Daniel Gray (1756 - 1830)

Born 4 Jun 1756 in Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Harris) Gray — married 1 Jun 1783 in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York

Husband of Jemima (Rix) Gray — married 1799 in New London, Connecticut, USA

Descendants

Died 23 May 1830 at age 73 in Berlin, Rensselaer, New York, United States

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biography

Sources

• Raymond, Marcius Denison. Gray Genealogy: Being a Genealogical Record and History of the Descendants of John Gray, of Beverly, Mass. (Tarrytown, New York, 1887) Page 9 & Page 108-11
• Van Alstyne, Lawrence. Born, Married and Died, in Sharon, Connecticut (Pawling Chronicle, Sharon, Conn., 1897) Page 56
• Doherty, Frank J., The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (1990) Vol. 5, Page 736 & Page 740

BIOGRAPHY: Revolutionary War Patriot, Representaive to New York State Legislature. Daniel Gray enlisted in Colonel John Paterson's Regiment at the age of 19. In 1776 he was captured by a party of Iroquis and transported to Canada where he was sold to the British, sailed to New York and put aboard a prison ship. He survived 13 months aboard the ship, when he was freed in 1778 in a prisoner exchange, and re-enlisted as Lieutenant in Colonel Henry Van Rensselaer's Regiment, New York Militia. After the war, he moved to Berlin, New York, where he served several terms as Representative to the New York State Legislature, District Court Judge, District Supervisor, and Justice of the Peace. He died at age 73 in Berlin.