Bob, Are you kin to Fanny? Or have any information on the family line? Joe Buhl -----Original Message----- From: RBRAY329@aol.com [mailto:RBRAY329@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 12:15 PM To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Fanny Bray and Richard Bull TN 1805 I have them in my files. They were married on 11 May 1805 in Grainger Co, TN (Tennessee Marriages, 1801-1825, edited by Jordan R. Dodd). I do not any children for them except a possible Martha Jane Bull. Bob Bray Cincinnati, Ohio ==== 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

I have them in my files. They were married on 11 May 1805 in Grainger Co, TN (Tennessee Marriages, 1801-1825, edited by Jordan R. Dodd). I do not any children for them except a possible Martha Jane Bull. Bob Bray Cincinnati, Ohio

My Bray's were the first white settlers to come from Canada to Kankakee. What time frame are you talking about? Jim -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of jimbray@u.arizona.edu Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 6:48 AM To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRAY-L] Re: Brays of Illinois and Wisconsin This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bray, McCaslin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/927.979.2.1 Message Board Post: Mabel Fox Bray does not appear in my database. What time period are you dealing with? 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, McCaslin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5gF.2ACIB/927.979.2.1 Message Board Post: Mabel Fox Bray does not appear in my database. What time period are you dealing with? Jim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: fox bray nieland thomas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5gF.2ACIB/927.979.2 Message Board Post: seeking family of mable fox bray of Fennimore Grant Co Wisconsin and first cousins thomas or nielands.

Will the BRAY researcher who is interested in the POEs who intermarried with the Chatham Co. NC BRAYs please contact me. I accidently blundered into a line of POEs who end up in Chatham & Orange Co.NC and I may therefore have info you might find useful. I think this was Pat CAVINESS? james wall

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/1174.1 Message Board Post: This Frances Bray could maby be my great grandfather sister I don't have none of his sisters or brothers names my graet grandfather is Thomas Bray B.3-14-1851 TN. D. 1-22-1895 Newark, Ind. Co., AR. his father Benjamin Bray B. 1817 KY. D. 1862 Greene Co., Springfield, Missouri mother Avarilla Hutchinson B. 1824 TN. I was rased in Newark, AK.

So sorry I didn't mention Georgia or late 1800s - early 1900s...Frank Bray m. Hattie in or near Athens, Ga. Hattiewas b. prior to my G'Ma & G'ma was b. 1899..Parentswere Francis Marion & Martha (Edmondson) Oliver

They had 3 kids: Merrit,Martha & Garney. Info given me by Pat Sambdman currently of GA. Hattie's sis, Fannie Mae was my paternal g'ma. I met her only twice,when I was about 12 & when she was 101. I'd love for more contact with Oliver descendants. Desperately want photo of Fannie before she passed 40 yrs of age to see if she resembles my sisters. A pic of her holding my sis Linda about 1947 looks exactly like how Linda looks now. I look exactly like my Mom, a McKee. Would jump thru the roof with joy to see a pic of her spouse Charles Wm. Hunt who d. in 1927. Thanks, Dot

Hi, do you have any more info on this Frank Bray? Is he from Calif? What time period are we talking about? My G Mother had a bro named Frank Bray. Just cking. Judy dorothy Seruya nee Hunt wrote: > They had 3 kids: Merrit,Martha & Garney. > Info given me by Pat Sambdman currently of GA. Hattie's sis, Fannie Mae > was my paternal g'ma. I met her only twice,when I was about 12 & when > she was 101. I'd love for more contact with Oliver descendants. > Desperately want photo of Fannie before she passed 40 yrs of age to see > if she resembles my sisters. A pic of her holding my sis Linda about > 1947 looks exactly like how Linda looks now. I look exactly like my Mom, > a McKee. Would jump thru the roof with joy to see a pic of her spouse > Charles Wm. Hunt who d. in 1927. Thanks, Dot > > ==== 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/1220 Message Board Post: Lillian married Alfred George Coombes in the early 1920's. Was her SECOND marriage any info on her first? Please.

