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1 ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 'Gc tC ^:^ \ RfEYNO 3 1 833 1 282 544 929.2 G793r 1134321 ^o 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. iir>4.32iX To the Memory of his Grandmother, MABEL GRAY RAYMOND, This Volume is affectionately Dedicated by The Author. o ^ ^ i- >> 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^ William B. Gray, Dr. ..... 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.

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