GRAY GENEALOGY, Bein.f a Genealogt'cal Record and Hi'story ef the Dcseendant..r ef JOHN GRAY, OF BEVERLY, MASS., And Also Includt'ng SKETOHES OF OTHER GRAY FAMILIES, HY M. D. RAYMOND. 'rARRYTOWN, N. Y. 1887. CorYRIOUTBll 1887, BY M, D. RAYMOND, All Rights Reserved. Yi., lht .Afe111ory of /,ls Gra11d111olht1\ MABEL GRAY RAY1'fOND, Tnls Yo/11111e ti affedt'o11alt/y Dtdlfaled /,y THE AUTHOR, INDEX OF FAMILIES IN 1•HE GRAV OENEALOOV. Intro<luctlon and sketc; ot the Grays In History ...... p. (inclusive,) 1 to 6 John GrRy or Ueverly nnd Sharon .• ~ ..................................... 6 to 140 Snmucl Gray of Dorsctshlrc nncl Dosion ....... 142 to 149, nnd 297 tu 302 Worcester Grays, (Scotch-Irish,) 150 to 168. 188 to 190, nnd 277 to 284 Grays (Scotcl1,Irish) or Union City, Pa. ............................... 169, 170 Jnmcs GrBy of lln<llcy nnd Stockhrhlge, Mnss ............................... 170 Willinm Grny of Scotland nnd Fnlr(n,,c Co., Vn ....................... 170 172 . ' 1 Snmuel Grny (Scotch) of Conn. nnd Vt., .............................. 1721 174 Israel Grny (Scotch-Irish) of Vn., N. C. and H. C.......................... 175 Jonas Gray, Townsend, Vt ........................................................ 176 Dr. William A. Grny, Virgin la ............................................. 177, 178 Gilbert Grtty, (Scotch•lrisl1) North Cnrollnn ................ , .......... 178, 179 JJ. C, Gray, Rlcl1 n1ond, Va.. ....................... , .... , ........• , •• ,. , .. ".. ,, •.. , 179 David Grny, Fishkill, N. V................................................. 180, 184 Quaker Ornya, Pa.•~··,•·······•• ....... , ................... ,... ,, ............ 184, 185 lsnlnh Gray, Mnrtha's Vineyard, (Yarmouth Grnys) .................. 186, 187 Edward Orny of Lincolnshire nn<l Doston ........... , .................. 191, 197 Fairfield (Conn.) Ornys ... , .................................................. I l8, 235 Isaac, Aaron, F.Hj"h and Danie) Gray, of Conn. and Vt ..........=i.16, 248 Yarmouth G,nya ••••••••••••·•••••• .. ••• .. •••• .................. tt•••••·••••·••,.49, .:61 Plymouth OrRys. ••••••• .. ••••••••••••••••••• .. • .. •·•• ........................ ,,·162, 265 Snlem Grays ............................. , .............. , ....................... ,. ·:M, 276 Jl\mea Gray or Londonderry, amt Samuel Kerr Gray, Pnlnesvlll". o. 284 John Orny, of Gray, Dakotn ............................................... ...... 284 Adnm Gray, of Irelnnd, and Stone Ambia and Herkimer, N. V....... 285 Gco1·ge Grny, U. S. Senntor, Delnware ............................. , ........•• 285 Rohtrt Gmy or Irelt\ml, nncl Wm. C. Gray of Chica.go ............ a,5 1 286 Jamea Gray of Ireland, and Robert P. Grny of New York .............. •286 I1n11c and George Grny of Heverly .................... , ..................•286, 287 OrAy1 (Scotch) of Ledyard, Conn ........... _, ........................... 287, 288 N,,w Jersey Graya ............................................................... 287, 293 P.Jtcr Gray, llollllncl, and Dr. John P. Gray, Utica, N. V......... a94i 295 Dr. J••• E. Gmy, (Scotch,) Drooklyn, N. Y, ................................. 295 George GrRy, Scothmd, and George Grny, Dubuque, Iowa .. , ............ 2¢ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Grny Coat-o!•Arms, Title Pnge, Judge John Gray, (5), 17 Dr, John F, Gray, (6), 20 Rev, Blnckleach Burritt Gmy, • 24 Gen, John Tsurrltt Grny, • 26 Dr, Alf re,·1 Wllllnm Grny, 28 Dr, Nnt?1nnlcl A. Gray, JI Dr. PRtrlck Wells Gray, 32 Cnrroll Eugene Gray, 33 Dr, Rollin B. Grny, • 34 Dlnntlu, Eloise Grny 0 S11cket1, 35 John Felton Grny, 41 Hon, Chnrlcs M, Grny, 42 George M, Grny, 44 Mrs, Amnnda Gray-Lee, (Four Oenc:,~!!t\llR,) 59 Phllnnder Rnymond Grny, 66 Dr, Wllllnm S. GrRy, 8.J Frederic Eugene Windsor Grny, 105 IWzaheth Klmbill Grny 0 SpRulcllng, • 1o6 Clnren~lon Ross Grny, liu Stephen Rix Grny, 119 Thomns Trncy Grny, • 123 John Tnrvin Grny, • 131 Judge Thomns Grny, 146 Melvin L. Gray, 151 Dr, Henry C,upentcr Grny, 165 Or, WIiiiam D, Grny, 177 Edwnrd Grny o( J.lncolnshlre nncl Boston, (with Arnu,,) 191 Wllllnm Grny, (S) 11 F1\lrfieltl Grnys," • 204 Albert W, Gray, 238 I.eonldns GrRy, • 240 Alhert Y, OrAy, 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 ancl 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, ,mtil it has embrc\ced sketches of many of the early ancl 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 or this volume has doubtless been a disaJ>pointment 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 eva(led him, and the temptation to extend research to other and invt~· ing fields, has not easily been put aside. ,vith a kin<lly 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 iii 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. RAVMONll. GRAY GENEALOGY. 'l'he name Gray, is of Iota/ 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 WM origin­ ally Croy. A Norman Chief named Rolf, or Rollo, or Raoul, invaded France with his Norwegian followers and established himself there in the 9th Century. A descendant, or at all events a member of the same family, became Chamberlain to Robert, Duke of Normandy, and receh,ed 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, white in Scotland it is Gray. However, this alight 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. 'rhe Grays unquestionably came over to F.ngland with \Villiam the Conqueror in 1066, (or 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: u 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 \Villiam," .Again we quote from the same high authority : u 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 Rotherfteld, Codmore, Wilton, Ruthem, Groby, ancl 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 4• 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 semons in Roufield shire of Roxburgh. His issue has continued still in Scotland." His son, Sir Andrew Gray, joined King Rob­ ert Bntce 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 hou~ of Eng­ land and were near the throne. Edward IV. married Elizabeth Gray the widow of Sir John Gray who was slain at th~ second battle of St. Albans, 1461. On the death of King Rdward, 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: "The family of Gray is of great antiqui­ ty in Northumberland. Henry de Gray obtained from King Richard I., (1190) the manor of Turoc in Essex. Sir John Gray, Knight of Berwick, 1372, was father of Sir 'fhomas of Berwick and ChiUingham.