Ninth Generation

324. Edward GRAY²⁶³ was born in April 1623 in Stapleford Tawney, England. He was born on 15 April 1628 in Stapleford, Tawney, England. He was born on 15 April 1628. Edward died on 30 June 1681 at the age of 53 in Plymouth, MA. Edward arrived in Plymouth ca. 1643 with his brother Thomas and became a merchant, among the wealthiest in Plymouth Colony. He was a constable in Plymouth in 1666, was freeman in 1670, deputy for Plymouth 1676, 1677 to 1679. He seems to have been of hasty temper; was fined 10 shillings for using reviling speeches to John Braynont on the Lord's Day as soon as they came out of a meeting. He left an estate of 1751 pounds, the largest at the time in Plymouth Colony.

The gravestone of Edward Gray is the oldest original stone still standing on Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA. He arrived in Plymouth in 1643. He was a merchant. According to family tradition, he and his brother were smuggled on board the ship on which they arrived and were sent to America by people who were intriguing for their property. Dorothy LETTICE and Edward GRAY were married on 12 December 1665 in Plymouth, MA.²⁹⁴

325. Dorothy LETTICE was born in 1648 in Plymouth, MA. She died in 1726 at the age of 78 in Plymouth, MA.

Children were:

	i.	Richard GRAY was born on 31 January 1666.
	ii.	Edward GRAY was born on 31 January 1667 in Tiverton, Newport Co., RI. He died in 1726 at the age of 59 in Tiverton, Newport Co., RI.
	iii.	Susanna GRAY was born on 15 October 1668. She died on 26 August 1722 at the age of 53.
162	iv.	Thomas GRAY.
	v.	Samuel GRAY was born in 1682 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA. He died on 23 March 1718 at the age of 36 in Little Compton, RI.