Gray

Definition:

  • Nickname for a man with gray hair, or a gray beard, from Old English groeg, meaning grey.
  • A place name, for one who originated in Graye in Calvados, from Latin gratus = welcome.

Surname Origin:

  • English, Scottish

Alternate Surname Spellings:

  • GREY
  • LEGREY

What does the name mean?

Last Name: Gray

  • English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Old English gręg "gray".
  • In Scotland and Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach "brindled", "gray" (see Reavey).In North America this name has assimilated names with similar meaning from other European languages.
  • English and Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gratus, meaning "welcome", "pleasing" + the locative suffix -acum.

Samuel

  Great great great great great great great great grandfather

Born 1657, Dorset, England.

Married Sussanah LANGDON,1679, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Died 1705, Boston, Mass.

Joseph.

  Great great great great great great great grandfather

Born 1686, Boston, Mass.

Parents Samuel GRAY and Sussanah LANGDON.

Married Miss SEARS.

Died 1716, Boston, Mass.


Joseph.

  Great great great great great great grandfather

Parents Joseph GRAY and Miss SEARS.

Married Rebecca WEST.

Joseph.

  Great great great great great grandfather

Born 1729, Boston, Mass.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Rebecca WEST.

Married Mary GERRISH, 1759, Boston, Mass.

Died 1802, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Mary.

Born 1760, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Rebecca.

Born 1761, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Died 1761, St John, New Brunswick.

Elizabeth Brenton.

Born 1761.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Married John Fraser.

Joseph Gerrish.

Born 1763.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Died 1785.

Mary Gerrish.

Born 1765, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Married Loftus JONES.

Amelia Ann.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

William Spry.

Born 1767, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Died 1768.

(Reverend) Benjamin Gerrish.

  Great great great great grandfather

Born 1768, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Married Mary THOMAS, 1792, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Died 1854, St John, New Brunswick.

Lydia Hancock.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Married Edward POTTS, 1793, Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Ann Sussanah.

Born 1773, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Died 1775, St John, New Brunswick.

William.

Born 1777, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Married Sarah SCOTT, 1800, Virginia.

Died 1847.

Sarah.

Born 1779.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Died 1781.

Alexander.

Born 1780, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Parents Joseph GRAY and Mary GERRISH.

Benjamin Charles Thomas.

  Great great great grandfather

Born ?, probably St John, Nova Scotia.

Parents Reverend Benjamin Gerrish GRAY and Mary THOMAS.

Married ?.

Died 1853, London, England.

Benjamin Gerrish.

  Great great grandfather

Born ?, probably Bermuda, maybe St John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Parents Benjamin Charles Thomas GRAY and ?.

Married Ann Eliza Wiggins, 1853, St John, New Brunswick, Canada.

Benjamin Charles Thomas.

  Great grandfather

Born 1858.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Ann Eliza WIGGINS.

Married Annie MILLINGTON, 1896, Singapore.

Died 1930, Australia.

Lionel.

Born 1897.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.

Sadie.

Born 1898.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.

Debonnaire.

Born 1900.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.

Died 1929, Tamworth, NSW, Australia.

Evelyn.



  Grandmother

Born 1903.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.

Married John David "Jack" ECKERT, NSW, Australia.

Died 1967, Manilla, NSW, Australia.

More info on Jack and Evelyn




Reginald.

Born 1904.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.

Doreen.

Born 1909.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.

Felicia.

Born 1910.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.

Portia.

Born 1913.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.

Died 1922.

Flavia.

Born 1916.

Parents Benjamin GRAY and Annie MILLINGTON.