William SPURLING Samuel RAY Elizabeth RAY Samuel RAY Charles RAY Jane RAY Jane RAY Mary RAY William RAY Maria RAY Emma RAY James RAY Catherine RAY William SPURLING James SPURLING Jeremiah SPURLING John SPURLING Samuel SPURLING Phillis SELBY Mini tree diagram

Phillis SPURLING

approx. 17911 - 17th Aug 18626,7,8,9,10

Shopkeeper4

Life History

approx. 1791

Born in Worlingworth.1

Date calculated from age at death

1st Aug 1814

Married Samuel RAY in Worlingworth.43,44,45

From the Bury and Norwich Post :-
"A few days since Mr. Samuel Ray, to Phillis, daughter of Mr. W. Spurling, both of Worlingworth"

26th Jun 1815

Birth of daughter Elizabeth RAY in Worlingworth.13,14,15,9

5th Nov 1816

Birth of son Samuel RAY in Worlingworth.17,18

approx. 1819

Birth of son Charles RAY in Suffolk.22

1st Jun 1820

Birth of daughter Jane RAY in Worlingworth.24,25

16th Oct 1821

Death of daughter Jane RAY in Worlingworth.23,9

26th Jul 1822

Birth of daughter Jane RAY in Worlingworth.26,27

27th Jun 1824

Birth of daughter Mary RAY in Worlingworth.28,29

26th Jan 1826

Birth of son William RAY in Worlingworth.32

27th May 1827

Birth of daughter Maria RAY in Worlingworth.33,34,35

23rd Feb 1829

Birth of daughter Emma RAY in Worlingworth.37,38

18th Jul 1830

Birth of son James RAY in Worlingworth.39

15th Dec 1832

Birth of daughter Catherine RAY in Worlingworth.40,41

27th Dec 1834

Mentioned in Will.2

Of Samuel Ray - died 27 May 1835
Annotated as "my beloved wife"

27th May 1835

Death of Samuel RAY in Tannington.42,9

27th Jul 1835

Executor.2

Of the Will of Samuel Ray
Annotated as "widow the Relic"
Joint Executor with William Ray "the brother" and Samuel Ray "now a minor the son"

Research Note :-
Samuel Ray never became an Executor as he died in 1836 before becoming of age.
From the Probate - "power reserved of making the like grant to Samuel Ray now a Minor the son the other Exec when he shall attain the age of twenty one years and apply for the same"

25th Apr 1836

Death of son Samuel RAY in Worlingworth, St Mary.16

7th May 1837

Death of daughter Emma RAY in Worlingworth.36

18th Apr 1839

Death of son William RAY in Hoxne.30,31

3rd Mar 1840

Mentioned in Will.3

Of Catherine Clayton - died 1846
Annotated as "widow of Samuel Ray deceased"

6th Jun 1841

Occupation Shopkeeper.4

6th Jun 1841

Recorded in census in Hoxne, Dennington (Worlingworth).4

9th Nov 1842

Death of son Charles RAY in Depwade, Needham.19,20,21

2nd Dec 1849

Death of daughter Mary RAY.9

30th Mar 1851

Recorded in census in Mutford, Lowestoft (South Turnpike Marine Terrace, 5).1

Head of household
Staff x 1
Annotated as "Widow"

7th Apr 1861

Occupation Fund Holder.5

7th Apr 1861

Recorded in census in Mutford, Lowestoft (8 Marine Terrace).5

Head of household
Staff x 1
Annotated as "Widow"
Visitor - Elizabeth Freuer

17th Aug 1862

Died in Mutford (Lowestoft, Marine Terrace).6,7,8,9,10

Epilepsy
From the Ipswich Journal :-
"17th inst., at Lowestoft, Phillis, widow of Mr. Samuel Ray, of Worlingworth, in her 72nd year"

From the Death Certificate .-
1) Wife of Samuel Ray, Spirit Merchant, deceased
2) Description and residence of informant - James Ray, in attendance, 38 High Street, Lowestoft
3) When registered - 20 August 1862

23rd Aug 1862

Buried in Worlingworth, St Mary.11,9

15th Sep 1862

Probate.7,12

"On the fifteenth day of September 1862 Letters of Administration of all and singular the Personal Estate and Effects of Phillis Ray late of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk deceased who died on the seventeenth day of August 1862 at Lowestoft aforesaid a Widow and Intestate was granted at the District Registry attached to Her Majesty's Court of Probate at Ipswich to Elizabeth Freuer the Wife of William Lord Basford Freuer of Eye in the said county of Suffolk Gentleman one of the natural and lawful children of the said deceased she having been first sworn to administer.
Mary Ray of Lowestoft aforesaid Spinster and Catherine Ray of the same place Spinster"
Effects - under GBP 4,000

Sources

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