Edward Gray

Abt 1629 - Abt 1681  (~ 52 years)

• Name	Edward Gray
  Born	Abt 1629	England
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	9304188
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9304188
  Group	Immigrant Ancestors
  	Immigrant Ancestors of New England Halls
  Died	Abt 30 Jun 1681	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Buried	Aft 30 Jun 1681	Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I14750	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Winslow,   b. Abt 1631, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. Between 28 Oct 1663 and Nov 1665, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Married	16 Jan 1650/51	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Children	1. John Gray,   b. 1 Oct 1661, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 29 May 1732, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	21 May 2019
  Family ID	F6958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Dorothy Lettice,   b. 28 Nov 1633, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 30 Apr 1726, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age 92 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1665	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  Children	1. Edward Gray, II,   b. 31 Jan 1666/67, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 1726, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island  (Age 58 years)   2. Captain Thomas Gray,   b. 16 Oct 1668, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 3 Nov 1721, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island  (Age 53 years)   3. Lydia Gray,   b. 12 May 1678, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony ,   d. 28 Mar 1771, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F8760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt 1629 - England Married - 16 Jan 1650/51 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Married - 12 Dec 1665 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Died - Abt 30 Jun 1681 - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony Buried - Aft 30 Jun 1681 - Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges

  Immigrant Ancestor of Halls of New England

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: A Landowner and merchant in Plymouth Colony. Immigrated to America in 1642 with his brother Thomas on the ship "Recovery' out of London. This ship was owned by his uncle Alexander Graie. To Plymouth in 1643. In 1651 he married Mary Winslow, daughter of John and Mary (Chilton) Winslow. Their children were: Desire 1651, Mary 1653, Elizabeth 1657, Sarah 1659, and John 1661. After Mary's death in Plymouth in 1663, Edward married in 1665 Dorothy Lettice. Their children were: Edward II 1666, Susanna 1668, Rebecca 1670, Thomas 1669 (see site #36257503), Hannah1673, Anna 1671, Lydia 1677, and Samuel 1682 (see record# 20495342). Dorothy died in Little Compton, Rhode Island in 1726. Plymouth records show Edward became a merchant, and among the wealthiest in Plymouth Colony. He was a key investor in lands south of Plymouth to Newport Harbor. He died at age 52, young for a time when 70 was not uncommon. He lived to see peace restored with the Indians, but not long enough to see the development of his lands in what is now Rhode Island. Inscription The inscription on Edward's stone reads: "Here Lyeth ye Body of EDWARD GRAY Gent Aged About 52 years & Departed this life ye Last of June 1681" This is the oldest known burial from a stone that can still be read in Burial Hill.