-----Original Message----- From: GleeSyt@aol.com <GleeSyt@aol.com> To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 28, 2003 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry & Edward BRAY >I just checked my copy of the orginal records and the death date is correct. > > >Edward who m. Sarah Maynard b. 1720 d. 1-5-1760 > >Henry son of Edward. b. 8-22-1755 d. 8-27-1838 > >Henry C. Bray who married Mary Wilson was born ca 1681, and died 1794 > >According to New Garden MM records, but it was noted that no real birthdate >was ever given for Henry C. it was "believed". I find it hard to believe, no >real birth records where kept in NC until 1704. After looking through many of >my records I find nothing on his truely birth record, only that notation in >the MM records. However when I have more time, I'll check the Va. records. > > >This line links into my through David Bray > > >Glee > > > >==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&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/an/5gF.2ACIB/1124.1 Message Board Post: No documentation, but what I'm working on is: The earliest known ancestor of the Brays of Monmouth County, NJ was Richard Bray who was born in England around 1636. He lived in the Province of Hampshire in New England which territory at that time included what is now Middletown, New Jersey. Although Richard lived in what is now New Hampshire, his son, the Reverend John Bray, moved to Middletown, New Jersey and that's how the Bray's came to Monmouth County. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/a/Richard-S-Bray/index.html?Welcome=1074893254

Does any one have any definate proof re : husband of Susannah Bray ? the daughter of Edward and Sarah ?I see he is listed as a McDaniel ,how certain is that ? Would also like to point out again that Edward can not be the son of Henry Bray who died and left a will circa ,1793 as Edward died in 1760 .and since an Edward is named in Henrys will this can not be the same Edward That married Sarah Maynard Patricia Caviness Perkins ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iru & Mary Bray" <IBray@gilanet.com> To: <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry & Edward BRAY > > -----Original Message----- > From: GleeSyt@aol.com <GleeSyt@aol.com> > To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:00 PM > Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry & Edward BRAY > > > >Let's see if I can add some information about Edward b. 1720 d. 1-5-1760and > >Sarah Maynard Bray (dau. of Henry and Susanna Maynard) d.1803 > > > >Is this the right line??? according to the will of Joseph Bray son of > Edward > >and Sarah Bray > > > > > >Mary (Polly) m. Isaac Carter > > ch > > Joseph, John, Joshua, Isaac Jr., Henry, Solomon, Edward, Hannah (who > >m. Moses Brown.), Mary ( who m. Ralph Shaw) Rachael (who m. Carlton > Hinshaw) > >and Ruth. > > > >Richard m. Polly Mcguire in Surry Co. > >Suana m a McDaniel > >Rachael m. a McDaniel > >Elizabeth m. a Smith > >Sarah m. a Morrison > >Henry 1755-1838b. Fairfax Co. Va. m. Kezia Jones Surry County > > ch. > > Jamimah, John Henry, Henry, Sarah, Edward, Mary, Richard, Joseph, > >Abijah, Abijah, (listed twice), Kezia, Marchia (mussey). > >James > >John > >Edward > >Joseph m. Elizaeth Lindsey in Surry Col 1820. > > > > > >This family was Quaker and according to the Quacker records the following > was > >taken from the Meeting records > > > >"Whereas Henry Bray, son of Edward Bray of Chatham Country, and Kezia > Jones, > >dau., of Richard Jones of Surry County, N.C., having decared their > intentions > >of marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of the people > >called Quakers, held at the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, > >aforesaid; and nothing appearing to obstruct, were left to state their > liberty to > >accomplish their marriage according to good order. The which they did ye > 2nd of > >ye 2nd Mo, 1778, at Muddy Creek Meeting before many witnesses, thwelve of > those > >names are inserted to wit:" > > > > > >I did not list the witness names. but if you need them let me know. > > > >found in the Meeting records, the following children and dates > > > >Jemima, b. 11-30-1778 m John Thomlinson, 1-25-1797 NC > >John H. Bray b. 5-8-1780 m. Hannah Shelton > >Henry b. 2-18-1782 > >Sarah b. 1-26-1784 > >Edward b. 1-18-1786 m. Elizabeth Shelton > >Elizabeth. b. 10-17-1792 d. 5-11-1868 > >Mary b. 5-23-1788 m. unknown Chamness > >Richard b. 4-22-1790 m. Mary Shelton > >Joseph b. 6-13-1792 > >Abijah b. 3-12-1793 d. 1797 > >Abijah b. 11-16-1797 > >Messey (Marcia Bray b. 6-16-1805 m. Jcaob Hadley > >Kezia > > > > > >I show that Edward was the son of Henry C Bray b ca 1681 Chatham Co, NC d. > >1794 m. Mary Wilson of Chatham Co. Henry's will can be found in the > probated > >wills of 1790-1794 > > > >I don't have the will, this is not my line per say, it does link into my > >further back. > > > > > >==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&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 > >

