William
(William Rufus)
Gray
Born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Gray
and Elizabeth (Chipman) Gray
Husband of
Mary (Clay) Gray
— married
1809 in Newark New Jersey
Descendants 
Father of
William Gray
Died
at age 48
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jun 2011
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Biography
Graduated Harvard, 1800, Boston merchant.
William's name was legally changed to William Rufus Gray in 1802.[1]
Sources
- ↑ [https://archive.org/details/listpersonswhos01courgoog List of persons whose names have been changed in Massachusetts, 1780-1883. Collated and published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under authority of the Acts of the year 1884. Boston : Wright & Potter, 1885.
- Graduates of Harvard Originating From Salem, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1851) Vol. 5, Page 56
- 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 272
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Rejected matches › William Gray (abt.1760-1829) › William Gray (abt.1770-) › William P Gray (abt.1850-) › William Gracey (1785-)
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