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Personal data John II Bray 

• He was born on October 24, 1624 in Devonshire, Plymouth, Plymouth, England.
• He died on January 22, 1689 in York, Kittery, York County, Maine, he was 64 years old.
• A child of John I Bray and Isabella Bray (Genta)
• This information was last updated on July 2, 2022.

Household of John II Bray

He is married to Jane Joan Bray (Pierce).

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Joan Deering (Bray)  1662-1708 

Notes about John II Bray

John Bray, II is your 10th great grandfather.
You
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your father ·Üí Emma Corine Welborn
his mother ·Üí Emma Elizabeth Free / Bombard
her mother ·Üí Isabelle Pridgen
her mother ·Üí Robert W Bynum
her father ·Üí Elizabeth Bynum
his mother ·Üí Robert Mitchell
her father ·Üí Jonathan Mitchell
his father ·Üí Miriam Mitchell
his mother ·Üí Joanna Jordan
her mother ·Üí Joan Deering
her mother ·Üí John Bray, II
her father

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John Bray, II
Gender:
Male
Birth:
October 24, 1624
Devonshire,, Plymouth, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
Death:
January 22, 1689 (64)
York, Maine, Kittery, York County, ME, United States
Immediate Family:
Son of John Bray, I and Isabella Bray
Husband of Joan Bray and Joan Bray
Father of Joan Deering and Margery (Bray) Pepperell

Birth: 1624 in St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon, England. Alternate: 1620 in Plymouth, , Devon, England. Death: 22 JAN 1689 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA. Alternate: 1693 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA. Parents: John Bray and Grace Genta. John Bray came from Plymouth, Devon, England. He was in Kittery, ME in 1660 & 1663. He was an innkeeper in 1674. He removed to Gloucester, MA 1674 where he worked as a shipwright. He wrote his will 22 Jan 1689. It was witnessed 15 Jul 1690, registered 1 Aug and his goods appraised 31 Jan 1690. Sources: Noyes, GEN. DICT. OF ME & NH Sargent, MAINE WILLS Savage, Holmes & Farmer === Leonard, Lewis Keeler. SEVEN HUNDRED ANCESTORS. Privately Published. 1975, CS71.L58, pp. 15-16 Brays served under William the Conqueror and the name dates back to the time of Charlemagne and is said to have originated near Evereux, Normandy. A Milo de Brai was a crusader in 1096. Our Immigrant ancestor, John Bray, came from Plymouth, County of Devon, England in 1660. He was a man of considerable means and had capital with which he could make investments here. He was born about 1630 and he married Joan Pierce, daughter of John and Eleanor Pierce. She was born in England about 1634. John Bray became a shipbuilder at Kittery Point, Maine but also had other interests. In 1674 he was an innkeeper. His will was dated Jan.22, 1688/9. It is detailed and extensive. A house that he still owned in Plymouth, England was left to his wife as well as part of the house in which he lived at Kittery. She also received several acres of land and some personal property. The rest of his land and personal estate was divided between his son and three daughters. The total value of the estate was 306 pounds and 10 shillings. The will was probated Aug.1, 1690. His wife, Joan, left a will but the record of it has been lost, probably by the York County bookbinders. She died sometime before the will of her daughter, Joan, was made on June 20, 1707. The children of John and Joan Pierce Bray were: 1. Margery, b. 1660 in Plymouth, England. In 1680 she married William Pepperall and was the mother of Sir William Pepperell. She died on Jan.1, 1737. 2. Joan, b. about 1662 in Kittery, Maine. 3. John, b. about 1664 in Kittery, Maine. 4. Mary, b. 1666 in Kittery; m. Joseph Deering. Joan Bray married Clement Deering in 1678/9. She died at Kittery in 1707 after her will was made. It was probated on Jan.10, 1708. See the Deering Lineage. Bibliography: Genealogy of The Burbank Family and The Families of Bray, etc. by George Burbank Sedgley. Devon Parish Register, Vol. I by W.P.W. Fillmore. Americana Vol. XXXV, pages 51-239. York Maine Deeds, Book V, edited by William M. Sargent. Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder, Vol. IV and IX. Bray Family Records in the Mormon Genealogical Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. === Lowell, D.O.S., A MUNSEY-HOPKINS GENEALOGY. Boston: privately printed, 1920, R929.2 M97, pp. 71-72 JOHN BRAY came to Piscataqua from Plymouth, England about 1660. He brought with him his wife JOAN, and a daughter MARGERY one year old. He settled at Kittery, Maine, as shipwright; in 1674 he also kept an inn. Savage says he "removed in the war [King Philip's] to Gloucester, perhaps; there married November tenth, 1679, Margaret Lambert, as second wife." It is not known when or where his first wife died. He himself died in 1690. The house of JOHN BRAY at Kittery is still standing. Edward Whitefield, in "Homes of our Forefathers," says:--"This is a very fine old house, built by John Bray in 1660." Will: 22 JAN 1688/9 Kittery, York, ME U. S. A. Death: BET 22 JAN 1689 AND 15 JUL 1690 in Kittery, York, ME U. S. A. Probate: 15 JUL 1690.

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