Mary Ann Gray

Notes:

Died:
His wife Tabitha Gray was granted Admin of Thomas' estate 7 August 1728 (can't find copy of will, index only)

Thomas married Tabitha Melson in 1724 in Accomack County, Virginia. Tabitha (daughter of John Melson and Mary Smith) was born in 1703 in Accomack County, Virginia; died in March 1753 in Accomack County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Will: 1736, Accomack County, Virginia; Named in George Ewell's will as "cousin" Tabitha Gray, his mother was Anne, daughter of Joshua Smith and his first wife, name unknown.
• Will: 15 October 1752, Accomack County, Virginia; To son Solomon, daus. Mary Ann, Tabitha Kelly. Son Samuel Ingerson. Bal est. to dau. Mary Ann & Samuel Ingerson if they will pay Sarah Drummond 1 lb wool & Creshey Smith 3s of Linen. Son Thomas Tatham. Thomas Riley Exr. John & Eliz Lewis Witness

Other Events:

• Bounded out : 17 April 1672, Accomack County, Virginia; Mother Ann bounds out sons Alex and John (probably unable to care for them after being disowned by her husband Miles) John is bound to William Anderson until age 21.
• Deed: 19 Aug 1673, Accomack County, Virginia; William Anderson gave to John and Alexander, sons of Miles and Ann Gray, two cow calves and their increase, which would be divided when the oldest child (John) attained the age of 10 years
• Land: 1685, Accomack County, Virginia; Roger Miles & his wife Ann deeded 200 acres to Ann Gray for life and then it was to go to her son John Gray (Whitelaw, p. 1124). This was land that Ann & Miles Gray had deeded to R. Miles 2 yrs prior, which they deeded back to Ann.
• Oath: 28 November 1689, Somerset County, Maryland; John Gray, inhabitant of Somerset Co, MD, along with many others, signed a loyalty oath to the King (Old Somerset, p. 349)
• Land Sale: 18 Mar 1693, Accomack County, Virginia; John Gray, Planter, and wife Bethula sold William Lewis 100 acres in the woods between Gargaphia and Gilford. (Southern half of tract A116 that belonged to mother, Ann Gray)
• Land Sale: 4 Aug 1697, Accomack County, Virginia; John Gray, Planter, for 5000 lbs tobacco paid by Richard Price100 acres in the woods between Gargaphia and Gilford Creek, part of 200 acres granted to Roger Miles and Ann his wife, set over to Ann Gray "mother of me" by a deed dated 17 Nov 1685
• Granted Admin: 3 March 1702, Accomack County, Virginia; John Gray was granted administration of the estate of "his mother Ann Abbot" (deceased). Mr. Robert Norton and Mr. Gervas Baggaly became security for Gray's administration.
• Petitions Court: 3 Mar 1702, Accomack County, Virginia; John Gray petitioned the court for the administration of the estate of his mother, Ann Abbott (Acc Co Orders, 1697-1703, p. 142).
• Will: 6 January 1731, Somerset, County Maryland; To son John “Come by Chance” To son Wm, exe dwell/plantation “Killmenum” & “Derrey” To dau. Margaret “Patrick's Folly” To wife, certain fields during life. To son Wm & daus. Sarah, Margaret & Rebecca, residue of per. estate will bk 20 p404

Notes:

Died:
John's will was probated 18 June 1732

John married Bethula in ca 1692. Bethula was born in 1665 in ?; died after 1732 in Somerset County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Smith. Mary (daughter of Joshua Smith and Margaret) was born in 1675 in Accomack County, Virginia; died in February 1744 in Accomack County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Will: 9 July 1683, Accomack County, Virginia; She was shown as a daughter Mary, under age 18, in the will of Joshua Smith, wife Margaret.

Other Events:

