Taylor Family Genealogy
Mary RAY
Abt 1699 - 1800 (~ 101 years)-
Name Mary RAY [1] Born Abt 1699 Gender Female Died 1800 Frederick Co., Md. [1] Person ID I1273 Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree Last Modified 1 Nov 2019
Father William RAY, d. Abt 1737, Prince George's Co., Md. Relationship natural Family ID F498 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family John SWEARINGEN, b. Abt 1697, d. 1800, Frederick Co., Md. (Age ~ 103 years) Married 9 Feb 1715 Prince George's Co. Md. [1, 2] Children 1. Mary SWEARINGEN, b. 29 Oct 1720, Prince George's Co. Md. [natural] 2. Lydia SWEARINGEN, b. 7 Sep 1726, Prince George's Co. Md. [natural] 3. Thomas SWEARINGEN, b. 23 Nov 1728, Prince George's Co. Md. [natural] 4. John SWEARINGEN, Jr, b. 6 Aug 1735, Prince George's Co. Md. [natural] 5. Ann SWEARINGEN, b. 1736, Rock Creek, Frederick County (now Montgomery Co.), Maryland , d. Bath County, Virginia? [natural] 6. Kezia SWEARINGEN, b. UNKNOWN [natural] Last Modified 1 Nov 2019 Family ID F318 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - "Your grandma Williams was a Swaringan -- Her mother's maiden name Ray. She married at 16 years old to Swaringan 18 years old and lived together man and wife 84 years. One lived to be 100 and the other 102 years old. She had 15 children and raised 12 of them who scattered a good deal over the U.S.
"Of the 15 children, 8 daughters were raised and 4 sons. Of the daughters one married Dute, one Prater, one Owens, one Clary, one Beeksmith, one Davis, one Smallwood." -- Simon Carson Letter
William Ray of Prince George's Co., in a will dated July 25, 1723 and Probated Jan 12, 1737-8 left 5 shillings to Mary Swearingan. -- Maryland Calendar of Wills, p 236.
- "Your grandma Williams was a Swaringan -- Her mother's maiden name Ray. She married at 16 years old to Swaringan 18 years old and lived together man and wife 84 years. One lived to be 100 and the other 102 years old. She had 15 children and raised 12 of them who scattered a good deal over the U.S.
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