Rules out assertions that John Bray had more than one wife. Wife Jane is probably confusion of name Jane and Joan, and Margaret Lambert married a different John Bray, of Gloucester. As to identity of widow Joan, presumed thus to be John's only wife, that her maiden name is Pearce is based on York Probate Records, p. 1:40, calling "Macam Mackatiere and John Braey Sons in Law to John Pearce Late of York". However, as this document is dated 7 Apr 1697 [several sources give this date as 7 Apr 1699, e.g., ibid, 2:260], seven years after John died, it could not refer to this John Bray (in a followup article, ibid, p. 4:26, Drummond argues this deed referred to John Bracy), so the maiden name of his wife remains unknown.
