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Robert Rhea Ray 1710 – 1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1710 or 1725

Birth Location: Caswell, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: July 1786

Death Location: Orange, North Carolina, USA

Father: Robert Rhea

Mother: Jennett Hampton

Spouse(s): **Catherine Hamilton

Children(s): Robert Ray

Robert Rhea Ray was born in 1710 in Caswell, North Carolina, USA, the child of Robert Rhea and Jennett Bizet 'Janet' Hampton. Robert Rhea Ray married **Catherine Hamilton, and had children including Robert Ray. Robert Rhea Ray passed away in 1786 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Robert Rhea Ray was born in 1710 in Caswell, North Carolina, USA, the child of Robert Rhea and Jennett Bizet 'Janet' Hampton.
  • Robert Rhea Ray married **Catherine Hamilton, and had children including Robert Ray.
  • Robert Rhea Ray passed away in 1786 in Orange, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Rhea
1657 – 1718
Birth Location: St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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Jennett Hampton
1668 – 1761
Birth Location: EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
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Spouses(s)

**Catherine Hamilton
1712 – 1769
Birth Location: Ards, Donegal, Ireland
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Children(s)

Robert Ray
1732 – 1793
Birth Location: Ireland, NC
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Robert Ray's Ancestors

Self
Robert Ray
1710 – 1786
Birth Place: Caswell, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Robert Rhea
1657 – 1718
St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Jennett (Bizet 'Janet') Hampton
1668 – 1761
EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Grandparents
Robert Rhea
1638 –
Saint Ninians, Stirling, Scotland
Elizabeth Hill
1630 –
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
John Hampton
1643 – 1702
Elphingstoun, East, Lothian, Scotland
Katherine Cloudsley
1646 – 1683
Drumbuoy, East Lothian, , Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John RHEA
1615 –
Jennet LINDSEY
1619 –
Ninian Hill
1597 – 1662
Agnes Lindsay
1603 – 1662
John Hampton
1617 – 1665
Jenet GRIGG
1621 – 1702
Robert Cloudslay
1620 – 1654
Mary Potter
1645 – 1713
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Lindsey
1595 –
Johne Hall
1574 – 1620
Jeane Whytbrow
1570 – 1640
Elizabeth Hampton
1596 – 1626
William Grigg
1590 – 1660
Grissell Bennet
1600 – 1660
John (Cluidslie)(Cluifaslie)
1600 – 1626
Agnes Perrie
1600 – 1697
Thomas Potter
1630 – 1703

Robert Ray's Descendants

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Robert (Rhea) Ray (1710 or 1725 – July 1786) m. **Catherine Hamilton (1712 – 1769)
  1. 1. Robert Ray (1732 – Feb 1793) m. Hannah Messey (1742 – 7 March 1792)
    1. 1. Francis (Fanny) Ray (1764 – 1789) m. Thomas Hulgan (1750 – 24 Jul 1794)
      1. 1. Stephen Hulgan (1779 – 1 Dec 1845) m. Sarah ("Sallie") Miller (1780 – 3 Oct 1841)
        1. 1. Isabelle Hulgins (1814 – ) m. Henry Foster (01 Jan 1810 – )

Robert Ray's Timeline

2 Records

1710
1710 or 1725
Birth of Robert Rhea Ray in Caswell, North Carolina, USA
Caswell, North Carolina, USA
1786
July 1786
Age 76
Death of Robert Rhea Ray in Orange, North Carolina, USA
Orange, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1710 or 1725
    Event Place: Caswell, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: July 1786
    Event Place: Orange, North Carolina, USA
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