Phebe Smith, Mar. 18,

1784, and had Eunice Gray b. Feb. 24, 1785, and Sam'l

Smith Gray b. Aug. i, 1797, who resided in Redding,

where he had a large tarm, although engaged for a time

in business in the city of New York. Samuel Smith had

William Gray, who resides in Redding, Samuel, of Dan-
bury, and Charles Gray of New Haven. Joel Gray made

will in favor of his son Samuel, 1826.

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Stephen Gray, son of John (i), married Sarah Ferry, Sept. 3,
1758; had a dau. Huldah b. Nov. g, 1760, also a son Stephen
Gray, Jr., who mar. Annis Boughton, Nov. 1792, and had Uriah
Gray, b. June, 1793, and Ann. Uriah mar. Fanny Lockwood,
and died in Redding March 10, 1832. His son, WilUam Lock-
wood Gray, b. Jan. i, 1818, went to sea, 1834, and has not since
been heard from. Stephen Gray lived and died in the town of
Redding.

Abraham Gray, son of John (i), removed to Ridgebury in the
town of Ridgefield, Conn., where he married Mary Keeler, and
died Sept. 13, 1776, without issue. His name appears on the
Patriot list signed at the Oblong the year previous, 1775.

Hezekiah Gray lived for a time at Ridgebury, and afterwards
at Danbury, where his name and that of Thankful, his wife, ap-
pear frequently in the real estate records up to 1786, when they
removed to Great Barrington, Mass., and were for several years
at a place called "Seekonk," a little to the westward of the be-
forementioned town, and lived adjoining the residence of Rev.
Jeduthan Gray, a name prominently mentioned elsewhere in
this record. From thence they removed to Chenango Co., N. Y.,
where all trace of them was lost. They are not beheved to have
had descendants.

Nathaniel Gray, son of John (i), married Hannah Boughton,
of Ridgefield. He held the commission of Lieutenant in the
war of the Revolution, and was killed in the battle at Ridgefield,
April 23d, 1777, at the time of Gov. Tryon's tory raid on Dan-
bury. All honor to the memory of the brave Lieutenant
Nathaniel Gray. He left a daughter Hannah who mar. Samuel
Eells, born at Canaan, Conn., Apr. 13, 1770, and removed to
Walton, N. Y., 1809, and had Nathaniel Gray Eells, who was in
the war of 181 2, and mar. Betty St. John Sept. 21, 181 7, and
Hannah Gray Eells, who mar. Thaddeus Seymour St. John, at
Walton, June 7, 1818.

Isaac Gray and Nathan Gray, Jr., sons of Nathan, as appears
on page 219, were residents of Redding and Ridgefield, at an
early day, and doubtless had families, though they can not be
clearly traced on the records, and their descendants definitely
determined.

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JOSEPH GRAY.

Joseph Gray, youngest son of John (i), was less than two
years old at the death of his father, but he grew up to a sturdy
manhood and took an active part in affairs, as the records of
Ridgefield give evidence. He was also a Soldier of the Revolu-
tion, and accompanied Arnold in the perilous march through
the wilderness, participating in the hardships of that expedi-
tion. He married Lydia Keeler, by whom he had seven child-
ren. He died Oct. 7, 1833, and his wife Lydia, d. Nov. 7, 1839,
aged 82 years. Issue:

Abraham Gray, b. Dec. 15, 1781.

Anna Gray.

Hannah Gray.

Nathaniel Gray, b. March 19, 1795.

Polly Gray.

Sally Gray.

John Collins Gray, b. Oct. 2, 1802.

ABRAHAM GRAY.

Abraham Gray, eldest son of Joseph, married Anna Starr, of
Danbury, Conn., and soon after, in 1809, removed to Mamaka-
ting, Sullivan Co., N. Y., where most of their children were
born. In 1825 they moved to the then far west, settling at
Clarksfield, Huron Co., Ohio. There he bought a farm, but
still worked at his trade of shoe-making. He died May 6, 1842,
and she died July 20, 1844. Issue:

Smith S. Gray, b. May 31, 1807, d. Mar. 13, 1859.

Pamelia Gray, b. July 3, 1809, d. Sept 13, 1817.

Erastus Gray, b. Sept. 12, 1810.

Peter S. Gray, b. Dec. 22, 181 2, d. Apr. 4, 1884.

Deborah Gray, b. Nov. 9, 18 14, d. Sept. 12, 1884.

Lydia Gray, b. Feb. i, 1817, d. July 13, 1885.

Pamelia Ann Gray, b. Mar. 8, 1819, d. July 2, 1877.

Sarah Gray, b. Mar. 22, 1821, d. Mar. 4, 1858.

Samuel Gray, b. Dec. 15, 1823.

Hiram H. Gray, b. May 25, 1827.

Orlando Gray, b. Feb. 5, 1829, d. Mar. 21, 1829.

Harriet Eliza Gray, b. Dec. 15, 1831, d. June 3, 1837.

Erastus Gray mar, Mrs. EHza Parker, 1867; has no children;
resides in Norwalk, Ohio.

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Deborah Gray married Edward E. Hasted, Dec. 15, 1831,
and had ten children, of whom seven are hving, as follows: Ed-
win G., J. Franklin, Emma Gray, (now Mrs. Baker), Wm. M.,
and E. Le Grand Husted, Postmaster of that city, are all of
Norwalk, Ohio; Palmer E. Husted, of Wellington, O., and Ella
J., of Morgan Park, 111. Mr. Husted was b. in Danbury, Conn.,
Dec. 13, 1805, and d. in Norwalk, O., Dec. 24, 1878.

Samuel Gray, son of Abraham, resides in Clarksfield, Huron
Co., Ohio.

Hiram Gray, son of Abraham, lives at Emporia, Kansas.
The neglect to answer letters of inquiry accounts for the lacking
records of the families of the brothers Hiram and Samuel Gray,
which, as in many other cases, is cause for regret.

Anna Gray, daughter of Joseph, married Thomas St. John,
who was Member of the Legislature from his town for the years
1832 and 1833, and died March 4th, 1848. They had a son,
Samuel Sidney St. John, born at Ridgebury, Sept. 6, 1806. He
graduated at Columbia College, N. Y., and mar. Lucy A. Brush,
of Ridgebury, and had three children: Thomas P., John W.,
and Man.' A. St. John. Thomas P. graduated from Columbia
College 1848, and was Member of Assembly from N. Y. cit}' in
1851, and '52; d. Oct. 13, 1865. John W. died in Ridgefield.
Mary A. mar. Smith G. Hunt of Brewster, N. Y., and has two
children: Sidney St. John Hunt, and Emeline Keeler Hunt, who
is a student at Vassar College.

Hannah Gray, daughter of Joseph, born in Ridgebury, Conn.,
July 4, 1792, married Zina St. John, Dec. 15, 1811; he d. at
Leona, Mich., June 20, 1857; she d. at same place, Nov. 5, 1855.
Issue: Polly, b. Nov. g, 1812, d. Jan. 28, 1884, Lockport, N. Y.;
Ann, b. July 13, 1814, d. at Leona, Mich., Apr. 26, 1848; Da-
rius, b. Jan. 26, 1 81 6; Samuel, b. Jan. 29, 18 19, d. Apr. 3, 1884,
at Leona, Mich.; Smith, b. July 21, 1820; Hannah, b. Oct. 16,
1 82 1, d. Feb. 10, 1 831; Caroline, b. Jan. 21, 1824, mar. Mr.
Gregory of Lockport, N. Y.; Timothy, b. Mar. 17, 1825; Betsey,
d.; Chloe; Cynthia; Jason, b. May 7, 1832, married his cousin,
Julia Potter, Jan. 4, 1856, and resides at Hammonton, N. J.;
and Hannah E., who d. Jan. 3, i860.

228.

NATHANIEL GRAY.

Nathaniel Gray, son of Joseph, married MilUe A. Case, June
26, 1818, she b. May 13, 1801. He d. at Mill Plain, Conn.,
July 7, 1882] she d. at Brewster, N. Y., Mar. i, 1883. They
had lived together 64 years. Issue:

H. Weston Gray, d. in California, 1852, aged 30.
Abram Gray, b. 1826, mar. Clarissa Segur, and had
Welford a. Gray, and
Alfred S. Gray.
Abram Gray d. in Mill Plain, Aug. 20, 1859.

Gabriel S. Gray, son of Nathaniel, mar. S. Betsey Gardner;

no children; resides in Danbury.
Mary E. Gray, dau. of Nathaniel, mar. Rev. F. Kratz, Bap-
tist clergyman, now located at Hagadorn Mills, Saratoga
Co., N. Y.
Hattie E. Gray, dau. ot Nathaniel, mar. Benj. C. Norris;
had a son, Weston G. Norris, who d. 1869, and a daugh-
ter, Mamie C; reside at New Preston, Conn.

Polly Gray, daughter of Joseph, mar. Minor Potter of Litch-
field, Conn., May 24, 1841, and had Garry, Lydia, and Sally.
Also Julia Potter, who mar. Jason St. John, and Minor Potter.

Sally Gray mar. William Grannis of Litchfield, Conn,, and had
Jason, Sidney, Aaron, Joseph, Lydia, and Dr. John Grannis, of
Saybrook, Conn.

JOHN C. GRAY.

John C. Gray, son of Joseph, mar. Eliza Case, May 4, 1825,
who was a sister of his brother Nathaniel's wife, and born at
Cornwall, N. Y., 1804. He died at Mill Plains, Conn., May 29,
1872, where she still resides. Issue:

Henry C. Gray, b. June 4, 1827; mar. to Harriet M. Lessey,
Nov. 2, 1859; residence, Danbury, Conn.; children:
Hattie Gray, b. Nov. 9, 1862.
John H. C. Gray. b. March 4, 1875.
Lucy Ann Gray, b. June i, 1832, d. Sept. 24, 1833.
Mary E. Gray, b. Aug. 19, 1834; mar. F. D. Hamilton, and
d. Nov. 29, 1 881; no children.

Watson C. Gray, b. July 6, 1836, mar. Sarah M. Peck, Jan.
10, 1867; residence, Danbury. Issue:
Jennie Gray, b. May 17, 1868.

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James Gray, son of Jacob (2), mar. Sarah Gilbert, at Green-
field Hill Parish, May, 1733. Issue:

James Gray, Jr., b. Feb. 18, 1736.

IcHABOD Gray, b. Mar. 30, 1739.

Sarah Gray, b. Apr. 19, 1742.

Jane Gray, b. Nov. 28, 1744.

Jacob Gray, bapt. in Redding, Feb. 10, 1754.

James Gray, (i), removed to Redding, and his widow, Sarah
Gray, sold a dwelling and land there Feb. i, 1783. He had
made a will date of 1778. The inventory of the estate of his
son Ichabod, of Newtown, who left a son Nathaniel, was filed
1771.

James Gray (2), mar. Assena , Mar. 27, 1760; mar. 2d

Mehitable Turner, 1764.

Sarah Gray, dau. of Jacob (2), mar. John Byington, Nov. 16,
1763.

JACOB GRAY, (3).

Jacob Gray (3), and Naomi his wife, "renewed covenant" at
the Greenfield Hill Parish Church, Aug. 13, 1738, and the rec-
ord of their children appears there as follows:

Seth Gray, bapt. Jan. 8, 1738.
Jacob Gray, bapt. July 12, 1744.
RouL Gray, b. Aug. 4, 1747.
(By his second wife, widow of Beebe Mills:)
Daniel Gray, b. May 2, 1762.
Naomi Gray, b. March 4, 1764.
Jacob Gray, b. Oct. 2, 1768.
Jacob Gray (3), d. Dec. 26, 1772, "aged about three score
and one year."

Jacob Gray, son of James (i), was probably the Jacob Gray
who was captured at Danbury at the time of Gov. Tryon's tory
incursion in 1777.

Seth Gray and Sarah his wife, "renewed covenant" Dec. 12,
1762. He had married Sarah Mills, and had:

William Gray, b. April 5, 1784.

Joseph Gray.

Levi Gray.

Eunice, Abigail, Sarah, and Huldah Gray.

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William Gray, son of Seth, b. in Newtown, Conn., mar. Hannah
Brintonell, in Salisbury, Jan. 7, 1806, and died March 21, 1853.
Had a son William Kirtland Gray, b. in Newtown, Conn., Jan.
13, 1807, who mar. Sarah Pease, 1838, and d. in Jan'y, 1870.
Issue: Wm. K.Gray, b. 185 1, who resides at West Stratford,
and James M. Gray, b. 1861, who lives at Lakeport, Conn.

Hannah Maria Gray, daughter of William and Hannah Brin-
tonell Gray, was born at Salisbury, Conn., Apr. 30, 181 3; mar-
ried to Franklin Parsons, Oct. 9, 1839; residence, Ashley Falls,
Berkshire Co., Mass.

Sarah Eloise Gray, daughter of William, b. Aug. 12, 181 8,
married to Jarvis Jones, Jan. 7, 1840, d. at Ashley Falls, Mass.,
Apr. 3, 1878.

James Madison Gray, son of William, b. July 7, 1820, mar.
Henrietta Thomas, in 1844, and d. in California, April, 1879.

Joseph had a daughter Sally who married a Mr. Sheapard,
and resided in Newtown, Conn.

Levi Gray had a daughter Fanny, who married a Mr. Wood-
ruff, of Bridgeport. George W. Gray, son of Levi, lived in
West Bridgeport, Conn., and had sons Mills, Theodore, and
George Gray, Jr. Levi also had a son Brazilla, who resides at
Ansonia, Conn., and a son Aaron, who removed to a place now
called Gray's Landing, in Pennsylvania, and died there,

Beebe Mills Gray, son of Levi, married a Miss Sherman, and
had a daughter Julia, who married W. S. Adams, of Stratford,
Conn., and a son, Geo. S. Gray, who mar. Anna Maria Adams, of
Stepney Depot, Conn., and has a son.

Frank S. Gray, mar. Libbie C. Cog swell, Apr. 22, 1875; had
Harry E. Gray, b. Jan. 27, 1876,
Miriam C. Gray, b. May 12, 1881.

Frank S. Gray has resided at Sheffield, Mass., and been R. R.
Station Agent at that place.

Beebe Mills Gray still survives at the age of 90 years.

Daniel Gray, son of Jacob (3) by his second marriage, was a
soldier of the Revolution, and moved to Ballston, Saratoga Co.,
N. Y., in 1802; afterwards lived in Schenectady Co., and in
Sullivan, Madison Co., N. Y., and in 1826 returned to Ballston.

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The following additional memoranda concerning the Fairfield
Grays was received too late for proper classification:

The wdfe of Hezekiah Gray, son of John (i), who was a son of
Jacob (3), who has been mentioned, proves to have been Thank-
ful Hoyt, the daughter of Jonathan Hoyt of Danbury.

Hiram H. Gray, son of Abraham, son of Joseph, son of John
(i), sends the following: "I was born in Clarksfield, O., May
25, 1827. Was married to Jane Rogers, June 7, 1848; a son
Ralph b. Dec. 9, 1849, who d. in Oct. 1850. RoUin M., born
June 13, 1856, mar. Dora McMillan, Dec. 27, 1876. Removed
from Ohio to Kansas, in 1857, and took up Government land
near Emporia, where I have since continued to reside, and the
following additions have been made to my family: CoraB., born
Jan. 6, i860, and mar. to A. P. Chance, Apr. 5, 1881; Frank E.
Gray, b. Aug. 26, 1861, and mar. to Dora Wilhite, Nov. 21,
1882, and has a daughter Jennie, b. Nov. 16, 1883; Laura A.,
b. Jan. 12, 1864; and Kate M. Gray, b. Dec. 26, 1866."

Elijah Gray, of Southport, Conn., writes that his father, Hez-
ekiah, son of Elijah, who was the son of Nathan, was twice mar-
ried; first, to Rodak Sturges; 2d, to Eliza Loveless; he, Elijah,
being the eldest son by the second wife, and born Oct. 25, 1821.
Hezekiah Gray was accidentally killed at West Point, Feb. 28,
1829. Elijah Gray reports five sons and five daughters, not giv-
ing their names.

Mrs. Jane A. Smith, daughter of Walter Gray, son of Elijah,
son of Nathan, writes that her father married Anna Archer of
Norwalk, and had Henry Gray, born Nov. 28, 181 1, and died in
1868, leaving a son Walter, who lives at Westport. John Archer
Gray was b. Apr. 6, 18 14. Jane A., was born Dec. 4, 181 6, and
mar. Francis Smith, Feb. 16, 1841, who d. Nov. 5, 1863. Es-
ther Mary, b. Nov. 5, 182 1, d. May 22, 1847. Elijah, b. Feb.
14, 1829. Jeremiah, b. June 2, 1831, d. Aug., 1872. Mrs. S.
states that her father's brother Elijah, who removed to Lansing-
burgh, N. Y., had a son Walter.

Abigail Gray, daughter of Elijah, who mar. David Lockwood,
had David Benjamin Lockwood, b. Jan. 7, 1827, who mar. Car-
oline Ameha Redfield, Jan. 11, 1856; she d. Nov. 5, 1865. Is-

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sue: Alice Redfield Lockwood, who mar. Chas. H. Baker, 1880;
and Lester Burchard Lockwood. He mar. 2d, Lydia Ellen Nel-
son, of New York, by whom were Harriet Eugene Lockwood,
Lucy Betty Josephine Lockwood, and Sidney Nelson Lockwood.
D. B. Lockwood graduated at the Wesleyan University, in 1849,
admitted to the practice of the law 185 1, has been Judge of the
City Court of Bridgeport, twice a member of the State Legisla-
ture, and City Attorney of Bridgeport.

AThaddeus Gray, b. May 12, 1778, who lived in Brookfield,
Conn., mar. Huldah Lobdell, and had Abigail, b. Feb. 15, born
15, 1807, who mar. Henry May, and had two sons, William,
who mar. Belle Mills, and Julius, dec'd; she d. Feb. 19, 1882;
John C. Gray, b. 181 1, who mar. Mary Ann Lobdell and had
two sons, one living, Henry C, who mar. Henrietta Lessey, and
has three daughters; Mary E. Gray, b. March 21, 18 18, mar.
Charles Dauchy, 1845, and resides at Southville, Conn.; has no
children. Thaddeus Gray d. 1848; Huldah his wife d. 1847.
Thaddeus had a brother, Deacon Isaac Gray, who has a son
Hiram living in New Haven, Conn.

There was a John Gray who mar. Esther Davis in Redding,
Oct. 17, 1790, and had Sally, Laura, and Joel Gray.

A Justus Gray mar. Rachel Weed in Redding, Jan. 16, 1780,
and had Eli, Edward, and Alfred Gray.

Anne Maria Gray, of Bridgeport, is the widow of a Joseph
Gray b. at Weston, Conn., 1805, and who d. May 15, 1827.

A Daniel Gray and wife were admitted to the church at Red-
ding in 1742, who were doubtless of the Fairfield Grays, though
the connection does not appear. 'Hiey had a son James bap-
tized May 8, 1743, who married Mabel Phinney, Feb. 9, 1764,
who had Jerry Gray, b. Jan. 11, 1765, Mabel, b. Nov. 29, 1766,
and Betsey, b. Oct. 9, 1773.

William Gray of Eastchester, Westchester Co., N. Y., to whom
reference has been made, was a tory, and after the Revolution
removed to New Brunswick, where he was a magistrate. He
died in 1824, aged 96 years, which would make his birth as of
1728. He was doubtless the grandson of the William Gray who
was a son of Henry Gray (i) of Fairfield, Conn.

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Nathaniel Gray, son of Jacob (2), liad Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29,
1730; Abigail, b. Aug. 5, 1731; and Ebenezer, b. May 4, 1735;
all of Greenfield Hill Parish, Conn.

Naomi, wife of Jacob Gray (3), d. Oct. 20, 1759, ^"^^ ^^^ "^^r-
2d, Abigail Mills, widow of Beebe Mills, July 27, 1760; he d.
Apr. 22, 1776, in his 64th year.

Seth Gray, son of Jacob (3), was mar. to Sarah Mills of Green-
field Hill, June 23, 1762, at which time the record says he was
of Redding. He died in Monroe, Conn. His brother Jacob,
and his half brother Jacob both d. young; his brother Roul not
traced. Further statistics of the descendants of Seth are here
presented:

A daughter of his son William married Harlow Benedict and
resides in Newtown, Conn.

Huldah, dau. of Seth, mar. Isaac Crofoot and d. Homer, N. Y.

Abigail, dau. of Seth, mar. Joshua Tongue, of Newtown, and
had Norman, Emory, Amasa, Orrin, Nelson, George, Deborah,
Hannah and Minerva Tongue.

Joseph Gray, son of Seth, had Burton Gray, who has a dau.
Mrs. E. M. Peck, of Newtown; Shelton Gray; Talman Gray,
who mar. Nancy Shepard, and had a daughter, Mrs. Hawley
Jennings, of Newtown, and a son Abel Bennett Gray, b. at New-
town, March 4, 1831, who mar. Ellen Keeler, at Danbury, and
had Agnes Keeler Gray, b. Jan. 22, 1868. Joseph also had
Abel, Sally, who mar. Mr. Shepard; Jane, Semantha, and Nancy,
who has a dau., Mrs. Clark Blackman, residing in Newtown.

Isaac Gray, son of Nathan, son of Isaac, son of Henry (2),
has been mentioned as having lived in Ridgefield and Redding,
'■'descendants not traced." Long delayed response to inquiries
has elicited the information that he was probably the ancestor of
Grays who resided in Brookfield, Conn. The last mention of
him in the Redding records is of the date 1776, and he next ap-
pears in Danbury as having purchased real estate in that town in
1786, and the records show that Isaac Gray of Brookfield, sold
said land in Danbury in 1808. Now it appears that Isaac Gray
of Brookfield had the following children: Thaddeus, b. 1778,
whose family is given on a preceding page; Samuel, who mar.

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Miss Williams of Philadelphia, and had two daughters; Hannah,
who mar. John Alexander and had a son; Lucy, who married a
Mr. Bamum, and had sons and daughters; and Isaac Gray, who
mar. Peninah Hurd, and had five sons: Curtis W., who removed
to Mich.; Edwin F., who removed to Pownal, Vt., and had Cur-
tis W., Jr., Walter F., and Hiram A., Jr.; Hiram A., who resides
at New Haven, Conn.; Isaac C, who lived in Mich., and has a
grandson John P.; Abel H. Gray.

Wm. Bennett Gray, son of Daniel and Sally Brush Gray, was
born in Brookfield, Conn., Dec. 29, 1805, and mar. Mary Wild-
man; resided at 115 East 2gth St., N. Y.

Benjamin Bulkley Gray, b. at Wilton, Conn., Jun. 9, 1784, mar.
Matilda Baxter, and had Benjamin Bulkley, Jr., b. at North Sa-
lem, N. Y., June 9, 1824, who d. Oct. 25, 1844; Harriet, who
mar. Mr. Riggs, and Ann Gray.

Daniel and Prudence Waterbury Gray, of Stamford, Conn.,
had in addition to the two daughters already named, the follow-
ing sons: James, b. March 24, 1769; Philip, b. Nov. 24, 1770,
mar. Hannali Matthews and had Wm. M., b. Feb. 26, 1792, and
Mary and Eleanor; Daniel, b. Sept. 22, 1774; George Washing-
ton, born Nov. 20, 1776. The above James Gray mar. Elizabeth
Osborn at Weston, Conn., Nov. 5, 1789, and had Hannah, born
July 5, 1790; Lewis B. Gray, b. Sept. 7, 1793; Clarissa, and
Molly. Lewis B. Gray, Jr., of Huntington, Conn., is probably
son of above.

Joseph Gray of Stamford, mar. Hannah Leeds, and had Al-
fred, b. Aug. 26, 1793, Wm. Leeds b. June 24, 1796, Joseph,
Hannah, Molly, and Elizabeth.

Isaac Gray of Stamford, mar. Polly Gorham, and had Stephen,
b. Oct. 25, 1802, Isaac, b. Oct. 10, 1805, Alfred, b. Sept. 19,
181 1; Henry, b. SepL 25, 1815, and Jane, Elizabeth.

Nehemiah Gray and Sarah his wife, renewed covenant at the
Greenfield Hill Church, Feb. 14,17 68, but no further trace of
them was found.

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A final search of the Greenfield Hill Parish records revealed
a long sought fact, which had hitherto eluded the most pains-
taking research in various directions, viz: the date of marriage,
and full name of the first wife of Elias Gray, son of William (3),
there recorded: " Elias Gray of Green's Farms, and Eunice
Allen, married Nov. 27, 1766." This discovery will be of es-
pecial interest to their numerous descendants.

What became of the descendants of John Gray, brother of
Henry (i), for the will of his father-in-law, William Frost, dis-
tinctly specifies that he had at least two children, is not herein
clearly apparent. There are here and there scattering, detached
branches that cannot otherwhere be traced, neither can they be
directly traced there. There was a Daniel Gray, a possible son
of John, in Darien, which adjoins Fairfield, as early as 1660,
and there was a Hugh Gray in Milford, Conn., prior to 1711.
There were Grays on Long Island at an early date, a John Gray
who had mar. Hannah, having d. at Jamaica, in 1724, and there
were Grays at Newtown, L. I. There having been emigrations
from Fairfield in that direction, the inference is strong that the
descendants of John, or at least some of them, may have gone
thither.

Miss Frances A. Gray, of Westport, states that there is a
very old memorial stone at Compo, (the early residence of the
Fairfield Grays,) near the shore of the Sound, which bears
tlie inscription of " Henry Gray, " and of a Mr. Frost, —
unquestionably that is the burial place of the ancestors of this
line, and a most interesting spot which should be rescued from
threatened oblivion.

It would have been a pleasure to have given a more full and
complete record of the Fairfield Grays if it had been practica-
ble to have done so. The facts presented, however, have been
obtained at no little expenditure and labor in research. A lack
of prompt response has added largely to the difficulties in the
way.

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The ancestry of the following highly interesting and vigorous
branch of the Gray family, has been to the writer an object of
long and exhaustive research. Sometimes the hunt has seeme d
to turn in one direction, and then again in another, but stead-
fastly the quest has been pursued. All inquiry as to the early
home of the four brothers, Isaac, Aaron, Elijah and Daniel, who
migrated to Vermont from Connecticut near the close of the
eighteenth century, brought responses pointing in the direction
of "the vicinity of Danbury." Unfortunately the records at that
place were burned at the time of the Tryon tory raid in 1777,
and a search made there, and in all the towns adjoining, failed
of the desired result; no trace was found of the ancestry of this
family. Some of the early church and town records are defi-
cient, or have been destroyed, and when that is the case, and
family records also fail, only circumstantial evidence and con-
jecture remain. A communication from Col. E. B. Gray, a
grandson of Elijah, stated that his ancestor was from New Mil-
ford, in Litchfield Co., but only a little removed from Danbury.
Exaustive search there made of church and town records, and
of the town history revealed the fact that a Hugh Gray, of old
Milford, Conn., who had died prior to 17 13, was one of the
original proprietors of New Milford, but there was no evidence
that he had ever lived there, nor could anything further be found
concerning him or his descendants on the old Milford records.
There was a Jonathan Gray who was a non-commissioned officer
in a Company raised by Capt. Couch, attached to Col. Ward's
Regt., Feb. i, 1776, but no farther trace of him could be found.
And then, Clark Gray, one of the descendants of Isaac, says
that he has a strong impression that his great-grandfather, the
father of Isaac, Aaron, Elijah and Daniel, was named Elijah, of
which the perpetuation of the name in the family for succeeding
generations, is presumptive proof But only one Elijah Gray
appears in line as a Revolutionary soldier, and -lie removed al-
most beyond the range of probabilities in distant Lanesborough,
Berkshire Co., Mass. In New Milford, died Oct. 29, 1785,
Mary Gray Noble, wife of Nathan Noble son of John, she the
daughter of John and Phebe Gray of Provincetown, (Cape Cod)
Mass., born Jan. 13, 1726, married May 2, 1748, and united

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with the church at New Milford, Nov. 13, 1748. Hannah No-
ble, a sister of Nathan, married John Gray, then of Kent, and
doubtless a brother of Mary Gray who had married Nathan
Noble. Stephen Gray, a son of William Gray (2) of Fairfield,
was also for a time at least a resident of New Milford, having
purchased land there in 1761, which he re-sold in 1763, though
he may have remained there for a longer period. This, that all
the probabilities may be brought in view. To some of these
families it is quite reasonable to suppose these Grays to have
been akin. It is true there was a family of Yarmouth Grays
living at time on the Oblong, in the vicinity of Danbury, but no
connection with them was found, and on the other hand, their de-
scendants, living near each other at Dorset, Vt, disclaimed even
remote relationship. As to the John Gray who married Hannah
Noble, his children were John, Jr., Caleb and Benjamin, and the
family afterwards removed to Bennington, Vt. No record of the
children of the Stephen Gray referred to appears, and his age al-
most precludes the possibility of paternity in that connection. So
far then as names there appear, only Jonathan remains as a pos-
sible ancestor, but the indications are that he was of the Scotch-
Irish Worcester Grays, while they claim to be of English descent.
There is no mention of him other than that his name appears as a
Revolutionary soldier from that town, and it does not necessarily
follow that he had ever lived there. In fact, none of the brothers
Gray may ever have lived in New Milford except Elijah, whose
presence there is evidenced by the fact that a family bv the name
of Dunning was found among the early settlers there, of whom
was probably his wife. They may have been of Danbury, and
strong indications point in that direction. The Barnums, of
whom was Isaac's wife, were an old and numerous family there.
One branch of the Fairfield Grays had intermarried with them,
and why not another? Perhaps, they were of the branch of that
family that was early in Newtown, adjoining Danbury, but where
lost records prevent a trace. There are certainly marked indi-
cations in the similarity of names. It is a fairly reasonable
conjecture, but at the best it must be admitted that it is only
conjecture, and here the question is left for the future historian
to solve.

