Christopher Wray (1601 - 1646)

Born 1601 in Ashby, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Albinia (Cecil) Wray — married 3 Aug 1623 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1646 at about age 45 in Ashby, Lincolnshire, England

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Biography

Sir Christopher Wray was a member of the aristocracy in England.

He was the son of Sir William Wray, 1st Bt. and Frances Drury.^[1]He was baptised on the 14th of May 1602^[2]at Glentworth, Lincolnshire, England.^[3] He married Albinia Cecil, daughter of Theodosia Noel and Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon on the 3rd of August 1623^[1][2]at Wimbledon, Surrey, England.^[4]He died on the 8th of February 1646.^[1][2][5]

Member of Parliament

• (M.P.) for Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire between 1621 and 1628.^[2]
• (M.P.) for Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire between 1640 and 6 Feb. 1646.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/wray-christopher-1602-1646
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J76H-1ZV : 30 December 2014), Christopher Wray, 14 May 1602; citing Glentworth, Lincoln, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,450,410.
4. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N28K-65Y : 10 December 2014), Christopher Wray Esquire and Albinia Cecill, 03 Aug 1623; citing Wimbledon, Surrey, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 0908518 IT 4, 475669.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-JKNB : 4 March 2017), Christopher Wray, 1646; Burial, , London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England, St Giles in the Fields Churchyard; citing record ID 147780255, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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