Donald Gray (abt. 1727 - aft. 1765)

Born about 1727 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Husband of Kathrin (Morgan) Gray — married 27 Dec 1750 in Par. of Watten, CAI, SCT

Descendants

Died after 1765 after about age 38 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland

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Biography

Name

Name: Donald /Gray/ ^[1]

Notes

Donald is assumed to belong to John Gray and Margaret Fowler.

Although no official record has yet been found John is obviously an important name for Donald and Kathrin, and John & Margaret (FOWLER) GRAY are in the right place (Sth Dun).

Additional circumstantial evidence comes from witnesses to various baptisms for Donald and Kathrin's children and those of his assumed siblings. ^[2]

DNA

Lorna would love to hear from a direct male line descendant of Donald's to try and prove that he is indeed, or is highly likely to be, the son of John GRAY & Margaret FOWLER.

If you are such a person, perhaps you would consider joining the GRAY Surname DNA project and testing at least Y-DNA37?

Also from any of the other sons to confirm the sole existing DNA signature (from Donald's brother David) ^[3]

Links

More info on Donald on Lorna's web pages.

Birth

Birth:

Date: EST 1727

Place: , ?Par. of Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Given the known/assumed children for John & Margaret, and Donald & Kathrin's marriage, Donald would have to be born around 1727.

(not found 1725-1733, Watten, but only skim read)^[4]

Marriage

Husband: Donald Gray

Wife: Kathrin Morgan

Child: John Gray

Child: John Gray

Child: Alexander Gray

Child: William Gray

Child: Margaret Gray

Child: John Gray

Marriage:

Date: 27 DEC 1750

Place: , Par. of Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Note: Entry for 4th (or 5th, not terribly legible) Dec 1750 reads: "Matrimonially contracted Donald Gray in South Dun and Kathrine Morgan there accomplished 27 Dec 1750" (the IGI shows date as 20th, but it definitely reads 27th)^[5][6]

Reference

Reference: 10826

Sources

• WikiTree profile Gray-2579 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
• Source: S414 Title: IGI: GRAY extract 1993
• Source: S600 Title: Lorna's Family History Musings
• Source: S617 Title: OPR Watten, Caithness, Subject: Birth baptism marriage, Location: Watten, CAI Dist 43/2

1. ↑ Source: #S414 Mar. 1750 Donald GRAY and Kathrin MORGAN, batch M110422 (Watten), extracted 1993
2. ↑ Source: #S617 Bap 1749 Margaret GRAY, extracted Nov 2003
3. ↑ Source: #S600 Nov 2003, updated Jul 2013
4. ↑ Source: #S617 GRAY Baptisms, 1725 - 1733, skimmed Nov 2003
5. ↑ Source: #S414 Mar. 1750 Donald GRAY and Kathrin MORGAN, batch M110422 (Watten), extracted 1993
6. ↑ Source: #S617 Mar 1750 Donald GRAY & Kathrine MORGAN, extracted Nov 2003

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating profile Gray-2579 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 and merging profile Gray-5543 after the import of GraySinclairMorgan4WikiTreeJul2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jul 17, 2013. Ditto Gray-6252 after the import of GRAYJohnFOWLER4WikiTreeNov2013.ged on Nov 7, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorna and others.