The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Link Wray
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
This report is by Julie Helen Otto.
The contribution of the undersigned is
that of HTML-izing Miss Otto's report.
| Ancestry of Link Wray | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick Lincoln ("Link") Wray, Jr., b. Dunn, Harnett Co., North Carolina 2 May 1929, pioneering rock guitarist ("Rumble," "The Swag," "Jack the Ripper," etc.), d. Copenhagen, Denmark, 6 Nov. 2005. On 10 April 1930 he was ae. 1 yr., 1 mo. (1930 U.S. Census, Harnett Co., N.C., Dunn twp., Series T626, Roll 1697, p. 14B, ED 3, ##275-310, lines 95-100, at line 100) |
| PARENTS | |
| 2 |
Frederick ("Fred") Lincoln Wray,
b. Indiana ca. 1897
(Rootsweb.com database by Rockne Johnson gives "June 1894"),
parents b. Indiana,
living Dunn, N.C. 10 April 1930 in his father-in-law's household
at 809 Wilson Ave., a laborer in a furniture factory, not working that day,
ae. 25 at first marriage, not a veteran
(1930 U.S. Census, Harnett Co., N.C., Dunn twp., Series T626,
Roll 1697, p. 14B, ED 3, ##275-310, lines 95-100, at. line 97)
m. ca. 1922 |
| 3 | Lillie M. Norris, called a Shawnee Indian in various online accounts of her son, b. N.C. ca. 1900, called a white female in 1930, ae. 22 at first marriage, does not read or write (1930 U.S. Census, Harnett Co., N.C., Dunn twp., Series T626, Roll 1697, p. 14B, ED 3, ##275-310, lines 95-100, at line 98) |
| GRANDPARENTS | |
| 4 |
Florentine Vandevar ("Joe") Wray/Ray,
b. Medora, Jackson Co., Indiana 14 April 1846,
living (on what looks like Oxen [Owen?] Spring and Medora Road)
Owen twp., Jackson Co. Indiana on 2 May 1910,
ae. 64, married 16 yrs.,
father b. Virginia, mother b. Indiana,
a farm laborer, out of work on 15 April 1910 but not out of work in 1909,
d. 10 Sept. 1910
m. Jackson Co., Indiana 10 Sept. 1893 (said to be first marriage, but in 1910 a 26-year old Clarence Wray, single, was living alone in the next house enumerated) |
| 5 | Frances M. Winegar, b. Indiana ca. 1877 (Rootsweb.com database by Rockne Johnson gives "Aug. 1875"), living Owen twp., Indiana on 2 May 1910 ae.33, mother of three, three children living; in the household were son Fred, WM 15, has not attended school within last year, can read/write, farm laborer, working out; dau. Sadie, WF 14, has attended school within last year, can read/write, no occupation; and dau. Ola, WF 2, no occupation (1910 U.S. Census, Jackson Co., Indiana, Owen twp. (part of west precinct), Series T624, Roll 357, p. 209, SD 4, ED 71, sheet 11B, ##187-191, lines 74-78) |
| 6 |
Robert Norris,
b. N.C. ca. 1874, l
iving 809 Wilson Ave., Dunn, N.C. 10 April 1930.
His household consisted of himself, WM 56, married,
ae. 25 at first marriage, owns his house valued at $1500,
owns radio, not in school, can read/write,
b. N.C., parents b. same,
laborer in a furniture factory, at work that day;
wife Ella, WF 48, ae. 15 at first marriage,
b. N.C., parents b. same, no occ., not in school, does not read/write;
son-in-law Fred L. Ray [sic], WM 33, pays $8 rent,
not in school, can read/write, laborer in a furniture factory,
not at work that day;
Lillie M., 30;
Vernon, 6;
Fred L. 1-1/12
(1930 U.S. Census, Harnett Co., N.C., Dunn twp., Series T626,
Roll 1697, p. 14B, ED 3, ##275-310, lines 95-100, at line 95).
