Samuel Gray (1750 - 1843)

Born 1750 in Maine, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 28 Apr 1843 at about age 93 in Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine, USA

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Biography

Samuel Gray is a DAR Patriot Ancestor,  A200629.

Samuel Gray is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 169550
Rank: Private  

Private Samuel Gray served with Capt. Nathaniel Fales' Company, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

'Samuel Gray ^{[1][2][3][4][5]}b. 1750^[6][7]; m. Mercy Watson, daughter of Shadrack Watson and Susanna Kimball, circa 1766; d. 28 Apr 1843 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine ^[8]; he was buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine ^[9].

Residence
1820 Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, United States. ^[10]
1810 Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States. ^[11]
1800 Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. ^[12]

From The Gray Family of Hancock County Maine 1987 Edition^[13]:
The following is from "The Gray Family of Hancock County, Maine - 1903" and, is excerpts from an address given by Stanley Gray at the Gray family reunion of that year.
      "Samuel is buried in the cemetery opposite the Church, (Baptist Church at Brooksville Corner - Lakeview Cemetery) and the inscription on the headstone states that he died Apr. 28, 1843, his age being 93, which would make the date of his birth 1750. His farm was on the west side of the pond, at its outlet, and included the land upon which the church and cemetery opposite, are located. (He donated land for a church in 1817. Apparently a church was never built, and some years the land was sold to Nathaniel Cousins. No record has been found showing Cousins ever sold the land back to the church, but he must have made some arrangements, for he later purchased the Samuel Gray property surrounding the present church which was erected in 1834, and dedicated July 4, 1844.) His house, built of logs, stood near the foot of his lot on an elevation overlooking the pond and very near its banks."
      "It is related that Samuel's wife, Mercy, did not like living in the house by the pond. She 'heard noises' and believed it to be haunted. At last he built another near where the church now stands. On tearing down the old house it was discovered that what had been supposed to be a root in the cellar, and had long served for a step, was a thigh bone of a man, probably an Indian; though it is said that a rusty sword was found lying across the breast of the skeleton. Perhaps it s one of Church's men killed when he made his raid upon the Indians here. Or it may have been that of some French voyageur, priest or soldier, for like enough this was the route of travel from Majabagaduce eastward. Whoever it was the groaning of whose bones disturbed 'Aunt Mercy' he seems to have slumbered quietly since his mortal framework ceased to e put to such unseemly use. May his ghostship rest in peace!"
      "Samuel was desired for a pilot by the British at Castine, and to avoid serving them, abandoned his home at Gray's Pond. With his family he went first to Owl's Head (ME) where a child died. The English learning his whereabouts pursued and he went to Little River, where he remained until the war was closed. His household goods were scattered, his brother James having some. A flax wheel which he buried, was recovered on his return, and is now (1903) in the possession of Mr. William Cousins of Brooksville."
Refs: Vital Records Blue Hill, Brooksville, Caanan, Etna, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Surry & Waterville; Albert Hill, Surry; Grace Limeburner records; Belfast Republican Journal; Stanley Gray manuscripts; Cemetery inscriptions; Elizabeth C. Wescott, Bucksport; E.Penobscot Bay Archives - Noyes; Census of Sears-port 1860; Census of Newport 1850-60-70; Census of Blue Hill 1850-60-70; State Archives; Jonathan Fisher records; Surry War records; Historical Sketches of Bluehill - Candage; Carolyn G. Depp; Joseph M. Odione; Pat Marsh, Waterville.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S160722894
2. ↑ Source: #S-743855805 Year: 1800; Census Place: Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 7; Page: 193; Image: 104; Family History Library Film: 218677
3. ↑ Source: #S-742912994 Year: 1810; Census Place: Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 465; Image: 00458; Family History Library Film: 0218682
4. ↑ Source: #S-739457260 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; Page: 587; NARA Roll: M33_34; Image: 9
5. ↑ Source: #S160722936
6. ↑ Source: #S160722894
7. ↑ Source: #S160722936
8. ↑ Source: #S160722894
9. ↑ Source: #S160722894
10. ↑ Source: #S-739457260 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; Page: 587; NARA Roll: M33_34; Image: 9
11. ↑ Source: #S-742912994 Year: 1810; Census Place: Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 465; Image: 00458; Family History Library Film: 0218682
12. ↑ Source: #S-743855805 Year: 1800; Census Place: Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; Series: M32; Roll: 7; Page: 193; Image: 104; Family History Library Film: 218677
13. ↑ Gray, Almon A., and Walter A. Snow. 1987. The Gray family of Hancock County, Maine. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].

• Source: S-739457260 1820 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S-742912994 1810 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Source: S-743855805 1800 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Source: S160722894 Repository: #R150406918 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Find A Grave
• Repository: R150406918 Ancestry.com
• Source: S160722936 Repository: #R150406918 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: American Genealogical-Biographical Index
• Payroll: Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Vol. 37, Sea coast defense, Penobscot Expedition 1775-1781. A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Fales and his Company in the State pay on the Expedition to Penobscot from the 6th of July 1779 to the 26th of August following. Film #008092198. Image 171-72 of 628.
• Muster roll: Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Vol. 37, Sea coast defense, Penobscot Expedition 1775-1781. A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Fales and his Company in the State pay on the Expedition to Penobscot from the 6th of July 1779 to the 26th of August following. Film #008092198. Image 118 of 628.