Elizabeth (Johnson) Wray (abt. 1749 - abt. 1824)

Born about 1749 in Amelia County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of James Wray — married 26 Sep 1765 in Rowan, North Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1824 at about age 75 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth Johnson was likely the eldest child of Gideon Johnson and Ursula. She married James Ray or Wray in 1765 in Rowan Co. with her father Gideon giving consent.^[1] Wray likely had been related to the family of the same name associated with the Johnsons in Amelia and Prince Edward counties. The Wrays lived near her father and brothers in Guilford County, NC, in the late 1700s. Wray died in 1806.

Birth

Born before 1749^[2]

Born 1767^[3]

Note: Birth date need to be resolved. Geni site gives birth date as 1767 (after she was married) and Johnston's website does not give a birth date.

Death

Elizabeth died 1824 in Rockingham County, North Carolina, United States.^[4]

Children

1. Sarah Wray. Spouse: Jean or John Bellanfant. Sarah or Sally married Bellanfant, a Frenchman who reputedly came to America with the Marquis Lafayette’s troops during the Revolution, just after his first wife Louisa “Lucy” Yeoman died while giving birth at sea on the way home from visiting his parents in France, according to a longstanding, but possibly far-fetched family story. Bellanfant lived in the Dan River valley and had real estate transactions with the Johnsons in the 1790s. Sally became the stepmother of seven children, including twins, all under age 12, and Jean almost immediately died -- before May 1802 -- while fighting a fire in a foundry or blacksmith shop. The eldest child, twin Mary Jessaline Bellanfant, married Alexander Johnson, the son of William Johnson and Sally’s cousin.^[5],
2. Ursula Wray
3. Jane Wray
4. Parson Wray
5. Payton Wray
6. Pleasant Wray
7. William Johnson Wray Mr William Rae (1799 - 1871).

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFSK-FXY : 22 December 2016), Gideon Johnson in entry for James Ray and Elizabeth Johnson, 19 Sep 1765; citing Rowan, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 500,949.
2. ↑ Author: Pam (Hodges) Crain. Crain Web Site: MyHeritage.com family tree
3. ↑ Geni website: Elizabeth Johnson
4. ↑ Find A Grave memorial page for Elizabeth Johnson Wray (unknown–1824), Memorial ID 84354090; citing Wray Cemetery, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA; maintained by Catoe4 (contributor 47413036).
5. ↑ Johnstons from Caskieben to Missouri: Gideon Johnson Author: Randy McConnell

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Johnson-15146 created through the import of sutton gedcom.GED on Oct 17, 2012 by Linda McKinney.
• Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011.