Dear Bray researchers, I know I have not been able to draw a connection with the Bray Family I'm researching and the ones most of you are researching. I'm researching the Henry Bray who married a Catherine _____________ Henry Bray born abt 1727-1738, Washington County, Maryland died abt 3 Jul 1798, New Haven , Nelson County, KY his son Peter Bray's will in Hamilton, Ohio after his death 23 Oct 1838 names beneficiaries: Henry Bray, Thomas Bray, Catherine Nugent, Gerusha Golden, Sarah Cochrane, Elizabeth Wise and Mary Emerson. Not necessarily all children. Peter Bray had a brother Frederick Bray who married Lucy Carder, and as yet, nobody has proven that this Frederick Bray had any children. I believe he did, but they may have spread out to further distant parts. Frederick Bray I believe had sons Henry Bray and Thomas Bray. Henry BRAY born 5 OCT 1793 probably Hampshire County. VA/WVA Died 13 Nov 1861 probably Franklin County., OH . He is mentioned in 1883 in a summons and lived near Abbot CARDER in 1812 then he later moved To Ohio.Abbot Carder was Lucy Carder's brother. Thomas B BRAY born abt 1795 married Martha MARTIN in 1823 CLARK County, . Ohio and had at least 4 children one named Abbott BRAY then married in 1840 - 2nd to Laura A. RICH . He Died 1848 Putnam County, Ohio Now If The Names listed on Peter Bray's will are really mostly Frederick Bray's children, then we may have a connection. Henry Bray, Thomas Bray, Catherine Nugent, Gerusha Golden, Sarah Cochrane, Elizabeth Wise and Mary Emerson. Gerusha Golden is supposed to be a daughter of Peter Bray. A Jerusha Bray married Stephen Golding. Spelling of names are sometimes so misspelled in records that it is difficult to find people. Frederick Bray who married Lucy Carder was living in Ross County, Ohio. His Brother Peter Bray was living in Hamilton County, Ohio. There are Cochran Family living near Frederick Bray in Ross County, Ohio. The St. Lawrence River begins in Canada, but I believe it also passes through Ohio. Do we have any people good in Geography that can tell me which cities the St. Lawrence River passes through in Ohio or if it does? I know this is a long shot but I think that their is some connection with Cochran and Bray Family, and it likely has something to do with the Frederick Bray who married Lucy Carder. Was Sarah Cochran a Bray by maiden name? was she a daughter or niece of Frederick Bray? Was the Frederick Bray mentioned below the same Frederick Bray that married Lucy Carder? or did this Frederick Bray have a son named Frederick Bray that may have moved to Canada? Can we tie these Cochran Family members to those in Ross County, Ohio? More About Amy Elizabeth Cochrane: Baptism (LDS): St Johns Church/York Mills 26. vi. Florence Cochrane, b. April 17, 1858, Glenview, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; d. January 09, 1940. 27. vii. John Bray Cochrane, b. August 01, 1860, Cacouna, C.E.; d. April 14, 1946. viii. Frederick Ernest Cochrane, b. January 10, 1863, Glenview/Toronto/Ontario/Canada; d. July 04, 1886, Brockville/Ontario/Canada. Notes for Frederick Ernest Cochrane: Born at 7:30pm on 10-Jan-1863. Drowned in the St. Lawrence River near Brockville Frederick Bray was a sponsor at his christening.