Dear Listers, Found on 1851 Census at: Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire Thomas SMITH, age 41, born Ashford in the Water, Dby., occupation: Marble Polisher Charlotte SMITH, wife, age 36, born Ashford in the Water, Dby. Mary SMITH, dau, age 15, born Ashford in the Water, Dby., occupation: Power Loom Weaver George H. SMITH, son, age 10, born Ashford in the Water, Dby., Scholar Benjamin SMITH, son, age 8, born Ashford in the Water, Dby., Scholar Elizabeth SMITH, dau, age 6, born Ashford in the Water, Dby., Scholar Adam SMITH, son, age 2, born Ashford in the Water, Dby. Martha BRAY, unmarried, age 64, born Ashford in the Water, Dby., occupation: Pauper, described as Mother or Aunt to head of household Linda Tasmania, Australia

Dear Listers, Found on 1851 Census at: Tober, Altarnun, Cornwall John BRAY, age 64, born Altarnun, Cornwall, occupation: Herdsman Mary BRAY, wife, age 63, born Altarnun, Con. Richard BRAY, son, unmarried, age 22, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Farm Lab. Daniel BRAY, son, unmarried, age 19, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Farm Lab. Also found at: Tober, Altarnun, Cornwall John BRAY, unmarried, age 23, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Farmers Son Grace BRAY, Sister, age 15, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Farmers daughter Also found at: Trewint, Altarnun, Cornwall William BRAY, age 54, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Shoemaker Grace BRAY, wife, age 67, born St Cleer, Cornwall Sampson C. BRAY, grandson, age 9, born Altarnun, Con., Scholar John BRAY, grandson, age 1, born Altarnun, Con. Also found at: Trevaque, Altarnun, Cornwall Reginald BRAY, age 32, born Tintagel, Cornwall, occupation: Independent Mary BRAY, wife, age 40, born Saltash, Cornwall James Davey BRAY, son, age 6, born St Stephens, Cornwall Reginald BRAY, son, age 3, born Otterham, Cornwall Alswitha STACY, Sister, Married, age 23, born Lesnewth, Cornwall, occupation: Ag Labs wife Margaret Ann STACY, Niece, age 3, born St Genny, Cornwall Eliza STACY, Niece, age 0, born St Genny, Cornwall Also found at: Trenilek, Altarnun, Cornwall John BRAY, unmarried, age 24, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Ag Lab. Also found at: Codda, Altarnun, Cornwall Richard BRAY, age 55, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Farmer Mary Ann BRAY, wife, age 55, born Blisland, Cornwall Richard BRAY, unmarried, son, age 26, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Farmers son Mary Ann BRAY, dau, age 18, born Altarnun, Con., occupation: Farmers dau. Linda Tasmania, Australia

Dear Listers, Found on 1851 Census at: Glynn Lodge, Cardinham, Cornwall Charles BRAY, age 57, born Cardinham, Cornwall, occupation: Ag. Lab., shown as a Visitor at this address (marital status not given) Found at: Trewonard, Treneglos, Cornwall William BRAY, age 43, born Otterham, Cornwall, occupation: Farmer 30 acres Loveday BRAY, wife, age 42, born St Giluit, Cornwall Found at: Porhan Street, Falmouth, Cornwall William BRAY, age 41, born Falmouth, Cornwall, occupation: Boatman Sarah BRAY, wife, age 42, born Falmouth, Con. Elizabeth LONG, dau. in law, age 16, born Falmouth, Con., occupation: Tailors Apprentice Elizabeth BRAY, dau, age 12, born Falmouth, Con. William LONG, son in law, age 12, born Falmouth, Con., occupation: Errand Boy Mary LONG, dau. in law, age 10, born Falmouth, Con., Scholar Edwin BRAY, son, age 2, born Falmouth, Con., Scholar Linda Tasmania, Australia