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AARON GRAY.

Bom in Connecticut, as is believed in the vicinity of Danbury,
1773, Aaron Gray was married to Hannah Higbee, at Dorset,
Vt, July 20, 1799. A daughter, Laura, was born at Charlotte,
Vt., July 13, 1803; twin sons. Orange and Orlin, were bom in
Dorset, June 15, 1805, both of whom died quite young; A. W.
Gray, born Sept. 30, 1810, and Dr. W. P. Gray, now of Dele-
van, Wis. Aaron Gray died at Middletown Springs, Vt., 1835.
Further particulars of his life will be found in the following bio-
grahical sketch of his son, A. W. Gray:

ALBERT W. GRAY.

The following sketch is from a biographical notice published:
" Albert W. Gray, atter a long sickness, died at his residence
in Middletown Springs, Vt, Oct. 26, 1885. He came of good
New England stock, struggled upward by his own unaided efforts,
and lived a long life full of hard work and practical usefulness.
He was born at Dorset, Vt, Sept. 30, 18 10, the son of Aaron
and Hannah Higby Gray. His father was born in Connecticut,
and with three brothers came to Dorset when the town was be-
ing settled. His grandfather was an officer in the revolution,
and was killed in the service. His mother was born in Hub-
bardton, and her father was one of the patriots of the Revolu-
tion, and took part in the battle of Hubbardton. Aaron Gray
moved with his family to Ohio when Albert was about nine years
old, but his wife died there, other misfortunes came, and in about
two years he returned to Dorset, and being very poor, sent Albert
to live with his uncle, Elijah, at Charlotte. Here Albert lived
until he was fifteen years old, when he was " bound out" as an
apprentice to Henry Gray, a relative Hving in Middletown, to
learn the wheelwright's trade. He served his time of five years,
and at the age of twenty went into business for himself His
diligence soon won success. He was known as a careful and ex-
cellent workman. He had an inclination and genius for invent-
ing, and gave much attention to the study and experimental ap-
plication of mechanical principles, at the cost of both time and
money. In 1836 he invented a corn sheller which was patented

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and put into use and ranked as one of the best in its day. In
1844 he invented a horsepower, 'which was perhaps as good as
anything in the Une then made. He had it patented, and built
a few machines, working in a small shop with one or two men
to help him, but it did not prove a great success. At about the
same time he invented a machine to make wrought iron nails,
said to be the first thing of the kind made in the world. But
Mr. Gray's crowning work as an inventor, v/as the improved
horsepower with which his name is associated wherever machines
of the kind are used, which he produced in 1856. Its merits
were such that it commanded a ready sale, and its manufacture
was a thriving business from the start. He bought a building in
1857, that had been used as a woolen mill, and fitted it up as a
factory. The business prospered, and the profits have since been
large and constant. His sons, Albert Y., and Leonidas, became
associated with him, and about ten years since he went out ot
active work, and his sons have since managed the business alone.
" Mr. Gray was always an active, energetic man, and his own
enterprises did not prevent his taking a lively interest in public
affairs. He held every office in the gift of his town, went to the
Legislature in 1866 and 1867, and was one of the eight repre-
sentatives from Rutland County in the Constitutional Conven-
tion in 1857. He discovered the mineral Springs at Middle-
town which served to make the place a sunimer resort, and so
indirectly, as well as directly, contributed as no other man has,
to the material growth of the town.

" Mr. Gray was twice married; the first time to Angeline
Skinner, by whom he had four children now living; two sons,
Leonidas, and Albert Y. Gray, of Middletown Springs, and
among the ablest and most active business men of Rutland Co.,
and two daughters, Mrs. O. C. Burritt of Hydeville, and Mrs.
John P. Clark, of Pawlet. For his second wife he married Martha
Holbrook of Sandy Hill, and by her leaves one daughter." Issue:

Abigail C. Gray, b. Apr. 28, 1833.

Leonidas Gray, b. Dec. 10, 1834.

JosEPHENE C. Gray, b. Aug. 27, 1838.

Albert Y. Gray, b. July 22, 1844.

Harriet M. Gray, b. July 6, 1849, d. Oct. 12, 1862.

Lizzie M. Gray, b. Dec. 21, 1881.

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LEONIDAS GRAY.

Leonidas Gray, senior member of the firm of A. W. Gray's
Sons, was born at Middletown Springs, Vt., Dec. 10, 1834, son
of Albert W., and Angeline Skinner Gray. His life presents an
example worthy of emulation by the youth of our country. His
early years were similar to those of many of the most successful
and eminent men of our time. Born to poverty, he was com-
pelled to lend a helping hand to his father in the struggle for the
support of the family, and as a consequence, his advantages for
education were limited. But this severe early discipline was
doubtless the foundation of all his success in life, and the step-
ping stone to his present high position among the prosperous
and prominent men of his State. During other years, leading
up to 1856, he was engaged in various work with his father,
including mill-wright and saw mill work, and this proved an ex-
cellent school of preparation for the important place he was
destined to occupy in the business that then commenced its slow
but sure growth. In 1856 he was admitted to a partnership
with his father, and they began the manufacture of their now
celebrated horse-powers and threshing machines, the perfection
of which has been gradual, the result of study and inventive
genius, and which stand to-day without a rival. The building
of these machines was, at first, necessarily slow, as most of the
work was done by hand. Tlie first manufactory was a room 1 6
by 34, which soon proved insufficient, and more room was from
time to time added, until now they find no unemployed space
in their immense building 95 feet wide by 175 feet long, four
stories, and ten other buildings used for forges, storage, &c., and
where more tread powers are manufactured than are made by
any other firm in the world, and their machines find a market in
all the grain growing countries of the world.

The honor for this large success is due first, to A. W. Gray,
for his great mechanical skill and inventive genius; second,
to Leonidas Gray, for perfect system adopted and still maintain-
ed in the conduct of the business. He has been the financier of
the concern from its beginning, and has conducted the affairs of
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hand. The firm continued as A. W. Gray & Son, until 1866,
when another son of the inventor, Albert Y. Gray, was admitted
to the partnership, and the firm name was changed to A. W.
Gray & Sons. This firm continued until 1875, when A. W. Gray
sold out his interest to his sons, and the firm name was again
changed, to A. W. Gray's Sons.

Mr. Gray has held the oftlce of Vice President of the National
Bank of Poultney, Vt., since its organization; he is also President
of the Gray National Bank of Middletown Springs, and was largely
instrumental in getting into operation the famous Monteith Ho-
tel. The Gray Brothers, wherever known, are highly esteemed,
and the community in which they live may well feel proud c^
two such energetic and enterprising men. They sympathize with
every proposition looking to the public good, and are liberal
patrons of every worthy object.

The life of the subject of this sketch, as will be seen, has al -
lowed him veiy little opportunity or time to take active part in
public affairs, had he been so incUned. He represented his
town however, in the State Legislature in 1880, that being the
only official position he has accepted from the hands of his fel-
low townsmen. Leonidas Gray has been twice married. His
first wife was Ellen Mosely, to whom he was married Sept. 12,
i860. She died in 1872, and he married 2d, Ahce Woodruff^
Dec. 15, 1875. Issue:

Francis L. Gray, b. Jan. 21, 1862.
Ellen Corinne Gray, b, July 28, 1863.
Ethel Mosely Gray, b. Aug. 29, 1867.
Albert Woodruff Gray, b. Dec. 13, 1881.

Francis L. Gray married Fanny L. Hastings, Nov. 13, 1884.
ALBERT Y. GRAY.

Much that has been said of his brother, Leonidas, may also
be said of Albert Y. Gray. He is Vice President of the Gray
National Bank, and has represented his town in the State Legis-
lature. He married Sarali A. Marshall, Dec. 12, 1867, and has
two daughters:

Sarah Angeline Gray, b. March 16, 1870.
Josephine Baker Gray, b. Feb. 25, 1874.

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Josephine C. Gray mar. John P. Clark, July 4, i860; issue:
Eva A., b. May 18, 1861; Emma A., b. Nov. 20, 1865; John
W. Clark, b. Mar. 31, 187 1.

Abigail C. Gray mar. Oscar C. Burritt, Dec. 25, 1855; issue:
Nelson, b. May 14, 1857; Oscar C, b. July 24, 1863; Bertha A.
and Bertha L., (twins,) b. Nov. 18, 1866; WilUam G., b. July 8,
1872; and LeGrand Burritt, b. Nov. 8, 1874.

Dr. W. P. Gray, youngest son of Aaron, resides at Delevan,
Wis., but repeated letters earnestly requesting information, hav-
ing failed to elicit response, it is impossible to give the record of
his family here, other than tlie fact that he has a daughter, Mina
Gray.

ISAAC GRAY.

Isaac Gray, born 1764, "in or near Danbury, Conn.," mar-
ried Lucina Barnum, born 1770, and " early in their married
life" removed to Dorset, Vt., where he died Oct. 18, 1840, and
she died July 19, 1846. Isaac Gray was a Deacon in the Bap-
tist Church at Dorset, and a respected citizen. Issue:

Elijah Gray, b. Aug. 31, 1790, d. Jan. i, 1856.

Alvin Gray, b. July 14, 1792, d. Aug. 25, 1877.

Heman Gray.

Polly Gray.

Elijah Gray, son of Isaac, married in 181 4, Lydia Cleveland,
who was born in Salem, N. Y., May 9, 1791, and died Oct. 18,
1872. Mr. Gray always lived in Dorset, and was a member of
the Baptist Church at that place. Issue:

Alvin C. Gray, b. Apr. 10, 1816, d. Sept. 5, 1839, at West
Dorset, Vt.

Hannah C. Gray, b. Oct. 5, 181 7, mar. GuyCollson, Oct. 3,
1839, and d. Aug.-4, i860, at Cortland, De Kalb Co., 111.
Issue: Mark G. CoUson, b. Dec. 20, 1843, residence,
Chicago. Augusta Maria Collson, b. Oct. 20, 1843, at
Helena, N. Y., mar. at Dorset, Vt., Oct. i, 1868, to E.
Ferrand Hatch, of Sugar Grove, Kane Co., 111., he a son
of Elam, son of Deacon Timothy Hatch, one of the pi-
oneer settlers and original proprietors of Sherburne, Che-
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Kent, Conn., Dec. 12, 1757. Issue of E. Ferrand and Au-
gusta CoUson Hatch: Burdette M., b. Feb. 27, 1870;
Cora G., b. June i, 1871; Addie M., b. Dec. 6, 1872;
Lorenzo C.,b. Jun. 18, 1874; Martha F., b. Dec. 6, 1876;
Herbert D. Hatch, b. Oct. 8, 1883; all of Sugar Grove,
Kane Co., 111. Mylo Elijah Collson, son Hannah Gray
and Guy Collson, b. June 9, 1845, d. Dec. 29, 1876, at
Sugar Grove, 111.

Arelia Maria Gray, b. May 21, 1821, mar. Joseph Cross
of Bombay, N. Y., (present residence,) 1844; no children.

Marvett Gray, b. Jan. 19, 1823, mar. Geo. Baldwin, May
6, i860; residence. West Dorset, Vt. Issue: Bertha M.
Baldwin, b. Aug. 2, 1861, d. July 11, 1866; Creorge W.
Baldwin, b. March 31, 1864.

Luke B. Gray, b. Jan. 15, 1825. mar. Dorsena Harrington,
Jan. I, 1848, and d. March 4, 1878. Issue: A daugh-
ter, b. Oct. 21, 1850, and mar. in August, 1869, to Rob-
ert Goff, of Broome, in the Province of Canada; child-
ren: Ephraim C, Caleb F., and Jujia Maud Gofif; all
reside in Franklin, Franklin Co., N. Y.

Lamira Gray, b. Aug. 21, 1828, d. Sept. 26, 1868, at Dorset.

Alvin Gray, son of Isaac, married Susannah Cleveland, daugh-
ter of Job Cleveland and Hannah Clark, whose father was killed
at the battle of Stillwater Sept. 19, 1777. She was born June
18, 1794, and died at Dorset, Nov. 24, 1875. The issue of this
marriage was:

Louisa Gray, b. June 13, 18 13, d. June 8, 1838.
Mary Gray, b. 18 15, d. July 28, 1843.
Lucina Gray, b. Nov. 2, 181 7, d. Aug. 31, 1884.
Job Cleveland Gray, b. May 17, 1820.
Clark Gray, b. July 4, 1822.
Susan Gray, b. Sept. 16, 1828, d. Aug. 31, 1884.
George W. Gray, b. May 17, 1833.
Henry Gray.
Job Cleveland Gray, son of Alvin, married Delight L. Sar-
geant, March 26, 1844. Resides at Eureka, Kansas. Issue:
Arthur W. Gray, b. June 10, 1847, mar. Nellie Lowrey,
Oct. 1872. Issue:

Freddie R. Gray, b. Sept. 29, 1873; d.
Gertrude Agnes Gray, b. Nov. 1874.
Catharine D. Gray, b. Apr. i, 1877.
Arthur Gray, b. Nov. 1879.
Herbert Gray, b. June 10, 1882.

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Ella Maria Gray, b. Apr. 26, 1850, mar. Herbert F. Shel-
don, July, 1877. Children: Laura, Carrie B., and War-
ren J. Sheldon.

Agnes Martha Gray, b. Apr. 23, 1857, mar. H. A. Dales,
Oct. 1878. A son, Elwin Ward Dales.

Clark Gray, son of Alvin, mar. Emily Kent, at Dorset, Vt.,
Sept. 22, 1847, and now resides at Tovvnsend Harbor, Mass.
Issue:

Martha Lorain Gray, b. in Dorset, Apr. 10, 1850;

mar. Dec. 31, 1874.
Hattie Maria Gray, b. in Sherman, N. Y., Oct. 20,

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Henry Clark Gray, b. same place, Oct. 20, 1857.

George Washington Gray, Rev., son of Alvin, was born at
Dorset, Vt, and was married Nov. 17, 1852, to Mary E. Miller
of Sherman, N. Y. He was married a second time to Martha
J. Hawkins, of Warren, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1886. Issue:

William Elijah Gray, b. at Sherman, N. Y., Nov. 7,

1856.
Frances Maria Gray, b. Jan. 17, 1859.
Edwin Elmore Gray, b. at Portland, N. Y., March 18,

1866.

Rev. Geo. W. Gray is a Minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, East Ohio Conference, and is at present located at
Ashtabula, Ohio.

Polly Gray, daughter of Isaac, married Eliazer Baldwin, and
lived at Otter Creek, Iowa. Had a daughter, married Debias
Hutchinson and lived at Oshkosh, Wis.

Heman Gray, son of Isaac, married Amy Chandler, March,
1809, and died in Nicholsville, N. Y. Had two children, Isaac
C, and Lucina Gray. Isaac C. Gray lives in Ogdensburg, Wis.;
Lucina married Eason Bacheldor, of Osceola, Wis.

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ELIJAH GRAY.

Elijah Gray, brother of Isaac, Aaron and Daniel, was born
June 17, 1772, and lived for a time at least in New Milford, Conn.
Married Betsey Dunning, probably of that town, and removed
to Charlotte, Vt.; afterwards removed to Elyria, Ohio, where he
died June 7, 1848. Issue:

BURR DUNNING GRAY.

Burr Dunning Gray, only son of Elijah, was born at Charlotte,
Vt, Jan. 14, 1799, and married Amy Maria Baldwin, at Hines-
burgh, Vt., Sept. 8, 1818; she b. Dec. 12, 1799, died at Cold-
water, Mich., Mar. 20, 1869; and he died at Constantine, Mich.,
Sept. 20, 1871. Issue:

Susan Salome Gray, b. at Hinesburgh, Vt., Sept. 21, 1820,
mar. Hiram Hadley, at Gilead, Mich., July 21, 1839, and died
at Coldwater, Mich., Jan. 6, 1878; two daughters, Emma H., b.
Feb. 5, 1841, mar. Mr. Shrively and d. Feb. 22, 1873, and Ma-
rion M., b. Oct. 2, 1843.

Marion Amanda Gray, b. Oct. 7, 1823, mar. D. N. Green,
at Constantine, Mich., Sept. 30, 1850, and had Ida F., b. Feb.
16, 1852, and Gilbert Burr Green, b. Jan. 21, 1855, both Uving
and married.

Orlo Burr Gray, b. Apr. 6, 1834, at Cleveland, Ohio, mar.
Oct. 6, 1858, Demmie Maria Amsden, of Honeye Falls, N. Y.
Present residence, Lennox, Dakota. Issue:

Grace Helen Gray, b. Sept. 13, 1859, at Orland, Ind., mar.
J. E. Putnam, Dec. 24, 1879, and has two sons and a

daughter.

Jessie L. Gray, b. March 21, 1869, at Girard, Mich.

Louie Gray, b. April 30, 1866, d. March 4, 1868.

Birdie Maud Gray, b. Dec. 9, 1876, atVermiUion, Dak.

Marion L. Gray, b. Aug. 11, 1878, " "

Wm. Jerome Gray, son of Burr D., b. at Gilead, Mich, May
14, 1837, d. Aug. 31, 1839.

Alfred Henry Gray, b. Oct. 7, 1840, mar. Hattie E. Bur-
dick, at Coldwater, Mich., Nov. 26, 1862; has a son.

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COL. EDMUND BALDWIN GRAY.

Edmund Baldwin Gray, eldest son of Burr Dunning Gray, was
born at Canton, N. Y., June 17, 1825. Li 1832 removed to
Ohio with his father's family; thence, in 1838, to Michigan.
Lived on a farm until 17; attended school at White Pigeon,
Mich.; went to Vermont and was educated at the State Univer-
sity at Burlington. Was engaged as instructor and Superintend-
ent of Schools many years, also as manager for publishers of
school books in the West. Went to Wisconsin in 1855, for A.
S. Barnes & Co., N. Y.

Enlisted in April, 1861, in the war for the Union. Was made
Captain of Company C, 4th Wisconsin Infantry; served in that
capacity in the Army of the Potomac till March, '62, when he
went South with Gen. Butler on the New Orleans Expedi-
tion. Was sent home from there for disability, in April, 1862.
Re-entered service as Major of the 28th Wisconsin Infantry in
July, '62. In Feb., '63, the Regt. was assigned to the First Di-
vision, 13th Army Corps, in Vicksburg operations; June, '63,
was made Lt. Colonel of his Regt. In August, '63, was assigned
to 7th Army Corps, and engaged in the operations resulting in
the capture of Little Rock. In March, '64, was promoted to
Colonel of same Regiment. Was in the Red River Expedition
'64; early in '65 joined Canby at Mobile; assigned to 3d Div.,
13th Army Corps commanded by Gordon Granger. Participat-
ed in capture of Mobile, and in June, '65, was ordered to tlie
Rio Grande, under Sheridan, and v/as there till August, '65,
when the Regiment was mustered out of the service.

Col. Gray was Postmaster at Whitewater, Wis., till 186S,
when he resigned to go into the school book business at Chicago.
From 1875 he was for three years Asst. State Superintendent of
Schools of the State of Illinois. In 1880 he returned to Wis-
consin, and in Sept., 1886, was appointed Adjutant General of
the Grand Army of the Republic, by Gen. Lucius Fairchild,
Commander-in-Chief of that Order, with headquarters at Madi-
son, Wis.

Col. Gray married Ada E. Turner, at Hillsdale, Mich., Sept.
9, 1854, she born at Geneva, Ohio, March 14, 1834. Issue:

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Maud Emily Gray, b. at Racine, Wis., Oct. 20, 1856; mar.

Bronson C. Keeler, Feb. 22, 1881, and had Paul Gray

Keeler, b. in Chicago, Dec. 16, 1881, and Edmund

Starr Keeler, b. Dec. 27, 1884.
Burr Matthew Gray, b. at Palmyra, Wis., Oct. 18, 1858,

mar. Minnie Graham, Jan. i, 1881, and had

Helen Gray, b. in Chicago, Nov. 17, 1881.
Maud Sophia Gray, b. Sept. 21, 1883.
Edmund Sheridan Gray, b at Whitewater, Wis., May 14th,

1864.
Paul Henry Gray, b. May 4, 1866.
George Gerry Gray, b. in Chicago, Nov. 25, 1869.

Alonzo Milton Gray, b. at Charlotte, Vt, April 2, 1829,
resides at San Francisco; has a daughter.

Helen Jane Gray, b. July 7, 1831, mar. L. T. Hull, June 16,
1853, at Constantine, Mich., and had Lee Gray, b. Oct. 13,
1855; Fred Alonzo, b. July 21, 1858; Warren C, b. May 22,
i860, and one other son and a daughter.

Sally Gray, dau. of Elijah, mar. Leverett Sherman, and had
Polly, Ann, Charles, and Albert W. Sherman. The first two de-
ceased. Polly left two boys, Leverett and Charles Baldwin, both
of whom live in Windsor, 111. A. W. Sherman has three child-
ren: Mary, who mar. Wm. H. Holmes, lives in Charlotte, and
has five children; LiUie, who mar. Frank L. Eastman, lives in
New Haven, Vt., and has three children; and Alfred L. Holmes.
A. W. Sherman resides at East Charlotte, Vt.

Harriet Gray, dau. of Elijah, mar. Wm. E. Sherman, and
had Alma, who mar. Milo Hoyt and left a son who lives in Win-
netka, 111.; Henry, who died in New Haven, Vt.; John H., who
lives at Charlotte, Vt.; Cynthia, who mar. Ezra Horford and has
a son Wm. E. Horford. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman both died at
Charlotte, Vt.

Polly Maria Gray, daughter of Elijah Gray, was born at
Charlotte, Vt, Sept. 29, 1801, and died at Lanark, 111., Aug. 17,
1883. She was mar. to Calvin Powell, Jan. 6, 18 19, and had
Alma, who mar* a Mr. Rockwell and left a family of children at
Elyria, Ohio; Henry and William S. Powell, the latter of whom

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lives at Elyria and has four children; Polly Ann, who lives in
Mich.; also Harriet and Alvira Powell.

Chloe Gray, dau. of Elijah, mar. Nelson Burritt, and had
Marcius Burritt, who has a family and Hves at Hinesburgh, Vt.;
Oscar C. Burritt, who mar. Abigail B. Gray, daughter of A. W.
Gray, and lives at Hydesville, Vt., and has a family the records
of which appear among descendants of Aaron Gray; Matilda,
who mar. Servetus Needham and lives at Anamosa, Iowa; Lev-
erett, who has a family and Hves in Iowa, and Henry Burritt,
who lives at Anamosa, Iowa.

DANIEL GRAY.

Daniel Gray, brother of Isaac, Aaron, and Elijah, is said to
have been born in Connecticut, in 1765, and married for his first
wife a Miss Borland. They had a daughter Susan, who married
a Mr. Bigelow, and lived at Brattleboro, Vt., where she had nine
children, and died Aug. 15, 1884, in the 86th year of her age.
Daniel Gray's second wife's name was Stone, by whom he had
two sons, Rileigh and Cyrus. Rileigh Gray married Lucy Lunn,
and lived at Dorset; had four children: Mary, Alice, Alvah, and
Alvin Gray, who are said to live somewhere in the State of New
York. Rileigh Gray was bom July 18, 1802, and died Feb. 16,
1875. Cyrus Gray married and lived in Hartford, Washington
Co., N. Y., where he died in August, 1886, and where his widow
resides with a daughter, Mrs. Nathan Hills. Daniel Gray's
third wife was a Blakely. He always lived in Dorset after his
removal from Conn. He died Oct. 2, 1837, in the 7 2d year of
his age. "He had gone out one afternoon with an ox-team after
a load of wood, and was found the next morning lying lifeless
by the side of the sled, on his back, with his hat on, whip in
hand." The widow of Rileigh Gray is said to be living at Glov-
ersville, N. Y. This information concerning the family of Dan-
iel Gray, as well as the record of the descendants of Elijah Gray
son of Isaac, has been kindly furnished by Mrs. Geo. Baldwin,
of Dorset, Vt.

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YARMOUTH GRAYS.

The Yarmouth Grays, so called, are a numerous and notable
branch of the Gray family. In a Ust of those reported as able
to bear arms, at Yarmouth, Mass., in 1643, appears the name of
John Gray. By Hannah his wife, probably daughter of William
Lumpkin, he had: Benjamin, b. Dec. 7, 1648; William, b. Oct.
5, 1650; Mary, who mar. Benj. Ryder, 1670; Edward, John, Jr.,
and Gideon. John Gray, Jr., removed to Harwich, married
Susannah Clark, daughter of Andrew, and had the following:

Lydla^ Gray, b. 1702.
Sarah Gray, b. 1704.
Mehitable Gray, b. Apr. 7, 1706.
Andrew Gray, b. Sept. 29, 1707.
Elisha Gray, b. Nov. 29, 171 1.
Joshua Gray, b. Oct. 19, 17 13, d. 1735.
Anna Gray, b. Nov. 30, 17 14, mar. Thacher Free-
man, 1732.
The above are of record, and it is believed that he also had
previously had Lot, Susannah, who mar. Nathaniel Sears, Oct.
10, 17 1 2, Hannah, who mar. Thomas Hall, Feb. 8, 172 1, Thom-
as, Samuel, and Edward.

Lydia Gray mar. Heman Stone, Sept. 21, 1743.
Sarah Gray mar. Samuel Hall, Feb., 1743.
Mehitable Gray mar. Ebenezer Nickerson, of Chatham, Feb.
24, 1746.

Samuel Gray mar. Alice Prince, Sept. 23, 1731.
Elisha Gray of Harwich, and Mrs. Susannah Davis, of Barn-
stable, declared their intention of marriage July 28, 1739. Elisha
Gray, Jr., mar. Mary Crosby and had Edward, b. Oct. 2, 1770.
Thomas Gray, son of John, Jr., mar. Rachel Freeman, dau.
of Lieut. Edmund Freeman, Oct. 2, 1729, and had:
Susannah Gray, b. Oct. 18, 1732.
Betty Gray, b. Sept. 6, 1734.
Joshua Gray, b. Sept. 18, 1736, d. Sept. 2, 1755.
Hannah Gray, b. Apr. 27, 1739.
Sarah Gray, b. Oct. 8, 1741.
Rachel Gr.ay, b. Apr. 1744.
Mehitable Gray, b. Apr. 1747.
Mary Gray, b. Apr. 20, 1749.

