John
Williams
Wray
Born in Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Wray Sr.
and Elizabeth (Heavey) Wray
Brother of
Ellen Jane (Wray) Best, George Matthew Wray, Martha Laird (Wray) Best, James Blakely Wray, Joseph Wray, Elizabeth (Wray) Blumenstein, Olive Marbary (Wray) Byers, Robert Lee Wray and Jesse Wray
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died
at age 92
in Jefferson Hills, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jun 2022
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Biography
John Williams Wray is the son of John Wray and Elizabeth Heavey. Birth record shows birth date as 10-27-1867 and christening date as 10-2-1867. Gravestone uses 10-27-1866 as birth date which appears more reasonable.
John married twice: 1. Mrs. Susanna McGibbeny (1861-1908) 2. Mary Hayes Bedell (m. 4-23-1912)
Sources
- "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FT-FVP : 18 January 2020), John Williams Wray, 1867.
- "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ84-H4L : 14 February 2020), John W. Wray, 1867.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN6C-WQ6 : 29 May 2021), John W Wray in entry for John Wray, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6X-W48 : 14 January 2022), John Wray in household of John Wray, Jefferson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMCX-CGJ : 5 August 2020), Susan McGibbeny in entry for John Wray, 6 Jun 1893; citing Marriage, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
- "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFWT-RKZ : 10 March 2021), John W. Wray and Mary H. Bedell, 23 Apr 1912; citing Marriage, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHK-79V : accessed 26 June 2022), John W Wray, Jefferson, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 641, sheet 16B, line 75, family 349, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1965; FHL microfilm 2,341,699.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Rayetta (Proffitt) Gordon
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A605971 [compare], Ancestry member rayettag26
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~0.78%
Steven Gordon :
23andMe
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