Saturday, March 10, 2012

Surname Saturday - GRAY (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  I am now up to number 371, who is Lydia GRAY (1707-????), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts] 

My ancestral line back through three generations of GRAY ancestors is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

10. Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11. Julia White (1848-1913)

22. Henry Arnold White ((1824-1885)
23. Amy Frances Oatley (1826-before 1870)

46.  Jonathan Oatley (1790-1872)

47.  Amy Champlin (1798-1865)

92.  Joseph Oatley (1755-1815)

93.  Mary Hazard (1765-1857)

184.  Benedict Oatley (1732-1821)

185.  Elizabeth Ladd (1734-1814)


370.  Joseph Ladd, born 19 October 1701 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died before March 1748 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 740. William Ladd and 741. Elizabeth Tompkins.  He married 25 August 1731 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
371.   Lydia Gray, born 16 October 1707 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; 


Children of Joseph Ladd and Lydia Gray are:  Deborah Ladd (1732-????); Joseph Ladd (1733-????); Elizabeth Ladd (1735-1814); William Ladd (1737-1800); Lydia Ladd (1740-????).


742.  Samuel Gray, born about 1681 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died 23 March 1712 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He married  13 July 1699 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
743.  Deborah Church, born 12 March 1677 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died 08 June 1772 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States.  She was the daughter of 1486. Joseph Church and 1487. Mary Tucker.

Children of Samuel Gray and Deborah Church are:  Samuel Gray (1700-1764); John Gray (1701-1702); Dorothy Gray (1704-????); Joseph Gray (1706-1706);  Lydia Gray (1707-????); Simeon Gray (1709-1742); Ignatius Gray (1711-1712).


1484.  Edward Gray, born before 15 April 1623 in Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England; died June 1681 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2968. John Gray and 2969. Elizabeth Ward.  He married 12 December 1665 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
1485.  Dorothy Lettice, born 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; died 30 March 1726 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2970. Thomas Lettice and 2971. Anne Savoy.

Children of Edward Gray and Dorothy Lettice are:  Edward Gray (1667-1726); Susanna Gray (1668-1727); Thomas Gray (1669-1721); Rebecca Gray (1670-????); Lydia Gray (1678-1771); Samuel Gray (1681-1712).


The only authoritative source I have is the Mayflower Families book on John Winslow, which provides several generations of the children of Edward Gray and his first wife, Mary Winslow.  My ancestor, Samuel gray, is by Edward's second wife, Dorothy Lettice.  

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