Taylor Family Genealogy

Mary RAY

Female Abt 1699 - 1800  (~ 101 years)


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  • Name Mary RAY  [1
    Born Abt 1699 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1800  Frederick Co., Md. Find all individuals with events at this location  [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. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F498  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John SWEARINGEN,   b. Abt 1697,   d. 1800, Frederick Co., Md. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 103 years) 
    Married 9 Feb 1715  Prince George's Co. Md. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Mary SWEARINGEN,   b. 29 Oct 1720, Prince George's Co. Md. Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Lydia SWEARINGEN,   b. 7 Sep 1726, Prince George's Co. Md. Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Thomas SWEARINGEN,   b. 23 Nov 1728, Prince George's Co. Md. Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. John SWEARINGEN, Jr,   b. 6 Aug 1735, Prince George's Co. Md. Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Ann SWEARINGEN,   b. 1736, Rock Creek, Frederick County (now Montgomery Co.), Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bath County, Virginia? Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. Kezia SWEARINGEN,   b. UNKNOWN  [natural]
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S132] Some ancestors, Bond, Marian Saunders, p. 11.

    2. [S83] Letter to son, William. Frederick City, Va., Dec 4 1849, Carson, Simon.
      JET notes in letter