-----Original Message----- From: GleeSyt@aol.com <GleeSyt@aol.com> To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry & Edward BRAY >Let's see if I can add some information about Edward b. 1720 d. 1-5-1760and >Sarah Maynard Bray (dau. of Henry and Susanna Maynard) d.1803 > >Is this the right line??? according to the will of Joseph Bray son of Edward >and Sarah Bray > > >Mary (Polly) m. Isaac Carter > ch > Joseph, John, Joshua, Isaac Jr., Henry, Solomon, Edward, Hannah (who >m. Moses Brown.), Mary ( who m. Ralph Shaw) Rachael (who m. Carlton Hinshaw) >and Ruth. > >Richard m. Polly Mcguire in Surry Co. >Suana m a McDaniel >Rachael m. a McDaniel >Elizabeth m. a Smith >Sarah m. a Morrison >Henry 1755-1838b. Fairfax Co. Va. m. Kezia Jones Surry County > ch. > Jamimah, John Henry, Henry, Sarah, Edward, Mary, Richard, Joseph, >Abijah, Abijah, (listed twice), Kezia, Marchia (mussey). >James >John >Edward >Joseph m. Elizaeth Lindsey in Surry Col 1820. > > >This family was Quaker and according to the Quacker records the following was >taken from the Meeting records > >"Whereas Henry Bray, son of Edward Bray of Chatham Country, and Kezia Jones, >dau., of Richard Jones of Surry County, N.C., having decared their intentions >of marriage with each other before several Monthly Meetings of the people >called Quakers, held at the New Garden Monthly Meeting in Guilford County, >aforesaid; and nothing appearing to obstruct, were left to state their liberty to >accomplish their marriage according to good order. The which they did ye 2nd of >ye 2nd Mo, 1778, at Muddy Creek Meeting before many witnesses, thwelve of those >names are inserted to wit:" > > >I did not list the witness names. but if you need them let me know. > >found in the Meeting records, the following children and dates > >Jemima, b. 11-30-1778 m John Thomlinson, 1-25-1797 NC >John H. Bray b. 5-8-1780 m. Hannah Shelton >Henry b. 2-18-1782 >Sarah b. 1-26-1784 >Edward b. 1-18-1786 m. Elizabeth Shelton >Elizabeth. b. 10-17-1792 d. 5-11-1868 >Mary b. 5-23-1788 m. unknown Chamness >Richard b. 4-22-1790 m. Mary Shelton >Joseph b. 6-13-1792 >Abijah b. 3-12-1793 d. 1797 >Abijah b. 11-16-1797 >Messey (Marcia Bray b. 6-16-1805 m. Jcaob Hadley >Kezia > > >I show that Edward was the son of Henry C Bray b ca 1681 Chatham Co, NC d. >1794 m. Mary Wilson of Chatham Co. Henry's will can be found in the probated >wills of 1790-1794 > >I don't have the will, this is not my line per say, it does link into my >further back. > > >==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

-----Original Message----- From: GleeSyt@aol.com <GleeSyt@aol.com> To: BRAY-L@rootsweb.com <BRAY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 28, 2003 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [BRAY-L] Henry & Edward BRAY > >Wittness at the marriage of Henry and Kezia Bray > >Hannah Mills >Ann Huff >Jemima Jones >Sarah brooks >Sarah Pike >Ann Elmore >David Brooks >Aaron Mills >William Walker >Nathan Pike >Ashley Johnson >Richard Jones > > >==== BRAY Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&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/an/5gF.2ACIB/1210.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Think you so much Henry Bray is my G.G.G.G/G/ grandfather

