| Name |
Miles M. Gray |
| Birth |
1638 |
England  |
 Headright/Arrival |
25 May 1654 |
Northampton County, Virginia |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, Maryland |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bond for £50 on John Barker for appearance at January Court, security Miles Gray. |
| Vestryman |
February 1697 |
Somerset County, Maryland |
| 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. |
| Death |
November 1717 |
Somerset County, Maryland |
- 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.
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| Person ID |
P6910 |
Burress |
1638 - 1717 (79 years)
