Ancestry of Fay Wray

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Fay Wray should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.

I'd like to thank David Curtis Dearborn for his contributions to this report.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Fay Wray
1 Vina Fay Wray, b. near Cardston, Alberta, Canada, 15 Sept. 1907, d. New York, N. Y., 8 Aug. 2004
PARENTS
2 Joseph Heber Wray, b. Hull, Yorkshire, 19 Dec. 1861, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 5 May 1930
m. Salt Lake City, Utah, 23 May 1900
3 Elvina Marguerite Jones, b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 24 Jan. 1870, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 28 April 1938
GRANDPARENTS
4 Joseph Wray, b. Woodmansey, Yorkshire, 11 Oct. 1834, d. Salt Lake Co., Utah, 15 Dec. 1870
m. St. Paul's, York, Yorkshire, 8 Feb. 1858
5 Juliana Goulding, b. Lincoln, Lincolnshire, 8 Feb. 1839, d. Union Co., N. J., 30 Nov. 1868
6 Daniel Webster Jones, b. Booneslick, Howard Co., Mo., 26 Aug. 1830, d. Lehi, Maricopa Co.,, Ariz., 20 April 1915
m. Provo, Utah, 29 Jan. 1852
7 Harriet Emily Colton, b. Shelby, Macomb Co., Mich., 24 July 1836, d. Tonto Creek, Gila Co., Ariz., 12 Feb. 1884
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 William Wray, b. ... , d. ...
m.
9 Mary Atkinson, b. ... , d. ...
10 William Goulding, b. ... , d. ...
m.
11 Ann Bonner, b. ... , d. ...
12 Wiley Jones, b. Davidson Co., Tenn., ... 1799, d. Howard Co., Mo., 20 July 1839
m. Nashville, Davidson Co., Tenn., 15 Feb. 1821
13 Margaret Scott Cloyd, b. Davidson Co., Tenn., 9 May 1804, d. Davidson Co., Tenn., 6 March 1843
14 Philander Colton, b. Clarence Hollow, Erie Co., N. Y., 19 Oct. 1811 d. Ashley Center, Uintah Co., Utah, 15 Aug. 1891
m. Shelby, Macomb Co., Mich., 3 July 1833
15 Polly Merrill, b. Madison Co., N. Y., 15 Oct. 1817, d. Ashley Center, Uintah Co., Utah, 13 Aug. 1891
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
24 Aquila Jones, b. King William Co., Va., 17 Jan. 1773, d. Howard Co., Mo., 20 Sept. 1847
m. Davidson Co., Tenn., 16 April 1798
25 Lettie Hooper, b. ... , d. Howard Co., Mo., ... 1826
26 David Cloyd, b. Montgomery Co., Va., 27 June 1771, d. Fayette Co., Tenn., 20 June 1852
m. Davidson Co., Tenn., 17 March 1795
27 Sarah Marshall, b. Albemarle Co., Va., 23 May 1773, d. Davidson Co., Tenn., 18 Jan. 1840
28 Charles Colton, b. ... 1779, d. ...
m. Cayuga Co., N. Y., ... 1805
29 Mary Jones, b. ... , d. ... 1820
30 Samuel Merrill, b. Simsbury, Conn., 24 Sept. 1780, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 25 Sept. 1878
m. Oneida, N. Y., 10 Sept. 1802
31 Phoebe Odell, b. Cambridge, N. Y., 22 April 1788, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 26 Jan. 1862
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
48 Benjamin Jones, b. ... , d. ...
m.
49 Martha ... , b. ... , d. ...
50 Absalom Hooper, b. Guilford Co., N. C., ... 1742, d. Nashville, Tenn., ... 1811
m.
51 Elizabeth Wiley, b. ... 1746, d. ...
52 John Cloyd, b. ... , Ireland, ... 1738, d. ... March 1764
m.
53 Margaret Scott, b. ... , Ireland, ... 1735, d. ... 1799
54 Gilbert Marshall, b. ... , Ireland, ... 1715, d. ... 1801
m. ... 1748
55 Martha Rowan, b. ... 1730, d. ...
56 Eli Colton, b. Springfield, Mass., 24 July 1750 d. Scipio, N. Y., ... 1815
m.
57 Mary Crane, b. Milton, Mass., 20 Nov. 1752, d. Mount Pleasant, Wisc., 8 July 1848
58 Ezra Jones, b. Westchester Co., N. Y., ... 1756, d. Locke, N. Y., 2 Jan. 1833
m. ... 16 March 1781
59 Elizabeth King, b. Dutchess Co., N. Y., 13 March 1762, d. Locke, N. Y., 24 Jan. 1848
60 Jared Merrill, b. Hartford, Conn., ... 1754, d. Genessee Co., N. Y., 7 May 1832
m.
61 Abigail Phelps, b. Simsbury, Conn., 16 Nov. 1754, d. Genessee Co., N. Y., 17 Dec. 1831
62 Jonas Odle, b. ... , d. Genessee Co., N. Y., 1 Feb. 1804
m. Oneida Co., N. Y., 15 Sept. 1783
63 Lucy Milda Weaver, b. Stonington, Conn., 27 March 1766 d. Utica, Mich., 12 ug. 1836








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







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EXTRACTS from the U.K. CENSUS







1861 RG9/3596 Yorkshire, Hull (Holy Trinity), ED 44, folio 80, page 13

Joseph Wray   Head  mar  26       Railway Stationary Engine Driver     Yorkshire      Beverley
Juliana  Do   Wife  mar  22       Wife                                 Lincolnshire   Lincoln
Mary A   Do   Dau           9 mo                                       Yorkshire      Hull

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