1. Edward² Gray (John¹ Graie) was born 15 April 1623 in Stapleford Tawny, Essex, England, and died 30 June 1681 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussets¹. He married (1) Mary Winslow 16 January 1650/51 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussets^2,3, daughter of John Winslow and Mary Chilton. She was born 1630 in Boston, Massachussets³, and died 1663 in Boston, Massachussets³. He married (2) Dorothy Lettice³ 12 December 1665 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussets^4,5, daughter of Thomas Lettice and Ann Savoy. She was born 1643 in Lincolnshire, England, and died 30 May 1728 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussets.

Notes for Edward Gray:

Edward and his brother Thomas were shipped to America (Plymouth colony) in about 1638 as boys. There was a family disbute about inheritance. Apparently the oldest brother (unnamed) wanted the family fortune and didn't want to share with the younger brothers when they came of age. So the oldest brother shipped Edward and Thomas to Plymouth as apprentices or indentured servants (no real good records on this). This didn't deture the boys as they became highly respected business men, and acquired some wealth. Edward was primarily responsable for the Pocasset Purchase but died before he could complete it. His wife carried on and completed the purchase and subdivided the plots on her own.

Edward Gray born 15 april 1623

died June 1681

Later information; Edward's Tombstone still exists at Plymouth on the original Pilgrim Burial Hill. His is the only stone still there of the original Pilgrims.

Sources;

Mormon Microfeche

Gen Dict. of R.I. - Austin

Little Compton Families - Wilbour

Boston Transcript - Jan 1941

1643 He was listed as a merchant, thus early at Plymouth.

7 Aug. 1650 He was to have a bushel of Indian corn for damage done by the cattle of Edward Doty in his corn.

1654 Plymouth; Surveyor of Highways

1 May 1655 He was complained of by Samuel Cuthbert regarding a cow exchanged by Gray for a lot. The court found Cuthbert's complaint in a great measure unjust, Gray having as appeared given Cuthbert leave to make choice of a cow out of his cattle, whereupon the court persuaded Gray to accept three bushels of Indian corn for wintering the cow, and so the difference ended.

3 Feb 1656 He having had a controversy with Francis Billington about two iron wedges, the court ordered them to be delivered to latter.

2 Feb 1658 He complained against Joseph Billington for neglecting to pay a small debt due.

6 Dec 1659 He and another appeared at court to lay claim to a parcel of iron wedges which an Indian had stolen and sold at Taunton, and the court took a course to have the Indian apprehended.

3 Jun 1662 He was granted a double share of land.

10 Jun 1662 The house bought by the country of him was to be repaired by order of the court.

31 Oct 1666 He was awarded 20s. from Joseph Billington for hunting his ox with a dog and for wrong done his swine and fence, and he was to have returned to him the scythes used by Billington without Gray's leave.

5 Mar 1667 His land at Rocky Nook, Plymouth, was to be ranged and have a highway laid out by it.

3 Jun 1668 He was fined 10s. for using reviling speeches to John Bryant on the Lord's Day as soon as they came out of the meeting.

29 Oct 1668 He was to have two barrels of tar, returned him and 8s. paid him for proving it was his.

2 Mar 1669 John Bryant was now fined 10s. for using reviling speeches to Edward Gray as soon as they came out of meeting on the Lord's day.

29 May 1670 Freeman

24 Jun 1670 He and seven others agreed for two years to pay 8s. per small barrel and 12s. per great barrel for good merchantable tar delivered at waterside in good casks.

8 Mar 1671 He was to have paid him 20s. from a man for pilfering his tobacco, and the culprit was whipped at the post and ordered to depart the government.

1671 Grand Jury

4 Mar 1674 He was granted 100 acres at Titicut.

1676-77-78-79. Deputy

13 Jul 1677 He was on a committee respecting depts due the colony and to balance accounts between towns concerning late war.

3 Oct 1677 He was to have, with two others all the herbage and grass which shall grow on the country's lands at Pocassett and places adjoining for one year, they paying 10£ for the privilege.

6 Jun 1678 He was licensed to sell some small quantities of liquor as he may have occasion, to such as are or may be employed by him in fishing, and such like occasion, for their use and refreshing.

5 Mar 1680 He and seven others bought Pocasset (Tiverton) lands for 1100£ of Governor Josiah Winslow. His share was 9-30 of the purchase.

7 Jul 1681 Administration to widow Dorothy.

8 Mar 1683 The court allowed his widow 60£ out of his estate towards bringing up his three youngest children.

Tiverton Grand Deed

To all to whom these presents shall come--------- Josiah Winslow Esq. Gov.r of

the colony of new plymouth Major William Bradford Treasurer of the sd coloney Mr

Thomas Hinkley & James Cudworth Assistants to the said Governor send

Greeting.--- Whereas wee the said Governor - Treasurer Thomas Hinkley & James

Cudworth or any two of us by virtue of an order of the General Court of the

Colony aforesaid: bearing date November 1676: are Impowered in the sd colony's

behalf to make sale of certain lands belonging to the colony aforesd & to make &

seale Deeds for the confirmation of the same as by the said order remaining on

record in the said court Roles more at large appeareth. Now Know Yee that wee

the sd Governor, Treasurer, Thomas Hinkley & James Cudworth: As Agents. & in the

behalf of the said Collony, for & in consideration of One Thousand one hundred

pounds in lawful money of New England to us in hand before the ensealing &

delivery of these presents, well & truly paid by Edward Gray of Plimoth, in the

Colony aforesd Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield in the colony aforesaid Benjamin

Church of Puncatest in the colony aforesaid, Christopher Almy Job Almy Thomas

Waite of Portsmouth in the Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations,

Daniel Wilcox of Puncatest & William Manchester of Puncatest in the Colony of

New Plymouth aforesd -- with which sum wee the sd Agents do acknowledge to be

fully satisfyed & contented & paid and thereof doe acquit & discharge the sd

Edward Gray, Nathaniel Thomas, Benjamin Church, Christopher Almy, Job Almy,

Thomas Waite Daniel Wilcox and William Manchester, their either & every of their

heirs, executors, administrators & afsignes forever: By these presents: Have

given, granted, bargained, sould, aliened, enfeofed, & confirmed: & by these

presents for us & for the sd Colony of New Plimouth, Doe freely, fully &

absolutely give grant bargain, sell, alien, enfeof & confirm unto the said

Edward Gray, Nathaniel Thomas, Benjamin Church, Christopher Almy, Job Almy,

Thomas Waite, Daniel Wilcox & William Manchester; all those lands Situate, Lying

& being at Pocafsett & places adjacent in the Colony of New Plimouth aforesaid:

& is bounded as followeth. Viz. Northwards & Eastwards by the freemans Lotts,

near the fall River: Westward by the bay or sound that runneth between the said

lands & Rhode Island, Southward, partly by Succonit bound & partly by Dartmouth

bounds, & Northward & Eastward up into the woods till it meets with the lands

formerly granted by the court to other men, & legally obtained by them from the

Natives, not extending farther than middlebury towne bounded & Quitquiefsett

Ponds (only Excepting & Reserving out of this Bargain & saile one hundred acres

of land, granted & laid out to Capt Roger Goulding & one hundred acres of land

granted & laid out to David & Thomas Lake & the lands of Right appertaining to

Punkatest Purchase, & the lands formerly granted by the Court of Plimouth to

Capt Richard Morris) To have and to Hold, all the above mentioned and bounded

lands, with all & singular the woods, coves, creeks, ponds, brooks, benefits,

profits, priveleges & hereditaments whatsoever, in before arising accruing,

belonging, or thereunto in anyways appertaining, or to any part or parcel

thereof, to them the said Edward Gray, Nathaniel Thomas, Benjamin Church,

Christopher Almy, Job Almy, Thomas Waite, Daniel Wilcox & William Manchester:

them & every of them, their heirs & assigns forever. (That is to say) To the sd

Edward Gray, nine shares or thirtieth parts of the sd lands to him his heirs &

afsigns forever:- To the said Nathaniel Thomas five shares or thirtieth parts of

all the sd lands to him, his heirs & afsigns forever:- & to the sd Benjamin

Church one share to him his heirs & afsigns forever: To the said Christopher

Almy three shares & three quarters of one share to him, his heirs & afsigns

forever: & to the sd Job Almy three shares & one quarter of one share to him,

his heirs & afsigns forever: To the sd Thomas Waite one share, to him his heirs

& afsigns forever: To the sd Daniel Wilcox two shares to him, his heirs &

afsigns forever: & To the said William Manchester five shares, to him, his heirs

and afsigns forever. And We the sd Governor, Treasurer, Thomas Hinkley, & James

Cudworth, for us, as agents of the sd Colony of new plimouth, for the sucfesive

governor & treasurer thereof To & with the sd Edward Gray, Nathaniel Thomas,

Benjamin Church, Christopher Almy, Job Almy, Thomas Waite, Daniel Wilcox &

William Manchester, & every of them, their & every of their heires, executors,

administrators & afsigns, Doe promis, covenant & grant in manner & form

following, that is to say: that wee the sd agents have full power & lawful

authority to bargain sell & confirm all & singular the above granted & bargained

premises: & thereof to make a pure & perfect Estate of Inheritance, in fee

simple, in manner & form above Exprefsed: and that the sd lands & every part &

parcel thereof at the time of the ensealing & delivery of these presents is free

& cleare, & freely & clearly acguitted of & from all other & former gifts,

grants, bargains, sales, titles, troubles, charges, & inncumberances Whatsoever:

& That We the sd Governor, Treasurer, Thomas Hinkley & James Cudworth & the

Sucfefive Governor, Government & Treasurer of the Colony of new plimouth

aforesaid, to the sd Edward Gray, Nathaniel Thomas, Benjamin Church, Christopher

Almy, Job Almy, Thomas Waite, Daniel Wilcox & William Manchester, them & every

of them, their & every of their heirs & afsigns, shall & will Warrant, all and

singular, the above granted premises, & every part & parcel thereof, from all

Lawful claims. And forever confirm the same by these presents, In Witnefs

whereof wee the said Governor, Treasurer, Thomas Hinkley & James Cudworth have

hereunto set our hands, and the publiqe seal of the sd Colony of Newplimoth the

fifth day of March, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred & Seventy &

in the Thirty 2d year of the Reigne of our sovraine Lord Charles the second, by

the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France & Ireland King - Defender of the

faith & @. ----

Signed Sealed & Del'd Josiah Winslow, Gov'r

in the presence of us Will. Bradford, Treas'r

John Freeman Tho's Hinkley

Daniel Smith James Cudworth - Afsistants

This Instrument was owned & acknowledged by

Josiah Winslow Esq Governor - Wm. Bradford- (SEAL)

Tho's Hinkley & Ja's Cudworth March 6, 1679/80

before me John Alden Afsistant

Children of Edward Gray and Mary Winslow are:

Children of Edward Gray and Dorothy Lettice are:

2. Desire³ Gray (Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 06 November 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts¹⁰, and died 04 December 1690¹¹. She married Nathaniel Southworth 10 January 1671/72 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, son of Constant Southworth and Elizabeth Collier. He was born 1648¹¹, and died 14 January 1710/11¹¹.