In 1920, he and his wife lived on Magnolia Ave.,
Aversboro twp., Harnett Co., N.C.
m. ca. 1899 |
| 7 | Ella ____, b. N.C. ca. 1882, living Dunn, N.C. 1930, does not read/write (1930 U.S. Census, Harnett Co., N.C., Dunn twp., Series T626, Roll 1697, p. 14B, ED 3, ##275-310, lines 95-100, at line 96) |
| GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 8 |
Valorious/Villorous Wray,
b. Franklin Co., Virginia 1 Aug. 1810,
d. Jackson Co., Indiana 30 Dec. 1894
m. Jackson Co. (lic.) 23 June 1838; Carolyn Stultz, Jackson County, Indiana, Marriage Index from 1816 to 1920 [Bowie, Md., 1991], p. 624 (citing Book A-B, p. 194) gives his first name as "Villorous," and the date as 17 June 1836 |
| 9 | Amanda Catherine Sparks, b. Jackson Co. 16 Feb. 1822, d. [there] 22 Sept. 1896 |
| GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 16 |
Elias Wray,
b. Bedford Co., Va., 28 March 1783
m. Franklin Co., Va., 25 March 1806 |
| 17 | Polly Thurman, b. Bedford Co., Va., 15 Nov. 1781, d. Jackson Co., Indiana, 28 Feb. 1843 |
| 18 |
Stephen Sparks,
b. Westmoreland Co., Penn. 25 June 1775,
d. Sparksville, Indiana 9 Aug. 1851
m. Jefferson Co., Kentucky (bond) 13 Aug. 1799 |
| 19 | Catherine Padgett, b. Va. ca. 1774, d. Sparksville, Indiana 1854 |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 32 |
Benjamin Wray,
b. James River Co., Va., 28 May 1757,
d. Franklin Co., Va., 16 April 1849
m. Franklin Co., Va., ca. 1778 |
| 33 | Susannah Poteet, b. ca. 1759, d. Franklin Co., Va., before 7 May 1832 |
| 34 |
John Thurman,
d. Franklin Co., Va., 1821
m. |
| 35 | ____ |
| 36 |
James Sparks,
b. Cranbury, N.J. ca. 1752,
d. Jackson Co., Indiana 25 May 1834
m. |
| 37 | Catherine ("Caty") Newkirk, b. Cranbury, N.J. ca. 1765, d. Estill, Ky. ca. 1825 |
| 38 |
Theophilus Padgett,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
| 39 | Abigail ____, b. ... , d. ... |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 64 |
Moses Wray,
b. ca. 1727,
d. Bedford Co., Va. before 4 Oct. 1804
m. ca. 1755 |
| 65 | Elizabeth Morris, b. James River Co., Va., ca. 1735, d. ca. 1805 |
| 66 |
William Poteet,
will proved Franklin Co., Va. 6 Aug. 1821
m. |
| 67 | Keziah ____ |
| 72 |
Richard Sparks
of New Jersey,
d. Allegheny Co., Pa. ca. 1792
m. |
| 73 | ____ Applegate |
| 76 |
Reuben Padgett
m. |
| 77 | Elizabeth Calfee |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 128 |
Moses Wray,
b. ca. 1701,
d. before 19 Oct. 1780
m. |
| 129 | Mary ____, b. ca. 1711, d. ca. 1773 |
| 130 |
Daniel Morris,
b. Henrico Co., Va. ca. 1719,
d. Bedford Co., Va. between 31 Aug. and 24 Nov. 1767
m. |
| 131 | Tabitha ____, b. Va. ca. 1720, d. Bedford Co., Va., between 12 and 24 Aug. 1778 |
| 132 |
James Poteet,
b. Kingston, Baltimore Co., Md., ca. 1720,
d. after 1783
m. Baltimore Co., Md., 20 Sept. 1748 |
| 133 | Elizabeth Crabtree, said to be b. Kingsville, Baltimore Co., Md., 5 Nov. 1728, said to have d. McMinn Co., Tenn., 1839, (which would make her ae. 111 at death) |
| GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 264 |
John Poteet,
d. Baltimore Co., Md., 3 March 1720
m. |
| 265 | Elizabeth Craswell, b. Baltimore Co., Md., 1693, d. before 1745 |
| 266 |
William Crabtree,
b. Broughton, Yorkshire, 6 March 1682,
emigrated 1705,
d. Crabtree Plantation, Baltimore Co., Md., 10 Sept. 1756
m. Broughton, Yorkshire, 3 May 1703 |
| 267 | Jane Halstead, b. Midgby, Yorkshire, 6 June 1687, d. Kingsville, Baltimore Co., Md., 17 March 1759 |
| 7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 532 |
Thomas Crabtree
m. |
| 533 | Grace Moore |
| 534 |
James Halstead
m. |
| 535 | Grace Courtenay |
| 8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
| 9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |