Eleanor Wardrobe Blackburn Gray
Early settler
Notes:
• Married William Gray in 1780. She was a widow and sister to Lord Wardrobe of Scotland. - Heritage
• Children with William (1) David born 1786 (2) James, born 1788, married Jane Milligan, died 1850; (3) John Wardlow born 1790, married Sallie House and moved to Arkansas, died 1871; (4) Margaret Peggy, born 1792, married Andrew Maxwell and moved to DeSoto County, Mississippi, died 1862; (5) William, Jr., born 1796, married Mary Jane Byrd, died 1859; (6 ) Thomas, born 1800, married Margaret Johnson; (7) Joseph H. born 1804, died in 1834; (8) and Eleanor (Ellen), born 1808, married William G. Pride (Wilsey Pride), died 1837. After Eleanor's death, William married again and they had one more child. - Heritage
• "One can only surmise the fascinations and frustrations of Eleanor Wardrobe Blackburn Gray, born overseas into Scottish nobility, as she lived out her life in the old Indian lands that became Madison." - Heritage
• Eleanor was a widow when she married William Gray. Her first husband's last name was Blackburn. She married Blackburn in 1775 in Pennsylvania and she had a son from that marriage named John W. Blackburn (born April 12, 1775 in Pennsylvania and died Feb. 14, 1854 in Madison County, Alabama). - Ancestry.com
• There are four or five thick folders on the Gray family in the "Family Files" of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library's Heritage Room. - Editor's Note
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The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• David Gray
• Thomas Gray
• William Gray
| Born: | 1757, Scotland |
| Died: | December 15, 1822, Huntsville, Alabama |
| Buried: | Gray Cemetery, Madison County, Alabama |
| Mother of: | David Gray |
| Mother of: | Thomas Gray |
| Wife of: | William Gray |
Notes:
• Married William Gray in 1780. She was a widow and sister to Lord Wardrobe of Scotland. - Heritage
• Children with William (1) David born 1786 (2) James, born 1788, married Jane Milligan, died 1850; (3) John Wardlow born 1790, married Sallie House and moved to Arkansas, died 1871; (4) Margaret Peggy, born 1792, married Andrew Maxwell and moved to DeSoto County, Mississippi, died 1862; (5) William, Jr., born 1796, married Mary Jane Byrd, died 1859; (6 ) Thomas, born 1800, married Margaret Johnson; (7) Joseph H. born 1804, died in 1834; (8) and Eleanor (Ellen), born 1808, married William G. Pride (Wilsey Pride), died 1837. After Eleanor's death, William married again and they had one more child. - Heritage
• "One can only surmise the fascinations and frustrations of Eleanor Wardrobe Blackburn Gray, born overseas into Scottish nobility, as she lived out her life in the old Indian lands that became Madison." - Heritage
• Eleanor was a widow when she married William Gray. Her first husband's last name was Blackburn. She married Blackburn in 1775 in Pennsylvania and she had a son from that marriage named John W. Blackburn (born April 12, 1775 in Pennsylvania and died Feb. 14, 1854 in Madison County, Alabama). - Ancestry.com
• There are four or five thick folders on the Gray family in the "Family Files" of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library's Heritage Room. - Editor's Note
Related Links:
• Ancestry.com - Page owned by davehurst67 and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/40777118/person/19665636991.)
• Find A Grave - Page created by Big$TICK and photo added by 2gennuts.
• Heritage - The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, page 215.
The Following Pages Link to this Page:
• David Gray
• Thomas Gray
• William Gray