Baptised in Fressingfield.1

Father - William Ray
Mother - Mary

Birth of daughter Jane RAY.13

Mentioned in Will.2

Of William Ray - died 1790
Annotated as "my eldest son"

Married Elizabeth STANFORD in Worlingworth, St Mary.23,24

Groom - Samuel Ray
Bride - Elizabeth Glover, widow, of Tannington

Executor.2

Of the Will of William Ray - died 1790
Joint executors - Samuel Ray and William Ray "the sons"

Birth of son Samuel RAY.13

Birth of son Charles RAY in Tannington

Birth of son William RAY.13

Mentioned in Will.3

Of Lydia Ray - died 1818
Annotated as "my nephews Samuel and William Ray"

Bankruptcy.4,5,6

"Whereas a Commission of Bankrupt, is awarded and issued forth against Samuel Ray, now or late of Tannington, in the County of Suffolk, Merchant, Maltster, Dealer and Chapman, and he being declared a Bankrupt is hereby required to surrender himself to the Commissioners in the said Commission named, or the major part of them, on the 21st and 22 instant, and on the 15th of July next, at Eleven in the Forenoon, at the Crown Inn, situate in Framlingham, in the said County of Suffolk, and make a full Discovery and Disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where the Creditors are to come prepared to prove their Debts, and at the Second Sitting to choose Assignees, and at the Last Sitting the said Bankrupt is required to finish his Examination, and the Creditors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of his Certificate. All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the commissioners shall appoint, but give notice to Messrs. Chubbe, Solicitors, Framlingham, Suffolk, or to Mr. Bromley, 1, Holborn-court, Gray's-inn, London."

Bankruptcy.4,5

"The Commissioners in a Commission of Bankrupt, bearing date the 23d day of May 1815, awarded and issued against Samuel Ray, now or late of Tannington, in the County of Suffolk, Merchant, Maltster, Dealer and Chapman, intend to meet on the 19th May next, at Eleven in the Forenoon, at the Crown Inn, in Framlingham, in the County of Suffolk, in order to make a Final Dividend of the Estate and Effects of the said Bankrupt; when and where the Creditors, who have not already proved their Debts, are to come prepared to prove the same, or they will be excluded the Benefit of the said Dividend. And all Claims not then proved will be disallowed."

Mentioned in Will.7

Of Charles Ray - died 1830
Annotated as "my father" and "of Tannington"

Death of son Charles RAY.18,13

Death of son Samuel RAY in Tannington.17,13

Research Note.7,8

1) According to the Bury & Ipswich Post, on this day, George Haden Oseland died "at his grandfather's, Mr. Samuel Ray, of Tannington Green."
2) Charles Ray in his Will of 1830 described George's mother as "my sister of the half-blood Elizabeth the wife of George Oseland of Wapping"

Death of daughter Jane RAY.13

Mentioned in Will.9

of Elizabeth Ray
Described as :-
"my nephew Samuel Ray of Tannington"

Death of daughter Mary RAY in Italy, Sorrento.19,13

Death of Elizabeth STANFORD in Hoxne, Tannington.20,21,22

Occupation Farmer.10

Recorded in census in Hoxne, Dennington (Tannington, Kings House).10

Head of household
Staff x 7
Also resident :-
Deborah Clayton
Jane Barker
Emma Oseland

Died in Hoxne (Tannington Green).11,12,13,14,15

Paralysis - 2 years. Mortification of foot 3 weeks. Not certified
From the Ipswich Journal :-
"24th inst., at Tannington Green, Mr. Samuel Ray, aged 90"

From the Norfolk Chronicle :-
"Monday last, at Tannington Green, Suffolk, Samuel Ray, Esq., in the 91st year of his age"

From the Death Certificate :-
1) Occupation - Farmer
2) Description and residence of informant - X the mark of Margaret Ann Cole, present at death, Tannington
3) When registered - 28 July 1848

Buried in Tannington, St Ethelbert.16

Birth of daughter Mary RAY