My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameSimon Ray III
Birth Datebef 20 Dec 1638
Birth PlaceHundon, Suffolk, England
Memoalt date: abt 1635
Death Date17 Mar 1737 Age: 98
OccupationEnslaver who granted those enslaved their freedom upon his death
FatherSimon Ray Rea II (<1610-1641)
MotherMary Rowning (<1613-<1694)
Misc. Notes
See: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ray-1272
“His final will which he wrote when he was about 92 indicates that he owned slaves. His will granted them their freedom and whatever they had been able to produce for themselves over the years.”
“His final will which he wrote when he was about 92 indicates that he owned slaves. His will granted them their freedom and whatever they had been able to produce for themselves over the years.”
Spouses
Birth Date1645
Birth PlaceMarshfield, Plymouth Co., MA
Death Dateabt 1684 Age: 39
Death PlaceBlock Island, Washington Co., RI
FatherCapt. Nathaniel Thomas Sr. (1606-1674)
MotherMary (1614-)
ChildrenMary (1667-~1698)
Dorothy (1669-1714)
Simon (1672-)
Sybil Sibella Sybella Sybbill Sibbella (1675-1733)