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Abner J. Gray (1797 - 1887)

Abner J. Gray
Born in Toddy Pond, Blue Hill, Hancock, Massachusettsmap
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Husband of — married 1 May 1820 in Penobscot, Hancock, Mainemap
Husband of — married 10 Nov 1860 in Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, United Statesmap
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Died at age 89 in Brooksville, Hancock, Mainemap
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Biography

Abner J. Gray; b. 20 Nov 1797 at Toddy Pond, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine; birth recorded in Sedgwick;

m. Elizabeth Stanley, daughter of Kinney Stanley and Elizabeth Biggs, 1 May 1820 at Penobscot, Hancock, Maine;

m. Elizabeth W. Quimby 10 Nov 1860 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine;

He died 21 Oct 1887 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, at age 89; he was buried at Gray Family Cemetery, Cape Rosier, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Abner J. Gray and Elizabeth Stanley were as follows:
  • i. William Bainbridge Gray; b. 6 Aug 1821 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; he and Aurelia P. Gray were marr pub. 28 Jun 1845 at Penobscot; d. say 1853.
  • ii. Melinda Whiting Gray; b. 29 Mar 1823 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; m. Benjamin H. Gray Jr., son of Benjamin Gray and Susanna Hutchinson, 15 Sep 1840 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; d. 30 Jul 1897 at Prospect, Waldo, Maine, at age 74.
  • iii. Hannah Trask Gray; b. 18 Dec 1824 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Moses C. Coombs, son of Jesse B. Coombs and Desire Trim, after 1850; m. Elbridge Gerry Colby, son of Thomas Colby and Ruth (--?--), 15 Feb 1888 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine; d. 15 Dec 1904 at age 79; she was buried at Silver Lake Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine.
  • iv. Bradford Gray; b. 1 May 1826 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Hannah E. Card, daughter of John Card and Deborah Kenney, 1 Aug 1858 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; m. Lola M. Baker 30 Nov 1892 at Newport News, Newport News, Virginia; d. 17 Aug 1909 at Cheswold, Kent, Delaware, at age 83.
  • v. Joanna P. Gray; b. 26 Apr 1828 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Jeremiah Francis Grindle, son of Captain Ichabod Grindle and Judith Grindle, 19 Feb 1853 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; d. 27 Mar 1921 at Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, at age 92; she was buried at Grindle Cemetery, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine.
  • vi. Andrew Jackson Gray; b. 24 May 1830 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; m. Caroline Grindle, daughter of Stephen Grindle and Huldah Snow, 13 Oct 1853 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; d. 13 Jun 1926 at Rockland, Knox, Maine, at age 96; he and Caroline Grindle were buried at Achorn Cemetery, Rockland.
  • vii. Napoleon Jasper Gray; b. 11 Dec 1833 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; m. Elizabeth J. Smith, daughter of Lebbeus Smith, 30 Nov 1854 at Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine; d. 10 May 1863 at Louisiana at age 29.
  • viii. Malissa D. Gray; b. 20 Mar 1837 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; she and Samuel Redman Jr. were marr pub. 18 Nov 1856 at Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine; d. 19 Feb 1915 at Belfast, Waldo, Maine, at age 77.

Elizabeth W. Quimby was born in Oct 1829 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine. She married David B. Hewey, son of Thomas Hewey and Hepsibah Y Watts. She died on 24 Apr 1903 at Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, at age 73. She was buried at Gray Family Cemetery, Cape Rosier, Hancock, Maine.

Known children of Abner J. Gray and Elizabeth W. Quimby were:
  • i. Stanley D. Gray; b. 27 Jun 1861 at Brooksville, Hancock, Maine; d. 28 Aug 1938 at age 77; he was buried at Gray Family Cemetery, Cape Rosier, Hancock, Maine. Unmarried. He was the Gray family historian who was quoted throughout Gray Family of Hancock County, Maine.

Sources

  • Gray, Almon A., and Walter A. Snow. 1987. The Gray family of Hancock County, Maine. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].




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