 1666 - 1731 (65 years)
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| Name |
BRAY David [1] |
| Prefix |
Col. |
| Birth |
1666 |
Wilmington Parrish, James City County, Virginia  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1692 |
James City County, Virginia [1] |
| Justice of James City |
| Occupation |
1705 |
James City County, Virginia [1] |
| Sheriff |
| Occupation |
1710 |
James City County, Virginia [1] |
| Vestryman |
| Alt. Death |
1717 |
- David was a Justice in 1692, Sheriff in 1705, and a Vestryman in 1710. He died October 21, 1717, and his wife Judith died in 1720. They are both buried in the Bruton Churchyard, Bruton Parish, Charles, Virginia. His tomb is inscribed: COLONEL DAVID BRAY 1717 together with the Bray coat-of-arms.
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| Alt. Death |
21 Oct 1717 [2] |
- Date on tombstone in Bruton Parish Churchyard
We have also the monuments of the ancient and excellent family of Brays:-
"Here lyeth the body of Col. David Bray, of this parish, who died 21st of Octo., 1717, in the 52d year of his age, and left his wife Judith and son David Bray, by "whom this monument was erected, in memory of him."
On the same is the following:-
.. Under this tomb, with her husband, lyeth )Mrs. Judith Bray, who departed this life the 26th day of October, 1720, in the 45th year of her age."
There is also a large marble monument, on one side of which is the following:
"Hie depositum quicquid habuit mortale Elizabeth Bray, una cum
marito desideratissimo ,qure langueti morbo consumpta animan resignavit
22 die Aprilis, aono 173? , ?etatis 32.. .Equanimiter, Fortiter, Pie."
On the other side as follows:
"David Bray, armiger, vir forma, ingenio, morum suavitate.....
serenissimo reji Georgia Secundo, Concilii in Virginia constitutus, tamen
ante munus susceptum, florente faetate lmorteabreptus, Elizabetham Johannis
Page armigeri filiam nutu primam, et sine prole maerentem reliquit, Octo. 17, aetate 32."
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| Reference Number |
1027 |
| Death |
21 Oct 1731 |
| Burial |
Williamsburg, VA (Bruton Parish Churchyard) |
- The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct., 1893), pp. 78-86
pp. 79. So. Mr. Brock in his notes correctly rep-resents the Bray arms, as inscribed upon the tombs in Bruton churchyard.
We have also the monuments of the ancient and excellent family of Brays:-
"Here lyeth the body of Col. David Bray, of this parish, who died 21st of Octo., 1717, in the 52d year of his age, and left his wife Judith and son David Bray, by "whom this monument was erected, in memory of him."
On the same is the following:-
.. Under this tomb, with her husband, lyeth )Mrs. Judith Bray, who departed this life the 26th day of October, 1720, in the 45th year of her age."
There is also a large marble monument, on one side of which is the following:
"Hie depositum quicquid habuit mortale Elizabeth Bray, una cum
marito desideratissimo ,qure langueti morbo consumpta animan resignavit
22 die Aprilis, aono 173? , ?etatis 32.. .Equanimiter, Fortiter, Pie."
On the other side as follows:
"David Bray, armiger, vir forma, ingenio, morum suavitate.....
serenissimo reji Georgia Secundo, Concilii in Virginia constitutus, tamen
ante munus susceptum, florente faetate lmorteabreptus, Elizabetham Johannis
Page armigeri filiam nutu primam, et sine prole maerentem reliquit, Octo. 17, aetate 32."
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| Notes |
- Col. DAVID BRAY (James1), of Wilmington Pariah, James City county (born 1666; died October 21, 1717 - tombstone in Bruton Churchyard) was Justice of James City in 1692, Sheriff in 1705, and vestryman 1710; married Judith -- (born 1676, died 0ctober 26, 1720), and had issue:
David (Va. Historical Collection, XI, pg. 80).
BRAY. James City county.
Arms: Azure a chevron between three eagles legs erased a la
Cuisse sable, armed gules.
Crest: An ounce ppr.
James Bray, J. P., of James City county 1666; member of the
Council, 4 March, 1674-5; married Angelica i They had
issue, (1) Thomas; (2) James, J. P., of James City county, in 1710, vestryman of Bruton parish; sheriff in 1717; married about 1698, Mourning, widow of Col. Thomas Pettus. (3) Col. David Bray, J. P., of James City county, 1710; vestryman of Bruton parish; had issue David, born 1699, member of the Council; died 1731; married Elizabeth, dau. of John Page of Gloucester. (4) Angelica, married Mingo Inglis of Williamsburg. The Bray arms are on the tombs of the first and second David Bray in Bruton churchyard. They correspond with the arms of Bray in the Visitation of Nottingham in 1614. [3]
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| Person ID |
I45 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
9 Feb 2015 |
| Father |
BRAY James, b. Abt 1610 d. 24 Oct 1691, Middle Plantation, York County (Age ~ 81 years) |
| Mother |
GIBSON Angelica, b. 1634, James City County, Virginia d. 1663, Williamsburg, VA (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage |
1658 |
| Family ID |
F10 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S164] William & Mary Quarterly...on file, Pg. 268 (Reliability: 2).
- [S164] William & Mary Quarterly...on file, pg.268 (Reliability: 3).
- [S164] William & Mary Quarterly...on file (Reliability: 2).
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