Ray Name Study

Date: 24 Oct 2021
Surnames/tags: Ray Rae Wray

About the Project

The Ray Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Ray name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Ray name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Ray's), by time period (18th Century Ray's), or by topic (Ray DNA, Ray Occupations, Ray Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

How to Join

To join the Ray Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Darrell Larocque for assistance.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Research Pages

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!

Ray Genealogy of England and Scotland

A subproject headed up by Dwight Ray.

• The History of the Ray Family of England and Scotland

Matthew Ray of Coventry, RI/Voluntown, CT

• Immigrant Matthew Ray of Coventry, RI and Voluntown, CT
  • William Ray of CT
  • Patrick Ray of CT and NY
    • William Ray of CT and NY, notable poet, served aboard the USS PHILADELPHIA.
  • Daniel Ray, Sr. of CT and ?
    • Daniel Ray, Jr. of CT, VT and NY
      • Abel Ray of NY and OH

Simon Ray of Braintree, MA and Rhode Island

• Immigrant Simon Ray II of Cowlinge, Suffolk, England and Braintree, MA
  • Simon Ray III of New Shoreham, Rhode Island
    • Simon Ray IV of Block Island, Rhode Island

Daniel Rea of Salem, MA

• Daniel Rea of Salem, MA

John Ray of Livingston, NY

• Father John Ray of Livingston Manor, NY
  • John Ray, Jr. of Livingston Manor, NY
  • Zaccheus Ray, served in the Revolutionary War for New York.
  • Roswell Ray, served in the Revolutionary War for New York.
    • Charlotte Ray, born 14 October 1789 in Schaghticoke, NY.
    • Seneca Ray, born 15 Jan 1790 in Schaghticoke, NY.
    • Sally Ray, born 18 July 1791 in Schaghticoke, NY.
    • Eliza Ray, born 20 Sep 1793 in Schaghticoke, NY.
    • Girl Ray, born 26 February 1801 in Schaghticoke, NY.
    • Miriam Ray, born 20 August 1804 in Pittstown, NY.
    • Maria Ray born 2 April 1808 in Pittstown, NY.
    • Julia Ann Ray born 5 September 1811 in Wilton, NY, married Charles Stanley Stoddard. Seneca Ray Stoddard, their son, was a notable photographer.

Membership

• Dwight Ray

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

• Rae
• Wray