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About John Gray
Born in Londonderry Ireland.
Scotch-Irish Pioneer, landed in New York 1718
Children of John Gray and Elizabeth ? are:
- i. John Gray,
- ii. Samuel Gray, born in Ireland; died Unknown.
- iii. William Gray, born in Ireland; died Unknown.
- iv. Matthew Asa Gray, born in Ireland; died Unknown.
- v. Mary Gray, born in Worchester, Massachusetts; died Unknown.
- vi. Robert Gray, born 1687 in Ireland; died Unknown.
According to historian Charles Bolton, John and Elizabeth arrived in Massachusetts Colony, British Colonial America, and settled in Worcester, Worcester County, where he "had land laid out to him by the town's committee [on] November 26, 1718." They were accompanied by sons Robert (age 21) and Matthew (later, Sr., but at the time only age 8), as well as Samuel, William, John, Mary, and Sarah (pp. 187-88).
References
- Place: Boston, Massachusetts; Year: 1690; Page Number: 70
- Ruth T. Ravenscroft's manuscript, "John Gray and His Descendants of Worcester and Pelham, Massachusetts," Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986, may have much more information.
- Residence: England
- Residence: United States
- Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 30 2020, 0:22:19 UTC
- https://discoverulsterscots.com/emigration-influence/america/1718-m... 1718 Migration from Ulster to New England The Arrival of the Scotch-Irish in America Transatlantic Kinfolk In summer 1718, Ulster-Scots communities along the River Foyle and the River Bann waved goodbye to around five ships, carrying Presbyterian ministers and their congregations across the wild Atlantic. They left Ulster’s coasts and castles, churches and villages, to start a new life in New England – today’s New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut. They were one of the earliest waves. Hundreds of thousands followed. Presbyterians who would become patriots, pioneers and Presidents. Today, over 20 million Americans have Scotch-Irish ancestry. This is our shared story.
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John Gray's Timeline
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1660
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Aghadowey, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
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1686
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Ireland
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December 10, 1691
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1691
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Newington, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
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1691
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Aghodoway Townlands, County Derry, Ulster, Ireland
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1693
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St. Peters, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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1694
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Aghodoway, Londonderry, Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland
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1696
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Aghadoway, Londonderry, Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland, Unitrd Kingtom
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