Individual Details
Abel Gray
(13 Oct 1791 - 22 Apr 1862)
Events
| Birth | 13 Oct 1791 | Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire |  | ||
| Marriage | Jul 1813 | Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire - Betsey Pettengill | |||
| Residence | 1820 | Weston, Vermont | | ||
| Residence | 1830 | Weston, Windsor, Vermont | | ||
| Residence | 1840 | Lawrence, Illinois | | ||
| Residence | 1850 | Clay and Richland, Richland, Illinois | | ||
| Residence | 3 Jul 1855 | Township 8, Richland, Illinois | | ||
| Residence | 1860 | Residence Post Office: Olney - Olney, Richland, Illinois | | ||
| Death | 22 Apr 1862 | Olney, Richland, Illinois | |||
| Property |  | ||||
| Biography | |
Families
| Spouse | Betsey Pettengill (1792 - 1859) |
| Child | Elizabeth Gray (1813 - 1881) |
| Child | Maria A. Gray (1815 - 1897) |
| Child | Harriet L. Gray (1817 - 1876) |
| Child | Son Gray (1819 - 1819) |
| Child | Abel P. Gray (1822 - 1880) |
| Child | Son Gray (1823 - 1823) |
| Child | William N. Gray (1824 - 1908) |
| Child | Emeline Gray (1826 - 1832) |
| Child | Sophia Gray (1828 - 1830) |
| Child | Ruth Oliva Gray (1831 - 1911) |
| Child | Orlando Wesley Gray (1833 - 1903) |
| Father | Timothy Gray (1749 - 1807) |
| Mother | Ruth Burnham (1755 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Timothy Gray (1787 - 1867) |
| Sibling | Henry Gray (1789 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Abiel Gray (1793 - 1850) |
| Sibling | Lucy Burnham Gray (1795 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Ruth Gray (1800 - 1858) |
Notes
Property
Richland County Illinois deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1318166?availability=Family%20History%20Library
Index
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVH-S965-C?i=152&cat=1318166
Abel to A.P. – A, 75 and 76
Harriet L. Gray to A.P. – F:576
A. P. Gray – P:473; Q:106
William N. Gray – P:566, R:260, R:291
John S. Gray and wife Mary in 1864, Richland, IL –Q:184
Lawrence County grantee – B:395
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-8GZC?i=293&cat=209161
Public land purchases
https://apps.ilsos.gov/isa/landSalesSearch.do
On 10 April 1837, Abel Gray with his wife Betty P.Gray of Lawrence County, in consideration of $28.08, sold to Joseph Bunch a5-acre parcel in Lawrence County part of section number two of township three.
K:104
Biography
He is captain in War of 1812 – there is some type of plaque giving some historyhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21228425/betsy-p.-gray
some biography
https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograp00lake/page/580/mode/2up
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Clay and Richland, Richland, Illinois; Roll: M432_125; Page: 172A; Image: 596.
2. Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Weston, Windsor, Vermont; Page: 428; NARA Roll: M33_128; Image: 295.
3. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1830; Census Place: Weston, Windsor, Vermont; Series: M19; Roll: 187; Page: 161; Family History Library Film: 0027453.
4. Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Year: 1840; Census Place: Lawrence, Illinois; Roll: 63; Page: 191; Family History Library Film: 0007643.
5. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1850; Census Place: Clay and Richland, Richland, Illinois; Roll: M432_125; Page: 172A; Image: 596.
6. Ancestry.com, Illinois, U.S., State Census Collection, 1825-1865 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008), Illinois State Archives; Springfield, Illinois; Illinois State Census, 1855; Archive Collection Number: 103.008; Roll Number: 2194; Line: 5.
7. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1860; Census Place: Olney, Richland, Illinois; Roll: M653_222; Page: 54; Family History Library Film: 803222.