Elizabeth Bray

Elizabeth Page, daughter of John Page and Elizabeth Page of Gloucester, had no surviving children (one child died as an infant) and only married once, to David Bray. When she died, her Page property reverted to her uncle, and the Bray property settled on cousins.

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Prior to 1728, David Bray II married Elizabeth Page, the daughter of John Page II of Gloucester. In 1728, following the death of her brother, John Page III, Elizabeth Page Bray was the heir to her family's substantial estate on the north side of Williamsburg (Metz et al. 1997:96). The location of David Bray II and Elizabeth Page Bray's residence is unknown, although it is possible that the couple may have lived in the house formerly occupied by his grandfather, James Bray I, which he had inherited as early as 1700. By 1731, the couple may have been living at "Hicks" in York County, as David Bray II is reported to have died there (Stephenson 1963:9). Elizabeth Page Bray died a few years later in 1734. The couple did not have any children of their own, and thus upon their deaths, the majority of David Bray II's Williamsburg area properties descended to his cousin, Thomas Bray II. Meanwhile, the Page family estate reverted to the heirs of Elizabeth's great-uncle, Mathew Page (Metz et al. 1997:96).

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From Geaneological Dictionary of Virginia:

Name: David Bray of James City county, a son of Col. David Bray of the same place, and (great) grandson of Councillor (James) Bray, was born in 1699. He was a man of large estate and, in 1631 (typo; actually 1731), on the recommendation of Gov. Gooch, appointed a member of the council. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Page, of Williamsburg, but died Oct. 5, 1731, without issue.

From A Guide to the Memorials of Bruton Parish Church, Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2006 Edition:

Grave #38 (West Face) original in latin, translation reads "Here lies buried David Bray, Esquire. A man handsome, able, and affable and charming in manner. A Justice Appointed to the Council in Virginia by the most serene King George the second, He was snached away by death before entering office, in the prime of his life. He had joined him in matrimony Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Page, Esquire, Most closley joined to him by mutual affection, and he left her childless and grieving October 5th, 1731, aged 32 years. She set up this monument as a final tribute to their conjugal love." and

(East Face) original in Latin, Translation reads "Here are laid the mortal remains of Elizabeth Bray together with her most beloved husband, consumed by a wasting disease, she gave up the ghost on the 22nd day of April, 1734, in her 32nd year, serenely, courageously, piously."

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