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James Jonas Gray 1772 – 1836 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 02, 1772

Birth Location: Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland

Death Date: Dec 11, 1836

Death Location: Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

Father: William Gray

Mother: Rebecca Gardner

Spouse(s): Hannah Gray

Children(s): Elizabeth {Morgan}

James Jonas Gray was born in 1772 in Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland, the child of William Gray and Rebecca Gardner. James Jonas Gray married Hannah Swank Gray, and had children including Elizabeth Betsy Gray {Morgan}. James Jonas Gray passed away in 1836 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • James Jonas Gray was born in 1772 in Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland, the child of William Gray and Rebecca Gardner.
  • James Jonas Gray married Hannah Swank Gray, and had children including Elizabeth Betsy Gray {Morgan}.
  • James Jonas Gray passed away in 1836 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Gray
1738 – 1804
Birth Location: Calvert, Maryland, United States
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Rebecca Gardner
1740 –
Birth Location: Calvert, Maryland, United States
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Spouses(s)

Hannah Gray
1770 – 1836
Birth Location: Maiden Creek Twp, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
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Children(s)

Elizabeth {Morgan}
1797 – 1878
Birth Location: Hardin, Kentucky, United States
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James Gray's Ancestors

Self
James Gray
1772 – 1836
Birth Place: Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland
Parents
William Gray
1738 – 1804
Calvert, Maryland, United States
Rebecca Gardner
1740 –
Calvert, Maryland, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Gray's Descendants

1.
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James (Jonas) Gray (Mar 02, 1772 – Dec 11, 1836) m. Hannah (Swank) Gray (25 Mar 1770 – 11 Dec 1836)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Betsy Gray) {Morgan} (24 October 1797 – 4 July 1878) m. William Morgan (1783 – 18 Jan 1836)
    1. 1. John (C.) Morgan (1814 – 5 November 1884)
      1. 1. Mary (Jane) Morgan (10 October 1844 – 27 August 1916) m. William Spencer (Mar 1831 – 19 OCT 1907)
        1. 1. George (Washington) Spencer (20 March 1871 – 26 May 1951) m. Nannie (S) Adkins (15 April 1888 – 29 August 1952)
        2. 2. Thomas (Lee) Spencer (6 Aug 1892 – 8 Mar 1945) m. Grace ("Gracie") Ferguson (Mar 1889 – 26 Sep 1955)
        3. 3. Dorothy Spencer (1862 – )
        4. 4. David (C.) Spencer (19 May 1867 – 1 March 1949)
        5. 5. Charles Spencer (19 March 1868 – 28 October 1889)
        6. 6. John (W.) Murphy (1870 – 3 February 1955)
        7. 7. Mary (E) Carter (abt 1871 – 14 January 1923)
        8. 8. Dora Spencer (Abt. 1875 – )
        9. 9. Lizzie (F) Carter (14 October 1875 – 28 April 1934)
        10. 10. John (W.) Murphy (abt 1878 – )
        11. 11. Laura (Belle) Parkerson (6 November 1879 – 28 December 1960)
        12. 12. Sadie Murphy (Dec 1880 – )
        13. 13. Jolie (M) Murphy (Apr 1885 – )

James Gray's Timeline

2 Records

1772
Mar 02, 1772
Birth of James Jonas Gray in Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland
Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland
1836
Dec 11, 1836
Age 64
Death of James Jonas Gray in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 02, 1772
    Event Place: Christ Church, Port Republic, Calvert, Maryland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Dec 11, 1836
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky, USA
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