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Benjamin "Elam" Ray 1739–1787 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Nov 1739

Birth Location: Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 27 Mar 1787

Death Location: Hudson,Columbia,New York,USA

Father: Samuel Ray

Mother: Meriam *

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Benjamin "Elam" Ray was born in 1739 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Ray And Meriam Smith. Benjamin "Elam" Ray passed away in 1787 in Hudson,Columbia,New York,USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin "Elam" Ray was born in 1739 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Samuel Ray And Meriam Smith.
  • Benjamin "Elam" Ray passed away in 1787 in Hudson,Columbia,New York,USA.

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Benjamin Ray's Ancestors

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Benjamin Ray
1739–1787
Birth Place: Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Samuel Ray
1697–1744
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Meriam (Smith) *
1689–1746
Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Samuel RayRea
1652–1715
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
Mary Skelton
1717–1777
Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
John Smith
1651–1691
Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Mary (Elinor) Horne
1658–1691
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Joshua RayRaeREA**
1628–1710
Sarah Ray
1652–1726
Benjamin TUELLS
1678–1745
Joanna Tewell
1689–1746
John Smith
1621–1706
Charlotte Cottrell
1630–1652
John (Orne)
1602–1684
Frances Stone
1619–1679
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Rea
1597–1662
Bethiah Ray
1614–1662
Richard Waters
1604–1677
Rejoice Waters
1604–1678
Robert Twelues
1633–1700
Martha Bracket
1640–1694
William Caswell
1660–1747
Marcy Lincon
1670–1750
Johannes Orne
1585–1609
Simon Stone
1585–1665
Joan Clark
1596–1654

Benjamin Ray's Timeline

2 Records

1739
15 Nov 1739
Birth of Benjamin "Elam" Ray in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
1787
27 Mar 1787
Age 48
Death of Benjamin "Elam" Ray in Hudson,Columbia,New York,USA
Hudson,Columbia,New York,USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Nov 1739
    Event Place: Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 156

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Mar 1787
    Event Place: Hudson,Columbia,New York,USA

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