Thomas Gray, of the Plymouth Colony

Thomas died June 7, 1654.

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).

Edward Grey is the most famous of the brothers and has many American descendants, including Vincent Price.

But before Thomas Grey sailed for Plymouth, he left behind a completely different story, one that has been lost and was only found by searching the parish records,

Thomas was married to Joane or ‘Jane’ (both spellings have been recorded) and they had four children

• Anne,
• Richard (my 9th great grandfather),
• Mary and the youngest
• Thomas Grey who was born the same year that his father set sail in 1643, there is no record that the family went with him, so maybe he thought he would eventually return.

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Historically it is said that the Gray brothers were placed on the ship Recovery by their Uncle Alexander Gray... I have not been able to find an Alexander Gray who fits into this branch of the tree?!?

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