Brief Life History of Isaac
When Isaac Bray Sr. was born on 30 June 1716, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Nathaniel Bray Jr., was 26 and his mother, Sarah Davis, was 18. He married Abigail Averill on 22 July 1748, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died in 1761, at the age of 45.
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- Isaac Bray, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Isaac Bray, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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