John ("of Miles") Gray, the Younger

It is exceedingly difficult to tell which "John Gray" is which.

John (of Miles) Gray M, b. 1669

• Father Miles Gray b. 1638, d. b 21 Nov 1717 (or possibly John Hancock of Accomack)
• Mother Ann (nn) b. c 1640, d. 3 Mar 1702
• Birth* 1669 John was born in 1669 at Accomack Co, VA.1
• Biography* April 1672 In Apr 1672, Jno. Gray, aged 3 and the son of Anne, was named in Acc Co Orders, 1671-73, p. 88, which would put his birth circa 1669. Possibly another Jno. Grey, aged 18 and a servant of William Brittingham, was named in Apr 1675 in Acc Co Wills, 1673-1676, p. 263, which would put his birth circa 1657. [That would be John Gray the Elder.]
• Anecdote On 17 Apr 1672 Ann Gray gives youngest son Alexander, until he is 21 to William Brittingham, and her son John, until his is 21 to William Anderson.
• In 1683 Miles and Ann Gray sold all of tract A116 to Roger Miles, but two years later (1685) Roger and his wife Ann deeded 200 acres back to Ann Gray for life and then it was to go to her son John Gray (Whitelaw, p. 1124). On 28 Nov 1689, a John Gray an inhabitant of Somerset Co, MD, along with many others, signed a loyalty oath to the King (Old Somerset, p. 349). [John Gray the Elder - John the Younger would not be of age yet.] In 1694 John and Bethula Gray sold the southern half of the Ann Gray part of A116 to William Lewis (Whitelaw, p. 1127). The deed was dated 18 Mar 1693 and stated in part "John Gray, Planter, and wife Bethula sold William Lewis 100 acres in the woods between Gargaphia and Gilford." On 6 Oct 1695, John "Grey," Robert Hawley and John Arue witnessed the will of Franics Wharton (Acc Co Wills &c, 1692-1715 (xi), p. 251). In 1697 John Grey and wife Bethula sold their other 100 acres to Richard Price (Whitelaw, p. 1127). The deed was dated 4 Aug 1697 and stated in part "John Gray, Planter, for 5000 lbs tobacco paid by Richard Price; 100 acres in the woods between Gargaphia and Gilford Creek, part of 200 acres granted to Roger Miles and Ann his wife, set over to Ann Gray "mother of me" by a deed dated 17 Nov 1685" (Acc Co Wills &c, 1692-1715(xi), p. 267). Ann Gray also deeded land to John Gray on 21 Jan 1678/8. On 4 Sep 1700, John Gray, along with John Polke and William Alexander Sr., witnessed a deed of division of Reverend Thomas Wilson in Somerset Co, MD. John Gray, along with Archibald Smith and Anthony Goldsmith were named overseers of the will of John Goldsmith, a Somerset Co, MD, carpenter, whose will was probated on 19 Jan 1701/2. On 3 Mar 1702, John Gray petitioned the court for the administration of the estate of his mother, Ann Abbott (Acc Co Orders, 1697-1703, p. 142).
• Anecdote* 19 August 1673 On 19 Aug 1673 in Acc Co, William Anderson gave to John and Alexander, sons of Miles and Ann Gray, two cow calves and their increase, which would be divided when the oldest child (John) attained the age of 10 years.2