Edward David Gray III (1730 - abt. 1803)

Born 25 Sep 1730 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Paddock) Grey — married 1748 in South East town, Putnam Co., N.Y

Descendants

Died about 1803 at about age 72 in Sandgate, Bennington, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Corporal Edward Gray III served with 2nd Regiment, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Military Service during the Revolutionary War as per the D.A.R.: Place: Massachusetts Rank(s): Corporal with Captain Dobble and Colonel David Rossiter of the 2nd and 3rd Berkshire.. Also Patriotic Service as delegate to the Berkshire Congress in Lenox. ^[1]

Birth: 9-25-1730 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

1790 Census Sandgate Bennington, VT: Edward Gray III (free white male = 1, white male <16 =0, free white females = 2)

1800 Census: Lived in town of Manchester, Country of Bennington Edward Gray III (1 male over 45, 1 female 17-26, 1 female over 45

Death: 1803 Sandgate, Bennington, Vermont

Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 6, P 768;^[2] A HIST OF THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE, MA, P 115^[3]

"Edward was baptized March 29, 1741"

"Edward 3rd married early in the year of 1748 to Mary Paddock at South East town, Putnam Co., N.Y. She was the daughter of David Paddock, who came from Cape Cod with a family of eight children in 1740 and settled at South East. Mary was born at Cape Cod, 1727. They remained after their marriage at South East about twenty years, where most of the children were born.

"They removed to the Berkshire Hills, in Mass. His first purchase was June 10, 1768, of Benjamin On April 6, 1770, we find him in Stockbridge Mass. on the Ministers Grant. Then in 1771 he is innkeeper at Lenox, Mass. His name with his son John and others are found as signers of a protest against the unjust legislation of Great Britain.

July 6, 1774, he was chosen as one of the delegates to the so-called Berkshire Congress. Dec. 26 of the same year the town of Lenox voted to refund to Edward Gray and others expenses incurred in their going to the coast on what proved to be a false alarm of war.

His patriotism prompted him and his sons John, Isaiah, Samuel and David, with others to enlist as soldiers in defence of their country. He was chosen captain, and served with distinction.^{[citation needed]} In 1784 he was chosen one of the delegates to a convention to locate the court house of Berkshire county.^[3]

In the meantime his wife, who was of Pilgrim stock, united herself with the Congregational church in Lenox, and the names of those children that were born there are found on the church records as baptized. Her devotion to God was seen in the lives of her children. She died in Lenox, Mass., Feb. 28, 1789, aged 62 years. After the death of his wife he sold out his landed estate, Following his children, most of whom came to Vermont. He had prior to this purchased of Cornelius Van Schoack of Shenderhook, Albany County, N. Y., an agent for New Hampshire Grant Company one seventieth of the town of Dorset. The deed was dated Feb. 27, 1782, for 18 pounds lawful money.

We next find him in Arlington, Vt., where on Nov. 3, 1793, he made a deed to his son John Gray of Dorset, Vt., of a part of the land he purchased in 1782. We think he died with his son Edward 4th, who lived at Sandgate, Vt., in 1803. It is strange that so prominent a man as Edward 3d was, no stone is found to mark the place where his dust is laid. Their children were 13." -- Alonson Gray

Edward Gray and Mary Paddock were 3rd cousins.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 26, 2021), "Record of Edward Gray", Ancestor # A047469.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908. Volume 6, page 768. Image
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Field, David Dudley; Dewey, Chester. A History of the County of Berkshire, Massachusetts, in Two Parts. S. W. Bush, 1829 - Berkshire County (Mass.). Page 115. https://books.google.com/books?id=lmLLWckkdegC&pg=PA115

1790 Census:

• https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=USC%2F1790%2F005157143%2F00036&parentid=USC%2F1790%2F005157143%2F00036%2F018
• Ancestry.com. 1790 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Image

1800 Census:

• https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=USC%2F1800%2F004956028%2F00112&parentid=USC%2F1800%2F004956028%2F00112%2F010
• Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Image

• Doherty, Frank J., The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (1990) Vol. 5, Page 731-2

• Reynolds, Cuyler. Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation. New York, Lewis historical publishing company, 1914. https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalfami02reyn#page/657/mode/1up

• Family Record of Edward Gray and His Wife Mary Paddock and Their Decendants. Compiled by Alonson Gray. Pub. 1889, pgs. 5 & 6:

• Chambers-Boothe Family Tree: http://chambersboothe.familytreeguide.com/getperson.php?personID=I14736&tree=chambot

• 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 257

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQR-FHY : accessed 25 October 2021), entry for Edward Gray, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111722511/edward-gray : accessed 25 October 2021), memorial page for Capt Edward Gray III (25 Sep 1730–1803), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111722511, citing Sandgate Center Cemetery, Sandgate, Bennington County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Tom (contributor 48136161) .

• See Also https://www.geni.com/people/Captain-Edward-Gray/6000000011436266564