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Joshua Ray

Male 1664 - 1710  (46 years)


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  • Name Joshua Ray  [1
    • Birth records for several of his children list him as "jr."
    Born 6 Aug 1664  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Will 5 Apr 1710  Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    To Elizabeth "my well beloved wife": £10 annually for life paid equally by sons Joshua and John; to sons Joshua and John: all lands and buildings to be equally divided, neither to sell during my wife's lifetime without her consent and making provision for her upkeep; to sons Joshua and John: all my personal estate to be divided equally, my debts paid from the proceeds, including "to Clear my Father Leach for his Engagement to Mr John Emerson for Mee"; to my four daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Zeruiah, and Lydia: £20 each paid equally by sons Joshua and John, less sums already paid; loving brother John Rea executor till my son Joshua comes of age, then Joshua to be executor; my Father Leach and my two Brothers Daniel Rea and John Rea, overseers 
    Died 6 Apr 1710 - 15 Oct 1710 
    Probate 16 Oct 1710  Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Will proved 
    Probate 12 Jan 1712/3  Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Son Joshua, being now of age, appointed executor 
    Probate 2 Feb 1712/3  Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Account filed by executor Joshua Rea showing the estate with negative net assets of £43.9.3 
    Probate 10 Feb 1712/3  Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Estate divided between sons Joshua and John 
    Person ID I1701  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2017 

    Father Joshua Ray,   d. Aft 6 Aug 1687 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Sara Waters,   b. 1630,   d. 19 May 1700, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 26 Feb 1651  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F1043  Group Sheet

    Family Elizabeth Leach,   b. Dec 1668, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 26 Nov 1717  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Married Oct 1680 - Oct 1685  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • The month and first three digits of the year are all that is legible. Their first known child was born in the spring of 1686
    Children 
     1. Sarah Ray,   b. 28 Apr 1686, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 5 Apr 1710  (Age 23 years)
     2. Elizabeth Ray,   b. 13 Aug 1687, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 5 Apr 1710  (Age 22 years)
     3. Zeruiah Ray,   b. 1 Sep 1689, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 5 Apr 1710  (Age 20 years)
     4. Joshua Rea,   b. 16 Oct 1691, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1745/56 - 23 Mar 1745/46, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
     5. Lydia Ray,   b. 28 Mar 1690 - 28 Mar 1699, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. John Ray,   b. 14 Aug 1696, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Ray,   b. Mar 1700 - Apr 1700,   d. May 1700, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2017 
    Family ID F410  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S14602] Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to 1849, Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916-1925), 220 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2010.

    2. [S14602] Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to 1849, Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916-1925), 224 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2010.

    3. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 310, p. 282 (Reliability: 3), 7 Mar 2017.

    4. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 310, p. 283 (Reliability: 3), 7 Mar 2017.

    5. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 310, p. 497 (Reliability: 3), 7 Mar 2017.

    6. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 310, p. 504 (Reliability: 3), 7 Mar 2017.

    7. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 311, p. 74 (Reliability: 3), 7 Mar 2017.

    8. [S14602] Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to 1849, Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916-1925), 240 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2010.

    9. [S14602] Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to 1849, Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916-1925), 236 (Reliability: 3), 13 Dec 2010.