Abigail Abby WRAY
Abt 1804 - 1863 (~ 59 years)-
Name Abigail Abby WRAY Born Abt 1804 Ireland 
Gender Female Died 10 Dec 1863 Thames Street, Bristol, RI Buried North Burial Ground, Bristol, RI Person ID I00064 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 4 Feb 2021
Father George WRAY Mother Betsey Unknown Family ID F00131 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family George EDWARDS, b. Abt 1790, England , d. Abt Oct 1852, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 62 years) Married Abt 1825 Notes - I have estimated their year of marriage.
Children 1. Margaret (Margrette) Edwards, b. Abt 1826, England , d. California + 2. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Edwards, b. Abt 23 Feb 1828, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland , d. 27 Dec 1892, Attleborough, MA (Age ~ 64 years)3. Harriet Edwards, b. Abt 10 Sep 1831, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland , d. Abt 18 Aug 1907 (Age ~ 75 years)4. Suzanna "Susan" Edwards, b. Abt 1 Jan 1834, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland 5. Eliza Jane EDWARDS, b. 4 Mar 1836, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland , d. 2 Dec 1894, RI (Age 58 years)6. James Lovejoy Edwards, b. 3 Jan 1839, Broadmoor Common, Herefordshire, England , d. 18 Jan 1914, OInset-Wareham, MA (Age 75 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00010 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - My information on Abigail's life came primarily from the writings of my great-grandmother Chafee (nee Mary Andrews). I followed this up with two visits to the vault at the Bristol Town Hall in Bristol, RI, where I located and photocopied the death record, which gave additional facts such as date of death, age at death, parents' names, and place of birth. It says that her family was Scotch-No. Irish, and that she was born in Scotland. Gr-Grandma thought "her people were from the north of Ireland."
Abigail married the widower of her sister Charlotte.
(Bristol official record book #5, p.39)
According to the 1840 and 1851 England censuses, Abigail was born in Ireland. A posting on the Wray forum at genealogy.com says she was from Clonkirk, Ireland.
Abby Edwards age 48 housekeeper and James Edwards age 17 cotton spinner are listed on the ship's manifest, arriving in New York City on 27 August 1855. They sailed from Liverpool on the ship Thornton.
- My information on Abigail's life came primarily from the writings of my great-grandmother Chafee (nee Mary Andrews). I followed this up with two visits to the vault at the Bristol Town Hall in Bristol, RI, where I located and photocopied the death record, which gave additional facts such as date of death, age at death, parents' names, and place of birth. It says that her family was Scotch-No. Irish, and that she was born in Scotland. Gr-Grandma thought "her people were from the north of Ireland."