'Bray02'
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Families covered: Bray of Barrington, Bray of Cobham, Bray of Shere
[Part of the upper section was previously within Bray01 but was moved here to facilitate expansion.]
| Sir Edward Bray of Vachery Park & Shere, Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex (d 01.12.1558) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (div) Elizabeth Lovell (dau of Henry Lovell of Lorting) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Beatrix Shirley (dau of Raffe Shirley, widow of Elderton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Edward Bray of Shere (d 1581) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Elrington (dau of Simon Elrington of Northampton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Reginald Bray of the Inner Temple (a 1557, dvpsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Roper (dau of William Roper of Eltham) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Reginald Bray of Shere (bpt 01.05.1555) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Covert (dau of Richard Covert of Hascomb) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Bray of Shere (b 1577) | ||||||||||||||
| m(1). Jane Covert (dau of Edward Covert of Toynham) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Bray of Shere (bpt 10.09.1609) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susanna Heath (dau of William Heath of Pedinghoe) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Bray of Shere (bpt 18.10.1640, d 1714) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Randyll (dau of Vincent Randyll of Chilworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edward Bray of Shere (bpt 04.01.1687, d 1740) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1727) Ann Duncomb (dau of Rev. George Duncomb) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Rev. George Bray of Shere (d unm 01.03.1803) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Bray of Shere (bpt 07.11.1736, d 21.12.1832, antiquarian and local historian) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Stevens (dau of Henry Stevens) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Edward Bray (b 31.01.1768, dvp 1814) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Anne Catherine Malthus (dau of Daniel Malthus of Albury) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Edward Bray of Shere (b 20.07.1793, dsp 20.01.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Reginald Bray of Shere (b 26.01.1797, d 09.08.1879) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.11.1836) Frances Longman (d 15.02.1888, dau of Thomas N. Longman) | |||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Henrietta Mary Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Augustus Warren | |||||||||||||||
| ((4))+ | other issue - William (vicar in Shirfield), Louisa (d 1862), Catherine Elizabeth (d 1877) | ||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue (d unm) - Mary, Catherine, Amelia Caroline | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Jane Bray possibly of this generation, of this marriage | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Duncomb | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Magdalene (or Mary) Cotton (d 1563, dau of Sir Thomas Cotton of Kent) | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1886 reports that Sir Edward had no children by Magdalene but had the following daughters by a 4th marriage, the wife being called Mary. BLG1952 shows no 4th marriage but has Magdalene as the mother of the following daughters. Visitation (Kent, 1574, Cotton) appears to show the connection, calling his wife Mary. | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Mary Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir George Chowne of Wrotham | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Magdalen Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Bowes of Biddick | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Frances Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Gastrell | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Owen Bray of Cobham, Surrey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Banester (dau of John Banester of Cobham, Baron of the Exchequer) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edward Bray of Cobham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan Doyley (dau of Robert (not John) Doyley of Merton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Owen Bray of Cobham (a 1623) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sence Blackwell (dau of William Blackwell of London) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1623) - Edward (b c1608), Owen, Reignald, Peregrine, Anne, Susan | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Susah Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Humffrey Laward | |||||||||||||||
| m2. _ Milson of Berkshire | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Perce Edmonds of Couse Castle, Isle of Wight (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - John, Frances, Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Bray (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Jane Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Rudson of London | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Mary Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wharton of Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Dorothy Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Stampe of Berkshire | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Frances Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Lathom (Captain) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Anne Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Dolman of Shaa, Berkshire | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Bridget or Beatrix Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Elrington (b c1520, d 1566) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Jane Brown (dau of Sir Matthew Brown) | |||||||||||||||
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| Reginald Bray of Barrington, Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Monington (dau of Richard Monington) Visitation (Sussex, 1634, 'Bray') gives her family name as Monings | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edmund Bray of Barrington the first mentioned by Visitation (Oxfordshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Harman (dau/coheir of Edmund Harman of Taynton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edmund or Edward Bray (d by 1593?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Tracy (bur 05.03.1612, dau of Sir John Tracy of Tuddington) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Gyles Bray of Barrington (d before 14.05.1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Chetwood (a 1641, dau of Sir Richard Chetwood of Warkworth) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Reginald Bray (b c1617, dvp 1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Humble (b c02.1619/20, d 06.06.1634, dau of Peter Humble of Southwark & Gooshays) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edmund Bray (b c1612, a 1640, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Jane Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Res Jones of Astall | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Edmond, Giles (d infant), Mary, 4 others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Bray | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Silvester Bray had issue | ||||||||||||||
| C. | John Bray of Fyfield, Oxfordshire (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Palmer (dau of Robert Palmer of Dunnington) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alexander Reddy of Burford | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Anne Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Herbert Wepon of London | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Anne Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Doyley of Atherbury | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Ursulah Bray | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Hester of Stowwood | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - Edmond, Gyles, Anthony, Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Anne Bray probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Ayleworth of Ayleworth | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Reginald Bray of Steane (Stene) 'of Hinton', (d 18.10.1583) | ||||||||||||||
| MGH reports that Reginald had 5 daughters/coheirs. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Vaux (dau of Thomas Vaux, 2nd Lord of Harrowden) wife of Reginald, presumed mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Temperance Bray probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Crewe of Stene (d 01.02.1633-4) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Alice Bray probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Nicholas Evelegh of Bovey Tracey Park (b 27.06.1562, dsp 06.03.1618) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (18.03.1619) Elize Hele of Brixton | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margery Bray (5th dau) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Ingoldsby (bur 20.01.1599) | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : BLG1886 ('Bray of Shere'), BLG1952 ('Bray of Shere'), Visitation (Surrey, 1530+1572+1623, 'Bray')
(2) For lower section (reviewed 22.11.20 using MGH) : MGH (NS1, vol 1 (1874), p62+), Visitation (Oxfordshire, 1566+1574+1634, 'Bray of Fifield')
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