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Andrew Gray was received into Congregational Church, Yar-
mouth, March 31, 1745; mar. and had Joshua, and probably
other children; d. Dec. 19, 1757. This Joshua is probably the
Capt. Joshua Gray, b. 1743, who was a prominent figure in the
local annals of the Revolution. He was in command of a com-
pany of Militia at Yarmouth, in 1776, and was one of a com-
mittee appointed to assist in drafting a new State constitution at
a later period. He died in 1791, at the early age of 48, but
history says of him that " he had lived long enough to perform
most important services to his native town, as an officer in the
field, and as a patriot in counsel, during the Revolutionary pe-
riod." He had married Mary, daughter of Thomas Hedge,
March 20, 1766, and had the following issue:

Thomas Gray, son of Capt. Joshua, b. 1766, mar. Hannah
Sears, and had Anna, and Thomas, b. 1800, who mar. Mary S.
Gorham of Barnstable, Sept. 21, 1823, and had Thomas, Jr.,
Mary Gorham, Gorham, and Alice Gray. Thomas Gray, Sr.,
was lost at sea. Gorham Gray mar. Harriet Webb, and had
Mary Sturges and Hattie W. Gray.

Hannah Gray, dau. of Capt. Joshua, mar. Ebenezer Sears,
Feb. 2, 1786, and had Charles, Joshua, Willard, Lucy, Hannah,
Sally, Mary, and Thomas Warren Sears.

Sarah Gray, dau. of Capt. Joshua, b. Nov. 31, 1771, mar.
David Thacher, Jr., July 4, 1786, and had Sally, Lothrop, Rus-
sel, Daniel. She died July 21, 1793.

Mary Gray, dau. of Capt. Josliua, was b. Feb. 26, 1773.

Phebe Gray, dau. of Capt. Joshua, b. March 10, 1775, mar.
Erving Smith, Nov. 20, 1794, and had Sally; mar. 2d, John
Gray of Barnstable, Mass., and by this second mamage was
a daughter, Ehzabeth, who mar. Capt. John A. Baxter, of Hy-
annis, and had Cleone, Emma, John, and Lizzie. Sally Smith
mar. John Gray, Jr., the son of her step-father by a previous
marriage, and had John (3), who mar. and had two sons and
three daughters; Isabel, Cleone, who mar. a Gorham and had
Dingee and Frank Gorham; Sarah, Lizzie Irving, and Grace,
who mar. Thos. Hallett and had Irving.

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Joshua Gray (2), son of Capt. Joshua, b. Oct. 3, 1777, mar,
Rebecca Hallet, and had: Mar>, Lydia, Rebecca, Charles, Eu-
nice, Joshua, and Joseph Warren Gray, who mar. his cousin
Lucy, dau. of Chandler Gray. Rebecca mar. Henry Matthews
of Yarmouth, and Lydia mar. Edward Thacher.

Chandler Gray, son of Capt. Joshua, b. Oct. 6, 1780, mar.
Lucy Taylor, May 9, 1805, and had: Samuel, Lucretia, Hannah,
Chandler, Thomas, Lucy, Henry, Mary, and William Gray. Lu-
cretia mar. Chas. Noble. Hannah mar. Bartlett Gray of Yar-
mouth. Thomas mar. Mary L. Thacher; had Alice; d. 1866.

Mary Gray (2), dau. of Capt. Joshua, b. Apr. 10, 1783, mar.
Prince Matthews, and had: Frederick, George, Charlotte, and
Prince Matthews, Jr.

Elizabeth Gray, dau. of Capt. Joseph, b. March 11, 1786,
mar. Henry Thacher, Nov. 25, 1802, and had: Eliza Jane,
Henry Gray, Winslow Lewis, Mary Burr, Sally, Maria Edith,
George, Thomas, Charles, Caroline, Cornelia and Henry Charles.
The following children were born to Lot Gray, son of John,
Jr., and Bethiah his wife:

John Gray, b. July 27, 17 19.
Lydia Gray, b. May 22, 1721.
Lot Gray, Jr., b. Feb. 24, 1722.
Mary Gray, b. Feb. 28, 1724.
Mehitable Gray, b. Feb. 20, 1726.

Bethiah Gray d. Oct. 16, 1728, and Lot mar. 2d, Jane Otis,
of Barnstable, Jan. 7, 1731, and had:

Nathaniel Gray, b. Oct. 5, 1733.
Lot Gray, Jr., mar. Meriam Smith, June 30, 1743, and had
the following:

Lydia Gray, b. Apr. 14, 17 4-.

Anthony Gray, b. Oct. 19, 1745.

Jonathan Gray, b. Feb. 9, 1746.

Mary Gray, b. Aug. 8, 1748.

Meriam Gray, b. March i, 1750.

AzAH Gray, b. April 13, 1752.

Bethiah Gray, b. Feb. 16, 1753.

Lot Gray, 3d, b. Nov. 29, 1755.

Samuel Gray, b. Aug. 3, 1762.

Jane Gray, b. Apr. 4, 1766.

Dean Gray, b. July 15, 1768.

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Dean Gray was the father of Dean Gray (2), born in Brew-
ster, 1797, d. 1 88 1, he father of Dean Gray (3), b. at Brewster,
(adjoining Harwich, Mass.,) 1822, he father of W. M. Gray, b.
at Rockville, Ct, Nov. 17, 1849, who resides at Springfield, Mass.

William Gray, beheved to be son of John (i) of Yarmouth,
bom 1650, was married and continued to hve there until about
1708, when he removed to Harwich, where he had purchased a
large tract of land. He died there in 1723. The name of his
wife has not been ascertained. Issue:

William Gray, (2), who mar. Deborah Sears of Yarmouth,
Octobers, 17 19, was the only son, and inherited the home-
stead, upon which he continued to reside until he removed to
Haddam, Conn., 1747, whence all trace of his family is lost.
Previous to this however, a daughter, Rebecca, had mar. Jabez
Berry in 1745, and removed to Dutchess Co., N. Y., and whith-
er the rest of the family may eventually have followed.
The following is a list of his children so far as known:

William Gray, (3), b. Feb. 13, 1720.
Rebecca Gray, b. Jime 16, 1723.
Thankful Gray, b. Jan. 14, 1725.
Sarah Gray, b. Dec. 19, 1726.
Thomas Gray, b. Nov. 19, 1728.
Anna Gray, b. Oct. 16, 1730.
Mary Gray, b. Jan. 22, 1732.
Deborah Gray, b. Oct. 21, 1734.

It is also claimed that there were sons John and Silas. The
only possible other trace found of any one of this family is, there
was a Thomas Gray who was a tax-payer in the town of South
East, Dutchess Co., N. Y., date of 177 1.

William Gray (3) mar. Judith Nickerson, Harwich, Oct. 8, 1 741 .

The following is the record of the daughters of William (i):

Hannah Gray, who mar. WiUiam Penny, 17 14, and remov-
ed to the Oblong, (South-East, then in Dutchess, and now in
Putnam Co., N. Y.,) where her descendants continue to reside.

Dorothy Gray, who mar. Josiah Swift, June 25, 17 19.
Sarah Gray, who mar. Eldad Atwood, Oct. 23, 17 18.
Mehitable Gray, who mar. Isaac Atwood, Oct. 23, 17 18.
Thankful Gray, who mar. John Atwood, June 18, 1 7 1 8.
Rebecca Gray.

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SILAS GRAY.

The mystery surrounding the descendants of William Gray, as
stated on the foregoing page, was happily dispelled, in part, at
least, by a communication received from George Edward Gray,
Esq., of San Francisco, who is of that family, just too late there
to appear, but the interesting data so obtained is herewith given,
as follows:

Silas Gray, son of William (2), who had removed with his
father's family to Haddam, Conn., married and had four sons:
Edward, Ichabod, John, and Thomas. Edward married and had
four sons: Joel, Nehemiah, Riley, and Elnathan; and four daugh-
ters: Lucy, Huldah, Silva, and Abigail. Soon after the birth of
Joel, the eldest son, Edward Gray removed from Connecticut to
Williamstown, Mass., from whence, in 1S03, he and his family
moved to the Chenango Viilley, in New York, and afterwards to
Verona, Oneida Co., in the same State, locating in the Valley
of Oneida Creek, near its junction with Oneida Lake, where
Edward Gray soon after died, leaving a widow and eight child-
ren, as above named.

Joel Gray, eldest son of Edward, was born June 24, 1790,
and died at Rome, N. Y., July 3, 1873. He married Betsey
Resseguie, a daughter of Timothy Resseguie and his wife, Abigail
Lee, a daughter of Deacon John Lee, who was born in North
Hampton, Montgomery Co., N. Y., August 15, 1794, and who
died at Rome, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1886. The Resseguies are one
of the old Huguenot families that settled in and near Norwalk,
Conn., at an early day. Joel Gray had four sons: Alexander,
Joel, Jr., George E., and Noah Uuane Gray; and four daughters:
Caroline, who died in infancy, Betsey Ann, who married Samuel
Allen and moved to Willoughby, Ohio, and died leaving a son,
James A. Allen, who resides at Painesville, Ohio; Sarah Jane,
who manied Corydon C. Howe, and had Alvah, Joel T., and
Charles; and Caroline, 2d, who died at thirteen years of age.
Joel Gray, Jr., died unmarried. Noah Duane Gray married
Ruth Cole, lives at Syracuse, N. Y., and has a son Edward Gray.
Alexander Gray married Sarah Smith and had George W., Ad-
aline, and Charles, since dec'd. He mar. 2d, Harriet Ferris.

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GEORGE EDWARD GRAY.

George Edward Gray, son of Joel, son of Edward, son of
Silas, son of William Gray (2), of Harwich, was born in Verona,
Oneida Co., N. Y., Sept. 12, 181 8, and received his early edu-
cation in his native village. At an early age he manifested a
predilection for civil engineering, and after completing his pre-
liminary studies, he was placed under the tuition of Peletiah
Rawson, M. A., one of the most noted civil engineers of his
time. Under his instruction young Gray made rapid progress,
and upon attaining his majority was employed upon the Black
River and Erie Canals, and also upon several Railroads then
being constructed in the State of New York. In 1853, the va-
rious R. R. Companies then operating between Albany and Buf-
falo were consolidated with the New York Central R. R., and Mr.
Gray was appointed Chief Engineer. This important position
he held until 1865, when he resigned to accept the position of
Consulting Engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad of CaUfor-
nia, and remained in that position until 1871, when he was
appointed Chief Engineer of the Southern Pacific R. R., which
position he resigned in 1885. Mr. Gray also directed the loca-
tion and construction of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San An-
tonio Railroad from El Paso to Antonio, Texas. Mr. Gray is a
life member of the " Institute of Civil Engineers," of London,
England, and also a member of the " American Society of Civil
Engineers," of New York. He is a life member of the Califor-
nia Academy of Sciences, and is President of the Board of Di-
rectors of that Society. A writer in a recent number of The
Resources of California, says: " Mr. Gray has earned an honor-
ed place among the architects of California's growth and proi^-
perity, and well deserves the tribute of respect paid him by
Senator Stamford, in appointing him one of the Trustees of his
noble benefaction." Mr. Gray has been twice married. His
first wife was Adaline Goodrich, of Rome, N. Y. His second
marriage was with Lucinda S. Corning, daughter of Richard S.
Corning, of Syracuse, and a niece ot Hon. Erastus Corning, late
of Albany, N. Y. By his second wife, has two children : Anna
Spencer, and George Vernon Gray. Residence, San Francisco.

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The widow of Edward Gray, (son of Silas) after the death of
her husband, removed with three of her sons, Nehemiah, Riley,
and Elnathan, to the vicinity of Jamestown, Chautaiuiua Co.,
N. Y., where she died at an advanced age. One of the sons re-
mained there, and the two others removed to Lake Co., Ohio.

Ichabod Gray, son of Silas, resided, after the Revolution, in
the valleys of the Chenango and Susquehanna. Mr. CJeorge E.
Gray remembers that he came from thence to visit his father's
family in Oneida Co., walking the whole distance there and re-
turn, when he was no years old! He was a rare character, and
generally called " Uncle Nick." He had four sons: William,
Silas, James and Jonathan. They are believed to have lived in
southern N. Y., or northern Pa.

Thomas Gray, son of Silas, moved to Madison Co., N. Y.,
about the time that his brother Edward went to Chenango Co.,
and died there at an advanced age. The sons, Anson, John, and
Jerry, settled about their father, and continued to live near the
old homestead.

John Gray, son of Silas, had one son, William, residence un-
known.

William Gray (i), was Sergeant in a company raised at Yar-
?Tiouth for the war with King Philip, and with others received a
grant of land for such service, in the town of Gorham, Me.,
then a part of Mass., and this land afterwards came to be the
property of his son, William (2). There is no evidence, howev-
er, that he ever resided there, although there was quite an emi-
gration thither from Yarmouth, including doubtless some of the
Grays, whence the name of Gray given to an adjoining town-
ship, and many of that name who have resided in the State of
Maine.

William Gray (3), it is said had one son, name unknown.

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EDWARD GRAY.

The record of the family of Edward Gray of Yarmouth, be-
lieved to have been the son of John, is very meagre and unsat-
isfactory. The records of Harwich show that he had a son
Benoni Gray, born there Mar. 15, 1680. The will of John Free-
man, Jr., of Yarmouth, date of 1721, mentions a son of Edward
Gray, dec'd, without giving his name. Edward Gray's first wife
is believed to have been the daughter of Jonathan Sparrow. She
dying, he married again, and is said to have had other children.
Benoni Gray was early in Falmouth, where he died in 1732.
His wife was named Sarah. He appears to have been a mariner.
There was an Edward Gray who married Hannah Godfrey at
Yarmouth, July 3d, 1727, who had a daughter Mary, born Oct.
18, 1728, also a daughter Priscilla, and a son, Richard, baptized
1735, but it does not clearly appear whose son he was; probably,
however, the son, or grandson, — more likely the former, — of Ed-
ward (i), for he appears on the records in 1741, as receiving by
entail, rights in a certain tract or grant of land of which the title
had originally been vested in Edward (i). This, if not absolute
proof of the lineage of the Edward Gray who married Hannah
Godfrey, is certainly strong circumstantial evidence.

Edward Gray, believed to be the aforesaid, next appears at
South-East, then Dutchess, and now Putnam Co., N. Y., in 1745.
The Hall family, the Wm. Penney who had married Hannah,
daughter of Wm. Gray of Harwich, the Crosbys, the Paddocks,
and the Ryders, who had also intermarried with the Grays, all
from the Cape, emigrated about that date, or soon after, to the
town of South-East, and settled in the same neighborhood witli
Edward Gray. Others by the name of Gray appear on the rec-
ords at a later date, in that vicinity, some of whom are the sons
of Edward (2), and others of kindred, as follows: Edward, Jr.,
John, Benoni, Godfrey, Richard, and Oliver, who was from the
north part of Harwich, and was in his native place on a visit in
the winter of 1762. Now, it must be admitted that there is a
slight discrepancy between this data and records furnished by
the descendants of Edward, Jr. For instance, it is stated that
he died in 1806, aged 78 years, which would make him born in
1728, whereas the Edward Gray claimed to have been his father.

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was married in 1727, and the first cliild was a daughter, born in
1728. Probably there was an error, not uncommon, in regard to
his age, the date of his death, and not of his birth, being
given. That Edward should have named one of his sons Beno-
ni, after his uncle or brother, and one Godfrey, after the father of
his wife, and one John, after the original pilgrim of this line, is
certainly a reasonable hypothesis, and it is believed to be cor-
rect. Oliver Gray was probably of another branch of the
same family; perhaps of the descendants of Gideon. Edward
Gray (2), probably died prior to 1772, as after that date Edward
(3) was not recorded as Edward, Jr. Edward (3) had made sev-
eral purchases of lands in Berkshire Co., Mass., prior to 1770,
and was at that date living in the town of Lenox in said Co.,
on what was called the Minister's Grant. His sons evidently
soon followed, three of them, John, David, and Isaiah being en-
rolled among the soldiers of the Revolution from that town.
Mr. Gray was a man of substance and character. His name ap-
pears frequently upon the real estate records, and on July 6,
7774, he was chosen as one of the Delegates to the so called
Berkshire Congress. Dec. 26th of the same year, the town of
Lenox voted to re-imburse Edward Gray and others for expenses
incurred in " having hurried to the coast on what proved to be a
false alarm of war." So prompt was he to answer the call of
patriotism. In 1784, Capt. Edward Gray was one of the Dele-
gates to a Convention to locate the Court House of Berkshire
County. His wife, Mary Paddock Gray, died Feb. 28, 1789,
aged about 62 years. He died at Lenox, 1805 or 1806, there
being no record obtainable of the exact date. Issue:

John Gray, b. May 19, 1750.

Isaiah Gray, b. 1752.

Samuel Gray, b. 1754-

David Gray, b. 1757.

Mary Gray, b. 1759.

Ruth Gray, b. 1762.

Mercy Gray, b. 1764.

Hannah Gray, b. 1766.

Abigail Gray, b. 1769.

Edward Gray, (4), b. 1772.

Miriam Gray, b. 1774.
In addition, two daughters are said to have died young.

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CAPT. JOHN GRAY.

Capt. John Gray, son of Edward, (3), mar. Susannah Rider,
dau. of John Rider, Jr., Jan'y i, 1770. He d. at Dorset, Vt.,
May 14, 18 14; she d. Feb. ig, 1838. Issue:

Chauncey Gray, b. at Lenox, Mass., June 14, 1771, married
Polly Borland, at Dorset, June 14, 1795. He. d. Apr. 28, 1820;
she d. June 9, 1843. Issue: Anson Gray, b. Aug. 3, 1796, mar.
Dec. 3, 1823, to Roxana Cleveland, of Salem, N. Y. Removed
to Germantown, Wis., where he d. March 10, 187 1, and she d.
June 15, 1880, leaving four children: Chauncey, who was b. at
Dorset, Nov. 12, 1824, and mar. Caroline Ostrander of Mena-
mana, Wis., July 18, 1850. Issue:

Harmon O. Gray, b. Nov. 20, 1852, d. Feb. 11, 1854.
Byron C. Gray, b. March 2, 1855, d. Aug. 29, 1856.
Mary Elizabeth Gray, b. Aug. 16, 1857.
Sarah Jane Gray, b. Oct. 4, 1859.
Anson Clark Gray, b. Feb. 25, 1862, d. May 28, 1862.
Albert Ellis Gray, b. Jan. 16, 1865.
Chauncey Gray resides at Myra, Wis.; has been County Clerk,
and is a prominent citizen.

Anson Gray also had Byron Gray, b. June 17, 1828, Mark
Gray, b. Sept. 10, 1831, and Mary E. Gray b. Sept. 5, 1837.

Chauncey Gray, Sr., also had Ohver, b. Mar. 13, 1798, Sally,
b. Apr. 13, 1800, John, b. Sept. 16, 1804, Susan, b. Aug. 28,
1806, Almon, b. June 6, 1811.

Lorena Gray, dau. of Capt. John, b. Aug. 5, 1772, mar. Ste-
phen Rider, June 2, 1790; she d. May 30, 1799; he d. Sept. 11,
1850; had 6 children, 22 grand children, and 63 g-g-children.
A son, John Rider, had 2 daughters named Dorcas Lorena and
Hannah Jane, who married brothers by the name of Taylor, the
former of whom resides at Helena, Montana, and another daugh-
ter who mar. Dr. John E. Best, of Arlington Heights, 111.

Anna Gray, bapt. at Lenox, Dec. 6, 1773; mar. Lewis Dun-
ning at Dorset, 1792; had 7 children; she d. July 18, 1809; he
d. March 30, 1833.

Elizabeth Gray, bapt. at Lenox, Oct. 14, 1775; mar. James

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Borland, Sept. 13, 1797, and had 9 children; she d. July 11,
1818; he d. Mar. 15, 1841.

John Gray (2), b. at Dorset, Vt., Apr. 7, 1777; mar. Polly
Farnsworth, of Rupert, Jan'y 2, 1803; had 5 children; he died
Sept. 30, 1849, and she died Oct. 22, 1865.

Susannah Gray, b. at Dorset, Jan. 9, 1779; mar. Sylvanus
Sykes, Nov. 27, 1799; had 10 children; he d. Sept. 25, 1840;
she d. Apr. 17, 1866.

Mercy Gray, b. July 20, 17S2; mar. Nathan Wilcox, 1798;
had 3 children; she d. Dec. 5, 1803.

Simeon Gray, b. July 20, 1782; mar. Polly Ingham, at Green-
field, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1804; had 9 children; he d. July 21, 1851;
she d. July 11, 1857.

Jerusha Gray, b. Apr. 19, 1785; mar. Walter Rider, Dec. 10,
1820; had 2 children; she d. Jan. 18, 1865.

Edward Gray, b. Feb. 28, 1789; mar. Eunice Manly, Oct. 13,
1808; had 9 children; she d. Aug. 16, 1842; he d. May 31, 1849.

Paddock Gray, b. Oct. 12, 1793; mar. Elizabeth Manly, Aug.
23, 1815; had 4 children; he d. Apr. 24, 1858; she is still liv-
ing, in her 97th year.

William Gray, youngest son and child of Capt. John Gray, b.
Oct. 5, 1795; mar. Mercy Eastman of Rupert, Vt.; had 5 chil-
dren; he d. Dec. 6, 1866.

The total footing of the descendants of Capt. John Gray, as
furnished, shows the following remarkable summary: No. of
children, 77; grandchildren, 268; great-grandchildren, 489; To-
tal descendants, 834.

These statistics of the families of Edward (2) and Capt. John
Gray, and some that follow, have been furnished by Mr. Alanson
Gray, of Dorset, Vt., who is a grandson of Capt. John, and a
son of John (2), born at Dorset, Oct. 12, 1807, and mar. to
Rosetta C. Kellogg, March 24, 183 1. Rewrites: "We have
had 7 children; 4 are dec'd; our oldest son, Augustus H. Gray,
born Jan. 31, 1832, is married and has a family of 10 children;
is in the marble trade at Catskill, N. Y. A daughter Ellen, b.
Aug. 23, 1843, mar. Amos Kilborn, of Litchfield, Conn. Our

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youngest, Marcia Kellogg Gray, b. Dec. 21, 1851, remains at
home." Mr. Gray has collected full data of his grandfather's
family, which would have appeared herewith if the conditions
by him required had been within the scope of this work.

Isaiah Gray, son of Edward (3), settled in Middletown, Vt.,
and had 3 sons and two daughters.

David is said to have lost a leg in the Revolutionary war; he
mar. Hannah Newberry and removed to Vt. He had sons Har-
ry, John, Isaiah, Edward and David, Jr. Harry Gray had Wm.
N., Eugene, Henry, and a daughter, all Hving at Middletown
Springs, Vt. Harry Gray, it is said was b. in New Brunswick,
N. J., 1787, and died in 1865.

Mary Gray mar. Ebenezer Hawkins, and had 4 children.

Ruth Gray mar. Gershom Martindale, and had 6 children.

Mercy Gray mar. Alexander Kent and had 7 children.

Hannah Gray mar. Abner Bangs, of Lenox, Mass., and had
8 sons and two daughters, Chauncey Bangs, one of the former,
still survives, and others of the descendants continue to reside
in that vicinity.

Edward Gray (4), mar. Rhoda Stoddard, and had 15 children.

Miriam Gray mar. Roger Hawkins, at Lenox; removed to
Vergennes, Vt., and raised 12 children, one of whom. Rev.
Henry Hawkins, resides at Granville, Putnam Co., III.

Priscilla Gray, daughter of Edward (2), was mar. to John
Rainey, at the Oblong, July 4, 1773.

Godfrey Gray, son of Edward (2), made a will in 18 18, giving
legacies to his wife, Sarah, his sons John, Martin, Richard, and
daughters Hannah and Caty. He was then at Ancram, Colum-
bia Co., N. Y., although the will was probated in Dutchess Co.,
and is there on file.

Martin Gray had Morgan, and two other sons and daughters.
Morgan had Samuel Martin Gray of Sugerties, N. Y., and John
M. and Charles F. Gray.

Richard Gray, son of Godfrey, mar. Mary Tompkins, and had
Daniel Gray, who settled in Western New York, Richard Gray,

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John Graj', who ahvays hved in the town of Pine Plains, Dutch-
ess Co., N. Y., Hannah, who mar. Edmund Reynolds, Lydia,
who mar. Abel Eldridge, Jane, who mar. a Mr. Rovve, and had
a daughter Hannah, Priscilla Gray, who mar. Eleazer Conklin,
and Ambrose T. Gray, who was born Jan. 24, 17 88, mar. Almira
Finch, dau. of Caleb Finch, Oct. 28, 1818, and had Ward B. Gray,
merchant, and formerly Postmaster, of Millerton, N. Y., Louisa,
who married a Mr. Douglas, and resides at Hillsdale, N. Y., and
Tompkins C. Gray, who was teaching school when the Rebellion
broke out, but left to enlist as a private in "Scott's Life Guards,"
4th Regt. N. Y. v.; was promoted to First Lieut., honorably
discharged, was war correspondent of the JV. Y. Tribune, after-
wards on the editorial staff of the Post, at Washington, where
he died April 2, 1885. Ambrose T. Gray died May 23, 1859.

The researches herevnth made afford almost conclusive evi-
dence that the Grays of Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, some ac-
count of whom is given on page 186, and following, were of the
Yarmouth family, the intermarriages, and similarit}' of names,
being an almost unmistakable indication. The Freemans had
married Grays, and the Grays, Freemans, and a Freeman Gray
was there found, a son of the Isaiah Gray whose family is
traced on the pages referred to.

The time and labor bestowed by the compiler of this work up-
on the genealogy of the foregoing branch of the Gray family, in-
complete as it appears, cannot easily be estimated, and no re-
sults to him commensurate are anticipated. Local histories,
and genealogies, and town and church records have been care-
fully searched for ultimate facts, and every available source of in-
formation sought out. Rev. Frederick Freeman, author of the
Freeman Genealogy, and of the "Cape Cod Annals," of whose
elaborate researches avail has been made, says in the latter work,
"The genealogical data of the highly respectable family of Grays,
is to our mind somewhat complicated." Acknowledgment is al-
so made to Josiah Paine, the historian of Harwich, for much in-
teresting information furnished. In regard to the origin of the
Yarmouth Grays, they were probably of English ancestry.

262.

PLYMOUTH GRAYS.

There is early mention in the annals of Plymouth, of Edward
Gray, a youth, who first appeared there in 1643. Very likely he
was a 3'ounger brother of John of Yarmouth. For his first wife
he married Mary Winslow, daughter of John Winslow, who was
a brother of Gov. Winslow. The wife of John Winslow and the
mother of Mary, was Mary Chilton, daughter of James Chilton,
who came over in the Mayflower^ and died the first winter. Ed-
ward Gray was married to Mary Winslow Jan. 16, 1650, and had
Desire, b. Feb. 24, 1651, who married Lieut. Nathaniel South-
wick; Mary b. Sept. 18, 1653; Eliza, b. Feb. 11, 1658; Sarah, b.
Aug. 12, 1659; and a son, John Gray, born October i, 1661,
from whom are descended the Grays now of Kingston, Mass.
Mary Winslow Gray died in 1663, and he married second, Dor-
othy Lettice, Dec. 12, 1665, by whom were three sons: Edward,
Thomas, and Samuel; also three daughters, two of whom mar-
ried Coles, and the youngest, Lydia, married Caleb Loring, of
Plympton, Mass., from whom the Lorings in the north part
of that town are descended. The oldest stone in the Plymouth
Burial Ground is that of Edward Gray, on which is the follow-
ing inscription : " Here lyeth a body of Edward Gray, Gent,
aged about 52 years, and departed this life ye last of June, 1681."

Edward Gray (2), b. Jan. 31, 1666, removed to Tiverton, R.I.,
married, and had the following children:

Mary Gray, b. May 16, 1691.

Edward Gray, (3), b. Jan. 10, 1692.

Elizabeth Gray, b. Jan. 23, 1695.

Sarah Gray, b. April 25, 1697.

Phebe Gray, b. Sept. 6, 1699.

Philip Gray, b. Feb. 11, 1702.

Thomas Gray, b. Feb. 4, 1705.

Hannah Gray, b. Nov. 3, 1707.
Edward Gray mar. 2d, Mary, and had:

John Gray, b. Aug. 3, 17 12.

Lydia Gray, b. May 12, 17 14.

William Gray, b. July 17, 17 16.

