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John Bray 1776–1842 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1776

Birth Location: Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Death Date: about 1842

Death Location: Tavistock Devonshire, United Kingdom

Father: Joseph Bray

Mother: Rebecca None

Spouse(s): Mary Roberts, Margaret Smale

Children(s): Melora Bray, John Bray, James Bray, Elize Bray, Ann Bray, William Bray

In 1776, John Bray entered the world in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, born to Joseph Bray And Rebecca. In 1802, John Bray resided in Tavistock St Eustachius. John Bray married Margaret Smale, Mary Roberts, and had children including Ann Bray, Elize Bray, James Bray, John Bray, Melora Treweek Nee Bray, William Bray. John Bray passed away in 1842 in Tavistock Devonshire, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1776, John Bray entered the world in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England, born to Joseph Bray And Rebecca.
  • In 1802, John Bray resided in Tavistock St Eustachius.
  • John Bray married Margaret Smale, Mary Roberts, and had children including Ann Bray, Elize Bray, James Bray, John Bray, Melora Treweek Nee Bray, William Bray.
  • John Bray passed away in 1842 in Tavistock Devonshire, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Bray
1745–
Birth Location: devon
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Rebecca None
–1803
Birth Location: –
R

Spouses(s)

Mary Roberts
1781–1813
Birth Location: Tavistock, Devon, England
MR
Margaret Smale
1793–
Birth Location: Holbeton, Devon, England
MS

Children(s)

Melora Bray
1811–1886
Birth Location: Tavistock, Devon, England
MB
John Bray
1816–1879
Birth Location: Tavistock, Devon, England
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James Bray
1821–1898
Birth Location: Tavistock, Devon, England
JB
Elize Bray
1823–1899
Birth Location: Tavistock
EB
Ann Bray
1818–1906
Birth Location: Tavistock Devon England
AB
William Bray
1805–1862
Birth Location: Marytavy, Devon, England
WB

John Bray's Ancestors

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John Bray
1776–1842
Birth Place: Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Parents
Joseph Bray
1745–
devon
Rebecca
–1803
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Bray's Descendants

