Born.1

Date calculated from age at burial

Licence obtained for marriage to Mary SELFE.7

Groom - William Ray, singleman, grocer, of Fressingfield
Bride - Mary Selfe, singlewoman, of Wilby
Marriage place - Wilby

Married Mary SELFE in Wilby.10

Groom - William Ray, singleman, grocer, of Fressingfield
Bride - Mary Selfe, singlewoman, of Wilby
Marriage Place - Wilby

Birth of son Samuel RAY in Fressingfield.8

Birth of son William RAY

Birth of daughter Lydia RAY in Fressingham.9

Mentioned in Will.2

Of William Ray - died 1768
Annotated as "my eldest son"

Birth of daughter Susanna RAY.1

Executor.2

Of the Will of William Ray - died 1768
Annotated as "the son"
Joint Executor with :-
Rebecca Ray "the widow the relic"
Rev'd Samuel Ray - brother in law" and "Clerk"
Thomas Rix

Wrote will.3

"This is the last Will and Testament of me William Ray of Worlingworth in the county of Suffolk Merchant ..."

Names mentioned in Will :-
Mary - "my beloved wife"
Samuel Ray - "my eldest son"
Susanna Ray - "my daughter"
William Ray - "my youngest son"
Mrs. Rebecca Ray - "my mother (...) deceased"
Rev'd Charles Ray - "my brother"

Mentioned in Will.4

Of Rev'd. Charles Ray - died 1789
Annotated as "my brother" and "of Worlingworth"

Died.1

Buried in Tannington, St Ethelbert.5,1

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.3

of the Will of William Ray - died 1790
Executors :-
Samuel Ray and William Ray "the sons"

Mentioned in Will.6

Of Lydia Ray - died 1818
Annotated as "my late brother"