Samuel Gray, b. Aug. 31, 17 18.
Philip Gray mar. Sarah, and had the following:

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Philip Gray, Jr., b. Apr. 6, 1728.
Pardon Gray, b. April 20, 1737.
Philip Gray, 2d, b. June 22, 1750.
Pardon Gray mar. Mary, and had:
Job Gray, b. May 14, 1756.
Sarah Gray, b. May 3, 1758.
Edward Gray, b. July 8, 1759-
Mary Gray, b. Aug. 3, 1761.
Lydia Gray, b. March 15, 1763.
Abigail Gray, b. Aug. 2, 1764.
Philip Gray, b. Feb. 2, 1766.
Pardon Gray, Jr., b. Oct. 11, 1767.
Hannah CtRay, b. May 2, 1769.
John Gray, b. May 20, 1772.
Thomas Gray, b. Nov. 28, 1774.
Mary Gray, b. Nov. 18, 1776.

Job Gray mar. JuUette Briggs, of Tiverton, Dec. 16, 1781.
Elizabeth Gray, daughter of an Edward Gray of Tiverton,
mar. Willard Briggs, Oct. 15, 1778.

Samuel Gray, of the sons of Edward (i), also settled in Tiv-
erton, R. I. He died unmarried.

Thomas Gray, the youngest son of Edward, settled in Little
Compton, R. I. He was chosen a Deacon of the First Congre-
gational Church established there in 1704, and died there, 1721.
A large brown stone marks the place of his burial, and a large
plot there is devoted to his descendants, who were numerous.
Thomas Gray mar. Hannah Kent, and had several daughters,
and a son, Samuel.

Samuel Gray, son of Thomas, married Deborah Peck, and
had the following:

Hannah Gray, b. Nov. 8, 1751, d. 1755.

Fallee Gray, b. Apr. 23, 1754.

John Gray, b. March 20, 1756.

Simeon Gray, b. Apr. 15, 1758, d. 1781.

Lydia Gray, b. Jan. 22, 1761.

Elizabeth Gray, b. July 23, 1763.

Samuel Gray, b. Sept. 29, 1765.

Thomas Gray, b. Apr. 22, 1767.

Jonathan Gray, b. Mar. 9, 1771.

Joshua Gray, b. Nov. 10, 1773, d. 1775.

Nathaniel Gray, b. Mar. 20, 1776, d. 1836.

LoREN and Benjamin Gray, (twins,) b. Feb. 5, 1779.

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Nathaniel Gray mar. Lydia Coe, at Little Compton, March
29, 1807; she was born Dec. 30, 1785, and d. Aug. 30, 1848;
he d. Oct. 6, 1836. Issue:

Hannah Kent Gray, b. Nov. 2, 1808, d. Dec. 27, 1822.
Harriet Gray, b. Aug. 18, 181 1, mar. Henry Butler; resides

on the old homestead, at Little Compton.
Horace Gray, b. Apr. 7, 1813, mar. Parthenia Easterbrook,
and had

Emily Gray, b. at Providence, R. I., July 31, 1843,
mar. Chas. Rossitter, at Fall River, Mass., Dec.
30, 1866, and had Ada H., and Mabel Gray
Rossitter, both deceased; she d. Mar. 7, 1885,
and he resides at Brooklyn, N. Y.
Howard Gray, son of Horace, lives at Taunton,
Mass.
Horace Gray died at Philadelphia, Jan. 12, 1865.
Diana Coe Gray, dau. of Nathaniel, b. Aug. 17, 1815, mar.
Wm. S. Wood, and had a son, ITieodore Wood; she re-
sides at Fall River, Mass.

Fallee Palmer Gray, b. Feb. 24, 181 8, mar. Jedediah Shaw
and had Horace Gray Shaw, who is in business in New
York, and resides at South Orange, N. J.; and Anna W.,
who mar. Frank Brownell of Little Compton, and resides
there. Mrs. Shaw died April 26, 1854.

Cornelius Briggs Gray, b. Aug. 31 1820.} d. Sept. 2, 1823.
John Gray, " " " )

Bejamin Coe Gray, b. Feb. 17, 1823, d. Sept. 18, 1823.

George Gray, b. Aug. i, 1824, mar. and had Nancy, who
mar. John Sebrey; Elva, George, Jr., and Don; he mar.
2d, and had Elwood Gray; resides at Elmore, Vt.

Charles Henry Gray, youngest son of Nathanel Gray, born
July 23, 1827, mar. but no children; died in California^
Feb. 12, 1873.

Amasa Gray, a son of John Gray, brother of Nathaniel, in-
herited his father's farm, and at this date is still living there,,
being the only one residing in that old town of Little Compton^
bearing the name of Gray, once so familiar there.

A Thomas Gray, said to have been a brother of Edward, died
at Plymouth, June 7, 1654, but there is no evidence that he left
descendants.

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Asa Gray, of Tiverton, was Town Clerk for many years from
about 1820; also Justice of the Peace, and was called 'Squire
Gray.

The Grays were among the early settlers of Tiverton and Lit-
tle Compton, in company with other Plymouth families, on a
grant from the Plymouth Company, which at that time laid claim
to all that territory, and which was maintained up to the date of
1746, when the Crown decided that jurisdiction of that section
of the east main rightfully vested in Rhode Island.

The Capt. Robert Gray who first crossed the bar at the mouth
of the Columbia River, 1790, and consequently regarded as its
discoverer, upon vvhich fact the United States successfully based
its claim to all the contiguous territory, in the great contest with
Great Britain over the North- Western boundary line, and who on
his return from that expedition was received with much honor at
Boston and other cities, was of the Tiverton Grays, and a de-
scendant of Edward Gray of Plymouth.

There are strong indications that Edward Gray of Plymouth,
(and consequently John Gray of Yarmouth,) was a descendant of
the Edward Gray mentioned on page 5, as father of Mrs. Desire
Kent, who is claimed to have been the first woman of the Pil-
grims who landed at Plymouth Rock. This probability is
strengthened by the fact that Edward of Plymouth, as will be
seen, named his first born daughter, Desire, while his son Thom-
as married Hannah Kent. Who Edward Gray the father of
Desire Kent was, careful search of English annals would doubt-
less disclose. Perhaps he was the Edward Gray of Lincolnshire
who was Knighted and granted Arms in 1635, and who was the
ancestor of Edward Gray of Boston, 1686, whose portrait, with
Arms, appears at page 191.

It would have been very pleasing to have given a more full
record of the Plymouth Grays, but it was not easily obtainable;
yet even this fragment of history is sufficient to demonstrate that
the field is a most interesting one, which will well repay the re-
searches of the future historian. And these leaflets are thrown
in as a contribution to that end.

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SALEM GRAYS.

ROBERT GRAY.

Robert Gray, the ancestor of the Salem Grays, must have
been at Salem prior to 1651, as the records show that he had a
daughter baptized there date of March 9, of that year. His an-
cestry does not clearly appear, but probably before his marriage,
he was an armorer or gunner in one or more voyages with one
Capt. Wall, between England and the English Colonies in New
England and the West Indies. He married Elizabeth, a kins-
woman or connection of Thos. Wickes of Salem. He died at
Salem Jan. 11, 1662, and his will, made Jan. i, 1661-2, names
his wife Elizabeth, Executrix. She married 2d, Capt. Nicholas
Manning, June 23, 1663, and had Thomas, Nicholas, Margaret
and John. Capt. Manning, with others, was presented to the
Court for wearing periwigs in Salem, 1679. .In 1677 he was
commander of the man-of-war " Ketch," which was fitted out at
Salem. Was made a Judge in Maine, and afterwards imprisoned
there. Living with second wife, Mary, at Richmond, S. I., 1709.

Issue of Robert Gray by Elizabeth his wife:

Elizabeth, bapt. ist ch. March 9, 165 1; mar. June 25, 1672,
John Priest, and had Elizabeth.

JOSEPH GRAY.

Joseph Gray, bapt. May 9, 1652; mar. Deborah Williams,
Aug. 10, 1675. He was a gunsmith. Made will May 17, 1690,
and proved June 24, following. She mar. 2d, June 14, 1690,
James Holgate, Surgeon, of Salem, and had James and Deborah.
Issue of Joseph Gray and Deborah his wife:

Benjamin Gray, son of Joseph, b. 167-, made will Dec. 14,
1 7 1 6, which was proved Jan. 17, following. He was a turner.
He mar. Mary Beadle, Mar. 31, 1699. Issue:

Benjamin Gray, (2), b. Oct. 3, 1701.

John Gray, b. June 21, 1703.

Robert Gray, b. Dec. 15, 1704.

Mary Gray, bapt. Apr. 15, 1722, (with her mother.)

Jonathan Gray, b. 1709.

Sarah Gray, bapt. April 15, 1722; mar. Bcnj. RuU.

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Benjamin (2) mar. Sarah Cash Nov. 16. 1722; died at Salem
Jan 27, 1 76 1. Was a chair-maker, ahas turner. Issue:

Benjamin Gray, (3), b. Mar. 29, 1724; hved at Salem and
Gloucester; a painter; mar. March 31, 1745, Elizabeth,
dau. of Wm. Curtis, of Lynn; d. May 10, 1765.

Sarah Gray, b. Dec. 14, 1725; d. Mar. 6, 1749.

William Gray, b. Oct. 26, 1727; d. Dec. 24, 1805.

Elizabeth Gray, b. Oct. 15, 1731; d. Aug. 19, 1732.

Hepzibah Gray, b. Oct. 12, 1733; mar. Thos. Rice, Dec. 11,
1759, ^^ Boston.

Mary Gray, b. Oct. 12, 1735.

Elizabeth Gray, b. Nov. 18, 1738; mar. Wm. Lander, Mar.
26, 1 761, and had Samuel, Elizabeth, Jona, Robert.

William, son of Benjamin (2) and Sarah Cash Gray, b. Oct. 26,
1727, mar. Sarah Mattoon, 1749; was a chair manufacturer; had
William Gray, Jr., b. July 5, 1750; d. Nov. 11, 1819.
Sarah Gray, Dec. 17, 1753; d. May 23, 1787.
John Gray, b. Jan. 12, 1761.
Benjamin, " •' " d. Jan. 24, 1761.
Richard Mattoon Gray, b. Oct. 5, 1763.

William Gray, Jr., mar. ist, Susannah Shepherd, Nov. 5, 1772;
she d. Apr. 25, 1796, and he mar. 2d, the \vid. Hannah Young,
Oct. 2, 1796. Issue:

William Shepherd Gray, b. July 30, 1773; was Cashier of
Essex Bank, Salem, which position, for certain reasons, he ab-
ruptly abandoned. He d. about 1830, in Roxbury, Mass. Issue:

Wm. Morland Gray, bapt. Jan. i, 1800; d. young.
Haraden Gray, bapt. Aug. 2, 1801.
Frederick Wallace Gray, bapt. June 5, 1803.
John Morland Gray, bapt. Apr. 15, 1805.
George Alexander Gray, bapt. Apr. 5, 1807
Wm. Morland Gray, 2d, bapt. July 9, 1809; d. 1810.
Ann Augusta Gray, bapt. Aug. 30, 181 2.
John Gray, b. June 9, 1775; d. Feb. 8, 1776.
Sarah Gray, b. Dec. 19, 1776; d. June 28, 1777.
John Gray, 2d, b. Apr. 24, 1778.

John Gray, son of William, (i), (Benj.-Benj.-Jos.-Robert,) born
Jan. 12, 1 761, was an accountant and teacher; mar. ist, Eliza-
beth Archer, Nov. 18, 1783; she d. Aug. 17, 1814, and he mar.
2d, Mary Holman, Feb. 19, 1815; he d. at Salem, Dec. 9, 1838.
Issue:

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Sarah Gray, b. Oct. 25, 1784; d. May 3, 1830.

Elizabeth Gray, b. Feb. 17, 1787; d. Jan. 7, 1792.

Lucy Gray, b. June 21, 1789; mar. Francis H. Board-
man Nov. 29, 1 8 10, and had Elizabeth, George, Ed-
ward, CaroHne, Edward, 2d, (Uved Portland, Me.,)
Mary N., Emily, Benj. A., of Salem, Wm. A., who
mar. Lucy N. Dodge, dau. of Rev. Wm. B. Dodge,
and 2d, Alvord, of Waukegan, 111.
Richard Mattoon Gray, son of WilUam, (Benj.-Benj.-Jos.-
Robert,) b. Salem, Oct. 5, 1763, mar. Elizabeth Needham; issue:

Richard Gray, b. July 18, 1786; d. Sept. 5, 17S7.

Richard Gray, 2d, b. June 19, 1788.

John Gray, son of Benj. (Jos. -Robert,) b. in Salem, June 21,
1703, d. in or before 1751. He lived in Provincetown and Sa-
lem. He mar. Phebe, (?) who d. in or before 1761. Issue:
John Gray.
Sarah Gray, mar. Charles Adee, or Eddy, of Salem,

March 10, 1768.
Rachel Gray.
James Gray.
Tliere was a Mary Gray, said to have been the dau. of John
and Phebe Gray of Provincetown, b. Jan. 13, 1726, who mar,
Nathan Noble of New Milford, Conn., May 2, 1748. He was
killed at the battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777; she d. Oct. 29,

1785.

John Gray, son of John, (Benj.-Jos.-Robert,) lived in Salem;
a cordwainer. He mar. Mary, and had:

William Gray, mar. Sarah Smith, of Salem, Aug. 13,

1787; lived at Beverly.
Margaret Gray, mar. Sam'l Bell, Apr. 26, 1785, who

had previously mar. Abigail Foster.
Mary Gray, who mar Dec. 26, 1786, James Snow,
prob. son of James and Edith, who sold to Benja-
min Gray land in Salem Jan. 11, 1760.
John Gray, mar. Elizabeth Brown, Nov. 13, 1794.
Rachel, dau. of John Gray, son of John, &c., mar. Simon
Gordon, Oct. 5, 1755, and had James Gordon, b. 1760, who af-
terwards took the surname of Gray. He lived in Beverly; mar.
ist, Mary, dau. of Capt. Robert Foster, and 2d, Mary Gage of
Beverly, Apr. i, 1790; he d. 1792. Had Sarah, b. 1786, who

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mar. Andrew Mansfield and resided at Nobleborougli, Me., 1861;
son Jacob, and dau. Sarah, wife of Hon. Elisha Clarke, Bath, Me.
Elizabeth, dau. of James Gordon Gray, b. Beverly, July 21, 1788,
mar. Dea. Richard Manning Chipman, Nov. 30, 1805, and had
Richard Manning Chipman, bapt. May 6, 1810, also Andrew M.,
Mary E., Eleazer Moses, Sarah C, Betsey Gray, Thomas, Hen-
ry, who d. of disease contracted in the army in 1865, Susan P.,
James, who d. from wound received in the battle of the Wilder-
ness, and Ward Chipman, who d. 1S55.

James Gray, son of John, (Benj.-Jos.-Robert,) lived in Bever-
ly and Salem; a fisherman. Appears to have been a Rev. sol-
dier; mar. ist, Priscilla Cressey; mar. 2d, Sarah Whitefoot; d.
Sept. 25, 1 810.

Robert Gray, son of Benj. (Jos.-Robert.) b. Salem, Dec. 15,
1704; was a blacksmith; mar. Margaret Glover, Mar. 24, 1726-
7; issue:

Robert GR-^Y, bapt. Sept. 22, 1728.
Benjamin Gray.

Ephraim Gray, mar. Aug. 28, 1757.
Benjamin Gray, son of Robert, (Benj .-Jos. -Robt.,) lived in Sa-
lem; a ship-wright; mar. Mary Galium, June 21, 1752; she and
all her children baptized and received to ist Ch., Apr. 9, 1769;
he d. 1 7 6-. Issue:

Andrew Gray, b. 1754; mar. Mary Mugford, May 14,

1780.
Elizabeth Gray, b. 1759.
Benjamin Gray, b. 1761.

Rebecca Gray, b. 1763; mar. Benj. Pede, Apr. 27, 1783;
received from her mother, Mary Gray, wid., Oct. 5,
1790, land in Salem.

Robert Gray, son of Joseph (Robert,) will made Sept. 5, 1731;
mar. ist, Dorothy; 2d, Abigail; lived in Lynn; issue:

Dorothy Gray, b. Aug. 23, 1701; mar. John Tarbox, at

Lynn, Oct. 30, 17 18.
Deborah Gray, b. Nov. 24, 1704.
Robert Gray, b. June 27, 1708.
Sarah Gray, b. Nov. 25, 1713.

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Robert Gray, son of Robert (Jos.-Robert,) b. in Lynn, mar.
Elizabeth Allen, 1732; issue:

Robert Gray, mar. Dec. 11, 1755, Anna Newhall.
Joseph Gray.
Joseph Gray, son of Robt., (Robt.-Jos.-Robt.,) lived in Lynn;
mar. Rebecca Farrington, May 4, 1756; issue:

Hannah Gray, b. June 9, 1757.
Rebecca Gray, b. Mar. 9, 1759.
William Gray, b. Mar. 26, 1761.
Joseph Gray, b. July 13, 1763.
Susanna Gray, b. July 5, 1765.

William Gray, son of Jos. (Robert,) b. at Salem, and lived in
Lynn, where he initiated the manufacture of shoes by operatives.
He married Hannah; will proved Sept. 17, 1743. Issue:

Joseph Gray, b. Jan. 8, 1707-8.

William Gray, b. Aug. 30, 17 10.

Hannah Gray, who mar. Sam'l Galley.

Jeremiah Gray, b. Dec. 16, 17 12.

Abraham Gray, b. Jan. 13, 17 14-15; d. Feb. 11, 1791.
Abraham Gray, son of William, (Joseph-Robert,) b. Lynn, d.
in Salem, where he was about 1758. Was a shoe manufacturer
and dealer; Deacon of istCh. of Salem. In his will, made 1790,
he mentions "my grandsons, Sylvanus and Winthrop Gray, my
gr. daughters, Lydia Clough and Jane Williams, my three child-
ren, William, Samuel, and Hannah Gray," with John Chipman,
Christopher Osgood and Asa Pierce. He mar. Apr. i, 1742,
Lydia Galley, who d. Nov. 27, 1788, aged 65. Issue:

Mary Gray, b. Jan. 5, 1743; mar. Oct. 11, 1764, her
cousin, Winthrop Gray; d. Nov. 27, 1788.

Lydia Gray, b. Nov. 3, 1744; mar. Joseph Clough, Mar.
28, 1766, and had Joseph, who d. about 181 7.

Hannah Gray, b. Nov. 13, 1746; d. July i, 1751.

Jane Gray, b. July 31, 1748; mar. Benj. Williams and
had Jane, bapt. Mar. 11, 1770, who mar. Cotton
Brown Brooks of Haverhill, Dec. 13, 1794.

William Gray, b. June 27, 1750; d. Nov. 3, 1825.

Hannah Gray, b. May 23, 1752; d. Sept. 14, 1791.

Abraham Gray, b. Aug. 21, 1753; d. Aug. 6, 1788.

Abigail Gray, b. Sept. i, 1755; d. Nov. 6, 1790.

Samuel Gray, b. Aug. 2, 1760; d. Jan. 21, 18 16.

Francis Calley Gray, b. Dec. 19, 1762; d. Apr. 27, '90.

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HON. WILLIAM GRAY.

Hon. William Gray, son of Abraham, (Wm. -Jos. -Robert,) was
born at Lynn, June 27, 1750; lived in Salem until 181 1, after
which at Boston, where he died Nov. 3, 1825. His early educa-
tion was only such as the common schools in his childhood
afforded. His precocity at eleven years of age led Samuel Gard-
ner, an eminent merchant of Salem, to offer him a mercantile
apprenticeship. In answer to inquiry as to what compensation
should be given, the father learned that Mr. Gardner could re-
ceive si.x guineas for such a position from the best apprentice in
the country. The latter, however, received the lad gratuitously,
and he so won upon his employer, especially by exemplifications
of diligence and veracity, that he obtained additionally to in-
struction, his clothing, and other favors testif}ang esteem. He
afterwards was the clerk of Richard Derby, another prominent
and successful merchant of Salem. He showed his patriotism
by serving in the troops that under Col. Timothy Pickering's
command reached Lexington by a severe forced march, in season
to discharge their muskets on the British soldiers retreating from
the conflict there, April 19, 1775. Mr. Gray, on commencing
business soon after attaining majority, was completely accom-
plished for the work. In the Revolutionary war he had vessels
privateering. In the prosecution of that business as a ship-
ping merchant, the fleet of commercial vessels owned by him at
one time amounted to the number of forty-four, (44), many of
them the largest ships constructed. Doubling the Cape of Good
Hope with vast funds, they would return with immense cargoes,
that were distributed throughout our ov\ti, (country) or re-export-
ed to foreign countries. " In twenty-five years after he began
business he was a millionaire; but to accomplish that degree of
success, he was compelled to abandon himself to his commercial
pursuits as totally and exclusively as Hercules to his labors, or
Ixion to his wheel. Very fortunately for him, he was enabled to
do this to his entire satisfaction by exonerating himself from all
his domestic affairs and engagements and consigning them to the
management of his highly talented and accomplished wife."
"Most auspiciously, Sunday unfailing shone for him a day of ab-

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solute and exclusive rest and devotion. He was a constant at-
tendant at church, asked a blessing at his table, and the Bible
was habitually read in his family. He had the good sense to
abstain from tobacco in every shape." His self-command was
great otherwise. Many of his apprentices became eminent mer-
chants. Among pupils to him, after their graduation at Harvard,
in 1796, and in 1806, were Francis Dana, and Jos. G. Cogges-
hall, Ph.D., and LL.D., Librarian of Harvard College, and of
the Astor Library, N. Y. Mr. Gray was in 1810-11, Lieut.-Gov-
ernor of Massachusetts. He married, Mar. 28, 1782, Elizabeth,
daughter of John Chipman, Esq., of Marblehead, who was born
June 9, 1756, and died Sept. 29, 1823. Mr. Chipman gradua-
ted at Harvard, 1738, was a barrister-at-law, and the eldest son
of Rev. John Chipman, formerly pastor of the Congregational
Church in North Beverly. It is said of Mrs. Gray, that " with
her experience as a teacher, slie was perfectly qualified to con-
duct all their domestic concerns, and superintend the education
of their children."

Mr. Gray was one of the most distinguished personages of his
time in New England, and his name is among the most illus-
trious of the family of Gray in America. The following is a list
of his children, and in part of his descendants, so far as ob-
tained:

William Rufus Gray, son of William, bom June 23, 1783,
died July 29, 1831. He graduated at Harvard, 1800; resided
in Boston; was a merchant. Married, Oct. 19, 1809, Mary,
eldest dau. of Hon. and Rev. Joseph Clay, who was born at
Savannah, Ga., 1764, and was Judge of the U. S. Dist. Court,
Ct., 1796, and pastor of Bapt. Churches at Savannah and Bos-
ton. She d. Nov. 15, 1867.

Lucia Gray, b. 1788; died 1844. She mar. Aug. 25, 1807,
Col. Samuel Swett, who grad. at Harvard, 1800, and d. Oct. 28,
1866. Resided in Salem and Boston; a topographical engineer
U. S. A.; a merchant and author, whose children, graduates of
Harvard, were Benjamin, who d. 1823, and Wm. Gray, who was
pastor of Church at Le.xington, 1836-9, and at Lynn, 1840;
mar. Charlotte Phinney of Lexington.

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Henry Gray, b. Jan. 17, 1784; mar. Frances Pierce, Oct. 28,
1810; d. 1834.

Francis Galley Gray, b. 1791; d. Dec. 1856; LL.D., grad.
Harvard 1809; lived Boston; admitted to the bar but devoted
himself to literary pursuits. A Fellow of H. C.; unmar.

John Chipman Gray, b. Dec. 26, 1793; LL.D.; grad H. C.,
181 1; lived in Boston; a literateur; for many years a Senator of
Massachusetts, and member of Council; mar. May, 1820, Eliza-
beth Pickering, dau. of Samuel P. Gardner, of Boston.

Ward CrRAY, died in childhood.

Horace Gray, b. Aug. 25, 1800; d. 1873; grad. at Harvard
18 1 9; merchant, lived in Boston; mar. Hannah, dau. of Phineas
Upham, of Brookfield, 1827, who d. Oct., 1834; mar. 2d, July
3, 1837, Sarah R, dau. of Samuel P. Gardner, of Boston.

Hon. Horace Gray, of the U. S. Supreme Court, is of the de-
scendants of Hon. William Gray, who was his grandsire.

Samuel Gray, son of Abraham, (Wm.-Jos.-Robt.,) lived in Sa-
lem, Boston, and Medford; merchant and banker; mar. Oct. 27,
1787, Anna Orne, who d. June 2, 1797; mar. 2d, Apr. 25, 1799,
Mary, dau. of Rev. Edward Brook, whose wife Abigail, dau. of
Rev. John Brown, was a sister of Elizabeth, wife of John Chip-
man, and mother of Elizabeth Chipman, wife of Hon. William
Gray. Issue:

Samuel Galley Gray, b. Sept. 7, 17 — ; d. Nov., 1849; grad.
Harvard, 181 1; resident of Boston; Pres. Atlas Bank; mar. July
I, 1829, Elizabeth Stone White, dau. Jos. White, Jr.

Lydia Gray, b. July 27, 1788; d. 1874; mar. Nov. 15, 1810,
Thos. Wren Ward, of Salem and Boston. Issue: Martha Ann,
Mary Gray, Sam'l Gray, William, Mary Gray, John G., George
Cabot, and Thos. WiUiam Ward.

Anna Gray, b. July 27, 1789; d. Dec. 20, 1816; mar. Apr.
9, 181 5, Andrew Hall, of Medford, and had Sarah.

Sarah Gray, b. May 28, 17 91; d. Sept. 16, 1805.

Mary Gray, b. Aug. 30, 1794; mar. Nov. 3, 1816, Wm. Ray.

Catharine Gray, b. Apr. i, 1797; mar. July 22, 1823, Jona-
than Porter, who grad. Harvard, first in class, 1814, admitted

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to bar, Middlesex Co., 1817, and d. at Medford, 1859. Issue:
Geo. D. Porter, who grad. Harvard, 1851, and d. 1861.

Elizabeth Gorham Gray, b. March 4, 1800; mar. Dec. 2,
1822, Franklin Howard, son of Dr. Elisha Story, and had Hor-
ace CuUen, who d. 1847, and Franklin H., b. Feb. 12, 1825, who
mar. Adeline Wainwright, of N. Y., and had Elizabeth G., b.
Oct. 16, 1855, and Marion W., b. Jan. 30, 1857. Mr. Story re-
sides in Boston; trustee real estate.

Charlotte Gallison Gray, b. Jan. 18, 1802; d. Feb. 1804.

WiNTHROP Gray, b. Apr. 18, 1804; d. Mar. 26, 1830.

Francis Abraham Gray, b. Aug. 4, 1806; d. June 17, 1809.

Sarah Charlotte Gray, b. Apr. 7, 1809; mar. Ignatius Sar-
gent, and had Sarah EUery, who mar. Winthrop Sargent, Phila.

Henrietta Gray, b. Oct. i, 1811; mar. May 16, 1835, Igna-
tius Sargent, the husband of her deceased sister Sarah.

Francis Abraham Gray, 2d, b. Oct. 5, 1813; mar. June 2,
1857, Helen Wainwright, of New York.

ROBERT GRAY, (2).

Robert Gray (2), son of Robert, b. Salem, May 10, 1658; will
proved Oct. 22, 1725, in which he names wife, Sarah, sons Sam-
uel and Benjamin, and dau. Sarah, with son John, to whom for
reasons "sorrowful," he only gives a small legacy. He married
Sarah Glover, or Grover, of Beverly, Aug. 7, 1685; was a gun-
smith; lived in Salem. Issue:

John Gray, b. May 2, 1686.

Robert Gray, (3), b. May, 18, 1689; d. May 3, 1697.

Samuel Gray, b. Apr. 15, 1691.

Hannah Gray, b. Sept. 16, 1693; d. 1695.

Sarah Gray, b. Aug. 22, 1695; mar. Nov. 4, 17 14, Capt.
Michael Driver, of Salem, and had Michael, Sarah,
Michael, 2d, Elizabeth and Thomas.

