Mary Gray

  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth: From Family Search org, 8 Mar 1746, Fairfield, Connecticut. Name Mary Gray
Gender Female
Birth Date 08 Mar 1746
Birthplace FAIRFIELD TWP,FAIRFIELD,CONNETICUT
Father's Name Samuell Gray
Mother's Name Ellenor

• Family History: From History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield, by Jacobus, Volume II, Page 399. Mary, born 8 Mar. 1746, baptized 16 Mar. 1746, died at Westport, 25 Sept. 1825 age 79 (gravestone); married (1) 16 Nov. 1763, Joseph Gorham, Jr.; married (2) Asher Taylor; married (3) 25 July 1790, Ebenezer Godfrey; married (4) 16 Mar. 1797, Ebenezer Coley, of Weston.

• Family History: From History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield, by Jacobus, Volume II, Page 366 and Additions and Corrections. The distribution of the estate of Joseph Gorham, dated 24 October 1787, proved 25 February 1797, mentions "relict Mary now wife of Asher Taylor." The will of Ebenezer Godfrey, dated 7 February, proved 19 March 1793, mentions wife Mary; nephew Ebenezer son of brother Nathan Gray; wife's son Jeremiah Taylor; wife and her son Samuel Gorham were executors. The will of Ebenezer Coley names wife Mary.

In the "Additions and Corrections to Families of Old Fairfield" Jacobus gives the same four marriages for Mary and adds a son Jared Taylor, said to have married Lydia Beers, bapt. 31 October 1784. The Beers genealogy shows that Jared and Lydia named their daughter Mary Grey Taylor.

The will of Mary Coley of Weston is dated 7 January 1817, proved 6 October 1825. It mentions son Samuel Gorham; son Joseph B. Gorham; son Jared Taylor; daughters Abigail and Polly. Seth Taylor of Norwalk was Executor.

• Death: From Family Search org, 25 Sep 1825, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut. Name: Mary Coley
Gender: Female
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Burial Place: Westport, Connecticut
Death Date: 25 Sep 1825
Death Place: Westport, Connecticut
Age: 79
Birth Date: 1746
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B03290-4
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 3107
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Citing this Record:
"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7ZQ-K3L : 3 December 2014), Mary Coley, 25 Sep 1825; citing Westport, Connecticut, reference ; FHL microfilm 3,107.

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Name: Mary Grey Gorham-Coley
Maiden Name: Grey
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1825
Event Place: Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America
Photograph Included: Y
Birth Date: 08 Mar 1745
Death Date: 25 Sep 1825
Affiliate Record Identifier: 35319853
Cemetery: Colonial Cemetery



Citing this Record:
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKS-5QHW : 11 July 2016), Mary Grey Gorham-Coley, 1825; Burial, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Colonial Cemetery; citing record ID 35319853, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Sep 1825, Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut. Mary Grey Gorham-Coley
Birth 8 Mar 1745 Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death 25 Sep 1825 Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial Colonial Cemetery Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Plot 177
Memorial ID 35319853

Widow of Joseph Gorham. Daughter of Samuel and Eleanor Sturgis-Grey.

Inscription: in 79th year

Spouse
Joseph Gorham
1741–1779

Children
Samuel Gorham
1765–1842

Joseph Barlow Gorham
1775–1832

Mary married Joseph Gorham Jr on 16 Nov 1763 in Fairfield, Connecticut. (Joseph Gorham Jr was born on 20 Nov 1741 in Fairfield, Connecticut and died on 8 Jul 1779 in Greens Farms, Fairfield, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: From History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield, by Jacobus, Volume II, Page 399, 16 Nov 1763, Fairfield, Connecticut. Also in Early Connecticut Marriages

FAIRFIELD—WESTPORT.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Fairfield was settled in 1639. Named 1645. Of the several Congregational churches in old Fairfield, the one located at Green's Farms (in Westport) was organized in 1715. The following are the marriages recorded. Rev. David Chapman, pastor from 1715 to 17.41. Rev. Daniel Buckingham, 1742 to 1766.

Page 155

Joseph Gorham, Jr., & Mary Gray, Nov. 16, 1763

Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Third Book: Edited by Frederic W. Bailey, 1898

Mary next married Asher Taylor.

Mary next married Ebenezer Godfrey on 25 Jul 1790 in Connecticut.

Mary next married Ebenezer Coley on 16 Mar 1797 in Connecticut.