Children of Desire Gray and Nathaniel Southworth are:

4. Elizabeth³ Gray (Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 11 February 1657/58 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts¹². She married Seth Arnold¹³ 10 January 1671/72 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was born Abt. 1655.

Notes for Seth Arnold:

Will of Seth Arnold, yeoman of Duxbury, Massachusetts; Plymouth County Probate Record 4:307-8

Dated 11 Dec 1715, mentions wife Elizabeth; sons Edward Arnold, James Arnold, Benjamin Arnold; Two children of deceased daughter Desire Bartlett, Viz: Sarah Bartlett, Seth Bartlett. Witnesses: Samuel Seabury, Isreal Sylvester, Isaac Barker. Sworn by Samuel Seabury 11 Dec 1721, by Isaac Barker 31 Oct 1721. Proved 22 Dec 1721

Children of Elizabeth Gray and Seth Arnold are:

5. Sarah³ Gray (Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 12 August 1659 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts¹⁴, and died 14 February 1736/37 in Bristol, Massachusetts¹⁵. She married (1) Albert Morton Abt. 1680. He was born Abt. 1655. She married (2) Samuel Little 18 May 1682 in Marshfield, Massachusetts¹⁵, son of Thomas Little and Anna Warren. He was born Abt. 1656 in Marshfield, Massachusetts¹⁶, and died 16 January 1707/08 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts^17,18.

Children of Sarah Gray and Samuel Little are:

7. Edward³ Gray (Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 31 January 1666/67 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts^21,22, and died 1726 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island²³. He married (1) Mary Smith^24,25 Bef. 1691 in Boston, Massachussets, daughter of Philip Smith and Mary. She was born Abt. 1669 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, and died Aft. 03 November 1707 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island. He married (2) Mary Manchester Aft. 03 November 1707 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, daughter of William Manchester and Mary Cook. She was born Abt. 1676 in Prob Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 1729 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island²⁶.

Notes for Edward Gray:

7 Oct 1696;Bought certain lands in Tiverton of Caleb and Lydia Loring of Plymouth for £230.

10 Dec 1722; Will proved 7 Jun 1726. Executors sons Philip and Thomas.

Edward Gray of Tiv. will

Dated 10 Dec 1722 Proved 7 Jun 1726

Will of Edward Gray of Tiverton R.I.

In the name of GOD Amen, The tenth day of december in the year of our Lord One

Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty Two, I Edward Gray of Tiverton in the County

of Bristol within the Provance of ye Massachusets Bay in New England yeoman in

good health and of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God for it,

calling to mind the mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed for

all men once to dye, to make and ordain this my last Will and Testament: That is

to say principally and first of all I give and recomend my soul to the Hands of

God who gave it; and my body I recomend into the earth to be buried in Christian

manner, at ye descretion of my executors, and as touching such worldly estate

wherewith it has pleased God to bless, and in this life I give devise and

dispose of ye same in the following manner and form...

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Mary Manchester Gray during her

widowhood, the new addition on the east side of my dwelling house both upper

rooms and cellar, and the use of six rows of apple trees on the north side of my

orchard, and liberty to cutt what shall be necessary for her fire off that land

hereafter given to Philip and Thomas, without her making trip or waste, and ye

improvement of ye garden on the north side of ye house. I also freely give and

bequeath to her, one hundred pounds in bills of Publick Credit, six cows ye best

I have, and one of my mares, and my negro women called Tippa, and one fourth of

my household goods. All the above mentioned I give her she quitting her legal

claim to the thirds of my estate and not otherwise...

ITEM: I give unto my son(beloved) Phillip Gray Three, fifty acre lots where I

now live Viz: ye fourth fifth and sixth in No. and also the full breadth of ye

sd lots in the land lying at ye head of them unto the highway of Eight Rods wide

with all the buildings orchards etc. upon the said lots and also one half of

three lots of marsh viz. of fifth sixth and seventh in No. lying at ye foot of

said lots called by the Proprietors, Punkatees and Sepauit meadows and also two

lots and a half of land lying in Sepauit(which lots contain about ten acres a

piece), viz: ye tenth and eleventh and one half of ye twelvth, and also all my

salt meadow in ye second lot in Sepauit, excepting what I shall hereafter give

to my sons William and Samuel, all of which sd. parcels of land I give unto him

his heires and assigns forever, he paying as a Legacy to my son Thomas Gray

twenty pounds in current money or Bills of ye Publick Credit, and paying also to

my daughter Hannah, as Legacy (one good feather bed, one good pair of sheets,

two good blankets, a good coverlid and a good suit of courtains) and so much in

money or Bills of ye Publick Credit as shall make up what I gave her in my

lifetime, (which shall appear by my book) one hundred and fifty pounds...

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved son Thomas Gray, three fifty acre lots

Viz: the first second and third No: and also the full breadth of ye sd lots in

the land lying at ye head of them unto the afore sd highway of eight rods wide,

and also one half of three lots viz: ye fifth sixth and seventh lot No. called

by the Proprietors, Punkatees and Sepauit meadows, the said three lots to be

equally divided between Philip and Thomas, I give and bequeath to him also two

lots and a half of land lying in Sepauit viz: the thirteenth and fourteenth and

a half ye twelfth, all of which parcels of land I give unto him sd Thomas his

heirs and assigns forever. Repaying as a Legacy to my daughter Sarah wife of

Samuel Bradford, so much as shall make up what I gave her in my lifetime (which

shall appear by my book) one hundred and thirty pounds...

ITEM: I give and bequeath jointly between my two aforesd beloved sons Phillip

and Thomas Gray, that lot of land which my son Edward formerly lived on, being

the thirtyeth in No. with the buildings etc. upon it and two lots of meadow

lying at ye foot of sd. lot Viz. the third and fourth in No; containing about

ten acres each, and also all my right in the thirteen lot in the fresh meadow,

to them, their heirs and assigns forever, to be equally divided between them.

They paying as a Legacy to my daughter Elizabeth so much as shall make up what I

have given her in my lifetime (which appears by my book) one hundred and fifty

pounds in money or Bills of Publick Credit, and also paying several suits of

money as I have by four several bonds under my hand and seal, bearing date

December ye sixth, One thousand Seven hundred and Twenty Two obliged** heirs,

executors and administrators. To my daughter in law Recka(Rebecca) Gray to pay

ye children of my son Edward Gray dec'd with bonds I have given for my sd

grandchildren** in my estate.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved son John Gray one piece of land

containing about twenty acres, lying on the west side of the Great Highway that

leads to Seconet, bounded northerly by the land I have given to my son Philip,

southerly by the land of John Manchester, westerly by the salt meadow, and also

another piece of land lying on the east side of the sd. highway, bounded also

northerly by land I have given to Philip, and southerly by John Manchesters

land, and so to extend eastward to the sd. highway, of Eight Rods wide: and also

all my right in the eighth lot of meadow, and also two acres of meadow that I

have bought of Col. Thomas, both which pieces of meadow lye in the meadows

called ye Punkateese and Sepauit meadows, to him, his Heirs and assigns forever,

repaying as a Legacy to my daughter Lydia Gray so much money or Bills of Publick

Credit, as shall make what I gave her in my lifetime, (which shall appear by my

book) One hundred and Twenty pounds, and one good feather bed, one pair of

sheets, two blankets one coverlid and a suite of curtains, all to be paid unto

her one year after he comes into possession of said lands.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved son William Gray one six score acre lot

in the Punkatees purchase the twenty ninth in No: and the western most end of

another six score acre lot and the twenty sixth in No: and one half of my right

in a lot of land lying in Sepauit called the fifteenth lot, and also one half of

my swamp in Sapauit, and half of five acres lying adjoining to the first lot,

and twenty pounds in money or Bills of Publick Credit to be paid out of my

movable estate, and my negro boy called Sambo: the land to him his heirs and

assigns forever, and my will is that my son william be maintained by my

executors until he be fourteen years of age.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved son Samuel Gray about three score acres

of land, being the westernmost end of the twenty fourth lot among the six score

acre lots in the Punkatees Purchase and the other half of my right in a lot of

land in Sepauit called the fifteenth lot, also one half of my swamp in Sepauit,

and half of five acres lying in and adjoining the first lot, (the other half of

these mentioned being given to William, they are to be equally divided them) to

him, his Heirs and assigns forever. I give him my son Samuel also Two hundred

pounds in money or Bills of Publick Credit, out of my moveable estate. To be

improved by my executors for his maintainance and education until he be Twenty

one years of age and then paid him. I give also to my last mentioned sons

William and Samuel, to them their Heirs and assigns forever one half of a lot of

land being about ten acres lying in Sepauit the ninth lot in No: to be equally

divided between them.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Mary the wife of John Bennet,

(besides what I have already done for her) five shillings.