Jonathan Gray, b. May 12, 1697.

Josiah Gray, b. Feb. 22, 1699-1700.

Benjamin Gray, b. Feb. 16, 1702-3.

James Gray, b. July 29, 1704.
John Gray, son of Robt.-Robt., was a gunsmith; mar. Abigail
Masury Dec. 23, 1710; mar. 2d, Dec. 16, 1717, Susanna Jones.
Issue:

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Robert Gray, b. Nov. 27, 171 1.

William Gray, b. Sept. 21, 17 13.

Abigail Gray, b. Nov. 3, 1715; mar. July 21, 1735,
Zachariah Curtis, and had Ebenezer and Samuel.

John Gray, b. Sept. 11, 17 18.

Susanna Gray, b. Sept. 13, 1723.
Robert Gray, son of John, (Robt.-Robt.,) lived in Salem; a
shipwright; mar. Ruth Deal, Nov. 20, 1733; she was granted
letters of administration on his estate Feb. 6, 1771. Issue:

x'Vbigail Gray, bapt. Aug. 31, 1735.

William Gray, bapt. Oct. 16, 1737.
Also Robert, Sarah, and Hannah who d. unmarried, Nov. 1809.
William Gray, son of Robert, (John-Robert-Robert,) bapt. at
Salem, Oct. 16, 1737, d. 1780; a shoemaker; mar. Mary Moses,
and had: William; Benjamin; Margaret, who mar. Benj. Trask;
Richard; Samuel; Hannah, who mar. Caleb Cook, Dec. 10,
1796, and had Caleb, Mary Gray, and William; Abigail, who
mar. Peter Pickman Frye; Mary, who mar. Samuel Cook.

William Gray, son of the foregoing William, mar. a Jones
and had Ebenezer, Samuel, Robert, James, and Abigail.

Samuel Gray, son of William, (Robt.-John-Robt.-Robt.,) born
June 7, 1765, d. Oct. 11, 1850; was a shoemaker; mar. Dec. 15,
1787, Ruth Ropes, and had Sarah, b, 1790; Robert, bapt. Feb.
19, 1792, mar. Sarah Ela, resided at Portsmouth, N. H., and
had three sons and three daughters; Samuel, bapt. Jun. 22, 1792,
killed by lightning, while sailing in Salem Harbor, 1836; Ruth,
who d. aged 32, unmar.; WiUiam, bapt. May 31, 1797; Sarah R.,
who mar. Nathaniel Frothingham, and d. by suicide at the Asy-
lum in Worcester; Margaret Cook, who d. unmar. at Taunton,
Jan. 25, 1864; George, b. 1804, who mar. Lydia Barden of Do-
ver, N. H., where he resided, and had George Frederick, Ruth,
and Elizabeth Gray; Elizabeth S., who mar. James Chamberlain
Jan. 6, 1829; Priscilla, who d. unmar.; and Samuel, died young.

John Gray son of John, (Robert-Robert,) lived in Salem; mar.
Oct. 13, 1742, Sarah Dodd, of Boston, and had John; Jane,
who mar. Benjamin Williams, Mar. 30, 1769; Anna, who mar.
June 17, 1770, John Williams; and Sarah, who mar. Aug. 22,
1773, Daniel Pease.

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John Gray, son of foregoing, mar. March 30, 1769, Lydia
Crowell, and had Lydia, who mar. Joseph Cook, Dec. 30, 1792;
and another daughter.

Samuel Gray, son of Robert, (Robt.,) b. Salem Apr. 15, 1691,
d. 1730; a gunsmith; mar. March 23, 17 21, Elizabeth Ward,
dau. of John and Jehoidan (Harvey) Ward. Issue: Sarah, bapt.
Apr. 28, 1728, Elizabeth and Hannah.

"Antiquarians at Salem and elsewhere have confounded Rob-
ert Gray (i), with another Robert Gray, of which latter is known
what here follows: A grant of land was made to him at Salem,
Apr. 5, 1662. He was in 1669, fined for attendance at Qua-
ker Meetings. He mar. March 8, 1668-9, prob. at Andover,
Hannah, dau. of Nicholas Holt, Sr., and had Catharine, Jemi-
ma, Henry, Hannah, Edward, Robert, and Breviter. He receiv-
ed land from his father-in-law, in Andover, 1679, and died there
1 7 18, aged 84 years." He was the ancestor of the so called
Andover Grays.

Samuel Gray of Salem mar. Abigail Lord, Dec. 28, 167 1.
He was probably the Samuel Gray who gave testimony in the
witchcraft trials, 1692. Samuel Gray mar. 2d Susanna Buster,
of Boston.

There was also an Arthur Gray of Salem who mar. Hannah
Hide, Nov. 17, 1668, and had Christian, Joseph and Mary.

Query: Were not Robert Gray, (i), of Salem, Robert of An-
dover, Arthur and Samuel of Salem, related, as brothers or cous-
ins, and all descendants of the Thomas Gray who was the pur-
chaser of Nantasket, 1622, and afterwards of Salem, or Marble-
head?

The foregoing sketch and record of the Salem Grays is made
up from Ms. of Rev. R. Manning Chipman, of Phila., with ad-
ditions by Perley Derby, Genealogist, of Salem, a copy of which
was kindly furnished by the latter for this purpose.

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CAPT. ISAAC GRAY.

It is stated on page 150, under head of the Worcester Grays,
that John Gray, Jr., and his wife Izobel, who afterwards removed
from Worcester to Pelham, Mass., had three sons, viz: Daniel,
John, and Isaac, who commanded a Company at Bunker Hill,
but of whom it is there said, that there was no further trace of
him or his descendants. Happily, however, during the progress
of this work the missing links have been discovered, and the
record of Capt. Isaac Gray's family is herewith nearly in full
presented. He had married Mary McLain, and had the follow-
ing children : Elihu, Daniel C, Isaac, Jr., Patience, Tirzah,
Margaret, Sarah, and Mary. It is said that there was also a
son Andrew, who was lost at sea. The family had removed
to Hebron, W^ashington Co., N. Y., prior to 1795, but whether
Capt. Isaac went thither, and when and where he died, does not
appear. Patience Gray mar. Billings Stocking, of Lisbon, N. Y.,
and had a large family, and some of her descendants still reside
there. Tirzah Gray, born in 1775, mar. John Flack, of Lisbon,
and had ten children, five of whom are still living, mostly in St.
Lawrence Co., N. Y. Margaret married William Crosset, and
removed to Canada; had several chiUlren. Sarah mar. a Mc-
lanathan, and had several children; lived in Clinton Co., N. Y.

DANIEL C. GRAY.

Daniel C. Gray, son of Capt. Isaac, married Susanna Craw^-
ford, of Hebron, N. Y., and had seven children: Anna, Andrew
M., Isaac, John K., Daniel C, Jr., Mary, and Tirzah Gray. Anna
was born in 1796, married Wm. Foster, of Lisbon, N. Y., and
died in 1836, leaving five children, of w^hom only Levi H. and
Elizabeth survive, residing on the old homestead; Tirzah married
James B. Armstrong of Lisbon, and died in 1834, leaving two
daughters, Mary, who mar. G. H. Piatt and resides in Lisbon,
and Tirzah Armstrong, who resides at Ogdensburg; Mary Gray,
youngest daughter of Daniel C, mar. David Foster, of Lisbon,
and had Margaret, Tirzah A., Lewis C, who resides in Lisbon,
and George Foster. Daniel C. Gray was b. June 26, 1766, and
d. July 19, 1825; his wife, b. May 16, 1773, d. July 22, 1845.

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Isaac Gray, eldest son of Daniel C, was born in 1798, and
was mar. to Elizabeth Brown, in 1823. He possessed a strong
constitution and had great energy of character. He was for
some time engaged in the lumber business between Ogdensburg
and Montreal, successfully running the rapids of the St. Law-
rence. He afterwards purchased a farm in the town of Oswe-
gatchie, where he continued to reside the remainder of his life.
When the M. E. Church was about to be established at Heuvel-
ton he entered heartily into the movement, aiding with his means
and his counsel. He was for more than half a century an effi-
cient member of that church, forty years of which he was class-
leader, and a part of that time held the offices of trustee and
steward as well. He died at the age of eighty-one, his wife hav-
ing died nine years previous. Their family consisted of six
children: Mary Ann, who married W. H. Finney, of Colborne,
Canada, and died in 1852; Tirzah N., who married Samuel Han-
na, of Ogdensburg, and had a son and daughter; Sarah E., who
was born in 1832, and married Col. L. H. Rowan, of Boonville,
N. Y., i860, has a daughter Florence, and resides at Franklin,
N. J.; Jane L. Gray, born in 1834, mar. John Allison of Morris-
burg, Ontario, in 1885, and resides at the homestead, near Heu-
velton, N. Y.

Daniel C. Gray (3), son of Isaac, mar. Harriet Dings of Lis-
bon, Dec. 25, i860, and "resides on apart of the homestead. Is-
sue: Isaac, Alida J., who mar. Geo. Hanna, of Lisbon, 1885,
and Annie Gray.

James N. Gray, son of Isaac, b. 1829, taught school at Lisbon
and at the West; d. 1870.

Andrew M. Gray, son of Daniel C. Gray, (i), was born Jan.
16, 1801, in Hebron, N. Y., and removed to Lisbon, St. Law-
rence, Co., with his father's family in 181 2. Upon reaching his
majority he purchased a tract of land in the adjoining town of
Oswagatchie, and at once commenced erecting buildings and
clearing up a farm. His brothers and brothers-in-law also settled
in the same neighborhood. He assisted in organizing the First
Congregational Church at Heuvelton, and was for many years
one of its officers. He subsequently joined the Presbyterian
Church at Lisbon, and was made a Ruling Elder. He died Sept.

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The following brief sketch of the Grays of Herkimer, N Y.,
is furnished by A. M. Gray, of that place: " My greatgrandfather
came from Ireland when a boy, in 1744. Was bound out on his
arrival at New York by his consent and the Capt. of the vessel,
until he was 2 1 , which was about three years. He was a ' sto-
away.' He married at Stone Arabia, where he came on his arri-
val to this part of the country. He had five sons: Adam, Nich-
olas, Samuel, Robert, and Andrew. Adam was a bachelor;
Nicholas was killed at the battle of Oriskany; Samuel, Robert,
and Andrew all raised large families, and they are now scattered
all over the world. I am a descendant from Andrew. My great
grandfather's name was Adam, my father, son of Andrew, was
named Adam, and each of the sons of the original Adam had
a son by the name of Adam."

Frederick A. Gray, a son of the aforementioned A. M. Gray,
has recently been appointed Postmaster at Herkimer.

Hon. George Gray, U. S. Senator from Delaware, is a son of
the late Andrew C. Gray, and was born at New Castle, Del.,
May 4, 1840. He graduated at Princeton when nineteen years
of age, and received the degree of A. M., in 1862. After study-
ing law with his father, he spent a year at the Harvard Law
School, and was admitted to practice in 1863; was appointed
Attorney General of the State of Delaware in 1876, and re-
appointed in 1884; was a delegate to the National Democratic
Conventions in 1876, 1880, and 1884; was elected United
States Senator to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of
Bayard as Secretary of State, and has been re-relected for a full
term. Senator Gray's ancestral record would have been given
more fully, if it had been furnished, and it might have been of
general and particular interest.

Robert Gray died near Londonderry, Ireland, 1744, leaving
an infant son Robert, bom 1743. This son grew up and emi-
grated to America in 1765. He enlisted under General Israel
Putnam and served three terms in the revolution, being among
those who captured Burgoyne. He emigrated to Ohio in 1800,
locating near Cincinnati. His son Jonathan took part in the

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war of 1 812. Jonathan's son William C. Gray, was born 1830;
was educated and admitted to the practice of the law in 1852;
in 1853 entered upon the profession of journalism. He remov-
from Cincinnati to Chicago to take the position of editor-in-
chief of The Interior, and under his able management it has
achieved a large success. A cotemporary says of him: " Dr.
Gray has rare incisiveness and vigor of style, with freshness of
humor. He is one of the very ablest editors on the religious
press, and is second to none. He is a strong antagonist, is per-
fectly fearless in the expression of his convictions, and is one of
the most competent and best known editors in the country."
Frank Gray, son of William C, is publisher of The Interior.

James Gray born at Bangor, Ireland, Jan 17, 1781, married a
Sarah Gray, and had Margaret Cummings, Hugh Barr, b. 1805,
John, Sarah, Isabella, Charles, Henry, Ann Jean. Hugh Barr
Gray mar. Letitia Patterson, dau. of Robert and Letitia Patter-
son, in 1834, and had the following, all born in the city of New
York: Sarah, Mary Jane, Robert Patterson, Margaretta Louisa,
and Charles A. Gray. Robert Patterson Gray, son of Hugh
Barr, b. Sept. 7, 1838, mar. Elizabeth Jane Burns, 1866, and
had Jennie Letitia, b. May, 1867, Rufus E., dec'd, Robert Pat-
terson, Jr., Norman Ellwood, Raymond Hugh and Rutherford
B., twins, dec'd, and Gertrude C. Gray, dec'd. Robert P. Gray
resides in New York, and his place of business is 176 E. 120th
St.

Reference has been made to an Isaac and George Gray, who
were cotemporaneous with John Gray of Beverly, Mass., and are
believed to have been his brothers. The record of them is brief,
and does not reach down to the present living generations. 'I'he
Isaac referred to, mar. Dec. 19, 1706, Rebekah Woodbury, b. July
2, 1684, (whose mother's father was Roger Haskell), at Beverly,
and had Hannah bapt. 1707, who mar. Robt. Morgan, and lived
at Spencer, Mass.; Isaac, Jr., bapt. June 25, 17 10, mar. Anna,
probably dau. of John Sallows, and was a member of the church
at Beverly, where he continued to reside until 1761, having ad-
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Alexander T. Gray, brother of Thomas B., born Dec. 3, 1807,
married Susan Castle, and had one son, supposed now to be liv-
ing. Mr. Gray resided at Ogdensburg; he died at Albany, Sept.
2, 1842, while on his return from a trip to New York for the
benefit of his health. His widow resides at Ogdensburg.

Ehzabeth Gray, dau. of Isaac (2), b. Feb. 4, 18 10, mar. John
Armstrong, and had eight children; d. Oct. 18, 1877, at Fort
Howard, Wis.

Tirzah Gray, b. March 15, 181 3, mar. James Gray, and re-
sides at Elkhorn, Wis. One of her kindred writes of her: " Al-
though Mrs. Gray is quite aged, yet she is a thorough worker in
the church, and in the Prohibition cause, which indicates that
she is still living in the spirit of the age." Mr. Gray is a son of
a Robert Gray who came from Ireland, and who died in Wis., in
1865. Robert had a brother, Rev. James Gray, a Presbyterian
minister who was located for a time at Phila., and afterwards at
Baltimore] he also had a brother John, and two sisters, one of
whom married an Alexander and lived at Pittsburgh. Robert
Gray, had besides James, Maria, Rachel, Jane, Robert, Jr., Ag-
nes, Alexander, and William. They are probably of the same
ancestry as the Worcester Grays, though the connection cannot
readily be traced.

Agnes Gray, dau. of Isaac (2), b. Sept. 13, 1815, mar. Wm.
Whitney, and had two children; d. at Morley, N. Y., May 6, '48.

John F. Gray, b. Jan. 13, 18 18, mar. Wealthy Heath, and
has two sons, Henry and Frank Gray, both married, and each
has two children; residence, Vincent, Osborne Co., Kansas.

Asahel B. Gray, youngest son of Isaac (2), b. Oct. 9, 1820,
mar. Abby Coult, and had one daughter; was a R.R. Conductor,
and was accidentally killed by the cars at Mansfield, Ohio, Mar.
2S, 1854. His widow and daughter reside at or near Niagara
Falls.

Mr. W. R. Gray, of Heuvelton, N. Y., who has assisted much
in the preparation of the foreging statistics of the descendants
of Capt. Isaac Gray, thus summarizes their characteristics: "The
family is not remarkably strong and hardy, and not long-lived,
and consequently not very numerous. The prevailing tempera-
ments are sanguine and nervous, with the nervous predominat-

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ing. In matters of religion, they are almost without excep-
tion of what is termed the orthodox faith. They are usual-
ly temperate, industrious and economical, without being exces-
sively so, and in most cases succeed in accumulating a fair
amount of property, and live in the enjoyment of all the necessa-
ries, and of many of the luxuries of life. And in behalf of their
good citizenship, be it said: I have never known of a member
of any branch of the family, or of any of their descendants, who
was ever a subject of indictment, or had a criminal process serv-
ed upon him."

It is very pleasing to present the foregoing addenda to the
record of the Worcester Grays.

Samuel Kerr Gray, of the Lake County Bank, Painesville, O.,
writes: " My father was James Gray, born near Londonderry,
Ireland, 1780. Emigrated to America 1798, lived in different
places in eastern Penna., and finally made a permanent home in
Pittsburgh, where he resided until his death in 1857. He was
married three times and had children by each wile. Children by
the first wife are all dead. One son remains of the second wife,
Wm. A. Gray, of St. Paul, Minn. Of the third marriage, only
two children remain, Cornelia H. M. Gray, and myself, both of
this place. A half brother of my father, Andrew Gray, resided
at Peoria, 111., but died several years before him."

John Gray of Gray, Dakota, writes: "My ancestors are Scotch.
They came from a place called Circaldy, a seaport on the coast
of Scotland, and settled in London, England, about 1790. My
grandfather Gray died there, leaving two sons, Thomas and
James. Thomas died in 1824. James Gray left London about
1800, and went to America; lost all track of him. John Gray
son of Thomas, born in London, 181 2, left there 1848; came to
the States; has been a citizen many years. The following are
the names of my living children: Robert and John, born in
London, Ellen, George, Sarah, and Lewis Gray, born in the
United States."

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ISAAC GRAY, (2).

Isaac Gray, (2), youngest son of Capt. Isaac, was born at Pel-
ham, Mass., Dec. 15, 1772, and married Elizabeth Baker, dau.
of an officer of the Revolution, at Salem, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1793;
he died at Sandy Creek, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1822; she d. at Geneva,
Wis., Dec. 7, 1855. Issue:

Dorothy Gray, b. at Hebron, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1795; mar. Alex-
ander Turner, and d. at Lisbon, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1824.

Phebe Gray, b.May 3, 1798; mar. Wm. Chambers, and has
five children now living, three in Colorado, one in Nebraska,
and Wm. K., with whom, at the advanced age of 89 years, she
resides at Elkhorn, Wis.

Isaac H. Gray, born Feb. 26, 1800, mar. .\ugusta Morris, and
d. at Lisbon, April 15, 1845, leaving the following children, viz:
Lumon M., Timothy, Isaac, Francis M., Francis, 2d, Sylvester,
Preston K., and Augusta, all deceased but Isaac, who is in New
Mexico.

Elihu Gray, b. at Lisbon, Dec. 18, 1802, mar. Elizabeth Arm-
strong, and d. at Elkhorn, Wis., Sept. 23d, 1885, having had six
children, of whom three are living: Clarinda and Delia, at Elk-
horn, and Samuel Gray, at Geneva, Wis.

David C. Gray, b. at Hebron, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1804, mar. Ag-
nes Armstrong, March i, 1827, and d. May 10, 1846; she was
b. March 18, 1802, and still survives; resides at Lisbon, N. Y.
Issue:

David H. Gray, b. Jan. 15, 1828; resides at Flackville, St.

Lawrence Co., N. Y.; unmarried.
Wm. a. Gray, b. July 13, 1881; mar. July 13, 1878, Lina A.
Stocking, who was b. Feb. 9, 1853. He settled in Min-
nesota at an early day, and with the exception of a year
in California, and his army life, he has continued to re-
side there, holding many offices of trust, and has also
represented his District in the State Legislature. Present
residence, Farmington, Minn. Issue:

Roy Elihu Gr.a.y, b. June 27, 1879.
Jane A. Gr.\y, b. Nov. 18, 1882.
Jane I. Gray, twin sister of Wm. A. Gray, b. July 13, 183 1,
d. at Lisbon, May 10, 185 1, unmarried.

George Gray, b. April ii, 1836, mar. Mary Lovina Wilson,
Dec. 31, 1868; served in 7th California Infantry in the
war of the great RebelHon; resides at Northfield, Rice
Co., Minn. Issue:

Sarah Agnes Gray, b. Aug. 18, 1870.
William Herbert Gray, b. Apr. 9, 1872.
Nellie Wilson Gray, b. Sept. 24, 1874.
Silas Wright Gray, b. Sept. 17, 1877.
Leonard Alden Gray, b. Feb. 20, 1880.
George Earle Gray, b. June 28, 1886.
Jeanette Gray, twin sister of George Gray, d. Aug. 25, 1836.
Albert M. Gray, b. May 26, 1843, d. Feb. 23, 1845, at Lis-
bon, N. Y.
Silas Wright Gray, twin brother of Albert M., b. May 26,
1843, served in Co. A., 14th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, till
the war closed, and d. at Lisbon, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1865,
of disease contracted in the service. Unmarried.
This family of seven children, as will be noticed, includes
three pair of twins; a phenominal occurrence, even in the Gray
Genealogy !

Thomas B. Gray, son of Isaac (2), born at Lisbon, Oct. 20,
F"eb. I, 1806, married Jane Armstrong, and had six children, viz:
Baker F., of Eureka, Nev.; Elihu W., married, and lives at Ge-
neva, Wis.; one of the daughters died soon after marriage leav-
ing an infant child; and another is married and has several chil-
dren; Mr. Gray and family removed west about 1845. Mrs.
Gray died May 24, 1874. He resides at Geneva, Wis., and the
following pleasant notice of him is copied from a paper there
published, of recent date: " Mr. Thomas B. Gray has informed
us that he will not be a candidate for the office of City Treasu-
rer this spring. He is over 81 years of age, and has been hon-
ored by the people with various offices for over thirty years. For
thirteen years he was Treasurer of the town, and the past year
of the city. During these years he has received over $260,000
of town and city money, every nickel of which has been fully
accounted for. He desires to retire in peace, with friendship to-
wards all, malice towards none. He has the esteem and friend-
ship of every man who knows him, and that he may live to enjoy
many more years of blessings and happiness, is the expression
of all."

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2 2, 1 868. He had married Sarah Hanna, a native of Salem,
N. Y., who had removed to Lisbon, Sei)t. 26, 1826, and by this
marriage there were three cliildren: Mary M., who mar. Rev.
D.J. Patterson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and died June 4, 1854; Ag-
nes, who mar. Dr. W. H. Crnikshank, and removed to Carthage,
N. Y., where he d. 1886. Mrs. Gray d. Dec. 17, 1867.

Walter R. Gray, only son of Andrew M., was born Aug. 13,
1 83 1, and continues to live upon the homestead. In October,
1 86 1, he mar. Mary J., eldest daughter of John Chambers, mer-
chant, of Prescott, Ontario, and has five children: S. Mina, b.
Nov. 22, 1862, and mar. Charles J. Fuller, of Governeur, N. Y.;
Mary L., b. July 22, 1864, who resides with her parents at Heu-
velton, N. Y.; Charles Oliver Gray, b. June 3, 1867, and is a
student at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.; Alfred W. Gray,
b. Dec. 21, 1868, who is preparing to enter College in 1887; and
Justin Clarence Gray, b. Nov. 5, 1872. Mr. Gray has decided
literary taste, has had charge of the Agricultural Department of
the Ogdensburg Advance for several years, and has contributed
articles for publication in various papers. Has been a Demo-
crat, and is now a Prohibitionist, and in 1887 declined the nom-
ination of both these parties for Supervisor of his town. He has
evinced much interest in this work, and thanks to his labors the
family of his ancestor, Capt. Isaac Gray, so fully appears.

John K. Gray, son of Daniel C. Gray (i), mar. Mary E. Piatt,
of Lisbon, and removed to Ogdensburg, where he died, 1877,
and she a year later. They had two children, Augustus H., and
Edward P. In i860 they were engaged in business with their
uncle, J. E. Piatt, of Manitowoc, Wis. Edward went to Milwau-
kee, purchased a bill of goods, ordered them sliipped, and took
the boat for home, after which he was never heard from, and it
is supposed that he was foully dealt with. Augustus H., died at
Ogdensburg, previous to his fatlier's death.

Daniel C. Gray, (2), was born in Lisbon, N. Y., May 27, 1815.
He married Julia Armstrong, July 31, 1839, and has a daughter,
Marinda L., born May 19, 1841, who mar. W. K. Chambers, of
Elkhorn, Wis., Sept. 14, 1865, and has a son and daughter. Mr.
Gray is of a humorous disposition, and is called the jolly mem-
ber of the family. Resides at Elkhorn, Wis.

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ELIHU GRAY.

Elihu Gray, eldest son of Capt. Isaac, had six children, viz:
Thurza, who mar. John Cooper, and had several children; Mar-
tha, who mar. a Gibbons, and lived at Hermon, N. Y.; Mary,
who mar. Lotun Simons; Elizabeth, who mar. a Mr. Green; a
son Worlin Gray, who mar. Elizabeth Ballentine, of Lisbon, N.
Y., removed to Fremont. 111., and died there, leaving a married
daughter; and Daniel C. Gray, (4.)

Daniel C. Gray, (4), Elihu's eldest son; was born in 1796,
and married Mary H. King, who died in 1839; he died in 1876.
They had eight children, viz:

Henry A. Gray, b. March 19, 1821; mar. Mary M. Weston,
Feb. 10, 1853, and had a son Vernon H. Gray, b. Oct. 6, 1859;
resides at Canton, N. Y. An upright and esteemed citizen.

Lucy E. Gray, b. May 19, 1823, mar. Chester K. Clark, of
North Russell, N.Y., and had two sons, one of whom d. young,
and the other, Chester A., resides there.

Jane E. and Martha M. Gray, who died unmarried.

Daniel C. Gray (5), b. Feb. 8, 1833, mar. Sarah E. Winslow,
July 16, 1858, and have Frederick A., b. Feb. 27, i860, and
mar. Justine E. Knox, June 23, 1883, who d. Nov. 20, 1886;
Charles F. Gray, b. Feb. 25, 1863, mar. Carrie M. Towner Feb
23, 1887; and Gertrude M., b. Mar. 14, 1871. They reside in
North Russell, N. Y.

Elial D. Gray, b. June 6, 1836, mar. Lucy A. Conant, Apr.
7, 1859, who d. Aug. 16, 1880, leaving four children: Merton J.,
b. Jan. 17, 1862; Frank E., b. May 8, 1863, mar. Nora Welch.
Aug. 30, 1885, and have a child b. May 24, 1886; Eugene C,
b. Nov. 7, 1868; Edith A., b. Aug. 29, 1873. Elial D. Gray
mar. 2d, Rettie H. Irish, and had Henry D., b. Feb. 4, 1885.
Resides at Canton.

John K. Gray, b. Aug. 12, 1838, mar. Elvira E. White, Feb.
20, 1866; no children; resides at Canton, N. Y. Was a soldier
in the war for the Union, in Sixtieth N. Y. Regt., and afterwards
in the nth N. Y. Cavalry, and served till the close of the war.

Worlin Gray, brother of John K., resides in Kansas.

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he sold his property there about that time, and there being no fur-
ther mention of him on the records at Beverly, is presumptive
evidence that he soon after removed elsewhere. No record of
any children. Jacob, son of Isaac, was born 181 6; no further
mention of him or descendants. I.ydia, b. 17 17, mar. John
Bond, and was living 1761. Rebekah Woodbury d. 1736, and
Isaac Gray mar. 2d, Martha Ellithorpe, Apr. 13, 1738, who
survived him. He died Mar. 23, 1760, and the stone at his
grave in the old churchyard at Beverly is still to be found.

The George Gray of Beverly referred to, mar. Bridget, dau. of
Humphrey and Ehzabeth Horrill, Nov. 14, 1701, and had Geo.
Jr., bapt. Apr. 4, 1703, who mar. Apr. 8, 1725, Emma Williams,
b. March 29, 1703. George Gray, Sr., was a mariner, and died
prior to 1729.

