John Gray (1708)

Born 29 Jul 1708 in Newichawanoc, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Goodwin) Gray — married about 1730 in Berwick, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Berwick, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

John Gray was born on 29 July 1708 in Newichawanoc, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony, incorporated a few years later as Berwick. His parents were Alexander Gray and Elizabeth (Thompson) Gray.^[1] John was baptized on 7 October 1711, in Berwick.^[2]

John married Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of Moses, about 1730, in Berwick, based on the baptisms of two children there in 1733.^[3][2]

1. Dorcas (bp. 1733). married Joseph Greenleaf, then Moses Hilton
2. Ebenezer (bp. 1733)
3. John (bp. 1735)
4. Abigail (bp. 1737)
5. Patience (bp. 1740)

No death records have been found for John or Elizabeth. They likely died in Berwick, although some of their children moved to Pownalborough (now Wiscasset).

Research Notes

A James, son of John Grey, was baptized in 1717. This could not have been the John Gray of this profile, but it indicates that there was more than one person of the name in Berwick in the early 1700s.

A John Gray of Biddeford wrote his will in 1752, but mentions daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and Olive; so not this John Gray.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:99W6-G5DH : 2 March 2021), Entry for John Gray, 29 Jul 1708; citing Berwick, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Records of the First and Second Churches of Berwick, Maine", Anderson, 1999; Maine Genealogical Society special publication no. 33; page 34; page 39; page 46; page 51;
3. ↑ Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, "Old Kittery and her families", 1903; page 476;

• Anderson, Joseph Crook. Records of The First and Second Churches of Berwick, Maine (Picton Press, Rockport, Me, 1999) Page 6. Baptism record.