Life History
15th Feb 1745 |
Born.1 Date calculated from age at burial |
6th Sep 1764 |
Mentioned in Will.2 Of William Ray - died 1768 |
10th Jan 1767 |
Mentioned in Codicil to Will.2 Of William Ray - died 1768 |
20th Dec 1770 |
Married Anne REYNOLDS in Norwich, St Gregory.11,12 From the Parish Register :- |
1st Feb 1772 |
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14th Sep 1773 |
Birth of son James Reynolds RAY in Clare, St Peter & Paul.10 |
7th Oct 1789 |
Mentioned in Will.3 Of Rev'd. Charles Ray - died 1789 |
24th Jun 1815 |
Mentioned in Will.4 Of Jemima Ray née Gurdon - died 1817 |
30th Mar 1817 |
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25th Jan 1827 |
Died in Clare.5,1,6 From the Cambridge Chronicle and Journal :- |
1st Feb 1827 |
Buried in Clare, St Peter & Paul.7 Age - 80 |
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."13
Sources
- 1. "The Black Book - Family Notes " Compiled by Frederick Eaton. Also known as the "The Black Book".
- ETN 6/17/17
- 2. Will of William Ray, Grocer and Draper of Worlingworth, Suffolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/938
- 3. Will of Reverend Charles Ray, Clerk of Hoxne, Suffolk
- National Archives - PROB 11/1186
- 4. Will of Jemima Ray, Widow of Colchester, Essex
- National Archives - PROB 11/1594
- 5. Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Deaths - James Ray - 1827
- Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, Friday, 02 February 1827
- 6. Norfolk Chronicle - Deaths - James Ray - 1827
- Norfolk chronicle, Saturday, 10 February 1827
- 7. National Burial Index for England & Wales - James Ray - 1848
- 8. National Burial Index for England & Wales - Ann Ray - 1817
- 9. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - Ann Ray - 1772
- 10. Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 - James Reynolds Ray - 1773
- 11. IGI Individual Record - Marriage - James Ray, Anne Reynolds
- 12. Norfolk Marriages - Ray & Reynolds - 1770
- 13. St Edmundsbury Chronicle Website - Clare Bank