I wonder if anybody recognizes this Harold Bray from Loudon County, Tennessee. Dist. 2, Loudon County, Tennessee, 12 May 1910 p.161a, Broadway, HN 447, FN 466 McMahan Eli head 48 m m1-28 w laborer/k. mill NC NC NC Maggie wife 44 f m1-28 w TN TN TN Walter son 20 m s w laborer/k. mill TN NC TN Lula dau 11 f s w laborer/k. mill AL NC TN Edgar son 9 m s w AL NC TN Oliver son 6 m s w AL NC TN Rice son 4 m s w AL NC TN Green Mose boarder 30 m m1-6 w laborer/foundry TN TN TN Rhoda boarder 30 f m2-6 w laborer/foundry TN TN TN 4 children, 2 living Dexter boarder 12/12 m s w TN TN TN Bray Harold boarder 10 m s w TN TN TN This census entry is not as helpful as it might otherwise be because the Green family was living as boarders. So the census doesn't say for sure, for example, that Rhoda was Mose Green's wife. But both Mose and Rhoda were married and they had both been married for six years, so it's reasonable to assume that they were married to each other. Similarly, it's reasonable to assume that Dexter Green was the son of Mose and Rhoda. But what about Harold Bray? Well, Harold was ten years old, Rhoda had been married to Mose Green for six years, her marriage to Mose Green was her second marriage, and she had borne four children with two still living. So I think it's reasonable to assume that Harold Bray was Rhoda's son by her first husband Mr. Bray. Also, I think it's reasonable to assume that Harold Bray and his father Mr. Bray were members of my Bray family. There were several members of my Bray family living very very close by. For example, living very close by was Mary Mahala Jane (Haley) Bray, Charles L. (Charlie) Bray, and George Samuel Bray. Haley Bray was my g grandmother. In 1910, she was married and living with my g grandfather John W. Williamson. Uncle Charlie Bray was Haley Bray's son with her first husband W.G.W. Green. The reasons why Uncle Charlie was Charlie Bray rather than Charlie Green are a little fuzzy, the sort of thing that is apparently not spoken of. George Bray was Haley's brother. But again, who was Harold Bray? For the most part, Haley's brothers were too young or too married to somebody besides Rhoda to have been Harold Bray's father. But Haley did have one brother named William Webster (Billy) Bray for whom I have no wife listed, and Uncle Billy Bray was old enough to have been the father of Harold. (Uncle Billy Bray always referred to himself as "W.W. Bray".) So I went looking for marriages between a William Bray and a Rhoda. I found a marriage in Knox County, Tennessee (adjacent to Loudon County) on 29 Sep 1895 between William Bray and Rhoda Amos. Uncle Billy Bray was born in 1875, so he would have been 20 years old in 1895. The 1910 census says that Rhoda, wife of Mose Green and presumed mother of Harold Bray, was born in 1880, so she would have been 15 years old in 1895. I think it likely that Uncle Billy Bray was the William Bray who married Rhoda Amos, and that they were the parents of Harold Bray. However, I am looking for proof. By the way, I certainly wonder if W.G.W. Green and Mose Green might have been related. I have not been able to find out anything about W.G.W. Green, not his parents, not his birth date or birth place, nothing. And I just ran across Mose Green in the last day or two. There is nothing in the oral family history about whether Uncle Billy Bray had a son named Harold or not, and I'm not surprised either way. It's the sort of thing that wouldn't be spoken of. For that matter, there is very little in the oral family history about Uncle Charlie Bray's father. People remember visiting Uncle Charlie's house, and they remember that his father was a Mr. Green. But when I ask what Mr. Green's full name was, they don't know. When I ask if Mr. Green and Haley Bray were married and divorced, or if Uncle Charlie was illegitimate, they don't know. All that they remember is that Uncle Charlie Bray's father was a Mr. Green, and that Uncle Charlie was raised by his grandparents Joseph A. Bray and Ferriba Salina (Salina) Moore. I only found out about the marriage between Haley Bray and W.G.W. Green by going through the Loudon County marriage records. However, I have not found a divorce nor an annulment for the marriage, nor have I found a death for Mr. Green. It seems that there must have been something to have terminated the marriage, or else Haley Bray couldn't have married John W. Williamson. Right now, I am trying to find William Webster (Billy) Bray in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. I know he was born in 1875 and I know he was still living up into the 20th century because people still living remember him. Also, I would like to find Harold Bray's death certificate, but I have no idea when he died. So any information anybody might have on Harold Bray would be much appreciated. Jerry Bryan _________________________________________________________________ Check out the coupons and bargains on MSN Offers! http://shopping.msn.com/softcontent/softcontent.aspx?scmId=1418

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/1210.1.2.1 Message Board Post: This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Ashby canova@tstar.net ============================================================== 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} A Copy Test John Ramsey C.C.

I am also a descendent of Henry Bray. I would appreciate a copy. Thank you. Joyce in Indiana ============================== 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