Elizabeth (Wight) Gray (abt. 1834)

Born about 1834 in Mertoun, Berwickshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Hector Gray — married 18 Dec 1857 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1834. She is the daughter of John Wight and Helen Thomson.

Family

Husband: Hector Gray

Wife: Elizabeth Wight

Married 18 Dec 1857 Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Hector, single 21, res. Weirgate Mains, St Boswells, ROX, SCT; Parents John GRAY, farm servant, Esther HOBKIRK

Betsy, 23, res. Hiltons Hill, Ancrum, Parents: John WIGHT horse breaker, Helen THOMSON

Wit: John DAVIDSON, John HOBKIRK ^[1]

Children:

John Gray

William Gray

Ellen Gray

Robert Gray

Esther Gray

Hector Cowans Gray

Census

1851 Marlefield, Par. of Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland

WIGHT: Robert 50 Farmer Of 66 Acres Employing 1 Man & 1 Woman b Maxton; wife Janet 40 b Linton, ROX; Children: William 18 b Linton, James 13 scholar b Linton; John 5 at home b Sprouston; George 3, Isabella Wight 1 both at home b Coldstream; Servants: Betsy Wight 17 b Merton, ROX (niece); Robert Brown 16 b Dunbar, HAD; ^[2]

1871 Sprouston, Roxburghshire, Scotland

GRAY: Hector 34 farm serv b "Benam" (?Oxnam?) ROX; wife Betsy 36 b Mertoun BEW; Children: John 12, William 10, scholars b Roxburgh ROX; Ellen 8 scholar b Ednam, ROX; Robert 6 scholar b Kelso ROX; Esther 3 b Sprouston ^[3]

1881 Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England

GRAY: Hector, head, 43, Rolling Man O/S Ry; Betsy, wife, 45 both b SCT. Children: John, bar man, unemp. 22; Willm, sawyer unemp, 20; Robert, Apprentice engine fitter, 16; Esther, scholar, 13 (all b SCT); Hector C, scholar, 6 b Sunderland ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Marr. 18 Dec 1857 Hector GRAY/Elizabeth WIGHT, Ancrum, ROX, research at GRO Scotland extracted from Dist 780 #5, Ancrum, ROX by Stuart H.:
2. ↑ 1851 Census: Marlefield, Coldstream, BEW; Reg. 733 ED: 4; Page: 1; Hsehold of Robert & Janet WIGHT, transcript avsailable Ancestry.com
3. ↑ "Scotland Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBG9-N32 : 17 July 2019), Betsy Gray in household of Hector Gray, Sprouston, Roxburghshire, Scotland; from "1871 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 7, PRO T 1, The National Archives UK, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 104,098.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q271-FKD6 : 12 December 2017), Betsy Gray in household of Hector Gray, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 50, Piece/Folio 4995/137, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,383.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 December 2019, 20:53), entry for Elizabeth Wight(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MS9J-4F6); contributed by various users.