William
Bray
Born about in Camden, North Carolina Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Bray Sr
and Dinah (Jones) Bray
Brother of
Elizabeth (Bray) Forbes
Husband of
Abigail (Forbes) Bray
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 68
in Camden, Camden, North Carolina Colony
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Biography
This profile is part of the Bray Name Study.
William Bray was born about 1706 in Camden, North Carolina Colony, son of Henry Bray (~1673–~1758) and Dinah Jones (~1684–~1760).
William had a sister, Elizabeth Bray (born 1700).
William married Abigail Forbes (born). Their known children were:
- Abigail Bray (born 1722)
- Sarah Bray (born 1726)
- William Henry Bray (born 1727)
William died about 1774 in Camden, aged about 67.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Wills and estate papers (Pasquotank County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Pasquotank, North Carolina
See also:
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 August 2021, 12:37), entry for William H. Bray (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L7BT-CXL ); contributed by various users.
- Genealogy.com - Genealogy Report: Descendants of James FORBES
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Britt Bray
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 5 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #903651
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~0.78%
James Wooldridge :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch jimwool1 [compare], Ancestry member jimwool1
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~0.78%
Michael Park :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Susan (Ballard) Jeppesen :
23andMe
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~0.39%
James Stratman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A131389 [compare], Ancestry member JaStratman
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A131389 [compare], FTDNA kit #B22173
+
Living DNA, GEDmatch GE6576067 [compare]
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~0.39%
Lee (Logsdon) Gibbons :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #566857
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