Shadrach Herrick Gray (1816 - 1893)

Born 4 Mar 1816 in Sedgwick, Maine

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Died 22 Mar 1893 at age 77 in Sedgwick, Maine

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Shedrack Herrick Gray; b. 4 Mar 1816^[1] at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine;

m1. Prudence L. Snellgrow, daughter of Joseph Snellgrow and Betsey Lymburner, 1 May 1838; m. Elvira S. Gray, daughter of James D Gray and Sarah Webber, 12 Jun 1875;

m2. Almira Candage, daughter of Joseph Candage and Sarah Dodge Friend, 17 Nov 1877 at Hancock, Maine; She was from Blue Hill and he was from Sedgwick;

In 1880 he was a ship carpenter

He died 22 Mar 1893 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 77; he was buried at Camp Stream Cemetery, West Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine.

Find A Grave: Memorial #116324263

Known children of Shedrich Herrick Gray and Prudence L. Snellgrow all b. at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, were as follows:

• i. Caroline S. Gray; b. 17 Dec 1839^[2]; d. 2 Oct 1841 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 1; d. 14 Dec 1841 at age 1.

• ii. Ellen C. Gray; b. 1 Nov 1841^[3]; m. William Easton Grindle, son of Reuben Grindle and Susan Floyd, 17 Aug 1862; m. Captain Abram Perkins, son of Joseph A Perkins and Eliza Babson, 24 Jul 1879 at Maine; d. 1929; she was buried at Joseph Perkins Cemetery, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine.

• iii. Charles K. Polk Gray; b. 16 Sep 1844^[4]; he and Priscila Herrick Grindle were marr pub. 14 Jan 1867 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 20 Feb 1919 at South Penobscot, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine, at age 74; he was buried at Gray Cemetery Route 175, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine.

• iv. Ann Eliza Gray; b. 1 Mar 1847^[5]; m. Roland Durgain, son of Joseph Durgain and Phebe Freethy, 23 Mar 1867 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; d. 2 Jan 1911 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 63.

• v. Roland B. Gray; b. 25 Mar 1850^[6]; d. 3 Dec 1873 at age 23; (Cemetery record); d. 30 Dec 1873 at age 23; He was lost at sea; he was buried at Camp Stream Cemetery, Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine.

• vi. Louis Napoleon Gray; b. 21 Feb 1859^[7]; m. Annie McPhee 1 Jan 1889 at Bangor, Penobscot, Maine; m. Annie McPhee 19 Apr 1890 at Bangor, Penobscot, Maine; d. at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Elvira S. Gray was born on 17 Feb 1829 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine; (Calculated date). She married Sullivan Staples, son of John Staples Jr. and Abigail Gray. She died on 30 Nov 1884 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, at age 55; Æ 55y 9m 11d.

There were no known children of Shedrich Herrick Gray and Elvira S. Gray.

Almira Candage was born on 3 May 1822 at Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine. She married David Black, son of Shadrack Watson Black and Phebe Gray, in 1847 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. She married Leonard G. Grindle, son of Captain Ichabod Grindle and Mariam Lymburner, on 29 Jun 1865 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine. She died on 6 Jun 1898 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, at age 76. She was buried at Babson Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine.

There were no known children of Shedrich Herrick Gray and Almira Candage.

Born 4 MAR 1816. Sedgwick, Hancock Co., ME. ^[8][9]

Died 22 MAR 1893. Sedgwick, Hancock Co., ME. ^[10]

Marriage Husband Shedrick Herrick Gray. Wife Almira Candage. Marriage 17 NOV 1877. ^[11]

Husband Solomon Gray. Wife Betsy Black Freethy. Marriage 1 OCT 1806. Sedgwick, Hancock Co., ME. ^[12][13][14] Note: #N426. Child: Thomas Jefferson Gray. Child: Eliza Gray. Child: Abigail Freethy Gray. Child: Solomon B. Gray. Child: Shedrick Herrick Gray. Child: Joseph Freethy Gray. Child: Margaret Gray. Child: James Crawford Gray. Child: Leonard I. Gray.

Sources

1. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44S-6JG : 14 January 2020), Shadrack H. Gray, 1816.
2. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44S-HXJ : 14 January 2020), Shadrach H. Gray in entry for Caroline S. Gray, 1839.
3. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F449-Y7V : 14 January 2020), Shadrach H. Gray in entry for Ellen C. Gray, 1841.
4. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44S-GTR : 14 January 2020), Shadrach H. Gray in entry for Charles K. P. Gray, 1844.
5. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44S-WV8 : 14 January 2020), Shadrach H. Gray in entry for Ann Elisa Gray, 1847.
6. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44S-Y94 : 14 January 2020), Shadrach H. Gray in entry for Rowland B. Gray, 1850.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F44S-T4V : 14 January 2020), Shadrach H. Gray in entry for Louis Napoleon Gray, 1859.
8. ↑ Source: #S228
9. ↑ Source: #S143 14 Mar 1816, Sedgwick, Hancock Co., ME
10. ↑ Source: #S228
11. ↑ Source: #S143
12. ↑ Source: #S228
13. ↑ Source: #S50 1W8S-KXQ
14. ↑ Source: #S143 1 Oct 1805

• Gray, Almon A., and Walter A. Snow. 1987. The Gray family of Hancock County, Maine. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].

• Birth/Death Records
• Source: S143 Margaret Bohman Repository: Book Repository: mjgtampa@aol.com
• Source: S228 Book Almon A. Gray and Walter A. Snow Periodical: The Gray Family of Hancock County, Maine Edition: 2nd ed. Publication: 1987 1 APR 2013