Mary (Smith) Gray (1673 - 1710)

Born 29 Dec 1673 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Gray II — married 1691 (to before 1710) in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1710 at about age 36 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Stu Wilson [send private message]

Biography

Birth: Dec. 29, 1673 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Death: 1710 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Daughter of Phillip Smith and Mary Slade, early settlers of Rhode Island. Her family "possessed in a very high degree the principals of civil and religious liberty." She married Edward Gray II in 1690, as his first wife, and lived in a merchant's home on the main road from Newport to Boston. In 1710, at age 37 Mary died, leaving behind her widower and eight children aged 3-19. She was buried in the 60 acre lot beside her home.

Children:

Edward Gray (1693 - 1722)

Sarah Gray Hunt (1697 - 1770)

Phillip Gray (1701 - 1763)

Hannah Gray Cory (1707 - 1778)

Mary was buried on the 60 acre parcel adjoining the family homestead on Main Street. No buildings or markers remain. See circled area on photo.

Sources

• Clarke, Augustus Peck. Clarke's Kindred Genealogies (Harvard Print. Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1896) Page 75
• Find A Grave: Memorial #48425393