• General Notes

  Source: Marriage record in 1st Garvagh.  A Robert Gray and a James Gray witnessed the marriage.  This could be my great great great grandfather, James Gray (the one who was married to "Bethy"), and all three (Joseph, James and Robert) might well be brothers.  OR, any of the three of them could be the father of my g g g g/f, James Gray.
  From Coole Glebe according to their daughter, Anne's, marriage record, in Coleraine LRO, in 1847.
  
  BB has found this man and his wife, Susannah, living with their son Charles, and his children, in Philly, in the 1850 US census.  Gone by the 1860 census.
  1850 United States Federal Census
  Name:Charles Grey
  Age:35
  Birth Year:abt 1815
  Birthplace:Ireland
  Home in 1850:Moyamensing Ward 3, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Gender:Male
  Family Number:394
  Household Members:Name
  Age
  Charles Grey 35  sawyer b in Ire
  Joseph Grey 10
  Sarah Gray 30
  Sarah J Gray 5
  Susanna Gray 1
  Charles Gray 3
  Joseph Gray 69  b in Ire
  Shusanna Gray 67  b in Ire
  
  BB: Source:  Ancestry.com.  Original data from PRONI list seemed to state they left in 1847 but here they are arriving in 1849.  At any rate they arrived and are living with son Charles Gray in the 1850 Census.
  Name:Susan Gray
  Year:1849
  Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Family Members:Relative Susan
  Source Publication Code:53.26
  Primary Immigrant:Gray, Joseph
  
  BB analysis:
  What we know about Susannah Brewster and Joseph Gray in Ireland:
  1.  They were married at 1st Garvagh Presbyterian on
  Mar 16, 1808.  Why they were married there we don't
  know.  We do know that they do not appear later at
  Macosquin having any children baptized.  Witnesses to
  the wedding were Robert Gray and James Gray -
  supposedly brothers or uncles of Joseph - from
  Macosquin Parish.
  2.  We know that Joseph was born in 1780/1781 and
  Susannah was born in 1783 according to his death
  notice and the 1850 US Census - and both in Ireland.
  3.  Since they did not emigrate until 1847 or later
  they should be in the TAB and the 1831 Census in
  Macosquin.
  4. In the 1831 Census in Glenhall we have Brewsters
  AND Grays.  Joseph Gray in #3 with 5 males and 3
  females.  This would mean he had 4 male children and 2
  female children living.  This is not quite enough for
  a marriage in 1808 but allowing for one son to have
  moved out and a couple to have died in infancy it is
  allowable.  Is it possible his parents came with him???
  5.  In the 1828 TAB - there are only 2 Brewsters
  recorded in Glenhall - James and John.
  6. Another possibility is that this is the Joseph Gray
  in Glenleary.
  7.  I now have discovered another child for Susannah
  and Joseph Gray - Anne Gray who married Thomas H.
  Crowe in 1847 and immediately emigrated to US.  If we
  get their marriage record we will have the name of the
  townland these Grays hail from!!! [She was from Coole Glebe - BG]
  This has been a necessary journey to make to find the
  one record that will take us back to the Grays in the
  TAB and 1831 Census and perhaps further back.
  Record of Journey:
  1. Searching for Joseph and Susannah in US Census -
  finding them with son and family in the 1850 Census.
  2.  Followup searching all census before and after
  1850 and finding Susannah living with a near neighbor
  of Charles Gray in 1870 Census- the Crowes! 
  3.  Searching the genealogy newsbank for Philadelphia
  and finding Joseph Gray's death notice which said his
  son in law was Thomas CROW! and thus finding Crow's
  wife, Anne, was Susannah's own daughter.
  4. Checking Derry Gen Centre Irish marriage records
  and finding Anne Gray married Thomas Crowe in 1847.
  All of this was logical thinking but sheer luck in the
  finding!!
  
