Oliver PRAY

Birth:
8 Jun 1793
Foster, Providence, R.I.
Death:
Abt 17 Oct 1857
Father:
Hugh PRAY
Notes:
                   Sources:Vital Recds. Swansea; Vital Rec. Wrentham,Mass; Hugh Pray Cemetery
in Foster, R. I.; Benn's R. I. Families V 3 p 114, 276, V 2.
1850 Census of Foster, R. I.; Foster Deed Bk 2 p 470
Gloucester, R.I. Will Bk. 5, p 258; Will of Esther Pray 1846
Foster Will Bk. 23, p 252: Hugh Pray of Foster died intestate.
Hugh Pray of Gloucester appt. Admin. 8 Oct 1816
Will of Richard Green Bk E p 266- Cooperstown, N.Y.
Will of Hugh COLE of Foster
Will of William Pray, Oswego, N.Y. Bk B pp 236,238
Unpublished Pray Gen. by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911) p. 87
Seamans Family in America 1687 by John Julius Lawton pp 34,80,81.
The administration of estate was at Waterville, Lucas, Ohio 1857
Letter from Elizabeth Heath (Mrs. Frank Lansing Heath)

Oliver Pray came to Waterville, Ohio with three children and lived at the Columbia House Hotel built by his uncle John Pray.

Admin. of Estate of Oliver Pray, Prov. Twnsp. 1867.  Left no widow but 2 minor sons, John and Stephen Pray, abt. 10 yrs. in 1866.  John under guardianship to John Wilson, Texas, Henry Co., Ohio.  Stephen lived with administrator, Oliver Heller, Providence Township.  Uncertain if the boys' mother was Laura Gray or Fanny Hill.

Oliver's daughter Amy Hopkins Pray born 11 Oct 1817 in Foster died 25 Oct 1817 and was buried in Foster by her mother Amy Hopkins Pray who was born 1795 and died 25 Oct 1817.
Fannie HILL
Birth:
Abt 1790
of Larame, Ohio
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   1850 Census of Waterville

Was Fannie the second wife of Oliver Pray?
Children
Marriage
1
Esther PRAY
Birth:
Death:
13 Aug 1854
Notes:
                   Letter from Elizabeth Heath (Mrs. Frank Lansing Heath)

Question: Who was the mother of Ambrose, Esther and Emma Jane (Amy Hopkins Pray died the same time as her first child, Amy Pray.)

Ambrose and his sister, Esther both died of Cholera Aug 1854 aged 42.  They were buried in the Wakeville Cemetery, Waterville, Ohio.

Lucas Co. Ohio Deed Bk. 1, p. 258 (1835-57): On 11 Oct 1854 Oliver Pray adm. estate of Esther Pray Ruggles, who died leaving John E. Shaw her only surviving son and heir.
2
Blocked
Birth:
Death:
Blocked  
Marr:
 
3
Amy Jane PRAY
Birth:
9 Jul 1831
Death:
23 Sep 1850
Jacob A. BROWNING 
Marr:
11 Feb 1850
 
Notes:
                   Amy was buried in Wakefield Cemetery, Waterville, Ohio.
4
Mary PRAY
Birth:
1843
Ohio
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   1850 census of Waterville, Ohio, p. 121
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Oliver Pray - Fannie Hill

Oliver Pray was born at Foster, Providence, R.I. 8 Jun 1793. His parents were Hugh Pray and Mary Aldrich.

He married Fannie Hill . Fannie Hill was born at of Larame, Ohio Abt 1790 .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Esther Pray
Blocked
Amy Jane Pray born 9 Jul 1831.
Mary Pray born 1843.

Oliver Pray died Abt 17 Oct 1857 .