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SAMUEL Ray 1687 – 1744 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1687

Birth Location: Salem Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1744

Death Location: wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: SAMUEL RAE

Mother: MARY SKELTON

Spouse(s): Helen Walker

Children(s): BENJAMIN RAY

1687 marked the beginning of SAMUEL Ray's life in Salem Essex, Massachusetts, USA, to parents SAMUEL B RAE and MARY SKELTON. Eventually, SAMUEL Ray married Helen Walker, and they welcomed BENJAMIN ZELOTUS RAY. SAMUEL Ray passed in 1744 at wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Parents

SAMUEL RAE
1652 – 1718
Birth Location: salem, village, Massachusetts, USA
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MARY SKELTON
1655 – 1747
Birth Location: MASSACHUSETTS
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Spouses(s)

Helen Walker
1697 – 1758
Birth Location: Elizabeth City, Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

BENJAMIN RAY
1725 – 1787
Birth Location: wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1687
    Event Place: Salem Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1744
    Event Place: wrenthum, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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