John Gray

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: Various. Gray Genealogy give his birth year as 1620.
Another researcher reports it to be 1614 and his death year as 1663.

• Baptism: From Family Search org, 23 Nov 1617, Harrow on the Hill, London, England. England Births and Christenings
Name John Gray
Gender Male
Christening Date 23 Nov 1617
Christening Date (Original) 23 NOV 1617
Christening Place HARROW ON THE HILL,LONDON,ENGLAND

Citing this Record
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMF7-M2P : 11 February 2018, John Gray, 23 Nov 1617); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0481081 IT 4, 0547204 IT 3.

• Occupation: Tailor of Boston. From Henry Frost's will.

• Residence: From Gray Genealogy, he was an early settler, 1643, Fairfield, Connecticut.

• Biography: From Additions and Corrections to the History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield by Jacobus. John (I: 233) settled in Newtown, L. I., and was almost certainly father of Isaac of Newtown who m. Susanna Simons. Isaac removed to New York City, and his sons Abraham and Jacob (who m. respectively Ariaantje and Annetje Aertsen, sisters), after sojoourning on Staten Island and in Harlingen, N. J., died in Hunterdon County, N. J. where they fathered a respectable tribe of Grays at Amwell and Kingwood.

• Cemetery: From Find a Grave, 1662, Queens, New York. John Gray
Birth: 1610 Nottinghamshire, England
Death: 25 Feb 1662 (aged 51–52) Queens County, New York, USA
Burial: Unknown

Memorial #: 187630852
Bio: John married Elizabeth Frost 11 May 1639 in Fairfield, Ct. They had: Henry, Sarah, John, Daniel, Samuel, Isaac an Jacob.
Family Members
Spouse
Elizabeth Frost Gray 1614-1682
Created by: Shirley I Shawver Nees (47311329)
Added: 26 Feb 2018
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187630852/john-gray
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 February 2020), memorial page for John Gray (1610–25 Feb 1662), Find A Grave Memorial no. 187630852, ; Maintained by Shirley I Shawver Nees (contributor 47311329) Unknown.

John married Elizabeth Frost, daughter of William Frost and Joyce Barker, before 1638. (Elizabeth Frost was born in 1614 in Nottingham, Nottingham, England, christened on 24 Nov 1614 in Nottingham, Nottingham, England and died on 12 May 1682 in Queens, New York.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: From The Frost Genealogy, Josephine C. Frost, Page 391, Bef 1638. Elizabeth, who m., 1st, John Watson of Boston and had Luke, Susan and Johanna. She m., 2nd, prior to 1638, John Grey, a tailor of Boston. They must have moved to Lynn, Mass., for Jan. 6, 1639, they sell to Valentine Hill their home, etc., in Lynn, and cither followed or accompanied William Frost to Fairfield.

Lydia, m. prior to 1638 Henry Gray, brother to John, and the Frost homestead became their property and was sold by their son Jacob to Rev. Samuel Wakeman

Supporting information: Elizabeth Frost was married to John Watson before she married John Gray. Baptism records for her three children with John Watson were found in Nottingham, England, but no marriage record was found for her with either husband. There isn't a death record for her husband John Watson in England but there is one for William Frost's wife, Joyce Barker, who died in 1634 in Nottingham. Also no marriage record was found for Lydia Frost with Henry Gray. A marriage record for William Frost's daughter Mary exists. She was married in 1636 in Radford, Nottingham, England. There are baptism records in Nottingham for two of Mary's children. The presence of death and marriage records for other Frosts around the time John and Henry would have married the Frost daughters tends to support them being married in America. Also, it seems likely that John Watson died in America.