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m. Abt 1704 - William GrayAbt 1704 -
Facts and Events
Notes
- From "Genealogy of the descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, with records of a few Allied Families : also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the history of Virginia, 1600-1902", by Emma Siggins White:
- William Gray* (William^, William^, Thomas^) ; Burgess in Surry, 1744. Colonel Joseph Gray, Burgess for Southampton County, 1744-61, was his son, and he was believed to be father of Colonel Edwin Gray, Burgess, 1769-74, Member of the Convention, 1774, State Senate and Congress, 1799-1813. Virginia Magazine, III. Jf02.
- This William Gray and others, in 1747, had a grant of 5000 acres in Lunenburg County, and by 1748, 30,000 acres in Augusta County. Ibid., V. 176.
- This William Gray married, 1738, Mrs. Elizabeth Chamberlain of New Kent County, widow of William Chamberlain. Virginia Gazette.
- The above information relating to the Gray family was found in Early Settlers of Alabama, by J. E. Saunders.
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