ITEM: I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Phebe so much in money or bills

of Publick Credit, as shall make up what I gave her in my life time, (which

shall appear by my book) One hundred and fifty pounds out of my moveable estate.

ITEM: My will is that if either of my sons which I had by my first wife shall

dye before he be twenty one years of age, and without lawful issue that then the

land which I have given to him shall be inherited by the surviving son of my

first wife. And also if either of my sons by this wife dye before he be twenty

one years of age and without lawful issue, that the land which I have given him

shall be equally divided between the surviving sons of my present wife.

ITEM: My will is, all the rest of my estate not heretofore disposed of in this

Will shall be equally divided between them or among my eight youngest children

Viz: Philip, Thomas, John, William, Samuel, Phebe, Hannah and Lydia: always

provided that if my Executors see it necessary for the paying of Legacies, or

maintainance of my young children they make sale of my outlands, or what part of

them may be needful.

ITEM: My will is that if any of my lands, which I have given to my sons, or any

part of them should be taken from them by law within the space of ten years

after my decease, that the loss shall be equally born among all my sons.

(ITEM: (entire item crossed out on orig) My will is that if either of my sons

which I had by my first wife, dye before he be twenty one years of age, and

without lawful issue then that land which I have given to him shall be inherited

by the surviving son of my first wife)

And (as above)

ITEM: I do hereby constitute and ordain my trusty and well beloved sons Philip

Gray and Thomas Gray joint executors of this my last Will and Testament and I do

hereby utterly revoke, disanull and disallow all former wills, executors, or

bequests whatsoever by me made rattifying and confirming this and no other to be

my last will and testament.

Signed and Sealed ETCG Signature of Edward Gray

Witnesses:John Palmer

Jonas Land Wax Seal

Rich Billings

Children of Edward Gray and Mary Smith are:

Children of Edward Gray and Mary Manchester are:

9. Thomas³ Gray (Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 1669 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts³⁹, and died 05 November 1721 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^40,41. He married (1) Anna Little 03 July 1694 in Boston, Massachusetts⁴², daughter of Ephraim Little and Mary Sturtevant. She was born 23 August 1673 in Marshfield, Massachusetts^42,43, and died 16 October 1706 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^44,45. He married (2) Phebe Peckham Bef. 24 June 1709⁴⁶, daughter of John Peckham and Eleanor. She was born Abt. 1666 in Prob Newport, Rhode Island⁴⁶, and died Bef. 15 December 1746 in Prob Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island⁴⁶.

Notes for Thomas Gray:

From Abstract of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records Volume 1

Page 84

Will of Thomas Gray of Lit. Comp., Yeoman, "being sicke & weak," dtd. 21 Sept. 1721, prob. 23 Nov. 1721. Wife Pheby. 2 sons: Thomas & Edward Gray. Daus: Anna Richmond & Rebeccah Gray. Grchldn. Barzeller Richmond, Mary Gray & Anstes Gray. Warren Gibs, son of my kinsman Nathaniel Gibs. Mentions : my negro maid Peg, negro woman Sarah, negro man Will, mulatto girl Almey & mulatto boys Solomon & Jefery. Mentions his land in Lit. Comp. & Tiv. & house lots in "Plimouth Town." Witns: Capt. John Palmer, William Simmonds & Nathaniel Searles [4:19/20/1/2/3].

Codicil to will by Thomas Gray of Lit. Comp., dtd. 21 Oct. 1721. Wife Pheby. Sons Thomas & Edward. Witns: Silvester Richmond, Jonathan Davenport, Jr. & Nathaniel Searles [4:24/5].

Inv of Est of Capt. Thomas Gray of Lit. Comp., dtd. 7 Nov. 1721, pres. by Thomas & Edward Gray, sons & Execs. Apprs: Thomas Church, William Pabody & John Wood [4:25/6/7/8].

Children of Thomas Gray and Anna Little are:

14. Samuel³ Gray (Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 1682 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts^57,58,59, and died 23 March 1711/12 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^60,61,62. He married Deborah Church 13 July 1699 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^63,64, daughter of Joseph Church and Mary Tucker. She was born 12 March 1676/77 in Hingham, Massachusetts^65,66,67, and died 08 June 1752 in Lebanon, Connecticut⁶⁸.

Notes for Samuel Gray:

From Abstract of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records.

Page 55

Will of Samuel Grey of Lit. Comp., Yeoman, dtd. 20 March 1712, prob. 7 Apr. 1712. Wife Deborah. Sons: Samuel (eldest), Simeon & Ignatious Grey. Daus: Dorothy & Lidiah Grey. Brother Thomas Grey, Exec. Friends William Pabodie & John Palmer & my brother John Church to be Overseers. Witns: Edward Gray, Jonathan Head & Richard Billings [3:88/9].

Page 56

Inv. of Samuel Grey of Lit. Comp., dtd. 2 Apr. 1712, pres. by Mrs. Deborah Grey, his widow, & by Thomas Grey, his brother, Execs. Apprs.: John Palmer, John Church & William Pabodie [3:89/90].

Children of Samuel Gray and Deborah Church are:

22. Desire⁴ Arnold (Elizabeth³ Gray, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born Abt. 1680 in Prob Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, and died Bef. 11 December 1715 in Duxbury, Massachusetts⁷⁰. She married Ichabod Bartlett 14 November 1709 in Duxbury, Massachusetts⁷⁰, son of Benjamin Bartlett and Sissilla Nickerson. He was born Bef. May 1674 in Duxbury, Massachusetts⁷¹, and died Bef. 01 January 1716/17 in Duxbury, Massachusetts⁷².

Children of Desire Arnold and Ichabod Bartlett are:

24. Sarah⁴ Little (Sarah³ Gray, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 23 July 1685 in Marshfield, Massachusetts⁷³, and died 19 March 1741/42 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island⁷⁴. She married Richard Billings Abt. 1703 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island⁷⁴. He was born 21 September 1675 in Dorchester, Massachusetts⁷⁴, and died 20 November 1748 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island⁷⁴.

Children of Sarah Little and Richard Billings are:

25. Samuel⁴ Little (Sarah³ Gray, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 07 November 1691 in Marshfield, Massachusetts⁷⁸, and died 08 January 1739/40 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts⁷⁹. He married (1) Mary Briggs 10 May 1714 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island⁸⁰. She died July 1729 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts⁸⁰. He married (2) Hannah Haile 29 October 1730 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts⁸⁰, daughter of Richard Haile and Mary Bullock. She was born 08 May 1690 in Swansea, Massachusetts⁸⁰, and died Aft. 30 March 1741⁸⁰.

Children of Samuel Little and Mary Briggs are:

Child of Samuel Little and Hannah Haile is:

26. Edward⁴ Little (Sarah³ Gray, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 17 July 1698 in Marshfield, Massachusetts⁸¹, and died Bef. 02 October 1777 in New Haven, Connecticut⁸². He married (1) Mary Walker 07 November 1717 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts⁸², daughter of Thomas Walker and Elzabeth Parris. She was born 28 July 1698 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts⁸², and died 25 January 1739/40 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts⁸². He married (2) Mary Kinsman 18 June 1741 in Bristol, Bristol, Massachusetts⁸³, daughter of Robert Kinsman and Rebecca Burley. She was born 20 January 1707/08 in Ipswich, Massachusetts⁸³, and died Aft. 02 October 1777 in New Haven, Connecticut⁸³.

Children of Edward Little and Mary Walker are:

Children of Edward Little and Mary Kinsman are:

32. Philip⁴ Gray (Edward³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 11 February 1701/02 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island^84,85, and died 09 January 1763 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island⁸⁶. He married Sarah Cory Abt. 1725 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island. She was born Abt. 1705, and died 09 March 1791 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island⁸⁶.

Notes for Philip Gray:

Sources;

New England Historical & Genealogical Register vol 1 pg 18 - 151

Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island pg 85

buried at Philip Gray cemetary # 65 Tiverton Rhode Island

Little Comptons Families by Wilbour; His residence was at Tiverton, Rhode Island south of Nanquaket Cove.

Philip's will is recorded at Tiverton, Rhode Island, Book 2; Page 328

The will is as follows, all spellings and punctuation is the same as in the original document.

Probate Book 2; Page 328

In the Name of God Amen! the twenty first Day of April Anno Domini one thousand Seven hundred & Sixty I Philip Gray of Tiverton In the County of Newport In the Colony of Rhode Island In New England yeoman being at this time very sick and weak in body but of a sound Disposing mind perfect memory and understanding thanks be given unto God therefore And Calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament; That is to say principally & first of all I give & recommend my soul into the Hands of God that Gave It and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried In Decent Christian burial at the Discretion of my Executor here after named

It's touching such Each World Estate as It Hath Pleased the Lord to Bless me With In this Life I Give bequeath & Demise in the following manner & form my funeral Charges Just & Lawful Debts being first paid

Impremiss I give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Philip Gray all my homested farm Where I now Live With All the ___ings thereon & priviledges there unto belonging Which I Give unto him his heirs & assigns for Ever More over I Give & bequeath to my Son Philip Gray three thousand pounds In ___ Bills of Credit

Children of Philip Gray and Sarah Cory are:

33. Thomas⁴ Gray (Edward³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 04 February 1703/04 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island^88,89, and died 26 February 1773 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island. He married (1) Elizabeth Sweet 21 March 1721/22 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island. She was born Abt. 1703, and died Bef. 19 November 1728. He married (2) Sarah Bennett 19 November 1728 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island. She was born Abt. 1700.

