John Alexander Gray

Descendant of James Chilton and his wife, Mary Winslow (Chilton), Mayflower passengers

Edward Gray married Mary Winslow in Plymouth on 16 January 1650/51. Mary was the daughter of John and Mary (Chilton) Winslow and a niece of Governor Edward Winslow. Mary Chilton was a Mayflower passenger.

Edward and Mary had had six children:

• 5.      John, born 01 October 1661, married Joanna Morton

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Biography

John Gray, son of Edward Gray and Mary (Winslow) Gray, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts on October 1, 1661.[1][2]

John married Joanna Morton in Plymouth on December 9, 1686.[3] [4] John and Joanna settled in Kingston and had the following children there:

Edward, b. September 21, 1687,[5] d. February 20, 1687/8[5]
Mary, b. December 7, 1688,[5] d. March 17, 1703[5]
Ann, b. August 5, 1691,[5] m. John Tinkham[4]
Desire, b. December 1, 1693,[5] d. December 6, 1695[5]
Joannah, b. January 29, 1695/6,[5] m. Ebenezer Fuller[4]
Samuel, b. December 23, 1701/2,[5] m. Patience Wadsworth[4]
Marcey/Mercy, b. February 4, 1703/4,[5] m. Jabez Fuller[4]
John Gray died in Kingston on May 29, 1732, at the age of 71.[6][4] In his will he made bequests to his wife Joanna, John TInkham (Ann Gray's widower), and his surviving children: Joanna, Samuel and Mercy.[4] John's son Samuel Gray was appointed as executor.[7] The full text of his will can be found at: "The Mayflower Descendant: A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History," Volume 21 January 1, 1919, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, pp 62-64.

His inventory was taken on 7 August 1732 in Kingston.[8]

In 1738, his daughters, Joanna Fuller, wife of Ebenezer Fuller, and Mercy Fuller, wife of Jabez Fuller, all of Kingston, quitclaimed their share of their father's estate to their brother Samuel Gray.[9]

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John Gray (1661 - 1732)

John Gray

Born 1 Oct 1661 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Son of Edward Gray Sr. and Mary (Winslow) Gray

Brother of Desire (Gray) Southworth, Mary (Gray) Rider, Elizabeth (Gray) Arnold, Sarah (Gray) Little, Rebecca (Gray) Cole [half], Anna (Gray) Leblond, Edward Gray II [half], Susanna (Gray) Cole [half], Thomas Gray [half], Rebecca Gray [half], Lydia (Gray) Loring [half] and Samuel Gray [half]

Husband of Joanna (Morton) Gray — married 9 Dec 1686 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Father of Edward Gray, Mary Gray, Ann (Gray) Tinkham, Desire Gray, Joanna (Gray) Fuller, Samuel Gray and Mercy (Gray) Fuller

Died 29 May 1732 at age 70 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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John Gray was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Sources

↑ van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1993. p. 663. Link to page at americanancestors.org.
↑ Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts. Vol. III. J.H. Beers & Co., 1912. p 1669. Link to page at archive.org.
↑ van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1993. p. 85. Link to page at americanancestors.org.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "The Will of John Gray of Kingston, Mass.: The Mayflower Descendant: A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Volume 21, January 1, 1919. Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. pp 62-64. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Bowman, George Ernest. "Plymouth Births, Marriages and Deaths." The Mayflower Descendant. A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. 1899. Volume I. p. 145. Link to page at hathitrust.org
↑ Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911. p 354. Link to page at archive.org.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-NHWP : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1730-1733 and 1839-1845 vol 6-6U > image 108 of 589; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-NHQB : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1730-1733 and 1839-1845 vol 6-6U > image 120-121 of 589; State Archives, Boston.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-D265?cc=2018320&w... : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1732-1738 vol 7 > image 225 of 242; State Archives, Boston.
See also:

MF Vol. 15 p. 37-38
Raymond, Marcius Denison. Gray Genealogy: Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass. (Tarrytown, New York, 1887) Page 262
Register of the Society of Mayflower Descendants In The State of California (Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1917) Page 87: Calf. No. 54, General No. 3088 Samuel Bradford Doten, Reno, Nevada.
Clarke, Augustus Peck. Clarke's Kindred Genealogies (Harvard Print. Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1896) Page 75

Biography

John Gray, son of Edward Gray and Mary (Winslow) Gray, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts on October 1, 1661.[1][2]

John married Joanna Morton in Plymouth on December 9, 1686.[3] [4] John and Joanna settled in Kingston and had the following children there:

Edward, b. September 21, 1687,[5] d. February 20, 1687/8[5]
Mary, b. December 7, 1688,[5] d. March 17, 1703[5]
Ann, b. August 5, 1691,[5] m. John Tinkham[4]
Desire, b. December 1, 1693,[5] d. December 6, 1695[5]
Joannah, b. January 29, 1695/6,[5] m. Ebenezer Fuller[4]
Samuel, b. December 23, 1701/2,[5] m. Patience Wadsworth[4]
Marcey/Mercy, b. February 4, 1703/4,[5] m. Jabez Fuller[4]
John Gray died in Kingston on May 29, 1732, at the age of 71.[6][4] In his will he made bequests to his wife Joanna, John TInkham (Ann Gray's widower), and his surviving children: Joanna, Samuel and Mercy.[4] John's son Samuel Gray was appointed as executor. The full text of his will can be found at: "The Mayflower Descendant: A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History," Volume 21 January 1, 1919, Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, pp 62-64.

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John Gray (1661 - 1732)

John Gray

Born 1 Oct 1661 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Son of Edward Gray Sr. and Mary (Winslow) Gray

Brother of Desire (Gray) Southworth, Mary (Gray) Rider, Elizabeth (Gray) Arnold, Sarah (Gray) Little, Rebecca (Gray) Cole [half], Anna (Gray) Leblond, Edward Gray II [half], Susanna (Gray) Cole [half], Thomas Gray [half], Rebecca Gray [half], Lydia (Gray) Loring [half] and Samuel Gray [half]

Husband of Joanna (Morton) Gray — married 9 Dec 1686 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Father of Edward Gray, Mary Gray, Ann (Gray) Tinkham, Desire Gray, Joanna (Gray) Fuller, Samuel Gray and Mercy (Gray) Fuller

Died 29 May 1732 at age 70 in Kingston, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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John Gray was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Sources

↑ van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1993. p. 663. Link to page at americanancestors.org.
↑ Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts. Vol. III. J.H. Beers & Co., 1912. p 1669. Link to page at archive.org.
↑ van Antwerp, Lee D., Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1993. p. 85. Link to page at americanancestors.org.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "The Will of John Gray of Kingston, Mass.: The Mayflower Descendant: A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Volume 21, January 1, 1919. Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. pp 62-64. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 Bowman, George Ernest. "Plymouth Births, Marriages and Deaths." The Mayflower Descendant. A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. 1899. Volume I. p. 145. Link to page at hathitrust.org
↑ Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911. p 354. Link to page at archive.org.
See also:

MF Vol. 15 p. 37-38
Raymond, Marcius Denison. Gray Genealogy: Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass. (Tarrytown, New York, 1887) Page 262
Register of the Society of Mayflower Descendants In The State of California (Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1917) Page 87: Calf. No. 54, General No. 3088 Samuel Bradford Doten, Reno, Nevada.
Clarke, Augustus Peck. Clarke's Kindred Genealogies (Harvard Print. Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1896) Page 75

GEDCOM Note

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Sources

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