Jacob Gray (1641 - 1712)

Born 1641 in Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 6 Mar 1712 at about age 71 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Jacob was born in Fairfield Connecticut in 1641. He was the son of Henry Gray and Lydia Frost.

The records further show that "Sarah Gray, relict of Jacob Gray, died in Stratford, Dec. 16, 1716.

m2. Sarah ____ (widow of John Bartram). She was the mother of Mary. (Bullard)

Sources

• 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 199 & Page 223
• 'Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, down to 1721

• Page 134: "1685 Gray, Jacob, constable ordered to be paid by Gen. Court."
• Page 146: "1712 Gray, Jacob, Sen. of Fairfield.... Widow Sarah, Son Jacob, Son in law Isaac Jennings..."

• Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography (The American Historical Society, Boston, MA. 1917) Vol. 8, Page 202: John Bartram "married Sarah Gray, daughter of Jacob Gray."
• Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889) Vol I, Page 374.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 233, 569.
• Bullard, Edgar J. Bennett and Allied Families (Detroit, Mich., 1930) Page 213
• Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904) Vol. 1, Page 14: Will of William Frost, Jacob's maternal grandfather.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Fairfield, Page 45. Death record.