1.
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John Bray (1776–about 1842) m. Mary Roberts (Bef. Dec 1781–18 Apr 1813) m. Margaret Smale (3 Aug 1793–)
  1. 1. Melora (Treweek Nee) Bray 1811–1886 m. Robert (Garish) Snr 1816–2018 m. William Treweek 1812–1848
    1. 1. John Treweek 1838– m. Mary (Margaret) Anthony 1831–1901
      1. 1. Joseph (Emanuel) Treweek 1868–1942 m. Agnes Corbett 1869–1957
        1. 1. Ethel (Maude) Treweek 1892–1968 m. Alfred (Benjamin) Strempel 1880–1933
        2. 2. Lawrence Treweek 1894–1980 m. Nellie (Eileen) Strickland 1896–1978
        3. 3. Elsie (G) Treweek 1903–1984 m. Reginald (Charles) Gardner 1911–1994 m. Richard Collins 1902–1931
        4. 4. Mabel (Agnes) Treweek 1900–1968 m. Hubert (Baden) POWLES 1900–1948
        5. 5. William (Joseph (Bill)) TREWEEK 1898–1962 m. Eileen (Mary (0'Connor)) Treweek 1901–1949
        6. 6. Victor (Emanuel) Treweek 1908–1989 m. Alice (May) Phillips 1914–2004
        7. 7. Mary (Ann) Treweek 1896–1971 m. Ivo Munckton 1893–1961
      2. 2. William (Thomas) Treweek 1864–1927 m. Rebecca (Coralie) Dean 1867–1897 m. May (Theresa) Middleton 1875–1947
        1. 1. Constance Murray 1890–1979 m. William (Benjamin) Chaffey 1876–1937 m. Charles (Henry) GLANVILLE 1884–1959
        2. 2. Samuel (Thomas) Treweek 1889–1950 m. Sarah (Ruth) Gallagher-Jackson 1889–1973
        3. 3. Ethel (Maude) Treweek 1895–1957 m. Charles Dewar 1881–1965
        4. 4. William (Albert) Treweek 1893–1968 m. Rubina (Clementina Treweek Nee) Frawley 1896–1934 m. Gertrude (Alice nee Redman Foster Treweek) (widow) 1900–1989
        5. 5. Mabel (R) Treweek 1897–1898
        6. 6. Ellen (May Treweek aka) Nellie 1892–1954 m. Richard (John William Leslie) Pascoe 1886–
      3. 3. Mary (Margaret) Treweek 1861–1938 m. Andrew Tobin 1860–1936
        1. 1. Lucy (May) Tobin 1891–1982
        2. 2. William Tobin 1894–1966
        3. 3. James Tobin 1906–2001
        4. 4. John Tobin 1886–1976
        5. 5. Kathleen (Mary) Tobin 1889–1972
        6. 6. Joseph Tobin 1885–1962
        7. 7. Andrew Tobin 1902–1917
        8. 8. Thomas Tobin 1899–1940
        9. 9. Elizabeth Tobin 1896–1900
      4. 4. Laurence Treweek 1874–1949 m. Catherine Watts 1875–1959
        1. 1. Eileen (Mary) Treweek 1903–1993 m. Arthur (Duncan) Potter 1899–1960
        2. 2. Lawrence (S) Treweek 1898–1981
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Mavis) Treweek 1906–1984 m. Cyril (John) Bliss 1903–1988
        4. 4. Catherine Treweek 1899–1990 m. Harold (R F) Dean 1897–1977
        5. 5. Gilbert (Harold) Treweek 1910–1970 m. Ollison (Millicent Tully) Treweek 1909–1994
        6. 6. Bernard (Alton) Treweek 1914–1957 m. Nellie ((Helen) Treweek) Ferguson 1918–1998
        7. 7. Lucy (Myra) Treweek 1912–2009 m. James (Joseph) King 1911–1967
        8. 8. Arthur (John(known as Titch)) Treweek 1908–1965 m. Stella (Ada F) Brown 1910–
        9. 9. Francis (Joseph) Treweek 1901–1980 m. Rose Mclaren 1900–1976
      5. 5. Laura (Agnes) Treweek 1871–1936 m. Thomas Smith 1871–1907
        1. 1. John (Cecil) Smith 1902–
        2. 2. Thomas Smith 1904–
        3. 3. Samuel (Augustine) Smith 1896–1945
      6. 6. Catherine (Merica (LoLo) Trewick AKA) Katie 1874–1889
      7. 7. Elizabeth (Mary) Treweek 1868–1959 m. James (Eatson) Glenn 1864–1944
        1. 1. Alice (Isabella) Glenn 1891–1971 m. Vincent (James Michael) Riley 1881–
