This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray, Brey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/249.849 Message Board Post: Tom I think we have been in touch before. I am also a gg-grandson of William and Samantha, and your 3rd cousin I think. William Bray/Brey + Samantha Andrus > Celesta Brey + George Haskins > Loretta Haskins + Adolph Meissner > Manly Meissner (my father) = I have a lot of data posted at: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lpm-haskins-lore and some possible background for William Bray at: http://meiszen.net/family/tree/manly/loretta/wm_brey_ancestors.htm = But this week I got an email that questions some of the background I posted, and suggests some other possibilities. I am still working on these, and will let you know what I find. Loren P Meissner: mail to LPMeissner@msn.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: bray, brey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1266 Message Board Post: I have located a person named William Bray in the Ancestry.com index to the 1820 census for Steuben Co NY. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate, but I'm wondering if I can find out more of the details of this record without paying $95 per year to Ancestry. My gg-grandfather had the same name, and was born in 1819 at Towanda PA. Nothing is known of his father or mother, not even their names (except his father's surname was presumably Bray). My gg-father later changed his surname to Brey and moved to Ontario WI. Can you suggest anything? = Loren

Hi, I loked up Wm Bray in Ancestry and of course found him. There is no real info on a family in the early census years. This is what it had. William Bray 1820, NY, Steuben Co., Troupsbury township. 1 free wt male 45 or older. 1 free wt female 45 or older working in agriculture I cked 1830 and found a William Bray in NY, Yonkers township, Westchester Co. No boxes were cked so there was no info on him. I joined for 14 days and forgot to cancel and so I am stuck. let me know if i can help . Judy LPMeissner@aol.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: bray, brey > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1266 > > Message Board Post: > > I have located a person named William Bray in the Ancestry.com index to the 1820 census for Steuben Co NY. Maybe I'm just a cheapskate, but I'm wondering if I can find out more of the details of this record without paying $95 per year to Ancestry. > > My gg-grandfather had the same name, and was born in 1819 at Towanda PA. Nothing is known of his father or mother, not even their names (except his father's surname was presumably Bray). > > My gg-father later changed his surname to Brey and moved to Ontario WI. > > Can you suggest anything? > > = Loren > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > Bray Family GenConnect Query Board at: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/Bray > > ============================== > 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: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/1265 Message Board Post: BRAY_Mittie_R_1894-1972.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery - Acacia Section, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your records. This is one of the 87,678 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

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/1264 Message Board Post: BRAY_Walter_C_1885-1955.JPG I photographed this gravestone in the Mount Olivet Cemetery - Acacia Section, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Feel free to use this picture for your records. This is one of the 87,678 cemetery photos free at http://teafor2.com

Dear Mel, I also have BRAYS in AR. William M. Bray. anything on him. Thanks Pam

I have some bray information on the Arkansas branch of the brays I can send it to you if you like Mel Ellis St. Louis MO

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/112.1 Message Board Post: Brenda Wood, I am working on the same line of Bray's that you are. Would you please contact me. bettyj@txol.net Betty G.

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/1256.2.1 Message Board Post: I have Charles Loyal Bray born 1907 whose father was Charles Harrison Bray whose father was Caswell Smith Bray whose father was Greenville M Bray father Henry Bray father John Bray father Henry Bray who married Sarah Yokley. I have various family members and spouses for your files email me and I will share. This doesn't quite match but this is how I have it in my files. Glenn

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/1256.2 Message Board Post: I am just beginning this search and have been confronted with a road block before 1840, George W. Bray born around 1840 and wife Margery born 1840 in Va as well, My father has alwasys told stories of his family coming from Ireland and settling in Va but without further data I don't know where else to search, Grandfather Charles H. Bray born 1876 in or around Fredericksburg then most of the Brays, his children moved to WDC or MD, Seat Pleasant. Charles died in 1936 but I haven't found the cemetery yet. Any of these Brays in your data?

an interesting link for Brays to check out is While this is primarily a Poe site some info has been entered re the early Bray family http://www.mindspring.com/~poefamily/PoeBrayFamily.htm Patricia Caviness Perkins

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.families.aol.com/mbexec/msg/4300/5gF.2ACIB/887.1 Message Board Post: My name is Michelle and Thelmon is my biological grandfather on my mother's side. He did live here in Dayton Ohio but moved out to California where he did past away in Sacramento on August 13, 1963. I know he has at least 3 sons and 2 daughters one being my mother. I have a little more information on him if you would like, just email me back. Thanks for your time.

