Thanks to the efforts of Gen. Daniel Bray of Kingwood Township to collect the boats that Washington needed to get his army across the Delaware River before the British caught up with them, the surname Bray has a certain caché in Hunterdon County. But the family traces back much further, to a Rev. Jonathan Bray of Middletown, Monmouth County, who arrived from England in 1686.
Some Family Tree rules: All the family trees on this website are focused on residents of Hunterdon County. Once a family moves away, I lose track of them. Children of daughters are included, but not their grandchildren. Because so many of these families are inter-related, I have taken to highlighting in green the surnames of families that have their own published trees. (I am not adding the links to their trees for fear it might overwhelm my website.) I have made the fonts for the 4th – 6th generations are much smaller in order to fit the lines on the screen.
And finally, feel free to make additions or corrections in the comments section below or by email.
First Generation:
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray (c.1660 – c.1717)
| m. 1) Susannah Stout (1675 – 1715)
| m. 2) Anna Seabrook
Rev. Jonathan Bray was an English immigrant who settled in Monmouth County with the children from his first wife Susannah. His second wife Anna had immigrated previously and married Andrew Bowne of Monmouth (1667-bef. 1713) and had three children with him. Bowne died in his mid 40s. (Anna’s great grandson, John Bowne, M.D. (1767-1857), moved to Amwell Township in Hunterdon County.) Soon after Andrew Bowne’s death, Anna married the widower Rev. John Bray. The Brays were of Scotch descent, so we can assume that the ministers Jonathan and son James were Presbyterians.
Second Generation:
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray & 1) Susannah Stout
| (2.1) Rev. John Bray (1694 – 1765) & Elizabeth Bowne (bef.1701 – c.1768)
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. (1707 – 1759) of Kingwood Twp.
| | m. 1) Unknown
| | m. 2) Mary Elizabeth Martin (1710 – 1768)
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray & 2) Anna Seabrook
| (2.3) Andrew Bray (1713 – 1789) of Kingwood Twp.
| | m. 1) Margaret Watson (c.1715 – )
| | m. 2) Sarah Stout (c.1715 – )
| (2.4) Daniel Bray (1716 – 1778) & Anna Martin (c.1717 – ) of Piscataway, NJ
Third Generation:
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray & 1) Susannah Stout
| (2.1) Rev. John Bray & Elizabeth Bowne of Monmouth Co., NJ
| | (3.1) Elizabeth Bray (c.1726 – 1814 NJ) & Thomas Lequear (c.1705 – 1797)
| | (3.2) John Bray (c.1728 – 1783) & Catharine
| | (3.3) Samuel Bray (1729 – 1794)
| | | | m. 1) Catherine Browne [Bowne?] (1718 – 1769)
| | | | m. 2) Rebecca Applegate (1730 – 1810)
| | (3.4 James Bray (1730 – 1796) & Catharine Winter (c.1734 – 1772)
| | (3.5) Susannah Bray (c.1732 – ) & John Smalley (c.1730 – )
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. & 1) first wife, of Kingwood
I have some doubts about some of these names and dates; there is not enough good information.
| | (3.1) Susannah Bray (1742 – 1807) & John Watson Bray (1738 – 1806) of Lebanon Twp.
(John W. Bray was a son of Andrew Bray & Margaret Wilson, making him Susannah’s half first cousin.)
| | (3.2) Anne Bray (1745 – 1812) & Job Stout (c.1733 – bef. 1796), left NJ
| | (3.3) Hannah Bray (c.1748 – )
| | (3.4) James Bray (1750 – 1777) & Sarah Bowlby (c.1758 – )
| | (3.5) Gen. Daniel Bray (1751 – 1819) & Mary Wolverton (1756 – 1840)
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. & 2) Elizabeth Martin
| | (3.6) John Bray (1756 – 1845) & Rachel Rittenhouse (1760 – 1799)
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray & 2) Anna Seabrook
| (2.3) Andrew Bray & Margaret Watson of Lebanon Twp.
| | (3.1) John W. Bray (1738 – 1806) & Susannah Bray (1742 – 1807)
| | (3.2) Anne Bray (c.1741 – after 1812) & Capt. Thomas Jones (c.1735 – 1812)
| | (3.3) Huldah Bray (c.1743 – ) & Robert Cummins, M.D. (c.1740 – )
| | (3.4) Sarah Bray (1746 – 1812)
| | | | m. 1) Joseph Cox (c.1738 – 1768)
| | | | m. 2) John Shaw
| | (3.5) Deliverance Bray (c.1748 – bef. 1813) & John Shurts (1758 – 1813)
| | (3.6) Thomas Bray (c.1750 – ) & Elizabeth Bowlby (c.1750 – )
| (2.4) Daniel Bray & Anna Martin of Piscataway
| | (3.1) Anne Bray (1743 – 1816) & Rev. Reune Runyon (1741 – 1811)
Fourth Generation:
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray & 1) Susannah Stout
| (2.1) Rev. John Bray & Elizabeth Bowne of Monmouth Co.
