Thomas Baxter Gray (1802 - 1867)

Born 1802 in Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha B. (Wheeler) Gray — married 14 Jul 1850 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1867 at about age 65 in Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Thomas Baxter Gray was a son of Sarah (Morgan; 1784-1853) & Philip Gray Esquire (1775-1838). His birth occurred about 1802, in Groton, Connecticut.

He married first, 2 Nov 1823 at Groton, Connecticut, Amanda Williams. They had probably 8 children:

• Philip Benjamin Gray (1825 - 1881)
• Thomas Baxter Gray (1826 - 1906)
• James B. Gray (1828 - 1872)
• William Shapley Gray (1830 - 1901)
• Daniel Morgan Gray (1832 - 1912)
• Amandar W. Gray (1834-1908)
• Prudence M. Gray (1838 - 1859)
• Lucy Ann Gray (1841 - 1904)

Thomas's wife Amanda died 1849. He then married 14 July 1850 at Stonington, Martha "Patty" B York, as her second husband, with whom he had one son:

• Enos Morgan Gray Sr. (1851-1919)

This second family of Thomas B. Gray was censused in 1860 in Ledyard, Connecticut ^[1].

Thomas Baxter Gray died 28 Aug 1867 at Ledyard. His grave is in Ledyard Center Cemetery, Ledyard, New London County, Connecticut, USA ^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRW-F9K : 18 February 2021), Thomas B Gray, 1860.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #18323773

• Wheeler, Richard. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut (Day Publishing, Co., New London, Conn., 1900) Page 683