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Thomas Leander Ray 1727 – 1815 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1727

Birth Location: Ireland or Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 1815

Death Location: Yancey County, North Carolina, USA

Father: Archibald Rhea

Mother: Mary Hastey

Spouse(s): Cecelia Arrington

Children(s): Hiram Ray

Born in 1727 in Ireland or Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA, Thomas Leander Ray Sr was the child of Archibald John Henry Rhea and Mary Hannah Keightly Hastey. In time, Thomas Leander Ray Sr married Cecelia "Celia" Arrington, and they raised a family that included Hiram Washington Ray. Thomas Leander Ray Sr died in Yancey County, North Carolina, USA in 1815.

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Parents

Archibald Rhea
1702 – 1750
Birth Location: Province of Connacht, County Roscommon, Roscommon, Connaught, Ireland
AR
Mary Hastey
1705 – 1818
Birth Location: Connacht, Roscommon, Ireland
MH

Spouses(s)

Cecelia Arrington
1756 – 1792
Birth Location: Madison County, North Carolina, USA
CA

Children(s)

Hiram Ray
1784 – 1839
Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America
HR

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1726
    Event Place: British Virginia, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1726
    Event Place: Roscommon, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1727
    Event Place: Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1726
    Event Place: Roscommon Ireland or Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1727
    Event Place: Ireland or Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince Georges, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1757
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1757
    Event Place: Virginia, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1770
    Event Place: VA

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1771
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Bef. 1774
    Event Place: Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1777
    Event Place: Burke Co, NC

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 1780
    Event Place: Yancey, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 08 Mar 1794
    Event Place: Craven, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 23 January 1804
    Event Place: Bath, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Yancey, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1815
    Event Place: Yancy, North Carolina, United States/ US Navy Casuality -ship Epervier- lost on vessel

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1815
    Event Place: , Yancey County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1815
    Event Place: Yancey, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1815
    Event Place: Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
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