| | (3.1) Elizabeth Bray & Thomas Lequear of Kingwood
| | | (4.1) Elizabeth Lequear (c.1748 – c.1825) & unknown Taylor (c.1745 – bef. 1797)
| | | (4.2) Rachel Lequear (c.1750 – bef. 1796) & John Pinkerton (c.1745 – )
| | | (4.3) Hannah Lequear (c.1755 – )
| | | (4.4) Thomas Lequear (1762 – 1846) of Kingwood
| | | | | m. 1) Mary Cronce (1759 – 1819)
| | | | | m. 2) Sarah L. Hartpence (1775 – 1836), d/o John Eber Hartpence
| | (3.2) John Bray & Catharine of Kingwood
| | | (4.1) Elizabeth Bray (c.1750 – ) & Thomas Farnsworth (c.1750 – ), left H.C.
| | (3.3) Samuel Bray & 2) Rebecca Applegate of Monmouth Co.
| | | (4.1) David Bray (c.1755 – )
| | | (4.2) Samuel Bray (1765 – )
| | | (4.3) Sarah Bray (176 – 1765)
| | | (4.4) Rebecca Bray (1767 – 1771)
| | | (4.5) Anna Bray (c.1769 – 1858)
| | | (4.6) Daniel Bray (c.1770 – 1841)
| | (3.4) James Bray & Catharine Winter of Kingwood Twp.
| | | (4.1) Rebecca Bray (1759 – c.1823) & William Rittenhouse (1755 – 1816), left H.C.
| | | (4.2) Elizabeth Bray (1761 – 1805) & Capt. Asa Reed (1759 – 1815)
| | | (4.3) Andrew Bray (1763 – 1849) & Mary Yawger (1773 – 1848), left H.C.
| | | (4.4) Allise Bray (c.1765 – ) & unknown Bowne (c.1760 – )
| | | (4.5) Catharine Bray (1770 – ) & unknown Pence (c.1770 – )
| | | (4.6) James Bray (1772 – 1810) & Rachel Ogborne (1774 – 1855), left H.C.
| | (3.5) Susannah Bray & John Smalley (no information)
| | | (4.1) John Smalley & Elizabeth
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. & first wife
| | (3.1) Susannah Bray & John Watson Bray, s/o Andrew& Margaret Bray
| | | (4.1) Andrew Bray (1760 – 1846) & Cornelia Traphagen (1761 – 1840)
| | | (4.2) Sarah Sally Bray (1763 – 1850) & Thomas Cox (1765 – 1805)
| | | (4.3) Mercy Bray (1765 – 1832) & unknown Coryell (c.1760 – )
| | | (4.4) Deliverance Bray (1767 – 1781)
| | | (4.5) Margaret Bray (1769 – 1843) & Jacob Snyder (1766 – 1815)
| | | (4.6) Mary Bray (1772 – 1773)
| | | (4.7) Huldah Bray (1774 – 1777)
| | | (4.8) John Bray (1776 – 1786)
| | | (4.9) James Bray (1778 – 1803)
| | | (4.10) Ann ‘Nancy’ Bray (1781 – 1835) & Archibald Stewart Taylor (1781 – 1860)
| | | (4.11) Susannah Bray (1783 – 1836) & Jonathan Waterhouse (c.1780 – 1815)
| | | (4.12) Huldah Cummins Bray (1786 – 1855) & Ernest L. Hazelius (c.1780 – )
| | | (4.13) John Watson Bray Jr. (1788 – 1866) & Mary Grandin (c.1790 – after 1850)
| | (3.5) Gen. Daniel Bray & Mary Wolverton
| | | (4.1) Elizabeth Bray (1775 – 1845) & Edward Rittenhouse (1768 – 1821)
| | | (4.2) Delilah Elizabeth Bray (1777 – 1857) & Jonathan Edw. Rittenhouse (1770 – 1846)
| | | (4.3) John Bray (1779 – 1818) & Rachel Rittenhouse (c.1780 – )
| | | (4.4) Jonathan Bray (1781 – c.1861) & Elizabeth Cool (c.1786 – 1861)
| | | (4.5) Hannah Bray (1783 – 1858) & Jonathan Blackwell (1777 – 1821)
| | | (4.6) James Bray (1785 – 1786)
| | | (4.7) Susannah Bray (1786 – 1862) & Israel Bateman (1779 – 1825)
| | | (4.8) Andrew Bray (1789 – 1849) & Sarah Rittenhouse (1796 – 1882)
| | | (4.9) William Bray (1791 – 1811)
| | | (4.10) Sydney Bray (1791 – 1803)
| | | (4.11) Hon. Wilson Bray (1793 – 1850) & Mary West (c.1798 – 1876)
| | | (4.12) Daniel Bray (1795 – after 1842) & Elizabeth Kirk (c.1805 – )
| | | (4.13) Garner H. Bray (1797 – 1798)
| | | (4.14) Mary Bray (1801 – 1812)
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. & 2) Elizabeth Martin
| | (3.6) John Bray & Rachel Rittenhouse
| | | (4.1) Elizabeth Grace Bray (c.1780 – )
| | | (4.2) Sarah E. Bray (c.1784 – 1867)
| | | | | m. 1) John Johnson (1785 – 1829)
| | | | | m. 2) Elijah Heath Jr. (1805 – c.1871)
| | | (4.3) Daniel Bray (c.1780 – )
| | | (4.4) Samuel H. Bray (c.1780 – ) & Rachel F. Cooper (c.1825 – after 1873)
| | | (4.5) Isaac Bray (c.1785 – )
| | | | | m. 1) Mary Hudnut (1783 – 1823)
| | | | | m. 2) Elizabeth Wert (c.1800 – )
| | | (4.6) John Bray (1788 – 1866) & Ruth Scott (1799 – 1873)
| | | (4.7) Charles Bray (c.1790 – ) & Sally Williamson (c.1800 – )
| | | (4.8) Elijah Bray (c.1795 – after 1850) & Martha Strimple (c.1800 – )
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray & Anna Seabrook
| (2.3) Andrew Bray & Margaret Watson
| | (3.1) John Watson Bray & Susannah Bray of Lebanon Twp.
