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Facts and Events
The Estate of Thomas Bray
" 'The last will and testament of Thomas Bray, senior, made the two and twentieth day Nov., in the year of our Lord God, 1672.
'Imprimis. I, Thomas Bray, being weak in body and being aged, yet of sound memory do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following -- that is to say thus --
'I do make my wife Mary Bray sole and full executrix of all my goods, cattle, houseing, orchards and lands during her life, and after her death this estate to be disposed of thus
'Item. I do give and bequeath unto John Bray, my oldest son, thus my dwelling house and lands with the several appurtenances belonging to it as expressed here; that is to say, the land lying next to that which was formerly Edmund Clark's and the orchard and garden with the several parcels of land lying upon the hill above the house, as also the meadow ground at Biscoe Island, out of which, when he comes to enjoy this land and marsh, he is to pay unto two sisters, Mary and Sarah -- unto Mary Ring ten pounds within one year, and within one year after ten pounds unto his sister Sarah.
'I do also give unto my son Nathaniel Bray that parcel of land that was formerly Edmund Clark's and that parcel of marsh that lyeth at the Little River; out of which he is to pay unto his brother, Thomas Bray, ten pounds within one year after he comes unto it.
'I do also give unto my son Thomas Bray six acres of land lying at Long Cove, and if the said Thomas Bray do not like to make use
of it himself, yt then he is to sell the same six acres of land unto his two brothers, but if he like to make use of it himself, yt then his two brothers shall afford him liberty to take as much as conveniently they can spare.
'Item. I do give unto my daughter Mary Ring's three sons twenty shillings apiece, which my son Nathaniel is to pay at the end of two years.
'Item. I do give unto my two youngest daughters Hannah Bray and Esther Bray to have their portion out of ye stock after the decease of their mother, according as my wife shall see good, that is to say, ten pounds apiece out of ye stock of land.'
(Signed) Thomas X Bray, senior. his mark
Proved March 29, 1722. Total inventory was 133 pounds, 5 shillings."[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Sedgley, George Burbank, and Henry DeLore Burbank. Genealogy of the Burbank family: and the families of Bray, Wellcome, Sedgley (Sedgeley) and Welch. (Farmington, Maine: G.B. Sedgley (printer: Knowlton & McLeary Company), c1928)
391-92.
Thomas Bray, immigrant ancestor; ship-carpenter and farmer; born in 1604, died Nov. 30, 1691. He was married by Mr. Saltonstall, March [May; misinterpreted double dating] 3, 1646, to Mary Wilson (she died March 27, 1707). In a deposition dated 1658 he gave his age as 54 years. He was an early settler in the seaport town of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and had with other grants of land, six acres in 1647 at the head of Little river, and in 1651 one-quarter of an acre in the bottom on the north side of Coro-Island marsh, "for a house to be sett on". He probably settled at that time in the part of the town not far from where his descendants still continue to reside and do business. There is a "Bray Hill" and a "Bray Street" in Gloucester. It is stated, by Prof. Verrill of Yale - a direct descendant, that he was in King Phillip's War.
- ↑ Thomas Bray, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
1:239-240.
Thomas (Bray), Gloucester, shipwright, m. 3 May 1646, Mary Wilson, had Mary, b. 16 Jan. 1647; Thomas, 31 Mar. 1649, d. in Aug. 1653; ano. Thomas, 16 May 1653, d. soon; John, 14 May 1654; Nathaniel, 21 June 1656; [Sarah;] Thomas, again, 19 Jan. or Feb. 1659; Hannah, 21 Mar. 1662; and Esther, 13 Apr. 1664. He d. 30 Nov. 1691, and his wid. d. 27 Mar. 1707. [Mary m. 18 Nov. 1664, John Ring of Ipswich; Sarah m. James Sawyer;] Hannah m. 4 Feb. 1678, John Roberts[; and Esther m. 30 Oct. 1683, Philip Stanwood].
- Additions and Corrections, Vol. I, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
3:605.
P. 240. l. 2, aft. 1656; ins. Sarah;
[P. 240] l. 4, bef. Hannah ins. Mary m. 18 Nov. 1664, John Ring of Ipswich; Sarah m. James Sawyer;
[P. 240] l. 5, aft. Roberts; add, and Esther m. 30 Oct. 1683, Philip Stanwood.
- ↑ Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts.: Essex Institute, 1917)
3:77.
Bray, Thomas, [died] Nov. 30, 1691.
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