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Nightmare
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Hi Lavina & Cuxwold,
Thanks for the additional information.
James Thorpe being the grandson of Founness/Fowk/Fawk etc.. Gray. This Founness Gray could be our common ancestor ? I'm sure all three of us are related through the Gray family but exactly how ? I can't answer as yet.
I have him in the same generation of who I have yet to establish the parents for the following. (These may or may not be his siblings or at least his cousins)
Thomas Grayb. c. 1740 married Elizabeth ? who was the father of
Thomas Gray b. 1764 who married Susannah Faben.
Codilla Gray b. 1774
Ossory Gray b. 1777
there were other children
Codilla Gray b. Circa 1740 mother of
Charles Gray who married Aquila Smith
John Gray circa 1750 who married Mary ? & was the grandfather of
Charles Gray b. Circa 1811 who married Lydia Elliot
There are other Grays I have in this generation but the above have well known descendents.
The next generation after Founess would then contain the following Grays who have known descendents but I have yet to find the parents for,
Sophia Gray b. 1764 who married James Sly
Robert Gray b. 1775 who Married Mary Leighton
William Gray b. 1776 who married Henrietta (Retty) Smith
Of course the youngest from one generation could well be confused with the eldest of the following generation, they then may not be uncle & nephew. I'm sure all of the above Grays are closely related but ....... finding out how is the challenge.
Then there are the other Gray strays such as Euphemia Harris's mother Abigail Gray who married John Harris. I have only a reference to her mother being Sophia Gray & possibly being born in Bedford ? Her parents unknown.
The list goes on but then there are the just as numerous Harris strays as yet I am unable to find parents for who have further connections to the Gray family & so on.
It's a tangled web & not helped by our ancestors ...... scant flippancy with names & other details when it suited them.
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Nightmare
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Hi Again Lavina & Cuxwold,
In regard to your Abigail Gray who married John Harris.
I have in my data the following which may be of interest to you.
John Gray married Mary Owens on the 12 November 1801, Meppershall, Bedford.
They had a daughter Sophia Gray, christened 21 November 1802 in Meppershall, Bedford. Could this Sophia be the mother of your Abigail ? The dates fit but..... that's all I have to go on so far.
Likewise, could this John Gray & Mary Owens also be the parents of Charles Gray who married Charlotte ? who then in turn had a son also named Charles Gray who married Mary Elliot ? The time frame fits nicely to all of this but I'm only speculating here.
Euphemia's Brother Rodney being born in 1891, that would make him quite a bit younger than his eldest sibling &, his mother would be some age when she gave birth to Rodney ? Perhaps my dates are wrong or have some entered in the wrong generations ?
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Cuxwold
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Hi , re Rodney Harris ,
I have him bn 1891, and this would make Adigail Harris ( nee Gray ) 43, as I have Abigail bn 1848.
I have Rodney marrying Rhoda Bird in 1916
Cuxwold 
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Mr Bish
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To Grayaust I have read your reply on Romany Kent website I am the Terry who is the Grt Grt grandson of Felix gray settled in the Riverton area of South Australia and would like to correspond with you on our family history .
regards
Mr Bish
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Somerset; Bishop, Drew, White
Sussex; Mobsby
Northamptonshire; Boothey, Willis, Holland
Suffolk; Gray, Corbell
Derry; Bradley
Cornwall; Arthur, Nottle, Pengelley, Bray
Isle of Wight: Harris
Buckinghamshire: Blackwell
Essex; Johnson
Prussia; Zeunert, Thomas, Drudtke
Mecklenburg; Hintz, Ross, Beese
Australia; Dean
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An65
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John Gray would have been b.cir 1740-50 having Charles in 1783. His supposed wife Mary was reputedly also married to Fowk. (This Mary was Mary Tharp or Thorpe).
There is a marriage at Histon Cam in 1780 of a John Gray and a Mary Carter which might well be worth checking.
John Gray who married Mary Owens in 1801 sounds more like a possible brother of Charles ..... and there is an IGI reference for a John s/ John & Mary c.19.01.1780 Gamblingay.
Similarly there is an IGI reference for a Robart Gray s/o John & Mary c.08.10.1775 Gamblingay which may be worth checking as well, as its possible that this is the Robert who married Mary Leighton.
Now John Gray was apparently also married to an Ann, and tantalisingly, there are two IGI references which could prove to be their children: James Gray c.19.10.1783 Meppershall, and William Gray c.20.10.1779 Flitton With Silsoe Bdf.
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Grayaust
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Hi Mr Bish
Have sent a pm to you.
An65 - I need to check my records, but I am pretty sure I have looked at the Robart Gray from Gamblingay as a possible link to Mary Leighton but it seems Robart died quite young. Will check my files to be sure.
Regards
Grayaust
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Mr Bish
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Hi Grayaust,
Thanks for the Pm but I have not had enough posts yet to receive it , I am descended from Herbert Nathan Gray and Sarah Arthur.
Regards
Mr Bish
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Somerset; Bishop, Drew, White
Sussex; Mobsby
Northamptonshire; Boothey, Willis, Holland
Suffolk; Gray, Corbell
Derry; Bradley
Cornwall; Arthur, Nottle, Pengelley, Bray
Isle of Wight: Harris
Buckinghamshire: Blackwell
Essex; Johnson
Prussia; Zeunert, Thomas, Drudtke
Mecklenburg; Hintz, Ross, Beese
Australia; Dean
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glittergirl
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Hi, I am new to this family tree business, but recently I found out that I am related to the Gray family from Isleham, Cambridge. My gt/gt/grandparents were Cornelius Bailey 1800 & Mary Beasant 1813 from Wooton Bassett. Wilts. My gt/grandparents were Thomas Shelton from Wolverhampton.Staffs & Elizabeth Bailey, who was sister to Jane Bailey who married William Elias Gray ( Tinker ) I believe my grandfather on my father's side Charles Oliver from Bridgnorth. Shropshire was a Tinsmith Tinker, so it looks as if 2 gypsy families merged. Is anyone out there in any way related, would like to hear from you.
Verna
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