| | | | (4.1) Andrew Bray (1760 – 1846) & Cornelia Traphagen (1761 – 1840)
| | | | (4.2) Sarah Sally Bray (1763 – 1850) & Thomas Cox (1765 – 1805)
| | | | (4.3) Mercy Bray (1765 – 1832) & unknown Coryell (c.1760 – )
| | | | (4.4) Deliverance Bray (1767 – 1781)
| | | | (2.5) Margaret Peggy Bray (1769 – 1843) & Jacob Snyder (1766 – 1815)
| | | | (2.6) Mary Bray (1772 – 1773)
| | | | (2.7) Huldah Bray (1774 – 1777)
| | | | (2.8) John Bray (1776 – 1786)
| | | | (2.9) James Bray (1778 – 1803)
| | | | (2.10) Nancy Ann Bray (1781 – 1835) & Archibald S. Taylor (1781 – 1860)
| | | | (2.11) Susannah Bray (1783 – 1836) & Jonathan Waterhouse (c.1780 – 1815)
| | | | (2.12) Huldah Cummins Bray (1786 – 1855) & Ernest L. Hazelius (c.1780 – )
| | | | (2.13) John Watson Bray Jr. (1788 – 1866) & Mary Grandin (c.1790 – after 1850)
| | (3.2) Anne Bray & Capt. Thomas Jones of Kingwood
| | | (4.1) Sarah Jones (c.1765 – ) & Samuel Arnwine (c.1762 – c.1821)
| | | (4.2) Thomas Jones (c.1775 – ) & Grace Anderson (1782 – 1813)
| | | (4.3) Mary Jones (1781 – 1858) & James VanKirk (1780 – 1833)
| | | (4.4) John Jones (1770 – 1844) & Margaret Lewis Rockafellar (1777 – 1863)
| | | (4.5) Polly Jones (c.1785 – ) & David VanKirk (1755 – )
| | | (4.6) Samuel Jones
| | | (4.7) Elizabeth Jones
| | | (4.8) Ann Nancy Jones (c.1790 – )
| | | (4.9) Effie Jones
| | (3.4) Sarah Sally Bray & 1) Joseph Cox of Readington
| | | (4.1) Thomas Cox (c.1760 – 1805)
| | (3.4) Sarah Sally Bray & 2) John Shaw
| | | (4.2) Andrew Shaw
| | (3.5) Deliverance Bray & John Shurts of Readington Twp.
| | | (4.1) Margaret Shurts (1775 – 1844) & Henry George Schomp (c.1770 – 1862)
| | | (4.2) Capt. Andrew Shurts (1778 – c.1816)
| | | (4.3) Rachel Shurts (1780 – bef. 1813)
| | | (4.4) Sarah Shurts (1783 – )
| | | (4.5) Elizabeth Shurts (1786 – )
| | | (4.6) John Shurts (1788 – 1833) & Sarah Van Zeilus
| | | (4.7) Robert Cummins Shurts (1791 – )
| | | (4.8) Michael Shurts (1795 – ) & Anne Vansyckle (c.1796 – )
| | (3.6) Thomas Bray & Elizabeth Bowlby, left H.C.
| | | (4.1) Ann Bray (c.1775 – ) & Abraham Woolston
| | | (4.2) Mahlon Bray (c.1780 – )
| (2.4) Daniel Bray & Anna Martin of Piscataway, NJ
| | (3.1) Anne Bray & Rev. Reune Runyon
| | | (4.1) Anne Nancy Runyon (1766 – 1839) & George Drake (1748 – 1832)
Fifth Generation:
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray & 1) Susannah Stout
| (2.1) Rev. John Bray & Elizabeth Bowne
| | (3.2) John Bray & Catharine
| | | (4.1) Elizabeth Bray & Thomas Farnsworth, left H.C.
