Brief Life History of Robert
Robert Gray was born in 1732, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America as the son of Gray. He married Bridget Doyle on 24 April 1767, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He registered for military service in 1776. He died on 30 June 1796, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Warrington Friends Meeting House Cemetery, Wellsville, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
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- Robert Gray, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Robert Gray, "Find A Grave Index"
- Robert Gray in entry for Bridget Doyle, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
Spouse and Children
1732–1796 Male
1743– Female
Parents and Siblings
World Events (6)
1749
Age 17
1752
Age 20
1776
Age 44
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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