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Benjamin Bray 1775 – 1807 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1775

Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Masachusetts

Death Date: 28 Feb 1807

Death Location: at sea

Father: John Bray

Mother: Mary Lewis

Spouse(s): Sally Waitt, Hannah Waitt

Children(s): JOHN Bray, Sally Bray

According to available records, Benjamin Bray was born in 1775 in Marblehead, Essex, Masachusetts, the child of John Bray and Mary Lewis. Following those early years, Benjamin Bray married Sally Waitt and Hannah Homan Waitt, and their family grew to include JOHN Waitt Bray and Sally Waitt Bray. In the later years of life, Benjamin Bray died in 1807 in at sea.

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Parents

John Bray
1740 –
Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Masachusetts
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Mary Lewis
1747 –
Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts
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Spouses(s)

Sally Waitt
1778 – 1801
Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Masachusetts
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Hannah Waitt
1781 –
Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Masachusetts
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Children(s)

JOHN Bray
1799 – 1876
Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts
JB
Sally Bray
1803 –
Birth Location: Marblehead, Essex, MA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: abt 1775
    Event Place: Marblehead, Essex, Masachusetts
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 15 Jan 1775
    Event Place: Marblehead, Essex, Masachusetts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 Feb 1807
    Event Place: at sea
    Record Source: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988
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