Dear Listers, Found on 1851 Census at: Trenouth Cottage, St Cleer, Cornwall John BRAY, age 39, born Gwennap, Cornwall, occupation: Miner Copper Louisa BRAY, wife, age 28, born St Austell, Cornwall Alexander BRAY, son, age 17, born St Austell, Cornwall, occupation: Miner Copper Elizabeth BRAY, dau, age 7, born Bodmin, Cornwall, Scholar Caroline BRAY, dau, age 5, born Bodmin, Cornwall, Scholar John BRAY, son, age 3, born St Cleer, Cornwall Louisa BRAY, dau, age 1, born St Cleer, Cornwall Also found at: Village, St Cleer, Cornwall William BRAY, age 38, born St Cleer, Cornwall, occupation: Farm Labourer Grace BRAY, wife, age 40, born St Cleer, Cornwall, occupation: Boot and Shoe Binder Elizabeth BRAY, dau, age 14, born St Cleer, Cornwall, occupation: Dressmaker Apprentice Mary Jane BRAY, dau, age 11, born St Cleer, Cornwall Charles BRAY, son, age 5, born St Cleer, Cornwall, Scholar Richard HENDER, Son in law, age 18, born St Cleer, Cornwall, occupation: Miner Also found at: Trerethy Stone, St Cleer, Cornwall Daniel BRAY, age 31, born Calstock, Cornwall, occupation: Copper Miner Elizabeth BRAY, wife, age 29, born St Cleer, Cornwall Samuel BRAY, son, age 4, born St Cleer, Cornwall, Scholar Also found at: Merrifield, St Cleer, Cornwall Elizabeth BRAY, Widow, age 63, born Redruth, Cornwall, shown as a Visitor at this address Linda Tasmania, Australia

Dear Listers, Found on 1851 Census at: Bodmin, Cornwall Alexander BRAY, age 62, born Gwennap, Cornwall, occupation: Retired Miner Ann BRAY, wife, age 61, born Redruth, Cornwall Walter BRAY, son, age 18, born St Austell, Cornwall, occupation: Copper Miner Also found at: Fore Street, Bodmin, Cornwall John BRAY, age 34, born bodmin, Cornwall, occupation: Dyer Elizabeth N. BRAY, wife, age 40, born Kenwyn, Cornwall William H. BRAY, son, age 9, born Truro, Cornwall, Scholar Alfred M. BRAY, son, age 4, born Bodmin, Cornwall, Scholar Also found at: Downing Street, Bodmin, Cornwall John BENNETTS, age 29, born Camborne, Cornwall, occupation: Copper Miner Eliza BENNETTS, wife, age 29, born Staffordshire Elizabeth BRAY, step daughter, age 8, born St Austell, Cornwall, Scholar William BESWICK, son, age 4, born Bodmin, Cornwall John BENNETTS, son, age 3, born St Austell, Cornwall Caroline BENNETTS, dau, age 0, born St Austell, Cornwall Also found at: Lower Bore Street, Bodmin, Cornwall Elizabeth BRAY, age 19, born Bodmin, Cornwall, occupation: House Servant, shown as a Visitor at this address Also found at: Lower Bore Street, Bodmin, Cornwall William BRAY, age 44, born Bodmin, Cornwall, occupation: Butcher Hannah BRAY, wife, age 44, born Mabe, Cornwall Martha BRAY, dau, age 17, born Bodmin, Cornwall Also found at: Downing Square, Bodmin, Cornwall John BRAY, Widower, age 66, born Bodmin, Cornwall, occupation: Journeyman Mason, shown as a Lodger at this address Also found at: Fore Street, Bodmin, Cornwall William BRAY, unmarried, age 50, born Bodmin, Cornwall, occupation: Shoemaker Elizabeth ELLERY, Sister, Widow, age 55, born Bodmin, Cornwall, occupation: Housekeeper Nicholas ELLERY, Nephew, age 16, born Bodmin, Cornwall, occupation: Pupil Teacher at British School William ELLERY, Nephew, age 13, born Bodmin, Cornwall, Scholar Linda Tasmania, Australia

