Samuel GRAY, Jr.

1784 - 1819  (35 years)

• Name	Samuel GRAY
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	20 Jan 1784	Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	21 Mar 1784	Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  Deed	1808	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
  	55 acres land
  	Purchased from David Collam (Deed Book 6, p. 295, Index p. 232)
  Deed	1817	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
  	House lot
  	Purchased from Seth Leonard (Deed Book 9, p. 297, Index p. 234)
  Burial	Mar 1819	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA   [2]
  	Gravestone Inscription: In Memory of Samuel Gray Jr. Who died 1819 aged 35 years Tho I am dead yet I shall rise To meet you all above the skies Prepare yourselves to follow me For as I am so you must be
  Death	16 Mar 1819	Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont, USA   [2]
  Notes	In 1808 he is listed in the Brandon Deed Index as having purchased 55 acres of land from David Collam (Deed Book 6, p. 295), but he does not appear in the 1810 U.S. Census for Brandon. In 1817 he purchased a house lot from Seth Leonard (Deed Book 9, p. 297). Probate Extract: (Rutland County Vermont Probate Extracts, Rutland District) p. 157: Est. of Samuel Gray, Jr., Brandon. Adm. to Luther Conant and Polly Gray, Widow, bond, Richard Gilbert, surety. Samuel Burrnel and David Farrington, appt. appr. and comm. 12 April 1819 [10:340]. p. 159: Est. of Samuel Gray, Jr., Brandon. Inventory: re.: $2088.; pp.: livestock, household goods, notes. total est. $2537.37 1 June 1819 Samuel Burrnel, David Farington, app. Poly Gray, guard. of Oseann age 8, Gaius Rollin age 6, Mary Ardelia age 4, Laura age 2 and Eliza age 8 mo., bond, Luther Conant, surety. Samuel Burnell, David Farrington and Richard Gilbert, comm. to set dower re. to widow Polly. 12 Jul 1819 [10:375-376]. p. 162: Est. of Samual Gray, Jr., Brandon. Claims against est. $1142.36. 4 Oct 1819 Daniel Farrington, Samuel Burnell, comm. Comm. to set $673.77 of re. to wido Polly Gray. Isaac Moor, surveyor, Samuel Burnell, David Farrington, Richard Gilbert, comm. [10:422-425]. Est. of Samuel Gray, Brandon. Danl. Farrington, Samuel Burnell and Richd Gilbert, comm. to pay dividend of 100 cents/$ in re. to creditors. 8 Nov. 1819 [10:439]. p. 180: Est. of Samuel Gray, Jr. [?] Comm. to set re. creditors of $1/$1: Samuel Gray, Daniel Farrington, Richard Gilbert and Saml. Burnel. 8 April 1822. [11:209]. p. 193: Est. of Samuel Gray, Jr., Brandon. Luther Conant, adm. to set remaining balance of $192.02 to wido Polly Gray as her set off. Ack. by Polly Graves [sic], guard. of minor heirs. 10 Nov 1823 [11:446]. He is buried with parents in Row 21 of Old Town Cemetery, behind Congregational Church. [4, 5]
  Person ID	I2043	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Marriage	Marriage banns published 4 Sep 1780 at Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  Family ID	F1557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones		Gravestone epitaph of Samuel Gray Jr. (1784-1819)
  		Gravestone of Samuel Gray Jr. (1784-1819)

  
  

• Sources

  [S159] Vital Records. [S131] Gravestone. [S268] Templeton, Massachusetts Vital Records, (Published by Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, Trustee of the Fund, 1907), p. 31 (Reliability: 3). [S265] Brandon Deeds, (Town Offices, Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont.), Deed Index, pp. 232 and 234. (Reliability: 3). [S34] Probate, Rutland County, Vermont, Probate Extracts, Rutland District, NEHGS Library, F57/R9/J46/2007, Parts 2 and 3. (Reliability: 3).