Notes for Thomas Gray:

Thomas Gray willWill of Thomas Gray - Book 2, pg 195; Tiverton

In the Name of God Amen the Seventh Day of May Anno Domini one thoufand Seven

Hundred Sixty Nine I Thomas Gray of Tiverton In the County of Newport in the

Colony of Rhodeisland in New England Gentlemen being at this time being very

weak of body but of sound & Dispofing mind perfect memory & underftanding thanks

be Given unto God there to fore & Calling to mind the mortality of my body &

knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die do make & ordain this my

Last will & Testament that is to Say principally & front of All I Give And

Recommend my soul into the hands of God that Gave it & my body I Recommend to

the Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian burial at the discretion of my

Executor hereafter named As Touching such worldly Estate as it hath pleased the

Lord to blefs one with in this Life I give Bequeath & Devife in the following

manner & Form my funeral Charges Just & Lawful Debts being first paid

----------------------------------- Imprimis I Give & bequeath to my well

beloved son Edward Gray one Hundred Twenty & five Silver milled Dollars I alfo

give to my son Edward Gray my Great black Horse & Likewife my Negro Peter for

Term of Life ------------------------------------------------

Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved son Thomas Gray one Silver milled

Dollar

Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved son Gideon Gray one Feather bed one

bolfter two pillows & Cafes for the same & two bed cotts one Coverlid & all my

wearing Apparrel and my Gray Mare together with all my swine & the One Third

part Cattel I alfo give to my said son Gideon Gray all my outdoor Farming tools

------ ------- --------

Item I give to my three beloved Daughters Namely Mary Borden Phebe Durfee &

Sarah Cook three Silver milled Dollars to be Equally Divided between them

------- ------- -----

Item I give to my beloved Daughter Elizabeth Gray one half part of my household

goods except what I have before given away together with the one third part of

my Cattle all which I Give to my Said Daughter Elizabeth ------ ----- -----

Item I Give to my beloved granfon Noah Gray my Little Sorril mare

Item I Give to my beloved Granfon Gardner Gray my Yearling Colt

Item I Give and & bequeath unto my well beloved wife Sarah Gray my Rhoan Mare &

side Saddle I alfo Give my said wife the one third part of Cattle together with

the one half of my houfold goods it is to be underftood that all my houfhold

goods is to be Divided between my Daughter Elizabth Gray and my beloved wife

Sarah Gray Except Nothing only but what I have heretofore given to my son Gideon

Gray & my wifes side saddle I alfo give to my beloved wife Sarah Gray all the

Rest of my movable Estate heretofore not disposed of if there be any --------

------ -------- ------- ---------

Item of this my Last will & Testament I So Nominate Constitute and appoint my

true & Loving son Edward Gray Executor Defiring to Take Care to See the Same

Duly & truly fulfilled According to the Intent & meaning thereof I do Hereby

utterly Disannull Revoke Null & void all & every other Testaments wills Legacies

bequests & Executors by me in Any ways before Named willed & bequeathed Ratify &

Confirming this & no other to be my Last will and Testament in writing whereof I

have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day & Year first Before written

Signed Sealed published pronounced & Declared

by the said Thomas Gray as his Last will & Thomas Gray

Testament in the prefence of the subscribers (seal)

John Brown

Thomas Brown

David Wilbour

The forgoing inftrument was exhibited in Town Councill

presented according to Law & was approved of Samuel Durfee

sig prefident June 6 1774 Walter Cook _________

BOOK 4, PG 174 - Thomas' Inventory

Tiverton July 4th AD1774 } An inventory of the Perfonsl Estate

of Thomas Gray who deceased the 26th day of Febuary Last, Shewn

by Edward Gray Executor to the Last Will & Testament of Deceased

Thomas Gray taken by us the Subfcribers the day and year above

mentioned..------------

Item Negro Peter 0 - 6 - 0

one mare 4 - 10 - 0

one bond & interest 374 - 01 - 3

1 old desk & 2 old bedsteads 0 - 18 - 0

2 pitchforks 2 / 1 old table 3 /

a pair of old chairs 6/ 0 - 11 - 0

1 plowshare 12L/ 2 old meat tub 6L 0 - 18 - 0

381 - 04 - 3

Jonathan Devol

John Negus

Child of Thomas Gray and Elizabeth Sweet is:

Children of Thomas Gray and Sarah Bennett are:

34. Hannah⁴ Gray (Edward³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 03 November 1707 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island^91,92,93, and died 20 September 1778 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island⁹⁴. She married Philip Cory 22 September 1727 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island⁹⁵, son of Thomas Cory and Sarah Taber. He was born Abt. 1705 in Tiverton,Newport, Rhode Island^96,97, and died 15 October 1751 in Tiverton,Newport, Rhode Island⁹⁸.

Notes for Hannah Gray:

Hanah Gray Cory's death is recorded in a journal written by Reverand Peleg Burrows. He recorded the burial at the Old Stone Babtist Church at Tiverton, Rhode Island. The date was 20 September 1778.

Hannah and Philip were married 22 Sep 1727 by Justice William Sanford.

Notes for Philip Cory:

Their is not much information on Philip. His Mayflower index number is 47739. Some dates and information can be found in a Microfeche copy of Reverand Peleg Burroughs journal edited by Ruth Widder Sherman. More can be found in Little Comptons Families page 212, also Mayflower Families vol 12; pages 137, 342. An abstract of his will is as follows, some additional information was added by Edna Cory Snell a Cory Genealogist.

I Philip Cory of Tiverton - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Son - Thomas Cory (b July 10, 1731 - d. m. Deborah Almy)

Son - Philip Cory (b Nov 23, 1741 - d. Oct 23, 1802 m. Comfort Hicks)

Son - Isaac Cory (b Nov 13, 1746 - d. Nov 30, 1830 m. )

Wife - Hannah (Gray) Cory - (b. Nov. 3rd, 1707 - Hannah Gray was the daughter of Edward Gray of Tiverton and Granddaughter of Edward Gray of Plymouth, one of the proprietors of the Pocasset Purchase. Edward Gray, who had the greatest real estate holdings, was son of another proprietor Edward Gray of Plymouth. The senior Gray did not live to see the organization of the town, but died in June 1681, and was buried on Burial Hill in Plymouth, where his grave is marked by the oldest lettered tomstone in that famous cemetary of the Pilgrim Fathers. Hannah was the half sister of William whose son Robert Gray discovered the Columbia River.

Daughter - Mary Cory - (b. Oct. 5, 1728 - d. Aug. 27, 1812 - m. Nathaniel Briggs - 2nd wife)

Daughter - Elizabeth Cory - (b. Oct. 6, 1729 - d. )

Daughter - Sarah Cory - (b. June 16, 1734 - d. - m. Nathaniel Briggs - 1st wife)

Will made Sept. 4, 1750

Probated - February 3, 1752

Tiverton, RI Probate Records, Vol. 2 :page 274

I added the dates of births and deaths when I had the information, also some information about the Grays. (E. Snell)

I received this from my mother who got it from Edna Cory Snell many years ago. Edna is still alive (1997) and aged in her 90's. She is a remarkable person and very knowlegable about Cory genealogy.

I recently received a copy of the will from the probate book located at Tiverton, Rhode Island.

Will was written on the 24th of September 1750, proved on 3rd Feb 1752.

Tiverton, Rhode Island; Probate book #2 Pages 274,275.

The spelling is as in the original document, do not change to modern spellings.

Philip Cory Will

I Philip Cory of Tiverton and County of Newport and Colony of Rhode Island and Providence plantations In New England Gent being week in body but of a sound perfect mind memory and understanding praised be almighty God but calling to mind & mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Die Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament in Manner & form following (that is to say) first & principally I Commend my Soule Into ye hands of almighty God Hoping through ye Merrits Death & passion of my saviour Jesus Christ to have full & free pardon & forgiveness of all my sins And to Inherit Everlasting Life & my body I Commit to ye Earth to be Decently buried at ye Discretion of my Executrix herein after Named & cytouching The Disposition of all such Temperal Estate as it hath pleased almighty God to bestow upon me I give & Dispose thereof as followeth.

Imprimis I give & bequeath unto my well beloved son Thomas Cory one half of my homestead farm where I now Live & that to be ye Southerly half & to beset of from ye Northerly half by a line to Run from ye pond parallel with ye south side Line of my homested unto ye head thereof so as to Include Just ye one half of farm to him his heirs & assigns forever I also give unto him my one third part of all my living stock & my gun he providing & allowing unto his mother Hannah Cory as I shall herein after order him

Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Philip Cory one half of my homested farm where I now live & that to be ye northerly half with all ye housing on the same And to beset of from Of Southerly half according as is ordered in my son Thomas Coryes Gift above mentioned I also give unto him my said son Philip Cory one third part of all my living stock to be & Remain unto him his heirs and assigns forever he providing & allowing unto his Mother Hannah Cory as I Shall herein after order him

Item I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Son Isaac Cory my farm that Richard North Now Livith upon & Lyeth in Tiverton afore _____ bounded as followeth Northerly on Land belonging to Joseph Cook Westerly on a purchasors highway Southerly on John Bowens Land Easterly on ye fall River or pond With ye housing on ye same together also with all my Salt meadow & upland Cott Devided & undevided in ye township of Dartmouth in ye County of Bristol in ye province of Massachusetts bay in New England to be & Remain unto him his heirs & assigns forever I also give unto him my said son Isaac Cory one third part of all my living Stock & my Negro boy Named Jubiter for term of life

Item I give & bequeath unto My three Well beloved Sons Namely Thomas Cory Philip Cory & Isaac Cory all my Wearing apparel & husbandry & utencils to be Equally Divided to amongst them my three sons

