| [Index] |
| John BRAY (1760 - 1797) |
| soldier |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Thomas BRAY (1792 - ) Elizabeth BRAY (1795 - ) Mary BRAY (1796 - ) John BRAY (1798 - 1883) |
John BRAY (1760 - 1797) + Mary DOWNES (1766 - 1827) |
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| b. 1760 at Galway, Ireland |
| +. Mary DOWNES (1766 - 1827) |
| d. 04 Oct 1797 at Concord, New South Wales, Australia aged 37 |
| Children (4): |
| Thomas BRAY (1792 - ) |
| Elizabeth BRAY (1795 - ) |
| Mary BRAY (1796 - ) |
| John BRAY (1798 - 1883) |
| Events in John BRAY (1760 - 1797)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1760 | John BRAY was born | Galway, Ireland | 21 | ||
| 26 Jun 1790 | 30 | Immigration | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | per 'Neptune' second fleet | 21 |
| 1792 | 32 | Birth of son Thomas BRAY | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | V1792215 1A/1792 | |
| 1795 | 35 | Birth of daughter Elizabeth BRAY | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | V1795406 1A/1795 | |
| 1796 | 36 | Birth of daughter Mary BRAY | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | V1796543 1A/1796 | |
| 04 Oct 1797 | 37 | John BRAY died | Concord, New South Wales, Australia | V17971338 2A/1797 | 21 |
| Personal Notes: |
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Private NSW Army Corps – arrived on ‘Neptune’ with the Second Fleet .
no evidence of John and Mary's marriage has been found. I assume they were married as John would need to obtain permission from the Army for his wife to accompany him on the voyage. Enlisted with NSW Army Corps in England on 30 June 1789 John BRAY arrived on the 'Neptune' in Australia with his wife Mary and baby son James. It is believed that John was promoted to Sergeant. Joshua HOLT (his daughter Elizabeth’s father-in-law) referred to John Bray as a Sergeant and that he came from County Galway in Ireland. On 11 November 1794 John was granted thirty acres of land at the ‘Entrance of the Flats’, on the south side of the Port Jackson Harbour in a area later to be called Rhodes. John was discharged from the Corps on 26 November 1794. The first stage of ‘Bray's Farm’ had been built by the turn of the century and was the first house at Concord and later known as ‘Braygrove’. Bray's Road and Bray's Bay were named in honour of the Bray family at Concord. John was still a young man when he passed away at about 37 years of age. |
| Source References: |
| 2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997 |
| - Reference = 225 (Name, Notes) |
| 21. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Bray & McGilvery Ancestry, Title: Bray & McGilvery Ancestry, Locn: http://www.bray-mcgilveryfamilies.net/index.php |
| - Reference = (Immigration) |
| - Reference = (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = id 141 (Birth) |
| - Reference = id 141 (Death) |