William Gray, bom at or near Cambridge, N. Y., was captur-
ed at Whitehall, N. Y., when about 17 years old, and taken to
Canada. He afterwards married an Indian girl, and being adop-
ted by the St. Regis tribe, became one of their Chiefs, and con-
tinued to reside with them. He was recognized as their repre-
sentative by the State of New York in treaties afterwards made
with that tribe, and a considerable tract of land was so ceded to
him. He lived at what is now Hogansburgh, N. Y., and left de-
scendants. In the war of 18 12, he was taken prisoner, and died
at Quebec, May, 18 14. Lineage not traced, but he is believed
to have been of the Worcester Grays.

The following is gleaned from a quaint little pamphlet pub-
lished by Asa Gray, of Ledyard, Conn., date of 1851: "Philhp
Gray and Benjamin Gray, two brothers, whilst boys, were enticed
or came aboard a vessel lying at the island of Guernsey, and de-
tained and brought to Boston. Were there bound out to pay
their passage. It is said they were of Scotch descent." Benja-
min remained in Boston. Phillip mar. in Boston and had two
children; she d. and he removed to what is now Ledyard, Conn.,
where he mar. Widow Button, whose maiden name was Stod-
dard and had Fillip, Jr., Benjamin, Ezekiel and Elijah, and d. in
April, 1780, aged about 90.

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Phillip, Jr., b. 1739, mar. Hannah Latham, and had Jonas b.
1770, mar. Lucy Spicer and had Phillip, (3), Winthrop, Oliver,
Abisha, Hannah, Mary, and Althea; Lucy d. and Jonas mar. 2d,
Mary Gardner, soon after which he moved to Pa., and died there.
Latham Gray, son of Phillip, Jr., b. 1772, mar. Amy Brown, and
had Henry, Latham, b. 1798, who mar. Juha Pendleton, and had
William and Henry; moved west. Latham Gray d. 182 1. Eze-
kiel, son of Phillip, Jr., b. 1775, was lost at sea. Stephen, son
of Phillip, Jr., mar. Lydia Stedman, and had Stephen, b. 1800,
mar. Caroline Babcock, and had Stephen, Jr.; Austain, mar.
Betsey Smith, and had Austain, Lydia E., and Julia F.; Norman,
b. 1 8 10, moved west, twice mar., and had four children; Lydia,
b. 1802, mar. Chas. Dean, and Ardelia, b. 1812, mar. Ethan O.
Barber. Stephen Gray d. 1841. Hannah, wife of Phillip, Jr.,
d. and he mar. 2d, Mercy Chapman, and had Asa, b. 1786, who
mar. Susannah Wilcox, and had Asa, Jr., b. 1802, mar. Lusan-
na Prosser, and had Asa F., Denman, George, Montgomerv,
who, d. May 3, 1886, Mercy, Susan and Sarah.

Phillip, son of Jonas and Lucy Gray, b. 1798, mar. Maria Hew-
lett and had a son Phillip who is said to have been shot as a de-
serter about 1840. Winthrop, b. 1802, Oliver, b. 1805, and
Abisha, b. 1810, sons of Jonas and Lucy, all moved west.

Benjamin Gray, son of Phillip (i), b. 1740, mar. Temperance
Baxter and had Thomas B. and Phillip. Thomas B. mar. Ka-
turah Stanton, and had Benjamin, Thomas, John, Surviah, and
Temperance. Benjamin moved west and it is said died 1S30.

Elijah Gray, son of Phillip (i), b. 1743, mar. Candis Perkins,
and had Elijah, Jr., Prudence, Hannah, Eunice. Elijah lived in
the time of the Revolution, and being wounded and taken pris-
oner, died aboard the Jersey prison ship near New York. Elijah,
Jr., b. 177 1, b. 1 77 1, mar. Abby Hilliard, and had Ezekiel, Jon-
athan, Hilliard, Caroline, Phebe, Sally, and Abby. Ezekiel, b.
1798, mar. Hannah Perkins and had Nelson and Delia, who
both d. young. Jonathan, b. 181 1, mar. Mary A. Thorries, and
lived in New York. Hilliard, b. 1814, d. 1832. Sally mar.
Silas Sterry, and Abby mar. Lester Perkins.

Ezekiel, youngest son of Phillip (i), b. 1745, went to sea and
was lost, aged 18.

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NEW JERSEY GRAYS.

The records of the office of the Adjutant General of the State
of New Jersey show that at an early period of the Revolutionary
struggle five brothers by the name of Gray had enlisted in the
army of the Continentals, viz: Garrit, John, William, Isaac, and
Robert. On the establishment, of American Independence, four
of the brothers removed southward, John settling in Virginia,
and Garrit, William and Isaac removing to South Carolina.
Their father went with them. His name is believed to have been
Garrit, and his wife, Hannah. It is not known to the writer in
what part of New Jersey they had resided.

Robert Gray one of the five brothers aforementioned, was
born in New Jersey, Sept. 25, 1745, and was in the war of the
Revolution. He came to the city of Albany about 1777, and
there married Susannah La Grange, on May 7 th of that year.
He afterwards established and conducted business in Albany un-
til 1800, when he removed to his farm in the western part of
of Albany Co., and there continued until his death. When the
town of Guilderland was formed in 1803, he assisted in that
work, and was chosen one of the first town officers. He was sub-
sequently its Supervisor. Issue:

Garrit Gray, son of Robert and Susannah La Grange Gray,
b. in Albany, N. Y., May 2, 1783, mar. Margarita Vanderpoel,
dau. of John M., and Isabella (Douglas) Vanderpoel, March i,
1804; resided in Guilderland, where he d. Mar. 30, 1836. Issue:

Susannah Gray, b. Aug. 29, 1805, d. Sept. 12, 1805.

Robert Gray, b. Feb. 11, 1807, d. July 27, 1835.

Isabella Gray, b. Jan. 23, 1809, d. Feb. 10, 1813.

Susannah Gray, 2d, b. Dec. 10, 181 1.

Isabella Gray, 2d, b. Dec. 25, 1813.

Catharine Gray, b. Feb. 24, 181 6.

John Gray, b. Mar. 20, 181 8, d. July 15, 181 8.

Mary Gray, b. June 16, 181 9.

Margaret Gray, b. Aug. 28, 1821.

Hannah Gray, b. March 18, 1824, d. April 28, 1886.

Stephen Van Rensselaer Gray, b. Mar. i, 1827.
Stephen Van Rensselaer Gray, son of Garrit, mar. Char-
lotte Comstock, Jan. 23, 1872. He resides at Albany, and is a
highly esteemed citizen of that city, where he is extensively en-

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gaged in the stationary and book trade. He has furnished the
data for this branch of the family, and in many ways has shown
his kindly appreciation of this work.

Jellis Gray, son of Robert, b. Jan. 9, 1789, in the city of
Albany, mar. Sarah Osterman; d. July 25, 1854. Issue:

Robert E. Gray, b. in Guilderland, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1809, mar.

Catharine Van Aeman, Oct. 6, 1827, d. June 8, 1838.
Christian Gray, b. Jan. 27, 1811, in Guilderland, mar. Bar-
bara Ostrander, d. at Salina, 111., April 5, i860. Issue:
Elias Gray, b. Dec. i, 1829, mar. Louis Beebe.
Samuel Gray, b. Apr. 18, 1832, mar. Eliza Powell,

of Salina, 111.
Stephen Gray, b. in Knox, N. Y., Sept. 20th,

1834, mar. Lucy Bird, of Limestone, 111.
Peter Gray, b. in Knox, Sept. 20, 1836, mar. Mary

J. Baker of Aroma, 111.
Adelia Gray, b. in Knox, June 3, 1838, mar. Aaron

Sheffler of Limestone, 111.; d. 1872.
Christian Gray, Jr., b. in Knox, Dec. 14, 1846,

mar. Harriet A. Baker at Aroma, 111.

Joshua Gray, b. in Knox, Dec. 14, 1846, (twin of

Christian,) mar. Luella M. Baker, Aroma, 111.

Mary J. Gray, b. in Knox, Dec. 18, 1849, mar.

Myron Webster at Aroma, 111.

Elizabeth S. Gray, dau. of Jellis, b. March 11, 1813, d.

Sept. 12, 1826.
Peter Gray, son of JeUis, b. June 9, 181 5, mar. Mary Ann

McLean, and d. Aug. 13, 1846.
William E. Gray, son of Jellis, b. July 25, 181 7, mar. Ann

Shoudy, and d. Apr. 23, 1884.
Elias Gray, son of JeUis, b. Nov. 4, 181 9, mar. Jane Fryer.
Caty Ann Gray, dau. of Tellis, b. Jan. 3, 1822, d. May 23,

1825.
Sarah Gray, dau. of Jellis, b. Feb. 29, 1824, mar. James

Helme.
Jonathan Burr Gray, son of Jellis, b. Oct. 25, 1826, mar.
Mary Ann Ostrander, and d. Sept. 21, 1882. Issue:
Endress Gray, b. Oct 20, 1850.
Henrietta B. Gray, b. Sept. 14, 1852, mar. Aaron

F. Blessing.
Sarah Gray, b. July 25, 1854, mar. John F. Shirtz.
Walter Gray, b. Sept. 28, 1858, mar. Ellen Clyck-
man.

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Millard Fillmore, b. Apr. u, i860, mar. Sarah

Blessing.
Emmett Gray, b. March 20, 1862.
Anna Gray, b. Aug. 22, 1863, mar. Stephen Os-

trander.
Cora Gray, b. Feb. 26, 1865.
Frank Gray, b. Aug. 25, 1869, d. Oct. 4, 1869.
Elizabeth Gray, dau. of JelUs, b. July 22, 1829, Jacob Bens-

choten.
Christina Gray, dau. of Jellis, b. May 21, 1836, mar. Alfred

T. Dennis.
Susannah, dau. of Garrit and Margaret Gray, b. Dec. 10, 181 1,
mar. John Marcellus, Jan. 31, 1838, and had: Robert Gray, b.
March 15, 1839, Geo. W., b. Oct. 26, 1841, and Anna Marga-
ret, b. Sept. 23, 1846, and d. Nov. 22, 1868.

Catharine, dau. of Garrit and Margaret Gray, b. Feb'y 24,
1 81 6, mar. Conrad Oliver Dec. 9, 1838. Children: Margaret,
b. Dec. I, 1840, d. April 16, 1859; Conrad, b. Aug. 17, 1843,
Mary, b. Nov. 15, 1844, d. July 26, 1859; Garrit, b. Aug. i,
1846, d. Sept. 9, 1846; Garrit, 2d, b. April 15, 1848, Eveline, b.
Oct. I, 1850, mar. Stephen B. Littell, Stephen, b. Mar. 6, 1854,
d. Mar. 14, 1854.

Hannah, dau. of Garrit and Margaret Gray, b. Mar. 16,
1824, d. Apr. 28, 1886, mar. Nicholas Swart, Jan. 27, 1847.
Children: Jacob Henry, b. Nov. 2, 1847, Stephen Gray, b.
Jan. 27, 1850, d. Mar. 18, 1877; Edward Rosa, b. June 12,
1854, Franklin Oliver, b. Nov. 18, 1861, Emma Margaret, b.
Aug. 22, 1858.

Lydia Gray, dau. of Robert and Susannah Gray, mar. Peter
Bloomingdale, and had: John, who mar. Magdaline Crounse,
Susannah, mar. Aaron Waldron, Jane, mar. Daniel Fryer, Car-
oline, mar. John S. Vanderpoel, Mary Ann, mar. Dow F. Slinger-
land, Lydia, mar. John Crounse, Robert, and Peter, who mar.
Frances Pratt.

Hannah, dau. of Robert and Susannah Gray, b. March 17th,
1 7 81, mar. Charles ScrafFord, d. Oct. 31, 1830. Issue: Susan-
nah, George, Eve, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catharine, Lydia, Sally,
Robert, and Martin.

Catharine, dau. of Robert and Susannah Gray, b. Nov. 15,
1794, mar. Ira C. Brand, in Guilderland, Dec. 18, 18 19, and d.

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June 25, 1867. Children: Susan Maria, b. May 6, 1821, d.
Aug. 24, 1830, John C, b. July 17, 1823, d. Feb. 14, 1848,
George Scrafford, b. Mar. 24, 1826, mar. Almena Uolph, Feb.
17, 1847, WiUiam Gray, b. Feb. 28, 1828, mar. AUda A. Van
Hoesen, Jan. 7, 1868, and has a son Clarence b. Sept. 7, 1872.

Susannah, dau. of Robert and Susannah Gray, b. Oct. 26,
1797, mar. James Van Aernan, and d. about 1872. Children:
Susannah, Jacob Henry, Lydia, Elias.

Elizabeth, dau. of Robert and Susannah Gray, b. about
1806, mar. John Westfall.

William Gray, son of Robert and Susannah, mar. Sarah Van
Aernam; d. June 14, i860.

Garrit Gray, (brother of Robert,) and Susannah Gray his
wife, were living in Newberry Co., S. C, 1803, and had Hannah
Gray, who mar. Nathan Oliver in Virginia, John Gray, WiUiam
Gray, Lydia Gray who mar. Jesse Johnston, Mary Gray b. 1789,
Isaac Gray, Susannah, who d. young, Garrit Gray, Jr., James
Gray, Robert Gray, and Nathan Gray b. 1802.

William Gray, (brother of Robert,) and Sarah liis wife, lived
in Newberry, Co., S. C, 1803, and had: Garrit Gray, who died
young, Abraham Gray, Mary Gray, Robert Gray, James Gray,
Naomi Gray, Sarah Gray, and Isaac Gray, who mar. Elizabeth
Wilson and had William Gray, who removed to Missouri, Ben-
jamin Gray, who removed to Indiana, Jane Gray, who rnar. Mr.
Kelso and lived in Ky., Sally Gray, Rosa Gray, and Mary Gray,
who mar. a Mr. Brown and lived in Tennessee. Isaac Gray is
said to have removed to Wadesborough, Calloway Co., Ken-
tucky.

Isaac Gray, (brother of Robert,) was living in Newberry or
Lawrence Co., S. C, 1803, and had nine children, names not
given.

Thomas Robert Lafayette Gray, who resides at Lanford
Station, Laurens Co., S. C, is son of Robert Gray who died in
1864, son of John Gray, (probably son of Garrit,) who married
his cousin Zana Gray, dau. of Abraham who was son of William
Gray, brother of Robert, Garrit, Isaac, and John.

O. B. Mayer, Jr., M. D., of Newberry, and Pres. of the State

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Medic?! Society of South Carolina, furnislies the following:
"Catharine Dewalt mar. George Gray, (believed to be of the
foregoing families,) and had Rebecca Gray, Susannah Gray, Si-
mon Peter Gray, Benj. H. (iray, and Fred. Gray. Rebecca
Gray mar. David Dewalt, and had Carrie, Amelia, Catharine,
Rebecca, David and George. Carrie Dewalt mar. Dr. O. B.
Mayer, and I am his son."

John Gray, brother of Robert, Hved in Virginia, 1803, and
was married and had a family. 'I'he desc;endants of this branch
of the family not traced. It seems possible if not probable, that
this may have been the John Gray who was the grandfather of
Dr. Wm. A. Gray of Virginia, a sketch of whose family is given
on pages 177-8. Strength is given to this supposition by the
fact that a daughter of Dr. Wm. A. Gray's grandfather, Lucy,
is spoken of as having married her cousin "Jack," probably John,
and gone to South Carolina, for that is where the brothers of
John did go after sojourning for a time in Virginia. Again, a
marked resemblance between at least one of the descendants
of Robert, S. R. Gray, Esq., of Albany, N. Y., and Dr. Wm. B.
Gray, (son of Dr. Wm. A. Gray,) of Richmond, Va., whose
picture elsewhere appears in this record.

That there were other Grays in New Jersey is evidenced by
the following from Mr. L. D. Cary, of Glasco, Kansas, date of
Feb. 23d, 1887: " My mother was a granddaughter of Daniel
Gray, who was born in Essex Co., N. J., March 20, 1749. He
married Phebe Butler, in same county, 1775; emigrated to War-
ren Co., Ohio, 1809, where he died Feb. ig, 1843. He served
through the Revolutionary war, and drew a pension as long as
he lived."

Very likely the above Daniel was akin to Robert Gray and his
brother, and all probably descendants of the John Gray who
was at Elizabethtown, then of Essex Co., as early as 1670.

It is a regret to leave this interesting field so lightly touched,
where there is so much promise of interest. But even these few
gleanings may at least serve to stimulate research on the part of
those more directly interested, and if so, the labor will not have
been in vain.

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Dr. John P. Gray, so long at the head of the N. Y. State Asy-
lum at Utica, and who died Nov. 29, 1886, was born at Half-
Moon, Center Co., Pa., Aug. 6, 1825, his father, Peter B. Gray,
being a farmer, and a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal
Church for many years. Four brothers survived Dr. Gray, viz:
Wm. S. Gray, a merchant at Stormstown, Center Co., Pa., G. W.
Gray and Jacob Green Gray, who are farmers in Half-Moon Val-
ley, Pa., and Rev. Dr. Edward J. Gray, who is President of Dick-
inson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa.; there are also four sisters.

Dr. Gray achieved great and well deserved eminence in his
profession, and was second to none in the specialty which he
made his life work. He was for 35 years connected with the
Utica Asylum, and for the most of that period was its Superin-
tendent. The Utica Herald^ in an able summing up of his life
and character, says: " Dr. Gray was at the very head of his pro-
fession as an expert in insanity, and he was also an administra-
tive officer of the first rank. The asylum was directed with ex-
cellent system, and with a large and generous spirit. He took
it with the methods of the past generation; he introduced into it
every humane and elevating method favored by modern science.
A leader in thought as well as in practice, he has helped to
broaden, — almost to create a science and a literature relative to
insanity, and to write his name in enduring characters on the
history of our public charities." And again from the same: "His
social attractions were marked, and in his intercourse with men
in all stations, he impressed himself strongly, not merely as a
physician and specialist, but as a man of affairs and a molder of
events. He had no mean elements in his nature; his was a lib-
eral soul, and magnanimity underlay all of his theories and pol-
icy. Conscious of his own integrity, firm in the wisdom of his
own management, engrossed with the truth of his theories of in-
sanity, which determined his whole policy, he met criticism with
courtesy and with courage, and stood as the sturdy champion of
the patient, and of the humanity which cared for them."

Dr. Gray was married Sept. 6, 1854, to Mary B., daughter of
Edmund A. Wetmore, of Utica, and to them were born six chil-
dren, of whom three survive: Dr. John P. Gray, Jr., William
Wetmore, and Cornelia L. Dr. Gray was for many years, and

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until his death, a communicant in the Reformed Church, and he
was a firm behever in the Christian faith, as he exemplified it in
his walk and life.

Dr. Edward J. Gray married Dec. 26, 1S61, Eva V. Emery,
daughter of Josiah Emery, Esq., and they have had five children:
William E. Gray, b. Feb. 7, 1763, graduated in classical course
at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa., and in Mechanic Art
course at Cornell University, married, and in business at New
London, Conn.; Edith Gray, b. Dec. 15, 187 1, d. Aug. 1872;
Grace Gray, b. May 15, 1S74, d. July, 1874; Eva C. Gray, b.
July 29, 1876; Edward P. Gray, b. July 16, 1877.

Rev. Peter B. Gray, father of Dr. John P., Dr. Edward J.,
and others, was the son of Peter and Mary Gray, who had be-
sides Peter B., George, who died young, John L., Mary Ann,
Eliza, and Jacob, who still survives. Peter B. Gray mar. Eliza-
beth Purdue, daughter of Dr. John Purdue, a distinguished phy-
sician then living near Bellefonte, Pa. " She was a woman of
decided character, with remarkable tact in training children, and
venerated, almost worshipped by her family." Peter Gray, Sr.,
and a brother John, were among the first settlers of Half Moon
Valley, Centre Co., Pa., where they lived and died. Peter Gray
it is said, established Methodism in the neighborhood, his house
being the preaching place for many years. Dr. Edward J. Gray
writes: "I remember grandfather as a genial old gentleman. His
father came from Holland." Perhaps a descendant of the Abra-
ham Gray who was at Leyden, 1622.

Dr. James E. Gray, of Brooklyn and the N. Y. City Asylum,
Blackwell's Island, writes: "I am descended from Scotch ances-
tors. My father was born in Canada, the eldest of a family of
eleven. I am the sixth in a family of nine. My ancestors have
all been landowners; for generation after generation the property
was handed down, and we still derive an income from Scotland.
As far back as I am able to remember is my great -great-grand-
father, Daniel Gray. My grandfather, John Gray, about sixty-
five years ago came to this country, locating in a beautiful sec-
tion near London, Ontario, Canada."

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GEORGE GRAY.

The following is a sketch of the ancestry of George Gray,
Esq., of Dubuque, Iowa, as by him furnished:

"George Gray, merchant, teacher, session clerk, and land sur-
veyor, resided in the village of Currie, a few miles west of Edin-
burgh; was born early in 1700, and was married, as I am inform-
ed, to a farmer's daughter ot the same place, named Gray, and
probably a relative. They had three sons: John, David, and
George. The eldest, John Gray, was a butler in Grass Market,
Edinburgh. He married Barbara Newton, and had a large fam-
ily of sons and daughters, the former of whom all died unmar-
ried. The father and mother died about 1822.

"David Gray, son of George (i), was a grocer. He married
Anne Sommerville, July 13, 1769, and d. Feb. 6, 1806; she d.
July 13, 1824, aged 73. They had the following children: John,
James, David, Jr., George, Walter, Mary and Ann, and others
who d. in infancy. John Gray was born May 21, 1772, and was
married Sept. 24, 1795, to Elizabeth Sime of Edinburgh. They
had three children who died and left no descendants. Mrs. G.

d. Dec. 22, 1840, and he a few years later. James Gray in

early life went to Jamaica, and afterwards to Baltimore, and to
Philadelphia, where he was married, and taught school; no chil-
dren.- -David Gray, Jr., was a commercial traveller, and lived

at Cramond, near Edinburgh; he mar. Margaret McLean, dau.
of James McLean, ironmonger, Edinburgh; he was b. 1778, and
d. in Jan., 1842; his widow d. in Buffalo, N. Y., 185-. They
left James Gray, Phillip Cardell Gray, Jane Gray, John M. Gray,

Margaret, Ann, and William M. Gray. George Gray was a

Surgeon in Prince St., Edinburgh; he was b. 1782, and was mar.
to Mary Butler of Edinburgh, Jan. 15, 1801 ; he d. Dec. 12,
1 810, and his widow, in 1856. They had two sons, each named
James, that d. in infancy, and a daughter Mary Ann, and a son,
George Gray; the former died some years ago, and the latter is

a lawyer at Dubuque, Iowa. Walter Gray was a Surgeon in

the British Navy; mar. an Irish lady; had one child; all dec'd.

"George Gray, (2), the third son of George (i), was a Sur-
geon in Cirasp Market, Edinburgh; mar. the daughter of Mr.
Allen, Banker, of Princes St., and had four daughters and a son."

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SAMUEL GRAY,

OF DORSETSHIRE AND BOSTON CONTINUED.

A fortuitous circumstance occurring near the close of this
work adds materially to the data of the family of Samuel Gray
of Dorsetshire and Boston, as it appears at and following page
141. While a nearly full list of the children with their marriages
is there given, only the descendants of one of the sons, Dr. Eb-
enezer Gray, are traced out. The following is the family of an-
other of the sons, and the only one other than Ebenezer who is
believed to have had male issue. But which one? That is tlie
perplexing query. The letter below published, written by Joseph
Gray, a great-grandson of Samuel, distinctly says that his grand-
father, son of Samuel, was named William, and that he was the
eldest son of his father. Now this statement seems reasonable
on the face of it, but it is seemingly put in conflict with the rec-
ord purported to have been made by Ebenezer, which says
that his brother WiUiam "died in Barbadoes, aged 22 years;" and
since he mentions the marriages of his other brothers and sisters
the natural presumption would be, considering this, that he was
unmarried. And then this statement of Ebenezer is fortified by
at least three old and elaborate family trees which have been
carefully examined for verification. The assertion that he might
have been married and left issue at 22, is met by the further aver-
ment that the said William had three sons. The proof on either
side seems to be ample and sufficient, though apparently so con-
flicting. It would seem that a man ought not to be mistaken
about the name of his own grandfather, and certainly one ought
to know the material facts concerning the life and death of a
brother. However, the one or the other of these statements is
incorrect. If William was the grandfather of Joseph, then he
could not have died as stated; on the contrary, if the statement
of his death is correct, then the grandfather of Joseph could not
have been William, but probably Josepla Gray (1). And there the
perplexing question is left.

The very interesting letter so referred to, was written by Joseph
Gray (3) to his son William, who then resided at Halifax, N. S.,
and was dated at Windsor, England, Feb. 8, 1799, viz:

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" As soon as I received yours respecting our family Arms, I
attempted to comply with your wishes, but have been prevented
by Justice's business, but hope this will reach you in time for the
Liverpool vessel. My ancestors, on my father's side, were from
very ancient noble descent. 1 have somewhere, but cannot find
it, our pedigree from the first of those who emigrated to America.
Since my recollection, a great uncle of mine, Benjamin Gray,
about the year 1738 or 1739, received letters from England, from
a favorite uncle of his, John Gray, of Westminster, London, in-
viting him to go to England, informing him that he was the next
heir to the title and estate; but this great uncle, being a very
great, famous, bigoted New Light, who though not much before-
hand, yet sufficient to support himself in his advanced age,
would not quit his New Light system to be made King of Eng-
land. He died without male issue about the year 1742.

"My father and my grandfather both being the eldest sons of
their respective fathers, I am of course the eldest male heir in
the line of the senior branch for five generations back. In the
following pedigree I shall go no further back than my great
grandfather, first explaining that the wi*e of Dr. Gibbons of
Boston, was mother of Dr. Gardiner's wife.

" (Samuel) Gray, my great-grandfather; William Gray

of Boston, my grandfather; Benj. Gray of Boston, my great un-
cle; Dr. Ebenezer Gray of Connecticut, my great uncle; John
Gray of Connecticut, my great uncle; wife of Dr. Gibbons of
Boston, my great aunt; wife of Capt. Henry Aitkins of Boston,
my great aunt; mother of Col. Snelling of Boston, my great
aunt. * My father had only two brothers, both dead

upwards of 64 years; one of them in the West Indies, mthout
issue, and the other having only Samuel, and Alexander Gray,
who lived with me as clerk in my counting house at Halifax.
And I had only two brothers, viz: Samuel, who served his time
with Capt. Aitkins, at the north end of Boston, and then mar-
ried his daughter. He died in Boston about the year 1776, hav-
ing issue male and female. My brother John, when out of his
time, about 1768 or 1769, went to England, and when he return-
ed went into the Custom House at Boston as first clerk with a
deputation to sign as Deputy Collector in the absence of the

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Principal, and where he was much Uked." He further says of
his brother John, that " at the breaking out of the troubles in
America he quitted the Custom House and engaged in the com-
mission business in South Carolina," where he purchased a
plantation; but "political disputes running high," he left this
country, and returning to England from there went out to India,
where he engaged largely and successfully in the cultivation of
Indigo, attracting the attention and patronage of the East India
Company. He died there suddenly, without issue, in 1782; sup-
posed to have been poisoned by the natives.

Joseph Gray further says in this letter: " Our family arms by
the name of Gray, viz: A lion passant, topaz between three
fleurs de lis peurl. Crest on a wreath, a dragon's head, erased
diamond ducally gorged and chained gold."

And again: "My family and all the Grays of Connecticut are
from one stock."

From the foregoing, the interesting fact appears tliat Samuel
Gray of Dorsetshire had a brother John, of Westminster, Lon-
don. Joseph Gray (3,) the writer of this letter, was evidently a
loyalist, (as was also his brother John,) and at an early period of
the Revolutionary struggle removed with his family to HaHfax,
and finally to England, where he died. The larger part of this
branch of the family are still in England and the Provinces,
while some of the descendants as will be seen are in the United
States.

This very interesting family claims great antiquity and ancient
descent, and that they can trace back to, or near the time ot the
Conquest. The Grays of Dorset were certainly of renown in
the olden time, and titles still remain in that distinguished
branch of the family.

JOSEPH GRAY.