        2. 2. Catherine (Gertrude) Glenn 1893–1979 m. Mark PORTER 1889–1952
        3. 3. Laurence (Watson) Glenn 1896–1990
        4. 4. Cyril (James) Glenn 1898–1917
        5. 5. Mary (Elizabeth) Glenn 1901–1981
        6. 6. Gerald (Anthony) Glenn 1904–2009 m. Joy (Noel) Ward 1907–
        7. 7. Dorothea (Irene) Glenn 1906–1983 m. George (Pyne) Danvers 1906–1984
        8. 8. Eileen (Veronica) Glenn 1910–1973 m. Cecil (James) Dunstan 1908–1970
      8. 8. Samuel (Augustus) Treweek 1860–1929
      9. 9. John ((Jack)) Treweek 1875–1950
    2. 2. William Treweek 1834–
    3. 3. Mary Treweek 1835–1840
    4. 4. Robert (Garish) Jnr 1853–1854
    5. 5. Samuel Treweek 1843–1927 m. Prudence Nicholls 1844–1907
      1. 1. Mary (Jane) Treweek 1869–1952 m. Thomas Gum 1858–1914
        1. 1. Bertram (Gordon) GUM 1895–1985
        2. 2. Stanley (Sturt Edgar) GUM 1892–1924
        3. 3. Thomas (Samuel) GUM 1894–1942
        4. 4. Frank (Roderick) GUM 1896–1940
        5. 5. Amy (Olive) GUM 1898–1932
        6. 6. Clarence (Henry) Gum 1910–1981
      2. 2. John (Thomas Nicholls) Treweek 1867–1877
      3. 3. Ada (May) TREWEEK 1880–1965 m. Leslie (Robert) Avery 1887–1962
        1. 1. Vera (May) AVERY 1912–2007
        2. 2. Roma AVERY 1915–1965
      4. 4. Melaura (Prudence) Treweek 1877–1957 m. Alfred (Henry) Gum 1880–1974
        1. 1. Hazel (Vesta) GUM 1914–2002
        2. 2. Avis (Jean) GUM 1915–
      5. 5. Richard (Nicholls) TREWEEK 1878–1879
      6. 6. Sam Treweek 1875–1919 m. Adelaide (Eleanor) Nelsen 1869–1962
        1. 1. Ella (May) Treweek 1904–1986
        2. 2. Rita (Elsie) Treweek 1906–
        3. 3. Nellie Treweek 1908–
      7. 7. William (Henry) TREWEEK 1872–1935
    6. 6. Eliza Treweek 1839–1848
  2. 2. John Bray 1816–1879 m. Jane Hawke 1825–1895
    1. 1. James Bray 1855–
    2. 2. John Bray 1845–
    3. 3. Elizabeth Bray 1848–
    4. 4. Charles Bray 1859–
    5. 5. Thomas Bray 1860–
    6. 6. Mary (E) Bray 1856– m. George (T) Oxenham 1865–1956
    7. 7. Joseph Bray 1857–
    8. 8. William (H) Bray 1852–
    9. 9. Samuel Bray 1862–
    10. 10. Emily Bray 1859–
    11. 11. Richard Bray 1847–1893 m. Grace (Jane) Gummo 1855–1923
      1. 1. Bertha Bray 1872–1947 m. Marshall Morcom 1873–1920
        1. 1. Katie Morcom 1894–1980
        2. 2. Gilbert Morcom 1897–1960
      2. 2. Lily (Jane) Bray 1874–1938 m. George Sanders 1874–
        1. 1. Olive (May) Sanders 1894–1944
        2. 2. George Sanders 1896–1972
        3. 3. Beatrice Sanders 1899–
        4. 4. Minnie Sanders 1899–
        5. 5. Richard Sanders 1903–
        6. 6. Norman Sanders 1906–
        7. 7. Fred Sanders 1900–
      3. 3. Elizabeth (Louisa) Bray 1875–
      4. 4. Wesley Bray 1877–1903
      5. 5. Joseph Bray 1878–1952
      6. 6. Mary (Ellen) Bray 1881–
      7. 7. Mabel Bray 1883–
      8. 8. Richard (Norman) Bray 1889–1965
      9. 9. Frederick Bray 1890–
      10. 10. William Bray 1899–
    12. 12. Mary (Jane) Bray 1860–
    13. 13. John Bray 1863–
  3. 3. James Bray 1821–1898 m. Mary Vicary 1816–
    1. 1. Jane Bray 1843–
    2. 2. George Bray 1844–
    3. 3. William Bray 1849– m. Mary (Jane) Rugg 1846–
    4. 4. John Bray 1849–
    5. 5. James bray 1849–1915 m. Agness Hibbert 1847–1931
      1. 1. James Bray 1890–
      2. 2. Eva Bray 1885–1884
      3. 3. Florence Bray 1887–
      4. 4. George Bray 1877–
      5. 5. John Bray 1873–