Item I give & bequeath unto my Well beloved Wife Hannah Cory the use & improvement of the North half of my homested farm with ye housing on ye same which Is North half is herein before Given unto my son Philip Cory I also give her ye use & Improvement of all the Land & Salt meadow Which I have herein before given unto my son Isaac Cory together also With ye use & Improvement of that two third of my Living stock & that two thirds of my said Canery Eutencils which I have herein before given unto my two Sons Namely Philip & Isaac

It is to be understood that my said wife is to have ye Improvements of ye Lands mentioned in this Gift & of ye stock & husbandry Eutencils for & during ye manority of my son Isaac Cory the better to Inable her to bring up my Children to good Larning & for her own Comfortable Support And When my said Son Isaac Cory Comes to ye age of twenty one years then my wife is to Surrender up ye possession of ye said Lands Stock & husbandry Eutencils unto my two said Sons Philip Cory & Isaac Cory as it Was Given And then I Give unto my said wife, ane Good Cow ane good Righding Beast be all together With ye use & Improvement of my house Where Warran Gibs Now liveth & a privilage Round of house & to ye well and I also give unto her Fifteen bushels of Indian corn two hundred Weight of good beaf two hundred Weight of good pork one hundred fifty Weight of Chees fifty Weight of butter and as many apples for Summer & Winter as She Shall have ocation off for her own use & appels Enough to make six barrels of Cider thirty weight of good flax from it ______ ten cords of wood Cut to a suitable Length brought to ye Dore for her use the Keeping of one Cow & one Wriding beast boh winter & summer It is to be understood so much of each Sons yearly & Every year During ye time She remains my widow all to be done delivered as farmed by my two sons Namely Thomas Cory & Philip Cory at equal charges & also give unto her my wife Hannah Cory my Indian boy Named Amos for ye term of years He hath to Living with me - - - - Item

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Itim I give & bequeath unto my well beloved wife Hannah Cory & to my three well beloved Daughters Namely Mary Cory Elizabeth Cory & Sarah Cory all my household goods be them of what Nature or Cind so ever to be Equally Divided between them my said wife & three Daughters____

Itim I give & bequeath unto my three well beloved Daughters Namely Mary Cory - Elizabeth Cory & Sarah Cory all my money or bills of Credit which I have & all which is Ive unto me by any way or means to be equally Divided to & amongst them my said three Daughters

Itim I give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife ye use & Improvement of my Negro Woman Named Fillis & my two Negro garls Named Silve & Jenne for & During ye time she Remains my widow & after my said wife hath done with them I give them to my three Daughters for term of Life & to be Equally Divided betweenthem my said three Daughters Namely ----- Mary Cory Elizabeth Cory & Sarah Cory And I do hereby Likewise Constitute make & ordain my Well beloved Wife Hannah Cory my Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament And I do also appoint & order my son Thomas Cory to help aid ____ his mother in her Executorship as much as he Can And I do Likewise hereby utterly disallow Revoke & Disannull all & Every other former testaments, wills Legacies & bequeasts & Executions by me in any ways before Named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament In Witness Whereof I have --- this & no other to be my Last & Testament In Witness Whereof I have ----- hereunto Set my hand & seal this twenty fourth Day of September in ye twenty fourth year of his majesties Reign Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred & fifty Philip Cory (seal)

Signed Sealed published pronounced and declared By ye Said Philip Cory as his Last Will and Testament in ye presence of us ye subscribers

Silvenus Westgate

Thomas Cory

Restcome Sanford

Restcome Sanford & Silvenus Westgate two of ye witnesses being Engaged according to Law do testifie & Say that they Saw the within Named Philip Cory (the testator) Sine & Seal the before Written Instrument & had him pronounce & Declare ye same to be his Last Will & Testament and then was of a Sound Disposing minde perfect memory & understanding according to ye best of their understanding & that by his Request is within Named Thomas Cory Set to his hand as a Witness at ye same time also

Taken in presence of Council the third day of february Anno Domini 1752 Samuel Durfee president

The befor written Instrument is a true Copy of ye original Received february the third A. D. 1752

And Recorded

Restcome Sanford Council Clerk

Children of Hannah Gray and Philip Cory are:

37. William⁴ Gray (Edward³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 17 July 1716 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island¹⁰⁰, and died 13 September 1765. He married Elizabeth Dennis 20 May 1740 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island. She died Bef. 06 February 1775 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island¹⁰¹.

Notes for Elizabeth Dennis:

From Rhode Island Genealogical Register

Vol 5, No. 3, Page 268

Gray, Elizabeth, of Tiverton, widow of William Gray late of Tiverton deceased, somewhat advanced in age. Will dated 29 Dec 1774, proved 6 Feb 1775, pgs 213-215. Mentions: Sons William Gray who got most of his fathers estate & 2 youngest sons Isaac Gray and Robert Gray. 4 Daughters Phebe Wilbour wife of Samuel Wilbour, Lydia Cook wife of Isaac Cook, Susannah Seabury wife of Constant Seabury, and Mary Gray. Witnesses Gilbert Manchester, Godfree Manchester, Walter Cook.

Children of William Gray and Elizabeth Dennis are:

41. Edward⁴ Gray (Thomas³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 29 November 1699 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^104,105, and died January 1759 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island¹⁰⁶. He married Elizabeth Pabodie 09 May 1716 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island¹⁰⁶, daughter of William Pabodie and Judith Tilden. She was born 10 April 1698 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^106,107,108.

Children of Edward Gray and Elizabeth Pabodie are:

43. Rebecca⁴ Gray (Thomas³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 01 August 1704 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^110,111. She married John Pabodie 07 February 1722/23 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island¹¹², son of William Pabodie and Judith Tilden. He was born 07 February 1699/00 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^113,114, and died 12 January 1767 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island¹¹⁵.

Children of Rebecca Gray and John Pabodie are:

45. Samuel⁴ Gray (Samuel³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 16 April 1700 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^116,117, and died 22 April 1764 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island¹¹⁸. He married Hannah Kent Abt. 1721¹¹⁸. She was born 1703 in Prob Barrington, Rhode Island¹¹⁸, and died 01 July 1796 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island¹¹⁸.

Children of Samuel Gray and Hannah Kent are:

79. Colonel Pardon⁵ Gray (Philip⁴, Edward³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 20 April 1737 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island¹²⁷, and died 28 November 1814 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island¹²⁸. He married Mary Brown 16 January 1755 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island^129,130, daughter of John Brown and Sarah White. She was born 05 March 1732/33 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island^130,131, and died 24 February 1805 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island¹³².

Notes for Colonel Pardon Gray:

Pardon Gray was a Colonel in the Tiverton, Rhode Island Militia. He was the commander of Captain Philip Cory my direct ancestor. He is also the brother to Philip Gray my 4th great grandfather.

From the Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book page 222

Pardon Gray was an officer in the militia and gave bountifully to the cause. He converted his residence into comissary headquarters, and the brick ovens where the bread was baked for the troops are still intact. He was a personal friend of Lafayette, who visited him at Tiverton, where he died, 1815, aged seventy eight. My understanding from talking with the Cory Society Genealogist is that Lafayette was a friend to a lot of the prominent families in Tiverton and Little Comptons. Evidentally he supplied them with needed goods during the Revolutionary War.

Pardon and his wife Mary are buried on the Dr. West place east of Main Road.

Will of Pardon Gray

The spelling and punctuation is the same as the original document. There are many errors and repeats in this document. All of the children are named as well as the grand children that were born at the time the will was written.

Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island; Probate book 7, page 62

An Instrument perporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Pardon Gray Esquire and Pardon Gray Executor to said Will

In the name of God Amen I Pardon Gray of Tiverton in the County of Newport State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation Gentleman being far advanced in years, and sum what weak in Body, but of a sound Disposing mind and memory thanks be given to Almighty God for the same, and Calling to mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed unto All men once to die, and to prevent trouble in my family do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say.

First of all and primirally I recommend my soul to God that gave it and my Body to the Earth to be decently to be intered at the discretion of my Executor herein after to be Named and Appointed

And as to such Temporary Estate as it hath pleased God to Blys me with afterword Just depbts, and funeral Charges are paid, I give, Devise, and Dispose of the same in manner And form following Viz Impremis. My will is And I do hereby Will and In that

first of All my Just Debts and funeral Expenses be paid out of my Estate, by my Executor here in after named and appointed.

Item 1st I give and Devise unto my beloved son Jobe Gray his heirs and assigns forever. One equal half part of a certain wood lot of Land detailed Lying and being in Tiverton Commonly known by the Name of the Wild Cat Lot which I purchased of Benjamin Howland and Elizabeth his wife of Dartmouth Bounded as per my Deed of the saim will fully Appear, Are Doing and performing what I Shall herein Order And direct in this my Last Will and Not Otherwise

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Item 2nd I give and Devise unto my beloved son Thomas Gray one Equal half part of a certain wood lot situated Lying and Being in Tiverton Known by the name of the wild cat Lot which I Bought of Benjamin Howland and Elizabeth his wife of Dartmouth Bounded as per my Deed of the Same Will fully Appeand to him his heirs and Assigns forever he Doing and performing what I shall here in after order I direct this my Last will and not otherwise

Item 3rd I give and bequeth unto my grand Children William C Gray Clarry Durfee wife of Wanton Durfee and Francis Green wife of Benjamin Green, Children of my son Edward Gray Deceased Fifteen Dollars Equally Between them to be paid to them in one year afer my deceas by my Executor here after named.