| | | | (5.1) Lydia Farnsworth
| | | | (5.2) Mary Farnsworth
| | | | (5.3) Daniel Farnsworth
| | | | (5.4) John Farnsworth
| | (3.5) James Bray & Catharine Winter of Middletown
| | | (4.2) Elizabeth Bray & Capt. Asa Reed of Amwell
| | | | (5.1) James L. Reed (1778 – 1815)
| | | | (5.2) Charity Reed (1780 – 1815) & Ezekiel Everitt (1780 – 1860)
| | | | (5.3) Catherine Reed (1783 – 1827)
| | | | | | m. 1) Isaac C. Huffman (1771 – c.1815)
| | | | | | m. 2) Godfrey Huffman (c.1780 – )
| | | | (5.4) Andrew Reed (1785 – 1787)
| | | | (5.5) Anne Reed (1787 – 1808)
| | | | (5.6) Mary Reed (1789 – 1791)
| | | | (5.7) Sarah Reed (1791-1828)
| | | | (5.8) Jesse C. Reed (1793 – 1854)
| | | | | | m. 1) Rachel Moore (1794 – 1876)
| | | | | | m. 2) Charlotte Farley (c.1808 – )
| | | | (5.9) Elizabeth Reed (1795 – 1835) & James Snyder Esq. (1786 – 1874)
| | | | (5.10) Asa Reed (1798 – 1831)
| | | | (5.11) Mary Reed (1800 – 1881) & Holcombe Dilts (1798 – 1877)
| | | | (5.12) James S. Reed (1802 – 1881) & Catharine Swick (1807 – 1885)
| | | | (5.13) Garner H. Reed (1803 – )
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. & first wife
| | (3.1) Susannah Bray & John Watson Bray
| | | (4.1) Andrew Bray & Cornelia Traphagen
| | | | (5.1) John Traphagen Bray (1781 – 1851) & Euphemia Armstrong (1782 – 1858)
| | | | (5.2) Hannah Bray (c.1782 – ) & William Vandevir (c.1780 – )
| | | | (5.3) Susan Bray (c.1785 – ) & William Johnson (c.1780 – )
| | | | (5.4) Maria Bray (c.1785 – )
| | | | (5.5) Henry Watson Bray (c.1790 – )
| | | | (5.6) William Vandereau Bray (c.1790 – )
| | | | (5.7) Cornelia E. Bray (1792 – 1872) & William Henry Coit (c.1795 – )
| | | (4.2) Sarah Sally Bray & Thomas Cox of Somerset Co.
| | | | (5.1) James Bray Cox (c.1798 – 1882)
| | | | | | m. 1) Frances N.
| | | | | | m. 2) Emily Elizabeth Miller (1822 – 1903)
| | | | (5.2) Joseph Cox (1791 – 1867)
| | | (4.3) Mercy Bray (1765 – 1832) & Unknown Coryell (~1760 – )
| | | | (5.1) David Coryell
| | | (4.10) Nancy Ann Bray & Archibald Stewart Taylor
| | | | (5.1) Robert Taylor (1803 – 1823)
| | | | (5.2) Emily Caroline Taylor (1804 – 1826)
| | | | (5.3) John Bray Taylor (1806 – 1866) & Susan Adeline Bray (1811 – 1887)
| | | | (5.4) Gen. George William Taylor (1808 – 1862) & Mary Large King (1813 – 1888)
| | | | (5.5) Lewis Hazelius Taylor (1811 – 1908) & Jane Crow Johnston (1811 – 1870)
| | | | (5.6) Sarah Ann Taylor (1813 – 1859) & James R. Dunham (1812 – 1875)
| | | | (5.7) William Johnston Taylor (1815 – 1881)
| | | | | | m. 1) Jane Taylor Taitt (c.1835 – after 1881)
| | | | | | m. 2) Ella Knight
| | | | (5.8) Susan Louisa Taylor (1818 – 1819)
| | | (4.13) John Watson Bray Jr. & Mary Grandin
| | | | (5.1) Susan Adeline Bray (1811 – 1887) & John Bray Taylor (1806 – 1866)
| | | | (5.2) John G. Bray (c.1814 – ) & Frances
| | (3.5) Gen. Daniel Bray & Mary Wolverton
| | | (4.1) Elizabeth Bray & Edward Rittenhouse
| | | | (5.1) Mary Rittenhouse (1793 – 1874) & Andrew Blackwell (1786 – 1851)
| | | | (5.2) Ann Nancy Rittenhouse (1795 – 1851) & Francis Roberson Jr. (1791 – 1884)
| | | | (5.3) Daniel Bray Rittenhouse (1798 – 1859) & Catharine Bonham (1802 – 1864)
| | | | (5.4) Benjamin Rittenhouse (1800 – 1874) & Mary Britton (c.1802 – )
| | | | (5.5) John Bray Rittenhouse (1803 – 1859) & Ann Barcroft (1807 – 1890)
| | | | (5.6) Alanson Rittenhouse (1805 – 1888) & Mary Swallow (c.1820 – )