      6. 6. Samuel Bray 1880–
  4. 4. Elize Bray 1823–1899 m. William Polkinghorn 1823–
    1. 1. Mary (M) Polkinghorn 1863–
    2. 2. Janetta Polkinghorn 1867– m. Arthur (W) Feist 1868–1909
    3. 3. William Polkinghorn 1861–
    4. 4. Eliza (Ann) Polkinghorn 1859–
    5. 5. Charles Polkinghorn 1856–
    6. 6. Henry Polkinghorn 1849–
    7. 7. John (Oliver Webb) Polkinghorn 1847–
  5. 5. Ann Bray 1818–1906 m. Richard (Cregoe) Gummo 1818–1885
    1. 1. John (Bray) Gummo 1841–1930 m. Annie (Roberts) Daniel 1840–1922
      1. 1. Henry Gummoe 1863–1939
      2. 2. Annie (Edith) Gummo 1870–1929
      3. 3. Bessie (Ellen) Gummo 1873–1930
      4. 4. Ada (Jane) Gummo 1882–
      5. 5. Edith (Jane) Gummo 1864–1869
    2. 2. Richd Gummoe 1843–1927
    3. 3. Frances Gummoe 1845–
    4. 4. Ellen Gummoe 1848–
    5. 5. Louis Gummoe 1851–1917
    6. 6. William Gummo 1855–1898 m. Julia (Ann) Doody 1858–
    7. 7. Anna (Maria) Gummo 1856–1934
    8. 8. Samuel Gummo 1858–1925
    9. 9. Hannah Gummo 1857–
  6. 6. William Bray 1805–1862 m. Mary (Ellen) Sampson 1805–1885
    1. 1. JANE BRAY 1831–
    2. 2. Eliza Puckey 1833–1921 m. James Puckey 1833–1898
      1. 1. Simon Puckey 1872–1935
      2. 2. Eliza (Jane) Puckey 1859–1915
      3. 3. William (J.) Puckey 1862–1928
      4. 4. Charles Puckey 1867–1926
      5. 5. Annie Puckey 1866–
      6. 6. Frederick Puckey 1869–1937
      7. 7. Walter Puckey 1875–1936
      8. 8. Alice Puckey 1879–1882
      9. 9. Sarah (Ann) Puckey 1859–
    3. 3. ANN BRAY 1846–
    4. 4. Melora Bray 1849–1907 m. John Hill 1851–1917 m. Richard Curtis 1847–1899
      1. 1. Robert Hill 1879–1956
      2. 2. Alfred Hill 1882–
      3. 3. John Hill 1884–
      4. 4. Willie Hill 1888–
      5. 5. Arthur Hill 1890–1918
      6. 6. Ernest (Parker) Hill 1893–1975
    5. 5. James Bray 1844–1928 m. Mary (Ellen) Bennett 1856–1940
      1. 1. Joseph (G) Bray 1880–1966
      2. 2. John (Thomas) Bray 1877–1936
      3. 3. Walter (Ellsworth) Bray 1891–1944
      4. 4. Lillie (Mae) Lee 1889–1957
      5. 5. Jane Huling 1882–1963
      6. 6. Charles (B.) Bray 1884–1960
      7. 7. Fred Bray 1887–1939
    6. 6. William (Sampson) Bray 1842–1912
    7. 7. Catherine Bray 1839–1849

John Bray's Timeline

5 Records

1776
1776
Birth of John Bray in Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
1776
28 Jun 1776
John Bray was baptized in Stoke Damerel,Devon,England
Stoke Damerel,Devon,England
1802
Abt 1802
Age 26
John Bray resided here in Tavistock St Eustachius
Tavistock St Eustachius
1817
Abt 1817
Age 41
John Bray resided here in Tavistock St Eustachius
Tavistock St Eustachius
1842
about 1842
Age 66
Death of John Bray in Tavistock Devonshire, United Kingdom
Tavistock Devonshire, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1776
    Event Place: Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 28 Jun 1776
    Event Place: Stoke Damerel,Devon,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1802
    Event Place: Tavistock St Eustachius
    Record Source: Devon, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1817
    Event Place: Tavistock St Eustachius
    Record Source: Devon, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: about 1842
    Event Place: Tavistock Devonshire, United Kingdom
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
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