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John BRAY (1760 - 1797)
soldier
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Thomas BRAY (1792 - )
Elizabeth BRAY (1795 - )
Mary BRAY (1796 - )
John BRAY (1798 - 1883)
John BRAY (1760 - 1797)

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Mary DOWNES (1766 - 1827)





























b. 1760 at Co Galway, Ireland
+. Mary DOWNES (1766 - 1827)
d. 04 Oct 1797 at Concord, New South Wales, Australia aged 37
Near Relatives of John BRAY (1760 - 1797)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Self John BRAY 1760 Co Galway, Ireland 04 Oct 1797 Concord, New South Wales, Australia 37

Spouse/Partner Mary DOWNES 1766 Co Tipperary, Ireland 07 Jul 1827 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 61

Son Thomas BRAY 1792 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Elizabeth BRAY 1795 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter Mary BRAY 1796 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Son John BRAY 19 Jan 1798 Concord, New South Wales, Australia 27 Aug 1883 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 85

Daughter in Law Charlotte STORER 18 Dec 1809 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 10 Sep 1847 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 37
Daughter in Law Elizabeth PHILLIPS 03 Sep 1799 London, Middlesex, England 24 Dec 1866 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 67
Daughter in Law Anna Maria BUCKLAND 1818 Wraidsbury, Buckinghamshire, England 28 Nov 1902 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 84

Granddaughter Lucy BRAY 02 Sep 1829 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 20 Aug 1856 St George, New South Wales, Australia 26
Grandson Joseph Nobbs BRAY 26 Feb 1831 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 15 Jul 1883 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 52
Granddaughter Charlotte Squire BRAY 25 Aug 1832 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 16 Jul 1924 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 91
Grandson John David BRAY 20 Mar 1834 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jan 1915 New South Wales, Australia 80
Grandson Thomas BRAY 01 Jan 1836 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 1884 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 48
Grandson Joshua BRAY 03 Sep 1838 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 20 Feb 1918 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 79
Grandson James BRAY 21 Jan 1841 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 21 Jul 1890 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 49
Granddaughter Mary BRAY 05 Jun 1842 Menangle, New South Wales, Australia 11 Jan 1900 Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia 57
Granddaughter Anne BRAY 03 Sep 1843 Menangle, New South Wales, Australia 10 Dec 1933 Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia 90
Granddaughter Alice Sarah BRAY 08 Nov 1845 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 14 Sep 1846 New South Wales, Australia 0

Events in John BRAY (1760 - 1797)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1760 John BRAY was born Co 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:
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 Down Under, Title: Devon to Down Under, 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 = id 141 (Death)
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
- Reference = (Immigration)
- Reference = id 141 (Birth)

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