Individual Details
Rebecca BRAY
(20 Dec 1806 - 22 May 1884)
According to Gearleen Bray Hagstedt and her husband, George , there was a Rebecca Bray (b.12/20/1802 in TN, d.5/22/1894 in Claiborne County TN). She was never married. She lived on the old bray homestead along the Powell River just east of the old community of Hopewell. She was a quiet person and never discussed who the father of her son Franklin was. Family members believe that his name was Parks, but no one knows for sure. She is buried on the old family homestead with a small grave stone. Currently the Bill Brooks farm. They believe that Rebecca's father was Patrick Bray and her mother was Mary Stocks (Stokes?). They said her son Franklin is buried at the Bray cemetery in Hercules, Taney County, MO.
Events
| Birth | 20 Dec 1806 | Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States | |||
| Census | 1840 | Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States |  |  | |
| Census | 1860 | The Western District, Lee, Virginia, United States | | | |
| Death | 22 May 1884 | Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Franklin PARKS (1804 - 1838) |
| Child | Franklin William BRAY (1838 - 1914) |
| Father | Patrick BRAY (1755 - 1826) |
| Mother | Mary STOCKS (1767 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Jane BRAY (1795 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Edmond Edward BRAY (1797 - 1865) |
| Sibling | Thomas BRAY (1789 - 1860) |
| Sibling | John BRAY (1810 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary BRAY (1815 - 1862) |
Notes
Census
Census
Birth year in Census is 1806.Endnotes
1. , "United States Census, 1840,", , Family Search (https://familysearch.org : 26 June 2016), Rebecca Bray, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 218, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 518; FHL microfilm 24,542..
2. United States Census Bureau, ""United States Census, 1860",", , Family Search ( : ), Rebecca Bray, United States, Census, 1860. Western District, Lee, Virginia, United States , .