Did you check for "Sally", a nickname for Sarah? At 08:43 AM 3/1/2003 -0500, Allen E. Humphries wrote: > I spent most of last night trying to find out more about this. I went >through every mention of the PRAY Surname and Sarah Libbey in all of my >Libby books and collected data. I went through the VR's of Berwick and York >County. All I found was the Marriage Intentions, Cert, and Marriage place >and person who married them. There is absolutely nothing on them (that I >could find) in any of my Libby books. This brings up the question of just >who is she? Was Sarah a nickname (unlikely as the books didn't show any >Libb(e)y of any name marrying a Peter Pray) or (more likely) was this a >second marriage and she was the former MRS. Sarah Libbey. (Even if she was >not born a Libb(e)y, there was no mention of a Libb(e)y's wife remarrying a >Peter Pray.) I found several people named Pray, but, no Peter. ????? > Marriage Intentions, Berwick, ME 25 Dec 1776 - Marriage Certificate, >Berwick, ME 20 Jan 1777 (Picton Press - VR's of Berwick, ME - pg 13) > Marriage 23 Jan 1777 in the 2nd Church, Berwick, ME by Matthew Merriam. >(Picton Press - VR's of Berwick, ME - pg 198) > Did you ever check the Maine Old Cemeteries books to find Burial info? If >I get a chance to go to the library, I'll look into that. > I'll re-post this on the Libby List to see if anyone can shed any light >on this. > If you ever find out just who she was, the Libby Family Association sure >would like to know about it. > Allen E. Humphries > John Libby Family Association > >-----Original Message----- >Subject: [MEYORK] Pray family - Berwick, Maine > > > >Christine, > > > >I saw your recent posting about the Grant family in Berwick, Maine. > > I've been trying to locate the Pray family of Berwick, Maine for years > >now. I am trying to find the names of the children born to Peter Pray > >and Sarah Libbey. According to Anne Pray Becker's death certificate 26 > >Jan 1886 (info. found in the New Castle NH town office) they were her > >parents. I can find a marriage between Peter & Sarah for 23 Jan 1777 at > >the 2nd church, Berwick Maine but have not been able to find a birth or > >baptism record for any children. I also can't find when or where they > >died. Since you seemed to find so many birth/baptism records for your > >Grants, I was wondering if you could direct me as to where to look for > >the Pray family birth records. I've looked at the Historical Library in > >Portland and the State Library in Augusta, Maine with no success. Anne > >supposedly was born 15 Sep 1797 according to the Bible records written > >down by her son Henry Becker Jr. I have that Bible by the way. Any > >hints you could give would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Carol White > > > > >============================== >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