William Gray ShipCapt. (abt. 1622 - 1673)

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Jarrett) Gray — married 1640 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1673 at about age 51 in Old Rappahannock, Essex, Virginia

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Biography

William Gray ShipCapt. was a Virginia colonist.

William Gray was a Ship Captain:

Notes per Bev Long Oct 2014:

"Two brothers, James and William Boulware, came to the colony of Virginia, almost certainly from England, around 1662. These two brothers bought a 783 acre tract of land in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. (subsequently became Essex County, Virginia in 1692) on December 29, 1666. This purchase would indicate that the brothers were fairly prosperous and it is safe to assume that they, like most colonial landholders, were tobacco planters. They subsequently divided their land on December 19, 1674. In 1689, James purchased an additional 450 acres from Richard Dyson and in 1696 he bought 200 acres from his brother-in-law, Warwick Gray. Essex County records show that in 1715, James held 500 acres and his sons James Jr. and Mark, each held 225 acres. Clearly, James was a successful planter in his day. Sometime before July 20, 1673, James married Marjory Gray, daughter of William Gray. William Gray was a

CAPTAIN OF A SAILING VESSEL."

_____________________________________ The Boulware Family of Essex , Va by Frank E. Bradley, Jr. "

Disambiguation

• "Four William Grays were listed as headright 1650-1656 but none are this Wm., who had wife & children here by 1656. Elizabeth nor any of his children were listed as headn'ghts. (GOOD 255) In Lancaster Co. VA 1656: Paid 74 1/2 lbs. tobacco for 2 tithes, (Blakenship, 2000, p. 121).

Biography

This profile is part of the Gray Name Study.

William Gray (d. Sep 1673 Old Rappahannock).^[1][2][3]

moved to America before 1656 Lancaster Tithe^[1][4]

Parents

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Marriage

m.1 Elizabeth UNKNOWN (d. after 1663)^[5]

• Marjory Gray (ante 1659 - after 1718) m. James Bowler (d. 1718 Essex ^[1]

• Abner Gray (d. 1717 Essex) m. Sarah^[1][6]
• John Gray (d. 1695 Essex) ^[1][6]
• Mary Gray^[1][6]
• Warwick Gray (d.1699)^[1][6]
• William Gray (d. 1742) m. Mary Dunn^[1][6]

m.2 Maudlan (Mandlin) Ingram^[7][6]

• (stepson) Toby Ingram^[8]
• (stepson) Thomas Ingram^[8]

Will

Old Rappahannock County, VA Wills, Deeds etc. #1 1665-1677 p. 143 (Original)

• Date: 20 Jul 1673^[1]
• Ret.: 03 Sep 1673^[1]

"In the Name of God Amen I William Gray being Sick & weake but of perfect memory thanks to be God for it doe make ordaine constitute and appoint this to bee my last Will and Testament revoaking and annulling all other wills either by word or writing by me formerly made and this only to bee and Stand in full force & virtue and no other as in manner & form following Imp.r I surrender & give my Soul unto the hand of the Almighty God my heavenly father in pjfect hope of pardon in and through the above meritts of my d.re Saviour my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor & Executrix hereafter named in assurance of resurrection at the last day.

• I give and bequeath the tract of land I now live upon containing Seven hundred twenty & eight acres with the house edifice thereunto belonging unto my Sonnes John Gray and Warwick Gray equally to bee divided between them to them & their heirs forever-

• I give unto my Sons William Gray & Abner Gray my tract of land containing four hundred Sixty one acres adjoyning to Occupacy run equally to bee divided between them to them and their heirs for ever and if it Should please God that either of my Sons dye before they come to be of age-that then that moiety or half of land to return to the Survivor which did belong to him

• My will is that my Executor & my Executrix or either of them shall buy a young mare for my Sons in Law Toby and Thomas Ingram between this and the last of Apri which shall be in the year of our Lord 1675 to belong to the sd Toby & Thomas Ingram and their heirs for ever with the increase of the sd mare-

• I give to my son Abner aforesd a black mare with all her increase which was purchased with a gift to him from Jno Abernethy

• I give my daughter Mary Gray the first mare Colt that my own mare brings-

• I give to my grandchild Elizabeth Bowler a Cow Called Mad Buck-

• I make Ordaine and appoint my Son in Law James Bowler and my beloved wife Maudlin Gray Executor & Executrix of this my will In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seale the 20th of July 1673 /s/ William G Gray /w/ Warwick Camock, Francis Sterne his mark (Francis Sterne aged about 35 years & Warwick Cammock aged about 37 years deposed..Wm Gray in perfect Sence etc)

Notice that there are two sets of brothers: William and Abner. Both inherited land on Long Branch. Mrs. Goodnight (reference GOOD) wrote a very factual article and stated #3 below was the William who died in 1742. On the other hand, William named "cousin" Wm. Boulware as an Exor. in his 1742 will. William's 1742 will said "plantation whereon my Father dwelt & I purchased of my brother Abner Gray." The elder Abner (s/o Wm. d. 1673) died in 1717, which was before the 1723 & 1724 deed transactions between brothers Abner & William. The time line for Mary Dunn fits the younger William, s/o Abner.

Sources

• Crozier, W.A. (1971). Virginia County Records, VI, pp. 8. Genealogical Publishing Co. Archive.org.[4]
• Sweeny, W.M. (2009). "Gray, William." Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia 1656-1692, pp. 24. Genealogical Publishing Co. Google Books.[5]^[9]
• "William Butler Gray no. I02804 Death: BET 1673 AND 1682 Essex, VA," (2016, January 13). Hopkins/Samuell/Ginn Family. Rootsweb.[6]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Blankenship, G. K. (2000). Some families of Bedford & Washington Counties, Virginia and Orange County, North Carolina : Bright, Buford, Cash, Crawford, Crews, Davis, Downs, Early, Foster, Franklin, Gray, Huddleston, Lawhorn, McGeorge, McNew, Parker, Perrott, Pendergrass, Poindexter, Powell, Quarles, St. Clair, Scoggins, Shrewsbury, Smith, Tyler, Warren, Watts, Wiggenton, (1st ed, pp.120-121). Poquoson, VA: Gale Blankenship. FamilySearch. eBook. (citing Old Rappahannock County, VA Wills, Deeds etc. #1 1665-1677 p. 143)
2. ↑ Wills, Deeds etc. 1665-1677 1:143 (Blankenship, 2000)
3. ↑ User-submitted genealogies on FamilySearch.org list Wm. as "William Butler Gray," son of Thos. Grey and marry him to Margaret/Annis Valentine. They have his father Thos., as the son of another Thos. Grey and wife Katherine Myles.[1]
   Note that Margaret Annis Valentine married immigrant Thomas Graye, ancient planter of Virginia. He had a few sons named William. The first was born abt. 1622 and died young. He immigrated with his parents (his mother seems to be disputed but the ship log names her as "Margaret").
   Thos' surviving son William, born abt. 1648/9, is the one who married Elizabeth Jarret (b. c. 1650).
4. ↑ "To America before 1656 Lancaster Tithe (for 2, indicating son age 16 or older).
   Died: Sept. 1673 Old Rappahannock Co. will ret'd (Wills, Deeds etc. 1665-1677 1:143)," (Blankenship, 2000, p. 120)
5. ↑ d. after 1663 sale of land to William Wilton (Blankenship, 2000)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Crozier, 1971, p.8.[2]
7. ↑ Coexor. of Wm. Gray's will (Blankenship, 2000)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} listed in Wm. Gray will (Blankship, 2000)
9. ↑ mirror of digital eBook (call no. 975.534 P2s) at FamilySearch.org (not public).[3]