Mary (Wilson) Bray (abt. 1625 - 1707)

Born about 1625 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Thomas Bray — married 3 May 1646 in Gloucester, (Cape Ann), Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1707 at about age 82 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Date and location of Mary Wilson's birth are unknown; her birth is estimatd at about 1625 based on her marriage in 1646.

Mary was married to Thomas Bray on May 5, 1646 in Gloucester, Essex County. Massachusetts.

Mary died in Gloucester, March 27, 1707

It's stated in numerous secondary sources that Mary was the daughter of Rev. John & Elizabeth (Mansfield) Wilson, however, Bob Anderson states that Mary Wilson married Rev. Samuel Danforth in 1651 and secondly Joseph Rock.^[1] Joseph Gardiner in his treatment of Rev. John also states the same thing… that his daughter Mary was married to Danforth and Rock and not Thomas Bray.^[2] So at this point Mary's parents are unknown.

Children

All children born in Gloucester

I. Mary- b. 16 Jan. 1647, m. 18 Nov. 1664 Gloucester, John Ring of Ipswich

II. Thomas- b. 31 Mar. 1649, d. 12 Aug. 1653 Gloucester

III. Sarah- m. James Sawyer

IV. Thomas- b. 16 May 1653, d.s.p.

V. John- b. 14 May 1654, m. 10 Nov. 1679 Gloucester, Margaret Lambert (b. 28 Jan. 1725 Gloucester), d.s.p. 25 Sept. 1714 Gloucester

VI. Nathaniel- b. 21 June 1656, m. 22 Jan. 1684 Martha Wadin, d. 2 May 1728 Gloucester

VII. Thomas- b. 19 Jan. 1658/9, m. 23 Dec. 1686 Ipswich, Mary Emerson, will 10 Apr. 1732- 11 Apr. 1743

VIII. Hannah- b. 21 Mar. 1661/2, m. 4 Feb. 1677 Gloucester, John Roberts

IX. Esther- b. 13 Apr. 1664, m. 30 Oct. 1683 Gloucester, Philip Stanwood

Sources

1. ↑ The Ancestry of the Royally Descended Mansfields of the Massachusetts Bay- Robert Anderson- NEHGR- Vol. 155, p. 28
2. ↑ Ancestry and Descendants of Rev. John Wilson of Boston- Joseph Bartlett, NEHGR- Vol. 61, p. 41

• Vital Records of Gloucester, Mass.
• Descendants of Thomas Bray of Gloucester- Essex Antiquarian- Vol. XI, p. 101 (1907)
• Genealogy of the Burbank Family and the Families of Bray, Wellcome, Sedgley and Welch- The Knowlton & McLeary Company, Farmington, ME, 1928- pp. 391-2
• History of the Town of Gloucester- John Babson, Proctor Bros., Gloucester, 1860- p. 63
• Notes and Additions to the History of Gloucester- John Babson, Gloucester, 1876- pp. 9-10
• Pope, Charles Henry: "Pioneers of Massachusetts"; page 66 (Bray} - Marriage and death.
• Savage, James: "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"; volume I, page 240 (Bray) - Marriage and death.
• New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 94 -Marriage,