James Reynolds RAY
- 23rd Oct 18539,10
Draper & Banker3
Life History
14th Sep 1773 |
Baptised in Clare, St Peter & Paul.1 Father - James Ray |
31st Jul 1804 |
Married Dorothy STAMMERS in Clare.23 |
20th May 1805 |
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10th Aug 1806 |
Birth of son James Stammers RAY in Clare.14 |
9th Jan 1808 |
Birth of son Thomas Reynolds RAY in Clare.15 |
15th May 1809 |
Birth of daughter Dorothy RAY in Clare.16 |
25th Jul 1811 |
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23rd Feb 1813 |
Birth of son Charles RAY in Clare.2 |
17th Nov 1813 |
Occupation Draper and Banker.2 Information from baptism record for Charles Ray |
9th Sep 1814 |
Birth of son William RAY in Clare.3 |
1st Dec 1814 |
Occupation Draper & Banker.3 Information from baptism details for William Ray |
15th May 1817 |
Birth of son Edward RAY in Clare.18 |
20th May 1819 |
Birth of son Samuel RAY in Clare.19 |
Jul 1824 (est.) |
Death of Dorothy STAMMERS in Clare.22 |
17th Jul 1824 |
Birth of son Robert Green RAY in Clare.21 |
9th Apr 1825 |
Death of son Robert Green RAY in Clare, St Peter & Paul.20 |
12th Jan 1837 |
Mentioned in Will.4 of Elizabeth Ray |
3rd Mar 1840 |
Mentioned in Will.5 of Catherine Clayton |
28th Aug 1847 |
Mentioned in Will.6 Of Deborah Clayton |
30th Mar 1851 |
Occupation Proprietor of houses.7 |
30th Mar 1851 |
Recorded in census in Risbridge, Clare (Nethergate Street).7 James S. Ray - Head - 44 - Grocer & Draper & Silk mercer - born Clare |
23rd Oct 1851 |
Legacy.8 Received a legacy of GBP 200 pre tax from the estate of Deborah Clayton |
23rd Oct 1853 |
Died in Risbridge, Clare.9,10 From the Norfolk News :- |
29th Oct 1853 |
Buried in Clare, St Peter & Paul.11,12 Grave Inscription :- |
Notes
- From the St Edmundsbury Chronicle website :-
The Clare Bank was opened by James Ray and his son, James Reynolds Ray, in 1801. James Ray was a grocer and draper in Clare who moved into banking like other prosperous merchants at that time. Ray's bank was forced into bankruptcy following the theft of a large number of their banknotes in 1819. The closure of the Clare Bank was not only a financial blow to the owners, but also left people who held their bank notes unable to spend them, or to convert them into cash.24
Sources
- 1. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - James Reynolds Ray - 1773
- 2. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - Charles Ray - 1813
- 3. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - William Ray - 1814
- 4. Will - Norwich CC - Ray, Elizabeth, spinster of Norwich - Will - 1837
- NRO - NCC Will Register Warren 488 - MF06 No. 458
- 5. Will of Catharine or Catherine Clayton, Spinster of Norwich, Norfolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/2046
- 6. Will of Deborah Clayton, Spinster of Tannington, Suffolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/2137
- 7. Census 1851 Risbridge HO107/178, F522, P12 - RAY - James Stammers Ray
- HO107/178, F522, P12
- 8. Probate records of the Clayton, Ray and White families, 1829-1851
- Norfolk Record Office - ETN 11/1/13
- 9. BMD Death Index - RAY - James Reynolds Ray
- 1853, Q4, James Reynolds Ray, Risbridge, 4a, 241
- 10. Norfolk News - Deaths - James Reynolds Ray - 1853
- Norfolk News, Saturday, 29 October, 1853
- 11. National Burial Index for England & Wales - James Reynolds Ray - 1835
- 12. Find a Grave Website - James Reynolds ray - 1853
- 13. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - Ann Ray - 1805
- 14. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - James Stammers Ray - 1806
- 15. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - Thomas Reynolds Ray - 1808
- 16. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - Dorothy Ray - 1809
- 17. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - John Ray - 1811
- 18. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - Edward Ray - 1817
- 19. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - Samuel Ray - 1819
- 20. National Burial Index for England & Wales - Robert Green Ray - 1825
- 21. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 - Robert Green Ray - 1824
- 22. Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Deaths - Dorothy Ray - 1824
- Cambridge Chronicle and journal, Friday, 06 August, 1824
- 23. Suffolk Marriage Index - James Reynolds Ray & Dorothy Stammers
- 24. St Edmundsbury Chronicle Website - Clare Bank