John Gray of the Plymouth Colony

John Gray (1611-1658) inherited the family home in Stapleford and most of the family business ventures. He was a passenger (as John Graie) of the Recovery, arriving 1642 March in Plymouth, Plymouth,Massachusetts. Apparently he returned to England; his brothers Thomas & Edward stayed.

Married

1. Elizabeth 1617 – 

children

1. John GREY 1637 – 
2. Mary GREY 1640 – 

Origins

From https://thelivesofmyancestors.wordpress.com/13-generations-of-gray-...

John ‘of Tawney’ GREY and Elizabeth WARD. They were married on 06 Oct 1606 in Harwich,
Essex, England. They had 8 children:

iii. John ‘of Plymouth Massachusetts’ GREY. He was born Abt. Jan 1613 in Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England. Christening on 07 Feb 1613 in St Mary the Virgin, Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England. He died Aft. 1643 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Arrival 1642/43 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Sailed on the ship Recovery).

Elizabeth. She was born Abt. 1617 in England.

John ‘of Plymouth Massachusetts’ GREY and Elizabeth. They had 2 children.

i. John GREY. He was born Abt. Nov 1637 in Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England. Christening on 10 Dec 1637 in St Mary the Virgin, Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England.

ii. Mary GREY. She was born Abt. Mar 1640 in Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England. Christening on 11 Apr 1640 in St Mary the Virgin, Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England.

notes

From The Merchant Adventurers (the following is an abstract from a public story on-line, no author has been given):

The ship “RECOVERY” sailed from London in the summer of 1643. It was a trading vessel owned jointly by three London merchants, one of whom was, Alexander Graie. During that rough passage of approximately 65 days three passengers of particular interest were on board: a John Graie aged 28, Thomas Graie, aged 23, and Edward Graie, aged 17. Such are the facts ....

Arrivals in the Plymouth colony at this time were screened to include only “useful” people…to a large extent “gentlemen.” Plymouth Colony records record the arrival of the brothers Edward and Thomas Gray . Thomas did not remain long at Plymouth. His death was recorded in Tiverton, Rhode Island (age 34) in 1654. There does not appear to be any record of how he died. ... This would suggest that Edward and Thomas’s older brother or another relative had “set them up” with some inheritance after all, and then apparently returned to England.

From http://thelivesofmyancestors.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/thomas-grey-o...

Thomas Grey was baptized on the 16th July 1620 at St Mary the Virgin, Stapleford Tawney, Essex, England he was one of eight children belonging to John (b. 2 February 1588/9 – d. 4 February 1658) and Elizabeth Grey (b. 1590 – d. 1654).

A lot of myth has been written about how Thomas Grey arrived in Plymouth, Massachesetts in the year 1643, these accounts have been passed down through history and at times have become very muddled.

What is clear is that he arrived in Plymouth on board the ship ‘Recovery’, alongside two of his brothers John Grey (b. January 1613 – d. after 1643) and Edward Grey (b. 15 April 1623 – d. 30 June 1681).

• Ancestry tree (sourced)
• http://www.basilgray.com/ch6.htm