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/1263 Message Board Post: Interested in any connections to the name Bray from Shropshire, any dates. Areas most interested in are Dawley, Madeley, Wellington I look forward to any replies Thank you

The Henry Bray I am referring to was in Orange Co later Chatham Co NC he died I believe in 1790 he mentions son Edward , son Henry , daughter Elizabeth Poe ,and other children his will is found I believe on the chatham co NC genweb site ,look there if not there let me know and I will dig through my records for it. he had several daughters mentioned one married a Johnson , one a Ramseur , and I believe a Jones I am going by memory and since I am concerned with only Elizabeth I forget the details . many folks on this site have much information re Henry he is the progenitor of a large amt of Brays . Patricia Caviness Perkins ----- Original Message ----- From: "J R Brey" <JBREY@austin.rr.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 NOV 1739 > Please tell me more about this Elizabeth Bray and her parents, particular > her father's will. Were there any other children named in her father's will? > I am from the line of a Henry Bray b. abt 1727 in Washington Co. MD who > married Catherine ? abt 1753 in Washington Co. MD. My Henry died in June or > July 1799 in Nelson Co. KY. and I have a copy of his will which was probated > 9 July, 1799. > > Bob Brey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Perkins" <caviness@conninc.com> > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:04 PM > Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 > NOV 1739 > > > > I can tell you this much William Lakey never married Elizabeth Bray . She > > married William Poe ,and is named in her fathers will as Elizabeth Poe > this > > in 1790 (if I remeber correctly ) > > she and William migrated to Surry Co NC in the 1770's and are still there > > in 1790 I don't know who William Lakey married it was not elizabeth Bray > . > > Patricia Caviness Perkins > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <ellis@giantcomm.net> > > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:38 AM > > Subject: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 > NOV > > 1739 > > > > > > > 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/1262 > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > Looking for Henry Bray family. Henry b. England date? m: ? > > > Daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 Nov 1739 Old Monocacy, Maryland. > > Elizabeth Married William Leakey (Lackey/Lakey) in 1750 Fredrick, > Maryland. > > > Any information would help so much. > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > Help keep free Genealogy on the Internet.. > Join Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative > http://www.rootsweb.com > > > ============================== > 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 > >

CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Henry Bray - 1790 Will of Henry Bray, dated 17 June, 1790 - no probate date. Chatham Co., NC, Record of Estates, pg. 4b, 5 NC State Archives film # C.002.500 In the Name of God amen I Henry Bray of the County Chatham and State North carolina being weak and inform of Body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be God Calling to mind the mortallity 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 hands of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the earth to be burried in a decent christain Burial at the discression of my Executor and as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has please god to bless me in this life I give and dispose in the following manner_____ Item I give and bequeath to Mary Bray my dearly beloved wife one Bed and furniture and her Saddle as her own property and the third part of all the rest of my household goods Chattles and moveable Estate as her own property and the use of my home Plantation so long as she continues to be my widow or as long as she pleases to live thereon except she marries__ 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 bequeath 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 pounds to each of my Daughters Vix. Sarah Ramsour, Mary Johnson, Catharine Jones & Elizabeth Poe) to him & 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 disannull all and every other former Testaments, Wills, Legaces, bequests and Executors by me in any wise before named willed and Bequeathed ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day June one Thousand seven hundred and ninety Signed Seal'd and pronounced in presence of Thos Ragland Henry Bray Signed Henry (his "H" mark) Bray {Seal} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Perkins" <caviness@conninc.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 NOV 1739 > The Henry Bray I am referring to was in Orange Co later Chatham Co NC he > died I believe in 1790 he mentions son Edward , son Henry , daughter > Elizabeth Poe ,and other children his will is found I believe on the > chatham co NC genweb site ,look there if not there let me know and I will > dig through my records for it. he had several daughters mentioned one > married a Johnson , one a Ramseur , and I believe a Jones I am going by > memory and since I am concerned with only Elizabeth I forget the details . > many folks on this site have much information re Henry he is the progenitor > of a large amt of Brays . > Patricia Caviness Perkins > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J R Brey" <JBREY@austin.rr.com> > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:50 PM > Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 > NOV 1739 > > > > Please tell me more about this Elizabeth Bray and her parents, particular > > her father's will. Were there any other children named in her father's > will? > > I am from the line of a Henry Bray b. abt 1727 in Washington Co. MD who > > married Catherine ? abt 1753 in Washington Co. MD. My Henry died in June > or > > July 1799 in Nelson Co. KY. and I have a copy of his will which was > probated > > 9 July, 1799. > > > > Bob Brey > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pat Perkins" <caviness@conninc.com> > > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:04 PM > > Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt > 3 > > NOV 1739 > > > > > > > I can tell you this much William Lakey never married Elizabeth Bray . > She > > > married William Poe ,and is named in her fathers will as Elizabeth Poe > > this > > > in 1790 (if I remeber correctly ) > > > she and William migrated to Surry Co NC in the 1770's and are still > there > > > in 1790 I don't know who William Lakey married it was not elizabeth > Bray > > . > > > Patricia Caviness Perkins > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <ellis@giantcomm.net> > > > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:38 AM > > > Subject: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 > > NOV > > > 1739 > > > > > > > > > > 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/1262 > > > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > > > Looking for Henry Bray family. Henry b. England date? m: ? > > > > Daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 Nov 1739 Old Monocacy, Maryland. > > > Elizabeth Married William Leakey (Lackey/Lakey) in 1750 Fredrick, > > Maryland. > > > > Any information would help so much. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > > ==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > Help keep free Genealogy on the Internet.. > > Join Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative > > http://www.rootsweb.com > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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I can tell you this much William Lakey never married Elizabeth Bray . She married William Poe ,and is named in her fathers will as Elizabeth Poe this in 1790 (if I remeber correctly ) she and William migrated to Surry Co NC in the 1770's and are still there in 1790 I don't know who William Lakey married it was not elizabeth Bray . Patricia Caviness Perkins ----- Original Message ----- From: <ellis@giantcomm.net> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:38 AM Subject: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 NOV 1739 > 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/1262 > > Message Board Post: > > Looking for Henry Bray family. Henry b. England date? m: ? > Daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 Nov 1739 Old Monocacy, Maryland. Elizabeth Married William Leakey (Lackey/Lakey) in 1750 Fredrick, Maryland. > Any information would help so much. > > > ==== 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 > >

Please tell me more about this Elizabeth Bray and her parents, particular her father's will. Were there any other children named in her father's will? I am from the line of a Henry Bray b. abt 1727 in Washington Co. MD who married Catherine ? abt 1753 in Washington Co. MD. My Henry died in June or July 1799 in Nelson Co. KY. and I have a copy of his will which was probated 9 July, 1799. Bob Brey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Perkins" <caviness@conninc.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 NOV 1739 > I can tell you this much William Lakey never married Elizabeth Bray . She > married William Poe ,and is named in her fathers will as Elizabeth Poe this > in 1790 (if I remeber correctly ) > she and William migrated to Surry Co NC in the 1770's and are still there > in 1790 I don't know who William Lakey married it was not elizabeth Bray . > Patricia Caviness Perkins > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ellis@giantcomm.net> > To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:38 AM > Subject: [BRAY-L] Henry Bray b. England daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 NOV > 1739 > > > > 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/1262 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > Looking for Henry Bray family. Henry b. England date? m: ? > > Daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 Nov 1739 Old Monocacy, Maryland. > Elizabeth Married William Leakey (Lackey/Lakey) in 1750 Fredrick, Maryland. > > Any information would help so much. > > > > > > ==== 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 > > > > > > > > ==== 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 >