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRAY Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1274 Message Board Post: BRAY_Morgan_C_and_Ette_E.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery - Christus Section, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your personal records. This is one of the 91,028 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5gF.2ACIB/1259.1.1 Message Board Post: s this Maud Bray rthe daughter of Robert Lee Bray and Annie Sherwood? If so I have the obit and cemetary record for her brother Claude C. Bray. I am Andrew Jackson Bray's decendant.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1273 Message Board Post: Found this on Ebay, might help someone with their family history if they are from Freeman, Maine Item # :5519145120. URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItem&item=5519145120 Jim

your web link did not work. -----Original Message----- From: BRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:BRAY-L-request@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of jimth40@earthlink.net Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 12:25 PM To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRAY-L] 1939 WELLCOME & BRAY Family History Book FREEMAN, MAINE This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1273 Message Board Post: Found this on Ebay, might help someone with their family history if they are from Freeman, Maine Item # :5519145120. URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dllViewItem&item=5519145120 Jim ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1271 Message Board Post: I am looking for any one interested in a Kate Bray who was probably in Coffey Co KS in 1900 with her parents Herb and perhaps Faree ... I have a photo of her that I would like to share. It was in the scrapbook of my husband's grandmother.

In all my searching for my Georgia BRAY lines I found these census records for a Zederick Bray, which appears to be your Zederick. Madison County Georgia 1850: Hannon P. Bray 28 Catherine 34 Martha 4 Zederick 1 Mary C. 1 Zederick and Mary were twins. Hannon and Catherine Patton were married on 31 Jan 1844. On the Clarke County Georgia 1880 Census is this: Zederick BRAY Self M Male W 30 GA Farm Laborer GA GA Elizabeth J. BRAY Wife M Female W 28 GA Keeping House GA GA William BRAY Son S Male W 7 GA GA GA Della BRAY Dau S Female W 5 GA GA GA Zederick BRAY Son S Male W 4 GA GA GA Katie BRAY Dau S Female W 1 GA GA GA Sarah KIDD Mother W Female W 44 GA At Home GA GA I may be related to these Brays as well, but haven't found my great grandfather's parents yet, a James and Mary Bray of Georgia, to see where they connect to all these Georgia Brays. Donna Schwieder Arkansas ----- Original Message ----- From: <k_schex@bellsouth.net> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 6:35 PM Subject: [BRAY-L] Brays In Macon, GA > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Bray, Kidd, Herring, Carter, Masson > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1269 > > Message Board Post: > > I am searching for decendants of Zedrick B. Bray and Elizabeth Janie Kidd of Macon, GA. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.. > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Riason/Ryerson/Bray/Root (s) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5gF.2ACIB/1270 Message Board Post: Seeking information on Samuel Wilson Ryerson (Riason) b. 1824 and married Francis Bray, b. 1826. Their daughter, Isobell Ryerson, b.1863 in Massachusetts, married Charles Roots. Both Samuel and Francis were born in Maine. Thank you for any information, and God bless -Anne smk312@comcast.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1269.1 Message Board Post: Is it possible that the bray you seek could be related to Emma (Bray) Glendenning. Last know to be in Macon, Ga. as noted in the obit of her brother James Barney Bray in 1915 John

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray, Kidd, Herring, Carter, Masson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1269 Message Board Post: I am searching for decendants of Zedrick B. Bray and Elizabeth Janie Kidd of Macon, GA. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks..

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray, white Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5gF.2ACIB/1268 Message Board Post: I saw your information on Phillip & Sarah Jane White. I would like to try to find more information on them. Their son Andrew Jackson Bray born 1841 in Larue, KY, is my g-grandfather. Please let me know if you have any information that could help me in my hunt for them & their ansestors. Thanks joannmcdonald@sbcglobal.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5gF.2ACIB/389.400.851.2.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for this information! I will pass it on to my cousin who is a direct Bray descendant. I'm sure she would like to correspond with you! http://www.geocities.com/tjbd

