William RAY Rebecca RAY Samuel RAY William RAY Rebecca RAY Lydia RAY Ann RAY Susanna RAY Catherine RAY Ann RAY James Reynolds RAY Anne REYNOLDS Mary Ann RAY John RAY Charles RAY Elizabeth RAY Peter RAY Rebecca SMYTH Mini tree diagram

James RAY

15th Feb 17451 - 25th Jan 18275,1,6

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
Annotated as "my younger children James and Charles Ray"

10th Jan 1767

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.2

Of William Ray - died 1768
Annotated as :-
"my sons James and Charles"

20th Dec 1770

Married Anne REYNOLDS in Norwich, St Gregory.11,12

From the Parish Register :-
"James Ray of the Parish of Tannington Suffolk and Anne Reynolds of this Parish, single persons, were Married in this Church by Licence this 20th Day of Decr in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred and Seventy by me Tho. Thomas Cur.
This Marriage was solemnized between Us - James Ray Anne Reynolds
In the Presence of - Thos Reynolds, Edward Crane"

1st Feb 1772

Birth of daughter Ann RAY in Clare, St Peter & Paul.9

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
Annotated as "my brother" and "of Clare"

24th Jun 1815

Mentioned in Will.4

Of Jemima Ray née Gurdon - died 1817
Annotated as "Mr. Ray Senr. of Clare"

30th Mar 1817

Death of daughter Ann RAY in Clare, St Peter & Paul.8

25th Jan 1827

Died in Clare.5,1,6

From the Cambridge Chronicle and Journal :-
On Thursday the 25th ult, at an advanced age, Mr. Ray, of Clare, in Suffolk"

From the Norfolk Chronicle :-
"Lately, at an advanced age, Mr. Ray, sen. of Clare, in Suffolk, who at the time of his death preserved the esteem of all who knew him"

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

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