Henry Gray (abt. 1617 - bef. 1658)

Born about 1617 in Harrow on Hill, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

Husband of Lydia (Frost) Gray — married 1639 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 15 Oct 1658 before about age 41 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Henry Gray migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 138) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Henry Gray, estimated birth year 1617, son of William Gray, Grey of Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England. The name of the wife of William and the mother of Henry Gray has not been found."^[1]

About 1639 or 1640 Henry married Lydia Frost, daughter of William & Joyce (Barker) Frost. Lydia, her husband and her children were mentioned in the will of her father William Frost dated 6 Jan 1644/5. ^[2]

Henry Gray and his wife Lydia (Frost) Gray were named in her father, William's will dated January 6, 1644. William also named their children Jacob and Mary Graye. Henry Graye was named by William Frost to be the executor of his estate.^[3]

Henry was deputy for Fairfield, Apr 1643, Oct 1656, Feb 1657. Henry Gray likely died in 1658. His estate inventory dated Oct 1658, his son Jacob chose John Cable for guardian.

Children of Henry & Lydia (Frost) Gray:

1. Jacob
2. Mary
3. Henry born about 1645
4. a daughter marr Samuel Godwin of Easchester

Immigration

Henry Gray arrived in New England in 1637; his origins were Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, England. He resided in Boston and Fairfield.^[4]

Caution

The article cited above gives Gray information from England including several records one of which is a marriage of a William Gray to Mary Button BUT it states that it is unspecified that this marriage applies to this William Gray and that the mother of his children is not named.

Sources

1. ↑ "Early Frost, Gray and Hobby Connections of England, Connecticut and Long Island" by Josephine W. Beers and Paul W. Prindle, in "The American Genealogist" vol 64, 1989, p 161-167, 208-213
2. ↑ "History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield" compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, vol 1, publ 1930, p 232 download from https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/43068?availability=Family%20History%20Library
3. ↑ Connecticut Council, The public records of the Colony of Connecticut, published 1850. Reference pages 465-6 via InternetArchive
4. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory, published 2015. Reference page 138, citing Lechford 10, 74-75, 232, 317; FOOF 1:232; TAG 64:161-67, 208-13

See Also:

• "Additions and Corrections to History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus publ 1943 in a supplement to "The American Genealogist", vol 20a, p 14-15

• 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 199

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 211.

• Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881) Page 811-2

• Bullard, Edgar J. Bennett and Allied Families (Detroit, Mich., 1930) Page 213

• Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904) Vol. 1, Page 14: Will of William Frost.

• Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 Page 130

• Bunce, Julia Locke Frame. Some of the Ancestors of Reverend John Selby Frame and His Wife Clara Winchester Dana (1948) Page 188