| | | | (5.7) Andrew Bray Rittenhouse (1807 – 1872) & Elizabeth Mettler (1816 – 1887)
| | | | (5.8) George Washington Rittenhouse (1810 – 1862) & Rachel Rockafellar (1809-1882)
| | | | (5.9) Catharine Rittenhouse (1813 – 1843) & Mahlon Nelson Thatcher (1808 – 1889)
| | | | (5.10) Elizabeth Rittenhouse (1815 – 1894) & Samuel Rambo Kugler (1811 – 1879)
| | | | (5.11) Delilah Rittenhouse (1817 – 1857)
| | | (4.2) Delilah Elizabeth Bray & Jonathan Edward Rittenhouse
| | | | (5.1) Mary Bray Rittenhouse (1799 – 1880) & Rev. Morgan Rhees Cox (1798 – 1881)
| | | | (5.2) Eliza Bray Rittenhouse (1802 – 1880) & James Kugler (1798 – 1871)
| | | | (5.3) Daniel Bray Rittenhouse (1804 – 1885) & Rachel Miriam Pyatt (1810 – 1876)
| | | | (5.4) Susan Bray Rittenhouse (1806 – 1889)
| | | | (5.5) Huldah Bray Rittenhouse (1808 – 1890) & Rev. James W. Wigg (c.1800 – 1843)
| | | | (5.6) Watson J. Rittenhouse (1810 – 1894) & Sarah Wilson (1817 – 1879)
| | | | (5.7) Wilson Bray Rittenhouse (1813 – 1881)
| | | | | | m. 1) Rachel Lambert (1815 – 1837)
| | | | | | m. 2) Ury Ann Ent (c.1813 – 1888)
| | | | (5.8) Mahala Rittenhouse (1816 – 1893) & William Reading (1808 – 1858)
| | | | (5.9) Delilah Ann Rittenhouse (1821 – 1847) & William Bodine (1819 – 1886)
| | | (4.4) Jonathan Bray & Elizabeth Cool
| | | | (5.1) John W. Bray (1806 – )
| | | | (5.2) Mary Ann Bray (1807 – ) & John Cowdrick (1808 – )
| | | | (5.3) Susan Bray (1809 – 1901) & John Sergeant (1809 – 1876)
| | | | (5.4) William Cool Bray (1811 – )
| | | | (5.5) Hiram Bray (1814 – )
| | | | (5.6) Silas Bray (1819 – 1898) & Abigail Corwine (1824 – 1889)
| | | (4.5) Hannah Bray & Jonathan Blackwell
| | | | (5.1) Jemima Blackwell (1803 – after 1850) & Rev. Christopher Suydam (c.1800 – )
| | | | (5.2) Matilda Blackwell (1808 – 1852)
| | | | | | m. 1) Robert Miller Rittenhouse (1801 – 1837)
| | | | | | m. 2) Wesley Kyle (c.1818 – )
| | | | (5.3) Sidney Bray Blackwell (1813 – 1873) & Sarah Bond (1813 – 1874)
| | | | (5.4) Susan Bray Blackwell (1815 – 1887) & Alexander Coryell (1799 – 1881)
| | | (4.7) Susannah Bray & Israel Bateman
| | | | (5.1) John Newton Bateman (1821 – ) & Elizabeth H. Opdycke (1821 – )
| | | | (5.2) George Whitfield Bateman (1822 – 1889) & Amelia Brittain (1816 – 1900)
| | | | (5.3) Charles Wesley Bateman (1824 – 1894) & Mary Bunn (1823 – 1905)
| | | | (5.4) Israel Bateman (1825 – )
| | | (4.8) Andrew Bray & Sarah Rittenhouse
| | | | (5.1) Sylvanus Jackson Bray (1815 – 1827)
| | | | (5.2) Daniel Bray (1818 – 1842)
| | | | (5.3) Elisha R. Bray (1818 – 1891)
| | | | (5.4) Matilda Bray (1821 – 1833)
| | | | (5.5) Anderson Bray (1826 – 1913) & Amy M. Snyder (1860 – 1954)
| | | (4.11) Hon. Wilson Bray & Mary West
| | | | (5.1) Lucinda Bray (1817 – 1900) & Dr. John Wolverton Barcroft (1817 – 1895)
| | | | (5.2) John W. Bray (1819 – ) & Susan (c.1831 – )
| | | | (5.3) Fletcher Bray (1820 – ) & Levina Larason (1825 – )
| | | | (5.4) Wilson Bray (c.1822 – 1895)
| | | | (5.5) Stacy B. Bray (1826 – 1905)
| | | | | | m. 1) Mary Emma Coryell (1827 – after 1870)
| | | | | | m. 2) Ann E. Warner (c.1855 – 1921)
| | | | (5.6) Nancy Bray (c.1827 – )
| | | | (5.7) Elizabeth K. Bray (c.1828 – 1900) & John Lambert Hoppock (1820 – 1903)
| | | | (5.8) Thomas West Bray (c.1830 – )
| | | | (5.9) William M. Bray (c.1833 – ) & Lizzie J. Hutchinson (c.1840 – )
| | | | (5.10) Mary West Bray (c.1835 – )
| | | | (5.11) Ellen R. Elenor Bray (c.1837 – )