Item 4th I give and Devis to my grand Children Almy Manchester wife of Wanton Manchester. Phebe Gray, Nancy Gray, Mary Gray Susannah Gray, Phillip Gray, Samuel Gray, Edward Gray, David J Gray, and Clarrinda M Gray, all heirs of my beloved Son Phillip Gray Deceased to them and Each of them their heirs and assigns forever in Common, Two pieces and _____ of Land, being parts of my homested farm, Bounded Westerly on a stone wall, Northerly on a stone wall Easterly on the Country Road & Southerly on Land of Elery Gray containing about Fourteen acres including the Lot of Land & Buildings here to fore given to my said son Phillip Gray by Deed, the second peace or parcel of Land is Bounded westerly on the said CountryRoad, Northerly by a Stone wall at the south End of the old orchard thence by the South medow wall and fence untill it Comes to the South & the east Corner of Said medow from thence by a parrilel Line with my South line betwen me & Elery Gray to the Eight Rodway. Easterly on the said Eight Rod way southerly on Land of the said Elery to have to hold to them their heirs and assigns Also I give to these my said grand Children.

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Priviledge to pass & repass from the Southeast Corner of the above said medow Northerly Through the pasture to the old Stone Causeway thence on Said causeway over the Swamp to the first cartpath bearing Forth Easterly to their own Land, to cart wood etc. they keeping up bars & fences in good repair where it ___ be found necessary on Said pass ___.

Item 5th I give and Devise to my beloved Son Pardon Gray all that Part of my homestead farm that I have not otherwise disposed of Lying & being in Tiverton in two pieces an parcels of Land, the first piece Lyeth to the westward of the Road Bounded Easterly on the Country road, Northerly on Land that I have here tofore Deeded to my Son Thomas Gray, Westerly partly on the Said Thomas Gray Land & partly on a red fence at the foot of the upland, Southerly partly on Land of Elery Gray and partly on Land herein before Devised To the children of my Son Philip Gray Deceased

The Second piece and parcel of my Said homested farm Lyeth to the Eastward of Said Road Bounded West on Said Country road, Northerly on Lands of Samuel West, Easterly on the Eight rod Way and Southerly on Lands herein before Devised to my Grand Children heirs of my Son Philip Gray deceased together with all the buildings thereon Standing ( Excepting and Reserving the burying ground which I have Laid out Seventeen paces wide & twenty paces long, with a priviledge to pass too & from the Saim, where the path now is which Laid & burying place is to be and remain a common burying place for all my Children Grand Children, and their heirs forever to bury their Dead, as long as Grass grows, & water runs.)

Also I give and Devise to my Said Son Pardon Gray A piece of Land Lying in Tiverton, being part of a five rod way that I Bought of Said Town of Tiverton Lying on the North Side of Pocasset and Bounded North on Benjamin Brown Land; Land, Easterly by a corner ____ by a two Rod way at the head of Benjamin Brown Land, Also a twenty acor Lot of wood Land Lying in Tiverton that I purchased of Patience Durfee Administratix on the estate of William Durfee Late of Tiverton Deceased Bounded, Westerly on Land of Gedeon Grinell.

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Northerly on Land of Rodman Lake, Easterly on Thomas Thurston, and Southerly on the Barker Land so called also one Lot of Salt Medow Land Lying in Tiverton Bounded North on Salt medow Land of the Said Pardon Gray ____ Westerly on the Salt creek, Southerly on __ Salt medow of Philip Gray, Easterly on Elery Gray Also about Eighteen Acres of wood Land Situated Lying and being in Troy in the County of Bristol Common wealth of Massachusetts being two Small Lots of Land No. twenty and twenty one, Bounded Northerly on the Nineteenth Lot, and easterly on Dartmouth old Line Southerly on the twenty Second Lot & Westerly on a Driftway; as may be Seen by or on the Propriotors Records of Pocasset Purchase; to him his heirs and and a _____ forever.

Also I give & devise to my son Pardon Gray all the rest and residue of my Real estate where ever the Same may be found, Both Devided and undevided to him the Said Pardon Gray and to his heirs and assigns forever.

Item 6 I give and Devise to my beloved son John Gray to him his heirs and assigns forever all that my farm whereon whereon he now liveth together with all the Buildings thereon Standing Situate Lying & being in Tiverton, Bounded Westerly by a highway, Northerly partly on Lane of David Lake, Martin Lake and Abner Wilcox Easterly partly on Land of the heirs of John Wait, deceased and partly on the easterly Side of the main Brook that runs through the Swamp and partly on the Jinnings Land so called, Southerly on a proprietors highway containing about one hundred acres more or Less

Also a certain piece or parsel of Fresh Medow Land Lying & being in Tiverton Bounded Westerly on Salt medow and ditch late the Property of William Wilcox Dece,d Southerly on Edward Hall Land, Easterly on the heirs of Josiah Wilcox Deceased and as of Records a maple tree Standing on the upland, containing about four acres more or Less.

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also two Mortgages deeds that I hold of said deeds is upon the Estate of Walter Cook Esquire, and the other deed is upon a wood Lot Late of the property of Christopher Manchester Deceased,

Also my Pew in the old Congregation and meeting house also one half of my wareing Apperiel to gether with my silver hilt Sword, he the said John Gray doing and performing what I shall herein after will and order and not otherwise,

Item 7th I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Lydia Almy wife of Sanford Almy one hundred Dollars to be paid in one year after my deceas by my son Jobe Gray.

Item 8th I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Abigail Gundal wife of Abner Gundal, one hundred Dollars to Be paid in one year after my Deces by my son Thomas Gray,

Item 9th I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Hannah Cook Wife of Georg Cook one hundred Dollars to Be paid in one year after my Executor here in after mentioned.

Item 10th I give and Bequeath to my four grand children namely Abigail C Cook Hannah A Cook, Ophelia Cook & Harriet Cook Children of George Cook & Hannah his wife the household stuff that I bought of Burington Anthony Debity Sherif that may be found in the possesion of William Hunt in Little Comton to gether with one bed bedsted & cord & some Beding taken from the said by my Order and Lent to my Daughter Hannah Cook

Item 11th I give and Bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Mary Seabury wife of Cornelus Seabury one hundred Dollars to be paid in one year after my Deces by my Executor herein after named.

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Item 12th I give and Bequeath to my Beloved grand Daughter Phebe Gray one fetherbed, underbed, Bedoted and cord one suit of white Curtains, head cloth & tenter Belonging to the same one Bolster two pillows & cases three sheets three blankits two covoleds such as she may chose also one wollin wheel one Linen Wheel one case of high Draws six Banister back chares one great one great Chair & cuishin one Looking Glass. Square Drop Table and Stand all which is now Standing in the great Chamber

also Six Silver Teaspons marked PG one sit of Tea Cups & Sawsors to be Delivered to her the said Phebe Gray immediately after my Deces by my Executor Herein after Named.

Item 13th I give and Bequeath to my gradaughter Mary Gray on Large Red Chest with a lock on it and one pair of Stone _____ Buttens sot in Silver that was her grand mothers

Item 14th I give and Bequeath unto my four Daughters Lydia Almy Abigail Gundal Hannah Cook & Mary Seabury one ____ to Each of them to be Delivered to them Respectively in two years after my Deces by my Executor hereafter mentioned.

Item 15th I give & Bequeath to my grandson Edward Gray son of my son Phillip Gray decesed sixty Dollars to be paid to him when he arrives to the age of twenty one years bymy Executor by my Executor hereafter mention

Item 16th I give and Bequeath to my grandson David Gray one anvil one large Vice one Bellows all which are now in the possession of his mother Susannah Gray.

Item 17th I give and Bequeath to Susannah Gray Widow of my Son Phillip Gray Deceased the use and Improvement of the Land which shall here in Before given to my grand Children heirs of my said son Phillip Gray decesed until the youngest of my said Grand Children arrives to the age of Eighteen years to Enable her to Bring up and support said Children.

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Item 18 I will and order, That in Case it should here after happen, That my Negro women or either of them, Shall hereafter come to want & need Support, that in Such case, my Will is that my two sons Job Gray & John Gray, Shall provide Support & maintenance, for my Negro woman Luse and that my two sons Pardon Gray & Thomas Gray Shall provid for & Support the other Negro Woman named Dru Equally between them

Item 19 And I further Will and order that the Funeral Devises and bequests, Gifts and Legacies in this my Last Will, by me maid is on condition that the with in named Children & Grand Children, Devises and legetis Shall Relinquish all claims & Demands against my Estate otherwise than what I have here in Willed and ordered.

Item 20th I give Devis & Bequeath to my son Pardon Gray all my Livestock and farming utensils and all my ____ moveables except that I have allready otherwise Disposed of to gether with All my money Notes, and Bank Debts of every kind to gether with one half of my waring appariel to gether with all the Rest and Residue of my Estate both real and personal to him his heirs and assigns forever. the latter to Enable him to pay my just debts funerals Expenses and Legacies.

Lastly To this my Last will and Testament I do hereby Nominate make ordain constitute and appoint my Beloved son Pardon Gray Sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament here by Revoking and annulling all other former wills by me maid and Established and Confirming this and this only as my Las Will and Testament.

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In Testamony Where of I do hereunto set my hand & Seal this Thirtieth day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fourteen.

Signed seald published pronounced & declared by the said Pardon Gray as & for his Last Will and Testament in the presents of us who at the Same time at his request in his presents & in the presents of Each other here unto set our names as Witness to the same. Pardon Gray (seal)

Edmund Estes

Elisha Brown

Ellery Gray

There is a codicil to this will dated the sixth of October 1814. Basically it provides changes for the grand children, nothing drastict.

Notes for Mary Brown:

Source:Little Comptons Families by Wilbour vol. 1 page 295

Children of Pardon Gray and Mary Brown are:

80. Philip⁵ Gray (Philip⁴, Edward³, Edward², John¹ Graie) was born 22 June 1750 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island^{142,143,144,145}, and died 12 August 1801 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island^146,147. He married Deborah Bailey 14 April 1768 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island^148,149, daughter of John Bailey and Mary Wheaton. She was born 28 July 1751 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island¹⁵⁰, and died Bef. 07 September 1807 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island¹⁵¹.

Notes for Philip Gray:

Philip is listed in the DAR Patriot index, as well as the Rhode Island 1777 Military Census. He is listed as a private in Colonel Isaac Cooks regiment. If you are descended from this line there is sufficient sources to join the Daughters of the American Revolution or the male counterpart the Sons of the American Revolution. His wife Deborah is descended from Richard Warren of the Mayflower, so you could also join the Mayflower Society through her.

Source: Reverand Peleg Burroughs Journal; Little Comptons Families by Wilbour,

Philip is buried in the Philip Gray Cemetary #65, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island.

From Beamens Rhode Island Genealogical Register. Volume 7 Page 47

Tiverton Wills

Gray, Philip, of Ti, esq. Will dated 31 July 1801, proved 7 Sep 1801, pgs 527 - 532. Mentions: wife Deborah Gray. Sons Ellery Gray, Philip Gray, John Gray [these called 3 eldest sons], & Edward Gray under 21. Daughters Cynthia Hart wife of Noah Hart, Mary Cory wife of Joseph Cory & formely wife of Philip Cory dec, Prudence Mcguire the late wife of John Mcguire, Sarah Gray single, & Deborah Gray single. Granddaughters Sophia Gray under 21 & Merchia Gray under 21. Grandson Philip Cory under 21 son of Philip Cory dec & Mary his wife. Grandson William Mcguire under 21 son of John Mcguire & Prudence his wife. Brother Pardon Gray. Witn: Walter Cook, Abraham Manchester, John Manchester.

[Compare will Deborah Gray Ti 6:147 - 150.]

This will is available from the Tiverton town clerk.

Tiverton Town Clerks Office

343 Highland Road

Tiverton, Rhode Island 02878

I recently acquired Philip's will from the town clerk at Tiverton Rhode Island, the text that follows is the same punctuation and spelling as the original will.

(527) Book 5

In the name of God Amen the thirty first Day ofJuly in the year of our

Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and one I Philip Gray of Tiverton in the County of

Newport in the State of Rhode Island and providence plantations Esquire

at this Time in a poor State of Bodily health but of a Sound Disposing mind and

Memory thanks be given to Almighty God for the Same and Calling to mind

the Mortality of my Body and Considering it is appointed for all

make and ordain this my Last will and Testament that is to Say first of all

I give and Recommend my Soul to God who Gave it my Body I Commit

to the Earth therein to be Decently Interred at the Discretion of my Executris

herein after named and appointed and Touching Such Worldly Estates

hath pleased God to Bless me with in this Life I Give Devise and Despurse

the Same in the following manner and form

Imprimis my will is and I do hereby will and Order that first of all

Just Depts and funeral Charges be Well and truely paid by my

Executris herein after named

Item I give and Bequeath to my Dearly beloved wife Deborah Gray

all my household goods of all Sorts Durring the time She Shall Remain

my Widow Except two feather Beds and Beding that I shall herein

Otherwise Dispose of I also Give to my Said wife Deborah two Meat

Also two Cows and one Riding horse one hog and one pigg I further

to my Said wife Deborah yearly and every year So Long as She Shall

Remain my Widow three hundred pounds of Good pork three hundred

pounds of Good beef fifteen Gallons of good Molasas thirty pounds of

New Milk Cheese fifteen pounds of good Butter Twenty Bushels of good

Indian Corn one hundred pounds of good Flour Ten Bushels of good

Greening apples two Barrels of good cydar Thirty pounds of good

from the shearing thirty pounds of good Sheeps wool Ten Cords of

Wood brought to her Door and Cut to a Suitable Length for her

Privilage to get as many apples in any of my Orchards as she

now for her own up in the Summer Season half an acre of Land as

She shall choose on my farm to plant and the same to be

two Loads of good manure put upon the same I further give my

Wife Deborah all my Wrought Plate Except my Buttons and

also the Improvement of the one third part of my house

She Shall choose and sufficient Sellar room for her use a privilage

the Well for water a privalage to Bake in the Oven A Sufficient

Privilage in and around the house for her conviniancy at all

all the before mentioned articles herein given to my said wife Deborah

I order my three Eldest Sons Ellery Gray Philip Gray & John Gray

To procure and Deliver the Same to my Said wife Deborah there with

Seasonable every year Equally between them untill my son Edward

Gray Shall come to the age of twenty one years then and after that

I will and order all my four before named Sons to provide and Deliver to my

wife their Mother all the before Mentioned articles yearly Equally

between them four so Long as She my Said wife Deborah Shall

Remain my widow and all the gifts in this my Last

will and Testament to my Said wife Deborah Gray

be in Live of her Right of Dower and power of those

of in and unto my Estate if She See Cause to Except

it as Such Items

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I Give Devise and Bequeath unto my well beloved son Ellery Gray and

his heirs and assigns forever the northerly part of my home of the old farm

where I now live and it is to be about one quarter and is to extend from

the north line of my said homestead Southerly one quarter part of the

_____ there of and is to be of an Even Width from the head Down to the East

meadow and Northampton on my brother Pardon and is bounded East

_____ on the eight roadway at the head of said homestead Southerly on

the other three Quarters of my said homestead Westerly on the Salting

meadow and northerly on my brother Pardon Grays homestead

_____ with the dwelling and all other buildings thereon standing and

_____ I also Give unto my Said son Ellery Gray my small building

Commonly Called the Ware House he my Said Son Ellery Gray fulfilling

my Said Last Will & Testament in every respect as I have already and

shall herein order him to do and perform.

I give devise and Bequeath into my well beloved Son Philip Gray

thereof o said homestead farm being the Southerly part thereof and it is all that part

extend to his heirs and assigns forever another part on the east side

of the highway that Leads from Lowlands ferry So Called Down to

Little Compton that is between William Grays homestead farm and

the Stone Wall that parts my old orchard from my canning orchard

____ is to Run Easterly Parrallel with Said Stone Wall up to the

____ on eastward and being and it is bounded Easterly on the

aforesaid eight roadway Southerly on William Grays homestead

farm Westerly on the said highway leading from Lowlands

ferry to Little Compton and Northerly on Said Stone Wall as

far as it extends easterly and then on the Other part of said home

stead not yet Given away I also Give Devise And Bequeath into

my Said Son Philip Gray and to his Heirs and assigns forever

another part of my Said homestead farm lying and being on the

Westerly Side of Said highway Leading to Little Compton as afore

Said and it is on the South or Southerly Side thereof from the Said

highway Downto the Salt meadow and to extend Northerly of

An even Width from the Said highway to Said meadow untill

it makes or comprehends with what I have given my Said Son

Philip Gray on the east side of Said highway as many acres as I

have given to my son Ellery Gray being about one Quarter

part of said homestead and this second piece of Land Given to my

Said Son Philip Gray is Bounded Easterly on the highway afore

Said Southerly on William Grays homestead Farm westerly on

Said Salt Meadow and Northerly on a part of my land not yet

Given away Referring to my wife Deborah the Privilage of

Choosing her house Room in which house she Shall Please

he my Said Son Philip Gray fulfilling this my Said Will on

his part in every Respect as I have and Shall herein order him

Item I give Devise and Bequeath into my beloved Son John Gray

and to his heirs and assigns forever a part of my Said

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Said homestead farm being about one quarter thereof and it is

on the South or Southerly Side of the land herein Given to my son

Ellery Gray & to be extend Southerly to the Middle of my Said home-

Stead Farm and to be of an even width from the Said Eight High

way at the head and to Run Westerly to the Salt meadow and is ___

Easterly on Said Eight Rodway Southerly on a part of Said Home

Stead Farm Westerly on the Said Salt meadow and Northerly onto

that I have herein Given unto my son Ellery Gray it is about one

Quarter part of my Farm homestead he my Said Son John Gray

fulfilling this my will in every Respect as I have already

herein order him to do and perform

Item I give Devise and Bequeath unto my well beloved Son Edward Gray

his heirs and assigns forever all the Rest and Residue of my Said homestead

Farm that is not herein before given to my other three Sons and ___

bounded Easterly on the afore Said Eight Rodway Southerly

on that part of my Said homestead that I have Given to my son

Philip in this my will Westerly on the Said Salt meadow

Northerly on that land I have herein Given into my Son

John Gray with the Dwelling house Barn Corn Crib and out

buildings thereon Standing except the Ware house that I

have herein before Given to my son Ellery Gray I also ____

Give Devise and Bequeath into my afore Said Son Edward

Gray and to his heirs and assigns forever twenty acres

upland and Ten acres of Salt Meadow at Sapowitt that

upland is bounded Easterly on the Salt meadow South

on Edward Hall westerly on the highway at Sapowitt

it is to Extend Northerly from the Said twenty acres and to be an even

Width from the Said highway to the said Salt meadow

the Said Ten acres of Salt meadow is bounded easterly

the Creeck Southerly on Edward Hall Westerly on the ___

and to Extend Northerly untill it makes Ten acres

I further Give Divise and Bequeath unto my three Eldest sons

namely Ellery Gray Philip Gray and John Gray and to their afore

Said heirs and assigns forever all the Rest and residue of my land at

Sapowitt and else where Including upland Salt meadow and ____

dow and the Same to be equally Divided among them my Said Heirs

Share and Share alike I further Give and Bequeath into my

Named Son John Gray my Small Dwelling house where Robert Hall

now Lives with a priviladge for him my Said Son John to make

Same to the Land herein given to him also my Negro boy Cato and

Cuffee and for him to Serve my son John untill he Cuffee and

to the age of twenty five years and no longer and Cuffee to be freed

and at his own Disposal I Further give to my Said Son John

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one hundred Dollars and the Same to be paid into him by my other three sons

in the following manner that is to Say my Son Ellery Gray I hereby order to

pay my Said son John one hundred Dollars in four Years after my Decease

___ my son Philip Gray I order to pay into my Son John Gray three hundred

Dollars in four years after my Decease and my Son Edward Gray I

order to pay unto my Son John Gray one hundred Dollars in four

years after he my Son Edward Gray Shall Come into Possesion of

the Estate herein Given into him - - - - - -

I further Give into my Son Edward Gray all my Wearing Apparil of all

Sorts all my plate Buttons and Silver Buckalls and one Luree Gun also

my Negro boy Primee and for him to Serve my Said Son Edward untill

Said Primee is twenty five Years old and no longer and then he Primee to be free

and at his own Disposal I also give into my Said Son Edward Gray my

great pair of oxen my ox cart one ox Yoke ring & Staple & bows one ox

____ one plow and Share also two milch Cows twenty Sheep and one young

horse four years old

All the Rest and Residue of my Life Stock Farming tools & _____ not

afore given away in this my will I give Equally to be Divided among my

___ before named Sons Ellery Philip John and Edward

I give and Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Cynthia Hart wife

of Noah Hart one hundred Dollars and the Same to be paid into her as

follows Seventy five Dollars to be paid into her in five years after my

Decease that is fifteen Dollars a year after my Decease for five years

and the Same to be paid her by my three eldest Sons Equally between

them and the Other Quarter part to be paid by my Son Edward Gray after

he arrives to the age of twenty one years five Dollars a Year for five years

I give and Bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mary Cory wife of

Joseph Cory one hundred Dollars and the Same to be paid unto her by my

afore Said Sons in the Same Manner and at the Same Periods of

time that I herein Ordered Cynthias hundred Dollars paid unto her

I give unto my beloved Daughter Prudence Muguire late wife of John

Muguire two hundred Dollars and the Same to be paid into the hands

of my Said wife Deborah for the use of my Said Daughter Prudence if

my Said Deborah Shall Remain my widow So Long and the Same

to be in eight Seperate payments Twenty five Dollars a year by my

four Sons before Mentioned Sons Equally between them

I Give and Bequeath into my beloved Daughter Sarah Gray two hundred

Dollars and three Quarters thereof to be paid by three Eldet Sons Ellery

Philip and John in five Equal Payments yearly for five years after my

Decease and the other Quarter to be paid by Son Edward in five payments

yearly for five years after my Son Edward comes into possession of the

Estate herein Given into him

Likewise Give into my beloved Daughter Deborah Gray two hundred Dollars

and the Same to be paid into her in the manner and at the Same Periods

of time that I have herein Ordered my Daughters Sarah Legacie paid and the

Same to be paid by my afore said Sons as before Expressed in this my will

I give into two of my beloved Granddaughters Sophia Gray & Merchia

Gray Fifty Dollars each and the Same to be paid unto them when they

arrive to the age of Twenty years or on their Marriage Day which

Shall first happen and the Same to be paid by my four Sons before

named Equally between them - - - - -

Item

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Item I Give unto two of my Grandsons Namely Philip Cory Son of Philip Cory

Deceased and Mary his wife and William Mcguire Son of John Mcguire

Prudence his wife Fifty Dollars Each and the Same to be paid unto them

When they Severally arrive to the age of Twenty one years by my four

Sons before named Equally between them

Item I give unto my Son Edward Gray a Privilage to get water for his

use and for his Stock of Creatures at all times when his Occation

The Same out of my well common called and Known by the name of

Button Wood Well

Item I further Give to my Daughter Sarah & Deborah Gray a home So Long as

they Remain Single in my now Dwelling house I ___ Give unto my

Daughter Prudence Mcguire a home in my now Dwelling house as

Long as she shall be under Such Circumstances as she Now is

in Case She my Said Daughter Prudence Should trough Weaking of

Body be unable to Support herself then and in that Case I order my

four Sons before named to Support her Equally between them

Item I moreover Give and Bequeath unto my four before named Sons

Ellery Gray Philip Gray John Gray and Edward Gray and to their heirs

assigns forever all the Rest and Residue of my Estate be it of

hand or Nature Soever that is not herein before Given away in this

my Last Will and Testament Equally to be Divided among them

Share and Share alike

Item I further Give into my Said wife Deborah Gray the up & improvement

all the Estate both Real and Personal that I have herein Given unto my

Son Edward Gray untill he my Said Son Edward Shall arrive

to the age of Twenty one years the better to enable her my Said wife

Deborah to Bring my Said Son Edward up to good Learning ____

further to enable her my Said wife to do for the Rest of my ____

I also further Give unto my Said wife Deborah Gray my two

Female Negroes Namely Silvey and Gome and for them____

my Said wife Deborah Durring her Natural Life if they _____

and after my Said wife to be free and at their own Disposal if

Further my will is that my Grandsons William Mcguire and

Granddaughters Sophia and Merchia Gray have a home with

wife Deborah my will further is that if my Daughters Sarah and

Deborah Gray Should Remain Single and Should be unable to ___

themselves in that Case I order my four afore Said Sons to provide

them a comfortable Living Equally between them and in case my

Said wife Should See Cause to Change her condition by Marriage

before my Said Son Edward Shall come to the age of twenty one

years or Shall cease to be my Widow then my will is that my

Son Edward Gray Immediately enter into Possession of all the

Estate herein Given unto him and all the Gifts Given unto my

Said wife Deborah Gray is one and to be in ____ of her Right of

Dower and power of thirds of in and unto my Estate if she

Shall Except of it as Such and on it Otherwise

Item Upon a Review I find that I have not made Sufficient

Provision in this my will for the payment of my _____

I therefore hereby will and order that So much of my Stock

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___ Sold by my Executrix as Shall be Sufficient to pay the Same

to my Four before named Sons Ellery Philip John and Edward

___ left their mother my Said wife Deborah in the payment of any

___ depts

I further give unto my afore Said John Gray one Feather Bed and

under bed bedsteads & Cord three Sheets two Blankets one Coverlet

___ I also further give unto my afore Said Son Edward

___ Gray one feather Bed under bed bedstead and Cord

___ three Sheets two blankets and one Coverled

___ to this my Said Last will & Testament I do hereby Nominate

___ Constitute and appoint my before named wife Deborah Gray

Executrix Desiring her in Love to see this my Said will Duly fulfill

according to the true Intent and Meaning of the Same

I do hereby Revoke Disanul and make Void all and every

___ former will and Testament Letter Request & Executors by me

anytime heretofore made Willed and Bequeathed Ratifying and

Performing this and no Other to be my Last will & Testament In

___ Whereof I have hereinto Set my hand and Seal the Day

and Year first before Written

Now Sealed Published pronounced

And Declared by the Said Philip

Gray all the before Written to be

My Last will & Testament in the Philip Gray (seal)

Defence of us the Subscribers

Walter Cook

Abraham Manchester

John Manchester

Newport Is Att A Court of probate held in Tiverton Sept. 7 1801

The above and foregoing will was presented for

Probate the Witnesses being present and Engaged

according to Law it was therefore Considered adjudged

And Decreed by Said Court that the Same be and is

proved And approved as the Last will & Testament

of Philip Gray Esq. and that the Clerk Record the

Same and that he Grant Letter Testamentory

unto Deborah Gray the Executris

Richard Durfee Ens President

A true Coppy of the Original

Witness Lemuel Taber clerke

This is the end of Philip's will.

Notes for Deborah Bailey:

From Beamen's Rhode Island Genealogical Register. Volume 7 Page 50

Gray, Deborah, of TI, widow. Will dated 27 Feb 1807, proved 7 Sep 1807, pgs 147 - 150. Mentions:

Sons Ellery Gray, Philip Gray, John Gray, & Edward Gray. Daughters Prudence Meiguier, Mary Cory, Synthia Hart, Deborah Waite, & Sarah Gray. Granddaughters Sophia Sowle, Merchia Eldridge, & Deborah Baley Cory. Witn: Cornelius Seabury, Philip Gray, Robert Baley. [Compare will of Philip Gray Ti 5:527-532.]

Deborah Bailey Gray is a Mayflower line to Richard Warren Through his daughter Elizabeth. The Mayflower Society will accept Beamen's evidence as source for application. The first four generations from Richard Warren are documented by the Mayflower Society's book Richard Warren for Four Generations. The rest of the evidence is in Little Compton Families by Wilbour, and Rhode Island Vital Records by Arnold (these are on microfiche at almost any Family History Center).

This will is available from the Tiverton town clerk.

Tiverton Town Clerks Office

343 Highland Road

Tiverton, Rhode Island 02878

The text of the will follows;

Book 6

Page 147

At A Court of Probate held in Tiverton

At the house of Benjamin Howland In Said

Town September the 7th Day AD 1807

Cristopher Manchester Presedent

Members William Humphrey &

Present Amas Mousher

An Instrument purporting to be the

Last Will and Testament of Deborah Gray

Widow Late of Tiverton Deceased was

presented before the court for probate by

Philip Gray the Executor to Said Will who except

Said trust by Giving Bond agreable to Law to

fulfill Said will

In the Name of God Amen the twenty Seventh day

of February in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight

hundred and Seven I Deborah Gray of Tiverton in the

County of Newport in the State of Rhode Island at

Providance Plantations Widow being at this Time

In a poor State of bodily health, but of A Sound Disposing

Mind And

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and memory thanks be given to Almity God for thee Same

and Calling to mind the Mortallity of my body and

Considering it is Appointed for all Once to die, do make

and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to

Say principally and first of all I give and recomend

my Soul to God who gave it My body I commit to

the Earth to the Earth thereover to be descrretly Interred

at the discretion of my Executor herein after Named and

appointed and touching Such wordly Estate as it hath

pleased God to bless one with in this life I give decise

and dispose of the Same in the following Manner and

form Imprimis my Will and I do hereby Will and</