Person:John Gray (157)

John Gray was baptised on 9th May 1736 at Heckington in Lincolnshire, son of Mary Gray, formerly Whitehead, and her husband John Gray, a labourer, shoemaker and farmer.

John does not appear to have married. His mother died in 1788 and his father died in 1790.

John died at Heckington on 27th January 1817, aged 80. His sister Mary had died just three days earlier. Their deaths were announced in the local newspaper with a comment about the remarkably longevity of members of this family. John left a will which has yet to be researched, although he appears to have appointed his nephew John Turner (his sister Elizabeth's son) as his executor.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   Anno 1736
   John Son of John Gray Lab[ourer] and Mary his Wife bap[tise]d May 9th

2. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Heckington in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1817
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   111	John Gray	Heckington	January 28th	81 years [1735/6]	Henry B. Benson, Curate

3. ↑ Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 3, Friday 31 Jan 1817.

   DIED.
   On Friday last, at Heckington, aged 73, Mrs. Mary Gray, spinster; and on Monday, Mr. John Gray, her brother, aged 81. The family are remarkable for longevity - the father and mother of the above persons were married nearly half a century without a death happening in their family.

4.   Index to Death Duty Registers (findmypast.co.uk).

   Year: 1817
   Testator: Gray, John
   Executor: John Turner, Heckington, LIncolnshire
   Court: Cons. Lincoln
   Register: 2
   Folio: 215

5.   Lincolnshire Consistory Court Wills (Lincolnshire Record Office).

   Will of John Gray of Heckington LCC WILLS/1817/106

   Needs to be confirmed at Lincolnshire Record Office.