Gray, Robert (1792-1860)

Name:

Gray, Robert (1792-1860)

Title:

Fire Warden, Town of Portsmouth, 1834
Deputy Secretary, Associated Mechanics and Manufacturers of the the State of New-Hampshire, 1829, 1837, 1838
Director, Portsmouth Lyceum, 1835
Selectman, Town of Portsmouth, 1843-1844

Born:

02/18/1792

Birthplace:

Salem, MA

Died:

06/11/1860

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH

Residence:

Salem, MA 1792-1813
Portsmouth, NH 1813-1860

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Goldsmith
Silversmith
Jeweler 1813-1860

Father:

Gray, Samuel Jr. (1765-1850)

Mother:

Ropes, Ruth (1768-1844)

Relations:

Siblings:
Gray, Sally Ropes (1788-1797; b. Salem, MA)
Gray, Samuel (1790-1804; b. Salem, MA)
Gray, Ruth (1793-1827; b. Salem, MA)
Gray, Sally (1799-; b. Salem, MA; m. Thomas Hodgdon 1824)
Gray, Margaret Cook (1801-; b., res. Salem, MA; listed as residing with her father on 1850 census; not married)
Gray, George (1800/3-1874; b. Salem, MA; res. Dover, NH; gold and silversmith; m. Lydia J. Barden 1827; 1 child)
Gray, Elizabeth Sinclair (1806-; b. Salem, MA; m. James Chamberlain 1829)
Gray, Priscilla Lambert (1808-; b. Salem, MA)
Gray, Samuel (1810-1811, Salem, MA)
Parents: Ruth Ropes (1768-1844) and Samuel Gray Jr. (1765->1850), of Salem, MA. Samuel is listed as a shoemaker on the 1850 Salem census.
Grandparents: Priscilla Lambert (1738-1808) and Daniel Ropes (-1821), m. 1761; Samuel Gray Sr.

Spouse:

Sarah Ela (1797-1883), April 25, 1822, Portsmouth, NH

Children:

Margaret Elizabeth (1823-; b., res. Portsmouth, NH; single and residing with parents in 1860)
Robert Brookhouse (1825-; b. Portsmouth, NH)
Samuel (1828-; b. Portsmouth, NH; painter)
George Ela (1830-; b. Portsmouth, NH; sailor)
Sarah Abby (1832-; b. Portsmouth, NH; m. Charles H. Hersey)
Susan Esther (1835-; b., res. Portsmouth, NH; single and residing with parents in 1860)

Notes:

Henry N. Flynt and Martha Gandy Fales, The Heritage Foundation Collection of Silver. With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825. (Old Deerfield, Massachusetts: The Heritage Foundation, 1968), 232-233.

Hands That Built New Hampshire. The Story of Granite State Craftsmen Past & Present. (Brattleboro, Vermont: Stephen Daye Press, 1940), 142.

The New-England Mercantile Union Business Directory, Six Parts in One... (New York, New York: Pratt & Company, 1849), 93.

Chares S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver. (Cranbury, New Jersey: Adams Brown Company, 1983), 15, 16, 25, 27, 34, 60SD, 76, 104 BM, 128, 129.

Salem, Massachusetts Vital Records. Births, Marriages, and Deaths to 1849.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Advertisement, New Hampshire Gazette & Portsmouth Oracle, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 14, 1813.

"Watchmakers & Goldsmiths" Advertisement, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, NH, March 6, 1824, 1.

Town Meeting, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 29, 1834.

Annual Meeting Notice, Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 10, 1838.

Death Notice, Salem Register, Salem, Massachusetts, June 18, 1860.