| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | First Generation1. John Bray1,2,3 was born between 1758 and 1760 in Orange County, North Carolina. The following explanation of John's birth date is from James E. Wall. John Bray was quite a bit older than his wife Jane and I have often wondered if there was a first wife in Kentucky that has been lost to us somehow. Edward & Sarah Maynard Bray's son was born 1758-1760 Orange Co. NC. That is our John. Edward Bray died 5 Jan 1760. Sarah Maynard Bray is not known to have remarried thereafter. The records of the family of Edward & Sarah Maynard Bray & the Quaker records are the source. The next youngest son was 1757 so John was not born 1757. John would not have known his father so it is easy to see him on the move west at a very early age. He appeared in the tax list in 1802 in Anderson County, Tennessee.4 From the List of Taxable property & Polls in Captain Jeofferys Compy taken by Joseph Sinclair Esquire 1802: Bray, John 200 acres Clinch River, 1 white poll. He appeared in the census in 1830 in Anderson County, Tennessee. p.174a, line 8, Anderson County, Tennessee, 1830 00-04 0 1 1826-1830 daughter of Thomas Bray? It seems extremely likely that a correct enumeration would have been 000210001-10002001 and that Rachel, Emilia, and Jane were all about ten years older than actual census enumeration would suggest. (RGB) John died between 1831 and 1839 in [Anderson County, Tennessee]. He appeared on the 1830 census, but not on the 1840 census. |