• Headright/Arrival: 25 May 1654, Northampton County, Virginia, USA; Shown as Miles Graye on a list of servants aboard the Ann Cleare for which Lt Col Edm: Scarburgh was granted 3,800 acres of landNorthampton County, Virginia, Record Book, Orders, Deeds, Wills &c, Volume 05, 1654-1655, p. 19
• Headright: 28 February 1660, Northampton County, Virginia, USA; He was shown as Miles Gray on a certificated granted to Robert Borace for 800 acres of land.
• Land Patent: 12 July 1664, Accomack County, Virginia; He received 400 acres for transporting 8 people into the colony.
• Fine: 27 Oct 1668, Accomack County, Virginia; Pays fine to Ann Toft after he father's a bastard child with another servant of hers, Hannah Leach. SEE NOTES
• Residence: 1672, Somerset County, Maryland; Miles Gray was listed as a settler in Somerset Co, MD,in 1672
• Land Grant: 26 March 1672, Northampton County, Virginia, USA; Granted 400 acres bounded....northward on a southern freshwater branch of Great Mattapaxnie Creek. Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 397
• Land Grant: 29 March 1672, Northampton County, Virginia, USA; Granted 620 acres between the marked tress of Wm. Whittington's land. Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 402
• Jury Duty: 11 Aug 1691, Somerset County, MD; Part of a grand jury, a case of trespassServed on different juries multiple different times, and at times acted as foreman
• Witness: 1692, Somerset County, Maryland, USA; Subp'd Miles Gray Nicholas Hartnell Walter Lane & Henry Hudson Evid for Peter Whaples plt agt Henry Lynch mercht Deft
• Court: 9 January 1692, Somerset County, Maryland, USA; Warrant for Mary Maxwell, serv. of Ed Jones to appear in Court accused of stealing parcels of tbaco from Randal Revell & Miles Gray . Her & wit's orded to report before Capt John King & Stephen Horsey at Horsey’s house on nxt Sat to further look in issue
• Security Bond: 15 November 1693, Somerset County, Maryland; Stephen Page fined for swearing in Courtswears a second time and ordered into Sheriff’s custody till he post security; posts bond for £10 for his good behavior; security Miles Gray.
• Security: 14 November 1694, Somerset County, Maryland, USA; Bond for £50 on John Barker for appearance at January Court, security Miles Gray.
• Vestryman: February 1697, Somerset Parish, Maryland, USA; Mr. Miles Gray was listed as a Vestryman for Somerset Parish which consisted of Manokin and Many Hundreds in Somerset Co, MD Others listed with him included John Huett, Richard Chambers, John Panter, Nathaniel Horsey and Peter Elzey (Old Somerset, p. 155)
• Will: 2 April 1698, Somerset County, Maryland; Named Executor of will of Robert CattlinMiles Gray Extr. Witt: James Curtis, Edward Stockdell, Jane Stockdell, Bryan Dowty & Samuel Handy
• Deed: 27 July 1708, Somerset County, Maryland; Miles Gray gives 1 mare to Mary Turpin daughter of John Turpin (Somerset County Livestock Marks, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records, Vol. 1, p. 160).
• Deed: 31 May 1710, Somerset County, Maryland; We M Gray & Margaret my wife, for love & affection we bare unto Solomon Turpin, son-in-law of M Gray, but son lawfully begotten of the body of my wife Marg. grant "Husbands Love" lying on S side of back creek 450 ac. adjoining land of Phillip Berry, dec'd
• Will: 20 September 1717, Somerset County, Maryland; Son-in-law William Turpin, grandson John Turpin, godson John Leach grand daus. Sarah Beauchamp, Mary Turpin & Sarah Coventon, named in will. Looks like he leaves son John 1 shilling? Hard to read, not sure what they means. Printed will, in notes.

Notes:

Died:
21 November 1717 will proved in court. Miles mentions a wife in his will, but does not give her name. So he must have remarried after Ann.

Miles married Anne Francis in 1663 in Hungars Parish, Northampton County, Virginia. Anne was born in 1640 in England; died in February 1703 in Accomack County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Court Order: 16 April 1664, Accomack County, Virginia; Mr. John Shepheard, "Supra Cargoe" of the ship Royal Oake, was accused on behalf of the public by collector Col. Edm. Scarburgh, and was called to answer the charges. SEE NOTES
• Land Grant: 18 September 1666, Accomack Co, VA; 2000 acres of land to Miles Gray for transporting Geo. Savidge, John Hill and others.
• Disowned : 18 February 1667, Accomack County, Virginia; Ann, wife of Miles Gray, admitted adultrey with John Hancock from Apr 1665 to 2 Mar 1666 and asks husband's forgiveness. SEE NOTES
• Land Grant: 16 March 1669, Accomack County, Virginia; Ann Francis is on the list of persons Mrs. Ann Toft transported into the colony years before, for which she was granted a certificate for 2,200 acres
• Petitions Court: 1671, Accomack County, Virginia; Petitions the court for support and ends up bounding two of her sons out, son John is bounded out until age 21 to William Anderson. Why Miles is not providing for them is unclear, even if he disowns Ann he should be caring for his children.
• Note: 17 April 1672, Accomack County, Virginia; Permission granted by Miles Gray for Ann to leave the county (apparently, though all their troubles they still have children together & she joins him in MD, although, he apparently isn't treating her well, as she takes him to court in MD for support of her
• Land Sale: 17 May 1672, Accomack County, Virginia; Anne GRAY, the wife of Miles GRAY, consented to the sale of 400 acres near Ohliddy (sp) Creek that her husband had granted to Timothy COE. Signed 21 Apr 1672 by Anne GRAY Witnesses: William ANDERSON & Owen MURPHEY
• Note: 14 Jan 1674, Somerset County, Maryland, USA; See Notes for Ann Francis
• Deed: 21 Jan 1689, Accomack County, Virginia; Deed of gift to son John of 200 acres
• Will: 7 November 1694, Accomack County, Virginia; Wife Ann and named Extr. in the will of John Abbot Sr. He also named Samuel Thomas and gave him a cow. Samuel was probably his wife Ann's grandson

Notes:

Birth:
Unsure if Francis was her last name or middle. Francis is listed in the records. (Also, female spelling is Frances, but records spell it Francis in places) She was a servant of Ann Toft who transported her to the Colonies on unknown date.

Died:
John Gray granted admin or mother Ann's estate on 3 March 1703. Capt. Richard Drumond, John Parker, William Hudson and Thomas Ryley were ordered to inventory and appraise the estate of Ann Abbot and report to the next court

John married Elizabeth Painter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Headright: 10 November 1663, Accomack County, Virginia; He was shown Joshua Smith on a certificate granted to Mr. Edmond Bowman for 1,200 acres of land
• Land Purchase: 1672, Accomack County, Virginia; Tract A100, south of Parksley William Abraham, wife Mary, resold part of this tract to Joshua Smith, who in 1683 (wife Margaret) left the 200-acres plantation to his sons John and Joshua, and the will also mentioned a daughter Mary.
• Will: 9 July 1683, Accomack County, Virginia; Wife Margaret Exec. To sons John & Joshua my plantation to be divided between them. To daughter Mary. Witt: John Drummond, Timothy Coe, Wonie Mackannie - Children under 18

Joshua married Margaret in 1670 in Accomack County, Va. Margaret was born in 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]