| | | | (5.12) Anna Bray (c.1840 – ) & William Hetzel (c.1840 – )
| | | | (5.13) Francelia West Bray (c.1839 – )
| | | | (5.14) Emeline Bray (c.1841 – ) & Robert H. Forman (c.1835 – )
| | | | (5.15) Charles B. Bray (c.1843 – )
| | | | (5.16) Amy Bray (c.1845 – )
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. & 2) Elizabeth Martin
| | (3.6) John Bray & Rachel Rittenhouse
| | | (4.2) Sarah E. Bray & 1) John Johnson
| | | | (5.1) Charles B. Johnson (c.1820 – 1898) & Elvirah Wright (1823 – 1907)
| | | | (5.2) Albertus R. Johnson (c.1822 – c.1905) & Margaret Dilts (c.1832 – bef. 1900)
| | | | (5.3) Anderson R. Johnson (c.1826 – 1876)
| | | | (5.4) Samuel B. Johnson (1829 – 1884) & Sarah Elizabeth Kugler (1842 – 1916)
| | | (4.2) Sarah E. Bray & 2) Elijah Heath Jr.
| | | | (5.5) John Heath (c.1840 – )
| | | (4.6) John Bray & Ruth Scott
| | | | (5.1) Amy Bray (1817 – 1900) & John Willson (1814 – 1893)
| | | | (5.2) William Waterhouse Bray (1826 – 1871) & Ann D. Thorne (1826 – c.1902)
| | | | (5.3) Lucy S. Bray (1819 – 1902)
| | | | | | m. 1) Unknown Snyder (c.1815 – bef. 1848)
| | | | | | m. 2) John Trego Hampton (1823 – 1898)
| | | | (5.4) John Wesley Bray (c.1828 – after 1880) & Louise M. Grant (c.1837 – )
| | | | (5.5) James Scott Bray (c.1828 – after 1880) & Miriam (c.1828 – )
| | | | (5.6) Austen O. Bray (c.1831 – ) & Sarah Cowdrick (c.1835 – )
| | | | (5.7) Charles Anderson Bray (c.1832 – 1858)
| | | | (5.8) Harriet Bray (1834 – 1896)
| | | | | | m. 1) William Hamilton Barcroft (1822 – 1876)
| | | | | | m. 2) Aaron T. Trimmer (1821 – 1884)
| | | | (5.9) Mary Ann Bray (c.1835 – ) & Josiah Wilson (1820 – 1901)
| | | (4.8) Elijah Bray & Martha Strimple
| | | | (5.1) Charles A. Bray (c.1825 – bef. 1900) & Rebecca Shearman (1822 – )
| | | | (5.2) William Bray (c.1828 – )
| | | | (5.3) Jane E. Bray (c.1830 – )
| | | | (5.4) Samuel Bray (c.1833 – )
| | | | (5.5) Manning Bray (c.1836 – )
Sixth Generation:
(1) Rev. Jonathan Bray & 1) Susannah Stout
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. & first wife
| | (3.1) Susannah Bray & John Watson Bray, s/o Andrew Bray & Margaret Wilson
| | | (4.13) John Watson Bray Jr. & Mary Grandin
| | | | (5.1) Susan Adeline Bray (1811 – 1887) & John Bray Taylor (1806 – 1866)
| | | | | (6.1) Robert Luther Taylor (1830 – 1890)
| | | | | (6.2) John Bray Taylor Jr. (1832 – 1916) & Isabel Keith (1839 – 1887)
| | | | | (6.3) Ernest Augustus Taylor (1834 – )
| | | | | (6.4) Sgt. Ernest Augustus Taylor (1834 – 1911)
| | | | | (6.5) Mary C. Taylor (1836 – )
| | (3.5) Gen. Daniel Bray & Mary Wolverton
| | | (4.4) Jonathan Bray & Elizabeth Cool
| | | | (5.2) Mary Ann Bray & John Cowdrick
| | | | | (6.1) Silas Cowdrick (c.1830 – after 1880) & Margaret Suydam (c.1843 – )
| | | | (5.3) Susan Bray & John Sergeant
| | | | | (6.1) Lydia A. Sergeant (c.1831 – )
| | | | | (6.2) Elizabeth Sergeant (c.1832 – ) & Richard Hoagland (c.1834 – 1880)
| | | | | (6.3) Martha R. Sergeant (c.1835 – )
| | | | | (6.4) Joseph Sergeant (1840 – 1841)
| | | | | (6.5) George W. Sergeant (c.1840 – )
| | | | | (6.6) John P. Sergeant (c.1844 – )
| | | | | | m. 1) Caroline Holcombe (c.1842 – )
| | | | | | m. 2) Annie V. Walcott
| | | (4.8) Andrew Bray & Sarah Rittenhouse
| | | | (5.5) Anderson Bray & Amy M. Snyder
| | | | | (6.1) Sarah Rittenhouse Bray (1891 – c.1969) & Clarence A. Pyatt (1892 – 1977)
| | | (4.11) Hon. Wilson Bray & Mary West
