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Note: Ahnentafel 160.
Residences: Marblehead, Mass.; possibly Falmouth (now Portland), Maine about 1771; Sebasticook (later known as Sevenmile Brook, Hancock Plantation, and Clinton, Maine -- probably that part of Clinton which is now Benton), Maine before September 1772; possibly Lynn, Mass. by September 1774, then returning to Clinton, Maine before November 1778; Fairfield, Maine 1797; Harmony, Maine about 1802; Township #14 ED BPP (Cathance Lake, Washington County), Maine 1820; Township #25 ED BPP "Great Meadow Ridge" (now Wesley), Maine about 1822.
Family tradition, coming to Roger A. Gray (1895-1972) of Wesley, Maine, says that there was a John Gray [3rd] (supposed to be the son of John Gray, Junior, and Mary Burton) who "married somewhere out west." But no records have been found to support that John Gray, Junior, and Mary Burton ever had a son named John.
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See his biography at:
< http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Stephen-L-Robbins/FILE/0022page.html >
John Gray, Junior & Mary Burton. (29 KB)
Biography of John Gray, Junior (born 1770 in Marblehead, Mass.; died 1832 in Wesley, Maine), and Mary Burton (born 1776 in Winslow, Maine ; died enroute to Minn., possibly about 1854). [A160.htm from A160.rtf ; added 18 February 2003]
Bits and pieces toward a biography of JOHN GRAY, Junior, and his wife MARY BURTON, of Wesley, Maine. Compiled by Stephen L. Robbins in 1983. Any information recorded or received after 1983 still needs to be added. Except for the published and private sources cited, most of this information came from communication with L. Austin Gray, Junior, of Wesley, Maine. Electronic text version prepared by Stephen L. Robbins during February 2003- .
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Below is New information (to be added to the biography mentioned above):
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A map of Wesley, Maine, dating from the 1820s, shows the lots of the first settlers, including Sheldon Gray (lot 17), John Gray (shown on map as J.S. Gray, lot 16), and Benjamin Gray (lot 12). These lots are in the northeast corner of Wesley, Maine. Township 26 is to the north, and Crawford is to the east.
[Stephen Robbins has scanned this (file < Wesley.gif > from his photocopy of a map which his great-grandfather had (L. Austin Gray, Senior of Wesley, Maine). The following information appeared on L. A. Gray�s copy:
"On Reverse [of] Plan is marked
'Wesley (Dayton)'
'B.R. Jones 1823 to '28' "
"Settler lots
in Township No 25
Dayton (Now WESLEY)"
"Copied from original Survey
& plan of Township No 25, by B.R. Jones
-- 1823 --
copied June 15, 1881 by H. R. Taylor"
"line between Hudson (Hodgdon & Mitchell measures
across from centre Stump 25 R. S. 8 [degrees sign] E. to stake
and runs Westerly 130 R. Easterly 190 r."
"Scale 200 rods = 1 in."
"Copied from Taylor's Copy, Jan. 9th 1917.
by Wm. N. Dyer
Harrington Me. " ]
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Some of the Gray�s dealings with the land proprietors were documented:
One document titled "[WESLEY] No. 25 East -- June 1, 1823-June 1, 1830" is just a list of 33 names, including Winslow Gitchell, Benjamin Gray, John Gray, Joseph Gray.
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Another, more detailed document titled "List of Lots sold in Township No. 25 Wesley". The earliest date is July 2, 1828 and the last date is June 27, 1834. From this list:
Sept. 18, 1828 -- John Gray -- Lot No. 16 -- 100 acres -- Amount 150 [check mark] -- Due 150 ["x" mark].
Sept. 18, 1828 -- Benj. Gray -- Lot No. 12 -- 100 acres -- Amount 150 -- Due 145 ["x" mark].
Sept. 18, 1828 -- Sheldon Gray -- Lot No. 17 -- 100 acres -- Amount 150 -- Due 135.50 ["x" mark].
July 2, 1829 -- Winslow Getchell -- Lot No. 11 -- 100 acres -- Amount 118 -- Due "Deeded" ["x" mark].
June 27, 1834 -- Gideon Gray / Smith's ridge / -- Lot No. 5 -- 100 acres -- Amount 200 [check mark] -- Due 200 ["x" mark].
June 27, 1834 -- Winslow Getchel, Squared -- 100 acres -- Amount 150 [check mark] -- Due 150 ["x" mark].
[Extracts from papers of Col. John Black, agent for the Bingham-Baring proprietors. The original documents are at the Black Mansion in Ellsworth, Maine. These extracts from the originals were made by staff of Maine State Archives (when the State of Maine was researching eastern Maine land titles because of the Maine Indian Lands Claims court case). The Maine State Archives also has a microfilm copy of the original Black papers. Stephen Robbins and L. Austin Gray, Junior found this information at Maine State Archives in Augusta, Maine in 1992.]
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