Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Donald Gray
and Janet (Sutherland) Gray
Sister of
Elizabeth Gray, Isobel Gray, Catherine (Gray) Bain, Janet (Gray) Taylor, Barbara (Gray) McGregor and Ann (Gray) Sinclair
Wife of
William Taylor
— married
6 Dec 1824 in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
[children unknown]
Died
in Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Oct 2011
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Biography
Margaret Gray daughter of Donald Gray and Janet Sutherland
Born abt Jun 1787 Toftingall, Watten, Caithness, Scotland
Baptized 30 June 1787 Watten, Caithness, Scotland
- entry reads: 30 Jun 1787 Donald Gray and Janet Sutherland in Toftingall had a child baptized called Margt wit: Alexander Gray (assumed to be father Donald's brother) and Donald Murray both in Toftingall [1]
Died 27 Feb 1873 Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
Buried Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
- Wm Taylor, elder FC Halkirk 25.12.1873, w Margt Gray 27.2.1873 82; John Tait TAYLOR d Edin 29.7.1847 21 [2]
Married 6 Dec 1824 Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
- Husband: William Taylor
- Wife: Margaret Gray
- Children:
- John Tait Taylor
- Donald Taylor
- William Taylor
- David Henderson Taylor
Census
1841 Houstry, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
- TAYLOR: William, 40 farmer; Margaret 40; Donald 12; David 8; all born in parish. (??where's John, b. 1825, age 16?? William, b. 1830, age 11 is with Helen Andrew's parents) [3]
1851 Sinclair St, Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland
- TAYLOR: William, agricultural labourer, 50; wife Margaret GRAY, 56; Son Donald, 21, ag lab; all b Halkirk [4]
Reference: 9035
Sources
- ↑ Source #S1: Bap. 30 Jun 1787 Margaret d/o Donald GRAY & Janet SUTHERLAND in Toftingall, Watten, CAI
- ↑ Source #S2: H/stone transcription, Wm Taylor & Margt Gray, Halkirk, CAI (Vol 3 pt 11 #217)
- ↑ 1841 Census: hsehold of William & Margaret TAYLOR, Houstry, Halkirk Dist 7 p2
- ↑ 1851 Census: hsehold of William TAYLOR & Margarer GRAY, Halkirk, Dist 1 hse #48
- Source S1 Watten OPRs via LDS film, also on ScotlandsPeople
- Source S2 Caithness Monumental Inscriptions pre 1855, compiled by A S Cowper & I Ross for The Scottish Genealogical Society
- WikiTree profile Gray-2574 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~1.56%
I H McKie
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T883411 [compare]
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~0.78%
Margo (Falconer) Mackay :
23andMe, GEDmatch M543750 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A300780 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lorna Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LornaHenNZ
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
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~0.78%
R Bain :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T721742 [compare]
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