Rachel Ray

Brief Life History of Rachel

When Rachel Ray was born on 21 June 1805, in Warren, Kentucky, United States, her father, Joseph Ray, was 35 and her mother, Mary Fouts, was 25. She died after 1857.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Ray
1770–1857
Mary Fouts
1779–1866
Phoebe Ray
1795–1872
Amos Ray
1800–1850
Samuel Ray
1811–
Leonard Phouts Ray
1796–1894
David Lee Ray
1800–1868
Stephen Ray
1800–
William H Ray
1802–1875
Rachel Ray
1805–1857
Anna Ray
1808–1867
James Manning Ray
1810–1880
Stephen Bird Ray
1813–1902
Moses Patric Ray
1815–1899
Benjamin Franklin Ray
1818–
Elijah Bird Ray
1821–1882

Sources (1)

  • William H. Ray Bible

Parents and Siblings

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Ray or Rey, perhaps a pet form of names beginning in Ray or Rey, especially Raymond .

English: nickname from Old French rei ‘king’, denoting someone who behaved in a regal fashion, one with the bearing of a king, or referring to the mock king or lord in festive games and pageants, e.g. at Christmas, May Day, or harvest. Compare Roy and King .

English: nickname from Middle English ræghe (Old English rǣge) ‘female roe deer’ or in northern England more likely northern Middle English , raa, rae, ray (Old English ) ‘roe deer’, perhaps for a timid person or swift runner. Compare Roe .

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

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