Brief Life History of John
When John Gray was born on 15 April 1798, in Sauquoit, Paris, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Moses Wiley Gray, was 52 and his mother, Anne Buckingham, was 22. He married Charlotte Goodwin on 2 March 1823, in Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 14 September 1830, in Paris, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 32.
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- John in entry for Alonzo H. Gray, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.
English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.
French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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