Elizabeth (Baker) Gray (1777 - 1855)

Born 20 Jan 1777 in Colraine, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Isaac Gray — married 13 Sep 1793 in Salem, Washington, New York, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1855 at age 78 in Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born 20 Jan 1777.^[1] She was born in Colrain, Massachusetts.^[2]

Isaac Gray married Elizabeth Baker 13 Sep 1793 in Salem, Washington, New York.^[3]

1850 Federal Census, Geneva, Walworth, Wisconsin.^[4]
James Gray, 42, carpenter, joiner, born New York.
Tirzah Gray, 37, carpenter, joiner, born New York
Mary S McGill, 13, born New York
Elizabeth Gray, 73, born Massachusetts
William Gray, 24, born New York

Elizabeth was still living in 1855, Geneva, Wisconsin at the time of the Wisconsin State Census (index).^[5]

Death

Elizabeth Gray died 7 Dec 1855, aged 78, 10m and 18d (per headstone). She is buried in North Geneva Cemetery, Como, Walworth County, Wisconsin.^[6]

Children:
(most of these dates are not from a secondary source)^[7]

1. Dorothy Jane GRAY b: 9 Nov 1795 (Raymond says 1793) in Hebron, Washington, New York, USA
2. Phebe GRAY b: 3 Nov 1798 in Hebron, Washington, New York, USA
   
3. Isaac H. GRAY b: 26 Feb 1800 in Hebron, Washington, New York, USA
4. Elihu GRAY b: 18 Dec 1802 in Hebron, Washington, New York, USA
5. David Carswell GRAY b: 6 Feb 1804 in Hebron, Washington, New York, USA
6. Thomas Baker GRAY b: 1 Feb 1806 in Hebron Or Lisbon, (death certificate says Hebron) Washington, New York, USA
7. Alexander T. GRAY b: 3 Dec 1807 in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
8. Elizabeth GRAY b: 4 Feb 1810 in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
9. Tirzah GRAY b: 15 Mar 1813 in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
10. Agnes GRAY b: 13 Sep 1815 in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
11. John F. GRAY b: 13 Jan 1818 in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, USA
12. Asahel Benjamin GRAY b: 9 Oct 1820 in Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York, USA

Sources

1. ↑ headstone calculation
2. ↑ Ravenscroft, unpaginated
3. ↑ Ravenscroft, unpaginated
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DP-THJ : Sat Mar 09 13:31:29 UTC 2024), Entry for James Gray and Tarrah Gray, 1850.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1836-1890
6. ↑ Headstone photo with death dates at Find a Grave, database and images accessed May 6, 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth Baker Gray (20 Jan 1777–7 Dec 1855), Find A Grave: Memorial #135522949, citing North Geneva Cemetery, Como, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Kat (contributor 48449752).
7. ↑ Raymond, Marcius D, Gray genealogy, being a genealogical record and history of the descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass., and also including sketches of other Gray families Tarrytown, New York, 1887, p281

See also:

• DAR Lineage Book (Daughters of the American Revolution, 1934) Vol. 136, Page 213: #135684.

• rootsweb links no longer valid: wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannonmurdockle&id=I2268

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Father: Thomas Baker b: 29 Oct 1751 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island Mother: Mary Carswell b: 12 Jun 1757 in Colraine, Massachusets