When Nathaniel Ray was born on 17 October 1771, in Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, William Ray Jr, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Coffin, was 22. He married Merab Bunker on 8 October 1795, in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Ray or Rey, perhaps a pet form of names beginning in Ray or Rey, especially Raymond .
English: nickname from Old French rei ‘king’, denoting someone who behaved in a regal fashion, one with the bearing of a king, or referring to the mock king or lord in festive games and pageants, e.g. at Christmas, May Day, or harvest. Compare Roy and King .
English: nickname from Middle English ræghe (Old English rǣge) ‘female roe deer’ or in northern England more likely northern Middle English rā, raa, rae, ray (Old English rā) ‘roe deer’, perhaps for a timid person or swift runner. Compare Roe .
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