Ebenezer Gray (1697 - 1773)

Born 31 Oct 1697 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gardiner) Gray — married 27 Jun 1720 in East Hampton, Suffolk, NY

Husband of Mary (Prentis) Gray — married 20 Feb 1728 in New London, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1773 at age 75 in Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

His first wife was Mary Gardiner 1702-1726 with whom he had three children, Samuel, John and Mary.

Second wife was Mary "Molly" Prentiss Coit, widow of Thomas Coit and a cousin of his first wife. They had nine children...Mary Gray 1728 – , Lucy Gray 1730 – 1772, Jonathan Gray 1732 – 1807, Elizabeth Gray 1733 – , Susannah Gray 1733 – 1768, Mary Gray 1735 – 1768, Ebenezer GRAY 1737 – , William Gray 1737 – 1766, Lucy Gray 1737 – 1795, Esther Gray 1739 – (these children need verification). They also raised Mary's son Thomas Coit II, who became a doctor thanks to his stepfather's influence.

Record concerning the Gray Family of Boston Mass. and Dorsetshire, England made by his son Ebenezer Gray of Windham, Conn. (Gray Genealogy) "My father's name was Samuel Gray. He was born in Dorsetshire Old England about the year 1657. My mother's maiden name was Susan Langdon. She was born in Plymouth, Devonshire England. My father died in Boston in the 48th year of his age. My mother remained a widow till her death, and died in Boston, at my sister Gibbon's. She was between 80 and 90 years old when she died, I suspose. My mother had 15 living children. Since my recollection there were 10 of us living together."

Source

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I141590
• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Death
• Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death, Birth
• Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Marriage
• Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934. 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Death
• Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Death
• Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) 1 citation provides evidence for Marriage
• Early Connecticut Marriages. 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Marriage
• New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s. 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Marriage
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011. 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Residence
• Find A Grave: Memorial #42642187
• 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 142-3 & Page 303
• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, 1919) Vol. 50, Page 19
• Eno, Joel. Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1917) Vol. 71, Page 185
• Hinman, Royal Ralph. A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford, 1854) No. IV, Page 643
• Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1896) Book 2, Page 14