Hi -- I have Henry Bray who married Catherine [Unknown] of Maryland. I wonder if there is a connection? -- Will- Nelson Co, KY - Wills Vol A. pg. 373 Dated 2 Mar 1798, will of Henry Bray, to my wife Catherine, my plantation...To my children John Bray, Phillip Bray, Frederick Bray, Peter Bray, William Bray, Abraham Bray, Petty Ball, Jane DeWitt, Mary Dair and Christine Roberts...." Will proved 9 Jul 1799; Exc. Aaron Atherson; Wit. John B. Hill & Zachariah Masterson. Bk. A. pg. 373. Also HPC., pg 695, 696, & 697 - her REF: KY. Gen., Nelson C o Will, Vol A. p. 373; & Vol. V. p. 132. -------------------------------- 7. Peter7 Dewitt (Paulus6, Paulus5, Barnet4, Pieter3, Pieter Jansen2 Dewit, Jan1 Dewitt) was born July 08, 1753 in Sussex Co., NJ, and died October 18, 1843 in Clark Co., Ky. He married Jane Bray July 09, 1774 in Hampshire Co., West Virginia, daughter of Henry Bray and Catherine. She was born Abt. 1755 in Frederick, MD, and died September 19, 1843 in Fayette, OH. 6. Paulus6 Dewitt (Paulus5, Barnet4, Pieter3, Pieter Jansen2 Dewit, Jan1 Dewitt) died in W. Va. He married Catherine Depuy December 10, 1749 in Smithfield Reformed Church, Shawnee, Monroe, Pa, daughter of Johannas Depuy or Dupuy and Sarah van Steenbergen. She was born 1725 in Kingston, Ulster Co., NEW YORK. 5. Paulus5 Dewitt (Barnet4, Pieter3, Pieter Jansen2 Dewit, Jan1 Dewitt) was born April 21, 1697, and died Bef. April 1774 in Sunbury, Northumberland, Pa. He married Catherine Johnson. She was born Abt. 1697, and died Aft. April 1774 in Northumberland, Pa. In a message dated 8/2/2004 8:47:46 AM Central America Standard Time, ellis@giantcomm.net writes: > > Looking for Henry Bray family. Henry b. England date? m: ? > Daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 Nov 1739 Old Monocacy, Maryland. Elizabeth > Married William Leakey (Lackey/Lakey) in 1750 Fredrick, Maryland. > Any information would help so much. > > > > > > > > > >

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/1262 Message Board Post: Looking for Henry Bray family. Henry b. England date? m: ? Daughter Elizabeth Bray b. abt 3 Nov 1739 Old Monocacy, Maryland. Elizabeth Married William Leakey (Lackey/Lakey) in 1750 Fredrick, Maryland. Any information would help so much.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray, Bradford, Whitaker, Cantey, Wiggins, Crowell, Baker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5gF.2ACIB/1256.1.1.1 Message Board Post: This is all v e r y interesting. Not only are the Brays & Bradfords related anciently, as identified by their haplotype (I), but the Brays lived above the stream/river and the origin of the Bradford name is: "The name of Bradford is derived from the Saxon "Bradenford," or "Broad-ford," and is doubtless very ancient. Names of individuals were often derived from the names of the places at which they happened to reside; and names thus acquired were transmitted to families. Hence, some individual who resided at some time, at some broad ford of some stream, river or estuary, in due time was called by the name of that locality, Broad Ford and afterwards Bradford as a more convenient word for utterance." Interesting. The Brays lived on the hill above the Bradfords. The paths of their descendants later crossed in NC along with the descendants of Oliver Cromwell. Interesting happenstance we only know because of the science of Genetic Genealogy plus our traditional paper trails. ! The possibilties of the two disciplines together are undefinable at this time. Thanks for looking at your records, I'll keep looking around for Angelica's maiden name, but for the moment will have to go with ANGELICA BRAY as earliest known ancestor for the maternal project. Regards, Becky