Joseph
A
Ray
Born in Orange, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Ray Sr
and Jane Jennett (Allison) Ray
Brother of
James Ray, William Ray, Martha (Ray) Robinson, Margaret (Ray) Cunningham, Amelia (Ray) McCall, George Raulston Ray, Naomi Elizabeth (Ray) Carver and John Ray
Husband of
Mary Ponegon (Ditty) Ray
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Kezziah (Hensley) Ray
— married
24 Oct 1798 in Orange, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
William Justice Ray, James Spencer Ray, John Allison Ray, David L Ray, Rachel Becket (Ray) Jared, Ellenor (Ray) McCaleb, Amelia A. (Ray) Ditty, Joseph Allison Ray, Samuel Hensley Ray, Daniel Mansfield Ray, Joshua Hensley Ray and Sally (Ray) White
Died
at about age 60
in Jackson, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2011
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Biography
Of Scots- Irish descent migrated to Jackson Co TN and settled on Cane Creek. Recieved two land grants for 200 acres.
Sources
- Ged.com as registered above. James Ray Descendants on Familytreemaker.com
- State land grants Book 8 pg 630, 631 Survey dated 04/30/1826. One boundary of his tract bordered Joseph Allison's Southwest Corner. This family intermarried with McCaleb and on other side related to the Allisons.
- Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007
- "North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29D-YPKY : 22 February 2016), Joseph Ray and Kessiah Henslee, 1798.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:
- Harold Ray
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 64 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #711813
- Carrie (Neaville) Koehler :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U5a2d1a, FTDNA kit #215564
-
~3.12%
Robert Brown :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member robert_f_brown71
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B636614
-
~3.12%
Harold Ray :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch cm6095741 [compare], Ancestry member dixoncrs
-
~3.12%
Kay Ensor :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T695656 [compare], FTDNA kit #458297
-
~1.56%
Jo McCaleb :
23andMe, yourDNAportal JMCb4852946
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jcrockett
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T413897 [compare], yourDNAportal JMCb4852946, FTDNA kit #549851
-
~1.56%
Cathi (Ray) Stark :
23andMe, GEDmatch UZ8990333 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dixoncrs
-
~1.56%
Darrell Smith :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Carl Maultsby :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cbslm
-
~0.78%
Daniel Perin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M609517 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Geraldine (Elrod) Pollard :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Pollardg
-
~0.78%
Jeff Thompson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A498386 [compare], Ancestry member JeffTRPh
-
~0.78%
Craig Sloan :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Cesloan
-
~0.78%
Cherie Harris :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SM6755440 [compare]
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