Joan (Gray) Hux (abt. 1618 - 1648)

Born about 1618 in England

Descendants

Died 1648 at about age 30 in Surry, Virginia

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Biography

Jone (Gray) Hux is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society

Jone / Joan / Jane Gray (also Graye)

Jone was born about 1618 in England. Her age was recorded in the Virginia muster of 1624 as six-years-old arriving with her father who was Thomas Graye. The ancient planter is said to have arrived on the Starr, which sailed in 1608.^[1][2][3]

The family (Thos., Margrett, Joan and William), is listed Jamestown census of 1625^[4]

Birth

About 1618 in England.

Parents

Her father is Thomas Graye, ancient planter, who immigrated in 1608. The identity of her mother is unclear. Based on documentation, it's either Margrett or Annis. Her only full-blooded sibling is William I Gray, who died young (not to be confused with William II, who married Elizabeth Jarrett). Note: Other records show immigration as 1624 when Jone was 6.^[5]

Marriage

Joan married John Hux (b. btw 1613 - 1616).^[6]

On May 9,1659,John Hux,aged 46 years testified that deponent married Jane Gray,daughter of Thomas Gray Sr. and sister of Thomas Gray Jr. at which time Thomas Gray Sr. told the deponent thet he had 50 acres of land, given to his sons and daughters by Mr. Gates,which land was part of a divident where he lived at Gray's Creek and that said Gray Sr. gave the depotent satisfaction for his wifes part there of , and was 25 acres.Witt: John Hux. Luke Mizell,aged 45 years,testified that when deponent (John Hux)was servant to Thomas Gray Sr.dec'd,he did often hear said Gray and his wife say that Gates had given 50 acres to their son Thomas and daughter Jane.May 11,1659. John Flood aged 44 years,he living some 10 years with Thomas Gray Sr. when he lived at Gray's Creek,had heard the same.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Hotten, J.C. (1874). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700

   • pp. 176: The Living in Virginia;Muster of inhabitants of Virginia 1624.
   • pp. 228: Musters of the Inhabitants in Virgina.

2. ↑ Boddie, J.B. (1948) Colonial Surry pages 46-47.
3. ↑ Boddie, J.B. (1954). Virginia Historical Genealogies, (pp. 309). Redwood City, CA: Pacific Coast Publishers. Hathitrust. (mirror at Google Books.pp 309).
4. ↑ Tyler, 1900, p. 38. FamilySearch PDF. Jamestown census of 1625).
5. ↑ Dorman, J.F. (2004). Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5: Families G-P, (pp.1982). Google Books.Page is not viewable on line; Immigration date in other records is 1624 when Jone was 6.
6. ↑ "Gray, Jone - A9677; born ca. 1618 (Muster of 1624/5), wife of John Hux," (2016, April 1). Seventeenth century qualifying ancestors. Jamestown Society. Web.
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/344519-surry-county-records-surry-county-virginia-1652-1684?viewer=1&offset=0#page=43&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=

Surry Co Deed Book No 1

• Deposition in Deed Book 1652-1672, p 131

"John Hux Aged 46 years or thereabouts sworn & examined in Surry County Court on 9th May 1659. That this deponent married Jone Gray Daughter to Thomas Gray senior & sister to Thomas Gray Junior......." (Giving John Hux a birth estimate of c1613) Signed: Jno. Hux, Recorded 10 May 1659.

Immediately following are the Mizell and Flood depositions.

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Acknowledgements

• Gray-6143 which was created on 15 Oct 2013 by Jerry Cox through the import of jcoxff.ged on Oct 15, 2013. NOTE: Imported GEDCOM includes Jerry's notes containing parts of his years of family history research. Status Category is "S1 No notes" (Research Notes not needed).