John Thank you for sending me the following message off-line. I am answering on-line in case it would help someone else. Catharine GRAY married John TRISLER. Their youngest son was named Hiram. This caught my eye as Hiram GRAY was one of the possible sons of Archibald that could have been her father. This gives me a possibility to work on when I get a chance to research it. Leon Bolender > Leon: > > Following is what I sent to the Clermont County mailing list in response to > someone who is descended from an Elizabeth Gray. I think it equally well > applies to your Catherine Gray, i.e., substitute Catherine for Elizabeth in > the following. > > It's probably a good bet that your Elizabeth Gray was a descendant (perhaps > granddaughter) of Archibald Gray who settled in Clermont County early on. > Archibald had 11 children by my count, 7 sons (John, Hiram, Henry, Vincent, > James H, Aaron and Andrew) and 4 daughters (Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel and ?). > I am no expert on the Gray genealogy, but am interested in this family > because of their close association with the Beckelhymer (aka Behymer) family > that I have been researching for several years (see my web page at: > http://members.home.net/johntippet/). Archibald was born circa 1757 in PA. > He had a daughter named Elizabeth, but she married Aaron Parker in 1819, so > she would have been likely one generation earlier than your Elizabeth who > married in 1831. You need to determine which of the seven sons of Archibald > may have been Elizabeth's father. Andrew had a daughter, Elizabeth, but she > was born in 1824. John, Henry and Vincent moved west early on per Everts > 1880 history of Clermont County, OH, so I don't think they would have been > your Elizabeth's father (BTW: John Gray moved to Fulton County, IL in the > 1830s - I suspose Henry and/or Vincent may have joined him). That leaves > Hiram, James H and Aaron as possibilities. I have done no research on them > so can offer no assistance there. > > Hope this helps... > > John Charles Tippet > johntippet@home.com