John Ray
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John Ray (1666 - 1731)

John Ray aka Rea Rae Rhea Raye
Born in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 1691 in Salem, Essex, Massachusettsmap
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Died at about age 64 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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John Ray, s. Joshua and Sara was born 23: 3 m: 1666. ct. R. {May 23, 1666}[1]

John married first Ruth, who died Sept 11, 1722[2][3] He married second, Mary Houlton Oct. 3, 1723[2], who survived him[4].

He died 1731/2[4]

Husbandman[4].

CHILDREN: All born in Salem, Massachusetts.

  • son of John, born ____ 5 [1691 ?] CR2.[1]
  • dtr. of John, born Aug. 18, 1692. CR2.[1]
  • dtr. of John, born 7 [1694?] CR2.[1]
  • Gideon Rae, s. John and Ruth, bp. May 26, 1700, CR2[1]. Gideon Rea m. 1st at Beverly Mary Herrick, Jan. 21, 1722/3[2]. He married 2nd Jane Raymond of Beverly, int. recorded Sept. 20, 1740[2].
  • Hannah Rae, d. John and Ruth, bp. May 26, 1700, CR2[1].
  • Kezia Rae, d. John and Ruth, bp. May 26, 1700, CR2[1]. Kezia married Timo[thy] Houlton, Mar. 7, 1715/16[2].
  • Emma Rae, d. John and Ruth, bp. May 26, 1700, CR2[1].
  • John Rae, s. John and Ruth, bp. June 21, 1702, CR2[1]. John Rea married Hannah Brown, at Beverly, May 25, 1725[2]. He married a second time also.
  • Bartholemew Rae, s. John and R., bp. Nov. 5, 1704, CR2[2][1]. Bartho[lomew] Rea married Mary Andrew, at Beverly, Feb. 8 or 9, 1727/8.
  • Ruth Rae, d. John, bp. Apr. 6, 1707, CR2[1]. Ruth married Ezekiel Hayward, at Beverly, Oct. 19, 1725[2].

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume II – Births. Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1918.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849.Vol IV-Marriages Salem, Mass: The Essex Institute, 1924.
  3. Ray p.&1855&1857Anc,
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. Salem: S. Perley, 1924-1928. Vol 1. p 353.

Acknowledgments

  • Thank you to: Bennett Rockney for creating WikiTree profile Raye-23 through the import of Rockney GEDCOM.ged on Feb 16, 2013,
  • Michael Sherwood Sherwood for creating WikiTree profile Rea-381 through the import of Sherwood Family Tree 9_14_09.ged on Jul 14, 2013.




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Profile of Mary (Houlton) (Rea) Preston is Houlton-168. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Houlton-168

Of John Preston (1673-1744), Charles Henry Preston wrote (1931), "he married, second, 28 December 1736, Mrs. Mary Rea, probably widow of John Rea, who died in Salem in 1732."

See Charles Henry Preston , Descendants of Roger Preston of Ipswich and Salem village (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1931), 25-28 (11. John Preston) at 26; digital images, InternetArchive.

Edited to add: Perhaps one of the profile managers could add her?

posted by GeneJ X
edited by GeneJ X
Rea-381 and Ray-2796 appear to represent the same person because: LNAB=Ray
posted by Anne B
Would you change the spelling of his LNAB to Ray, Thanks Anne B
posted by Anne B

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