Nicholas Ducray

Brief Life History of Nicholas

When Nicholas Ducray was born in 1704, in Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Nicholas DuCray, was 25 and his mother, Mary Chastain, was 24.

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Family Time Line

Nicholas DuCray
1680–1718
Mary Chastain
1680–1745
Nicholas Ducray
1704–
Jean DuCray
1707–

Sources (6)

  • Goochland, Virginia - Vestry Book of King William Parish - Tithables, Nicolas DuCrie
  • Goochland, Virginia - Vestry Book of King William Parish - Tithables, Nicolas DuCree
  • Goochland, Virginia - Vestry Book of King William Parish - Tithables, Nicolas Dueray

World Events (1)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Napoleon.

French: habitational name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone from any of various minor places called Bray (see Bray ).

Altered form of French Dubreuil . This surname is common among Native Americans, namely the Cheyenne River Sioux in SD.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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