Born in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Brown
and Sarah (White) Brown
Sister of
William Brown, Elizabeth (Brown) Howland, Mary (Brown) Gray, John Brown, Ruth (Brown) Devol, George Brown, Thomas Brown and Sarah (Brown) Almy
Wife of
Thomas Gray
— married
5 Nov 1747 in Tiverton, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Meribah (Gray) Munroe and Pardon Gray
Died
at age 82
in Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Mar 2017
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Biography
Abigail was born to John and Sarah (White) Brown in 1730. [1]
She married Thomas Gray in 1747. [2]
In her father's 1773 will, she was noted as Abigail Gray. [1]
She died in Bristol, RI, at the old homestead on Metacom Ave. Both her and her husband are buried in Tiverton. [3]
Sarah was buried in Colonel Thomas Gray Lot, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. [4]
Research Notes
- Note: Clarke source states her father was Abraham Brown, not John Brown. [3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayflower Families Vol. 13 p. 167 Downey-1809: confirmed in book in my possession.
- ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KB-V83 : 22 January 2020), Abigail Brown in entry for Thomas Gray, 1747.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clarke, Augustus Peck. Clarke's Kindred Genealogies (Harvard Print. Co., Cambridge, Mass., 1896) Page 82-5
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72005016/abigail-gray: accessed 19 May 2023), memorial page for Abigail Brown Gray (23 Oct 1730–14 Sep 1813), Find A Grave: Memorial #72005016, citing Colonel Thomas Gray Lot, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA; Maintained by Looking For Loved Ones (contributor 50883347).
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: LDY4-VR4
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M Cole
Brown-65569 and Brown-57063 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date and spouse
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