| | | | (5.5) Stacy B. Bray & 1) Mary Emma Coryell
| | | | | (6.1) Mary Bray (c.1855 – )
| | | | | (6.2) Clarence A. Bray (1858 – 1919) & Alice Snyder (1864 – 1951)
| | | | | (6.3) Leda Bray (c.1862 – )
| | | | (5.5) Stacy B. Bray & 2) Ann E. Warner
| | | | | (6.4) Adelaide W. Bray (1880 – 1906) & unknown Drake (c.1875 – )
| | | | | (6.5) Elizabeth Bray (1881 – )
| | | | | (6.6) Stacy B. Bray (1884 – )
| | | | (5.7) Elizabeth K. Bray & John Lambert Hoppock
| | | | | (6.1) Joseph Hoppock (1850 – 1890)
| | | | | (6.2) Ella Hoppock (c.1851 – )
| | | | | (6.3) Samuel Hoppock (c.1854 – )
| | | | | (6.4) Charles W. Hoppock (1870 – 1914)
| (2.2) James Bray Sr. & 2) Elizabeth Martin
| | (3.6) John Bray & Rachel Rittenhouse
| | | (4.6) John Bray & Ruth Scott
| | | | (5.1) Amy Bray (1817 – 1900) & John Willson (1814 – 1893)
| | | | | (6.1) Isabella Belle Wilson (c.1847 – )
| | | | | (6.2) Mary E. Wilson (c.1851 – )
| | | | | (6.3) Sarah Catharine Wilson (c.1852 – )
| | | | | (6.4) John S. Willson (1854 – 1854)
| | | | (5.3) Lucy S. Bray & 1) Unknown Snyder
| | | | | (6.1) Mary Jane Snyder (1841 – 1903) & Peter Wagoner Rounsaville (1831 – 1917)
| | | | (5.4) John Wesley Bray & Louise M. Grant
| | | | | (6.1) Angeline Bray (c.1856 – )
| | | | | (6.2) Alexander Bray (c.1858 – )
| | | | | (6.3) Elizabeth Lizzie Bray
| | | | (5.6) Austen O. Bray & Sarah Cowdrick
| | | | | (6.1) Theodore Bray (c.1858 – )
| | | | | (6.2) John H. Bray (1862 – ) & Phoebe A. Johnson (1861 – 1938)
| | | | | (6.3) Mary A. Bray (1864 – ) & Charles Augustus Butterfoss (1851 – 1925)
| | | | | (6.4) Lucy Bray (c.1867 – )
| | | | (5.8) Harriet Bray & William Hamilton Barcroft
| | | | | (6.1) Amy Barcroft (1864 – ) & Ellis Burket (1860 – )
| | | | | (6.2) Caroline Barcroft (1867 – 1941) & Joseph H. Hann (1869 – 1940)
| | | | | (6.3) Joseph Trimmer (c.1868 – )
| | | | | (6.4) Elias Trimmer (c.1870 – )
| | | | (5.9) Mary Ann Bray & Josiah Wilson
| | | | | (6.1) Adelaide S. Wilson (c.1852 – ) & Wm Howard B. Lake (1850 – after 1897)
| | | | | (6.2) Laura Blanche Wilson (c.1866 – )
Thanks to the efforts of Gen. Daniel Bray of Kingwood Township to collect the boats that Washington needed to get his army across the Delaware River before the British caught up with them, the surname Bray has a certain caché in Hunterdon County. But the family traces back much further, to a Rev. Jonathan Bray of Middletown, Monmouth County, who arrived from England in 1686.
Dave Steward
December 25, 2020 @ 1:25 pm
In 1935, my parents bought the 15-acre (?) place, fieldstone house and barn, from a Bray, I believe it was a Daniel Bray. The property, extant, lies at the west end of Sandy Ridge Road, Stockton.
Thanks for what you do. It’s significant work.
Kimberley Phillips
January 8, 2021 @ 3:48 pm
Please explain why Rev. John Bray living in Middletown, NJ had to get permission from his mother in law (Mary Seabrook, Whitlock) to sell land in Exeter, New England. There is a Will of Richard Bray (from England) leaving land to his wife Mary, son John & daughter Mary in Exeter after his death. The son & daughter were underage. This land was sold to John Sleeper of Exeter and was recorded Aug. 31, 1689. Rev. John Bray would have been a grown man and only IF Mary Seabrook/Whitlock was his MOTHER would he need her to also sign off on the selling of the land. If Mary Seabrook/Whitlock was first Bray then Rev John Bray married his 1/2 sister Anna Seabrook.
