Elizabeth Gray

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Gray was born in 1684, in Surry, Virginia, United States, her father, Capt. William F. Gray Sr, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Jarrett, was 42. She married William Andrews IV about 1698. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died in 1710, in Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Surry, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Andrews IV
1690–1718
Elizabeth Gray
1684–1710
Marriage: about 1698
Warren Andrews
1699–1774
Richard Andrews
1708–1750
William Andrews V
1716–1771

Sources (2)

  • Lawrence. Government Pension Records, Military Records | Berlin. Directories | New Britain. Directories | Sussex. Religious Records | Surry. Religious Records | Kensington. Directories
  • Will of Grandfather William Gray to Granddaughter Elizabeth Edwards

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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