When Samuel Bray was born on 21 July 1765, in Holmdel, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Bray, was 36 and his mother, Rebecca Ann Applegate, was 35. He married Mary W. Ogborne about 1785, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 29 July 1796, at the age of 31, and was buried in Old Holmdel Yard, Holmdel, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
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"During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the ""Ten Crucial Days"" and remembered by the famous phrase ""the times that try men's souls"". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time."
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
English: habitational name from any of the places in Berkshire and Devon. The former is probably named with Old French bray ‘marsh’, the latter from the Cornish element bre ‘hill’.
English: perhaps a topographic name from northern Middle English bra ‘steep (river) bank’ or ‘brow of a hill’, denoting someone who lived at such a place.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in Normandy or Picardy called Bray (Eure, Calvados, Aisne, Somme); see 6.
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