Marfy Goodspeed
January 8, 2021 @ 4:47 pm
Interesting question, but I do not have an answer. The family this far back is beyond my research area. Perhaps another descendant can help out.
Kimberley Phillips
January 29, 2021 @ 3:27 pm
Actually, if you’ll look at the date that Rev. John Bray sold land in Exeter NH with consent of his mother, Mary M. Whitlock. It was August 1689. Mary Whitlock could not have been his mother-in-law because Rev. John didn’t marry Ann, the widow of Andrew Bowne until between 1711 (after Peter Bowen son of Andrew & Ann was born) and before Ann the widow had a child by Rev. John in July 1713.
Edith S West
March 6, 2021 @ 8:20 pm
On the question regarding Anna Seabrook Bowne Bray: I believe I have reconciled her parentage. I suggest that Thomas Seabrook married Mary Compton not Herbert. I am considering that Mary Herbert John’s mother, however, do not believe she was the wife of Thomas Whitlock. The deed that has Mary M Whitlock’s signature I believe that she is mother-in-law and mother of Anna Seabrook. The writing on the document is not clear. Anna refused to be administrator of Rev John Bray’s will and assigned it to his son John by his first wife. I think the writing would clarify that it was sold in the settlement of his will in 1716. If you are interested I have all of this in Wikitree. com with John Bray-1479 and Susannah Seabrook-95. There are duplicates of John Bray bring up the question that they are half brother/sister. The source by the Compton’s were obtained by going to Middleton and doing the research.
Marfy Goodspeed
March 7, 2021 @ 10:07 am
You may very well be right about Mary Compton’s spouses. These people were not Hunterdon residents, so I have not really researched them, but relied on others. How can Mary be both mother-in-law and mother of Anna Seabrook?
Kimberley Phillips
March 15, 2021 @ 4:55 pm
I agree. The key is the document selling the land which identified John Bray of Middletown and his mother Mary M. Whitlock of Middletown took place in the year 1689. He states he was selling with the consent of his mother thus the land was part of an inheritance; not land he bought himself & was selling. The date is very clear. John Bray of Middletown didn’t marry his 1st wife until somewhere about 1708 area. He married Ann, the widow of Andrew Bowne about 1712 area.
Sharon Hardman
September 12, 2021 @ 4:59 pm
John Bray had sons John and James with his first wife Susanna Stock?. John born 1694 and James born 1704.
Scott Freeman Bray
October 21, 2021 @ 12:16 am
Hello. My name is Scott Freeman Bray from Burlington Ontario Canada. I’m a descendant of Rev John Bray and Anne Seabrook. They were my 7-time great grandparents. I also noticed in your 4th Generation section that you have Mahlon Bray (c1780) Mahlon Bray Sr. was my 4-time Great Grandfather and he was born Nov 3rd, 1776. He died in Ontario Canada on Sept 5th, 1848 and is buried in the Palermo Cemetery in Oakville Ontario along with his wife Rachel Freeman. Their Daughter Rachel Bray and their youngest son Mahlon Bray Jr. and his wife Hannah Alton.
Edith West
December 14, 2021 @ 2:22 pm
Edit of this comment March 6 2021. Thomas Seabrook’s widow could not have married the husband of Mary M Whitlock who signe the deed of 1689 for sale of land in Exeter, N. H. Richard Bray m 1. Mary __________1645-1650 and died 1665 as dated by administration of his estate naming Mary and two children John under 21 and Mary under 18. In 1666 Thomas Seabrook and his wife Mary were in a land transaction and had Daniel, a son born 1667. Source:Stillwell, John Edwin. ”Historical and genealogical miscellany : data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey”. Vol 3. New York. John E Stillwell:1903. Pages 110 https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal03instil/page/219/mode/1up, History of Durham, https://www.google.com/books/edition/This_Old_Monmouth_of_Ours/Cy88CpankH8C?q=andrew+bray&gbpv=1&bsq=bray#f=falseTorrey, Clarence Almon. Bentley, Elizabeth F. Ed. New England Prior to 1700. Baltimore. Geneological Publishing Co,, Inc.:1985. Page 94. https://www.google.com/books/edition/New_England_Marriages_Prior_to_1700/mOgK8dM9qqUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=bray
↑ Batchellor, Albert Stillman, Ed. etal. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire. Vol 1. 1635-1717. Concord. N. H. Rumbord PrintingCo:1907. Pages Pages xxiv, 86. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Probate_Records_of_the_Province_of_New_H/9IhQAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=will+of+richard+bray+1666&pg=PA86, Stackpole, Everett and Lucien Thompson. History of the town of Durham. Vol. 1. Durham, N. H. By vote of the town:1913. Page 45. https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofd01stac/page/46/mode/1up?