I think that you meant that the following is the will for Henry 1 not Henry 2 . (I just like to refer to Henry 1 as old Henry ) Patricia Caviness Perkins ----- Original Message ----- From: <kasping@yahoo.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 2:41 AM Subject: [BRAY-L] will of henry Bray son of Henry and Mary Wilson Bray > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/292.349.352.354.357.362.3 63.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Here is the will for Henry (2) Bray: > > Henry (2) Bray was the son of Henry (1) Bray and Mary Wilson > Bray. Henry (1) Bray was born circa 1681, and died circa > 1790 in Chatham Co. N.C. His will is as follows: > In the name of God amen I Henry Bray of the County Chatham > and State of N.C. being weak and infirm of body but of > perfect mind and memory Thanks be God, calling to mind the > morgallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed once > for all men to die do make and ordain this my last will and > testament that is to say, principally and first of all I give > and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave > it and my body I commend to the earth to be buried in a > decent christian burial at the discrestion of my executor > and...Such worldy estate wherewith it has pleased God to > bless me in this life I give and dispurse in the following > manner. > Item -- I give and bequeath to Mary Bray my beloved wife one > bed, and furniture and her house as her own property and the > third part of the rest of my household goods, Chattled and > moveable as her own property and the use of my home, ... so > long as she continues to be my widow or as long as she > pleasses to live thereon ... the ... > Item I give and bequeath to my son Edward Bray the sum of > twenty shillings to him and his heirs forever > Item I give and and bqueath to my son Henry Bray my land and > all the remaining two thirds of my estate with his paying out > of my estate the sum of five hundred to each of my daughters > viz. Sarah Ramsour, Mary Johnson, Catherine Jones and > Elizabeth Poe to them and his heirs forever..I hereby > constitute make and ordain my son Henry Bray sole Executor of > this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly > disallow revoke and disannul all and everey other form > testaments, wills, legacy, bequests and executor by me in any > wise before named willed and bequeathed ratifying and > confirming they and no other to be my last will and > testament. In witness whereof I have... my hand and seal > this seventeen day of June, one thousand and seven hundred > and ninety. > > Signed sealed and pronounced in the presence of T...Ragland > Henry Bray > Fall 1794 > > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/292.349.352.354.357.362.363.1 Message Board Post: Here is the will for Henry (2) Bray: Henry (2) Bray was the son of Henry (1) Bray and Mary Wilson Bray. Henry (1) Bray was born circa 1681, and died circa 1790 in Chatham Co. N.C. His will is as follows: In the name of God amen I Henry Bray of the County Chatham and State of N.C. being weak and infirm of body but of perfect mind and memory Thanks be God, calling to mind the morgallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave it and my body I commend to the earth to be buried in a decent christian burial at the discrestion of my executor and...Such worldy estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give and dispurse in the following manner. Item -- I give and bequeath to Mary Bray my beloved wife one bed, and furniture and her house as her own property and the third part of the rest of my household goods, Chattled and moveable as her own property and the use of my home, ... so long as she continues to be my widow or as long as she pleasses to live thereon ... the ... Item I give and bequeath to my son Edward Bray the sum of twenty shillings to him and his heirs forever Item I give and and bqueath to my son Henry Bray my land and all the remaining two thirds of my estate with his paying out of my estate the sum of five hundred to each of my daughters viz. Sarah Ramsour, Mary Johnson, Catherine Jones and Elizabeth Poe to them and his heirs forever..I hereby constitute make and ordain my son Henry Bray sole Executor of this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all and everey other form testaments, wills, legacy, bequests and executor by me in any wise before named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming they and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have... my hand and seal this seventeen day of June, one thousand and seven hundred and ninety. Signed sealed and pronounced in the presence of T...Ragland Henry Bray Fall 1794

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5gF.2ACIB/1253.1 Message Board Post: Hi Jan......the watercolor sounds beautiful. Can you scan it and email it out? Please put your message on the Fitt line at rootsweb. Fitt-L@rootsweb.com. We have about 40 Fitt family members on the list. The name RAND sounds familiar but I can't quite place it with a family. Polly Fitt-Jones

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1267 Message Board Post: In A HISTORY OF TIVERTON, (Devon, England), to be launched in early November, there is reference to Lewis BRAY c1640 If you are interested in this book, there is an order form attached to this message. Kind regards Mike Sampson