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BENJAMIN ZELOTUS RAY 1725 – 1787 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1725

Birth Location: wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1787

Death Location: wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: SAMUEL Ray

Mother: Helen Walker

Spouse(s): Sarah Bragg

Children(s): Benjamin Ray

Born in 1725 in wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA, BENJAMIN ZELOTUS RAY was the child of SAMUEL Ray and Helen Walker. In time, BENJAMIN ZELOTUS RAY married Sarah Bragg, and they raised a family that included Benjamin Ray. BENJAMIN ZELOTUS RAY died in wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA in 1787.

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Parents

SAMUEL Ray
1687 – 1744
Birth Location: Salem Essex, Massachusetts, USA
SR
Helen Walker
1697 – 1758
Birth Location: Elizabeth City, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Bragg
1743 – 1813
Birth Location: Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
SB

Children(s)

Benjamin Ray
1763 – 1815
Birth Location: Barnwell, Barnwell, South Carolina, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1725
    Event Place: wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1787
    Event Place: wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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