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Robert Ray 1732 – 1793 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1732

Birth Location: Ireland, NC

Death Date: Feb 1793

Death Location: Orange Co, , North Carolina, USA

Father: Robert Ray

Mother: **Catherine Hamilton

Spouse(s): Hannah Messey

Children(s): Francis Ray

Robert Ray was born in 1732 in Ireland, NC, the child of Robert Rhea Ray and **Catherine Hamilton. Robert Ray married Hannah Messey, and had children including Francis Fanny Ray. Robert Ray passed away in 1793 in Orange Co, , North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Robert Ray was born in 1732 in Ireland, NC, the child of Robert Rhea Ray and **Catherine Hamilton.
  • Robert Ray married Hannah Messey, and had children including Francis Fanny Ray.
  • Robert Ray passed away in 1793 in Orange Co, , North Carolina, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Robert Ray's Ancestors

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Robert Ray
1732 – 1793
Birth Place: Ireland, NC
Parents
Robert Rhea Ray
1710 – 1786
Caswell, North Carolina, USA
**Catherine Hamilton
1712 – 1769
Ards, Donegal, Ireland
Grandparents
Robert Rhea
1657 – 1718
St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Jennett (Bizet 'Janet') Hampton
1668 – 1761
EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Andrew Hamilton
1690 – 1754
Ards, Donegal, Ireland
JANE (ANN) CONINGHAM
1692 – 1767
Ards, Donegal, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Rhea
1638 –
Elizabeth Hill
1630 –
John Hampton
1643 – 1702
Katherine Cloudsley
1646 – 1683
William Hamilton
1650 – 1762
2nd-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

Robert Ray's Descendants

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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 – )
        1. 1. Robert (M) Foster (14 July 1842 – 12 July 1904) m. Cordelia (Elizabeth) Shaver (abt 1850 – ) m. Mary (F) Dozier (Jan 1854 – )

Robert Ray's Timeline

2 Records

1732
1732
Birth of Robert Ray in Ireland, NC
Ireland, NC
1793
Feb 1793
Age 61
Death of Robert Ray in Orange Co, , North Carolina, USA
Orange Co, , North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1732
    Event Place: Ireland, NC

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1793
    Event Place: Orange Co, , North Carolina, USA

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