Thomas Gray (1533 - 1590)

Born 1533 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Martyr) Gray — married 21 Oct 1554 in London, England

Died 1590 at about age 57 in England

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Biography

Thomas Gray (son of Thomas Gray and Ursula Drewry) was born about 1533 in England. Thomas was a grocer and citizen of London.

He married Elizabeth Martyr on 31 Oct 1554 in St Dionis Backchurch, London, England.^[1]

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Thomas Gray Birth: (EST 1527)

Elizabeth Martyr Birth: (EST 1527)

From St Dionis backchurch parish records, Children of Thomas Gray and Elizabeth Martyr are): James Gray, b. Bef. 11 Nov 1555, d. date unknown. +William Gray, b. 11 Nov 1558, Middlesex, England, d. 28 Dec 1638, Harrow On Hill, Middlesex, England. William married Mary Button 1587 Thomas Gray, b. 07 Jun 1560, d. date unknown. Harry Henry Gray, b. Bef. 16 May 1563, d. date unknown. Jane Gray, b. Bef. 17 Feb 1565, d. date unknown. Magaret Gray, b. Bef. Jul 1568, d. date unknown.

Thomas died 1590 buried at St Leonards Bromeley.. Elizabeth died 1580 according to St Dionis backchurch parish records.

Thomas was born about 1533. He passed away about 1598. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ * "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
   FamilySearch (accessed 4 January 2022)
   Thomas Graye marriage to Elyzabeth Martyr on 31 Oct 1554 in St Dionis Backchurch, London, England, United Kingdom.
2. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Gordon Warder Jr.

• An email informs me that "according to John Strype, Thomas Gray's father was Alexander Gray". I will try to get more info on this. I wonder why John Strype mentioned our Thomas.

John Strype (1643–1737) historian and biographer. After being at S. Paul's School, he became a member first of Jesus College and then of S. Catharine's. During his life anything that was connected with ecclesiastical history attracted him, and he gathered together material of great value. " Ecclesiastical Memorials," " Annals of the Reformation," " Lives of some of the Archbishops of Canterbury," are among his chief works.

There was another more famous Thomas Gray - Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter- writer, classical scholar and professor at Cambridge University.

Thomas Gray was born at 41 Cornhill, London where his mother ran a small milliner's shop. He was the fifth and only surviving child of twelve. His father . was a money scrivener in the City of London, described by his wife in their separation papers as ‘a scoundrel and a brute’. ..

His father Philip was born in 1676 died in November 1741 His mother was Dorothy Antrobus (1685- 1753)

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