Elizabeth was born in 1751. She was the daughter of Samuel Gray and Patience Roberts. She passed away in 1810.
Elizabeth (again) [Gray], born 16 June 1751 (Hinshaw says 5 11mo 1751, possibly based on an abstract of records from the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting[1]
), died 4 November 1810, married at Philadelphia Meeting 6 4mo 1769 [6 April 1769] Joseph Hopkins, third son of Gerrard and Mary Hall Hopkins, born 11 January 1744/5, died 11 September 1825. Elizabeth and Joseph Hopkins had 13 children, the ninth born 16 June 1783 named Isaac Gray Hopkins for Elizabeth's brother.
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Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Births, Deaths and Burials, 1688-1826; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: JA1.1:
Name: Elizabeth Gray
Birth Date: 5 Jan 1751 [as transcribed]
Birth Date on Image: 05 Eleventh 1751
Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Father: Samuel Gray
Mother: Patience Gray
Event Type: Birth
Monthly Meeting: Philadelphia Monthly Meeting
Type (Orthodox or Hicksite): Pre-Separation
Yearly Meeting: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State: Pennsylvania
Meeting County: Philadelphia image
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Price, Norma Adams. From Meetinghouse to Statehouse 1683-1783 with Descendants of George Gray Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly by Mary Stanley Field Liddell. Wallingford, PA: Historic Delaware County Inc., 1976. Page 79.
Price, Norma Adams. From Meetinghouse to Statehouse 1683-1783 with Descendants of George Gray Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly by Mary Stanley Field Liddell. Wallingford, PA: Historic Delaware County Inc., 1976.
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FYI, The Quaker first month was in March. So, April would have been the second month. I am not an expert in this, but I do recall that there was quite a lot of discussion regarding the Quaker dating system a while back.
Howell-6778 and Gray-25257 appear to represent the same person because: Elizabeth's father Samuel Gray died in 1755. Her mother Patience Roberts married Isaac Howell in 1759. Clear duplicate, last name at birth was Gray.
https://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical-library/quaker-calendar