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Elizabeth "Eliza" Ray 1655 – 1710 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Jan 1655

Birth Location: Blueridge, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1710

Death Location: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Alexander Ray

Mother: Joane Beaville

Spouse(s): Johannes Vest

Children(s): Phyllis Vinkler

In 1655, Elizabeth "Eliza" Ray entered the world in Blueridge, Virginia, United States, born to Alexander C. Ray and Joane Beaville. Years later, Elizabeth "Eliza" Ray married Johannes (John) Moses Vest, and the couple became parents to Phyllis Vest Vinkler. Elizabeth "Eliza" Ray died in 1710 in Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Parents

Alexander Ray
1630 – 1675
Birth Location: Stradishall, Suffolk, England
AR
Joane Beaville
1630 – 1676
Birth Location: Standishall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Johannes Vest
1650 – 1735
Birth Location: Kreis Warendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
JV

Children(s)

Phyllis Vinkler
1682 – 1746
Birth Location: St Peters, New Kent, Virginia, United States
PV

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 Jan 1655
    Event Place: Blueridge, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1710
    Event Place: Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, United States of America
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