Catharine Gray1,2

F, #76, b. circa 1763, d. 2 August 1843
Last Edited: 11 Aug 2017
Charts:
Descendants of Frances Gray's first husband

Parents:

Father: (?) Gray1 d. b 12 Feb 1772
Mother: Frances Gray1 b. c 1740, d. 21 Feb 1783

Family:

John Henderson b. c 1753, d. 28 Jul 1840

Children:

Nancy Henderson11
Jane Henderson11
Fanny Henderson11
Joseph Henderson+12 b. c 1786, d. 27 Aug 1844
John Henderson+11 b. c 1799, d. 14 Mar 1838
George Henderson+2 b. 28 May 1802, d. 1 Nov 1891
William Moore Henderson6 b. c 1808, d. 7 Aug 1844

Notes

  • Residence*: before 1815; North Ireland, Ireland2
  • Immigration*: 18152
  • Residence: 1816; Turtle Creek Township, Warren Co., Ohio2
  • Note*: "Cathrine Gray" is named as a minor child of Frances Gray in the 1772 deed of settlement document made prior to the marriage of Frances to James Moore of Convoy.1
  • Note: Catharine Henderson and her children are named in the wills of her sister and her half-sister and half-brother, who resided in Berks and Lebanon counties Pennsylvania:

    Catharine's sister Ann Gray of Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, in her 1841 will makes bequests:
    to sister Catharine wife of John Henderson $20
    to grand niece Catharine Ann Henderson daughter of Joseph Henderson $100
    to niece Nancy Henderson $100.

    Catharine's half-brother William Moore of Lebanon, Pennsylvania in his 1841 will makes the bequest "Item: I give and bequeath unto William Moore Henderson, of Ohio in cash, Two thousand Dollars."

    Catharine's half-sister Frances Moore of Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, in her 1858 will makes bequests

    "to the children of my sister Catherine Henderson, Nancy
    Jane, Fanny <'Ohio' is written above> and George the sum of 50
    dollars each"

    The 'Legacies Paid' portion of the auditor's report for this last estate includes:
    "To Nancy Jane Henderson daughter of testatrix's sister Cath. Henderson
    To James (Fanny crossed out) Henderson son (dau crossed out) of
    testatrix's sister Cath. Henderson
    To George Henderson son of testatrix's sister Cath. Henderson"6,7,8
  • Note: A record ascribed to Catharine's brother William Moore of Lebanon (d. 1841), contains entries for her death and her husband's:
    "Catharine (Moore) Henderson, sister, d. 7 Aug 1843
    John Henderson, d. 28 Jul 1840"9
  • Note: See descendants10

Citations

  1. [S51] Deed of Settlement on the Intermarriage of James Moore and Frances Gray, dated 1772. Two page manuscript in family possession.
  2. [S137] Morrow, Josiah. The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches, Turtlecreek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992), p. 745. Viewed on Warren County Ohio GenWeb. Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan. URL http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwarren/Beers/V/tct/….
  3. [S119] Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project website. URL http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/…., Pioneer Cemetery.
  4. [S119] Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project website. URL http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/….
  5. [S66] FindAGrave.com.
  6. [S20] Berks County, Pa., Will Register, No. 8, p. 522-523. Will of Ann Grey of Womelsdorf, dated 24 August 1841, proved 29 Aug 1843. FHL microfilm 20728. FamilySearch.org.
  7. [S117] Lebanon County, Pa. Will of William Moore of Lebanon, 1841. Recorded 15 May 1841 Lebanon Co., Pa., Vol B, p. 588-591. Photocopy obtained from Cordier Antiques, who sold the item at auction held 13 August 13 2005 as part of lot #29. Copy also available on FHL microfilm 21506, and on FamilySearch.org Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Lebanon, Wills, image 648.
  8. [S22] Berks County, Pennsylvania. Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court. FHL microfilm series titled 'Estate files, 1752-1915'. File: Moore, Frances, WD, 1858. FHL microfilm 2368305. On FamilySearch.org Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Berks, Estates…, images 32-60.
  9. [S77] Guilford, Billy. 'William Moore record'. One paragraph of the 'Genealogy of the Graff Family', page 6. Referring to William Moore of Lebanon (d. 1841), the paragraph starts "in his family bible are found records of other members of his family who emigrated to America", and goes on to list seventeen people with death dates.
  10. [S5] Ancestry.com - Public Member Trees., Scannell -James Family Tree.
  11. [S194] Warren County, Ohio. Family Search.org, "Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996", Warren county, Will of Joseph Henderson, Vol. 10A, p. 99, image 71.
  12. [S119] Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project website. URL http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohwarren/Cemetery/…., Lebanon Cemetery.