  Descendants of Joseph Gray
  Generation No. 1
  1.  JOSEPH1 GRAY was born 1780 in Macosquin Parish, Co. Londonderry, Ireland, and died November 22, 1860 in Philadelphia, PA1.  He married SUSANNAH BREWSTER2,3 March 16, 1808 in 1st Garvagh Presbyterian church.  She was born 1783 in Macosquin Parish, Co. Londonderry, Ireland, and died Bet. 1870 - 1880 in Philadelphia, PA.
  Notes for JOSEPH GRAY:
  GRAY- On the 22nd inst., Joseph Gray, in the 81st year of his age.  His relatives and friends, and those of the family, are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, from the residence of his son-in-law, Thomas Crow, Marion street, above Thirteenth street, and below Carpenter street, this Saturday afteroon at 1 oclock, without further notice.--Philadelphia Inquirer, November 25, 1860
  More About JOSEPH GRAY:
  Burial: November 26, 1860, Philadelphia, PA
  Census 1: 1850, age 69, he and Susannah are living with son Charles in Philadelphia
  Census 2: 1831, Is he in Coole Glebe
  Census 3: 1860, Cannot find Joseph or Susannah
  Emigration: 1847, Possibly came with the Crowes
  Marriage of Anne: 1847, Father Joseph of Coole Glebe
  
  More About SUSANNAH BREWSTER:
  Census 1: 1850, age 67 living with son Charles Gray in Philly. Also Joseph is 69
  Census 2: 1860, Cant find her with the family - she appears again in 1870 census living next door with the Crows.
  Census 2nd Enum: 1870, "Sasanah", age 89, is living with Thomas H. Crowe family, 2 house numbers from her son, Charles Gray.
      
  Children of JOSEPH GRAY and SUSANNAH BREWSTER are:
  2.    i.    JAMES2 GRAY, b. Abt. 1813; d. Coole Glebe, Macosquin Pa., Co. Londonderry, Ireland.
  3.    ii.    CHARLES GRAY, b. 1815, Macosquin Pa., Co. Londonderry, Ireland; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880, Philadelphia, PA.
  4.    iii.    ANNE GRAY, b. November 1826, Macosquin Parish, Co. Londonderry, Ireland; d. Bet. 1900 - 1910, Philadelphia, PA.
  
  
  Generation No. 2
  2.  JAMES2 GRAY (JOSEPH1) was born Abt. 1813, and died in Coole Glebe, Macosquin Pa., Co. Londonderry, Ireland.  He married UNKNOWN. 
  More About JAMES GRAY:
  Griffiths: 1857, Coole Glebe, Macosquin Pa., Co. Londonderry, Ireland
  Child of JAMES GRAY and UNKNOWN is:
      i.    JOSEPH3 GRAY4, b. Abt. 1840, of Coole Glebe; m. ELIZABETH/ANNE PATTON, January 24, 1865, Coleraine Registry Office; b. Abt. 1840.
  
  
  3.  CHARLES2 GRAY (JOSEPH1)5 was born 1815 in Macosquin Pa., Co. Londonderry, Ireland, and died Bet. 1870 - 1880 in Philadelphia, PA.  He married SARAH UNKNOWN5 Abt. 1838 in Ireland5.  She was born 1823 in Macosquin Parish, Co. Londonderry, Ireland, and died September 25, 1905 in aged 81, Philadelphia, PA6.
  
  More About CHARLES GRAY:
  Census 1: 1840, Phila., Lower Delaware Ward, l male 20-30 and 1 female 20-30
  Census 2: 1850, Head, age 35, Sawyer,born in Ireland, Moyamensing, 3rd Ward, Phila. PA
  Census 3: 1860, Head, age 45, sawyer, 6 children living at home,Ward 4 West Div, - his mother not there
  Census 4: 1870, Head, age 56, his mother is living next door at Crows house
  Immigration: 1839, To Philadelphia?
  Phila. City Directory: 1861, Charles Gray, sawyer, 6 Moro St.
  
  More About SARAH UNKNOWN:
  Burial: September 28, 1905, Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
      
  Children of CHARLES GRAY and SARAH UNKNOWN are:
      i.    JOSEPH3 GRAY7, b. Abt. 1839, Ireland.
      ii.    SARAH JANE GRAY7, b. Abt. 1845, Philadelphia, PA; m. DAVID MCALLISTER; b. Abt. 1837, Ireland.
      iii.    CHARLES GRAY7, b. Abt. 1846, Philadelphia, PA.
      iv.    SUSANNAH GRAY7, b. Abt. 1849, Philadelphia, PA.
      v.    MARY A. GRAY8, b. Abt. 1855, Philadelphia, PA.
  
  

Details of Joseph's family with Susanna Brewster