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Descendents of Andrew Grey (ca 1785-94 – after 1861)
and 1. Mary Watson (unknown– aboard D'arcy summer, 1836)
and 2. Sarah Burgess ( ca 1810 – 11 Nov 1896)

Grey genealogy in a single pdf or MS Word file.

Data on these pages last updated: 17 January 2008
Genealogy compiled by Prof. Bruce Elliott, Dept. of History, Carleton University.
Please contact Prof. Elliott directly with comments or to provide additional information.

First Immigrant Generation
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Andrew GREY born England c.1785-94, living 1861.

Married (1) Mary daughter of Alexander WATSON (named in baptisms of Alexander W. and Grace).   The Greys lived at Akeld in Kirknewton parish in 1812-14, and at Torvilaws, Wooler 1816-21.  They attended Cheviot Street United Presbyterian Church in Wooler throughout this period.  From 1824-29 they lived at Milfield Hill and attended Crookham Presbyterian Church in Ford parish.   Torvilaws is a large farm just outside Wooler town, so it is likely that Andrew was a hind, though neither of the chapel registers identify him as such.   Mary died aboard the "D'Arcy" en route to New Brunswick in 1836.  A letter from a passenger published in the Berwick Advertiser , 24 September 1836, p. 2, col. 4 noted:  "Andrew Grey's wife, who went on deck one morning, caught cold and shortly died, and was of course consigned to a watery grave."

The Grey family's ancestry is uncertain.   Given that the earliest reference to this family, in 1812, places them in Kirknewton parish, it is tempting to posit an ancestral connection with the Andrew and Mark Gray whose names appear together as shepherds in Killham Constabulary of Kirknewton in the 1762 Northumberland militia ballot lists, especially since the Andrew who emigrated to Stanley had a son named Mark.   But if there is a connection, filling in the intervening generations is likely to prove difficult.   There was another couple named Andrew and Mary Gray (probably Mary Alexander, married at Doddington in 1802) who had a son Mark, baptized in 1807 at Branton Presbyterian chapel, and a Robert and Mary Gray had a son Mark baptized in 1808 at Cheviot Street chapel in Wooler, the same church the later Stanley family attended.   The name Andrew Grey was fairly common in northern Northumberland; Mark was less usual but not unheard of.

Andrew Grey and his sons Robert, James, and John signed the 26 November 1836 letter to the residents of Wooler recommending the Stanley settlement.  Colonial Office records report that the NB Land Company spent £140 in cash and £169.11.11 in goods on the Grey family.  Andrew Grey signed the petition to the House of Lords on 28 February 1838, and the subsequent agreement with the Company on 15 June 1838.  By 4 August 1838 he had a cow, 2 oxen, 2 pigs and a good barn. (C.O. 188/60)

Andrew Grey's farm was lot 77 w.s. Stanley Road.   He initially rented the holding from the Land Company, but he purchased the property, consisting of 100 acres and a house, on 17 May 1841 for £29.   After making a small instalment payment each year, he paid off the remaining £29 in a lump sum on 9 December 1844. (PANB, MC1284, MS3a, pp. 23-24)

Andrew Grey married (2) 24 March 1842 Fredericton (a double wedding with "D'Arcy" emigrant William Pringle) Sarah BURGESS, late of the City of Gloucester, England.   A notice of the wedding was in the Saint John Morning News of March 28, 1842:  "Fredericton (York Co.) Thursday, 24th inst., by Rev. Dr. Jacob, Andrew GRAY of Stanley to Miss Sarah BURGESS late of City of Gloucester, England; at same time William PRINGLE of Stanley to Mrs. Mary WOODBERRY of that Town".

In the 1851 census of Stanley, two married daughters living away from home are listed, even though they were probably not in Stanley at the time:

					immig.
GRAY Andrew	H	66	English	Farmer	1836 res. Stanley
Sarah	w	42	"
Sarah	d	7	Native
Elizabeth	d	3
Graham Anne	d		English		in Woodstock
Bennett Grace	d		"		in Fredericton
Wandless Mary	d		"
Andrew	grs	6	Native

            

I have found no record of Andrew's death, but Sarah died 11 November 1896 aged 86 at English Settlement, NB.  Her obituary from the Fredericton Gleaner, 24 November 1896, reveals how she came to New Brunswick:

"The death of one of Stanley's most highly esteemed and aged residents occurred 11th inst. at English Settlement in the person of Sarah Burgess GREY wife of late Andrew GREY, who came from Gloucester, England with Dr. Edwin JACOB, Vice-President of King's College, Fredericton, May 24th, 1841. The deceased had reached the advanced age of 86 years and in possession of all her faculties. She leaves two daughters, one the wife of Josiah FOREMAN and the other the wife of John HARRISON. Rev. J.S. Mullan conducted the services at house and grave and Thomas Clarkson had charge of the funeral arrangements." 

She likely met Grey through the latter's son-in-law, Henry Wandless, who was the porter at King's College and who had been married to Grey's daughter Mary by Dr. Jacob soon after Sarah's arrival in New Brunswick.

There were 9 children by the first marriage, and 2 by the second:

+2. Robert Grey. b. 7 bp. 29 June 1812 Cheviot Street U.P., Wooler.  Parents of Akeld, Kirknewton parish.   Signed the 26 November 1836 letter to the residents of Wooler recommending the Stanley settlement.

3. James Grey. b. 28 March bp. 15 April 1814 Cheviot Street U.P., Wooler.  Parents of Akeld, Kirknewton parish.   Signed the 26 November 1836 letter to the residents of Wooler recommending the Stanley settlement.

4. John Grey. b. 13 bp. 15 April 1816 Cheviot Street U.P., Wooler. Parents of Torvilaws, parish Wooler.   Signed the 26 November 1836 letter to the residents of Wooler recommending the Stanley settlement, and the letter of 13 September 1838 urging the Company to obtain a physician and surgeon for the settlement (C.O. 188/60, f. 152).   He appears to have purchased Lot 6 at Lime Kiln from the Land Company on 13 May 1848, but his name was crossed out and replaced with that of his brother Robert (PANB, MC1284, MS3a, pp. 81-82).

+5. Ann Grey. b. 18 bp. 30 August 1818 Cheviot Street U.P., Wooler. Parents of Torvilaws, parish Wooler.   Md. 4 March 1844 York Co. NB Hugh GRAHAM of Woodstock.

6. Alexander. b. 9 bp. 11 January 1821 Cheviot Street U.P., Wooler. Parents of Torvilaws, parish Wooler; d.yg.

+7. Mark. b. 1 bp. 2 November 1821 Cheviot Street U.P., Wooler. Parents of Torvilaws, parish Wooler.   In Houlton, Maine by 1850.

+8. Mary. b. 29 Apr. bp. 12 May 1824 Crookham Presbyterian. Parents of Milfield Hill.   Md. 30 June 1841 York Co. NB Henry WANDLESS, Porter of Kings College, Fredericton.

9. Alexander Watson. b. 29 June bp. 16 July 1827 Crookham Presbyterian. Parents of Milfield Hill.

+10. Grace. b. 8 October 1829 bp. -- Crookham Presbyterian. Parents of Milfield Hill.   Md. 12 Sept. 1850 York Co. NB Thomas BENNETT, blacksmith of Fredericton.

By the second marriage:

+11. Sarah Alice. b. NB c.1844 md. Josiah FOREMAN of Stanley.

+12. Elizabeth. b. NB c.1848. md. John HARRISON, farmer of Stanley. (the mother Sarah was living with the Harrison family in 1881)

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