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John BRAY (1760 - 1797)
soldier
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Thomas BRAY (1792 - )
Elizabeth BRAY (1795 - )
Mary BRAY (1796 - )
John BRAY (1798 - 1883)
John BRAY (1760 - 1797)

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Mary DOWNES (1766 - 1827)





























b. 1760 at Galway, Ireland
+. Mary DOWNES (1766 - 1827)
d. 04 Oct 1797 at Concord, New South Wales, Australia aged 37
Children (4):
Thomas BRAY (1792 - )
Elizabeth BRAY (1795 - )
Mary BRAY (1796 - )
John BRAY (1798 - 1883)
Grandchildren (10):
Lucy BRAY (1829 - 1856), Joseph Nobbs BRAY (1831 - 1883), Charlotte Squire BRAY (1832 - 1924), John David BRAY (1834 - 1915), Thomas BRAY (1836 - 1884), Joshua BRAY (1838 - 1918), James BRAY (1841 - 1890), Mary BRAY (1842 - 1900), Anne BRAY (1843 - 1933), Alice Sarah BRAY (1845 - 1846)
Events in John BRAY (1760 - 1797)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1760 John BRAY was born Galway, Ireland 21
26 Jun 1790 30 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per 'Neptune' second fleet 21
1792 32 Birth of son Thomas BRAY Sydney, New South Wales, Australia V1792215 1A/1792
1795 35 Birth of daughter Elizabeth BRAY Sydney, New South Wales, Australia V1795406 1A/1795
1796 36 Birth of daughter Mary BRAY Sydney, New South Wales, Australia V1796543 1A/1796
04 Oct 1797 37 John BRAY died Concord, New South Wales, Australia V17971338 2A/1797 21
Personal Notes:
Private NSW Army Corps – arrived on ‘Neptune’ with the Second Fleet .
no evidence of John and Mary's marriage has been found. I assume they were married as John would need to obtain permission from the Army for his wife to accompany him on the voyage.
Enlisted with NSW Army Corps in England on 30 June 1789
John BRAY arrived on the 'Neptune' in Australia with his wife Mary and baby son James. It is believed that John was promoted to Sergeant. Joshua HOLT (his daughter Elizabeth’s father-in-law) referred to John Bray as a Sergeant and that he came from County Galway in Ireland. On 11 November 1794 John was granted thirty acres of land at the ‘Entrance of the Flats’, on the south side of the Port Jackson Harbour in a area later to be called Rhodes. John was discharged from the Corps on 26 November 1794. The first stage of ‘Bray's Farm’ had been built by the turn of the century and was the first house at Concord and later known as ‘Braygrove’. Bray's Road and Bray's Bay were named in honour of the Bray family at Concord. John was still a young man when he passed away at about 37 years of age.
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
- Reference = 225 (Name, Notes)
21. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Bray & McGilvery Ancestry, Title: Bray & McGilvery Ancestry, Locn: http://www.bray-mcgilveryfamilies.net/index.php
- Reference = (Immigration)
- Reference = (Name, Notes)
- Reference = id 141 (Birth)
- Reference = id 141 (Death)

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