Around 1960-63 my mother took me to Boone to meet a "Mrs. Holmon" who was a midwife and one-time neighbor who'd helped with my unplanned home delivery. My older brothers and sisters have enjoyed complaining to me about being forced to leave warm beds in the middle of the night to walk in snow drifts above their heads. A rope was tied from our front door out into the yard to help guide them through the mid-December snowstorm. I don't know if this "Mrs. Holmon" is connected to Deborah Holmon's family but I've found so many unusual connections in genealogy research that I wouldn't be too surprised. I also have a Ray connection through my grandmother, Maggie Jenett Ray. I treasure a circa 1911 family photograph showing many of Alec Clyde and Aylie Watson Ray's children; my two-year-old mother is sitting in the lap of her grandfather, Alec, and a six-month old aunt is sitting in my grandmother Maggie's lap. All/most of the women are wearing clothes made from one bolt of cloth while the men have shirts made from another. I digitally restored/enlarged the photograph to fit into an antique frame so could e-mail a copy if requested. Most branches of my family settled in NC (NC was considered part of Virginia in 1600s) but I've lived almost 25 years in Rhode Island. Within walking distance from my workplace, I recently learned the 1688 marriage contract of my GGGGGGGGreatgrandmother, Marie Arnaud Parlier is likely archived in the Old Washington County Jail, home of Pettaquamscutt Historical Society. They're only open two afternoons a week so I hope to go tomorrow to search for it. The Pettaquamscutt Historical Society collects and preserves materials relating to a ten square mile portion of Washington County known as "the Narragansett Country," lands acquired from native Americans by purchase in 1657 and encompassing all or parts of the towns of South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett and Charlestown. The collections include approximately 200 linear feet of manuscripts, consisting of family materials, genealogical files, church, business, and organizational records, and some South Kingstown town records. The Society serves as a depository for the Wakefield Baptist Church (1781-1995) and the Kingston Hill Gardeners. Genealogy is a super treasure hunt! 1 William Ray 2 Jessie Ray 1760 - 1839 +Nellie Eleanor Baker 3 Elizabeth 1782 - 3 William Ray 1784 - 1876 +Nancy Smith 3 James Ray 1786 - 1861 +Jane "Jennie" Hardin 3 Nancy Ray 1788 - 1839 +Edmond Parsons 3 John Ray 1788 - 1867 +Berilla White 3 Jeremiah Ray 1793 - 1872 +Nancy Morris Ashe 3 Larkin Ray 1796 - 1834 +Sally Council *2nd Wife of Larkin Ray: +Nancy Hardin 4 Jeremiah Ray 1820 - +Margaret Kincaid 4 Jessie Ray 1822 - 1908 +Sallie Winebarger 1841 - 1922 5 Alec Clyde Ray 1866 - 1960 +Aylie Missie Watson 1859 - 1936 6 Buck Ray 6 Meadie Ray +Miller 6 David O Ray 1885 - 6 William Franklin Ray 1885 - 1955 6 Mack M Ray 1889 - 6 Maggie Jenett Ray 1891 - 1974 +James Jackson Parlier 1886 - 1955 6 Josie Elizabeth Ray 1893 - 1983 +Lloyd C Stanbery 6 Clyde Cymore Ray 1895 - 6 Melda K Ray 1896 - 6 Vinnie V Ray 1898 - 1951 +Grady Solomon Green 1894 - 1959 6 Sallie E Ray 1900 - +Green 6 Nancy Ray 1903 - +Watson 6 Willard Alexander Ray 1905 - 1974 +Rosie Church 1911 - 5 Mary Almeda Ray 1869 - 5 Sarah Jane Ray 1877 - 1923 +Adolphus William Lewis 5 Rosa Edna Ray 1879 - *2nd Wife of Jessie Ray: +Sally Council 5 Jeremiah Council Ray 1847 - 1931 +? 5 Nancy J Ray 1849 - 5 Caswell Ray 1850 - 1862 +Mary E Ray 1855 - 4 William Ray 1823 - +Nancy 4 Caswell Ray 1824 - 4 Hamilton Ray 1825 - 4 Tom Ray 1826 - 4 Susan Ray 1827 - 4 Wilburn Ray 1832 - +Evelyn Lewis 4 Jane Ray 1834 - +?Minton 4 Elizabeth Ray 1835 - +James Williams

