James Lewis Gray

Brief Life History of James Lewis

James Lewis Gray was born on 25 February 1755, in Augusta, Virginia, United States. He married Isabella McClure on 15 June 1776, in Augusta, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 21 October 1836, in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Gray's Chapel Cemetery, Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States.

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James Lewis Gray
1755–1836
Isabella McClure
1755–1826
Marriage: 15 June 1776
Samuel W Gray
1777–1830
David Gray
1783–1870

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  • James Grey, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
  • James --- in entry for Alexander M. Gray, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"
  • GRAY Family

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1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital

On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.

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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