Joseph Gray (3), the father of Joseph Gray (3), and son of
William or Joseph (i), and a grandson of Samuel, mar. Aug. 22,
1728, Rebecca West, dau. of John West, a wealthy farmer who
lived at Bradford, near Haverhill, Mass. Record of his family
does not appear other than that he had three sons.

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Joseph Gray, (3), son of Joseph (2), and great-grandson of
Samuel, b. in Boston, Mass., July 19, 1729, in 1759 mar. Mary
Gerrish, who was b. June 27, 1741, and probably a descendant
of Benj. Gerrish, who sailed for Boston in the Ketch Mary,
Mar. 22, 1678. She d. July 13, 1838. Issue:

Mary Gray, b. Jan. 14, 1760, d. Aug. 1760.

Rebecca Gray, Jan. 1761, d. Sept. 1761.

Elizabeth Brenton Gray, b. Dec. 24, 1761, d. Feb. 26,

1843.
Joseph Gerrish Gray, b. Jan. 31, 1763; drowned July

20, 1785.
Mary Gerrish Gray, b. May 4, 1765.
Amelia Ann Gray, b. Sept. 23, 1766.
William Gray, b. Nov. 8, 1767, d. Aug. 28, 1768.
Benjamin Gerrish Gray, b. Nov. 22, 1768.
Lydia Hancock Gray, b. Mar. 20, 1771.
Ann Susannah Gray, b. June 9, 1773, d. Dec. 28, 1791.
Susannah Gray, b. June 20,. 1774.
William Gray, b. May 2, 1777, d. Oct. 16, 1847.
Sarah Gray, b. Jan. 2, 1779.

Alexander Gray, b. Aug. 26, 1780, d. July i, 1800, of
yellow fever, at Norfolk, Va.
Mary Gerrish Gray, dau. of Joseph, mar. Loftus Jones, and
had: Loftus, Fanny, Lewis, Mary, Jeremy, John and Jane Jones.
Rev. Dr. Benjamin Gerrish Gray son of Joseph, mar. Mary
Thomas, and d. at St. John, N. B., Feb. 18, 1854. Issue:
Benjamin Charles Thomas Gray.
John William Dering Gray, b. July 23, 1797.
Mary Gray.
Elizabeth Brenton Gray, dau. of Joseph, mar. Jolm Fraser,
and had EHza, who d. June, 1862, and Alexander Fraser.

Benjamin Charles Thomas Gray mar. Eliza Brownlow, and
had: Chas. William, Samuel Brownlow, Benjamin Gerrish, Dr.
William, and Went worth Gray.

Charles William Gray, who mar. Rosalie T. Butterfield, at
Tunbridge Wells, Eng., and had Charles Butterfield Gray,
who mar. Marion Robinson ; Mary Gray ; Alice Gray;
Catharine Louisa, who mar. Wm. H. Lawson; Rosalie,
who mar. Edward Pitcairn Jones, R. N.; Lewis Gray;
and Robert Stannus.
Samuel Brownlow Gray, LL. D., son of Benjamin Chas. Thos.
Gray, mar. Mrs. E. Williams, at Bermuda. Issue: Elizabeth

30I.

Brovvnlow, Brownlow Trimmingham, and Mary Gray Gray.
Reginald Gray, LL. D., son of Samuel Brownlow Gray, mar.
at Bermuda, Jeanette Gosling, and had Reginald W.,
Annie B., Edmund, and Gerald H. Gray.

Benj. Gerrish Gray, son of Benj. Chas. Thomas Gray, mar.
Annie Wiggins, and had Stephen, who mar. and d. without issue;
Elizabeth Brownlow Gray Gray, Charles, who married Florence
Carr and had Viola, and Margery Gray; Brenton, Frederick,
Annie St. John, and Wentworth Gray.

Rev. Dr. John W. Dering Gray, son of Rev. Dr. Benj. Gerrish
Gray, of Kings College, Windsor, N. S., and Oxford University,
Eng., mar. 1820, at Gravesend, Eng., Avis Phillips Easson, dau.
of Wm. Easson and Mary Muffat, who was b. in Jamaica, Oct.
22, 1797, and d. in N. Y., Nov. 26, 1884. Issue: Mary Thomas,
b. and d. at Amherst, N. S., 1821; Avis, b. at Amherst, N. S.,
1824, and d. in England, July, 26, 1843; William, Benj. Gerrish,
Sarah Elizabeth, Eliza Isabella, Charles, who was b. 1834, and
d. 1835; and Henry Martyn Gray, b. June 28, 1837, and d. at
New York, Sept. 3, 1878. Rev. Dr. J.W. D. Gray d. at HaHfax,
N. S., Feb. I, 1868.

Dr. William Gray, son of Rev. Dr. J. W. D. Gray, was b. at
St. John, N. B., Apr. i, 1826; grad. at Windsor College,
N. S., and mar. 1849, Sophia Temme; d. without issue,
at Jamaica, W. I., March, 1850.

Benj. Gerrish Gray, LL. D., son of Rev. Dr. J. W. D. Gray,
b. at St. John, N. B., June 18, 1828, grad. at Windsor
College, and mar. Mary Josephine Clinch, at Boston,
Oct. 2, 1 86 1, and had Phihp Easson, R. A., b. at Hali-
fax, N. S., June 15, 1863; Mary Griselda, b. July 25,
1865; Wentworth Morton, b. 1868; Frances Elizabeth
Uniacke, b. Oct. 5, 1873, and Victor Gerrish Gray, b.
Aug. 14, 1875, at Halifax, N. S.

Sarah Elizabeth Gray, dau. of Rev. Dr. J. W. D. Gray, b.
at St. John, N. B., Sept. 18, 1830, mar. Aug. 15, 1849,
Alfred Gilliat Gray.

Eliza Izabella Gray, dau. of Rev. Dr. J. W. D. Gray, b.
at St. John, N. B., Oct. 2, 1832, mar. Dr. Francis Robin-
son, of Annapolis, N. S., and had Augusta, Avis, Henry
Campbell, and Sarah Elizabeth.

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WILLIAM GRAY.

William Gray son of Joseph, b. May 2, 1777, at Halifax, No-
va Scotia, mar. at Richmond, Va., July i, i8og, Sarah Scott, b.
at London, Eng., July 10, 1780, and d. at Norfolk, Va., Sept. 4,
1838; he d. at Liverpool, Eng., Oct. 16, 1847. For many years
he was H. B. M. Consul at Norfolk, Va. Issue:

Mary Gilliat Gray, b. May 18, 1810, d. July 16, 1883.

Elizabeth Scott Gray, b. Sept. 8, 181 1, d. Apr. 20, 181 2.

John Hamilton Gray, b. Jan. 16, 18 14.

William Hancock Gray, b. Nov. 26, 181 5.

An infant female, b. and d. July 17, 181 7.

Alfred Gilliat Gray, b. July 2, 1818, d. Nov. 10, 1876.

Andrew Belcher Gray, b. July 6, 1820.

Thomas Gilliat Gray, b. May 7, 1824, d. July 10, 1854.

Mary Gilliat Gray, dau. of Wm. Gray, b. at Bermuda, May
18, 1 810, mar. Nov. 6, 1845, at St. John N. B., to Major John
Harris, U. S. M. C., and d. July 16, 1883, at Washington, D. C.,
without issue.

Judge John Hamilton Gray, Hon. Chief Justice, Vancouver,
British Columbia, son of William, b. Jan. 16, 181 4, at Ber-
muda, mar. May 29, 1845, to Eliza Ormond, at Dublin, Ireland.
Issue: Charlotte Elizabeth Ormond, Florence Mary, John Ham-
ilton, Scott William Alfred Hamilton, R. N., Gertrude Mabel,
Sybil, and Pierpont Hamilton Mundy Gray.

Charlotte Elizabeth Ormond Gray, dau. of John Hamil-
ton Gray, mar. Henry Hallowes, R. A., and had Beatrice.

William Hancock Gray, son of Wm. Gray, b. at Richinond,
Va., Nov. 26, 1 81 5, mar. Feb. 17, 1S53, Gertrude Du Guard, at
Shrewsbury, Eng. Issue: Gertrude, who mar. Loftus Jones, R. N.,
and had Lewis Tobias, Wm. Loftus, Edith and Winifred Jones;
Mary, who mar. EveUn Rich; and William Du Guard, R. A.
WilHani Hancock Gray d. in Isle of Wight, England, June, 1883.

Alfred Gilliat Gray, son of William, and grandson of Josepli,
b. July 2, 181 8, at Richmond, Va., was mar. Aug. 15, 1849, at
St. John, New Brunswick, to Sarah Ehzabeth Gray, dau. of Rev.
Dr. J. W. D. Gray. Issue:

Mary Harris Gray, b. Oct. 17th, 1852, at St. John.
Henry Selden Gray, b. Dec. i8th, 1855. "

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Alfred Gilliat Gray, b. Oct. 20, 1858, Brooklyn, N.Y.

William Gray, b. Jan. nth, 186 1. "

Andre\v Gray, l k n f q,' ^- Oct. t8, 1866.

Avis Easson Gray, j ^- "^^^^ '^^'^- d. Jan. 12, 1865.

Sarah Scott Gray, b. Sept. 13th, 1867.
Mary Harris Gray, daughter of Alfred Gilliat Gray, b. Oct.
17th, 1852, at St. John, N. B., married, Oct. 8th, 1876, at
Brooklyn, L. I., to Rufus Hatch. Issue :

RoscoE Hatch, b. July 27, 1881.

Bertha Gray Hatch, b. Nov. 28, 1883.

Mary Brownlow Hatch, b. Aug. 31, 1886.
Andrew Belcher Gray, C. E., son of William, b. July 6, 1820, at
Norfolk, Va., mar. June 23, 1856, at New Orleans, La., Apolina
Leacock. Was a Colonel in the Confederate service, and killed
at Fort Pillow, April 16, 1862. Issue:

Minnie Gray, b. May 27, 1857, at New Orleans, La.

Helen Gray, b. Nov. 10, 1859, Brooklyn, L. I.

Andriette Eliza Gray, b. June ir, 1862, N. O., La.
Dr. Thomas Gilliat Gray, son of Wm., mar. Dec, 1852, at
St. John, N. B., Bessie Ormond, and had Harry Hamilton Gray,
b. May, 1854. Dr. Thos. d. at Chicago, 111., of cholera, July 10,
1854.

Henry Selden Gray, son of Alfred Gilliat, resides at Chicago,
and is interested in the cattle ranch business. His brother Al-
fred Gilliat, is also in same business at Medicine Creek, Texas.
William Gray, C. E., youngest son of Alfred Gilliat, is engaged
in the service of the city of New York, on the new Aqueduct,
with headquarters at Tarrytown, N. Y., and to his kindly and
efficient aid this branch of the family is indebted for representa-
tion in this volume.

The following is a list of the dates of birth of the children of
Samuel and Susannah Langdon Gray, as fully as obtained:
Ehzabeth, b. Dec. 31, 1685; Joseph, b. Dec. 6, 1686; Susannah,
b. Jan. 3, 1688; Rebecca, b. Jan. 26, 1689; John, b. Aug. 16,
1692; Ebenezer, b. Oct. 31, 1697. This from the Boston Rec-
ords, and as the names of Samuel, Benjamin, and WiUiam do
not there appear, the presumption is that they were born else-
where, perhaps in England, it being claimed that William was
the eldest son.

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LEVI GRAY.

The following is the record of the family of Levi Gray, whose
name appears on page 159, as one of the sons of Adam Clark
Gray of Pelham, Mass. Levi mar. Abigail Robins, and had 1 2
children, viz:

Eunice Gray, who mar. Hyde Brown.

Sally Gray, who mar. Mr. Rose.

Mary Gray, who mar. Hawley R. Carey, and has a son Haw-
ley Carey residing at Springfield Centre, N. Y.

Matilda Gray, who mar. Franklin Cloys, and resides at Caz-
enovia, N. Y.

Almira Gray, who mar. Mark Walby, and resides at Burling-
ton Flats, N. Y.

Caroline Gray, who mar. F. Farrington.

Ephraim Gray, who mar. Almira Nichols, and had Dr. R. H.
Gray of Oneida, N. Y.; Levi Gray, of Portland, Me.; and Dr.
Ed. Gray, of Colorado.

Simon Gray, who mar. Hannah Walwrath, and had Rev. S. P.
Gray, of Jordansville, N. Y.; D. W., and Chas. Gray, of East
Springfield, N. Y,; and Rev. L. B. Gray, of Earlville, N. Y.

Levi Gray, who mar. Almira, and resides at Starkville, Her-
kimer Co., N. Y.

Chester Gray, who mar. Pernal Stannard.

Clark Gray, who mar. Almira Walch, and resides at East
Springfield, N. Y.

Daniel Gray, who mar. Catharine.

It is said that all raised famihes.

Adam Gray emigrated from Pelham, Mass., in 1805 or 1806,
to Springfield, N. Y. He was a Presbyterian, and his son Levi
a Methodist. Both are buried at Springfield. This information
was all furnished by Rev. L. B. Gray, of Earlville, N. Y.

Dr. Amos Gray, b. in Townsend, Vt., Feb. 2, 1804, son of
Amos and Betsey Tyler Gray, and grandson of Jonas Gray, as
appears on page 176, of the Townsend Grays, mar. Dec. 11,
1833, Sally Jennette Noble, dau. of Sylvanus Noble, b. in New
Lisbon, N. Y., May 28, 1813. Dr. Amos Gray attended lectures
at Castleton, Vt., and at Pittsfield, Mass., 1829, and engaged in
the practice of medicine at Dexter, Mich., 1832. Issue: Chas.
Gales Gray, b. Nov. 13, 1834, mar. June 19, 1861, Elizabeth R.
Bruce, res. St. Clair, Mich.; Augusta Noble Gray, d.; Helen N.,
who mar. Jas. B. Farrand, and res. at Port Hudson, Mich.; Em-
ily S., who mar. Samuel C. Cook, of St. Paul, Minn.; and Cora
Evelyn Gray, b. Aug. 2, 1855, at Dexter, Mich.

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INDEX

OF DIRECTLY INTER-MARRIED FAMILIES, AND SOME OTHERS.

Adams, Lewis 220

Adams, W. S. 230

Adams, Ann Maria 230
Adee, Charles, 268

Akin, Louisa 78

Akin, Rosine 78

Aldrich, John 82

Allen, Adelia C. 89
Allen, Esther, 88

Allen, Elizalieth 267
Allen, Eunice 235

Allen, Samuel 253

Allison, John 278

Ambrose, Justin L. 107
Ames, Mr. 100

Amsden, Demmie 245
Anderson, B. B. 64

Anderson, Rev. J. 164
Anthony, Henry L. 166
Appleby, Laura 121
Archer, Anna 231

Archer, Elizabeth 267
Armstrong, Agnes 281
Armstrong, Elizab. 281
Armstrong, Jane 282
Armstrong, John 65, 283
Armstrong, Julia 279
Armstrong, jas. B. 277
Armstrong, Dr. WH153
Arnctt, l\iary N. 24
Ash. John 210

Ashley, Abigail loi
Atchison, Mr. 62

Atkins, Sarah S. 45
Atwood, Eldad 252
Atvvood, Isaac 252

Atwood, John 252

Avery, Abby Jane 171
Ayers, David 208

Babcock, Etta 5^

Babcock, Orlando 118
Babcock, Sophroniaii5

Bacheldor, Eason 244

Bacon, Francis ig6

Baker, Agnes, 78

Baker, Edward, 78

Baker, Edwin 136

Baker, Elizabeth 2S1

Baker, Harriet A. 290

Baker, Luella M. 290

Baker, Mary J. 290

Balcolm, Henry 99

Baldwin, Amy M. 245

Baldwin, Eleazer 244

Baldwin, George 243
Baldwin, Harriet R 207

Baldwin, James S. 102
Bal]entine,Eliz'bth 280

Balfe, Bonnie 190
Bancroft, Lucyi6i-i63

Bangs, Al:mer 260

Barber, Rhoda, 173

Barl)0ur, John H. 144

Barden, Lydia 275

Barlow, Ruama 224

Barnard, Chas. H. 8 1

" Fred E. 81

Barnes, Elizabeth 180

Barnes, Eunice 2i6

Barnes, Reuben 100

Barnes, Samuel J. 194

Barnes, Susan iSi

Barnett, Delia L. 158

Barnum, Jemima 201

Barnum, Lucina 242

Barr, John, 214

Barry, James C. 98

Barstow, Joseph 103
Bartle, Amanda F. 96

Bartle, Charles A. 94

Bartlett, Dr. 192

Bates, John R. 194

Bates, Oliver, 9

Bates, Sally 90

Beadle, Mary 266

Beach, Laura 80

Beebe, Louis, 290

Beebe, William 102
Belcher, Rebecca 150
Bell, Samuel, 268

Baxter, Capt. J. A. 250
Baxter, Matilda 234
Beers, Lizzie E. 210
Benedict, Harlow 233
Benham, Betsey 215
Benschoten, Jacob 291
Bentley, Salirina 119
Berry, Jabez 252

Best, Peter 127

Bevington, Samuel 91
Bicknel, Mrs. 13

Bidwell, Barnabas 170
Bigelow, Mr. 248

Bignal, Mr. 103

Bills, Mary 79

Bird, Lucy 290

Blackman MrsClark233
Blackmer, Amos 150
Blake, Increase 192
Blakeslee, Anice 92
Blakeslee, E'meline 79
Blanchard, Mary 197
Blessing, Aaron F. 290
Blessing, Sarah 291
Blinn, Rev. H. G. 29
Bliven, Luther A. 83
Bloeden, I^ouise 30
Bloomingdale, Peter29i
Boardman, F. H. 268
Boardman, LucyM. 58
Bolderson, James 142
Bolter, Clara M. 144
Bond, John 2S7

Booth, Almedia 91
Borland, James 259
Borland, Miss 248

3o6.

Borland, Polly 258

Bostick, A. E. 171

Bosworth, Jasper P 103
Boughton, Annis 225
Boughton, Hannah 225
Bowen, W. I. 40

Bowker, Miss 196

Bowles, Lucy Susan 178
Brace, Chas. L. Jr. 22
Bracken, Anna 169

Bradley, Abigail 215
Bradley, Lewis 221
Bradley, Wm. H. 221
Bradowry, Elm'aM 64
Bragg, Warren 158

Brand, Ira C. 291

Breeden, Harry 124
Brice, Sarah 186

Bridge, Hannah 192
Biiggs, Juliette 263
Briggs, V/illard 263
Brinkerhoff, John 182
Brintonell, Hannah 230
Bristol, Almira 87

Britton, Russell A. 44
Brock way, Wm.W. 165
Broe, Katie 48

Brower, Jane E. 211
Brown, Elizabeth 268
Brown, Elizabeth 278
Brown, Mr. 292

Brown, Mr. 223

Brown, Miles 90

Brown, Virginia L. 121
Brown, William 153
Brown, Dr. Wor'oni66
Brook, Mary 273

Brooks, Cotton B. 270
Brooks, Mary Ann 177
Brov/nell, Frank 264
Brush, Sarah E. 202
Bryant, Wm. C. 18,205
Buchannanjeanettei53
Buckingham, Anna 157
Buel, Alvin E. 85

Buel, Sarah Anna 164
Bullions, Jeanette 163
Burdick, Mr. 136

Burdick, Sarah 209
Burch, Clara 120

Burns, Eliza 193

Burns, Elizabeth J 2S6
Burns, Wm. T. 16

Burritt, RevBlackrchi7
Burritt, Diantha 17
Burritt, Martha 62

Burritt, Nelson 248
Burritt, O. C. 242

Burroughs, Cath. E 98
Burton, Mary 164

Buster, Susanna 276
Butler, Henry 264

Butler, Mary 296

Butler, Orrin 102

Butler, Phebe 293

Butler, Sally B. 102
Butler, Sarah 37

Button, Widow 2S7
Byington, John 229
Bynn, Samuel H. 146
Cadman, George 49
Calhoun, Hannah 155
Calley, Lydia 270

Calley, Samuel 270
Galium, Mary, 269

Callaway, Elizabeth 97
Canning. Agnes, 78
Carley, Susannah 211
Carpenter, Chas. M 194
Carpenter, D. D. 78
Carpenter, Lydia78, 194
Carpenter, Margar't 163
Carpenter, Martha 86
Carrier, Joseph 68

Carter, Mardula 81
Carter, Lydia M. 81
Carter, Cornelia 81
Gary, Samuel 194

Gary, Thomas 192

Case, Eliza, 228

Case, Mary 21 r

Case, Millie A. 228
Cash, Sarah 267

Cassidy, Jas. P. 124
Casterline, LeRoy A. 83
Castle, Susan 2S3

Gavin, William 90

Chamberlain, S. S. 45
Chamberlain, Jas. 275
Chambers, Chas. 145
Chambers, Wm. 281
Chambers, Mary J. 279
Chambers, W. K. 279
Chance, A. P. 231

Chandler, Amy 244
Chapman, Hiram 167
Chapman, Eliz'b'thi96
Chase, Eunice 187

Chase, Horace 42

Cheever, David 192
Ghipman,Elizab'th 272
Church, Henry S. 64

Clark, Chester K. 280
Clark, Etta 136

Clark, John P. 239

Clark, Nancy 167

Clark, Susannah 249
Clay, Mary 272

Clay, Wm. Wilson 206
Cleveland, Capt. J L 187
Cleveland, Lydia 242
Cleveland, Roxana 25S
Cleveland, Susan'h 243
Clifford, Mr. 187

Glough, Esther 159
dough, Joseph 270
Clyckman, Ellen 290
Cobb, Geo. A. 157

Cobb, Marcius L. 164
Goe, Lydia 264

Cogswell, Liblne C. 231
Coit, Mrs. Mary 143
Cole, Russell 29

Cole, Ruth 253

Goley, Aliigail 200

Goley, Abigail 221

Goley, Harriet B. 221
Coley, Horace B. 221
Collins, Lucy Ann 217
Collson, Guy 242

Comes, Mary 214

Comstock, Charl'tte 2S9
Gonant, Miss 208

Conant, Lucy A. 2S0
Cone, John G. 216

Connor, Mary 167

Gonkey, Isabel 152
Gonkling, Eleazer 261
Cook, Caleb 275

Cook, David 169

Cook, John 169

Cook, Joseph 276

Cook, Samuel 275

Cooper, John 280

Cope, Henry 185

Corning, Lucinda S 254
Coult, Abby 283

Govell, Joseph 200
Cowgill, Ruch 62

Coxe, Milan Smith 121
Crandall, Mary F. 123
Crawford, Rev. Mr. 115
Crawford, Susanna 277
Cressey, Priscilla 269
Christopher, Mary 142
Grofoot, Isaac 233

Crosby, Danford M. 29
Crosby, Mary 249

Cross, Joseph 243

Cresset, William 277
Crowell, Lydia 276
CruikshankDrWH279
Cull, Rev. Thomas 164
Cummings, Eliza 79
Curtiss, Elizabeth 267
Curtiss, Zachariah 275
Daily, Mr. 94

Daily, Peter 94

Dales, H. A. 244

Dana, Wm. W. 46

Danforth,Dr. Sam'l 195
Daniels, Almira 47
Darlington, Kate M 82
Davidge, J. B. F. 197
Davis, Esther 232

Davis, Harvey 78

Davis, Martin 210

Davis, Park 176

Davis, Susannah 249
Dauchy, Chas. 232

Deal, Ruth 275

Decker, Isaac 154

De Haven, Sarah J. i2o
Deming, Frank L. 33
Dennison, Peleg 148
Dennis, Alfred T. 291
Devine, Margaret 47
De Voe, Maggie J. 194
Dewalt, Catharine 293
Dewalt, David 293
De Witt, Prof. John 114
Dewy, Abby 40

Dewy, Harriet 23

Dibble, Elizabeth 212
Dick, Catharine 170
Dick, Mary 15 1

Dings, Harriet 278
Disbrow, Ann 223

Disbrow, Sarah 213
Disbrow, Sarah 200
Disbrow, Rhoda 219
Dixon, Maj. Abm. 55
Dodd, Sarah 275

Dodd, Valeria Eliz. 28
Dodge, Elisha 195

Dodge, David 49

DoUjeare, Sarah 192
Doswell,JasTemplei7i
Douglas, Mr. 211, 261
Douglas, Caroline E 61
Driver, Capt Mich'1274
Dunham, Saunders 186
Dunning, Betsey 245
Dunning, Lewis 258

307-

Dunn, Letitia 31

Durfy, Robt. M. 41
Easterbrook, Parth.264
Eastman, Mercy 259
Eastwood, George 202
P^ells, Samuel 225

Edgerlon, C'risti'nai84
Edgerton, Mark 154
Egan, James 208

Eginton, Mary Jane 63
Ela, Sarah 275

Elam, Eliza 122

Elderkin, Charlotte 146
Ellis, Hannah 191

Ellithorpe, Martha 287
Emerson, David 167
Emery, Eva V. 295
Emlitch, Charity 193
Ennis, Miss 154

Enos, Dr. Horace 45
Estey, Julius J. 164
Eustis, Jacob 196

Evans, Geo. W. 187
Everett Dolly Hydei03
Failes, Thos. J. 144
Fales, Mary Turell 197
Fales, Wm. A. 195

Fairchild, Selic 62

Farnsworth, Polly 259
Farrington Rebecca270
Favis, Caroline L.A. 25
Feeks, Thaddeus 212
Folton, Lucinda 41
Ferguson, Mrs. 115
Ferris, Harriet 253
Ferry, Sarah 225

Feurt, Peter 149

Field, David 193

Field, Esther E. 212
Field, Sarah 194

Fields, Abram 46

Finch, Almira 261

Finney, W. H. 278

Flack, John 277

Flanders, George 58
Flint, Elizabeth H. 168
Folger, Mr. 208

Foote, James 29

Foster, David 10, 277
Foster, Dolly 187

Foster, Mason 121

Foster, William 277
Fowler, Mr. 193

Freeman, Rachel 249
Freeman, Thacher 249
Frost, Elizabeth 19S

Frost, Lydia 198

Frost, I>yman 83

Frothingham, Nath275
Frye Peter Pick man 27 15
Fryer, Jane 290

Fuller, Chas. J. 279
Fuller, Maria J. 166
Gage, Ida S. 83

Gage, Perry A. 88

Gardner, Eliz. P. 273
Gardiner, Mary 143
Gardiner, Sarah 15

Gardner, Catharine 9
Gardner, Sarah R. 273
Gardner, S. Betsey 228
Garland, John 98

Garnett, MonlroseLi55
Gates, Eveline N. 83
Gaylord, F. W. 174
Gaylord, Mary L. 103
Gee, Emory 181

Giblions, Dr. John 142
Gibbons, Mr. 2S0

Gilbert, Sarah 229

Gillett, Buckland 47
Glass, Jane 116

Glover, Margaret 269
Glover, Sarah 274

Godfrey, A. A. 86

Godfrey, Austin, 221
Godfrey, Hannah 256
Godfrey, Phcbe 112
Goff, Rolicrt, 243

Goodsell, Thomas 221
Goodwin, Anna 210
Gordon, Simon 268
Gorham, Joseph 218
Gorham, Mary S. 250
Gorham, Polly 234
Graham, Minnie 247
Grannis, William 228
Graves, Amy W. 32
Green, Amos DeC 29
Green, D. N. 245

Green, James 215

Green, Jay 122

Green, Jeremy 194
Green, Langford 118
Green, Mary E. 115
Green, Mr. 280

Greenfield, Moses 168
Gridley, Mrs. A. 192
Grosvenor, Clarissa 94
Grosvenor, OliverC 146
Grosvenor, I'ayson 146
Guerrant, Jane 177

3o8.