Artie: If your Rays go back to Col. Jesse, then we are cousins. My Grandfather was (Irwin) Layne Ray. I've traced my paternal Ray line back to William & Elizabeth Ray. I would love to see the picture you have. My father, Roy Layne Ray, is ill at the moment and a picture of old relatives would surely cheer him up. I'd be willing to pay for a print of whatever you have. Terry (Ray) Baker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Artie Martino" <martino@egr.uri.edu> To: <ncwataug@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:27 AM Subject: [NCWATAUG] Ray family, Holmon midwife > Around 1960-63 my mother took me to Boone to meet a "Mrs. Holmon" who was > a > midwife and one-time neighbor who'd helped with my unplanned home > delivery. My older brothers and sisters have enjoyed complaining to me > about being forced to leave warm beds in the middle of the night to walk > in > snow drifts above their heads. A rope was tied from our front door out > into the yard to help guide them through the mid-December snowstorm. I > don't know if this "Mrs. Holmon" is connected to Deborah Holmon's family > but I've found so many unusual connections in genealogy research that I > wouldn't be too surprised. > > I also have a Ray connection through my grandmother, Maggie Jenett Ray. I > treasure a circa 1911 family photograph showing many of Alec Clyde and > Aylie Watson Ray's children; my two-year-old mother is sitting in the lap > of her grandfather, Alec, and a six-month old aunt is sitting in my > grandmother Maggie's lap. All/most of the women are wearing clothes made > from one bolt of cloth while the men have shirts made from another. I > digitally restored/enlarged the photograph to fit into an antique frame so > could e-mail a copy if requested. > > Most branches of my family settled in NC (NC was considered part of > Virginia in 1600s) but I've lived almost 25 years in Rhode Island. Within > walking distance from my workplace, I recently learned the 1688 marriage > contract of my GGGGGGGGreatgrandmother, Marie Arnaud Parlier is likely > archived in the Old Washington County Jail, home of Pettaquamscutt > Historical Society. They're only open two afternoons a week so I hope to > go tomorrow to search for it. The Pettaquamscutt Historical Society > collects and preserves materials relating to a ten square mile portion of > Washington County known as "the Narragansett Country," lands acquired from > native Americans by purchase in 1657 and encompassing all or parts of the > towns of South Kingstown, North Kingstown, Narragansett and Charlestown. > The collections include approximately 200 linear feet of manuscripts, > consisting of family materials, genealogical files, church, business, and > organizational records, and some South Kingstown town records. The Society > serves as a depository for the Wakefield Baptist Church (1781-1995) and > the > Kingston Hill Gardeners. > > Genealogy is a super treasure hunt! > > 1 William Ray > 2 Jessie Ray 1760 - 1839 > +Nellie Eleanor Baker > 3 Elizabeth 1782 - > 3 William Ray 1784 - 1876 > +Nancy Smith > 3 James Ray 1786 - 1861 > +Jane "Jennie" Hardin > 3 Nancy Ray 1788 - 1839 > +Edmond Parsons > 3 John Ray 1788 - 1867 > +Berilla White > 3 Jeremiah Ray 1793 - 1872 > +Nancy Morris Ashe > 3 Larkin Ray 1796 - 1834 > +Sally Council *2nd Wife of Larkin Ray: +Nancy > Hardin > 4 Jeremiah Ray 1820 - > +Margaret Kincaid > 4 Jessie Ray 1822 - 1908 > +Sallie Winebarger 1841 - 1922 > 5 Alec Clyde Ray 1866 - 1960 > +Aylie Missie Watson 1859 - 1936 > 6 Buck Ray > 6 Meadie Ray +Miller > 6 David O Ray 1885 - > 6 William Franklin Ray 1885 - 1955 > 6 Mack M Ray 1889 - > 6 Maggie Jenett Ray 1891 - 1974 > +James Jackson Parlier 1886 - 1955 > 6 Josie Elizabeth Ray 1893 - 1983 > +Lloyd C Stanbery > 6 Clyde Cymore Ray 1895 - > 6 Melda K Ray 1896 - > 6 Vinnie V Ray 1898 - 1951 > +Grady Solomon Green 1894 - 1959 > 6 Sallie E Ray 1900 - > +Green > 6 Nancy Ray 1903 - > +Watson > 6 Willard Alexander Ray 1905 - 1974 > +Rosie Church 1911 - > 5 Mary Almeda Ray 1869 - > 5 Sarah Jane Ray 1877 - 1923 > +Adolphus William Lewis > 5 Rosa Edna Ray 1879 - > *2nd Wife of Jessie Ray: +Sally Council > 5 Jeremiah Council Ray 1847 - 1931 +? > 5 Nancy J Ray 1849 - > 5 Caswell Ray 1850 - 1862 > +Mary E Ray 1855 - > 4 William Ray 1823 - > +Nancy > 4 Caswell Ray 1824 - > 4 Hamilton Ray 1825 - > 4 Tom Ray 1826 - > 4 Susan Ray 1827 - > 4 Wilburn Ray 1832 - > +Evelyn Lewis > 4 Jane Ray 1834 - > +?Minton > 4 Elizabeth Ray 1835 - > +James Williams > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NCWATAUG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >