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Re: Frederick or Rederick Ray in Warren co NC in 1789
Posted by: Carl RAY (ID *****2391) Date: November 04, 2009 at 12:15:59
In Reply to: Re: Frederick or Rederick Ray in Warren co NC in 1789 by ross smith of 12675

Ross, Soon after I got into researching the RAY surname I found that most of our ancestors were illiterate and the spelling of the surname was usually left up to the Court Clerk...It is spelled three didderent ways in my direct line: RAY, WRAY, and RHEA !

There was a Frederick Ray (Along with a Joseph Ray) arrested for counterfeiting in Dinwiddie Co VA in 1776. This could be the Brunswick Co VA Frederick since Dinwiddie Co joins Brunswick Co.

There seems to be some confusion about the two Frederick Rays, since both of them were in GA at the same time...And both had wives named Nancy. William Wray (born 1700) with wife Anne is said to be s/o William Wray & Mary Whitson...This from Web-site: www.ancestorstories.org/dad/ray/index.cfm


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