Haak, E. C. 120

Hadley, Hiram 245
Hagar, Nancy 210

Haines, Mary Ann 42
Hallett, Rebecca 251
Hallett, Thos. 250

Hall, Andrew 273

Hal], Elizabeth 195
Hall, Judge 192

Hall, Samuel 249

Hall, Thomas 249

Hamilton, F. D. 22S
Hamilton, Patrick 37
Hammond, A, G. 117
Hanenkamp, R. P. 25
Hanna, George, 27S
Hanna, Samuel 278
Hanna, Sarah 279

Hardesty, Levina 97
Hard, Lemuel W. 44
Hare, Polly 77

Harger, X. J. 92

Harman, John F. 206
Harper, Binnie 155
HarringtonDorsena243
Harris, Sarah iii

Harris, Thos. B. 91
Harrison, Susannahl9i
Haskell, Daniel 1^0
Hatch, Ferrand 242
Joel 68

Philo 51

Hawkins, Ebenezer26o
" Fred 122
" Martha J 244
' ' Roger 260
Haves, John 87

Heath, Wealthy, 2S3
Hebbard, Anne 6

Ruth 6, 8
Hecox, Betty 211

Hedge, Mary 250

Heidel, Tennie 121
Heiser, Sarah 40

Helmbold, Ann M. 171
Helme, James 290

Henderson, Anna 136
" Elisha 91

Hern, Samuel 148

Hetrich, Regina 202
Hide, Hannah 276
Higbee, Hannah 238
Higgins, Converse 79
" Gabriel 218
" Sarah 215
" Marj- 203

Hill. Lurenda 155

Hill, Margaretta, 84
Hoagland, Miss 1S2
Hoi brook, Martha 239
Hollenbeck, A. L, 210
Annis 135
Holgate, James 266
Holibert, Mary 219
Hoi man, Mary 267
Holt, Hannah 276

Homer, Horace H. 106

Hoover, Mr.
Horrill, Bridget
Hosea, Mr.
Hosea, Jonathan
Howard, Roxana

Elda

Howe, Corydon C.

Howell, Anna

' ' James

W.

Hoyt, Clarissa

" Thankful

Hubbard, Dr. Thos. 145

" Russell 147

Hubbell, Miriam

I Hubbel Mr.

I Hudson, Sarah

i Hughes, Ellen L.

Hull, Dr. AmosG.

'' Elizabeth ^Y

" Harry

" Hezekiah

" L. T.

" Timothy

Humphrey, John R 95

Hunt, Thomas 170

Hunter. Susannah 152

Huntington, Rev E 144

Hurd, Peninah 234

Hurlburt, Sarah 98

Husted, Edward E. 227

Hutchinson, Deb. 244

Huyler, Fanny M. 2c6

Hyatt, Frank \V

Hyde, Frank

Imus, Lewis B.

Ingham, Polly

Irish, Rettie H.

Ir^-ing, Washington 17

Jackson, Ebenezer 10

" D wight W. 30

" Harriet 90 1

" Joseph 192 1

" Susannah 192

" Patrick 196 |

208

287

96

96

157
78

253
22

97

96

221

2^1

94
209

41
207

20

. 22

118

"7
247
224

Jaques, Mr. 116

Joyne, Martin 83

Jennings, Hawley 233

" Sarah 202

" Maria L. 44

Mary T. 189

" Nancy

Jones, Eliphalet

" Hannah

' ' Jarvis

Jordon, Mary M.

I Joslin, Nellie A.

I JossU-n, Joseph D,

' Judd, Fannie A-

Julian, Susie,

. Karney, Francis

; Kathan, Thos. A.

j Kaylor, John

' Kee^•il, Lvdia A-

195
iiS
201
230

195

164

80

iSi

194

40

99

91

25

233
226
225
210
217

93

100

SS

79
90

259
2S0

I Keeler, Eronson C 247

; Keeler, Ellen

I Keeler, Lydia
Keeler, Marv

' Keller, Martha J.

I Kellogg, Esther

I Kellogg, Eunice
Kellogg, Nach'l
Kellogg. RosettaC2;9

' Kelly, DeElmer SS
Kelley, John 202

Kelso, Mr. 292

Kendall, Mariette 99
Kennedy, Dr. L.W. 164
Kent, AJexander 260

' Kent, Emily 244

Kent, Hannah, 263
Kent, Mrs. Desire 5
Kertz, Ida 164

Ketchum Dr. BenjFi64

Ketchum, Eliza
Ketckum, George
Keyes, Addison A-
Keyes, Eber
Kilbom, Amos

85
87

58
259

Kimball, Elizabeth 106
King, Mar)- H. 2S0
Kinnie, Sarah Ann 147
Knight, Henry 20S
Knower, Benjamin 22
Knowlton, LjTiian 16S
Knox, Justine E. 2S0
Kratz, Rev. F.
Lake, Ida M.
Lake, Thomas
Lamond, Miss
Lamed. Jas. G.

22S
46
47

61

309-

LaGiangeSusannahaSg
Lamkin, Miss M. 114
Lander, Wm. 267

Langdon Susannahi42
Larned, Samuel 217
Lathrop, Dr C W C 147

" Deborah 53
Lee, Mrs. Amanda G 59
Lee, Daniel U. 60

Lee, Joel 57

Lee, T. C. 60

Lee, Dr. Samuel 145
Lee, Wellington G. 32
Leeds, Hannah 234
Lefever, Henry E. 88
Leftwich, Bettie 178
LeRoy, A. Ne\vboldi44
Lessey, Harriet 'M. 228
Lessev, Henrietta 232

" ' Oren B.
Lattice, Dorothy
Lewis, Charlton T.
" Elizabeth
" Lucy
" Sophie
Lindsay, James

" Miss
Little, Henry
Lobdell, Huldah

' ' Mary Ann 232
Lockwood, D. 220,231

" Miss 209

" Fanny

Lohman, C. Emil
Loomis, Ruth
Lord, Abigail
Loring, Caleb

" JaneLath'p 157
" Nathaniel 194
Long, Sarah Ann E 120
Lossee, Abram 193
Loughridge, S. W. 202
Loveless, Eliza 231
Lowrey, Nellie
Luce, Thankful D,
Lynch, Patrick
Lyon, Grace
Lumpkin, Hannah 249
Lunn, Lucy 244

Maltbie, Jonathan 153
Manly, Eunice 259
" Elizabeth 259
Manning, Capt. N. 266
Marcellus, John 291
Markley, Laura 86

Marshall, Sarah A. 241

212
262

30
192

77

85

150

177

195
2^2

225
29

94
276
262

243
187

143
214

05
260
148
177
274

49

267

39

90

232

95
177

167
95
95

184

Martin. Dr. Chas

Martindale, G.

Mason, Mary

Massie, Thomas

Masury, Abigail

Mattison, Saul

Matthews, Hannah 234
" Henry 251

" Kate W 120

" Minnie J 45

" Prince 251

Mattoon, Sarah
Tillie

Maudlin, Newton

May, Henry

McAdams, L.

McAlister, James

McCain, Wm.

McClellan, A. B.
M. F.

McCorhing, Ann

McCullow, Geo. N. 208

McDonald, Eliz. 211

McDowell, Jos'ine 65
Mar. R. 64

McFarland, " 161

McGonigal, Nellie 210

Mcintosh, Geo. 85

McLain, Mary 277

McLean, Margaret 296
" Mary A. 290

McMillan, Dora

McMinn, Jackson

McOmber, Asa

McPherson, Mr.

Mead, Eunice

Meaker, Elizabeth 200

Meeker, Samuel 221

Merrill, Emeline A. 86

Miles, Frederick P. 103
" Mary 169

Miller, Bruce 79

" Mary A. 96

" E. 244

" Rev. Mr. 103
" Sally 157

" Wm. 167

Mills, Abigail 233

" Belle 232

" Sarah 229

Miner, Catharine 48

Minsker, Susannah 82

Morehouse, Abm. 219
" Eunice 221

Morehouse, Mary F. 25

Moore, Jenny 167

" John 95

Morgan, Mary 186

" Robert 286

Morris, E. P. 178

" Augusta 281

" Emeline 166

Mosely, Ellen 241

Moses, Mary 275

Muchine, Chas. 185

Mudge, Abraham 8

" Elder David 9

" Elizabeth 46

" Elder John 46

Mugford, Mary 269

Mumford, Cieorge 221

Munson, Mary E. 89

Murdock, Frank 78

" Lyman
Murray, Orlando
Naven, Biddy

Needham, Eliz'eth 268

Nelson, Horatio 168

" Polly K. 171
Newell, Capt. J. P. 64

" Thos. F, 217
Newhall, Anna
Newman, Samuel
Newton, Barbara

" Julia

J^ickerson, Ebe'zer 249

' Judith 252

Mr.

Nider, Joseph

Noble, Charles

" Hannah

" Nathan 236,268

North, Col Simeon 145

Norris, Benj. C. 228

Northrup, Lewis 212

" Sarah 87

Noxon, M. E. 45

Oakes, Wm. C. 47

Ober, Susannah 176

Ogden, Hannah 220

" John 45

Oldfield, C. B. 153

Oliver, Conrad 291

" Nathan 292

Olmsted, Mary 41

" Phebe 182

" Philo 183

" Samuel 45

Orcutt, Herman C. 166

Orne, Anna 273

Montgomeiy, C. S. 153 | Osborn, Elizabeth 234

231'

155
48

116
48

J^

78
89
91

270

107

296

68

201

Q2
251
237

3IO.

Osterman, Sarah 290

Ostrander, Barbara 290

" Caroline 258

" Mary Ann 290

" Stephen 291

Otis, Jane 251

" Mary 192

" Samuel A. 192

Ottowa, Chas. 124

Owens, Emeretta 95

Paddock, Mary 257

Page, J. S. 182

Palmer, Andrew 142

Parcell, Joel 82

Parker, Lucinda 167

" Jonathan 92

" Mrs. Eliza 226

Parsons, Franklin 230

" James S. 147

Patterson, Rev. D. J. 279

" Letitia 286

Paul, Henry M. 190

Payne, Dr. A. V. 178

" Sarah 195

Pease, Daniel 275

" Sarah 230

" E. 174

Peck, Deborah 263

" Henry J. 25

" Sarah M. 228

Pede, Benjamin 269

Peet, Harriet 153

Penny, William 252

Pepper, Sarah 208

Perry, Abijah 162

Perry, Prof. A. L. 161

Perry, Rev. Baxter 161

Perry, Julia 207

Petticord, Peter 87

Phelps, Ann O. 102

Phinney, Charlotte 272

" Mabel 232

Phillips, Hannah A. 83

Pierce, Elizabeth iSi

Pierce, Francis 273

Pickford, Sarah J. 194

Pike, David 122

Pike, Joshua 121

Pixley, John C. 94

Piatt, Mary E. 279

Pledge, Mr. 177

Pool, Sabrina 176

Porter, Jas. M. 61

Porter, Jonathan 273

Potter, Minor 228

Powell, Calvin 247

Powell, Eliza 290

" Elizabeth 147

" Elleanor 197

_ " Mr. 57

Priest, John 266

Prince, Alice 249

Proctor, Harry 136

Purdy, Elnora H. 15

Purdy, Mrs. Nancy 15

Purdy, Francis 199

Purdue, Elizabeth 295

Putnam, J. E. 245

Putnam, Mattie W 165

Race, Mary J, 135

Race, Stephen A. 81

Rainey, John 260

Ramsay, Mary J. 81

Rankin, Orville 62

Raymond, Abigail 15

" Abraham 15

Alfred 15

" Augustinei5

" Bethiah N55

" Cynthia 63

" David 15

" Ebenezer 15

" Electa 15

" George B 15

" Harvey 15

" Irad 15

" James 14

" Jerusha 15

John 15

" Josiah 15

" Laura, 15

" MarciusDi5

" Newcomb 15

" Richard 11;

" Sarai 15, 57

" Semanthai5

Ray, William 273

Redficld, Eben 220

Reed, Herman C. 82

Reed, Kate 64

Resseguie, Betsey 253

Reynolds, Cyrus J. 80

Reynolds, Edmund 261

Reynolds, John J. 207

Rice, Mary Jane 188

Rice, Thomas 267

Richards, Abigail 149

Richards, John, 148

Richardson, Ged.K. 197

Richardson, Wm. A 96

Rider, Stephen 258

Rider, Susannah 258

Rider, Walter 259

Riggs, Mr., 234

Ring, Martha G. 158
Roand, Bethuel 124
Roberts, George C. 98
Robinson, Amy 181
Rockwell, Mrs. Bel. 47
Rogers, Helen R. 155
Rogers, Jane 231

Rood, Elizabeth 65
Rose, Dolly 78

Ross, Clarendon 117
Ross, Capt. Leonard 1 1 7
Rossitter, Charles 264
Rowan, Col. L. H.278
Rowland, Joseph 221
Rowley, Capt. 45

Rull, Benjamin 266
Russell, Anna M. 81
Russell, Eunice 165
Ryder, Benjamin 249
Ryneck, Wm. 16

Sackett, Rev. H. A. 36
Sampson, Henry 172
Sargent, Ignatius 274
Sargeant, DelightL243
Satterlee, Maria 211
Schermerhorn, A. 182
Schott, Guy Byram 197
Scott, Harriet 167

" Sarah H. 25

Scoville, Daniel 102
Scrafford, Chas. 292
Scribner, Hannah 224
Scribner, Emily R. 124
Scripps, Mollie 38

Sears, Charles C. 44
Sears, Claudius W. 172
Sears, Deborah 252
Sears, PLannah 250
Sears, Nathaniel 249
Sebrey, John, 264

See, Antoinette 207
See, Gifford N. 136

See, J. E., 15

See, Raymond G. 15
Seeley, Dr. David 114
Segur, Clarissa 228
Shaw, Jedediah 264
Shaw, James W, 65
Seffler, Aaron 290

Shelburne, Mr. 177
Sheldon, Herbert F244
Sherman, Leverett 247
Sherman, Miss 230
Sherman, Wm. E. 247

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Sherwood, Joseph 2oi
Sherwood, lleiuy II 22
Sherwood, Henry M221
Slieajnird, Mr. 230

Sliepard, Nancy 233
Shei>herd, A. L. 17S
Shepherd, Miss 178
Shepherd Susannah267
Shepperd, Delia 185
Sherrard, Rev Thos 30
Shirtz, John F. 290

Shiptoii, P. C. 208

Shields. Franklin 97
Shields, Isabell 97

Shoudy, Ann 290

Sides, Mary A. 96

Simons, Lotun 2S0
Sisson, Levant 48

Skeel, Elizabelh 12
Slawson, Jeremiah 210
Skinner, Angeline 239
Skinner, Belinda 46
Smead, Mary 1>. 98
Smith, Mrs. Addie 63
Smith Rev. AlvinT. 15
Smith, Anna Cook 143
Smith, Lelinda A. loi
Smith, Chas. K. 166
Smith, Rev. CotlonM 12
Smith, Eliza Jane 207
Smith, Erving 250

Smith, Ervin H. 167
Smith, Rev. Gabriel2ii
Smith, Jane 169

Smith, John A. 122
Smith, Lorenzo 122
Smith, Meriam 251
Smith, Mr. 220

Smith, Rev. Nath'l 23
Smith, Phebe 224

Smith, Priscilla M.220
Smith, Sarah 194, 253
Smith. Sarah 26S

Smith, \Vm. IL 107
Snow, James, 268

Sommerville, Ann 296
Southmayd, Wm. 148
Southwick, Lieut N 262
Spargo, John W. 155
Spaulding, Abigail 166
Spaulding, AbigailN37
Spaulding, Capt H S106
Spring, Sarah 170

Spurgeon, Oliver 92
Stamford, Sarah 143
Stancliff, Ely M. 61

Stanly, Mary E. 154
Starr, Anna 226

Staunton, Wm. F. 144
Staunton, Zebulon 148
Steamback, Thos. 14S
Stevens, Annie 203
Stevens, Frederic E103
Stevens, Jennie L 83
Stevens, Lydia Anni68
Slillman, Deborah 196
Stilson, Anson 85

Stitt, Wm. E. 124

St. John, Thomas 227
St. John, Zina 227

Stocking, Billings 277
Stocking, Lina A. 281
Stoddard, Rhoda 260
Stone, Ileman 249

Stone, Joanna 21S

Stone, Milly R. 171
Stone, Mr. 220

Story, Franklin IL 274
Stowe, Miss 196

Streeter, AmandaM 122
Strong, Martin 61

Sturdevant. Mr. 94

Sturges, Ellinor 218
Sturges, Esther 219
Sturges, Rodrdc 231
Sturges, Turney I. 127
SutlitT, Joseph 103

Swart, Nicholas 291
Sweet, Cornelia 155
Swett, Col. Sam'l 272
Swift, Josiah 252

Sykes, Sylvanus 259
Taft, S. C 181

Tarbox, John 269

Tarvin, Betty H. 63
Tarvin, Jane R. 62

Tarvin, Sally 63

Tarrh, Rachel E. 91
Taylor, Eliza P). 193
Taylor, Ella J. 102

Taylor, Lucy 251

Taylor, Lydia 219

Taylor, Rosalia W. 171
Tenbrook, Christina 99
Thacher, David 250
Thacher, Edward 251
Thacher, Freeman 249
Thacher, Henry 251
Thacher, Mary L. 251
Thomas, IIenrietta230
Thomas, Naomi 1 12
Thomas, Rossie 79

Thompson, Clar. M153
Thompson, Job 100
Thompson, John (1 160
Thorpe, Abigail 220
Thorp, Geo. S. 195

Tiff I, Geo. R. 211

Tompkins, Mary 260
Tongue, Joseph 233
Towner, Carrie M 280
Townsend, Emily 158
Townscnd, Lyman 165
Tracey, John R. 144
Tran[)her, Sylvanus 218
Trask, Benjamin 275
Travell, Mr. 182

Tucker, A. C. 90

Tucker, Roxy A. 154
Turell, Susannah 195
Turner, Ada IC. 246
Turner, Alexander 281
Turner, Mehitable 229
Tuttle, Charlotte M 90
Tuttle, Harriet 221
Tyler, Betsey Read 176
Tyler. Mcrritt 181

Tyler, Sarah 192

Underwood, Nathan 1 81
VanAernan, Cath. 290
VanAernan, James 292
VanAernan, Sarah 292
Vance, James 203

Vanderpoel, Marg. 289
VanSiclin, JaneAnn 207
Varey, D. W. C. 114
Vars, Samuel L. 83
Van Wie, Mary 176
Violett, John 171

V.'achtel, Albert 91
Wade, Aim iron 49

Wadhams, I^ucretiaioi
Wainright, Helen 274
Wakefield, Ann 196
\Vakeman, Sarah C 222
Wales, Abigail 145

Ward, Elizabeth 276
Ward, Thomas W. 273
Warman, Jane A. 95
Warner, Lewis T. 136
Warren, Anna 72

Warren, C. E. 208

Warren, Mary 58

Waterbury, Eliz. 219
Waterb'ry Prudence 223
Watkinson, Mary 144
Watrous, Lydia IL 181
Watson, Mr. 183

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Waldron, Ichaljod 49
Webb, Harriet 250
Webb, Eli 79

Webb, Lucretia 146
Webb, Mary C, 146
Webster, Ann 202

Webster, Benjamin 8
Webster, Myron 290
Weed, Rachel 232

Weir, Jerome 97

Welch, Nora 280

Welch, Towns. D. 99
Weller, James 96

Weller, Mary E. 97
Weller, Violana 96
Wells, Frances L. 223
Westfall, John 292
Weston, Mary M. 280
Wetniore, Mary B. 294
Wharton, Rebecca 204
Wheeler, Garry 99

Wheeler, Margaret 135
Wheeler, Melinda 135
Wheeler, Nathan 201
Wheeler, Will 99

Wheelock, Dexter 118
Wheelock, SophiaR 88
Whitcomb, Louisa 168
White, Elizabeth S 273
White, Elvira E. 2S0

White, John S. 167
Whitefoot, Sarah 269
Whiteley, Mary E. 86
Whitney, George 196
Whitney, Henry 223
Whitney, Lillie D. 34
Whitney, Wm. 283

Wier, Lydia, 124

Wilcox, Nathan 259
Wildman, Mary 234
Wiley, Sarah 157

Wilhite, Dora 231

Wilkes, Sarah 214

Wilkinson, Betsey 176
Willett, Col. 17

Williams, Benj 270, 275
Williams, Deborah 266
Williams, Emma 287
Williams, John 275
Williams, Marg. A. 63
Williams, Mary 170
Williams, Miss 234
Williams, Susan 103
Willson, Joseph 135
Wilson, Anna 167

Wilson, Elizabeth 292
Wilson, Elizabeth 169
Wilson, Jas. E. 207
Wilson, Judge 192

Wilson MaryLovina2S2

Wilson, Mary 216

Wilton, Emma E. 33

Winslow, Mary 262

Winston, Timothy 81

Wisnell, Hannah 176

Wiswall, Mary 193

Wolcott, Marg. E. 83

Wood, George A. 220

Wood, Jerry 181

Wood, Wm. S. 264
Woodbury Rebekah286

Woodruff, Alice 241

Woodruff, Ettie 98

Woodruff, Mary 206

Woodruff, Mr. 230

Woods, Warren 167

Worth, Alice 187

Wright, Seneca 181

Wyckoff, John 181

Wyman, Caroline 48

Yarnel, David 91

Young, Hannah 267

Younkin, Maria 95

Zeeley, David 182

Hastings, Fanny L 241
Johnson, Lavinia 204
Tabor, Harriet D. 204
Upham, Hannah 273

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APPENDIX-

ADDENDA.

There was a Benjamin Gray, printer, at Boston, 17 15.

Joseph Gray of Boston, bought lands at Andover, 1735.

A John Gray was Lieut, at Castle William, near Boston, 1723.

There was a Nathaniel Gray at Saybrook, Conn., 1674.

There was a Walter Gray at Hartford, Conn., 1644.

Henry Gray, of Boxford, Mass., mar Alice Peabody, 1736.

A Joseph Gray mar. Rebekah Hill at Taunton, Mass., Feb. 25,
1667, and had Joseph, b. Dec., 1667, and Mehitable, b. 1668.

A Henry Gray was at Boston, 1638; probably the Henry who
was afterwards of Fairfield, Conn.

There was a Francis Gray at Piscataway, 1660.

There was a Wm. Gray at Esopus, Ulster Co., N. Y., 1676.

Mary Grav, dau. of Absolom Gray, mar. Ebenezer Benedict
Nov. 13, 1762, and settled at Pawling, N. Y.

A Rev. Archibald Gray was living at Troy, N. Y., 1800.

John Gray and wife Buelah, and son Eliphalet were at Rindge,
N. H., 1776.

Luther Gray paid taxes at Gt. Barrington, Mass., 178S to 1808.

George Gray, Esq., of 15 Broad St., New York, native of Ty-
ron Co., Ireland; res. at Grand Rapids, Mich., before the war;
was Colonel of the 6th Mich. Cavalry.

Thos. and Thankful Winslow Gray of Watertown, N. Y., had
Joseph Gray, of Tecumseh, Mich., Horace Gray, of Grand Is-
land, Jesse Gray of Kalamazoo, and Alexander Gray of Detroit.

John Gray of Saco, made allegiance to Com. of Mass., 1653.

Andrevv^ S. Gray, of Stone Arabia, N. Y., Assemblyman, 1847.

Daniel Gray of Wheeler, Steuben Co., N. Y., " i860.

Norman H. Gray, Tannersville, N. Y., Assemblyman, 1852.
/ John Gray, Member of Assembly Washington Co., N.Y., 1807./

David Gray, " " Rensselaer " 1796.

John C. Gray, Co. Clerk, Tioga Co., N. Y., 1877.

Hugh Gray, Sheriff of Suffolk Co., N. Y., 1704; perhaps the
Hugh who was afterwards of Stratford, Conn.

Thomas S. Gray, Warrensburg, N. Y., Surrogate, 1845; Mem-
ber of Assembly 1856, and '62.

G

314.

Hiram Gray, of Elmira, N. Y., Ex-Member of Congress and
Judge of the Supreme Court, and Com. of Appeals.

A Lockwood Gray who mar. Polly Riggs, and lived at Ridge-
field, Conn., was b. in Delaware, 1783, son of Gilead and Sarah
Beers Gray.

Later investigations have elicited the fact that the church trial
in which Elder Jeduthan Gray took prominent part, anil in which
Ashbel Brownson and sister Priscilla were defendants, page 75,
took place at Torrington, Conn. Elder Gray also officiated at
the dedication of the Baptist church in that place in 1789.

The descendants of Caty, dau. Capt. Silas Gray, who had
mar. Peter Best, (page 127,) were found after a long search,
at Toronto, Canada, whither they removed from Schoharie Co.,
N. Y.; but the descendants of his dau. Peggy, who had married
Turney I. Sturges, were not found.

Rev. Christopher Bridge, one of whose daughters married
Benjamin Gray, (pages 142 and 298) a son of Samuel Gray of
Dorsetshire and Boston, and probably another, Hannah Bridge^
Edward Gray (2), son of Edward Gray (i), of Lincolnsliire and
Boston, (p. 192) and who was for a time rector of King's Chapel,
Boston, accepted a call to Christ Church, at Rye, Westchester
Co., N. Y., his commission bearing date the 19th day of Aug.,
1709, and there he continued his labors until his decease, which
took place on the 23d of May, 17 19, in the 48th year of his age.
Greenwood's History of King's Chapel, pays him high encomi-
um, and says his death was very much lamented.

ERRATA.

Tamar Gray-Ames mar. 2d, Abel Thompson, and not Job as
appears on page 100.

On page 108, Col. John Pathson's should be Patterson's.

On page 131, in biographical sketch of John Tarvin Gray, he
is spoken of as the grandson of Nathaniel Gray, when it should
be great-grandson, etc.

Mercy Raymond is noted on page 138, as the daughter of
James Raymond, when it should be Abram Raymond.

Two Samuel Grays (3) appear in the family of Samuel Gray
of Dorsetshire and Boston; the one on p, 143 should be Sam'l (4.)

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Peter Biste on page 127 should be Peter Best, but it there ap-
pears exactly as copied from the will of Capt. Silas Gray.

Sarah Dolbeau, on page 192, sliould be Sarah Uolbeare.

Several typographical errors are apparent, and possibly there
are some errors of fact, but careful, conscientious effort has been
made to keep the errata down to the minimum. In this con-
nection it may be pertinent and of interest to add, that nearly all
of the type setting, as well as the proof reading has been done
by the author, and therefore the errors which appear are right-
fully chargeable to him and not to another.

IN MEMORIAM.

In the progress of this work some have silently dropped from
the ranks and have gone over to join " the great majority." This
has been a source of sadness to the writer, and has caused him
to hasten on to the conclusion of the work lest others still should
fall by the wayside ere it was accomplished. Among those who
have so passed away, not already noticed, is Mrs. Rev. Calvin
Gray, of Fort Dodge, Iowa, record of whose family appears on
pages 38 and 39. A dear old lady, ripe in years and ripe in
Christian experience, her memory is blessed to all of her kin-
dred.

Also Mrs. Juliette E. Gray-Garland, of Des Plaines, 111.,
whose family appears on page 98, and who had manifested great
interest in this work. On the 19th of Aug., 1886, she received
injuries from being overturned in a carriage by a fractious horse,
which resulted in her death the second day following; a sad
tragedy.

And then a dear little grandson of the writer, Gifford New-
comb See, whose birth is noted on page 136, and who died at
Pittslield, Mass., March 11, 1887. A sweet human blossom
plucked while yet the fresh dawn of morning was upon it.

NOTES.

The division of families which occurs in some instances may
give occasion for criticism. This came from the work being ne-
cessarily done in parts, and from the determination to have all
obtainable data somewhere appear up to the closing of the work.
This would be obviated if the demand should warrant the publi-

3i6.

cation of a second edition. Any correction of errors or addi-
tional information, will be welcome with that possibility in view.
Pages from 297 to 304, inclusive, are not indexed for the rea-
son that they were kept open as long as possible for additional
data.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

Many thanks to all who by their kindly interest and assistance
have made the publication of this work possible. Much avail
has also been made of the records of the N. E. Genealogical
Society, and of State and National records, and of town and
county and church records and histories, and of a large number of
family histories and genealogies.

LAST WORDS.

So the last words must finally be spoken, and yet though the
end has been so long looked forward to with eager interest, they
are regretiully spoken. The writer has given so much of his
heart to this work, that he cannot lightly put it aside as a tale
that is told; he cannot easily turn away from that which has so
long engaged his intense attention; he cannot soon forget those
in whom he has come to feel such a deep and personal interest.
But last words must be spoken, and so dear friends, farewell.

The Author.